I shouldn't be shocked at this sort of reporting 7 months into this conflict, but wow...

Israel really just cannot help themselves, can they? They're magnetically drawn to their own destruction. They are begging on their hands and knees for the swift end of an apocalypse.

The Resistance's strategy is clear:

• Hamas draws Israeli troops deep into Gaza, where their tunnel networks and guerrilla warfare tactics are at their greatest possible effect, causing thousands of casualties+deaths and destroying hundreds of vehicles.
• Hezbollah draws Israeli troops to the border and kills them gradully using attritional warfare.
• Yemen maintains an economic blockade of Israel and simultaneously forces imperialists to maintain a naval presence which then cannot be used elsewhere
• Iran provides weaponry for the whole resistance and maintains several trump cards (blocking the Strait of Hormuz; thousands of missiles that can be used on Israel)

Israel has so far proved unable to meaningfully respond to any of this militarily. The Resistance knows that this is the case. They are aware that Israel will, in their rage and impotence, instead target civilians en masse in an attempt to buoy up morale inside their country.

The problem is that killing civilians:

a) doesn't solve a single problem for Israel. Bombing civilians is not even slightly productive for them. It doesn't even reduce civilian morale; survivors are more likely to join Hamas to resist Israel than turn against the people who are fighting the people bombing your children.
b) creates entirely new problems for Israel, because these bombings aren't obscure like in the past, but captured in videos and photos that then reach the rest of the world, prompting protestors to go out and take new action against Israel.

So they're stuck in this neverending cycle. They send a new batch of troops into Gaza. Those troops get killed and/or captured by Hamas. In revenge, Israel bombs civilians. This is captured and anti-Israel sentiment around the world escalates and BDS is strengthened. This weakens Israel further. To try and look stronger, they end a new batch of troops into Gaza. Repeat until collapse. So long as Zionism is and remains the dominant ideology in Israel, there is no way out of the death spiral. Tens of billions of dollars worth of weaponry funneled into them has done nothing except kill more civilians. They're in a weaker place every single time that the US sends another package. Even the US admits that Hamas is still perfectly intact.

This is unbelievable. After 8 months of this, there hasn't been the slightest shift in strategy. They are the closest to collapse that they've been in their history, politicians and officials are threatening to leave the war-time government, the north is still depopulated of settlers and that's causing all sorts of societal mayhem, and they still aren't even attempting to get out of the death spiral. Even West-friendly global institutions are turning against them now. The Resistance really couldn't have asked for a less competent regime. You take the sense of military superiority and deterrence away from Israel on October 7th and it turns out that it was actually the singular load-bearing column of their entire society, and there's nothing else keeping it up.

Argentine government spokesman Manuel Ardoni said that "there is no reason for the dollar to have an impact on prices" in the country. The BLUE dollar, which is the country's commercial dollar, has risen around 300 pesos in the last 5 months.

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has argued that members of the US-led military bloc should let Ukraine freely use their weapons to launch strikes deeper into Russian territory.

“The time has come for allies to consider whether they should lift some of the restrictions they have put on the use of weapons they have donated to Ukraine,” Stoltenberg said on Friday in an interview with The Economist.

“Especially now when a lot of the fighting is going on in Kharkov, close to the border, to deny Ukraine the possibility of using these weapons against legitimate military targets on Russian territory makes it very hard for them to defend themselves.”

https://www.rt.com/news/598218-nato-ukraine-stikes-russia/

Does anyone have the video mentioned in the latest trillbilly where an IOF goon is holding a dress and gets sniped?

Clown country: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jake_Sullivan

He was a Coca-Cola Scholar

Roderic Day was detained the last time he traveled internationally and grilled about Red Sails

Our favorite ancap busted for shamelessly plagiarizing other loser ancaps:
https://twitter.com/BenjaminNorton/status/1794032366685675996

The researchers who documented Javier Milei's plagiarism of other neoliberal economists referred to him as the "King of Copy-Paste".

Chinese Military Drills Around Taiwan Are Legitimate: Wang

As a history fact, Iranian Azerbaijan (which includes the provinces of East Azerbaijan, West Azerbaijan and Ardebil, sometimes Zanjan province is also included for being majority Azeri) is the OG Azerbaijan, with the modern country of Azerbaijan having historically referred to by other names:

The name Azerbaijan was first adopted for the area of the present-day Republic of Azerbaijan by the government of Musavat in 1918, after the collapse of the Russian Empire, when the independent Azerbaijan Democratic Republic was established. Until then, the designation had been used exclusively to identify the adjacent region of contemporary northwestern Iran, while the area of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic was formerly referred to as Arran and Shirvan. On that basis Iran protested the newly adopted country name.

Less than a day of the UK election being announced and the discourse is already mostly intolerable centrist smugness, might go seek refuge in the Cuban embassy.

(Sunak announcing it in the pouring rain is funny though)

Former President of the United States and Republican Party candidate Donald Trump was booed this Saturday when speaking at the Libertarian Party convention. In the speech, he said that libertarians should nominate him too.

People's Conference for Palestine: Opening Keynote

People's Conference for Palestine: The War on Palestine Panel live now

I finished the semester so im making an post about the election is México since i couldnt last week

The mexican presidential election is next week and the current polls have been favorable for Morena's candidate Claudia Sheinbaum with around a 10 point lead over the PAN-PRI-PRD (PRIAN) coalition candidate Xochitl Galvez. And the 3rd candidate for the MC Jorge Álvarez Maynez is sitting around 8-10% but in a few states he gets more votes than Galvez

I missed the 3rd debate last week but in general Galvez still mostly attacked Sheinbaum and didnt answer the reporter questions, while Sheinbaum mostly shared her policy ideas, Maynez was the same.

For a while the PRIAN tried to get Maynez to drop and give support to their candidate using journalists and the leader of the PRI but our sistem doesnt even accept a candidate dropping so votes for him wouldnt even be counted to the PRIAN.

Also the PAN has been trying to use catholicism to criticize Sheinbaum since she is of jewish descent.

There are also governor elections for 8 states and the capital:

• in Tabasco the only favorite to win is Morena since thats the state the president is from and he has a lot of support there.

• in Yucatan is a really close race between PAN and Morena, PAN support comes mostly from the capital where more that half of the population lives and Morena support comes from the rest of the state

• in Chiapas Morena has a 30 point lead, the state currently suffer from a big problem with violent crime that has even affected the zapatistas, Morena's campaign is that only they can pacify the state

• in Guanajuato PAN has used all the tools in their disposal to keep their bastion state, it was the only state last election that didnt vote for AMLO and the PAN has ruled over it for 33 years, violence hit its tipping point with the asassination of a Morena candidate and MC has slowly gain support there over the years

• in Jalisco MC is the ruling party being one of the 2 states they control, and their candidate Pablo Lemus has had a decent showing in the debates however the governor Alfaro of MC has been dropping in support which has affected Lemus and Morena's candidate has had a very active campaign so its not a decided race yet

• in Morelos is a close race between Morena and PRI-PAN-PRD, at the start it was a big lead for Morena but due corruption allegations against the governor it has hurt Morena numbers

• in Puebla is an interesting place, the last 2 governors had early deaths and their interim sucessor decided to not run, Morena has a small lead over the PAN candidate running with an ex-senador

• in Veracruz some polls have Morena with a 30 points lead and other the PAN with 8 points, this is due to a similar situation as Morelos except this time the Morena candidate has allegations of corruption and has been slowly dropping in support over the last months

So thats how the election is shaping up to be, there is still a week left so things could change. Also the Communist party after decades has decided to run an independent campaign again and i have being following them but i think since they arent registred in the INE they wont get plurinominal representation still if they get enough votes that may change for next election but we will see.

Iof have been invading Jenin for two days now, killing nearly a dozen

https://t.me/jeninqassamm

Industrial strength significantly increased by the creation of a unified Reich

Edit: Here is the video it came from: https://twitter.com/waltywang/status/1792730656465957078

"Christian Conservative" posts this "for context" as though the video doesn't make this even more of a fascist ad.

Edit 2: fucking blue maga in the replies

United Kingdom to Go to Early General Elections on July 4

PM Sunak's unexpected decision comes as the Tories are trailing far behind the Labour Party.

On Wednesday, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced the advancement of the general elections in the United Kingdom to July 4th.

The unexpected decision comes as the Conservatives are trailing far behind the opposition Labour Party, according to all polls, and on the same day it was revealed that inflation dropped to 2.3 percent in April, its lowest level in almost three years.

Sunak informed King Charles III of his intention to call for elections on July 4th, despite having the option to do so anytime before January 28th, the end of the parliamentary term.

After assuring that the United Kingdom has gone through its most challenging period since World War II, Sunak said his administration has focused on restoring economic stability to the country following the COVID-19 pandemic.

"I came to government promising economic stability, and thanks to collective effort, we have achieved two milestones: our economy is growing faster than anyone anticipated... and inflation has returned to normal levels. This is proof that our priorities are working," he added.

In a statement that turned into his first campaign act, Sunak said that the UK will have to choose between his Tories and the Labour Party, which, in his view, "would be like going back to square one."

This morning, Sunak had reiterated in the government control session in Parliament that his intention was to call the elections in the second half of this year, but did not specify when.

Asked by the leader of the Scottish Nationalists in the House of Commons, Stephen Flynn, about the abundant speculation on an early election, Sunak insisted on his intention to hold the elections in the second half, without clarifying when.

The announcement has taken analysts by surprise, given the 20-point lead that polls give the Labour Party over the Tories, which could be enough to achieve an absolute majority.

Just three weeks ago, municipal elections were held in which the Conservatives had historically low results, losing half of their councilors in the localities where voting took place.

Tories are going to eat shit

Labour is going to win, but they are lead by a bunch of neoliberal ghouls

Unless Labour somehow does the same self-sabotage they did in the 1992 election, they should get a majority with a chance of a supermajority. Too bad they will do barely anything to help the working class.

Ancap Update:

Police have joined anti-austerity protesters in the province of Misiones, Argentina. Officers are now on strike, and Milei's “libertarian” government has had to send federal agents from the capital to try to keep order.

Misiones is a strategic province bordering both Brazil and Paraguay. The protests began as a teachers’ strike against low pay and inflation. The police then refused orders to repress the population and instead joined them, citing their own low pay as the reason.

A police mutiny is illegal, and if it spreads to other regions, it would be a threat to Milei's power. Numerous Latin American countries have seen a coup result from police mutinies, such as Bolivia in 2019 and Ecuador in 2010.

The coups of 2019 and 2010 were backed by the US. It failed in Ecuador because Rafael Correia literally slapped the coup leaders in the face and the army, with the support of Correia's supporters, stormed the headquarters and arrested the coup plotters.

The 2019 coup was temporarily successful, but in the following election, due to internal pressure, Jeaninez had to accept the results of the election, which elected Lucho.

In Argentina, things seem to be getting worse and worse for Ancaptain. If the police stops following his orders, his only option would be to use the Armed Forces to maintain order and crush the strikes, and unlike in Brazil and Colombia. The president needs the congress approval to put the Army on the streets (I believe it's because of the 1976 coup). De La Rua, during his last days of goverment attempted that and failed, the next day his goverment was over and he fled the capital by helicopter.

There will be live show today on youtube

Would Taiwan actually go to war for independence should China attempt an invasion?

Of course I’m not talking about fighting back, because the vassal government would do whatever the U.S. tells it to do in that situation, which would be fight, likely with US aid.

What I’m asking is whether or not the people of Taiwan would put their lives on the line for something like that? Like what is the consensus, generally?

Another Reaper bites the dust in Yemen. Fifth time since October 7th.

The BRICS and De-Dollarisation: Opportunities and Challenges (Volume 2, Issue no. 1, 17 May 2024)

This issue of the international edition of Wenhua Zongheng (文化纵横) explores the widely debated topic of de-dollarisation. The articles examine the US dollar’s hegemonic status in the international economic order, efforts across the Global South to develop alternatives, and the role of the BRICS in this process.

Open access, with four articles that should tickle the hexbear newsmegahead reader

WENHUA ZONGHENG (文化纵横) is a leading journal of contemporary political and cultural thought in China. Founded in 2008, the journal publishes issues every two months, featuring articles by a wide array of intellectuals across the country and building a platform for discussion of different ideological positions and values in China’s intellectual community. The publication is an important reference for debates and developments in Chinese thought, on matters ranging from China’s ancient history and traditional culture to its current socialist practices and innovations, from the important cultural trends in contemporary Chinese social life to Chinese views and analyses of the world today. Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research and Dongsheng News have partnered with Wenhua Zongheng to publish an international edition of the journal, releasing multiple issues per year featuring a selection of articles that hold particular relevance for the Global South.