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Centrist Committee posted:ban this subversion before it’s too late!!! Tiktok recently appointed some ex military, ex NSA and ex CIA people to help keep their platform safe from
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Votskomit posted:Tiktok recently appointed some ex military, ex NSA and ex CIA people to help keep their platform safe from lol at sending your operations people to give the cpc even more insight into the machinations of your dumb, crumbling empire
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i say swears online posted:WSJ put out a pretty big article. paywall free link the us government is such a clown show
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The US loves creating states so weak the Praetorian Guard can usurp the throne and acclaim their own Emperor. I suppose it makes it easier to buy their natural resources or whatever but it’s a foundation built on sand. e: There is an entire branch of the Saudi military that only exists to fight the rest of the military.
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https://twitter.com/statiq_q/status/1688308810174140416?s=20
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Niamey was fun today https://twitter.com/BBCAfrica/status/1688235194887598081?s=20 https://twitter.com/AFP/status/1688236407268007937?s=20
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i say swears online posted:https://www.tiktok.com/embed/7261612443120520453 It's real exciting to see other nations emphatically tell the west to gently caress off.
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Votskomit posted:Tiktok recently appointed some ex military, ex NSA and ex CIA people to help keep their platform safe from lots of NATO guys too https://twitter.com/MintPressNews/status/1640712011398119424?s=20 quote:Since 2020, there has been a wave of former spooks, spies and mandarins appointed to influential positions within TikTok, particularly around content and policy – some of whom, on paper at least, appear unqualified for such roles.
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crepeface posted:lots of NATO guys too Ayse Koçak is a Turk. red loving flag
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Votskomit posted:South Africa likes to sell itself as this rainbow nation, but we were an openly fascist state 30 years ago. That ideology doesn't die overnight. sheesh next youre gonna be telling us ukraine doesnt love queer people either
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i say swears online posted:WSJ put out a pretty big article. paywall free link quote:Bazoum, elected in 2021 in Niger’s first democratic transfer of power, had been feted in Washington as a reliable partner against the twin threats of jihadist attacks and Russia’s growing influence. huh weird how the article just jumps straight from talking about gender inequality to talking about terrorism and military bases without trying to quantify what if anything this guy had actually been doing about womens education and the birthrate
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https://twitter.com/djuric_zlatko/status/1688288922567135232?t=jjHs-em6Xa83wMaKUIHrlg&s=19 Huh weird Al-Qaeda just happens to pop up where the US has interests???
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nice to see the wagner group spawning splinter cells. they're going places!
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gradenko_2000 posted:https://twitter.com/djuric_zlatko/status/1688288922567135232?t=jjHs-em6Xa83wMaKUIHrlg&s=19 lol
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https://twitter.com/addisstandard/status/1688264379400151040 https://twitter.com/Amhara_News/status/1688252581770829824 PawParole has issued a correction as of 03:18 on Aug 7, 2023 |
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Didn't Ethiopia have a strong, centralized state at some point?
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Frosted Flake posted:Didn't Ethiopia have a strong, centralized state at some point? Derg ftw
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Atrocious Joe posted:BrutalistMcDonalds do you have anything on the EFFs international orientation or relationships with Western capital. the criticism seems to be that the EFF is encouraging state bailouts of an element of the national bourgeoisie that include Malema as a member. That seems like evidence that Malema is a turncoat, but not necessarily a fascist? Is development of a national bourgeoisie not part of the point of a bourgeoise state in a semi-colonial country? The SACP being in coalition with a bourgeois government for decades seems like they support the development of a national bourgeoisie. https://www.news24.com/fin24/john-battersby-why-malema-was-a-hit-with-uk-investors-20151201 but what is a fascist? what distinguishes the EFF to me is that they apparently have a strict hierarchical and paramilitary / militaristic structure. i'd like to learn more about this internal structure. i've read that the structure is based on the ANC's paramilitary wing during the anti-apartheid struggle. but that was a paramilitary wing of a political party which commanded it. for the EFF, malema is the commander-in-chief of the EFF. i'll drop some links and you can check it out. quote:The EFF is an interesting example in this regard, given its militaristic and hierarchical form of organisation. https://twitter.com/EFF_Limpopo/status/1631609618693496837 https://twitter.com/mohammedyusuf_z/status/1659198888727941124 quote:Suddenly switching their long-held position on land invasions, the EFF recently released a statement condemning what they deemed an illegal occupation of land belonging to the Bapedi Royal House in Limpopo. Not long ago the party’s commander-in-chief, Julius Malema, backed by EFF parliamentarians, was passionately calling for the poor and homeless to occupy land, regardless of the legal consequences. Four years later, the party’s leadership in Limpopo is rebuking a land occupation in defence of a royal family that wants to enhance its unearned privilege by building a palace and shopping mall. BrutalistMcDonalds has issued a correction as of 04:30 on Aug 7, 2023 |
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drat that's fascinating
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cool zone gang tag guy teaching you socialism
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BrutalistMcDonalds posted:but what is a fascist? what distinguishes the EFF to me is that they apparently have a strict hierarchical and paramilitary / militaristic structure. i'd like to learn more about this internal structure. i've read that the structure is based on the ANC's paramilitary wing during the anti-apartheid struggle. but that was a paramilitary wing of a political party which commanded it. for the EFF, malema is the commander-in-chief of the EFF. i'll drop some links and you can check it out. They follow democratic centralism with a military styling, this is explained more clearly in their code of conduct. https://www.effonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/CODE-OF-CONDUCT-06-03-2020.pdf You can see how they're still democratic with for example their organisational restructures, with their leadership elected by members, and the members voting to expand the size of the central committing and electing new members to that committee. There's lots of interesting clues as to their priorities in this document too: https://effonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/EFF-2ND-NPA-FINAL-REPORT.pdf They've been ideologically inconsistent, and there is a mindset of appealing to populism that overrides socialist values sometimes, which sucks. But I still wouldn't call them fascist, merely because I've interacted with a lot of EFF members and they range from Trotskyites to Marxist-Leninists who strongly respect SWCC. I've never interacted with one who didn't seem like they were at least trying to be socialist. Their most active works are to protest for better worker rights, and they've set up a division called the Labour Desk, which helps people resolve disputes with their employers. This has earned them the support of multiple trade unions including SAFTU. If Malema is a fascist, he's one who managed to somehow gather a bunch of diverse, often queer, working class socialists who prioritise women's rights and nationalisation as his members and allies. Maybe that can still count as fascism somehow, or a new kind of fascism, but, as you say: BrutalistMcDonalds posted:it's very weird:
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Frosted Flake posted:Didn't Ethiopia have a strong, centralized state at some point? I can’t think of any. Abyssinia was basically the Holy Roman Empire in Africa, Menelik’s Ethiopia was somewhat less decentralized, and the first civil war began when Haile attempted to rule areas directly using roads the Italians built, but everyone hated him, to the nobility he was a usurper, and to the common people he was a crook. gradenko_2000 posted:Derg ftw At any point the junta had at least 60 percent of the country rebelling against them. I mean they did attempt to centralize but that ended up causing their fall.
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i say swears online posted:A 1993 report by IRS Special Agent Kevin Moss explained that “there is probable cause to believe that funds in certain bank accounts controlled by Bola Tinubu… represent proceeds of drug trafficking; therefore these funds are forfeitable to the United States.” I'm not sure what the USA is going to do with seized US dollars if nobody else is trading with them after they de-dollarize. You can't even make a scrooge mcduck diving vault out of money when its all just spreadsheet cash.
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Votskomit posted:Tiktok recently appointed some ex military, ex NSA and ex CIA people to help keep their platform safe from Don't worry they'll stay completely loyal. Don't ask to who though.
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Somebody please tell me who is the good guys in this
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Gripweed posted:Somebody please tell me who is the good guys in this the niger situation? the coup government because they are throwing out the french the ethiopia situation? its... uuh... complicated
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Megamissen posted:the niger situation? the coup government because they are throwing out the french Yeah but which ethnic group should I cheer for
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the robert mueller and rule of law ethnic group
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Honky Mao posted:Yeah but which ethnic group should I cheer for ukrainians
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Honky Mao posted:Yeah but which ethnic group should I cheer for Elephants
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Honky Mao posted:Yeah but which ethnic group should I cheer for The tuareg are probably the most sympathetic given how badly they got hosed over by everyone, but they aren't really part of equation outside of being the security issue the military is devoted to squashing.
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yeah tuareg basically don't exist in niger proper but are mostly in agadez where all the saharan uranium is mined
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Libya doesn't like the coup: http://www.uniindia.com/news/world/libya-vows-not-to-recognize-new-military-rule-in-niger/3025242.html France doesn't like Burkino Faso liking the coup: https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20230806-france-suspends-development-and-budget-aid-to-burkina-faso Good article on people in Northern Nigeria having ties to Niger and being opposed to intervention: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-66420693
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Coup leaders close Niger airspace after deadline to reinstate leader European airlines are now diverting around Niger.
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OhFunny posted:Coup leaders close Niger airspace after deadline to reinstate leader quote:A source close to the ousted president told CBS News that Bazoum remained under house arrest, effectively held hostage along with his wife and son, without electricity, running water or cell-phone communication. these are ordinary prison conditions in america
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Funny thing about France in the Sahel. Apparently there are no airbases in Northern Africa that can operate the Rafale, so they had to fly from Metropolitan France and refuel twice just to drop bombs on some guys in tents in Mali. Depending on the range, Niger might be able to escape NATO bombing them into oblivion like Libya just because of that.
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crepeface posted:lots of NATO guys too TikTok hiring mandarins, you say? PawParole posted:I can’t think of any. Abyssinia was basically the Holy Roman Empire in Africa, Menelik’s Ethiopia was somewhat less decentralized, and the first civil war began when Haile attempted to rule areas directly using roads the Italians built, but everyone hated him, to the nobility he was a usurper, and to the common people he was a crook. Edit: just so I understand, what period are you referring to by Abyssinia here? PoontifexMacksimus has issued a correction as of 20:36 on Aug 7, 2023 |
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Frosted Flake posted:Funny thing about France in the Sahel. Apparently there are no airbases in Northern Africa that can operate the Rafale, so they had to fly from Metropolitan France and refuel twice just to drop bombs on some guys in tents in Mali. The main US logistics hub in West Africa is through Ghana's main airport. If the US wants a greater military presence in the region it may be through Ghana as some of the political and legal groundwork has been laid. I don't know if the France can get in anywhere or if they would tag along with the US. quote:In 2018, the US Department of Defense proposed that the US and Ghana agree to a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA), a $20 million deal that would allow the US military to expand its presence in Ghana. In March, widespread unhappiness of this agreement swept large sections of the population into the streets; opposition parties, who worried about the possibility that the US would build a military base in the country, raised their objections in parliament. By April, Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo said that his government had ‘not offered a military base, and will not offer a military base to the United States of America’. The US Embassy in Accra repeated this statement, saying that the ‘United States has not requested, nor does it plan to establish a military base or bases in Ghana’. The SOFA agreement was signed in May 2018. quote:Waldhauser also emphasized that U.S. troops do not have the authority to carry out offensive strikes in any of the West African countries; nor has he authorized the troops under his command to accompany partner forces that they are training and advising, which would give them the right to exercise what’s known as “collective self-defense” — a strike in defense of that partner force. According to its internal policy, the Pentagon believes it has the legal authority to carry out collective self-defense strikes to protect partner forces even if the target of those strikes is not covered by a congressional military authorization; critics have raised concerns that the Pentagon could simply slap the designation on any group it wished in order to carry out airstrikes on a desired target. (“I can't say for sure whether they've been designated or not. I know that we don't strike them,” Waldhauser told lawmakers.)
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PoontifexMacksimus posted:TikTok hiring mandarins, you say? Abyssinia is the dark orange region also known as Habeshas (ie. Amhara, Tigray,). The eastern, central, and southern regions of Ethiopia are Cushitic (ie. Somali, Oromo, Afar, Sidamo, etc). The western and southwestern regions belong to Nilotic Ethiopians. Most of this territory was gained during or after the Scramble for Africa, when the Habeshas forcefully invaded, dominated and colonized the lands to the south, west, and east. It took the name “Ethiopia” from the biblical name for Sudan. PawParole has issued a correction as of 23:17 on Aug 7, 2023 |
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