https://akarlin.substack.com/p/happening-the-ukraine-war-202...
One of his previous posts is his analysis of the (then, upcoming) war, its context, and causes.
Of course, you need to take it with an open pit sized block of salt — eg he predicted that the Russia will most likely conquer Ukraine in less than a week. This, needless to say, turned to be laughably wrong, and makes rest of his analysis rather questionable.
The point is, however, that you are unlikely to see this sort of unabashed (indeed, proud) and undistorted Russian perspective elsewhere in western media sphere — indeed, I wouldn’t be surprised if this comment got downvoted for “spreading Russian propaganda”. Myself, I think it is extremely important to understand the perspective and motivation of the enemy, so that you can predict their movements and effectively prevent or resist them.
Gives an insight into the thought processes behind starting and continuing this war, and why some Russians might be supporting Putin and the war, and what to expect going forward.
Even wrong perspectives can be valuable and informative.
https://graymirror.substack.com
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtis_Yarvin
Also Nick Land:
(Former NY Times reporter)
If you're interested in censored material more broadly, you might be interested in the ALA's most challenged books lists [2] which include such classics as "Of Mice and Men" and "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" along with books as widely loved as "Harry Potter" and "James and the Giant Peach"
[1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/01/27/substac... [2] https://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/frequentlychallengedbook... https://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/frequentlychallengedbook...
https://www.eugyppius.com/p/maximum-vaccination
According to this Guardian article, the "Center for Countering Digital Hate" (also mentioned in your article) would be happy if Substack hadn't given it the platform:
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/jan/27/anti-vaxx...
The idea that Yet Another Generic NGO needs to "counter hate" because someone on the internet thinks the vaccine is not going to stop the pandemic is completely bonkers.
What I want to say is, a lot of the controversy around Substack seems to be that it is not aligned with the Right Side in the Culture War. I think they have some great writers, but they're not the next WikiLeaks or anything.