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Image is of demonstrators in Italy on October 3rd in solidarity with the people of Palestine as the genocide in Gaza and the West Bank continues; source is this article.


There's way too much going on right now for me to really focus on any one country this week. The aftermath of the fall of the Nepal government has, somewhat surprisingly, reverberated around the world, and not only in countries that are enemies to the West as you'd expect; for example, Morocco's government battle fiercely with Egypt's and Jordan's to be first in line to lick the dogshit off the boots of Zionists, and yet Morocco is currently embroiled in a large protest wave based primarily around a youth unemployment crisis (though their population is also remarkably pro-Palestinian, which generates additional friction). We're also seeing similar protests in Madagascar, Peru, and Paraguay, and perhaps more will come. I'm personally fairly doubtful in the potential for meaningful economic results from these protests (the current imperialist system seems too deeply embedded for a movement that isn't explicitly communist and anti-imperialist to alter conditions), but it is quite possible for new political results at least.

Outside of the developing world, it appears that the unpopularity of western leaders, such as in the UK, France, and Italy, is creating new levels of unrest. In Britain, the political system has become so utterly moribund that even the artificial democracy of a two-party system (more-or-less; the Lib Dems do exist I suppose) no longer suffices, with both Conservatives and Labour gradually sinking. The Reform party appears like it may become the new standard-bearer of the capitalists and petit-bourgeois - that is, the historical wellspring of fascism - and the Left Party (whatever name they eventually choose) may or may not rise to meet the occasion. In France, they're on their fifth Prime Minister in two years, after Lecornu lasted about a month, attempting the liberal classic: promising change, and then appointing the exact same people who have ruled for the last few decades. And pro-Palestinian protests and general strikes have erupted in Italy, in defiance of their rightwing government under Meloni.

While there's plenty of other events (e.g. continuing aggression against Venezuela that might soon erupt into a war) it would be remise of me not to mention the very much ongoing events vis-a-vis Palestine and a potential peace deal there, seemingly supported to some degree by Trump. It could be legitimate, and it could be some big act (very likely the latter, IMO). Both Trump and Netanyahu seem to believe that they're very talented political masterminds, producing manoeuvres and feints that would make Machiavelli blush. Nothing could be further from the truth, and I trust the militant organizations inside Palestine to outplay these American failsons. Hamas and similar groups are not nearly as gullible as the Iranian reformist faction - though few people are!


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The Zionist Entity's Genocide of Palestine

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Sources on the fighting in Palestine against the temporary Zionist entity. In general, CW for footage of battles, explosions, dead people, and so on:

UNRWA reports on Israel's destruction and siege of Gaza and the West Bank.

English-language Palestinian Marxist-Leninist twitter account. Alt here.
English-language twitter account that collates news.
Arab-language twitter account with videos and images of fighting.
English-language (with some Arab retweets) Twitter account based in Lebanon. - Telegram is @IbnRiad.
English-language Palestinian Twitter account which reports on news from the Resistance Axis. - Telegram is @EyesOnSouth.
English-language Twitter account in the same group as the previous two. - Telegram here.

English-language PalestineResist telegram channel.
More telegram channels here for those interested.

Russia-Ukraine Conflict

Examples of Ukrainian Nazis and fascists
Examples of racism/euro-centrism during the Russia-Ukraine conflict

Sources:

Defense Politics Asia's youtube channel and their map. Their youtube channel has substantially diminished in quality but the map is still useful.
Moon of Alabama, which tends to have interesting analysis. Avoid the comment section.
Understanding War and the Saker: reactionary sources that have occasional insights on the war.
Alexander Mercouris, who does daily videos on the conflict. While he is a reactionary and surrounds himself with likeminded people, his daily update videos are relatively brainworm-free and good if you don't want to follow Russian telegram channels to get news. He also co-hosts The Duran, which is more explicitly conservative, racist, sexist, transphobic, anti-communist, etc when guests are invited on, but is just about tolerable when it's just the two of them if you want a little more analysis.
Simplicius, who publishes on Substack. Like others, his political analysis should be soundly ignored, but his knowledge of weaponry and military strategy is generally quite good.
On the ground: Patrick Lancaster, an independent and very good journalist reporting in the warzone on the separatists' side.

Unedited videos of Russian/Ukrainian press conferences and speeches.

Pro-Russian Telegram Channels:

Again, CW for anti-LGBT and racist, sexist, etc speech, as well as combat footage.

https://t.me/aleksandr_skif ~ DPR's former Defense Minister and Colonel in the DPR's forces. Russian language.
https://t.me/Slavyangrad ~ A few different pro-Russian people gather frequent content for this channel (~100 posts per day), some socialist, but all socially reactionary. If you can only tolerate using one Russian telegram channel, I would recommend this one.
https://t.me/s/levigodman ~ Does daily update posts.
https://t.me/patricklancasternewstoday ~ Patrick Lancaster's telegram channel.
https://t.me/gonzowarr ~ A big Russian commentator.
https://t.me/rybar ~ One of, if not the, biggest Russian telegram channels focussing on the war out there. Actually quite balanced, maybe even pessimistic about Russia. Produces interesting and useful maps.
https://t.me/epoddubny ~ Russian language.
https://t.me/boris_rozhin ~ Russian language.
https://t.me/mod_russia_en ~ Russian Ministry of Defense. Does daily, if rather bland updates on the number of Ukrainians killed, etc. The figures appear to be approximately accurate; if you want, reduce all numbers by 25% as a 'propaganda tax', if you don't believe them. Does not cover everything, for obvious reasons, and virtually never details Russian losses.
https://t.me/UkraineHumanRightsAbuses ~ Pro-Russian, documents abuses that Ukraine commits.

Pro-Ukraine Telegram Channels:

Almost every Western media outlet.
https://discord.gg/projectowl ~ Pro-Ukrainian OSINT Discord.
https://t.me/ice_inii ~ Alleged Ukrainian account with a rather cynical take on the entire thing.


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[-] LeninWeave@hexbear.net 92 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Mamdani, darling of the "American Left", continues to stake out his pro-war-criminal position. This time clarifying that he believes Maduro and Diaz-Canel are "dictators", just in time for his government to invade Venezuela.

https://hexbear.net/post/6353688

Sorry for contaminating the news mega with this. I just think it's internationally relevant to drive home once again how Americans are not to be trusted, especially because of the build-up to action in Venezuela. I can already see the trajectory of this man's political career as he sells out more and more the closer he gets to national government.

[-] hello_hello@hexbear.net 15 points 6 days ago

I think this is even more of a mark against the DSA. How can your candidate not have any clue on Cuba or Venezuela? Do they do basic political education in the DSA or is it all vibes based?

I'd had a YDSA member tell me that all nations besides cuba and north korea are imperialist so evidently there's no actual standard to political literacy.

[-] jack@hexbear.net 63 points 1 week ago

just in time for his government to invade Venezuela.

I didn't even think about this timing, what a fucking worm

[-] Jabril@hexbear.net 52 points 1 week ago

I can't wait for those who have been going so hard for Mamdani here to explain this one away

[-] jack@hexbear.net 38 points 1 week ago

He's hiding his power levels in Caracas, we need to invade to liberate then

[-] Jabril@hexbear.net 28 points 1 week ago
[-] Muinteoir_Saoirse@hexbear.net 23 points 1 week ago

Actually the best way to stop the fascist jackboots invading Venezuela is to hire more combat support roles and then hope inflation prices the soldiers into irrelevance. This is revolutionary.

[-] Jabril@hexbear.net 17 points 1 week ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

How many times were they saying something like "why does he need to be revolutionary, no one thinks Mamdani needs to be a revolutionary he just needs to be the best NY mayor option and expecting him to be revolutionary is online leftism"

But this is exactly why having no revolutionary theory means Mamdani is not a socialist and therefore can not be a step towards socialism. Having a Bernie, AOC, Mamdani or whatever pro capitalist progressive actually hinders revolutionary progress more than it helps, they are sheep dogs for the capitalists. If Mamdani calls himself a socialist he has proven himself to be a liar who has no intention of upholding socialist values. It's one thing to have criticism behind close doors, but to openly justify negative public sentiment against a nation who we are actively preparing to destroy and already committing war crimes against is cosigning the war crimes.

[-] Tormato@hexbear.net 3 points 6 days ago

Definitely not pro-capitalist.

I share some of the concerns being voiced here. But not that one.

[-] Jabril@hexbear.net 3 points 6 days ago

Calling Cuba and Venezuela's leaders dictators when you are running for mayor of NYC as a Democrat means you are pro capitalist. If he wasn't pro capitalist be wouldn't be actively helping to launder US imperialism for no fucking reason

He is actively volunteering to do it when he could say nothing because no one voting for him gives a shit and it is entirely irrelevant to his campaign and he was already winning

[-] redchert@lemmygrad.ml 23 points 1 week ago

Its either going to be memoryholed and then when AOC 3.0 (which given the state of america, I doubt it) comes along we get the same dance again or they justify the invasion with a socialist buzzword salad.

[-] SickSemper@hexbear.net 55 points 1 week ago

This is in response to criticism he received over an interview 3 weeks ago. He was asked if he would condemn them as dictators, he claimed he didn’t know enough about Cuba and Venezuela to call them that (lol), but did say Maduro ran a “government of repression” and made sure to differentiate his politics from theirs. That was insufficient, so now he’s making sure to confirm his imperialism

[-] very_poggers_gay@hexbear.net 47 points 1 week ago

In America, you cannot become a mayor of a city if you have the wrong opinions on federal foreign policy

yeonmi-park

[-] HexReplyBot@hexbear.net 3 points 1 week ago

I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:

[-] ColombianLenin@hexbear.net 40 points 1 week ago
[-] hello_hello@hexbear.net 8 points 6 days ago

Pinche gringos.

cia told him they will kill his family if he doesn't toe the line classic

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