Introduction This is an open letter calling on activists and organisations in Aotearoa and so-called ‘Australia’ hosting talks with Vijay Prashad, to rescind or cancel his invitations to these even…
In a time when World War 3 seems just on the horizon, a western settler colonial project is actively genociding Arabs, and the global South is being increasingly squeezed by financial imperialism, we need to come together as socialists and focus on the urgent, pressing issues: stopping the tankies.
Side note: I keep seeing these ultraleft/anarchist wrecker types bring up Tigray. Can anyone explain to me why?
Let us admit that deep down, our problem with the tankies, is that they seem to be having a lot of fun in those tanks. I mean, have you seen what a tank does to a Toyota Corolla when you drive over it? Just pure joy, and we are joyless because we are tankless.
I guess the formerly Marxist-Leninist Tigray Liberation Front was the one who crushed the ‘tankie’ DERG, which was admittedly f-ed up, however, when they ruled from the 1990s to 2010s, they seemingly did jackshit, if not worse, for Ethiopia, with its Tigray sectarianism and opposition to the two other main ethnic groups: the Amhara and Oromo
Ultimately, when a new president of a different came to rule, they started a western-backed civil war against them
In a time when World War 3 seems just on the horizon, a western settler colonial project is actively genociding Arabs, and the global South is being increasingly squeezed by financial imperialism, we need to come together as socialists and focus on the urgent, pressing issues: stopping the tankies.
Side note: I keep seeing these ultraleft/anarchist wrecker types bring up Tigray. Can anyone explain to me why?
Let us admit that deep down, our problem with the tankies, is that they seem to be having a lot of fun in those tanks. I mean, have you seen what a tank does to a Toyota Corolla when you drive over it? Just pure joy, and we are joyless because we are tankless.
It’s all just so fucking stupid. I hope they protest the event so he can just go off on them lol.
Skimming a bit:
I guess the formerly Marxist-Leninist Tigray Liberation Front was the one who crushed the ‘tankie’ DERG, which was admittedly f-ed up, however, when they ruled from the 1990s to 2010s, they seemingly did jackshit, if not worse, for Ethiopia, with its Tigray sectarianism and opposition to the two other main ethnic groups: the Amhara and Oromo
Ultimately, when a new president of a different came to rule, they started a western-backed civil war against them