Today in Labor History March 22, 1920: Azeri army soldiers, in collaboration with Azeri civilians, attacked Armenian civilians in Shusha (Nagorno Karabakh) and destroyed the Armenian half of the city. The pogrom continued through March 26. The true death toll may have been well over 20,000. Between 1905 and 1920, there were at least 9 pogroms in the region, against both Armenians and Azeris, with a death toll of at least 57,000, and possibly well over 100,000. At least another 10 pogroms resumed after the fall of the Soviet Union, with hundreds more people slaughtered.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #azeri #armenian #armenia #genocide #azerbaijan #soviet #russia

Citizens, let us examine an incident that lays bare the truth behind #Russia’s so-called “multipolarity.” The downing of an #Azeri plane is more than a tragedy; it is a testament to the imperial arrogance that #Moscow cloaks under the guise of a new world order. This is not the multipolarity of equals, but the assertion of a simple and brutal doctrine: the strong may act with impunity, while the weak must suffer their indignities in silence.

Witness the plight of President #Aliyev of #Azerbaijan, humiliated in the skies as his plane was forced to turn back en route to St. #Petersburg (#SPB) for the informal CIS summit. That moment, citizens, will echo in history—not just for Azerbaijan, but for every nation that dares to believe in its sovereignty while standing in #Moscow’s shadow. These so-called “middle powers,” flattered by #Putin when they support his confrontation with the #West, are swiftly bullied and broken the moment they assert their own independence.

Arrogance! That is the foundation of #Russian foreign policy. Toward those smaller or deemed “unfriendly,” it is an iron boot, unrelenting and unapologetic. And even toward larger powers—#Turkey, the United States—#Moscow’s tone drips with condescension, barely concealing its disdain. Yet here, with the #Baku – #Grozny flight that fell from the skies over #Kazakhstan, we find two smaller nations, both deemed non-compliant with Moscow’s ambitions, caught in the crossfire of this arrogance.

Now the world watches. How will Moscow respond? Will #Putin and #Kadyrov humble themselves with a public apology, as even the most ruthless regimes have done after such tragedies? Will they investigate with sincerity and admit fault, taking responsibility not only for the missile that struck the plane but for refusing an immediate landing—an act that might have saved lives but exposed #Grozny ’s elites and its “sensitive sites” to further risk?

Or will #Russia do what it has done so many times before? Will it obfuscate, deny, weave a web of lies, and force #Azerbaijan and #Kazakhstan into complicity through coercion and threats? Shades of the tragedy of #Malaysia Airlines Flight #MH17 linger in this scenario—a chilling reminder of Russia’s playbook when caught in the wrong.

This moment, citizens, is a test of the “multipolarity” that Moscow claims to champion. Is it the coexistence of equals, as its propagandists declare? Or is it a system where might makes right, and the Kremlin’s strength is wielded without accountability? Already, the signs are clear. The state press, UniTASS 🚽, clouds the air with vagueness and absurd claims of birds as the culprits. And the #Kremlin ’s silence, long and heavy, is not the silence of reflection—it is the silence of disgrace.

This tragedy unveils the true face of #Russian multipolarity: domination masked as equality, coercion disguised as diplomacy. Let it serve as a warning to all nations who dare trust in Moscow’s promises. For in Russia’s world order, there are no equals—only the masters and the mastered.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/azerbaijan-airlines-plane-crashed-after-physical-and-technical-external-interference-carrier-says-1.7158281

#Russias #Crime: the #shootingdown of the #Azeri #plane over #Grozny

They #rejected the #emergency #landing, to #kill the #witnesses and let the #evidence #sinkt into the #Caspian see. It was cold blooded #murder !

http://youtube.com/post/UgkxducGniIinPJKwBTjnZqt4AdmTjRhTrYF?si=knr_scez6h8g_ePG

Wonderful music!!
#music #azeri #Azerbaijan

https://youtu.be/r4J9jNo_2ZE?si=ICte716CMw_5xGBN

Exposed: The Oil and Gas Giants Profiting Most From #Israel's #GazaGenocide

"The complicity of international #corporations and governments in fueling Israel's #WarMachine represents the latest chapter in a long history of #FossilFuel companies enabling #genocide and mass atrocities," said one campaigner.

by Brett Wilkins
Nov 14, 2024

"On the fourth day of the United Nations Climate Change Conference, or #COP29, in Azerbaijan, green groups highlighted how fossil fuel companies 'enable and profit from Israel's genocide in Gaza,' continuing 'a long history of the industry's complicity in mass atrocities worldwide.'

"'The fossil fuel industry is culpable in death and destruction around the world, not only through the #ClimateCrisis they cause but through the violence they fuel,' #OilChangeInternational said in a statement Thursday.

"'Every shipment of oil to Israel carries the weight of #Palestinian lives.'

"The group—along with others including #FriendsOfTheEarthPalestine / #PENGON and #TippingPointUK — is seizing the opportunity presented by COP29 to draw attention to an aspect of the Gaza war often overlooked amid the staggering death and destruction wrought by Israel's 13-month onslaught, which a United Nations panel on Thursday said is consistent with the 'characteristics of genocide.'

"'Investor-owned and private #OilCompanies supply 66% of oil to Israel—more than a third of that from major oil companies like #Chevron, #Shell, and #BP — despite genocide warnings from the International Court of Justice [#ICC],' #OilChange said. 'BP is among the top corporate suppliers of oil to Israel. It operates and is the largest owner of the #BTC pipeline, which transports #AzeriOil that is ultimately sent to Israel.'

"The #BTCPipeline runs from #Baku — the #Azeri capital and COP29 host city on the Caspian Sea —t hrough #Azerbaijan, #Georgia, and #Turkey and, according to Oil Change, supplies Israel with 28% of its oil, belying Thursday's claim by Turkish President #RecepTayyipErdoğan that the country has severed all ties with Israel.

"An investigation published in September by #EnergyEmbargoForPalestine showed how oil transported via the BTC pipeline is refined into jet fuel for Israel Defense Forces [#IDF] warplanes.

Oil Change continued:

"BP has also been granted #GasExploration licenses in occupied Palestinian waters. By providing it with fuel, BP enables the Israeli government to commit genocide in Gaza. Chevron operates and partially owns the two largest Israeli-claimed fossil #GasFields, #Tamar and #Leviathan, making it the main international actor extracting fossil gas claimed by Israel in the Mediterranean. In 2022, 70% of Israel's power was generated from fossil gas extracted by #Chevron. Through the millions of dollars it pays Israel for its gas extraction licenses, Chevron is also directly contributing to financing Israel's regime of #genocide, #apartheid, #SettlerColonialism, and #Occupation.

"'The complicity of international corporations and governments in fueling Israel's war machine represents the latest chapter in a long history of fossil fuel companies enabling genocide and mass atrocities,' #MohammedUsrof, a member of the #PalestinianYouth Climate Negotiation Team at COP29 who lost 21 relatives to Israel's onslaught, said in a statement Thursday. 'Every shipment of oil to Israel carries the weight of Palestinian lives.'

"Tipping Point U.K. organizer #SadieDeCost said that 'BP originated as a key enabler of the #BritishEmpire, and continues as one of the top 10 largest #CarbonEmitters in the world.'

"'It operates and is the largest owner of the BTC pipeline, which ships Azeri oil to fuel Israel's genocide in Gaza,' DeCost added. 'BP's historic colonial harms continue through its support of violent regimes. Its emissions are estimated to cause hundreds of billions of dollars of loss and damage. We must shut down BP to end this injustice, and demand climate reparations for impacted communities around the world.'"

Read more:
https://www.commondreams.org/news/fossil-fuels-gaza-genocide

#Chevron #BigOil #FossilFuels #BigOilAndGas #IsraeliWarCrimes #BibiIsAWarCriminal #CorporateColonialism #Oiligarchy #CeasefireNow #FreeGaza

In The Great Khan's Tent Presents: Tales from Central Asia Episode 4 is now out on #YouTube ! Come in and listen to the tales from the #Azeri , #Kyrgyz , and #Kazakh ethnic groups! We are the most comprehensive narrative episodic #Podcast around for literature and folk literature! https://youtu.be/-bKjcHINCR4 #audiodrama #literature #audiobook #audionarration #podcastersofcolour #podcastersofmastodon #podcastersofinstagram #CentralAsia #CentralAsian

In The Great Khan's Tent Presents: Tales From Central Asia Episode 4 is now out on #youtube ! Come in and listen to tales from the #Azeri , #Kyrgyz, and #Kazakh ethnic groups! We are the most comprehensive narrative #podcast around! https://youtu.be/-bKjcHINCR4 #literature #literaturelovers #audiodrama #audiobook #literaturelovers #podcastersofcolor #podcastersofinstagram #podcastersofmastodon #CentralAsia #CentralAsian

ICYMI: #KültürSanat #Azeri Senfoni Orkestrası’ndan Azeri besteciler konseri https://www.haberidiyarbakir.com/senfoni-orkestrasindan-azeri-besteciler-konseri/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

#KültürSanat #Azeri Senfoni Orkestrası’ndan Azeri besteciler konseri https://www.haberidiyarbakir.com/senfoni-orkestrasindan-azeri-besteciler-konseri/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

More than half of its population has fled. Soon, #NagornoKarabakh will no longer exist

Straight up #Azeri #Genocide of the #armenians — and no you don't have try to wipe out a whole people for that word to apply.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/nagorno-karabakh-evacuation-1.6980696?cmp=rss

↪ The price for this #Russian collaboration?

Expect there to be technical problems with #Azeri gas supplies to #Europe.

🔴 In the runup to winter in #Europe, #Azerbaijan has "violated the ceasefire along the entire line of contact with missile-artillery strikes", and have launched a "large-scale military offensive" against ethnic #Armenians in #NagornoKarabakh

#Russia has refused to act in their role as peace-keepers and in effect are collaborating with the #Azeri regime over energy supplies to #Europe ➡

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66851975

Bayraktar killing Orlan or similar UAV base

"The Azerbaijani Defense Ministry publishes footage of the destruction of the control center of the UAV of the Armenian Armed Forces on the morning of September 2 by the Turkish-made Bayraktar TB2 strike drone.

Baku claims that the Armenian drone conducted reconnaissance and target designation in the escalation zone on the line of contact.
#Azerbaijan #Armenia #azeri #bayraktar #tb2

This [2019] report documents research and analysis conducted as part of the #RAND Corporation research project #ExtendingRussia: Competing from Advantageous Ground, sponsored by the [US] Army.

The purpose of the project was to examine a range of possible means to extend #Russia. By this, we mean nonviolent [(sic)] measures that could stress #Russia’s military or economy or the regime’s political standing at home and abroad.
[...]
CHAPTER FOUR. Geopolitical Measure
[...]
This chapter describes six possible #US moves in the current geopolitical competition: providing lethal arms to #Ukraine, resuming support to the #Syrian rebels, promoting regime change in #Belarus, exploiting #Armenian and #Azeri tensions, intensifying attention to #CentralAsia, and isolating #Transnistria (a Russian-occupied enclave within #Moldova).

Some serious language here by #Pashinian, openly saying that #russia's presence in #Karabakh is creating risks for #Armenia, as it provides openings for #Azeri machinations. He'd prefer an international peacekeeping mission.

https://moscow42.global.ssl.fastly.net/2023/03/15/pashinyan-otpravil-votstavku-komanduyuschego-gruppirovkoi-voisk-armenii-irossii-posle-zayavleniya-opyatoi-kolonne-varmii-a36718

Al SuraさんはTwitterを使っています 「#BREAKING - #Armenian Ministry of Defense releases footage of #Azeri tank being hit while attempting to advance on Nagorno-Karabakh in a surprise attack. https://t.co/eFO6X7srvf」 / Twitter
https://twitter.com/AlSuraEnglish/status/1310131822957703171　おおー、弾薬が燃えた炎が砲塔上部と操縦席ハッチから綺麗に上がってる。