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7 Jan, 4 tweets, 3 min read
Kazakhstan already has its version of Venezuelan coup puppet Juan Guaidó:

His name is Mukhtar Ablyazov. He's a right-wing ex banker living in France, accused of fraud and murder

He's being promoted by corporate media as "opposition leader," calling for Western (US) intervention
When the Western corporate media refers to an "opposition leader" in a country targeted by the US for regime change, they mean "handpicked puppet who will serve our interests"

The fact that he's openly calling for Western intervention gives away the game
reuters.com/world/exclusiv…
Hilarious: Reuters originally titled this propaganda promoting the Kazakh Juan Guaidó with "West must stand up to Russia in Kazakhstan, dissident former banker says"

But they must have gotten a memo saying it was bad PR, and quickly changed "former banker" to "opposition leader"
It seems like some kind of Western propaganda memo went out, because the same day UK government-backed Reuters published a puff piece promoting right-wing fugitive banker Mukhtar Ablyazov as the "opposition leader" of Kazakhstan, France's AFP did the same
france24.com/en/live-news/2…

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Benjamin Norton Profile picture
7 Jan
This analysis is proving to be correct. When violent US-backed coup attempts fail, they sometimes actually strengthen the target of regime change, by uniting people against US meddling.

We saw this with the failed US regime-change ops in Syria, Nicaragua, Venezuela, and Belarus
The US empire thinks it can bully the entire world. But actions have consequences

Non-stop US aggression against China and Russia ended up uniting them

Constant US sanctions have accelerated the process of de-dollarization and the creation of an alternative to the SWIFT system
The US/EU-sponsored coup attempts in Belarus ended up strengthening the government, pushing Lukashenko to align even more closely with Russia

The violent "color revolution" attempt in Kazakhstan, which appears to be fizzling out, now seems to be doing the same for Tokayev
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6 Jan
Even US government mouthpiece the NY Times, which is staunchly supporting the protests in Kazakhstan, admits they are very violent.

Rioters are burning government buildings and police cars. At least 8 police officers have already been killed.

They're not "Peaceful Protests"™
Why would the US want a "color revolution" in Kazakhstan? It's a key ally of Russia (sharing a huge border), full member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, and major part of China's Belt and Road Initiative.

As with everything these days, this is part of the new cold war
Russia has important talks with the US/NATO next week, making the timing of the violent riots in Kazakhstan more suspicious

The irony of Western gov'ts backing violent Kazakh rioters storming the capitol *on the anniversary of the January 6 US Trumpist riots* can't be overstated
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27 Dec 21
Ukraine's authoritarian US client regime is arresting all challengers to NATO-backed dictatorial President Zelensky.

After locking up the main opposition leader and closing critical media, he now even seeks to arrest former US puppet President Poroshenko
aljazeera.com/news/2021/12/2…
The claim Ukraine's ex President Petro Poroshenko conspired with Russia is hilariously absurd.

The billionaire chocolate oligarch was a loyal NATO puppet who came to power after a US-backed 2014 coup.

But Ukraine's regime arrests anyone it wants by accusing them of Kremlin ties
Ukraine's autocracy is one of the most cartoonishly corrupt regimes on Earth, which absorbed armed Nazi gangs into its national guard.

Yet while he arrests all of his rivals, President Zelensky proudly spoke at the US govt's bogus "Summit for Democracy"
president.gov.ua/en/news/odnim-…
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25 Dec 21
Fake news. The study shows the opposite:

It only analyzed people who *tested positive for Covid-19* (and you're much less likely to test positive if vaxxed)

It shows that if you're vaccinated & test positive, it's more likely to be Omicron than Delta (which is good—it's milder)
This is fake news. But we see the same problem, where right-wing pundits with bad reading comprehension skills and no scientific literacy misrepresent studies they don't understand.

The study shows the opposite: vaccination makes Covid milder. That's good
The ONS study only looks at people who test positive for Covid, the majority of whom are unvaccinated, only a minority vaccinated

And it shows that unvaxxed and positive are more likely to have Delta (more dangerous), whereas vaxxed and positive more likely have Omicron (milder)
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22 Dec 21
Right-wing US corporate lobby group AS/COA, which is funded by most major US corporations, is not at all scared of Chile's new liberal President-elect Gabriel Boric

It praises him for demonizing Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua and says he's a safe moderate
americasquarterly.org/article/what-i…
Right-wing corporate lobby group @ASCOA is funded by this Who's Who of US corporations

It reassured them that Chile's new President-elect Boric is not a threat. He promises "fiscal responsibility," won't redistribute wealth, and emphasizes “dialogue” and “consensus” (like Obama)
It's historic that the Chilean people voted overwhelmingly against a far-right candidate who represented Pinochet's legacy, but don't let this blind you to the fact that millennial liberal Gabriel Boric is far from being some kind of leftist revolutionary
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17 Dec 21
Russia and China are developing an alternative to the US-controlled global financial system, to weaken US sanctions

This will "deter the threat of the US government's long-arm jurisdiction based on the US dollar-denominated international payment network"
globaltimes.cn/page/202112/12…
The increasing political and economic integration of China and Russia into a Eurasian bloc is a huge historical watershed moment:

President Xi Jinping just met with Russian President Vladimir Putin for a virtual summit, ***for the 37th time since 2013***
globaltimes.cn/page/202112/12…
China and Russia signed a roadmap for closer military ties, pointing to the increasingly frequent US strategic bomber flights near both countries’ borders

The more Washington threatens Beijing and Moscow, the more they unite
abcnews.go.com/International/…
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