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
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.
Israel asking for another THAAD. Theres only like 7 around when I checked https://www.eurasiantimes.com/thaad-israel-requests-for-2nd-thaad-ad-system/?amp#:~:text=The US has 7 batteries,8 batteries in the future.
General elections will be held in Uruguay on 27 October 2024. It seems the Broad Front (Frente Amplio) (Union of all the relevant leftist, socdem, demsoc, left liberal parties) is going to win.
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.
Russian President, Vladimir Putin, says he’s a friend of Brazilian President, Lula da Silva, but won’t come to the G20 summit in Brazil. The Russian president has an arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court. As Brazil is a signatory to the treaty, it should comply with the decision.
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.
Argentina saw a 22.3% drop in consumption in September compared to the previous year. This drop, the biggest in ten years, includes basic items such as food, drinks and cosmetics. Milei’s “economic adjustment” policy is seen as the main factor.
The austerity measures adopted by Javier Milei’s government have exacerbated the loss of purchasing power in Argentina, with inflation outstripping wage adjustments. The discontinuation of the “Fair Prices” program, created under the previous administration, has intensified the fall in consumption and the economic challenges.
Despite the 6.6% wage increase in July, inflation of 4% continues to erode earnings. In August, the situation worsened, with inflation outstripping wages.
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The Communist Party of Cuba’s account on X highlighted that “thousands of Cuban men and women are working tirelessly to restore service
Cuban authorities announced that the Energás plant, located in the province of Mayabeque, is generating electricity intended for the Santa Cruz del Norte Thermoelectric Plant. This initiative is part of efforts to address the electrical crisis following the disconnection of the National Electric System caused by the shutdown of the Antonio Guiteras thermoelectric plant.
Additionally, the Communist Party of Cuba’s account on X highlighted that “thousands of Cuban men and women are working tirelessly to restore service, a process that began at the Energás Plant in Puerto Escondido, which is already producing electricity to integrate with the thermoelectric plants.”
According to officials, the provinces of Villa Clara, Granma, Holguín, and Guantánamo have micro-generation systems that allow them to supply energy to the thermoelectric plants and activate units in Cienfuegos, Nuevitas (Camagüey), and Santiago de Cuba.
The island’s government emphasizes that the recovery of the national electric system is in its early stages, but efforts continue for its complete restoration. “We are working methodically and safely to avoid setbacks and achieve a total restoration of the system,” stated the Communist Party’s account.
In a subsequent news report by the same account, it was stated that “the Cuban Aviation Corporation (Cacsa) reports that the facilities, services, and systems of the country’s ten international airports have energy backup to ensure all services for the aircraft”.
Breaking News: Yemeni Armed Forces target the ship “MEGALOPOLIS” in the Arabian Sea due violation of Yemeni law banning ships and companies linked to Israel from shipping.
Yemen really didn’t like the movie
in this week’s newsmega there have been several reports on posts for being “cringe” because the posts compare Sinwar to fictional figures in pop culture, like anime/game/books/movies. I haven’t acted on these. Reporters, you have the casualty wrong. It’s not that Sinwar resembles these fictional heroes, it’s that fictional heroes are created to exemplify and embody real life virtues. Real people throughout history including Sinwar demonstrate virtues like bravery, defiance, and sense of justice through their real actions. The history of real people in turn informs and inspires the type of characters artists create in fiction.
When a poster says “the dying moments of Sinwar makes me think of one of my animes” they are consciously or unconsciously picking up on how fictional characters are inspired by reality. There is a rich and storied history of heroic, liberatory fighters that inspire artists, and while Sinwar was obviously his own man with his own legacy, he is also part of that tradition.
In short, no I will not take mod action on posts just for being cringe.
Ukraine - Threat Of North Korean Soldiers Is Based on U.S. Info Campaign | Moon of Alabama
Barys is Buried! Didn’t really follow this game since I was up all night writing a paper, but Lokomotiv scored a goal a period and Barys just couldn’t keep up!
Lokomotiv next plays Dynamo Moscow on October 21st at 7pm Moscow Standard Time.
УРА ЛОКОМОТИВ Went searching for more information about the DoD directive that @nat_turner_overdrive@hexbear.net posted about the other day and came across this:
Rumors rapidly spreading about reissued Department of Defense Directive 5240.01
So look forward to new talking points from "well, actually
" columnists telling us that the directive doesn’t mean what it says?In part, these rumors’ spread may be the result of a data void — a situation where there is no reliable information available about a particular topic in search results or social media platforms. At this time, there are no published fact-checks of any of the core allegations or any official statements addressing the rumors. This absence of information has allowed influencers on social media, right-wing media outlets, and conspiracy theory-focused blogs to fill the void with conspiratorial frames about the document’s intent and implications for the election.
The multi-platform and multi-partisan spread, increased engagement by political influencers, and integration into broader conversations speculating about political violence around the upcoming election signal that these rumors will be important to watch — and potentially address with fact checks and explanations — in the coming days and weeks.
More China playing both sides so it always comes out on top news, apparently they are canceling deals with Cuba to punish it for walking back privatization.
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”
