how much longer until Iran finally strikes?

I love reading multiple articles about how "provocative" Russia is being by raising a Soviet flag and repainting "peace to the world"

When you annoy the local organizing groupchat arguing with the fed/plant who has been continuously posting on behalf of US state propaganda against Iran, Hezbollah and the resistance even if nominally being in the 'pro-Palestine' group, after he starts caping for the right wing color revolution in Venezuela

Genocide Joe/Kkkopmala supporters:

First they came for the Palestinians, and I ~~did not speak out~~ actively cheered it on,
Because I was not a Palestinian (and I fear they might've come for me next if I didn't).

Communist Party of Brazil (Under coalition with the Workers' Party) also recognized Maduro's victory.

Seymour Hersh's latest, in which he recounts how he learned about the My Lai massacre and tracked down William Calley, has no paywall.

death to the zionist entity, I fully trust the leadership of the resistance. They know best when to strike

Yeah fuck the communist party of venezuela I'm convinced there's something very very wrong with its central committee.

So in Portugal a journalist from "Radio Observador", the radio branch of the online right wing publication Observador, an outlet known for never having turned a profit but still getting funding due to its role in promoting right wing ideas in the country's discourse, said that someone from the PCV left THEM OF ALL PEOPLE a note saying, and they quote, "the portuguese communist party are our brothers, but you think you know venezuela better than us?", due to the party having congratulated maduro instead of appealing for intervention.

The journalist could be speaking figuratively or just lying, but then it would be pretty weird to put that note part in quotes making it look like a citation.

Also ironic that this outlet, who never invites the communist party to anything finally found space in its website for communist ideas, they just had to be ideas that align with impearealism.

In fact a whole lot of people from the far-left especially and to the far-right, who don't give a flying fuck about the IMCWP communist parties like the PCV (and just call them stalinists or whatever) suddently love this party and use it to legitimate their own pro-interference position. Really shows how fucked of a statement the PCV put out if ANYONE can quote it to be like "see see, we should keep sanctioning this country".

Pro-coup protesters in Venezuela have torn down the statue of the historic Indigenous Chief Coromoto and shouted “long live Christ!” as they dragged it through the streets. Racism has long been a feature of right-wing mobilizations in the country.

The Venezuelan right wing’s attack on an Indigenous statue — a “spiritual symbol of Chavismo” — shows exactly what kind of violent racism US political elites and billionaires like Elon Musk support. This isn’t about an election. This is about bringing back the old colonial order.

What will the liberal Venezuelans living in the US, who are scared of Project 2025, say about this?

Meanwhile Maduro after meeting with LGBQ+ organizations:

In November 2017, President Nicolás Maduro expressed his personal support for same-sex marriage, and said that the Constituent Assembly would agree to discuss legalising same-sex marriage.

In September 2018, There were discussions to allow same-sex marriage under the new Constitution of Venezuela, and that there was majority support in the Assembly. Discussion on the new Constitution was expected to begin at the end of 2018 or early 2019,[but has been postponed since then due to the Guaidó's crisis.

I have not seen major protests today in Venezuela, mostly some Chavista demonstrations, but they were peaceful. It seems that the Bolivarian Police and Militia have brought the situation under control before more damage could be done. Also SEBIN (Venezuela's FBI) has been tracking and arresting those spreading fake news and promoting terrorist attacks through social networks.

Italy's Meloni signs deal to 'relaunch' ties with China - DW

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is in Beijing to boost ties as concerns of a trade war with Europe grow. The two countries agreed to collaborate on green technology, including electric cars and renewable energy.

I want to petition to preemptively rename the site Gatebear before the retaliation

Opposition deputy (and presidential candidate) Jose Brito: "Where the fu*k are your children, Maria Machado? If Milei or Noboa were governing here, there would not have been a bone left unbroken last night!"

Maria Machado, the main US puppet in the opposition, infamously sent her children to the USA before calling for violent uprisings.

Venezuelan opposition candidates recognize CNE results - Telesur Spanish (Translated)

Seems like South Africa also recognized Maduro's election.

Election observers, including members of the African National Congress (ANC), South African Communist Party (SACP) and the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu), have stated their unreserved confidence in the legitimacy of Venezuela’s presidential election.

Incumbent, President Nicolas Maduro, and his nearest challenger Edmundo Gonzalez both claimed victory once the polls closed on Sunday, with Maduro declared the winner by Monday morning with 51% of the vote.

“Voting has been free, fair and transparent. Claims or allegations of fraud have been found to be baseless and mischievous with Venezuela’s electoral system considered one of the best in the world,” said a joint statement issued by the observers. The South Africans present include Cosatu General Secretary Solly Phetoe, ANC NEC member Obed Bapela and SACP Deputy General Secretary Madala Masuku.

Lula da Silva talks about the Venezuela Situation.

"I think it was a normal and free process. But they have to solve the dispute. If the opposition has a problem, they should go to the judicial system and follow the correct procedures to file a complaint. They have that right. Now, the government also has the right to demonstrate that it has won, freely and cleanly.”

"We will wait for the electoral process to be published, and we will respond in the right way when it is published.”

Very similar to AMLO's speech. I believe Petro will do the same soon. I think the Venezuela opposition will burn all the good will they have with some leftist and latino liberals. I have been checking twitter and the liberals were first 100% with Gonzalez, calling Maduro a dictator.

Then the Venezuela Opposition begun literally doing the same as Bolsonaro and Trump did. And the Liberals begun then both siding the two. It also didn't help the opposition keeps changing the numbers from 80% to 75% to 70% to 73% to 69% and finally recently: 68%. I doubt this will affect Petro and Lula's popularity too much. Can't say the same for Boric.

What really made the liberals angry at Gonzalez and Machado, were they posting numbers on a site that does not work, changing the numbers all the time, and self-proclaiming themselves as an interim government.

Apparently—according to some political consultant on some KPFA show, so probably at least somewhat trustworthy at least as far as the facts go—they are going to coronate KKKopmala by Monday evening (remotely, via Zoom and shit), and she'll announce her VP running mate on Tuesday.

Gonna be another nausea week.

Lula criticizes the press for treating the crisis in Venezuela “like the 3rd World War”

In an interview, Lula spoke for the first time about the elections in Venezuela and the challenge to Maduro's victory

“The statement from the Workers' Party praises the Venezuelan people for the peaceful elections that took place. At the same time, it recognizes that the electoral court has already recognized [Nicolás] Maduro as victorious. But the opposition hasn't yet. So, there is a process. There's nothing serious, there's nothing scary. I see the Brazilian press treating it as if it were the Third World War, but there is nothing unusual”

In the interview, Lula also stated that, if the voting minutes are published, the government has an “obligation to recognize” the result of the election that gave victory to Nicolás Maduro.

The US Navy nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt unexpectedly left the Persian Gulf and arrived in the Strait of Hormuz. Another “bell” of an imminent strike from Iran and the Pentagon’s readiness to intercept Iranian UAVs and missiles.

US and Israeli intelligence agencies say they expect a retaliatory strike from Iran tomorrow. US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will lead the deployment of additional US troops to the Middle East to bolster Israel's defenses to “respond to the evolving crisis,” the Pentagon said.

They added that the deployment of additional military forces will mean an increase in the number of personnel, but a decision on the exact size of the contingent and specific units has not yet been made.

Does anyone know where you can find an official list of Blinken's international trips? Would love to put the dates and locations side by side with IDF & Ukrainian war crimes

Joe Biden spoke with Lula da Silva today:

"Today, I spoke with President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil to discuss a range of bilateral and regional issues, including the emerging political situation in Venezuela following their presidential election. We agree on the need for an immediate release of full, transparent, and detailed voting data at the polling station level by the Venezuelan electoral authorities. And we pledged to remain in close coordination on the issue."

What the Brazilian Goverment said about this:

TLDR; Lula said that he knows what is going in Venezuela and is not alarmed by anything (No fraud). He is doing what AMLO and Petro are also doing, waiting to declare that Maduro was reelected.

if this is true, lol, my man would soon give endorsements for a pat on the back (D).

The Chinese company Huawei will train 5000 young Burkinabé people:
https://en.reseauinternational.net/lentreprise-chinoise-huawei-va-former-5000-jeunes-burkinabe/

Missle barrage from Lebanon targeting the aparthied bastards.

I'm working until late night, surely nothing interesting will happen while I'm not checking the thread

Maduro proclaims Gonzalez: "Guaido 2.0"

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro gave a broadcast this afternoon. Stated that authorities had dismantled a criminal group with ties to the far-right leadership and called opposition candidate Edmundo González "Guaidó 2.0"

With torrential rains falling in central Caracas, a first, soaked march arrives at Miraflores Palace. Chavismo is mobilizing in defense of the government and opposing fascism

Larger and larger crowds, including the ever present motorcyclist contingent, continue to gather in the vicinities of the presidential palace. A show of force from Chavismo

LMFAO. CHUDs are making up imaginary trans people (the real person is an Algerian, cis, woman boxer) to be transphobic against.

Conservatives Freak Out Over Algerian Boxer

Don't expect any response from Iran or Hezbollah tonight. It'll be tomorrow or Friday if I had to guess. No source or anything, just divine intuition.

Jorge Rodríguez Denounces Falsity of Alleged Acts Presented by the Venezuelan Opposition (PSUV proof that the results the Opposition posts are fake)

Bolsonaro once attempted to create his own political party and also used the ID of dead people.

Thinking about all the tweets from the opposition, Milei, Macri, etc... before the results came out.

You can use all of these tweets about respecting the will of the people and democracy, against them lol.

Not sure if this has been posted, but "after the Gaza War" plans that US, Israel, and Gulf Arab states agreed on includes installing CIA asset Mohammed Dahlan into power. They also want him replacing Mahmoud Abbas.

I wonder if this is why Turkey is getting into beef with Israel now, because this guy was also behind the Gulen coup attempt. Either way I think the least they can do is send some Bayraktars the Lebanese way.

https://t.me/mintpress_news/6643?single

As for China @shipwreck@hexbear.net

China for the last 20 years at least, has by far the most competent political leadership on the planet.

You think they don't know what's going on?

China has been balancing its' trade towards more domestic consumption since the later Hu Jintao period.

But they are not naive, they know that an economy heavily based on domestic consumption implies a bunch of things.

It implies running on deficits. It implies opening up capital flow. It implies losing control over the yuan. It implies giving the power to the financiers.

They are not gonna do that, despite what liberal academics inside China say. They are not gonna turn China into USA.

Instead the smartest politicians on the planet, they are gonna do the smart thing.

They are gonna turn that energy deficit into energy surplus, they are gonna invest in advance agriculture so they are not dependent to anyone for food, they are gonna turn the 12% gross margin into 20-25%+, they are gonna use that surplus value to build more sustainable infrastructure and improve steadily the QoL of their citizens without sacrificing their competitive edge.

They gonna do all this until they develop their productive force so far that they can out-compete any of the regressive capitalist countries while at the same time provide better standard of living for their people. Then the realm of freedom (as Marx put it) is finally on the horizon. Then we win.

would the best plan for Iran and Hezbollah be not retaliating? Although Israel definitely deserves to be wiped off the face of existence im worried about its genocidal sugar daddy Uncle Sam deciding we should nuke them.

Ben Norton (Jul 30, 2024 · 1:18 PM UTC)

The fake news on Venezuela is hilariously ridiculous.

This is Colombia's former vice president and foreign minister, in the previous far-right regime of Iván Duque.

Her supposed "proof" that the Venezuelan opposition won the election is a WhatsApp message with made-up data 😂

The fascists can't keep their vote total straight. It's 80% here, 69% there, etc... They might as well say that they won all the votes.