An Immigrant's Love Letter to the West

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Exploring race politics, free speech, immigration and more, Kisin argues that wrongdoing and guilt need not pervade how we feel about the West - and Britain - today, and that despite all its ups and downs, it remains one of the best places to live in the world. For an engaging and honest introduction to what is good and bad in the modern West, and why it is worth defending against its critics, An Immigrant’s Love Letter to the West will be hard to surpass. Kisin himself has made headlines in the past when he was asked to sign a form before a comedy gig promising that he wouldn’t say anything that might upset anyone in the crowd: almost a definition of how not to entertain an audience. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, particularly among younger cohorts in Ukraine, everything that was perceived as being new and good was considered to be coming from the West.

Konstantin Kisin, Author at The Spectator Konstantin Kisin, Author at The Spectator

But, “They simply see those in the developed world as totally drunk on decadence; so accustomed to liberty and prosperity that they take it for granted – and appear to be throwing it away with reckless abandon, completely unaware of its inherent value and fragility.This also makes him alert to the warning signs that do deserve our attention – from proposed legislation like the Online Safety Bill to the police wanting to speak to you about a ‘non-crime hate incident’.

Konstantin Kisin to publish debut book - British Comedy Guide Konstantin Kisin to publish debut book - British Comedy Guide

One of the things that has really bothered me, particularly in the first few weeks of the conflict, is how I would watch something on Russian propaganda TV, and then a week later I would start to see that piece of propaganda popping up on Twitter from the people who don’t themselves watch Russian TV. In 2018 Kisin made headlines when he refused to sign a "behavioural agreement" form explaining a "no tolerance policy" with regard to racism, sexism, classism, ageism, homophobia, biphobia, xenophobia, Islamophobia, anti-religion, and anti-atheism, [17] when asked to perform at a fundraising gig for UNICEF at SOAS, University of London.So the difficulty for me comes from people who maybe don’t know enough about Ukraine just regurgitating certain things. An Immigrant's Love Letter To Love West' by Konstantin Kisin goes into the Sunday Times bestseller list at No 5 | The Hamilton Agency" . Many people, even Russian speakers and ethnic Russians, felt that now Ukraine is an independent country, we have got to forge our own identity.

Konstantin Kisin | Substack Konstantin Kisin | Substack

Neuware - For all the West's failings - terrible food, cold weather, and questionable politicians with funny hair to name a few - it has its upsides. I’ve been critical of NATO for a very long time, including its interventions in the Middle East and the former Yugoslavia. There was a specific effort by the KGB to engage in psychological warfare of a seemingly subtle kind. For many in the alternative media, this unanimity is proof positive that the West is up to no good, that it is waging war just as it always has done. Having watched Charlie Brooker's Weekly Wipe "religiously" when it aired, he argues that there's now a gap "in the market for cutting-edge, hard satire that is balanced and unbiased".As well as addressing the familiar talking points from his successful podcast – the intolerance of the woke and the value and vulnerability of free speech – Kisin reminds us, as the likes of Sir Roger Scruton and GK Chesterton have before him, how quickly it can all be lost, how long it takes to build again. Thus, regardless of their political persuasion, many people seem to sense, in this febrile moment, a trembling, an instability and a half-chance not just to see the world burn, but also to release the phoenix that will surely rise from the ashes. And who would be outrageous enough to question someone regarding the gender identity they affirm for themselves?