I am certainly not defending Russell of these accusations, but I do see but just a quick search that the Times UK is a conservative paper and would love to tales Russell down as he is a threat for sure right or wrong.
He makes them look bad though. Maybe they're eager to throw him under the bus because he's "Hollywood" and that serves their narrative about west-coast celebrity elites.
He calls for an end to the systems that no longer serve us - only their own best interests. Take a look around at the world - climate change and capitalism run rampant. It doesn't matter if team blue or team red are in charge. The whole establishment political spectrum are self-serving sheep in wolves clothing.
It matters so much who is in charge. Trump and the right have so much blood on their hands from COVID. People died because they made containing and stopping the spread of a potentially deadly virus a political spectacle that emboldened their idiot base to ignorantly fight medical science. If you don't think it matters who's in charge you either don't pay attention and your opinion is useless or you're just another fake centrist trying to convince people that both sides are the same to hide from the deeply shameful and disgusting behavior of the right.