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Michael McFaul

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Last Checked May 8, 2021

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Wed Feb 03 07:02:26 +0000 2021

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Michael McFaul @McFaul

& no, as I argued during apartheid, even if I personally don't support violence or alliances with regimes that killed millions, who the hell am I to pass judgement on Mandela, when I was sitting in CA and he in a prison cell. Analogy seems apt for Americans judging Navalny today. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Feb. 3, 2021 Hibernated

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Michael McFaul @McFaul

I wrote my PhD about nationalist liberation movements in southern Africa. I protested for years to free Mandela. I'll do the same for Navalny. Apartheid was much worse than Putin's dictatorship. But in the fight between autocrats & democrats, Mandela & Navalny are on same side. — PolitiTweet.org

Terrell Jermaine Starr @Russian_Starr

@McFaul Mandela was literally fighting an apartheid state. It’s not the same as Putin’s Russia. You’re suggesting t… https://t.co/N3LSufxkLZ

Posted Feb. 3, 2021 Hibernated

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Michael McFaul @McFaul

I did have the joy of traveling with South Africa right after apartheid fell, and seeing Mandela soon thereafter at the Oakland coliseum. — PolitiTweet.org

Rantidote @jkornack

@McFaul Late bloomer! My first rally was at age 6 to free Angela Davis.

Posted Feb. 3, 2021 Hibernated

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