“His career in activism goes all the way back to the SNCC [Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee] in the 1960s,” Kuzmarov said. “This looks like something out of the Cold War, like COINTELPRO where they are trying to go after an activist group and play up this Russian threat.”
“It is part of this tradition. This group may be small and relatively obscure, they are having some impact and they are empowering people and the government doesn’t want his movement to grow stronger," the managing editor said. "I mean, in the Cold War they went after groups like the Socialist Workers' Party, which had minuscule support among the American public.”
“I think they are worried about a rebellion and they are worried that these progressive groups will gain strength and significantly challenge the power structure, so they have to flush that out,” Kuzmarov said. "They want to create a climate of McCarthyism, a climate of the Cold War so they can keep control and to brand any opposition and dissent as Russian inspired and that Russia is sowing discord."
“As you say it is ridiculous what they are doing and this further erodes their legitimacy. Anyone who is paying attention sees how ridiculous they are behaving, and how outlandish the accusations against Russia have been over the last eight years,” Kuzarov explained.
“They exposed themselves. The Muller report showed that was a whole charade with regards to [former US President Donald] Trump being a Russian agent. They have already been exposed but they keep doing the same thing over and over again and how much longer are people going to put up with it, it is ridiculous.”