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Image is of Donald Trump Jr. in Greenland, proudly demonstrating what he's learned in his standing lessons.


The imperial core is continuing the process of self-cannibalization as the interimperial wars between Europe and the US over resource and territorial control continue. Greenland, populated with less than a hundred thousand heavily exploited people, is the newest territory to fall under Trump's gaze. The main draw is the mineral resources present there, of which it boasts nickel, copper, cobalt, and platinum, and much more than remains unexplored under the ice. But the ice is melting, and profit must be made. There is an additional element of wanting Arctic territory to counter Chinese and especially Russian interests and aims; Russia is increasingly eyeing the northern Arctic route as an alternative to more vulnerable routes through the Suez Canal or around Africa, and is investing heavily in icebreakers for that purpose.

However, even if Europe possessed the desire to resist American annexations - and they absolutely do not, at the end of the day - they do not even have the ability. Denmark may, to a lesser or greater extent, make angry sounds and talk about national honour or some such, but their military would be trampled underfoot by even the New York Police Department, let alone a concerted military effort by the US. If Trump wants Greenland, he will have it. This will naturally increase the grumbling in Europe about reconsidering the Transatlantic alliance, and that grumbling may, in the medium-term future, as the American Empire continues its decline, lead to meaningful results. But in the short term, Europe shall have to bear whatever Trump throws at them, for they obviously cannot now ally with Russia, who was the natural counterweight to American interests for decades before 2022.


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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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[-] plinky@hexbear.net 32 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

alpha tier: yemen, pal action, paragliders and hezbollah the only blessed people of this horror show (and like one hundred draft dodgers in pisrael i guess) (+ 4 (?) brave self-immolation protests in the belly of the beast)

sigma-tier: mena mcdonalds and coca cola sales, turkey oil business, british and american war criminals, germans in general, syria, those fucking dnc ghouls and leftists advocating voting for democrats in amerikkka

[-] plinky@hexbear.net 18 points 14 hours ago

also don't forget that boycott is a minimal decade-long commitment for any human bean

[-] Parsani@hexbear.net 47 points 16 hours ago

BREAKING: Blinken sheds single tear upon news of a ceasefire

[-] Redcuban1959@hexbear.net 47 points 16 hours ago

A major agreement has been reported between Israel and Hamas on a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and the release of hostages.

According to American and Israeli media, the concluded agreement provides for a preliminary six-week stage , during which a ceasefire must be observed, a partial withdrawal of the Israeli army must be carried out, and an exchange of hostages must be carried out. The agreement provides for:

  • Ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, partial withdrawal of the IDF and the return of local residents to the north of the region.
  • Gaza will receive 600 trucks with humanitarian aid .
  • Hamas will release 33 captured Israelis in stages.
  • Israel, in turn, will release 30 Palestinian prisoners for each kidnapped person and 50 for each female soldier.
[-] MarmiteLover123@hexbear.net 38 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

These were the details reported on earlier, still think it's nonsense that, firstly, female Israeli soldiers are being released alongside children, civilian women and men over 50 and not alongside their fellow male soldiers and military aged males (18-50), and secondly, that this issue of female Israeli soldiers held up the ceasefire deal for so long, for over a month. Israel seriously managed to argue that their female soldiers should enjoy the same classification as civilian women just to delay the ceasefire for weeks. That's just malicious negotiation and delay tactics. At least the Palestinians are getting more of their people freed in exchange.

But I'm glad it's finally over. That's the most important part. The genocide will stop, at least for now.

[-] SchillMenaker@hexbear.net 22 points 15 hours ago

Meh, it's a wedge in their coalition. If they openly treat their female soldiers as inferior it sows at least a little dissent in a force that needs to be cohesive.

[-] MarmiteLover123@hexbear.net 26 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

It also shows that Israel value them as propaganda chess pieces (this time as the public face for a ceasefire agreement and a negotiation pawn, in the past for TikTok propaganda reels) over anything else, including combat ability. They did the same thing when bombing Iran, put a female Israeli pilot front and centre of their propaganda. Deeply screwed up society!

[-] SchillMenaker@hexbear.net 21 points 15 hours ago

Yeah but this is like exhibit #5000 of that. They're always going to be bad, they might as well be fucking up while they're doing it.

[-] Wertheimer@hexbear.net 37 points 16 hours ago

Also: (https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/al-mayadeen-obtains-terms-of-gaza-ceasefire-deal)

"Israel" is to release all women and children under the age of 19 from its prisons.

Israeli forces must gradually withdraw from the Netzarim corridor and the Philadelphi Route.

Displaced residents must be allowed to return to their homes, with guaranteed freedom of movement throughout the Gaza Strip.

Hostile aircraft must vacate Gaza's airspace for 8 to 10 hours daily.

All hospitals in Gaza must be rehabilitated. Field hospitals, medical equipment, and surgical teams must be permitted entry.

[-] Boise_Idaho@hexbear.net 61 points 17 hours ago

With Democrats like these, who needs Republicans:
https://xcancel.com/FlaDems/status/1879279835413168143

The Florida Democratic Party condemns the removal of Cuba from the list of state sponsors of terrorism.

[-] Redcuban1959@hexbear.net 22 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

No wonder the Florida Democratic Party is irrelevant, it's probably just a fake party created by the far-right state government to pretend there is “democracy” there. The Gusanos are literally a special class of citizens who receive special social programs because they are “political refugees”. Nobody likes them, and they get very angry when, especially if you are Latino, you tell them that they get special things from the US government for no other reason than US hatred of Cuba.

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[-] NinjaGinga@hexbear.net 50 points 17 hours ago

Qatar PM announces ceasefire to begin 19 Jan, specific time to still be negotiated.

— ❗️🇮🇱/🇵🇸/🇶🇦/🇪🇬 BREAKING: The Prime Minister of Qatar officially announces a hostage deal and a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip!

The initial ceasefire is temporary (1st phase of 43 days) and will transition into a permanent ceasefire when all the requirements are met.

The ceasefire will begin on Sunday.

The war in Gaza is over.

@Middle_East_Spectator

Glory to the Resistance!

[-] Taster_Of_Treats@hexbear.net 28 points 16 hours ago

smuglord Letting Trump win will just make the situation in Gaza worse! maybe-later-kiddo Just wait patiently for the adults in the room to solve this!

[-] REgon@hexbear.net 10 points 13 hours ago

maybe-later-honey BIDEN DID THIS IT WAS BIDEN DON'T ASK WHY IT'S ONLY HAPPENING JUST NOW WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT GOES ON HE'S JUST A LITTLE BEAN

[-] NinjaGinga@hexbear.net 31 points 17 hours ago

And a statement from the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)

🚨🟢 BREAKING - Hamas: — In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

On the Announcement of a Ceasefire Agreement and the Aggression on the Gaza Strip.

The ceasefire agreement is the result of the legendary steadfastness of our great Palestinian people and our valiant resistance in the Gaza Strip over the course of more than 15 months.

The agreement to halt the aggression on Gaza is an achievement for our people, our resistance, our nation, and the free people of the world. It marks a pivotal stage in the ongoing struggle against the enemy, paving the way toward achieving our people's goals of liberation and return.

This agreement comes as part of our responsibility toward our steadfast and patient people in the proud Gaza Strip, to put an end to the zionist aggression against them and halt the waterfall of blood, massacres, and the genocide war they are subjected to.

We express our appreciation and gratitude for all the honorable official and popular stances that stood in solidarity with Gaza, supported our people, and contributed to exposing the occupation and stopping the aggression—whether Arab, Islamic, or international. Special thanks go to the brotherly mediators who exerted significant efforts to reach this agreement, especially Qatar and Egypt.

The Islamic Resistance Movement – Hamas Wednesday: 15 Rajab 1446 AH Corresponding to: January 15, 2025

[-] miz@hexbear.net 25 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

if prior experiences are any indication the zionists will go absolutely ham in the leadup to the ceasefire and escalate in whatever way they have left

[-] carpoftruth@hexbear.net 25 points 16 hours ago

And will likely break the ceasefire anyway. There's been some cautious trump dick riding lately over this ceasefire - let's see what happens when the genocidaires inevitably break the ceasefire. Will the trump admin pressure Israel at that point as well or will they rest comfortably on this week's nice headlines and then continue allowing Israel to do whatever they want?

[-] MarmiteLover123@hexbear.net 21 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

And will likely break the ceasefire anyway.

This all depends on how the ceasefire is written. For example, Israel's latest contraventions of the ceasefire in Lebanon can be seen (to the mechanism responsible for enforcing the ceasefire, not us obviously) as actually enforcing the ceasefire and not violating it, due to how it is written and specific clauses in the agreement. It remains to be seen what is the exact wording of this agreement.

[-] REgon@hexbear.net 6 points 12 hours ago

I don't imagine they'll press Israel, but I imagine Israel will feel pressed once the Trump admin denies their request for additional arms or whatever.

trump-drenched sorry bibi america first and we just can't spend all this money on all these arms and just give them to you it wasn't in the deal, i'm sorry nettyachu but I am the dealmaker and it's a bad deal to just give you stuff.

One can hope anyway

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[-] Lovely_sombrero@hexbear.net 56 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

I hate 'purity politics', with the exception of pro-genocide purity politics, then I'm all in favor of purity politics!

It's clear: Harris lost A LOT of votes because of the Biden admin's support for Israel’s genocide.

Our poll out today with @YouGov finds Biden 2020 voters who did not vote for Harris name "ending Israel's violence in Gaza" as the top issue affecting their vote choice.

https://x.com/imeupolicy/status/1879576523377975352

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[-] Redcuban1959@hexbear.net 68 points 18 hours ago

Russia rejects Germany and Japan as permanent UN security council members because they’re US puppets.

“Americans name Germany and Japan as contenders for permanent membership in the security council, who do not have any independent voice in world politics. They blindly and submissively follow the path of USA and when the US oppresses them directly, they do not even dare to squeal. Like chancellor Scholz did not dare to squeal when NordStream was blown up!”

Lavrov, Russian foreign minister

[-] Dolores@hexbear.net 26 points 15 hours ago

Germany and Japan as permanent UN security council members

chat, who did the permanent members defeat in order to be on the council in the first place?

[-] ElChapoDeChapo@hexbear.net 17 points 14 hours ago

amerikkka trying to turn the council seats into WWII participation trophies

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[-] plinky@hexbear.net 35 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

inshallah-script meow-bounce wishing idf soldiers very successful career in space program

[-] FuckyWucky@hexbear.net 56 points 18 hours ago
[-] Parzivus@hexbear.net 23 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

It should be humiliating for Democrats that fucking Trump could end up having better foreign policy than their Zionist monster of a president.
Remember how Trump was going to do genocide but worse? lmao

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[-] QuillcrestFalconer@hexbear.net 63 points 19 hours ago

Trump will turn out to be the arm reduction candidate when it comes to gaza. Which is not to Trump's credit, it only demonstrates how monstrous the Democrats are

[-] Lemister@hexbear.net 33 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

The "blue not matter what" great scold army is in shambles, as they are outflanked on the left by donald trump and his evangelical zionist allies.

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