Kremlintarianism/Rage Against the War Machine Rally

pro-war rally pretending to be anti-war

Kremlintarian, warmonger, vatnik, tankie event on February 19, 2022.

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Threads and articles about the rally

• Jonathan Casey, “Having an “anti-war” protest that doesn’t also call for Russia to cease its invasion, would be like having an anti-war protest in 2003 that didn’t call for the US to stop its invasion of Iraq.”, December 24, 2022

• GrandTurion, “Kremlintarians🤝tankies holding a warmonger, #ProWarRally 🧵”, January 14, 2023 (thread) (pdf)

• Zeist, “I decided to do a little digging into the sponsors for an upcoming astroturfed “anti-war” (viz. pro-Russia) protest (Rage Against the War Machine). Here are these organizations and front groups listed, as well as their principals. The protest demands are typical Kremlin fare.”, January 27, 2023 (thread) (pdf)

• Craig Bowden, “Exposing the Rage Against the War Machine Rally”, January 28, 2023

• Nadja, “This is not about peace, it’s about money. Not millions, billions. Let me explain...”, January 31, 2023 (thread) (pdf)

• Herbert Elizabeth fella, “So @RageAgainstWar_ have a March planned designed to undermine Western support for Ukrainian defence against the Russian Dictatorship ”, February 2, 2023 (thread) (pdf)

• A Wilson, “Raging Against Rage Against War”, February 3, 2023

• Craig Bowden, “Exposing the Rage Against the War Machine Rally Part 2”, February 4, 2023

• Joshua Reed Eakle, “I believe that @LPNational’s upcoming @RageAgainstWar_ rally is more of a pro-Russia rally than an anti-war rally. The Libertarian Party’s involvement creates a huge hazard for the party and undermines the entire anti-war movement. Here’s a thread on why I believe this. 🧵”, February 4, 2023 (thread)

• Craig Bowden, “Exposing the Rage Against the War Machine Rally Part 3”, February 5, 2023

• Jonathan Casey, Classical Liberal Caucus, “Statement regarding the “Rage against War” rally”, February 5, 2023

• Tyler Harris, “Speaker after speaker at the anti-war rally planned by LNC leadership are now letting the mask fully drop and openly admitting to being pro-Putin and pro-invasion, just as the many members that LNC leaders maligned over the past several weeks had warned. 🧵”, February 5, 2023

• Thomas L. Knapp, “Not My Circus, Not My Monkeys”, February 5, 2023

• Jonathan Casey, Classical Liberal Caucus, “@angela4LNCChair , the anti-war movement isn’t such a lost cause that we have to partner with pro-war agitators. Take a principled stand, let’s break away and unite the Libertarian Party behind a true anti-war rally! That drama would make for fantastic press for the LP!”, February 5, 2023

• Denis Zakharov, “Hey @RageAgainstWar_ , you are wrong and your speakers are pro-Putin opportunists with zero conscience. But is any of them brave enough to talk to me for an hour in a public Twitter Space? I am russian, heard you love Russia. And now... Tagging everyone.”, February 6, 2023 (thread) (pdf)
  • Reaction by Scott Horton, “Navalny’s little bitch has something important to say.”, February 6, 2023

• Craig Bowden, “Exposing the Rage Against the War Machine Rally Part 4”, February 7, 2023

• Craig Bowden, “Exposing the Rage Against the War Machine Rally Part 5”, February 8, 2023

• Craig Bowden, “Exposing the Rage Against the War Machine Rally Part 6”, February 8, 2023

• David Holman, “Opposing one war, 20+ years ago doesn’t make you antiwar. Calling Ukraine a rabid dog that Putin needs to put down makes you a genocide advocate, war monger and generally despicable person that no libertarian should stand near”, February 8, 2023

• Craig Bowden, “Exposing the Rage Against the War Machine Rally Part 7”, February 9, 2023

• Jonathan Casey, Classical Liberal Caucus, “Yesterday, the Libertarian Party released a statement regarding the “Rage Against the War Machine” rally. The time to talk has passed. This is the time for action.”, February 8, 2023

Media coverage

• Gabe Kaminsky, Washington Examiner, “Libertarian Party slammed for featuring convicted child sex offender at anti-war rally”, January 31, 2023 (archive)

• Chuck Ross, Washington Free Beacon, “Libertarian Party To Feature Child Sex Predator at Isolationist Rally”, January 30, 2023

• Nick Reynolds, Newsweek, “Former Libertarian Presidential Candidate Torches Party”, February 8, 2023

• Chuck Ross, Washington Free Beacon, “How Disagreement Over a Pedophile Upended a Libertarian Anti-War Rally”, February 9, 2023

Statements from organizers

• Kremlintarian Party, “Statement from The Libertarian Party”, February 7, 2023 [1]

• Joshua Smith resignation

Organizers and sponsors

Organizers

• Kremlintarian Party

• People’s Party

Silver Sponsors

• Mises Caucus

Bronze Sponsors

• CPI (Caleb Maupin)

• ProWarDotCom (ipso facto renamed)

Asked for withdrawal

• Libertarian Party Radical Caucus (@LPRadicals) [2]

Speakers

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  Tara Reade, Putin stan

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  Wyatt Reed, RT employee

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  Jackson Hinkle, warmonger

compare list with: Association for Investment in Popular Action Committees (7 speakers) https://conference.rt.com/#speakers (2 speakers)

• Scott Ritter (cancelled, uncancelled...) (invited by Angela McArdle [3])

• Tara Reade

• Max Blumenthal (The Grayzone)

• Anya Parampil (The Grayzone)

• Wyatt Reed (The Grayzone)

• Scott Horton (ProWarDotCom)

• Ron Paul

• Wyatt Reed (RT: “I work for a Bad Guy state-funded media (@Sputnik/@RT_com/@CGTNOfficial/@PressTV)”)

• David Swanson

• Jackson Hinkle

Withdrew

• Matthew Hoh [4]

• Medea Benjamin (Codepink) “I support the rally and will be there. Unfortunately, my organization CODEPINK doesn’t and has urged me not to speak.”

• Andrew Napolitano

Financing

• https://twitter.com/Vegan_Succubus/status/1622540798138155015

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1622540798138155015.html ProWarRally-financing.pdf

Related organizations and supporters

• Code Pink

• The Grayzone

• George Galloway

• ProWarDotCom
  • Editorial Director Scott Horton is a speaker, and promotes the rally on his show [5], which is promoted on Antiwar.com homepage.
  • “I received information from someone close to Antiwar.com that told me suggested speakers were turned down, however, in speaking directly with Eric Garris, Director of Antiwar.com, he stated that he had not spoken with anyone involved with organizing the primary rally in Washington, D.C., but is involved in setting up a concurrent rally in San Francisco to support the overall rally effort to end this war and is also supportive of Rage Against the War Machine rally in D.C. on February 19th.” [6] (emphasis added)
  • Promote the rally on their website: “Make plans now to get to Washington on February 19. Lend your presence to this potent new coalition of forces ... Let’s do this.” [7]
  • is an official sponsor of the rally

• Ron Paul Institute for Promoting Putinism

• Schiller Institute / LaRouche
  • https://schillerinstitute.com/blog/2023/02/03/conference-the-age-of-reason-or-the-annihilation-of-humanity/ · Diane Sare (United States), candidate for U.S. Senate (New York); Nick Brana (United States), National Chair, People’s Party; Angela McArdle (United States), Chair, Libertarian National Committee: “Can Americans Put Aside Their Divisions to Stop Nuclear War?”
  • https://twitter.com/PostLeftWatch/status/1622865541106122753

Sister rallies

• https://www.annarborcoalitionagainstwar.org/home/#rage-against-the-war-machine

• https://www.facebook.com/events/899258031525524/

• Marvelous Mischief, “These are the “sister rallies” of the fash rally. You might want to check if your city is included, to stay of fash” (thread) (pdf)

• San Francisco Rally
  • Organizer: Cynthia Papermaster

• Sacramento Rally
  • Organizer: California United Front

• Austin Texas Rally
  • Organizer: Will Gullatt

• Montpelier, Vermont Rally
  • Organizer: Olga Maria

• Los Angeles Rally
  • Organizer: Lena Platt

Demands and misinformation

• Nidheg/Russian invasion of Ukraine, Reasons

• russian invasion of Ukraine/Reasons

• Euromaidan

• “anti-imperialism” of idiots

Actual anti-war movements

• Russian invasion of Ukraine/Russians against the war