Patrick Bond

Political economist. Working in South Africa since 1990.

[Patrick Bond @patrickbond]

@niehaus_carl Thanks for this wonderful debate, dear comrades. Please bring Fighters in your hundreds of thousands, against the dtic offices in Pretoria, Cape Town and Durban, on 21 August, noon. See you there!

[Patrick Bond @patrickbond]

@niehaus_carl But does Russia's leadership - like the Pretoria regime - 'talk left, walk right'? Sure there is rhetoric from the BRICS about supporting Palestine, and opposing Western uni-polar politics. But do take more time to look at the reality. Links provided may worry you, cde.

[Patrick Bond @patrickbond]

@niehaus_carl

[Patrick Bond @patrickbond]

@niehaus_carl * corporations behind the SANDF's eastern DRC (2004-25) and Central African Republic (2013) fiascos: https://t.co/wwXbvEbZcB

[Patrick Bond @patrickbond]

@niehaus_carl 2) over EFF support of more SA army financing (due to 'subimperial' service to the extractive industries):
* military subimperialism + extractivism: https://t.co/zWcn7bhyX1
* SANDF's Mozambique deployment from 2021-24: https://t.co/E9dM0SWFsG and

[Patrick Bond @patrickbond]

@niehaus_carl Full agreement that the G7 are the Axis of Genocide. BUT my main differences with Carl are 1) his support for Russia's invasion of Ukraine (with around 2 million working-class Ukrainians and Russians killed or wounded - partly because of Moscow's roles in Israel and Sudan), and

[Patrick Bond @patrickbond]

@niehaus_carl Just on BRICS, you can follow analysis and links here: https://t.co/nAOiDO3AGy and https://t.co/jiYPtoqcfk and
here's the Ichikowitz critique I mentioned: https://t.co/84uajvuuby and https://t.co/3JMixuiuV4 and https://t.co/lWh2YlTPxD