I'm here watching another person getting executed by the Gestapo while having to hear a friend lecture me how I should not say the US is fascist but actually bonapartist/authoritarian because unions are still legal and he had some union guys 1 or 2 times behind him during his campaign.
Like what do you mean??
Anyone got an analysis on the crash of the Iranian rial? The way it suddenly crashed feels like a coordinated attack to further weaken Iran and increase the possibility of a regime change. It reminds me of the 50s when the US purposefully crashed the GBP to force them to pull out of Egypt during the Suez crisis
Is there some Long form written essay or video explaining the whole Russo-Ukrainian conflict? I have lost the whole picture on it. It all gets muddy in my head since there were so many different stuff happening and also being bombarded by propaganda in my own country does not make it easier to get a clear picture. I am also particularly interested in how it shapes relations between the EU and the USA and what do Russia, EU and USA want to get out of all this.
I'd be glad if the essay was not written by a chud as I can't bear to read their idealist fantasies anymore for this year. A Marxist analysis would be great.
Marxists in Oufa, Russia got 15-20years in prison and work camps for organizing marxists reading clubs
Article is available in French and Russian. Translate away if you want an English text.
I'm currently researching the Madagascar protests due to personal closeness with the cause of ex French colonies.
What I can say from my personal experience is that the current president is a puppet of the french, he already "fled" once there (that's when he got the French nationality a few years ago in 2014). The guy only does anything after it has been vetted by the French.
He was also saying the movement was caused by foreign interference (ie Russian) as is the playbook of western aligned government. The current movement is asking for access to basic necessities such as access to education, healthcare, water and electricty.
They are not really organizing through discord. From what I’ve seen (that’s where I'm currently at and where my understanding is thin) they have a central committee and are forming local chapters in various parts of the country to organize their movement.
They have a manifest (in french) there: https://www.gen-z-madagascar.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/GENZ-MANIFESTO_251003_090913.pdf
I've translated a small part of the document to highlight what they say they are against (looks like basic leftist revendications to me):
Alarmed by the violent repression of protests, arbitrary detentions, recurring cuts to essential services, and the increasing risk of famine, we stand against:
- Systemic corruption caused by deregulated capitalism,
- The misappropriation of public funds and the awarding of public contracts based on corruption and favoritism,
- Failures in access to basic services (water, electricity, health, education, etc.),
- The failure of the education system for the general population,
- The dictatorship of a minority over politics in Madagascar to the detriment of the interests of the vast majority of the Malagasy people, workers and farmers,
- The absence of true democracy where local officials and citizens have real political power
I’m still investigating who are the members of the committee and checking some stuff by people I trust on the subject of french colonies who have links with people over there.
Not every movement is a colour revolution. Material conditions are shitty in many countries people will voice their displeasure. I mean even in the case of Nepal I don’t think it was started by the CIA from what I read on people’s dispatch website, however of course once the movement is rolling countries like the US might want to co-opt and steer the movements in a way that suits them.
We also see such protests happening in Réunion. Again it is not a colour revolution. Many people around the world saw what happened in Nepal and thought "why not in my country as well?". We’ll see which of those will be co-opted in the coming months I guess. Most of them however lack the direction a vanguard party could provide which makes them easily vulnerable to being co-opted or basically not changing anything in the grand scheme of things.
And yes Morocco is politically and financially firmly in the US hands at the moment.
I haven't seen a lot of news regarding what is currently going on in France. I can do a more in depth dive if people are interested, but basically the neolib/fascist alliance currently in government is trying to pass yet another enormous austerity budget along with islamophobic laws. The most prominent far right party in France (National front) who was allowing the neolib to rule as long as they played ball with their racist agenda has said they will vote against the prime minister (They cannot afford to lose part of their white poor base as this part of their base is strongly opposed to the austerity .budget)
A popular movement has emerged with a call to a national strike starting on 10.09. Unions are starting to get behind it and MĂ©lenchon from France Unbowed (radical left and biggest left party in France ~15-25% of the electorate depending on who you ask) has also come in support of the movement and called for a national strike.
At the same time Bayrou the prime minister will probably be ousted on the 8.09 on a vote of noconfidence.
What a banger this article from ForeignPolicy is: China Has Picked Its New Model Entrepreneurs. As they are a journal for the economic and political elites they have to provide facts and not juste baseless propaganda, but the neoliberal viewpoints is so funny seeing what they find horrible are things I would love form my government to do lmao.
Here are some choice quotes, but the article is worth reading in its entirety:
Jointown’s positioning aligns with official campaigns such as “rural revitalization” and more broadly with the CCP’s long-standing concerns about inequality. Although the slogan of “common prosperity” has largely disappeared from official headlines—likely due to the chilling effect it had on private-sector sentiment—the core economic rationale behind it remains. A focus on redistribution, social equity, and public service provision, particularly in the countryside, continues to feature in the state’s evolving approach to economic governance.
This tension lies at the heart of China’s private-sector predicament. Beijing’s notion of entrepreneurship doesn’t fit easily with the traits that modern markets reward most readily: risk-taking, independence, and relentless disruption. In China, to grow too large, to become too rich, or to innovate in ways that unsettle vested interests can still provoke suspicion. For example, in 2020, after Alibaba founder Jack Ma publicly criticized China’s financial regulatory system for stifling innovation, Chinese regulators abruptly halted the IPO of Ant Group—Alibaba’s fintech affiliate, which had been poised to launch the world’s largest public offering—citing concerns over anti-monopoly violations and financial risk.
Many entrepreneurs, especially those beyond the political spotlight, remember the antitrust campaigns against the technology sector, the devastation of the private education industry, the arbitrary zero-COVID lockdowns, and the rent-seeking behavior of local officials.
I hope all you brothers and sisters currently living in Iran are safe and your family as well.
Here is a video of part of the boarding of the madleen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lm3MEc8CcVk
There is also this proton drive with unedited footage from the Freedom Flotilla website: https://drive.proton.me/urls/CDYKESS7SC#ab0CGGgdRpYg
They called the footage: "IOF INTERCEPTION RAM BOARDING" LMAO IOF is becoming the official term I love it.
If you look at the video in its entirety he spent the interview basically saying "we might vocally support bad things but republicans exist so...." by saying "the other side was talking about eating cats and dogs so why are we talking about fracking" and the short video @Parzivus@hexbear.net posted is basically the end on the interview and him just saying that when pressed by NBC about why Harris and him changed sides on the issue.
Still a massive shithead but not as incoherent as I first thought when I saw the first video.
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