The trucker convoy in Canada is so obviously a rightwing operation astroturfed by conservative billionaires. It's absurd seeing some "leftists" pretend otherwise
This is Texas' far-right attorney general, a corrupt Tea Party pet project who tried to help Trump steal the election
It's clear as day that the Canada trucker convoy is astroturfed by rightwing oligarchs. Trump is promoting it, and single rich donors were giving them $215,000, which is how it got $10 million in 2 weeks
It's similar to a billionaire-funded rally Bolsonaro recently did in Brazil
In September, Brazil's far-right leader Bolsonaro and ultra-rich allies organized an astroturfed rally, which they marketed as "grassroots"
Corporate oligarchs paid to send many buses to the rally. Trump aide Jason Miller was in Brazil helping organize it
brasilwire.com/september-7th-…
Very informative thread here. The far-right is international, and Steve Bannon-adjacent networks are very active both North and South America, sharing tactics - and distributing lots of money
I can't believe how many people are falling for this. It's like Tea Party 2.0
The main organizers of the so-called "trucker" convoy are Canadian far-right extremists. It's not led by workers but petit-bourgeois owner-operators, financially backed by rich right-wingers — not exploited trucking workers, c. 90% of whom are vaccinated
readpassage.com/p/the-trucker-…
Excellent thread showing 20+ examples of how the "trucker" convoy in Canada is a rightwing bosses' rally of petit-bourgeois capitalists who exploit actual working-class truckers
Ironically many received Canadian gov't Covid-19 funding for their businesses
First Nations Leadership Council Strongly Condemns “Freedom Convoy” Movement Across Canada and its Spread of Misinformation, Racism, and Violence
First Nations Leadership Council: "First Nations have been disproportionately affected by the pandemic... In addition to dangerous public health and safety misinformation, the convoy is also amplifying hate speech and dangerous racist sentiments"
ubcic.bc.ca/fnlc_strongly_…
"The racist double-standard in policing in this country is on full display -- had these protesters been Indigenous, the police would have cleared them out in a heartbeat."
-First Nations Leadership Council
ubcic.bc.ca/fnlc_strongly_…
I've seen enough right-wing, foreign-funded, astroturfed "protests" in Venezuela, Nicaragua, Cuba, Belarus, Hong Kong, etc. to immediately recognize one in Canada
Yes the neoliberal Trudeau gov't is awful, but allying with even more reactionary right-wingers against it is stupid
The largest trucker union in Canada, Teamsters, has openly condemned the convoy as a "despicable display of hate lead by the political Right" that "has served to delegitimize the real concerns of most truck drivers today"
90% of its workers are vaccinated teamsters.ca/en/blog/2022/0…
One of Canada's largest unions, PSAC, condemned the convoy as right-wing and anti-worker:
"These protestors do not represent the majority of truck drivers and do not have the right to bully, intimidate and physically harass residents, openly promote hate speech and racism"
In addition to the biggest truckers union condemning the convoy, the Canadian Trucking Alliance said it "does not support and strongly disapproves of" the right-wing protests.
It added, "The vast majority of the Canadian trucking industry is vaccinated"
cantruck.ca/canadian-truck…
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