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
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.
Official statement issued by Hamas
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• "Following responsible and serious negotiations conducted by the movement and Palestinian resistance factions regarding President Trump’s proposal in Sharm el-Sheikh—aimed at ending the genocidal war against our Palestinian people and ensuring the withdrawal of the occupation from the Gaza Strip—the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) announces that an agreement has been reached to end the war on Gaza, withdraw occupation forces from the Strip, allow the entry of aid, and carry out a prisoner exchange.
• We highly value the efforts of our brothers mediating from Qatar, Egypt, and Türkiye, and we appreciate the efforts of US President Donald Trump aimed at achieving a complete and final end to the war and ensuring the full withdrawal of the occupation from the Gaza Strip.
• We call upon President Trump, the guarantor states of the agreement, and all Arab, Islamic, and international parties to compel the occupation government to fully implement the terms of the agreement and prevent it from evading or delaying the commitments that were agreed upon.
• We salute our great people in the Gaza Strip, Jerusalem, the West Bank, and across the homeland and the diaspora—who have demonstrated unparalleled courage, honor, and heroism in confronting the fascist occupation’s schemes targeting their existence and national rights. These sacrifices and steadfast positions have thwarted the Israeli occupation’s plans of subjugation and displacement.
• We affirm that the sacrifices of our people will not be in vain. We remain true to our pledge and will never abandon our national rights until freedom, independence, and self-determination are achieved."
This does not sound like they agreed to give up all arms and to disband Hamas. Those were the two sticking points in the initial negotiations. Any news on those points?
From the Drop Site article:
Thank you for sharing
That stupid Israeli attack on Qatar actually got Qatar to dump Hamas like this... Qatari PM shaking hands with Israeli officials... How do they keep getting away with it?
Reaching extreme levels of desolation
Just hope that at least the Gazan people will experience some peace, somehow.
Qataris would shake hands with Satan himself if it gets them a diplomatic victory. This deal doesn't happen if the attack on Doha didn't happen, and at this stage, this was the best thing that could've happened. History will look back at the Qatari role in this fondly, at least they pushed towards ending the blood sacrifice of hundreds of thousands of Gazans.
I just hope, whatever happens going down the road of the Trump deal, that the people of Gaza get peace and prosperity, however unlikely it may seem. If anyone deserves it, it's all the innocents that have endured 2 years of this. Can it just please be over.
I believe in this deal, Trump won't allow this to collapse for entirely selfish reasons, and that's okay. There are too many regional partners involved in this too, they can't allow upsetting Egypt, Turkey and Qatar all at once.
True, that is the big difference maker this time around, the involvement of Arab and Muslim governments across the world. I've been saying that, but now it's actually going to happen. They have to play their part now.
Turkey will want their F-35s now, Qatar already got new security assurances, Saudi Arabia is getting THAAD. What's Indonesia getting out of this? We all know Trump deals are very transactional and other countries will play into that.
they would sell out for a better lng prices, cmon. It's a porky state
I know, but now they have to actually uphold their part of whatever this Trump deal is.
wasn't the first deal in january - collapsed in march also signed with qatari participation? i mean, their part is probably maintain entity participation in fifa, and promises to dead man don't cost much
The "second phase" of the Trump deal is all about Arab occupation of Gaza (under the ISF banner) to facilitate further Israeli withdrawal. That's a big worry. Massive thing to negotiate (currently only first phase is complete) and can easily collapse if the Arab nations aren't prepared to put boots on the ground or Israel decides that's unacceptable.
When those soldiers arrive (assuming they do) the world will see a wave of "liberating the camps" style images. And all those collaborator regimes will have their soldiers now talking face to face with western genocide victims, fraternizing. How can these countries sign on to some new normalization with Israel after their soldiers have seen Israel's deeds first hand? If this actually happens, this will be a new stage in Israel's isolation and eventual collapse.
This seems like a significant aspect I've not seen discussed elsewhere and it feels like a very positive and probable outcome. Thank you for sharing this analysis.