Protests in #Kazakhstan

People took to the streets of #Zhanaozen, dissatisfied with the detention of oil workers in #Astana.

This afternoon, workers were severely detained by police in front of the Ministry of Energy building in Astana during a strike. Oil workers were… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1645853979744653319

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This documentary came out over a year ago, about events of late 2011 in #Kazakhstan that may have been overlooked amidst the global tumults. The people sharing their experiences in this film are really impressive. #PeoplesHistory #Zhanaozen

https://therussianreader.com/2022/12/16/2308/

This documentary came out over a year ago, about events of late 2011 in #Khazakhstan that may have been overlooked amidst the global tumults. The people sharing their experiences in this film are really impressive. #PeoplesHistory #Zhanaozen

https://therussianreader.com/2022/12/16/2308/

"The workers of #Zhanaozen were the first to rise. An increase in the gas price served only as a trigger for the popular protests. After all, the mountain of social problems has been accumulating for years... products are imported to the #Mangistau region and they have always been 2-3 times more expensive there. But on a wave of rising prices at the end of 2021, the cost of food rose even more, and substantially... the West of the country is a region of solid unemployment. In the course of neoliberal reforms and privatization, most of the businesses there were shut down. The only sector that still works here are the #oil producers... Up to 70 percent of #Kazakhstan oil are exported to western markets, most of the profits also go to foreign owners.

[...] When in #Atyrau region the company Tengiz Oil fired 40 thousand workers at once, it became the real shock for the whole Western Kazakhstan. The state did nothing to prevent such mass layoffs.  And it should be understood, that one oil worker feeds 5-10 family members... There are no jobs here except for the oil sector and sectors that service its needs.

[...] that’s why this revolt is anti-colonial in many ways."

[en] https://lefteast.org/a-color-revolution-or-a-working-class-uprising-an-interview-with-aynur-kurmanov-on-the-protests-in-kazakhstan/
[ru] https://zanovo.media/kategorii/habeas-corpus-2-2/massovye-vystupleniya-v-kazakhstane-tsvetnaya-revolyutsiya-ili-vosstanie-rabochego-klassa