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God damn, name a bigger consistent L than every time the deprogram boys try to include a Russian.
The last time they did they included a transphobic ultra.
Edit: I mean this as a condemnation of their judgement, not Russians. I can see how that might not be clear. It’s just weird how they are consistently getting shitty guests. Upon further reflection they also included a transphobic Mexican. They’re just bad with guests in general.
It's a USAmerican living in Russia
Wow, that’s a cursed combo. Imagine calling yourself a leftist and moving to the country actively courting social conservative immigrants.
I don't know anything about the guy, but seeing as how he's involved with the dude from RevLeftRadio I very much doubt that he's some sort of "patsoc" weirdo or whatever.
He may have mentioned why he moved to Russia on the show but I don't remember.
That’s fair, the DP lads just have a terrible track record when it comes to guests who upon further inspection suck.
Apart from that russian ultra dude, who?
I pretty much only listen to the eps that they have guests on, and I honestly can't remember
what is an ultra?
He (Henry Hakamaki) just helped write the latest English translation of Losurdo’s Stalin. I don’t always agree with him, but he’s usually seemed pretty good to me. I don’t listen to The Deprogram though, so this definitely could have been a miss from him.
Konstantin Syomin? lol.
He used to be a Russian TV host based in New York, then he “found” Marxism and started what is essentially a Russian Breadtube channel with a sizable audience. (Do all Breadtubers have their start in New York or something?)
I found his channel through one of his videos making fun of HBO’s Chernobyl a few years back, but most of the content are your typical ultras/Trots stuff - “international solidarity of workers! everyone else is an imperialist!”
His position on China has gotten even worse now. Before Russia invaded Ukraine, he was still “hmmm…. China has so many billionaires and yet claiming to be socialist…. very suspicious….”, this year he went full “China is red imperialist” with his 1.5 hour-long video essay telling you why China is anti-socialist and anti-communist lol.