In Episode 53 [14]of the CounterVortex podcast [15], Bill Weinberg discusses the pathological propaganda game in which Donald Trump exploits [16] the pro-democracy uprising in Hong Kong and Xi Jinping exploits [17] the uprising that has exploded [18] across the US since the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. With Trump scolding [19] China over the Hong Kong repression even as he threatens [20] to unleash military troops on protesters in the US, the contradictions could not be more evident. Weinberg urges the Hong Kong protesters to put down their American flags [21], and stateside protesters not to be fooled by Chinese Foreign Ministry statements [22] in support of the uprising in the United States. Protesters in Hong Kong and the US are natural allies of each other—not of each other's respective oppressors. Listen on SoundCloud [23].
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