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Image is of a large protest in the Ivory Coast, sourced from this article in People's Dispatch.


This week's megathread is based largely on a detailed article from People's Dispatch, featuring statements and analysis from Achy Ekessi, the General Secretary of the Revolutionary Communist Party of Ivory Coast (PCRCI), brought to my attention by @jack@hexbear.net's comment in the last megathread.

The president of Ivory Coast, the 83 year old Alassane Ouattara, is aiming for a fourth term in power while barring out much of the opposition. I can't really do the all the history of how the situation wound up this way justice in a preamble as it's fairly complicated (read the article if you are interested), but to summarize, Ouattara is currently the only coherent candidate for the French to support. Back in 2011, the French helped Ouattara overthrow the previous (pan-Africanist) president, Laurent Gbagbo, and then arrested him and sent him to the ICC, and he was then acquitted and released in 2021.

Gbagbo is now running against Ouattara, but his base, the working class, has large swathes that are not present on the voting rolls and so it would be unlikely for him to win. On the opposite side of the spectrum is Tidjane Thiam, a former CEO of the Swiss Bank Credit Suisse, whose base is in the richer strata of the Ivory Coast, which overlaps with Ouattara's base. He would be more likely to win, but would certainly maintain many Western imperialist relationships. Ouattara, however, has simplified the electoral situation by simply barring both of them from running in the election at all.

Ouattara has, on paper, delivered some amount of economic development to the Ivory Coast. But as expected, most of it is funnelled to the bourgeois, as well as to foreign corporations and governments, while the working class are swallowed by the cost of living crisis. There has been significant infrastructure projects, but these have not only generated massive debt, they also have only really addressed the damage caused by the 2011 civil war and intervention by the French.

The rest of Western Africa has either entirely exited the orbit of France (Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso), are wavering/unstable (Senegal, Benin, Guinea), are beginning to show doubts (Nigeria, Ghana), or are economically weak enough to not be a major blow for the French to lose (Togo, Guinea-Bissau). The loss of the Ivory Coast would be a major setback for French neocolonialism, and be a potent example to nearby countries.


Last week's thread is here.
The Imperialism Reading Group is here.

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Israel's Genocide of Palestine

If you have evidence of Zionist crimes and atrocities that you wish to preserve, there is a thread here in which to do so.

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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[-] AlHouthi4President@lemmy.ml 37 points 2 days ago

The Party of War has assembled what it calls a "dream team" to support Zelensky at the White House, where he is due to meet Trump on Monday.

Laura Ru writes

. > Emmanuel Macron and Friedrich Merz embody the "two pillars of Europe," the French-German axis.

Ursula von der Leyen represents "Europe’s importance as an economic juggernaut and will remind Trump how small Russia’s economy is vis-a-vis the EU and the UK and other western partners”.

🔺Italy’s prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, is "a useful bridge: she counts Trump as a friend but also supports Ukraine."

🔺The Finnish president, Alexander Stubb "managed to establish an unexpectedly warm relationship with Trump and will offer the perspective of Russia’s closest European neighbour, urging Trump not to trust Putin." 🔺Keir Starmer represents Washington's key transatlantic partner and will remind Trump not to sour UK-US relations ahead of his state visit to the UK next month. 🔺Mark Rutte, the Nato secretary general, has "a proven track record of corralling Trump with honeyed words," at the Nato summit in June, he called him “daddy.”

spoiler

To know more about the "dream team operation" aka "till the last Ukrainian", you can read this article.

[-] AlHouthi4President@lemmy.ml 29 points 2 days ago

"Dream team"

[-] WeedReference420@hexbear.net 14 points 2 days ago

Self Esteem Team assemble! zelensky-pain

[-] MaxOS@hexbear.net 14 points 2 days ago

Nightmare blunt rotation

[-] musicenjoyer@hexbear.net 22 points 2 days ago

🟢 Martyr Izz El-Din Al-Qassam Brigades: — As part of the "David's Stones" operation series, scenes of Al-Qassam Brigades confronting enemy forces penetrating the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood in Gaza City. — Notes: 00:22 - "In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. This operation comes, God willing, in light of the escalating threats of the zionist enemy towards our people and our beloved Strip, to tell them, with a full mouth and a clear word, here we are, from your front and from behind you, and there will be nothing in God's possession except what God wills." 00:41 - Monitoring two houses where a special force is fortified. 01:18 - Monitoring two houses where a special force is fortified. 01:27 - Targeting a troop carrier with a Yassin 105 shell. 01:33 - The explosion of the device in the carrier's cabin. 01:46 - Targeting reinforcement forces. 02:31 - Targeting a tank with a Yassin 105 shell near Doula Junction. 02:40 - Planting and detonating explosive devices on advancing vehicles. 03:10 - Withdrawal of destroyed vehicles. 03:15 - Finally, O men, we say one thing, O comrades, do not forget it: some responsibilities are a divine selection. And God does not use in His path except those who are pure. We know that the battle is difficult, O men. Know well that God does not give the hardest battles except to His strongest soldiers. So go forth, O men, with the blessing of God.

https://t.me/PalestineResist

[-] musicenjoyer@hexbear.net 30 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

🟢 Martyr Izz El-Din Al-Qassam Brigades: — Watch: As part of the "Stones of David" operations series, scenes of targeting enemy soldiers and vehicles, and bombing its gatherings with mortar shells in Jabalia al-Balad, northern Gaza Strip. — Notes:

0:22 - Preparing the Shuath explosive devices with explosive material.

0:38 - Preparing the explosive devices to be planted in the path of advancing vehicles.

0:55 - Planting the explosive device in the path of the vehicles.

1:13 - Remains of a military bulldozer of type "D9" after it was detonated.

2:08 - Monitoring the infiltrating zionist force.

2:17 - Detonating the explosive device against the infiltrating force.

2:39 - Targeting the area with mortar shells.

https://t.me/PalestineResist

[-] Lovely_sombrero@hexbear.net 31 points 2 days ago

Our technologies permit us to manipulate time and space. They leave distance annihilated, cause things to grow, and improve productivity.

[-] 0__0@hexbear.net 20 points 2 days ago

climate stalin-shining be like:

Our technologies permit us to manipulate time and space. They leave distance annihilated, cause things to grow, and improve productivity.

[-] teledildonics@hexbear.net 49 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Times of Israel - Legal group hails breakthrough as US judge equates Israeli flag with Jewish identity https://archive.is/MTtAM

“the strongest language a federal court has come out with yet
 that anti-Zionism is obviously antisemitism."

In future lawsuits alleging antisemitism stemming from anti-Israel activism, 
for example, plaintiffs will be able to cite the Sumrall lawsuit as evidence t
hat there is a legal standard equating anti-Zionism with anti-Jewish
discrimination. Mainen said the case would likely be “heavily cited” in the future.

The lawsuit also made novel use of an obscure federal legal provision dating back
 to the Civil War era aimed at combating racial discrimination. The provision, first 
enacted as the Civil Rights Act of 1866, guarantees equal rights for all racial 
groups, and Jews have been recognized by the Supreme Court as a race for 
purposes of civil rights law. The provision elevates racially motivated assault from 
state court to federal court.

“If I’m on the street and I hit someone, assault and battery, that’s not really a federal 
crime. That’s a state crime. But if I’m on the street and I hit someone because of 
their race, this law federalizes that violent act,” Mainen said. “It allows you to sue in 
federal court when there’s a hate crime component to it. This case in DC was the 
first post-October 7 case, and it’s possibly the first ever antisemitism case to use 
this to apply it to antisemitic violence.”
[-] PosadistInevitablity@hexbear.net 41 points 2 days ago

I wonder when the first Jewish person will be arrested for anti semetic hate crimes for burning the Israeli flag.

[-] MemesAreTheory@hexbear.net 11 points 2 days ago

Let me get back to you on that. I identify as half USian and half Jewish by race. I'm allowed to burn the flag representing half of my race, but denied the free speech to burn the other?

[-] mkultrawide@hexbear.net 34 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Well I'm glad the US federal court system and the admins finally agree on something.

[-] ColombianLenin@hexbear.net 28 points 2 days ago
[-] himbofication@hexbear.net 25 points 2 days ago

https://hexbear.net/post/5878074

hexbear mods doubling down on their agreement with fascist judges on this issue. Calling arabs "anti-semites" for raising the issue at all, and smearing them after banning them so they cannot respond.

Have to make alts to post this because zionist mods are going nuts

[-] blobjim@hexbear.net 2 points 1 day ago

calling mods zionist is obviously in bad faith. and it's not that big a deal either way. but trying to smear other people over it is way more negative than not having a burning israeli flag emoji.

[-] Frogmanfromlake@hexbear.net 4 points 1 day ago

Wtf I’m not sure if I’m more surprised by just how long that struggle session went or that I read it all

[-] Fishroot@hexbear.net 19 points 2 days ago
[-] musicenjoyer@hexbear.net 27 points 2 days ago

🚨 Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza: — Daily Statistical Report on the Number of Martyrs and Injured due to the "israeli" Aggression on the Gaza Strip

60 martyrs and 344 injuries arrived at Gaza Strip hospitals during the past 24 hours.

A number of victims are still under the rubble and on the roads, as ambulance and civil defense crews are unable to reach them until now.

The toll of the "israeli" aggression has risen to 62,004 martyrs and 156,230 injuries since October 7, 2023.

The total number of martyrs and injuries since March 18, 2025, until today has reached 10,460 martyrs and 44,189 injuries.

Among the martyrs of livelihood: The number of aid martyrs who arrived at hospitals during the past 24 hours reached 27 martyrs and 281 injuries, bringing the total number of martyrs of livelihood who reached hospitals to 1,965 martyrs and more than 14,701 injuries.

Gaza Strip hospitals recorded, during the past 24 hours, 5 deaths, including 2 children, due to famine and malnutrition, raising the total number to 263 deaths, including 112 children.

Ministry of Health August 18, 2025

https://t.me/PalestineResist

[-] musicenjoyer@hexbear.net 18 points 2 days ago

🚨 Sources to Al-Araby: — The response submitted by the Hamas movement to the mediators came after consultation with the Palestinian factions.

The Hamas movement delivered a positive response to the latest proposal to the mediators.

https://t.me/PalestineResist

[-] 3rdWorldCommieCat@hexbear.net 30 points 2 days ago
[-] DengistDonnieDarko@hexbear.net 31 points 2 days ago

good thread, everybody

[-] SexUnderSocialism@hexbear.net 24 points 2 days ago
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