🇳🇴 Norway's Sovereign Wealth Fund sells its shares in 11 "israeli" companies after revelations of investments in an "israeli" aircraft engine manufacturer.

Norway's Finance Minister states the fund should not invest in companies contributing to the occupation of the West Bank and the war in Gaza, with an expectation further measures regarding investments in "israel."

In May, the Norwegian Trade Unions voted by a margin of 88% to boycott companies from the zionists entity and prohibit dealing with them, and Norway announced recognition of the State of Palestine weeks later.

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Oh I love my western left international solidarity

The International Solidarity in question: Vienna: KPÖ alliance attacks Palestine bloc at rally

The potential historical irony of Putin getting ambushed and arrested in Alaska is simply too delicious to ignore

One of the butchers of the Soviet Union and the undisputed master of oligarchic Russia getting undone by the same ideology and moronic instinct that led him to betray the socialist project: Trusting the west for the sake of global neoliberalism

I genuinely hope Trump is deranged enough to pull it off and Putin is foolish enough to actually fly to Alaska, the damage to western credibility would be enormous and the blow to the neolib faction of Russian elites would be final

Come on you bloated Orange fuck, do something actaully funny

🚨 Civil Defense in Gaza: — Daily Report of the General Directorate of Civil Defense in the Gaza Strip

From the morning of Monday, 11 August 2025, until the morning of Tuesday, Civil Defense crews in the governorates of the Gaza Strip carried out 43 various missions, including 3 firefighting operations, 9 rescue operations, 23 ambulance missions, and 8 other tasks.

North Gaza Governorate: • Transported two gunshot injuries from in front of Al-Mashtal Hotel to Al-Shifa Hospital. • Transported one injury from Al-Mashtal camp to Al-Saraya field hospital. • Transported 14 injuries from the Zikim area to Al-Shifa Hospital. • Transported a medical case from in front of Al-Andalus Tower to Al-Rantisi Hospital. • Transported a medical case from in front of Al-Mashtal Center to Sheikh Radwan Clinic.

Gaza Governorate: • Transported 3 injuries to Al-Ma’madani Hospital as a result of targeting Al-Falah School in the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood. • Removed hazards from the targeted sites of Al-Falah School and the Rjab family home in Al-Zaytoun. • Retrieved 3 injuries from the targeted apartment of the Daloul family in the Al-Sabra neighborhood. • Retrieved 5 martyrs and 3 injuries from the targeted home of the Al-Husari family in Al-Zaytoun. • Retrieved 2 martyrs and 1 injury from the targeted home of the Al-Nadeem family in Al-Zaytoun. • Transported and provided first aid to our colleague Nuh Al-Shaghnoobi after he was injured in a bombing on Street 8, south of Al-Zaytoun.

Central Governorate: • Extinguished a fire in farmland near the Central Police Headquarters building. • Transported 1 martyr and 2 injuries from near the Central Governorate building after a strike. • Extinguished a vehicle fire caused by a strike on Al-Baraka Street. • Retrieved 2 martyrs from a vehicle targeted on Al-Baraka Street. • Transported one injury from near the Nitzarim aid center. • Transported a medical case from the Al-Sawarkha area to Al-Aqsa Hospital.

Khan Younis Governorate: • Transported 3 medical cases from the Western Camp area to Nasser Hospital. • Transported a Civil Defense officer to Nasser Hospital due to deteriorating health while on duty. • Transported 2 injuries from the targeted tents of displaced persons in the Al-Mawasi area to Nasser Hospital.

Rafah Governorate: • Transported 3 childbirth cases from in front of Al-Attar to Nasser Hospital. • Transported 1 injury from Al-Maslak Junction to Nasser Hospital.

Civil Defense Media Office – Gaza Strip Tuesday, 12 August 2025

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New Siena poll of NYers has Sen. Schumer at lowest-ever favorability rating (dating from Feb. 2005), 38-50%, down from 41-47% in June. Among Dems his favorability rating is 49-39%, down from 55-35% in June. For the first time ever, he is underwater with NYC voters, 39-46%.

🚨⚫️ A field commander in Saraya Al-Quds:
— After the partial withdrawal of the enemy from areas east of Gaza in recent days, and after reaching pre-prepared combat zones rigged with "Thaqib" and "Zalzalah" landmines, as well as reverse-engineered explosives from enemy remnants, the following was confirmed:

• The explosion and destruction of over 52 zionist military vehicles in the Shuja'iyya, Tuffah, and Zaitoun areas with explosives and shells.

• Our fighters observed pits and remains of armored vehicles in the vicinity of the pre-prepared combat zones.

• What our surveillance cameras were able to document, we announced, but many vehicle explosions caused by pre-planted explosives were not announced due to our inability to access and document those locations.

• It is true that the destruction in residential areas is massive and extensive, but the field results confirm that the enemy received a painful blow in its incursion into eastern Gaza.

• We will continue to uphold our responsibility in fighting the zionist enemy despite the disparity in capabilities and the asymmetrical warfare, and we will not welcome them with flowers.

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Groks woke

Discussion of how the "Israeli" economy seems to keep stumbling along despite the fact that it seems to be running on nothing and even actively consuming itself with the genocide. Though apparently it is doomed, how long it can continue like this seems to be anyone's guess, because it just keeps shambling.

Also, an analysis of why France seems to be making the (very symbolic) gesture of "recognizing" Palestine.

And some very positive analysis of the BDS movement!

Project Censored: Israel's [sic] Zombie Economy & The Road to Sanctions, with Dr. Shir Hever

Fellow hexagonal bears, something important is happening in the main theatre of WW3. Russia seems to have achieved the biggest breakthrough in this war since Ukraine's Kharkov offensive in Sep 2022.

We have a sudden 15km breakthrough in between Konstantinivka and Pokrovsk-Myrnograd, which is by far the most impressive advance of this war in almost three years. Russian units are now operating far behind Ukrainian defence lines in that region and most importantly, they seem to have bypassed Ukrainian drone teams into a completely hollow part of the front. This has some devastating consequences for the Ukrainian defence in what remains of Donetsk under UKR control. Pokrovsk-Myrnograd is now almost completely choked, that area has been in a deep bulge for weeks now with Russian DRG units already operating near the city center, this further accelerates the collapse. Konstantinivka and soon by extension Druzkhivka are falling into a deep bulge with diminished supply. We also have reports that Russian DRG units have reached Dobropillia, which is the last large-ish settlement in Eastern Donetsk with good supply lines until now, so now with Dobropillia under threat, Ukrainians can't supply from Dnipro Oblast into Donetsk.

If you want a shorter summary: this part of the front wasn't supposed to be opened now because Ukrainians weren't prepared, now they're kinda cooked with dying manpower and barely any drone coverage and Russians pushing through in all directions.

⚫️ Saraya Al-Quds: — Scenes of the Rocket Force fighters of Saraya Al-Quds shelling Kibbutz "Nahal Oz" and "Kfar Sa'ad" in the Gaza envelope with rockets. Al-Aqsa Flood. — Note: Some rockets say "Made in Palestine in 2025."

There is an increasing amount of dismissal about the potential of BRICS (especially one that contains India), and that dismissal is certainly rather justified, but I am still deeply curious about what developments may occur as the global south braces to face the remaining ~85% of Trump's presidency.

The best shot for the Global South is to abandon neoliberalism and forge a new economic model forward - and that has to be socialism. What’s so worrying about Trump is that his global tariffs are going to kill the export economies and render them vulnerable to be taken over by foreign capital (think Asian Financial Crisis in 1997 and the ensuing IMF bailouts).

As you mentioned, it is justified to question BRICS because it has had three years since the Ukraine war to forge an alternative framework, and they haven’t even come up with a coherent plan yet. The answer to this question is simple: all the BRICS countries want to run trade surpluses with one another. This literally cannot happen and their surplus goods will have to be sold to someone else - and that someone else willing to run a deficit to import from these countries will have control over the economy of the trade surplus running countries.

I’ve been repeating this, but you can see where the problem lies. These countries want to run trade surplus because they have bought into the IMF “balance the budget” playbook. In order to spend and invest domestically (which goes to the liability side of the central bank balance sheet), you first need to balance it out on the asset side of the balance sheet, and that means either holding foreign currencies (through exports aka “export-led growth”) or collateralize part of your economy. This keeps your budget deficit down to 3% per IMF recommendation. It is an artificial self-imposed constraint. And until any of the BRICS countries is willing to break that rule, the best possible scenario we’re going to see is “multipolar neoliberalism” - nothing fundamentally changes. (And this is a big “if” because by playing the neoliberal rules, you have effectively tied one if not both hands to your back and this greatly limits your available countermeasures against Western financial imperialism).

And this is where most internet anti-imperialists don’t understand: the US is allowed to run permanent trade deficit NOT because of its global reserve currency status. It is the exact opposite: the US willing to run permanent trade deficit is what makes the US dollar so ubiquitously liquid, stable and deeply penetrating throughout the global financial markets. This is what makes the dollar the global reserve currency, and where the power of dollar hegemony lies.

Until there is a country with a strong economy (looking at China) willing to challenge US hegemony by running large trade deficits to absorb the global surplus goods, we will continue to be trapped inside a neoliberal economic order, where finance capitalism will continue to reign supreme.

Rather unrelated but I will say some about Ukraine putting era on abrams tank

The thing is, this is the first time I have ever seen ERA on abrams turret cheeks.

I will explain some about tanks for people who have no idea about it: in general highest armor in tank is on turret cheeks, it is the hardest place to hide. You can hide lower front hull panel behind short rock so it has the lowest protection at front angle. Upper hull front panel is harder to hide so they have a better armor. Turrets have the highest armor because it is quite hard to hide them with static environmental covers. Adding to that, abrams was designed to defend against Soviet invasion with hull down trenches for them. I remember from a Iraq war veteran that a tank will return to base if it is hit anywhere except turret cheeks. That is how much they trust their turret. They never needed a turret cheek ERA before this conflict.

This is not about drones, no drone will strike the strongest part of tank. I think Russians have a weapon that can penetrate turret (probably atgm) now

DC police are now under federal control, Trump deploying National Guard - ABC News

To think this all started because of Big Balls and his getting beat up by 2 15 year olds.

The control expires in 30 days, unless the Senate and House back an extension.

DC becoming a state? That would have been a great idea to pass that WHILE you had a majority in congress as well as the executive branch, but the party was busy doing other things.

Things like funding the police to the hilt and hoping that appeases them. And arresting protestors. The DC police union approves of this move to bring the police force under the presidents control. So that worked.

And the main retort we hear from Hakeem Jeffries and Chris Murphy is "crime is at an all time low." Yeah bud, it's at an all time low after a big push to repress dissent. What that tells the Trump administration is that the repression is working and that we should spread military police into cities to override "woke anti police" policy decisions. Trump was also standing next to a bar chart with DC crime being the highest level in comparison to I think other cities which is BS lol they aren't listening to facts.