“anti-imperialism” of idiots

“ This ‘anti-imperialism’ of idiots is one which equates imperialism with the actions of the US alone.

— Leila Al-Shami, “The ‘anti-imperialism’ of idiots”

“ It’s really to the point now that if someone has anti-imperialist in their bio I assume they support the Russian invasion of Ukraine and a potential Chinese invasion of Taiwan.

— Kareem Rifai

Examples

• US libertarians in general: Kremlintarianism

• “Stop the War”: “Marching forth with Stop the War: Britain’s left must reject the anti-West reactionaries at the heart of its movement” (archive)

• Syria: “Erasing People through Disinformation: Syria and the ‘Anti-Imperialism’ of Fools”

• Ukraine: Taras Bilous, “A letter to the Western Left from Kyiv”, February 25, 2022 [1]

• Ukraine: Oksana Dutchak, “10 Terrible Leftist Arguments against Ukrainian Resistance”

• Israel: Alan Johnson, “The Anti-Imperialism of Idiots”, “Linfield’s book shows how the ground was laid for the Old Left’s socialism of fools to morph into the New Left’s anti-imperialism of idiots.” (the book: Susie Linfield, The Lions’ Den: Zionism and the Left from Hannah Arendt to Noam Chomsky)

• Caitlin Johnstone

See also

• Westsplaining
• Campism
• Useful idiots
• Tankies
• Kremlinism
• Kremlinophilia
• Putinism
• Kremlintarianism

• The Ukraine War: Misperceptions on the Left