Markus FeilnerDec 26
"The Venezuelan crisis of 1902–03 saw a naval blockade of several months imposed against Venezuela by Britain, Germany and Italy because of President Cipriano Castro's refusal to pay foreign debts and damages suffered by European citizens in a recent Venezuelan civil war.[citation needed] Castro assumed that the United States' Monroe Doctrine would see that the U.S. prevent European military intervention..." 1/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States%E2%80%93Venezuela_relations
#venezuela #USA #Imperialism #Dollarimperialism #colonializm
United States–Venezuela relations - Wikipedia

Show threadOyinboJan 20, 2023

Lesson of this story: #Westerners are #colonial by design.

If you're an #Anglophone #Westerner, your very bones are poisoned with #colonialMentality.

Listen to the indigenous folks of those 'exotic' lands you're so keen to help, before opening your mouth.

#whiteSavior #whiteSupremacy #colonializm

Show threadOyinboJan 20, 2023

Quick pick of those dragging #QTs

↘️ Omoyele Sowore : ... So who inspired the Aba Women’s Riots against #British colonialists in 1929?

↘️ Name cannot be blank : The two honest questions to ask are: "wetin be this?" and "who be this one?"

↘️ T'challa iye : Wetin concern us concern George Floyd? Una dey always like center things around yourself

↘️ JT Wey No Send Your Papa : Americans, always wanting to be in the center of everything. BLM ko, BMW ni

#234Twitter #colonializm

Show threadJohn MastodonDec 20, 2022

@Boss

𝓦𝓮 𝓼𝓱𝓪𝓵𝓵 𝓽𝓪𝓵𝓴 𝓸𝓯 𝓫𝓪𝓷𝓼 𝔀𝓱𝓮𝓷 #reparations 𝓪𝓻𝓮 𝓻𝓮𝓹𝓪𝓲𝓭 𝓫𝔂 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓔𝓾𝓻𝓸𝓹𝓮𝓪𝓷 𝓷𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷𝓼 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓹𝓮𝓻𝓹𝓮𝓽𝓻𝓪𝓽𝓮𝓭 #slavery 𝓪𝓷𝓭 #colonializm.

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