"Today the climate meeting #COP29 starts in Baku. During Cop, the picture of Azerbaijan reported by the media will be a whitewashed and greenwashed version that the regime is desperate to portray. But make no mistake – it is a repressive state accused of ethnic cleansing.": https://x.com/GretaThunberg/status/1855894274304336320
"Stand Against Authoritarianism, Greenwashing, War, and Capitalist Exploitation!
Place: Tbilisi, Georgia, Liberty Square (Pushkin Park) Time: 19:00 local time, November 11th.
Join us as we rally against the wave of authoritarianism and exploitation sweeping through the Caucasus. Azerbaijan, using COP29 as a façade, is ramping up control under a false “green” agenda, tightening its grip on power, and escalating regional tensions.
For over 20 years, Azerbaijan’s regime led by Aliyev have kept people oppressed, fostering poverty, fear, and silence. This authoritarian trend isn’t isolated—across the region, people like Ivanishvili, Putin, Erdogan, theocratic regime in Iran are deepening control, stifling dissent, oppressing their own people and using war and ethnic cleansing against Armenians, Ukrainians, Kurds and other ethnic minorities to justify brutal policies.
Those who speak out—journalists, activists, scholars—are often met with imprisonment and violence. Under this system, climate action is reduced to corporate profit schemes, leaving people’s needs ignored and communities devastated.
The collective West’s role in this authoritarian drift is undeniable, as it continues to legitimise and finance oppressive regimes for the sake of energy and profit. By turning a blind eye to oppression in exchange for resources, Western powers are complicit in the repression and suffering faced by the people of the Caucasus.
The Caucasus Feminist Anti-War movement demand a future free from the chokehold of authoritarianism, war, and capitalist greed. We stand for real freedom, equality, justice, and a region where people, not profits, come first.": https://x.com/GretaThunberg/status/1855606896897482758
It's weird ken, however, I find if one talks to people nicely one can often resolve the issues that concern you both #freecountry #religiouspersecution
Re: #makesalt
Posted by Ken Waldron on November 11, 2024, 12:33 pm, in reply to "#makesalt"
-Really dunno what you are on about Gerard. what I point out is simple: whether it's due to herself or her advisors, Greta is not a reliable guide on geopolitical cause and effect.
Who is?
Posted by John Monro on November 12, 2024, 7:22 am, in reply to "Re: #makesalt"
Greta is relatable about many things, I'd cut her some slack in the Russo/Ukraine war. She perceives this as a Russian invasion of an independent sovereign state. And so it is.
To her it seems pretty simple. Russia went to war, and it shouldn't have. In some respects, I'd have to agree with her, but as you and I are aware, it's just that it's a bit more complicated than that.
Re: Who is?
Posted by Ken Waldron on November 12, 2024, 12:00 pm, in reply to "Who is?"
"To her it seems pretty simple..."
-That's the problem....right there.
And on your rhetorical question there are lots of quite reliable sources on geopolitical realities: many are quoted or linked to every time you visit here.
on November 11, 2024, 10:43 am