@b9AcE also why do they think they are an alternative?

#CSTO replaced #WarsawPact and besides #NATO there are the #NAM states...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-Aligned_Movement

So the #BRICS don't actually do more here but basically work to either add reactionary pressure against progressive nations like #Argentina and #Brazil or provide #Russia with a network of #SanctionBreakers.

@dans_root

Originally, the term referred to people in capitalist countries who cheered for the #SovietUnion sending tanks into #WarsawPact countries to violently prevent people from asking that their countries stop being puppets of Moscow.

In modern times, this attitude manifests as a fetishisation of Russia as the global good guys because they oppose America on the world stage and used to be communist. Modern tankies support Putin the way American conservatives support Trump.

Today in Labor History March 12, 1999: Former Warsaw Pact members Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland joined NATO. This contributed to the current conflict in Ukraine by placing more pro-Western bases and missiles on or near Russia’s western borders, thus increasing its fears of a NATO attack. NATO now includes Estonia and Latvia, which directly border Russia, as well as Lithuania and Poland, which border the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad. Slovakia, Hungary and Romania, also NATO members, border Russia’s neighbors Belarus and Ukraine. Turkey, another NATO country, borders Russia’s neighbor Georgia and is a short boat ride from Crimea. Ukraine, Belarus and Finland are currently the only countries left on Russia’s western borders that are not yet NATO members.

Full Disclosure: I am not a Tankie, nor a vatnik. I do not support Putin, or Russia, or their invasion of Ukraine. Nor NATO’s role in perpetuating the war. I oppose imperialism by all nations and all forms of authoritarianism. Criticism of 1 party does not imply support for the opposing party. Sad that I must state this, but each time I post anything about Ukraine, or NATO, I get accused of being a Tankie, a vatnik, or some kind of pro-Putin amplifier of Russian propaganda.

#nato #ukraine #russia #putin #WarsawPact #crimea #imperialism #WorkingClass #LaborHistory

The new Warsaw Pact, February 3, 2023, Timothy Less. Poland is taking on a leadership role in Europe. The combination of Russian threats, western European passivity and Anglo-American support has paved the way for an eastern regional alliance. #WarsawPact #Poland #United States #UK #Germany #France #EU #Russia #WWI #intermarium https://engelsbergideas.com/essays/the-new-warsaw-pact/

In late 60s, #NATO began to believe that they would be unable to prevent #Soviet invasion of northern and central Europe
Prototypes for what is now #Leopard2, a tank, were born.
In 1979, a Soviet simulation was held: Seven Days to the Rhine, a #wargame featuring #WarsawPact counter-offensive to a #NATO nuclear first strike.
In retaliation, a Soviet Second Strike would hit a dozen European cities and in 9 days Pact troops would have broken through the NATO defenses and reached the #Pyrenees

This allegorical tale of Czechoslovakia, post Prague Spring and following Warsaw Pact invasion, is all colors, beautiful decay, New Wave, Falstaff, concentration camp references, bizarre love triangle a la Jules et Jim, gaggle of children and...birds. There is definitely method in all the chaos. Birds, Ophans and Fools is a maddeningly intoxicating cinematic experience. #JurajJakubisko #czechoslovakia #praguespring #warsawpact

MiG-17F, with afterburner. This preserved example of one of the early WarPac jet fighters had a fairly crude afterburner. The twin 23mm cannon and single 37mm heavy cannon were originally specified to attack NATO heavy bombers, but were less effective in dogfights with F-86 Sabres over Korea. #KoreanWar #dogfight #jetfighter #jetcombat #WarPac #WarsawPact #NATO #afterburner #Korea #cannon #aircombat