o_d [he/him]

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Cake day: June 12th, 2023

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  • o_d [he/him]toComradeship // FreechatWhat is this shit
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    3 days ago

    The best land acknowledgements […] will highlight a concrete plan and commitment towards realizing Native sovereignty.

    Klanada does a lot of land acknowledgements these days but I can’t recall one where this part was included. Not surprising, unfortunately.



  • Gazprom is majority state owned so it’s a bit difficult to separate these things since it’s the Russian state that launched the SMO. That being said, the only accusations of resource theft that I’ve seen have come from the western mainstream media. The only evidence given being the invasion itself. IMO, Russia’s initial position of attempting to have negotiations that would give autonomy to Donetsk and Luhansk while remaining a part of Ukraine shows that Russia’s motivations are not the theft of resources.



  • Lenin also called WWI the imperialist war. If anything, the Russian empire was on the side of imperialism. Modern Russia has aligned itself with the anti-imperialist block. This is an opportunistic alignment due to the western powers’ hostility toward Russia, but for now, Russia’s actions are a counter to empire.


  • This is not a fair comparison. Russia has not yet reached the imperialist stage of capitalism. Russia’s presence in West Asia and Africa is currently a counter to the imperialist West. Therefore, it currently has an anti-imperialist character. There is no doubt that Russia as a capitalist nation will eventually reach the stage of imperialism, or become imperialized.

    Amerikkka and TERF Island are both imperialist nations. They will continue to be imperialist even if they were to pull out of Ukraine.










  • o_d [he/him]toWorld NewsNew BRICS+ members :
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    11 days ago

    I haven’t seen that. I was chatting with a local in Vietnam and they were telling me that students learn about the dispute in the education system. Their information could just be out of date though. Let me know if you find what you read previously.


  • o_d [he/him]toWorld NewsNew BRICS+ members :
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    I’m not so sure Vietnam will, unfortunately. While it doesn’t necessarily go against their “four no’s” defence policy, I can see how it might be interpreted that way.

    1. no military alliances
    2. no siding with one country against another
    3. no foreign military bases or using Vietnamese territory to oppose other countries
    4. no using force or threatening to use force in international relations

    While joining BRICS isn’t exactly siding with one country against another, the purpose of this is likely to avoid getting involved in antagonistic block conflict, which the west will interpret this as.

    I also think there’s still some territorial conflict, especially regarding maritime exclusive economic zones that need to be settled with China. Vietnam may want to resolve this before joining an economic block where China has significant influence.


  • China could do more for Palestinians. The fact that they continue to trade with Isn’treal is disappointing. However, those who strongly criticize China don’t understand that Chinese policy is a manifestation of the desires of its population. The CPC won’t do anything that is not supported by a large majority. They have a non interventionist policy because that’s what their population wants. China isn’t the one enabling Isn’treal to carry out its genocide and it really isn’t their responsibility to put themselves at risk to stop it.