Principles > labeled ideology

We need to stop building political identities based on nostalgia and romanticized revolutionaries of decades past

It’s 2024. Solutions are in front of us, not in books that were written over 100 years ago

https://twitter.com/mtracey/status/1782281167821058471

Putting ideology over principles is how the “Left” morphed into a horde of mentally ill betas who yap and yap about “the working class” without ever having been a part of it

Their politics are more rooted in daddy issues than personal experience. They want to be in a cult bc it makes them feel safe and accepted

Influential & ostensibly powerful Americans in media/gov’t agree w my “radical” comments re Israel yet can’t admit so in public bc they will be subject to the same mob students (@jvplive/@NationalSJP) & politicians (@RepThomasMassie) who stand up for Palestine or American sovereignty encounter

One of the many ways Israel’s existence breeds antisemitism Asserting that Palestinians have the right to defend themselves (resist) or that the United States have interests that are separate from Israel’s are enough to end one’s career for good

How do we think that makes average people w no skin in the game other than their tax $ feel?

Western media are telling us that we must see non-stop images of Israeli suffering so that we empathize with them

Here are some non-AI generated images I just received from Gaza. Ask yourself why the media don’t want you to empathize with these human beings? Don’t look away.

People in the West don’t understand the level of Israel’s crisis

Israel is facing an internal political collapse, the Palestinian resistance is militarily stronger than ever before, & regional forces (Hezbollah) are battle-tested & primed

And outside of our bubble, hasbara falls flat! Meanwhile, religious extremists in Israel have increased attacks on Muslim holy sites & gained serious political power. Their continued provocations will only push the region in one direction. It is a mistake to think Iran is the only place in the region cheering on Palestinian resistance

#BRICS2023 leaders’ speeches are underway

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa kicked off event discussing future development in Africa, including plans to construct railways that will integrate trade & industrialization on the continent, stressing the importance of BRICS financing Brazil’s Lula da Silva celebrates BRICS growing achievements while warning delegates to beware of “neocolonial” efforts to hinder trade & development “under the guise of protecting the climate”

He also called for increased links between Brazil & Africa, including direct flights to Johannesburg

Ukraine has less then 0.6% of the world's population, but commands over 25% of the global surrogacy market

Princeton says countries like Nepal & India kicked the industry out bc it fuels human trafficking. What does that mean for a war zone like Ukraine?
jpia.princeton.edu/news/lessons-u… I stumbled upon this stat bc I was thinking about how Western economies are dependent on a constant influx of cheap labor (refugees from their resource wars). I looked into surrogacy bc celebs like Paris Hilton & the Kardashian family are normalizing it.

Kiev officials & Samantha @PowerUSAID are in DC celebrating how the Ukraine war kicked off a “new age” of “e-governance.” Alongside the Executive Chairman of Visa, they are openly describing the sacrifice of Ukrainian civilians on the altar of Western finance & tech: This event is dedicated to promoting Diia, Ukraine’s “state in a smartphone” that digitizes med records, banking, biometric data, and all aspects of life into a singular app. Kiev official @FedorovMykhailo thanks US taxpayers for serving as the first social investors of Diia

As World War III plays out before our eyes, there are some who are expending energy to divide & bully those rallying for peace.

Rather than live in our own bubbles, others have decided that it's time to overcome barriers & oppose this war together. I know where I stand. Do you?

https://twitter.com/RageAgainstWar_/status/1605743843881603072

No single org or party owns the anti-war banner. US citizens who oppose war don't subscribe to a single ideology.

Ppl can stay siloed & pat themselves on the back for marching w/ the same ppl they've marched w/ for years, or accept reality beyond their sectarian fantasy.

Absolute chaos today at Inter-American @The_Dialogue today after Bolivian activists & @codepink interrupt a “conversation” w neo-nazi @LuisFerCamachoV

I ask him to respond to allegations he’s a fascist before staff block access & physically attack Codepink Here is video of unruly Inter-American @The_Dialogue staff violently removing @medeabenjamin’s sign and scrambling to protect neo-Nazi Bolivian coup leader @LuisFerCamachoV

Today I tried to attend the OAS meeting on Bolivia. Security would not let me in even tho I presented multiple IDs (other reporters entered w/o check). Friendly guard ultimately told me the head of OAS press office made the call not to let me in. OAS Office of Foreign Missions was hosting a reception outside of the meeting on Bolivia. As I waited at the door I observed many attendees checking-in. When asked which mission they represented most common reply was “State Department” 😹😹😹

Despite years of accusing Venezuela's elected gov't of corruption, Guaidó's US-based officials are poised to lose Citgo.

Members of VZLA's opposition tell me how @ignandez, @carlosvecchio, & @ricardo_hausman are running a "scam" against their country:

thegrayzone.com/2019/09/03/the… @ignandez @carlosvecchio @ricardo_hausman In July, a US court ruled the mining firm Crystallex could seize $1.4b worth of Citgo's assets as compensation for $ owed by the Venezuelan gov

To win, Crystallex had to prove Citgo was an "alter ego" of the state (therefore taking $ from one is equal to taking $ from the other)

Sadly Chomsky has always been decidedly anti-communist, that's why he is presented in mainstream as the preeminent lefty US intellectual & treated like a prophet. Michael Parenti pointed out many of his awful views on the Soviet Union & Leninism years ago: reddit.com/r/communism/co…

https://twitter.com/EvaKBartlett/status/1153680226439892992

In light of Chomsky's shameful Venezuela piece, it is worth remembering Parenti's critique of Chomsky.

"Like Orwell & most bourgeois opinion makers & academics, Chomsky treats Communism and fascism as totalitarian twins, offering no class analysis of either..."

Did Guaido envoy & former Exxon lawyer @carlosvecchio pocket $70 million from Citgo's US accounts?

I explore claims DOJ is probing Vecchio for overseeing a massive fraud scheme & document the theft of Venezuela's wealth in my latest @GrayzoneProject
thegrayzone.com/2019/06/19/gua… In February, @jguaido selected a new board for Citgo & PdVSA despite the fact the appointees would not control anything on the ground in Venezuela.
Citgo's new board was stacked w corporate consultants & former oil industry executives who retired when Chavez won power in 1998:

Consider this history as European powers (including Germany) & US celebrate #DDay:

Then Soviet ambassador to US, Andrei Gromyko, writes in his memoirs that Churchill didn’t want to open a western front during the 1943 Tehran Conference. Stalin pushed him to commit to Normandy: "Memoirs" by Andrei Gromyko

Cannot recommend this book enough!
amazon.com/Memoirs-Andrei…

Now in the streets of Washington DC: “@AmbJohnBolton you can’t hide, we charge you with genocide.” #HandsOffVenezuela It wouldn’t be a DC protest without harassment from empire babies! This man tells me the US would be saving people if it invaded Venezuela... how’d that workout for Yugoslavia, Iraq, or Libya?

.@marcorubio horrifically tweets images of revolutionary leader Muammar Gaddafi’s brutal execution at hands of US-backed jihadis in Libya just one day after the US failed to invade VZ under the pretext of humanitarian aid.

The Bolivarian Republic is resisting his sick plan.

https://twitter.com/marcorubio/status/1099726515292508162

The mask of empire is off— US elites are proud of their naked violation of international law, MURDER of world leaders & destruction of entire nations. They failed in Syria & they’re failing again in Venezuela. The world is entering an new era & VZ is leading the way. Venceremos!