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Image is a frame taken from this video of Iranian missiles raining down on Israel without interception due to a weak and depleted air defense system after a year of war and genocide.


Mao, 1956:

Now U.S. imperialism is quite powerful, but in reality it isn't. It is very weak politically because it is divorced from the masses of the people and is disliked by everybody and by the American people too. In appearance it is very powerful but in reality it is nothing to be afraid of, it is a paper tiger. Outwardly a tiger, it is made of paper, unable to withstand the wind and the rain. I believe the United States is nothing but a paper tiger.

When we say U.S. imperialism is a paper tiger, we are speaking in terms of strategy. Regarding it as a whole, we must despise it. But regarding each part, we must take it seriously. It has claws and fangs. We have to destroy it piecemeal. For instance, if it has ten fangs, knock off one the first time, and there will be nine left, knock off another, and there will be eight left. When all the fangs are gone, it will still have claws. If we deal with it step by step and in earnest, we will certainly succeed in the end.

Strategically, we must utterly despise U.S. imperialism. Tactically, we must take it seriously. In struggling against it, we must take each battle, each encounter, seriously. At present, the United States is powerful, but when looked at in a broader perspective, as a whole and from a long-term viewpoint, it has no popular support, its policies are disliked by the people, because it oppresses and exploits them. For this reason, the tiger is doomed. Therefore, it is nothing to be afraid of and can be despised. But today the United States still has strength, turning out more than 100 million tons of steel a year and hitting out everywhere. That is why we must continue to wage struggles against it, fight it with all our might and wrest one position after another from it. And that takes time.


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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 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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[-] AssortedBiscuits@hexbear.net 79 points 1 month ago

Just compare the two

Al-Qassam Brigades ambushing a military convoy with explosives:
https://xcancel.com/RFN3138/status/1845770152622563826

The IOF panicking and shooting at random things:
https://xcancel.com/Lebnews2004/status/1845920852090745063

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[-] ItsPequod@hexbear.net 79 points 1 month ago
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[-] Evilphd666@hexbear.net 79 points 1 month ago

Halting US arms shipments to Israel, not killing Sinwar, will lead to Gaza ceasefire: Analyst

beanis Phyllis Bennis, a fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies and international adviser to Jewish Voice for Peace, told Al Jazeera the killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar will not lead to a ceasefire in Gaza.

“There has been a path to a ceasefire all along and it has to start with the US ending its shipment of arms that enables the war to continue,” Bennis told Al Jazeera.

“I don’t think that there is going to be any change if Blinken goes to the region or if Biden calls Netanyahu. None of that really matters. Their words don’t matter if their actions don’t change and if the actions continue to be sending Israel all of the weapons that they require to enable this war, this genocide to continue,” Bennis said.

“There is no reason in the world that they should see the death of one more Hamas leader – this time Yahya Sinwar – as a change. The war has been against the entire population of Gaza not against one man,” she said.

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[-] CyborgMarx@hexbear.net 79 points 1 month ago

I have a theory that thanks to the precedent Israel has handed western governments, if George Floyd-style rebellions ever broke out again people will be gunned down in droves, not just beatings, mass round ups, or maiming with "sub-lethal" rounds but straight up firing squads and police bombs with mass use of armed drones sniping people which will be blamed on "gang/outside agitator violence"

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[-] aaaaaaadjsf@hexbear.net 78 points 1 month ago

The first actual evidence of North Korean troops being present in Russia has just been released, with a video showing soliders speaking what sounds like Korean, and getting outfitted with Russian military gear likely in the far east of Russia, near the border with the DPRK. I wonder what will happen with these troops, are they in Russia just for military drills, or will they be deployed to the front lines.

I think if they do end up on the front lines (which seems more likely as time passes), it is a negative signal for stability in the Korean peninsula, and shows that the DPRK are preparing for war and want battlefield experience in a modern conflict. This would likely be in response to the military escalation by the ROK, who unveiled the gigantic bunker buster Hyunmoo-5 IRBM, a missile the weight and size of an ICBM, but with a range of only 3000km, while simultaneously flying drones over Pyongyang this month. The message is clear. This is a first strike weapon designed to take out the leadership of the DPRK in a decapitation strike, and the ROK can track them with surveillance drones.

The DPRK's reaction to this massive escalation in the media has been to deny the effectiveness of this weapon and call it useless, but to me the actions taken by the DPRK in response (stating that reunification is not possible, blowing up roads connecting to the ROK, artillery on high alert) show that they think the opposite with regards to this escalation. If North Korean troops end up fighting in Kursk or Ukraine, it would be one further sign that the DPRK are preparing for war and improving their combat readiness.

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[-] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 78 points 1 month ago

If it's true he's dead, an absolute hero and a symbol for the resistance shines brighter than ever; after life spent in hiding he's now out in the open and adding more fire to the hearts of the fighters.

If it's a lie, then this might be the best possible scenario for an "if you come for the king you best not miss."

[-] Redcuban1959@hexbear.net 78 points 1 month ago

Trump just dancing probably did more to improve his campaign than him actually getting shot lol. Meanwhile Kamala goes to Joe Rogan and still comes out as the most generic dem politician ever to exist.

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[-] SoyViking@hexbear.net 77 points 1 month ago

Bit idea: Tell the libs in your life that you agree with them that the Ukraine war has to end and that "it is possible that Russia has made mistakes". Tell them you support a two-state solution that guarantees Russian security.

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[-] miz@hexbear.net 77 points 1 month ago
[-] miz@hexbear.net 76 points 1 month ago

They lied about beheading babies to justify their actual mass beheading of babies. They lied aboutremoved to justify their actual massremoved. They lied about burning children alive to justify their actual burning of children alive.

Every Zionist accusation is a confession.

from https://xcancel.com/zei_squirrel/status/1845807514446627318

[-] CarmineCatboy2@hexbear.net 74 points 1 month ago

i call it what it is, blood libel against palestinians. which caused at least one zionist to lose their mind.

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[-] dead@hexbear.net 77 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

DPRK promises to retaliate against ROK for having a drone violate DPRK airspace. DRPK usually ends a press statement like "if ROK/US continues, we will retaliate" or like "we're warning you, please don't do this again". This press statement is different in that the conclusion is a direct promise. The tone is changed. "The provocateurs will have to pay a dear price."

Press Statement of Kim Yo Jong, Vice Department Director of C.C., WPK

Pyongyang, October 15 (KCNA) -- Kim Yo Jong, vice department director of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, issued the following press statement on Tuesday:

We secured clear evidence that the ROK military gangsters are the main culprit of the hostile provocation of violating the sovereignty of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea by intruding into the sky over its capital city.

The provocateurs will have to pay a dear price. -0-
www.kcna.kp (Juche113.10.15.)

http://kcna.kp/en/article/q/96a1d0b468adc047aa85aaca679cd626.kcmsf

https://archive.is/sl8KV

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[-] smokeppb@hexbear.net 77 points 1 month ago

Since it's been one year on since the Gaza War started, I decided to look at some defense stocks to see how profitable the genocide machine has actually been. Overall, it seems pretty profitable for the companies with relevant weapons and supplies for the war at this stage, but if I was a vampire capitalist and just threw my money into defense as soon as I thought war demand was coming I'd be pretty disappointed at the outcome so far. One year in NVIDIA outperforms all of them by a ton, and the S&P 500 keeps pace in the middle of the pack.

  • Raytheon (+70.05% 1 YR) is the best performer by far. It makes sense since the Iron Dome missiles are made by them. They are making a whole new facility in Arkansas for the purpose of making more of these things that won't be online until 2025, apparently. Whose to say whether the entity known as Israel will even last that long but hey, that just means money in Raytheon's pockets.

  • Caterpillar (+47.03% 1 YR) a construction company that makes bulldozers for the IOF, so it's part of the genocide machine obvs. Recently they've been downgraded by Morgan Stanley so we'll see if this keeps up.

  • L3Harris Technologies (+39.97% 1 YR) military helicopters and aircraft electronics. Great year for them, Oct 7 represents the bottom of a 2 year losing streak for them.

  • Lockheed Martin (+38.14% 1 YR) has a sudden jolt right around the time the US authorized the production of more F-35s. It also happens to be the week where Netanyahu visited the US Congress. Below I have a photo of other companies that have a little jolt around that time as well.

  • General Dynamics (+23.92% 1 YR) naval and communications. The stock seems to have been doing well before Oct 7 though so IDK.

And some losers...

  • Boeing (-19.49% 1 YR) you know why. But you could have sold when the news was still breaking and done well for yourself.

  • Elbit Systems (-0.56% 1 YR) they make drones and they made the Gaza wall defense towers that got owned on Oct 7. Israel doesn't care for defending its citizens right now because genocide but they seem to be pivoting towards the genocide business judging by the swing towards profitability recently.

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[-] Z_Poster365@hexbear.net 77 points 1 month ago

So a priest, a monk and an imam walk into an SMO

[-] SeekTheDeletion@hexbear.net 78 points 1 month ago

well rounded party composition, good amount of healers and support classes

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[-] FuckyWucky@hexbear.net 76 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It took Israel over a year since Oct 7th to kill Sinwar within a tiny strip of land ~~requiring intelligence from all the western countries.~~

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[-] plinky@hexbear.net 76 points 1 month ago

America, uk, germany and israel are evil countries, without single shred of humanity in the whole government and military.

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[-] miz@hexbear.net 76 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

"Israel" bombs north Gaza shelter killing over a dozen displaced Palestinians | The Cradle

"Tel Aviv’s" forces, under the so-called ‘General’s Plan,’ recently launched an operation to expel the hundreds of thousands of Palestinians who remain in northern Gaza and turn the entirety of the area into a military zone.

~~Generalplan Ost~~ Generalplan Coast

[-] vegeta1@hexbear.net 76 points 1 month ago
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[-] micnd90@hexbear.net 76 points 1 month ago

Where is Punxsutawney Phil when you need him? Instead of these grotesque media campaigns, each swing state should just have 50/50 pagan ritual involving cute critters to decide the electoral winner.

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[-] QuillcrestFalconer@hexbear.net 76 points 1 month ago
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[-] TheModerateTankie@hexbear.net 76 points 1 month ago

Democrats suspect Netanyahu attempting to tilt Trump-Harris race.

Democrats increasingly suspect Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to interfere in U.S. domestic politics by ignoring President Biden’s calls to negotiate a peace deal in Gaza and by confronting Hezbollah and Iran weeks before the U.S. election.

The fate of the free world lies in the hands of the these fucking people. Most important election of our lifetime. Not impressed? Well guess who else is on board: Dick Cheney!

This had to be kayfabe, right? How could they not know this from the start? Can they actually be this guillible?

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[-] DivineChaos100@hexbear.net 76 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

According to Telegram resistance may have just drone striked Bibi's house, tons of cops there and media has been shut out, it's not clear if he was home tho

This is the 1488th comment in this thread ugh

According to israhell pm office he wasn't home :( But it doesn't matter. We only have to be lucky once.

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[-] companero@hexbear.net 75 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Apparently the IOF cut off Sinwar's index finger, ostensibly "to check his identity". There's a video, but I'm not gonna link it.

First off, isn't that considered desecration of a corpse and therefore a war crime?

Second, isn't that also kind of a religious hate crime? Raising the index finger has significance in Islam, no? (I am not Muslim, please fact check me)

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[-] Redcuban1959@hexbear.net 74 points 1 month ago

In Ecuador, the country is in flames and without electricity, while the president was in the US on a yacht, dancing with his wife and other rich people.

[-] QuillcrestFalconer@hexbear.net 74 points 1 month ago

germany-cool germany-cool germany-cool death to germany

Germany reportedly asked Israel to sign a 'genocide clause'

On 13 October 2024, German newspaper BILD reported in an exclusive (behind a paywall) that Germany asked the Israeli government to sign a so-called ‘genocide clause’ as a precondition for further arms deliveries. This clause apparently contained a written assurance from the Israeli government that German arms will not be used to commit genocide. The document is said to have arrived in Berlin on 10 October and allowed Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz to declare in parliament the next day that "We have supplied arms, and we will supply arms".

This raises several questions:

  1. Does this imply that the German Government shares in the suspicion that Israel is committing genocide in the Gaza Strip?
  1. Can such an assurance absolve Germany from its responsibility under international law not to aid or assist acts of genocide?

https://nitter.poast.org/StefanTalmon/status/1845765106451329190

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[-] carpoftruth@hexbear.net 74 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

https://www.oxfam.org/en/press-releases/oxfam-condemns-killing-water-engineers-gaza

Oxfam condemns in the strongest terms the killing in Gaza today of four water engineers and workers from the Khuzaa municipality who were working with our strategic partner the Coastal Municipalities Water Utility (CMWU).

The four men were killed on their way to conduct repairs to water infrastructure in Khuzaa, east of Khan Younis. Despite prior coordination with Israeli authorities their clearly-marked vehicle was bombed. Oxfam stands in solidarity with the CMWU, their partners and the families of the victims. 

This is like the world central kitchen strike the Israelis did

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[-] plinky@hexbear.net 74 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

In my petty podcaster parasocial disgust news:

know your enemy are such lib cowards, dissent affiliation is truly mark of a shitlib

ooh we've changed after equivocating war on iraq, boohoo, eat shit, leiffer simps.

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[-] plinky@hexbear.net 74 points 1 month ago

brits best country crush

aside from greeks, stellar work as well rat-salute-2

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[-] aaaaaaadjsf@hexbear.net 74 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Hezbollah released a new video showing the drone side of their operations yesterday.

The video starts in a warehouse showcasing dozens of Ababil-T and Shahed 101 attack drones. A Hezbollah soldier then picks up a piston engined and petrol/gasoline powered Shahed 101 drone, with a single radio antenna on the front. The video then cuts to the battlefield.

In the next scene, we can see Hezbollah drone operators preparing a group of Shahed 101 "suicide drones" for launch. However, there is one very big difference seen here, along with a few smaller ones. These Shahed 101 drones have electric engines and are battery powered, with the charging and data cables clearly visible. They also have a fresh coat of camouflage paint applied. This is done to reduce the chances of detection, an electronic motor has a lower heat signature than a piston engine, due to the lack of exhaust gases and cooler operation. They are also quieter, making less noise. The camouflage paint scheme is also designed to reduce detection, with a drab olive to dark green top to make the drone blend in with the ground when viewed from above, and a sliver bottom to blend in with the sky when viewed from below. The reduction in heat signature, along with a reduced visual and audio presence, makes the drone harder to detect. The drones also have no radio antenna or cameras, suggesting a one way attack approach with a pre-programmed flight path. We can see a drone operator presumably uploading flight data from his laptop using a USB interface. This makes them ~~immune to being jammed.~~ more difficult to jam, see discussion below.

All in all, the modifications made to the Shahed 101 drone by Hezbollah to make it harder to detect, combined with the rocket fire in a close range saturation attack to overwhelm Israeli air defences, allowed the Shahed 101 one way attack drones to carry out their attack undetected and without interception. The drones are relatively small with a small warhead, which limits targets to soft unprotected ones, like the dining hall hit yesterday.

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[-] drinkinglakewater@hexbear.net 74 points 1 month ago

So if Sinwar was killed in a strike on Gaza, does that mean the talking point of Hamas' leaders hiding in Qatar is complete hasbara?

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[-] Redcuban1959@hexbear.net 73 points 1 month ago

Update on Cuba's Energy Crisis:

According to official information, the restoration process of electrical system has already begun in western Cuba CTE Santa Cruz has started up and work is being done to link CTE Mariel Energás is in service and a load level is being served in Havana and Mayabeque.

In the Central zone the microsystem remains stable. CTE Guiteras is in the process of starting up. CTE Nuevitas is in the process of starting up, feeding off the Camagüey microsystem. CTE Felton and CTE Renté are further behind due to problems in the 110KV busbar at Renté.

CTE de Cienfuegos is unavailable due to a breakdown. 370 MW served in the country. There are microsystems in almost the entire country, except Artemisa. Unlike other outages, explained Lazaro Guerra, there was now less availability of fuel. This situation will gradually recover.

[-] What_Religion_R_They@hexbear.net 73 points 1 month ago

happy birthday to this future president

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