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Jan 22 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
There are major splits emerging within the NATO imperialist alliance

Germany blocked Estonia from sending arms to Ukraine

British planes took a long detour around Germany to send arms to Ukraine

Germany doesn't want war with Russia. Some NATO members do
wsj.com/articles/germa…
The US is pushing for a war with Russia over Ukraine, but its own NATO ally Germany (still occupied by thousands of US troops) doesn't want war.

US President Joe Biden asked to speak with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz... and he said no!

Serious divisions spiegel.de/international/…
One of the reasons the US is pushing so aggressively against Russia over Ukraine is it wants to keep Europe dependent on US energy

The US recently became the world’s #1 exporter of liquefied natural gas for the first time ever, thanks to exports to Europe
aljazeera.com/economy/2022/1…
Germany needs Russia's cheap energy, but many figures in the US government are still trying to sabotage Germany's Nord Stream 2 pipeline with Russia. They want Germany dependent on US energy.

This is a significant factor in the proxy conflict over Ukraine

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Jan 19
As the Covid-19 pandemic ripped through society, killing more than 854,000 people in the US, the government (of both Trump and Biden) abandoned its people

But the US gov't did make sure banks enjoyed "their best period since the 2007-09 financial crisis"
benjaminnorton.substack.com/p/as-millions-…
While more than 5.55 million people around the world died from Covid-19, the 10 richest capitalists on Earth doubled their wealth.

During the pandemic, the incomes of 99% of humanity decreased. But, billionaire oligarchs made $5 trillion
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The 854,000 (and counting) Covid-19 deaths in the US were absolutely not inevitable

China's population is 4 times larger than the US', but has fewer than 5000 deaths

If China implemented the US' policies (or lack thereof) it would have 3.6 million deaths
liberationnews.org/yes-there-real…
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Jan 11
Pro-imperialist Democrat @DavidKlion is an Obama apologist who aggressively reiterated Russiagate conspiracy theories that were proved hilariously wrong (and he deleted a ton of tweets to hide it)

Now he's lecturing The Left™ on why it must condemn China. Shame on @thenation Image
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Jan 8
Excellent analysis of the coup attempt in Kazakhstan, written by an analyst with Brazil's Workers' Party, addressing natural resources, US new cold war on Russia/China, etc.

"Kazakhstan and Brazil are game-changing pieces on the geopolitical chess board"
brasilwire.com/brazil-kazakhs…
"It’s important to remember that Kazakhstan has some of the world’s largest mineral and fossil fuel reserves."

"However, the greatest importance of Kazakhstan has to do with its privileged geographical location, as a natural bridge between East Asia, the Middle East and Europe."
Brazilian Workers' Party analyst: "The current rebellion in Kazakhstan therefore has a clear parallel with Ukraine’s 'orange revolution', which placed that nation into Washington’s orbit, and with recent attempts to destabilize the Belarus regime"
brasilwire.com/brazil-kazakhs…
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Jan 7
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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Jan 7
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"
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Jan 6
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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