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Image: one of our POW camps filled with captured soldiers of the Christmas regime.

Season's greetings, fellow godless communists. I'm here to disseminate orders from our Supreme Communist Dictator as we once again find ourselves fighting against the very concept of Christmas. As a reminder, by the end of our five-year plan, we plan to be in a position to attack and dethrone God, but this intermediate step is required to fulfil this directive. Our forces in the field have made significant, if gradual, progress since you received your mission update last year. It has been difficult, but we have developed a series of defensive lines to prepare for a counteroffensive out of Lapland that will try and reach the Gulf of Bothnia in an attempt to cut the land bridge that we have set up across Scandinavia.

Currently, we foresee a few major threats. General Santa Clauswitz has been developing many tools in his workshop, including artillery-launched snowballs, barbed tinsel, and reinforced gingerbread armor plating for his tanks and infantry carriers. President Frostyy has made the following public statement: "The socialists who wish to destroy us have no idea what their defenses are about to face. Democracy will always defeat autocracy. Christmas will always triumph over X-mas. The leaders of the axis facing us are all on the naughty list and will be tried for crimes against festivity once this war is over."

Delusional as this may be, the next couple days will be the most dangerous as they stage their counteroffensive, and we need everybody to pitch in and get into defensive positions. We expect this to be the last major push that they will make before collapse. Please report any Christmas trees, mistletoe, or general symbology of the Christmas regime to your superiors.

Over and out.


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Israel-Palestine Conflict

If you have evidence of Israeli 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 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. - 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.

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

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.
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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[-] skeletorsass@hexbear.net 82 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I have survived the earthquake. Father house required repair. I have had a very busy time. I am very tired. My father want to give me the government money from the earthquake, but I want him to have it. Stubborn old man it is hard for him to accept.

I can answer question about the earthquake in Gansu province, China. There has been a lot of help but the weather has been very cold.

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[-] Redcuban1959@hexbear.net 79 points 11 months ago

The Venezuelan who asked Argentinians to vote for Milei will not be able to continue studying medicine for free at the University of Buenos Aires due to the new policies for foreign students. This afternoon, he made a video lamenting his situation.

lol

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[-] What_Religion_R_They@hexbear.net 79 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I didn't notice before, but Wikipedia in Arabic has the logo in the Palestinian colors and calls for an end to genocide on every page.

In solidarity with the right of the Palestinian people
No to genocide in Gaza.... No to the killing of civilians
No to targeting hospitals and schools.... No to misleading and double standards
Stop the war....and spread just and comprehensive peace

The links in red go to (in Arabic order) the page on "Palestinian-Israeli war", a category page on massacres during the "Palestinian-Israeli war", a page on the Baptist Hospital massacre, and finally a link to the subheading titled "Israeli Propaganda" under the page "Operation Al Aqsa Typhoon".

A news article

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[-] Frogmanfromlake@hexbear.net 77 points 11 months ago

I got sent this Reddit link of some guy filming an auto store in North Korea and loudly saying that everybody there were actors putting on a show while people gave him weird looks. It's always astounding how some Qanon nutjob doing that in the US would be labelled as a far-right conspiracy theorist but do it in bad country and the liberals eat it up. Westerners are profoundly stupid to believe that shit. The funniest part was that there were other white dudes giving this guy weird looks.

North Korea is allegedly wanting to be a tourist destination and I fear for the number of sexpats, Evangelical missionaries, and ideologues that will be coming in.

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[-] Parsani@hexbear.net 69 points 11 months ago
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[-] Alaskaball@hexbear.net 68 points 11 months ago

On December 30th, 1922, The USSR was established through the confederation of Russia, Byelorussia, Ukraine and the Transcaucasian Federation.

Happy USSR foundation day everyone.

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[-] Awoo@hexbear.net 67 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Gaza government media reporting Israelis performed organ harvesting

I would be more sceptical of this kind of claim normally. However Israel has previously admitted to doing it back in 2009:

And in 2007 to "losing" bodies from cemeteries.

And liberal media has reported on them doing it in the 90s.

https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna34503294

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/dec/21/israeli-pathologists-harvested-organs

Where does Israel get its "skin bank" from?

https://www.jordannews.jo/Section-20/Middle-East/Israel-s-skin-bank-raises-ethical-concerns-on-organ-consent-32381

[-] zed_proclaimer@hexbear.net 66 points 11 months ago

Video on TikTok and telegrams floating around of a man who appears to have Down syndrome in combat gear at the frontlines in a trench in Ukraine. The Ukrainian cameraman is of course bullying him and fucking with him and mocking him.

Ukraine is getting so desperate it’s mobilizing people with Down syndrome to fight in trenches…

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[-] KatsInSpace@hexbear.net 66 points 11 months ago

Yemen is rapidly becoming one of my most favorite countries at this point

[-] Wertheimer@hexbear.net 65 points 11 months ago

Yesterday the NYT had a headline about 15 Israeli soldier deaths in 24 hours. At the same time, Al Jazeera with the real news - Israel bombed a refugee camp and killed 70. The NYT is finally covering that bombing today, with the headline "Netanyahu Visits Gaza After Attack That Palestinians Say Killed Dozens". All the news that's fit to print. Jesus fuck I hate the New York Times.

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[-] Zrc@hexbear.net 64 points 11 months ago

I hate america so fucking much

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[-] anticlockwise@hexbear.net 64 points 11 months ago

ATTENTION DISSIDENTS:

Today is Mao Zedong's 130th birthday mao-clap

[-] edge@hexbear.net 63 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Child deaths in wars:

Iraq: 3,100 in 14 years
Syria: 12,000 in 11 years
Yemen: 3,700 in 7 years

Ukraine: 520 in 21 months

Palestine: 12,000+ in 3 months

desolate

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[-] LargePenis@hexbear.net 63 points 11 months ago

I've been busy recently, but I have caught up on the latest news from Ukraine in the past few days and it's funny how even the western media are now accepting that Ukraine might be taking a huge L soon. So much cope and dooming from the Ukrainian side, while Russian media is finally really confident and free from doomers for the first time. I remember reading a substack article by Big Serge (what a shit name for a politics guy) a year ago titled "Gradually, and then suddenly". It feels very fitting to the current situation, as we're firmly in the transition phase from gradually to suddenly right now. Russians are now moving in every sector of the front except Kherson, which is destined to be frozen until Russia reaches the Dnieper on another sector. I keep being wrong in every prediction, but I really feel like this Russian strategy of slowly chipping away at multiple sectors is bound to generate a Ukrainian collapse in at least one sector soon. 2023 wasn't exactly an eventful year for us Ukraine War war watchers, with the map looking static as fuck everywhere except Bakhmut. 2024 looks like a more mobile year imo, we'll definitely see some significant movement somewhere this year.

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[-] Zrc@hexbear.net 63 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

firing cluster munitions at Russian civilians as revenge for my own shitty AD blowing holes into apartment buildings. let's see if it pays off

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[-] GVAGUY3@hexbear.net 62 points 11 months ago

Saw a cool old guy with a "Free Palestine" shirt at the grocery store today.

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[-] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 62 points 11 months ago

I still can't believe the incredibly bad optics of bombing Bethlehem. But what is even more mind bending is that american evangelicals will support the literal bombing of the birthplace of their savior because it furthers their lust for the end times.

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[-] SeventyTwoTrillion@hexbear.net 62 points 11 months ago
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[-] puff@hexbear.net 62 points 11 months ago
[-] zed_proclaimer@hexbear.net 62 points 11 months ago

Iraq is moving to kick out all coalition forces from Iraq after USA killed an Iraqi soldier in an airstrike against Iranian proxies (not “terrorists” like their mission in Iraq states)

[-] aaaaaaadjsf@hexbear.net 62 points 11 months ago

https://hexbear.net/comment/4399865

The US is probably going to do something insanely stupid like strike Yemen on Christmas or New Years with some stealth aircraft. Got to make modern wars like videogames and movies, add in some symbolism.

Well it wasn't the US bombing Yemen, but rather Israel bombing Bethlehem on Christmas. Got it half right I guess...

This is just sickening honestly.

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[-] professionalduster@hexbear.net 61 points 11 months ago

there is nothing about Palestine on the BBC front-page anymore - the genocide is now normal, boring news. yesterday the thirty something glorious Aryan blonde haired blue eye Ukrainians killed by Putler were there instead, today the attack on Moscow is there. wonder how many thousands more brown children will be slaughtered by the Zionists before the vermin at the BBC go back to covering it

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[-] puff@hexbear.net 60 points 11 months ago

The missile strikes on Ukraine are fake news. Everyone knows Russia ran out of missiles a year ago.

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[-] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 59 points 11 months ago

Israel saying they won't stop until Palestine becomes "de-radicalized" okay so bombing them into oblivion is sure to accomplish that.

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[-] Lerios@hexbear.net 59 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

according to al jazeera they just bombed fucking Bethlehem, on CHRISTMAS. i mean, obviously its absolutely monsterous not matter when and where palestinians are being killed, but surely even the most hardhearted bastard at the IDF knows this is fucking terrible optics right? like, how can their hardline christian base in the us possibly swallow this??

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[-] FuckyWucky@hexbear.net 56 points 11 months ago

U.N., they are Hamas folks

Israel is “abusing its powers” as an occupying force in Gaza to deny visas to certain UN staff, Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur to the occupied Palestinian territories, told Al Jazeera.

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[-] Redcuban1959@hexbear.net 56 points 11 months ago

"I'm a communist, thank god." - Flavio Dino. A 2019 interview has reemerged as Brazil sees the approval of its newest Supreme Court Justice.

Interviewer A: Governor. But you are a communist, You call yourself a communist. What does it mean to bea communist in 2019?

Flavio: I'm a communist, thank God. I think that's an answer for you...

Interviewer A: Somewhat incoherent

Flavio: Not at all. On the contrary. It's in the Book of the Acts of the Apostles, chapter 4, verse 32, where you'll see...

Interviewer B: He's a communist with an iphone, But you're an iphone communist!

Flavio: But, of course, technology is essential. We want everyone to have technology, that's the difference; Some want technology to be for the few. We want it to be for everyone. And that's what being a communist means: defending communion, sharing, defending social justice. These values are updated. If we see that these principles are out of fashion, it means that society has failed. We believe in solidarity, coexistence and sharing.

Interviewer C: So communism is in favor of private enterprise?

Flavio: No, we live with the market. Xi Jinping, who is the president of China. He has a text that says, the market is an institution of society, it's not an institution of capitalism. So, of course, you live with the state, private companies, other human institutions.

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[-] BigBoyKarlLiebknecht@hexbear.net 56 points 11 months ago

“Eve Fartlow” is trending data-laughing

[-] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 55 points 11 months ago

The U.S. strongly condemns Israel's horrific strikes across Gaza today. As Netanyahu continues his brutal war of aggression, we must support Gaza in defending itself. Congress needs to act in the new year.

I'm just kidding. What Blinken actually said was...

The U.S. strongly condemns Russia's horrific strikes across Ukraine today. As Putin continues his brutal war of aggression, we must support Ukraine in defending itself. Congress needs to act in the new year.

Nitter

[-] jackmarxist@hexbear.net 55 points 11 months ago

Imagine you're a Zionist soldier who just got shot in the chest. In your final moments you see your squad come for you. You hope that they provide medical aid to you or something but they just start jacking you off and collect your cum then leave you to die.

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[-] AssortedBiscuits@hexbear.net 55 points 11 months ago

Hackers suspected to be Iranian attacked Israel's electric grid: https://nitter.cz/AryJeay/status/1739393208382058880

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[-] KatsInSpace@hexbear.net 55 points 11 months ago

Remembering the 6000 comment threads

glory days of the news mega

[-] Torenico@hexbear.net 55 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Let me be clear: I think the Houthis are good and they should continue enforcing their rightful and moral blockade of the Zionist Entity otherwise known as "Israel" through violent means and anybody who tries to lift said blockade should be labelled a Genocide Supporter and destroyed.

Times are changing and it's about time we start being honest about stuff.

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[-] CarmineCatboy@hexbear.net 54 points 11 months ago

Repercussions about these new chinese government measures against lootboxes, gacha, gambling and so on have been quite a sieve. Even in the subreddits outright created to spread sinophobia you can tell who's just there because they enjoy having a psychotic break online.

Turns out even freeze-gamer can tell when something is to their interest.

[-] LargePenis@hexbear.net 54 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Rybar's official 2024 bingo is here

The missing Argentina one is "economic crash in Argentina", which is already here lol.

@SeventyTwoTrillion@hexbear.net give us an official Hexbear news mega bingo

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