Supported by rich right-wing elites, so-called “trucker” protests (led by non-truckers and opposed by truckers' unions) have paralyzed the capitals of Brazil and Canada in less than six months.

@BrianMteleSUR and I showed how the cynical operation works:
multipolarista.com/2022/02/14/can…
The son of Brazil's far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, Eduardo -- a fascist extremist who called for bringing back tactics from the dictatorship, including suspending civil liberties to crush the left -- is openly supporting the rightwing convoy in Canada
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These kinds of right-wing anti-communist and anti-China signs are ubiquitous at the foreign-funded convoy in Canada

This propaganda is also ridiculous because much of Canada's railways were built in the late 1800s, 70 years before the communist revolution

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Feb 6
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 Image
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-…
Read 15 tweets
Jan 29
Ukraine has had a US puppet government ever since a Western-backed 2014 coup

But even this puppet gov't has stressed there's no evidence Russia plans to invade

It's the US & UK pushing for war with Russia (Ukraine's economy is really suffering from this) multipolarista.com/2022/01/26/ukr…
Even the CIA roadies at CNN acknowledge the major tensions between Ukraine's puppet government and its US masters

The US keeps trying to start a war, but Ukraine admits Russia isn't planning to invade

The US wants Ukraine to commit suicide to hurt Russia
edition.cnn.com/2022/01/28/pol…
Ukrainian President Zelensky is a Western puppet, so now that he's contradicting his masters in Washington, don't be surprised if he is suddenly replaced

Zelensky reassured reporters, "There is a feeling abroad that there is war here. That's not the case"
edition.cnn.com/2022/01/28/pol…
Read 7 tweets
Jan 22
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…
Read 4 tweets
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
benjaminnorton.substack.com/p/as-millions-…
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…
Read 4 tweets
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
Read 4 tweets
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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