itspostingtime

ngl I’m gonna steal some of those

o7

Is there a way for me to see your collection

I don't have it displayed anywhere at the moment, but I'll let you know if I put something up.

Here's some sites that are the type I look for (no particular order). I recommend looking at the external links of the archived sites if you'd like to go browsing around more sites from the same era. Looking up communist related search terms on https://gifcities.org/ can also bring you to some interesting sites. And looking at the oldest archived versions of currently active sites can dig up some interesting outlinks too.

Also of interest:

CIA 2010 covert communication websites

The CIA Built Hundreds of Covert Websites. Here’s What They Were Hiding

I'll keep an eye on abolish.capital. It really would be fun if you got a webring going. And maybe you should list the page on https://sitesforpalestine.neocities.org/ when you have some other content up :D

You just had these on deck?

I’m a collector of old(-looking) commie/lefty websites and graphics 🫡

Also, what kind of dope name would our webring have?

I like "The People's Web(ring)" and "USSWR, The United Socialist Sites Webring" mentioned below

I feel the People's Web could be a way to refer to the concept of the commie side of the indie/alt/personal/non-corporate/etc. web in general and USSWR for the webring :)

I have nothing useful to add to these ideas but I just want to say yeah a webring would be cool and fun.

Here's a recent thread that goes into Russia-Ukraine which may address your question: A question on the Russia-Ukraine war

OP, as you study background on this issue, I recommend the 2016 documentary Donbass. Warning, there are some graphic scenes. A scene from the documentary which can give a small snapshot of some of the tensions in 2014: Former Ukrainian soldier talks about the burning of the Trade Union building in Odessa in 2014.

I also recommend checking out any videos and/or articles by Geopolitical Economy Report regarding Ukraine, which are usually thorough in giving background and context.

Over time, you should educate yourself on the topic of color revolutions as well as on things like the history about the Gehlen Organization/Reinhard Gehlen and OUN-B/Stepan Bandera and things like Operation Gladio to gain a comprehensive picture of the direct line of Nazi leadership going into NATO leadership and working with and fostering right-wing anti-communist forces throughout Europe and coordinating color revolutions (among other things) to suppress communism, as well as learn about the USA's "strategic imperative" to drive and maintain a wedge specifically between the east and west of Eurasia while keeping western Europe as its subordinate, to prevent the rise of a Eurasian rival to US dominance. This strategy is explained for example in Brzezinski's Grand Chessboard, with US figures recently involved in Ukraine, such as Victoria Nuland who played a role in the 2014 events, being proponents of this strain of US strategy, often euphemized with phrases like the "rules-based international order" in diplomatic language. This will help flesh out many of the "whys" of the various actors in this conflict.

In case anyone needs this document out there in the marketplace of ideas:

https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1958-60v06/d499

You can still submit edits without an account if you want. It will just go into an approval queue. Your IP will show so use a VPN if you'd like

I'm not sure when you last tried, but ProleWiki allows editing without an account now, the edits just go through an approval queue. Your IP will show but you can use a VPN if you like.