Thread by @Reclaim_Survive

The Biden presidency has been a perfect example of liberal governance. In one breath, Biden feigned concern for the violence faced by Asians & Asian Americans in the US while simultaneously announcing renewed militarization against China thru the Pacific Deterrence Initiative🧵⬇️

The Pacific Deterrence Initiative calls for an additional $27 billion in spending by 2027 to "deter" China by expanding US military power in the Pacific. This relies on establishing a tighter militarized grip over Guam, Okinawa, Philippines, Korea, Hawai'i, and many other nations

Not only does this initiative represent an extended commitment to the continued US occupation of Pacific nations, resulting in increased militarization, exploitation, and abuse of East and Southeast Asian peoples, it also relies on the US narrative that China is a global threat.

The only people threatened by China are the benefactors of global capitalism, the enemies of mass poverty elimination, and the Western imperialists obsessed with slandering the world's largest communist party. China seeks an end to the abusive US Dollar Hegemony...

Making trade between Global South nations mutually beneficial, rather than based on exploitative deals that solely empower Western finance capital. The Belt & Road Initiative would intimately link these nations together, creating a counterbalance to imperialist Western hegemony.

This is the future the US is so dedicated to destroying. In 2019, the Pentagon identified the encirclement of China as its top priority. The plan is to invest billions of dollars in long-range missile sites in the Pacific. Check out @qiaocollective's infographic on this below ⬇️

We must do all we can to organize a robust anti-war movement against this continued violence on China and the further colonization of the neighboring Asian and Pacific nations. We must understand that the lies spread by the US about China are meant to justify these escalations.

We must also understand that the violence faced by Asians and Asian Americans in the US is directly connected to these manufactured narratives against China and the CPC. The blame for COVID19, the accusations of spying, & the villainization of a whole peoples must be called out.

Biden will continue to decry these violent acts against Asians and Asian Americans in the US, resulting in praise for his care and anti-racism, all the while he continues to push these violent, false narratives to create a renewed push for war and violence against China.

We must be unwavering in our commitment to calling out these surface-level platitudes and feigned concern for the Asian community whenever and wherever we see it. We must not stop until the war drive for a new Cold War on China is completely and permanently snuffed out.

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-Solidarity!