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1 Apr, 4 tweets, 1 min read
Washington sent diplomats to Taiwan for the first time in 42 years and signed an agreement to co-operate with Taiwan’s coast guard to ”counter Beijing” last weekend. This pretty much scuppers the basis of US-China relations. independent.co.uk/asia/china/chi…
Between this and Ukraine, the signals are all pointing to a generalised and considerable escalation.
I doubt this would spiral into all out conflict in either instance immediately but, honestly, that possibility is very much there. We’ve been on this path for a while, the crisis is really starting to *bite* and there’s absolutely no resistance to war.
Not linked this a while, and some of it is out of date, but the motor contradictions of this are discussed here

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3 Apr
The obvious plant is intended for an audience that simply will not see the video or photos of him behind the police. The provocation will be distributed through different forms of media. When narratives like that set in, it really doesn't matter about how obvious it was to us.
They move on many terrains ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Corbyn and all your faves remained members of the Labour Party through this, and still remain members now, as Labour acquiesces to open capitalist dictatorship. Fuck em.
He’ll asphyxiate this just as he asphyxiated the anti-austerity movement, just as he chose co-operation with the bourgeois state over the proletarian movement at every serious test of his integrity. Letting these people lead, again, points to defeat, again.
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2 Apr
Nord Stream 2 reports harrassment from military and civilian ships and vessels as the pipeline nears completion, including an "unidentified submarine". Things are really, really heating up. reuters.com/article/us-nor…
Nord Stream 2 is something which is quite crucial to understanding Ukraine rn I think, as it's a gas pipeline between Russia na d Germany specifically which cuts out gas transit through Ukraine.
Russian ships defending Nord Stream 2 now. This is getting real wild.
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1 Apr
Labour’s commitment: “we will be even *more* fascist” expressandstar.com/news/uk-news/2…
Absolutely no one in this Party can ever be given a platform on the left ever again. This is plain as day
Fuck your faves. Unless they leave, they’re bootlickers
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31 Mar
Both Ukraine and Russia speaking as if there's gonna be quite an escalation very soon. Russia warning of war; the US already sabre rattling. Ceasefire already broken (by Kiev) with most considerable clashes since July 2020. ft.com/content/6a3d49…
Ukraine claiming a military build up at border. See a few tweets out there tonight which suggest Russian convoys are about 25km from border.

Ukraine did this today too. tass.com/world/1272543
This could be sabre rattling; could be a big one
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11 Mar
I don't particularly care about an apology, although I suppose it's noteworthy that this statement doesn't contain one. What's worse is that they again skirt the question of what Peter Singer actually advocates - which is eugenics.
This being missing allows this to proceed as if they've just "upset" disabled people, rather than platforming an advocate of a political philosophy which calls for the annihilation of disabled people. Platforming a eugenicist is not a fucking "mistake".
Like, it's astonishing anyone would need to "reach out to disabled activists" to know that eugenics is a reactionary political position.

I'd also be wary of that "we acknowledge this was good faith" because it's building to a position where they say continued criticism is not.
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