Gallipoli veteran Alec Campbell: “For god’s sake, don’t glorify Gallipoli — it was a terrible fiasco, a total failure." #australia #anzacday #jingoism #phonypatriotism #racism #bigotry https://johnmenadue.com/post/2026/04/anzac-day-remembering-the-past-facing-the-present/
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Lest we forget the willfully ignorant racists and malignant bigots among us. #australia #anzacday #jingoism #phonypatriotism #racism #bigotry https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-26/racism-against-indigenous-people-on-show-anzac-booing-incidents/106606650
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Approximately 40,000 Australians "served" in Afghanistan and 17,000 in Iraq, assisting with and participating in US war crimes. WHY???
#australia #anzacday #jingoism #phonypatriotism #afghanistan #iraq #USA #warcrimes
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/anzac-day-2026-ben-roberts-smith/0purlisqw -
Sadly, Anzac Day has been so thoroughly politicised over the years it may as well be ignored now. Hawke started it. Howard ramped it up through the jingoistic roof! #australia #anzacday #jingoism #phonypatriotism #racism #bigotry
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/25/anzac-day-2026-what-does-it-mean-place-modern-australia-ntwnfb -
Russia ousts director of elite museum as Kremlin demands patriotic art @washingtonpost
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/02/09/russia-tretyakov-gallery-director-ousted/
#TretyakovGallery #Russia #authoritarianism #putin #NikitaKhrushchev #phonypatriotism
Reminiscent of Ron DeSantis—(no?, yes.)