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Image is from the January 2023 World Economic Forum meeting in Davos. Over 50 heads of state and 600 CEOs attended.


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Imagine a terrifying world where we are all ruled by monsters of every stripe. And not hot ones like werewolves, but instead decaying zombies and mummies who are both insensitive to, and actively benefit from the immense suffering they cause on a daily basis. The top echelon of society, filled with profit-seeking, bloodsucking vampires. And the worst of it is that they repeat on a daily basis that what they are doing is not only just, but there is no other possible way to do it.

Pretty spooky, right? What if I told you that this world... was our own?

Happy Halloween!


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

UNRWA daily-ish 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 (and has automated posting when the person running it goes to sleep).
Arab-language twitter account with videos and images of fighting.
English-language (with some Arab retweets) Twitter account based in Lebanon.
English-language Palestinian Twitter account which reports on news from the Resistance Axis.

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

Various sources that are covering the Ukraine conflict are also covering the one in Palestine, like Rybar.


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This week's first update is here.

Links and Stuff


The bulletins site is down.

Examples of Ukrainian Nazis and fascists

Examples of racism/euro-centrism during the Russia-Ukraine conflict

Add to the above list if you can.


Resources For Understanding The War


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.

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.


Telegram Channels

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

Pro-Russian

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

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.


Last week's discussion post.


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[-] QuillcrestFalconer@hexbear.net 43 points 1 year ago

Anarchists should bring back propaganda of the deed and fucking [redacted] Bomber Blinken

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[-] emizeko@hexbear.net 43 points 1 year ago

so I was wondering if it'd be possible to dock a submarine underwater to deliver covert supplies to Gaza

turns out there's a google patent for an underwater submarine cargo terminal https://patents.google.com/patent/US3910057A/en

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[-] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 43 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Jabalia refugee camp ‘completely destroyed’

Gaza’s civil defence director reports the Jabalia refugee camp has been “completely destroyed” by Israeli bombardment.

“These buildings house hundreds of citizens. The occupation’s air force destroyed this district with six US-made bombs. It is the latest massacre caused by Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip,” Ahmad al-Kahlout told reporters outside of a hospital in Khan Younis.

“The international community must act immediately to stop Israel before it is too late.”

It is not immediately clear how many people have been killed or wounded in the bombing.

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More than 50 killed in Jabalia strike: Indonesian hospital director

The director of the Indonesian Hospital in Gaza says dozens of people were killed in the strike on the Jabalia refugee camp.

“More than 50 people have been killed so far,” he told Al Jazeera, adding that the hospital was unable to yet provide the total number of casualties as it was still counting the victims.

“The hospital will stop working completely tomorrow evening due to fuel shortages,” the director warned.

-Al Jazeera

[-] Parzivus@hexbear.net 43 points 1 year ago

Speech is in 8 minutes and Al Jazeera is just playing a China bad piece limmy-what

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[-] Coolkidbozzy@hexbear.net 43 points 1 year ago

is Hezbollah declaring war tomorrow

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[-] bazingabrain@hexbear.net 43 points 1 year ago

So we're basically headed towards ww3 I guess. woowee

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[-] kristina@hexbear.net 43 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

CW: murder of gazan civilians by tank as reported by sky news

https://youtu.be/zpoMznHaAVI

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[-] Awoo@hexbear.net 43 points 1 year ago

🔴 Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine:

A call from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine to all the honorable people of our nation and the free people of the world:

In the face of the flowing blood in Gaza, words no longer work: Rise... Revolt... Storm the embassies of the aggressor nations... Burn them... Destroy them.

Demand a halt to the flow of oil and gas to countries complicit in the aggression.

Time is of the essence, and history is unforgiving... Be assured that the people of Palestine will not let you down.

O free people, the fascist enemy seeks revenge on the Jabalia refugee camp, as well as the Nuseirat and Shati' camps, committing horrific massacres, which exceed in brutality what the Nazis did in their dark history, using six tons of destructive American bombs. A tragedy that appeals to human conscience; anyone who remains silent towards this killer is complicit in the genocide and depriving Palestinians of their humanity.

A morally, politically, and militarily defeated entity wants to claim victory over our Palestinian blood.

The Jabalia camp is the womb of the revolution and a symbol of Palestinian resilience and resistance, standing first in the battle of honor and duty, a spirit characterized by its strength, steadfastness, and high bravery. With its ground campaign, the enemy wants to cover its inevitable failure with massacres against Palestinian civilians, saluting the men of resistance in their various formations who are facing this aggression, and our steadfast people who reject displacement plans despite the genocidal war waged against them by the enemy.

Great Gaza, with the stature of its heroes and the blood of its children, is our roots deep in the ground. It will rise from the ashes.

Verbal stances don't shoot down planes or prevent missiles from falling on the heads of the innocent. Therefore, we call:

  • To expel the ambassadors of aggression.
  • A cry of anger and dignity to the entire the Arab street to stop the flow of oil and gas to countries complicit in the aggression.
  • It is time to close the American military bases in the Arab countries.
  • For the workers' unions in global ports to refuse to unload or load any weapon shipments from or to the zionist entity.

Let us trust in our people, our self, our dignity, our freedom, and our right to life.

Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine

31 October

[-] Awoo@hexbear.net 43 points 1 year ago

The Mujahideen of the Islamic Resistance in Iraq targeted the American occupation base, "Ain al-Assad" in western Iraq, with two drones, and they directly hit their targets.

[-] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 43 points 1 year ago

Evacuation warning to AJ correspondent ‘very worrying’: Media watchdog

We reported earlier that the husband of Al Jazeera’s correspondent in Gaza City, Youmna ElSayed, received a threatening phone call from the Israeli army telling the family to leave their home immediately, as explosions were going off all around their neighbourhood.

Speaking to Al Jazeera, Khadija Patel, chairperson of the International Press Institute, described the call as a “very worrying” development.

“This is an indication of deliberate targeting of journalists, something that we are concerned about as part of a trend that we are seeing within this conflict,” she added.

“We want to … urge the Israeli forces to protect the lives and work of journalists in this war.”

[...]

And here’s Youmna ElSayed’s live broadcast a short while ago, giving details about the phone call her family received.

-Al Jazeera

Video

Al Jazeera's @YoumnaElSayed17, reporting from Gaza City, explains how she received the threat warning her to leave her home as heavy bombardment is heard in the background.

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[-] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 43 points 1 year ago

Summary: lie, lie, lie, human shields, tragedy of war, lie, lie, lie, protection of innocent life, respect human life, lie, lie, lie, limit civilian casualties, minimize civilian harm, lie, lie, lie, etc.

What the United States has said so far about the strike at a refugee camp in northern Gaza

Several United States officials are saying Israel is not targeting civilians and is working to minimize harm to people in Gaza, despite a massive explosion Tuesday at the Jabalya refugee camp that has resulted in many casualties.

Lt. Col. Richard Hecht of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) told CNN that the airstrike was targeting a Hamas commander, whom he accused of “hiding, as they do, behind civilians.” Civilian deaths, Hecht also said, are “the tragedy of war.”

Hamas however has strongly denied the presence of one of its leaders in camp, Hazem Qassem, a spokesperson for the group said in a statement Tuesday.

Pentagon spokesperson Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder said Tuesday that the Israeli military is not “deliberately targeting civilians, unlike Hamas."

Ryder said he could not “speak to individual Israeli strikes” but said the Pentagon does “care about civilian casualties, and we’ve made it both clear publicly and privately about our concern for the protection of innocent life and the respect for the law of war.”

The White House said it has seen “indications” that Israel is trying to protect civilians. National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby called the deaths as a result of the strike on the Jabalya refugee camp “all tragedies” and said the US would “continue to work with the Israelis about the need to respect human life, and to try to limit civilian casualties.”

Asked if he would go as far as to say that Israel is not successfully minimizing civilian casualties in Gaza, Kirby replied: “It's obvious to us that they are trying to minimize [civilian casualties]."

Meanwhile, the State Department would not comment on the Israeli strike on the Jabalya refugee camp except to say generally that the US has said to Israel that they must minimize civilian harm.

State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller would not comment on whether or not the US has laid down any “red lines” for Israel or whether the US would accept the killing of a Hamas commander in a civilian area as justification for the deaths of scores of civilian casualties.

https://www.cnn.com/middleeast/live-news/israel-hamas-war-gaza-news-10-31-23/h_b90a9acf473c37d1a49d0b73d2d29a9d

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[-] Awoo@hexbear.net 42 points 1 year ago

Hezbollah's 'Ridwan' Special Forces posted a cryptic message on Telegram:

وَٱسْتَمِعْ يَوْمَ يُنَادِ ٱلْمُنَادِ مِن مَّكَانٍۢ قَرِيبٍ

'And listen! On that Day the caller will call out from a near place."

It is an excerpt from the Quran.

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[-] kleeon@hexbear.net 42 points 1 year ago

why is he giving a shoutout to will menaker now? what's going on?

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[-] kleeon@hexbear.net 42 points 1 year ago

good speech so far but calling amy schumer a "cow" wasn't necessary

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[-] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 42 points 1 year ago

Israeli minister freezes Palestinian Authority funds due to ‘support’ for Hamas

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich says he ordered a halt to transfer of funds to the Palestinian Authority as a result of, what he says, their “support” for Hamas’s October 7 attack.

“I would like to inform you that I have instructed the Finance Ministry to stop the transfer of payments this month,” Smotrich said in a letter to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, quoted by the Israeli media.

Israel collects taxes on behalf of the Palestinian Authority and transfers make monthly transfers after subtracting the expenses for services, such as electricity and water.

-Al Jazeera

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[-] ChapoKrautHaus@hexbear.net 42 points 1 year ago

Putin presents Ukraine surrender proposal, Hizbullah advance Haifa, Germany GDP contracts 12%, Blinken suicide note

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[-] TheLepidopterists@hexbear.net 42 points 1 year ago

BBC had an MSF doctor on and asked her about what's happening in Gaza, pretty brutal, CW: discussion of violence against children

t.me/DDGeopolitics/90419

[-] Sleve_McDichael@hexbear.net 42 points 1 year ago

The official pod is doing a livestream about the propaganda surrounding the current events in Gaza https://www.youtube.com/live/CMUKcjCG7xM?si=lpxonik866upNzAH

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[-] thirtymilliondeadfish@hexbear.net 42 points 1 year ago

Police investigate destruction of Israeli hostage memorial at Bondi Beach

New South Wales Police say they are investigating after a memorial to Israeli hostages taken by Hamas was disrupted at Bondi Beach.

Over 200 towels, thongs and posters of victims were put up on a fence along the beach by the Australian Jewish community early this morning.

"Officers from Eastern Suburbs Police Area Command had commenced an investigation following reports of an alleged incident at Bondi Beach," a New South Wales police spokesperson said.

"Anyone with information should call Waverly police."

No mention of what happened. Did someone steal a towel? Scrawl swastikas along the pavement? We just donot know. "Disrupted".

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[-] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 42 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Is there a word or phrase that describes a situation where something is undefined/unexplained but to create misdirection it's still mentioned over and over and over again?

The NYT editorial board came out with this: A Humanitarian Pause in Gaza.

I did a ctrl-f for "pause" and it seems they didn't actually define what a humanitarian pause is or even could be in theory. They did say this...

A pause in hostilities [is not] the equivalent of a cease-fire.

That's like saying an apple is not the equivalent of an orange.

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[-] plinky@hexbear.net 42 points 1 year ago

One month after barbaric bombardment swift still haven't switched off isnreel from civilized world, curious

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[-] grandepequeno@hexbear.net 42 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
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[-] BigBoyKarlLiebknecht@hexbear.net 42 points 1 year ago

Good new Ian Welsh post: Notes On The Structure Of American Imperial Collapse (State of the World 2023, #1)

China is more dominant than the US was in its prime. (Well maybe not in 1946.)

Now this sort of thing is a leading indicator. Countries who were dominant are able to control more of the world’s resources than they deserve for some time after they lose their dominance.

Be clear, the US has LOST its dominance already. It’s all over except for the shooting. It doesn’t look or feel like that because of generations of accumulation and because the dollar is used for most world trade.

This time it’s going to happen faster, because the US has abused its central position in financial networks in ways other countries, like Russia and China won’t tolerate.

Nothing that new for my knowledgable hexbear comrades, but I found Welsh’s writing to be a useful bridge for well meaning lib friends to get a bit more of a materialist view of the world

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[-] star_wraith@hexbear.net 42 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I guess the latest Israeli PR move is to have some journalists go on Twitter and claim to have seen some video of all these “Hamas atrocities”. No you can’t see it or verify it, just trust me bro.

Edit: this is what I’m refereeing to

https://nitter.cz/benjaminbutter/status/1720114810191282512#m

https://nitter.cz/Orlygoldschmidt/status/1720110445699240012#m

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[-] CyborgMarx@hexbear.net 42 points 1 year ago
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[-] thelastaxolotl@hexbear.net 42 points 1 year ago

altAn ooze enhanced super giant rat wearing a Hamas headband and a Chinese emperor ceremonial headdress throws a fireball at the police headquarters in 1 Police Plaza, NYC. Two items of text say “THE WEST IS NEXT,” and “UNLIMITED GENOCIDE ON THE 1st WORLD.”

There’s also a picture of Eric Adams giving a presentation about the rat population in NYC with the text “OUR DAY IS COMING.”

Finally there’s a picture of a weird green ooze spilling onto a Manhattan street from the underground, a picture that’s been circulating around the Internet today. Edited in there is a rat and Mr. Resetti from the video game Animal Crossing.

By slammer on blueSSkkky bird-mad

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