To me the elephant in the room is Communism, Kazakhstan being the last Soviet Republic, outlawing the Communist party 1990s.
As we all know Communism is Totalitarianism + Kleptocracy – and so it transitions into a hybrid Totalitarianism Oligarchy mostly.
The country economy is natural resource extraction, Oil mostly, but Kazatomprom is the world’s biggest Uranium producer (I bought some shares earlier when it was obvious uranium must be the backbone of the new green deal, so I worry about stock prices now) And I found this interesting https://internationalviewpoint.org/spip.php?article7468
“The socialist movement in Kazakhstan demands: An immediate cessation of hostilities against its people and the withdrawal of troops from the cities! The immediate resignation of all Nazarbayev officials, including President Tokayev! Release of all political prisoners and detainees! Ensuring the right to form their own trade unions, political parties, and to hold strikes and meetings! Legalisation of the activities of the banned Communist Party of Kazakhstan and the Socialist Movement of Kazakhstan! We call on all workers and employees of the country to implement in practice the demand of the murdered oil workers of Zhanaozen – to nationalize, under the control of labour collectives, all extractive and large-scale industry in the country!”
Nationalization is not good for resource development, the outside capital and expertise will leave. (I do not know how much this is about far Left politics). The Lefties in the West should look at historic, and modern, Communism to see the reality of it, and stop wishing it on the West.
“Uranium mining is going according to plan there have been no stoppages. The company is fulfilling its export contracts,” a Kazatomprom spokesperson said.” from Kitko. Hopefully this does not stop the economy by stopping the resource production.
This is pretty feeble, not up to UnHerd’s usual standards – I’d expect at least some comment on the widely-discussed probability that the violence in Almaty was deliberately provoked by some of Nazarbayev’s relatives and allies as a means of discrediting Toqaev and clinging to power. I’d also expect Kalder or UnHerd’s subeditors to be able to spell the former dictator’s name correctly (it is Nazarbayev, not Nazerbayev. In Cyrillic it is Нззарбаев).
The author makes no mention of the American-funded bio weapon plant in Kazakhstan, nor the senior and younger Biden’s financial ties to Nazarbayev’s “close ally” Karin Massimov. Weird, huh?
Adrian Maxwell
2 years ago
Pretty thin stuff about a hugely interesting huge post Soviet land. No mention of China, Oliver Stone or Borat yet manages to shoehorn in the recently knighted Great Helmsman of Socialism, Tony Blair. Come on, Unherd.
To me the elephant in the room is Communism, Kazakhstan being the last Soviet Republic, outlawing the Communist party 1990s.
As we all know Communism is Totalitarianism + Kleptocracy – and so it transitions into a hybrid Totalitarianism Oligarchy mostly.
The country economy is natural resource extraction, Oil mostly, but Kazatomprom is the world’s biggest Uranium producer (I bought some shares earlier when it was obvious uranium must be the backbone of the new green deal, so I worry about stock prices now) And I found this interesting https://internationalviewpoint.org/spip.php?article7468
“The socialist movement in Kazakhstan demands:
An immediate cessation of hostilities against its people and the withdrawal of troops from the cities!
The immediate resignation of all Nazarbayev officials, including President Tokayev!
Release of all political prisoners and detainees!
Ensuring the right to form their own trade unions, political parties, and to hold strikes and meetings!
Legalisation of the activities of the banned Communist Party of Kazakhstan and the Socialist Movement of Kazakhstan!
We call on all workers and employees of the country to implement in practice the demand of the murdered oil workers of Zhanaozen – to nationalize, under the control of labour collectives, all extractive and large-scale industry in the country!”
Nationalization is not good for resource development, the outside capital and expertise will leave. (I do not know how much this is about far Left politics). The Lefties in the West should look at historic, and modern, Communism to see the reality of it, and stop wishing it on the West.
“Uranium mining is going according to plan there have been no stoppages. The company is fulfilling its export contracts,” a Kazatomprom spokesperson said.” from Kitko. Hopefully this does not stop the economy by stopping the resource production.
interesting, thank you
This is pretty feeble, not up to UnHerd’s usual standards – I’d expect at least some comment on the widely-discussed probability that the violence in Almaty was deliberately provoked by some of Nazarbayev’s relatives and allies as a means of discrediting Toqaev and clinging to power. I’d also expect Kalder or UnHerd’s subeditors to be able to spell the former dictator’s name correctly (it is Nazarbayev, not Nazerbayev. In Cyrillic it is Нззарбаев).
The author makes no mention of the American-funded bio weapon plant in Kazakhstan, nor the senior and younger Biden’s financial ties to Nazarbayev’s “close ally” Karin Massimov. Weird, huh?
Pretty thin stuff about a hugely interesting huge post Soviet land. No mention of China, Oliver Stone or Borat yet manages to shoehorn in the recently knighted Great Helmsman of Socialism, Tony Blair. Come on, Unherd.