The idea that "environmental groups" are shocked over #CocaCola as sponsor of #COP27 is vacuous. If anything, this validates the vast corporate dominance accelerated over past 2.5 yrs, in tandem w/ #NGO "together" project of citizenry/state/corporation over past decade+.
"...we would like to see you prioritise policies [] as part of a robust #netzero strategy... Acting now [] could [] deliver huge economic benefits... corps signing the letter are [] #CocaCola [] #BNP ... Supporting the letter [include] We Mean Business...
"There is an inversion here. It depicts the real world as dystopia I think. Barren. To be saved and revived by the digital world, energised by #CocaCola.
Jul 2022: "Now, the supermodel is venturing outside the world of fashion by becoming the new creative director of Diet Coke... Moss's appointment comes as we've seen an influx of celebrity creative directors of late..."
"Celebrity fetishizing is now a lifestyle choice." [@johnsteppling]
As is wilful blindness.
"Coca-Cola's well-documented history of complicity in deadly violence against #union leaders and family members in Guatemala dates back to the 1970s."
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"...Grossi [IAEA] spoke about increasing global acceptance of #nuclear energy, the IAEA's ongoing efforts in Ukraine & his upcoming participation at the UN climate conference in Egypt this Nov..."
"He [Grossi] also met with philanthropist, Chairperson and Founder of #TerraPower Bill #Gates to discuss the IAEA’s work and #nuclear power’s essential role in ensuring energy security and combating climate change."
Oct 12 2022: "Deep-sea miner stock jumps after first seafloor collection since 1970s"
The "#greatreset" (#Commonwealth w/ WEF as secretariat) includes deep sea #mining. The annihilation of #oceans carried out under guise of sustainability.
"The fields in the CCZ represent the largest known, undeveloped #nickel resource on the planet & is estimated to contain over 3 times the amount of #cobalt, almost 2 x the amount of nickel & as much #manganese as all global land-based reserves, combined."
#Privatization of the #oceans will allow for ocean exploration & deep sea #mining - both essential for the fourth industrial revolution infrastructure desired by the ruling class technocrats. #4IR#EVs#Salesforce
African Internationalism discussing Russia/Ukraine struggle as part of negating #colonial#capitalist narrative being spread to paint Russia as aggressor while exposing the US & other European imperialist powers role as instigator/orchestrator of crisis:
"It is no secret that White Power is working overtime to shut down any form of communication from #Russia to parts of the world - which means that most of the #propaganda churned out by the colonial capitalists goes uncontested."
"The same US #imperialism that was built on #slavery, #genocide, & colonialism, is now posturing as the moral & political authority of the world. The US colonial capital state murders African people inside the US every single day... Floyd, Locke, Taylor, & millions of others."
Nov 1 2021, #CBDC India: "so every single person today, even if he's not able to afford all the 3 meals, is having a #Smartphone in his hand. And I must thank some of the Asian countries which actually revolutionize[d] the smartphone market"
"so these three: the #biometric identity, the no-frills savings account [], & of course the #smartphone, & the fact that data is so cheap in India was the one which actually set the ground... I think #Canada & India started on this journey of instant payments almost together..."
Jan 18 2021, Payments #Canada: "Design attributes for a retail #CBDC... introduction of a new channel for illicit activities, money-laundering, terrorist financing other socially undesirable behaviours."
Following #Canada's ban on Russian crude - #fuel prices soar to record high. #Food crisis to follow.
Small print: Canada hasn't imported Russian crude since 2019. In 2021 Canada's petrol imports from Russia amounted to 350 million - out of $32 billion.
"The United States has not imported any petroleum gases from #Russia since 2019 and, as I previously reported, only imported 3.5% of the more important category of oil from there in 2021."
Cont'd: "When it comes to petroleum gases, which includes natural gas & liquified natural gas — [] — better than 90% of U.S. imports came from #Canada last yr, w/ none from #Russia."
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