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Image is from the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists' recent article on Kashmir.


It looks like the spat between India and Pakistan could be dying down, due to a new ceasefire. As of the time of me writing this paragraph, it seems both sides want to maintain it (despite some reports of violations here and there).

Both sides have declared victory, which is completely expected given their mutual political parties and nationalist histories. It's a little harder to say which side has actually won, as both sides seem to have managed to shoot down aircraft and hit military bases. India has, in my opinion, had the more embarrassing moments, but international conflicts aren't cringe compilations. I feel no good-will towards Pakistan's comprador government, but it is at least nice to see Modi knocked down a few pegs. Regardless of the final technical victor, it's obvious that - if the ceasefire is maintained - who won are the hundreds of millions of people who won't have to live in fear of dying in nuclear hellfire.

This conflict is a good example of what multipolarity will truly entail. Countries that have been previously limited in their nationalist ambitions by American pressure will now take opportunities to revolt, sometimes against America itself, and sometimes against other countries in their regional neighbourhood. It's also why, as communists, our goals do not stop at multipolarity; it is merely the establishing act of a new era of agitation against peripheral and semi-peripheral capitalist countries that are forming powerful national bourgeoisie classes as the international American capitalists are forced away.


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[–] ColombianLenin@hexbear.net 43 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (9 children)

What keeps y'all going wrt Palestine? Cause honestly I'm starting to take the black pill. My head can't really wrap around why this is being let happen like that.

Especially disappointed at China and Vietnam that enable the genocide while having power to do more.

Like are we really just gonna let them all die huh?

[–] LoveYourself@hexbear.net 1 points 3 minutes ago

No discourse on this account so I only post pictures.

[–] rufuscrispo@hexbear.net 1 points 12 minutes ago

Also, remember that even though the present moment feels eternal, history is even longer. Palestinians certainly do.

As an old head, I can assure you that Apartheid and South Africa were presented in the west like they were the lynchpin to maintaining "civilization" until one day it wasn't. That time will come for the zionist project as well and Israel will be remembered as a militarized boondoggle colony, a tumor from the old century that was finally removed in the new.

[–] ThomasMuentzner@hexbear.net 9 points 1 hour ago

Like are we really just gonna let them all die huh?

Not We

They.

Dont let the Elite sully you with their guilt. Dont fall for the "Our Guilt" - Psy Op , you have no power - what you can do you probably did.

"We" the powerless - do not let them die , we are powerless to stop our Elite.

[–] MolotovHalfEmpty@hexbear.net 26 points 5 hours ago

Don't get me wrong, there's plenty that unrelentingly bleak but personally:

  • Palestinians are still fighting and continuing the struggle.
  • Good old fashioned solidarity from organising and protest
  • Seeing even the small wins from providing support and effort like messages from people who managed to leave, get medical care, or purchase small solar panels etc (admittedly this is getting harder and less frequent)
  • Seeing the tides turn in attitude to the conflict here in the UK and elsewhere...
  • Even just in terms of ordinary, not overly political people I meet in the street/at the football/in the pub etc there's been a noticable move into the majority of people I talk to not only not buying Israel's bullshit, but also actual loathing for Israel and its obnoxious supporters in the media.
  • Over the last week the vast majority of the newspapers here in the UK have suddenly noticed that Israel is full of shit and are now trying to put some distance between themselves and Israel, taking a more critical tack, and actually talking about Israel's plans with regard to concepts like ethnic cleansing. Don't get me wrong, it's entirely serve-serving and I absolutely do not have to give it to them after they cheerled a genocide for almost two years. But whether it's the talk of America backing off from the same level of Israel support, the fact that the British government actively broke even it's own pathetic arms license removal and is currently in court over breaking arms embargos, or just that they were happy to support the ruse of the 'war' but now Israel is moving into the 'final solution' stage they've got cold feet - the fact is there is less support for Israel here than any time over the last few years.
  • That even though governments like here in the UK and Germany haven't relented on their support of Israel and their crackdown on its enemies and critics, continuing to do so is creating more and more unrest and unpopularity. There's absolutely a lot of controdictions heightening. Here in the UK too, more insidious details are getting leaked to the public too like the fact that our government and judiciary has been collaborating and communicating details of cases with Israel, perverting the course of justice and opening them up to counter-suits, mistrials etc whilst also undermining the government's law and order narrative regarding crushing political dissent.
  • Israel's increasingly expansionist military moves in the region remind me of Aparthied South Africa's desperate attempt to defeat opposition from within by trying to disrupt, overthrow, and control its neighbours. A strategy that only has any hope of working so long as they have the unlimited backing of the US and other highly militarised states. Admittedly, Israel seems to be doing better at it than Aparthied South Africa did, but that kind of regional dependency for domestic stability is always going to be fragile at best and gets harder the more of a pariah state they become. On that point, here's a leaflet about opposing Aparthied South Africa's desperate expansionist wars from the time
[–] FuckyWucky@hexbear.net 13 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

Rip USSR ussr-cry

Vietnam is smaller so I can give them a pass, but China is clearly capable of destroying the Israeli economy.

[–] sexywheat@hexbear.net 33 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

What keeps y'all going wrt Palestine?

At this point, both Shit/Pissreal isntrael and the Burger Reich amerikkka are exhibiting every single symptom that I know of of a dying empire grasping at straws. My hope is that Israel's settler colonial project unravels and possibly descends into civil war, with a Western bloc increasingly unable or unwilling to prop it up.

Ultimately and most importantly, though, if the Palestinians haven't given up yet then I sure as hell am not going to give up on them. Keep showing up to your weekly demos as best you can & donate where you can.

palestine-heart

If I must die, you must live to tell my story to sell my things to buy a piece of cloth and some strings...

[–] ColombianLenin@hexbear.net 11 points 2 hours ago

Ultimately and most importantly, though, if the Palestinians haven't given up yet then I sure as hell am not going to give up on them.

Thanks for the reminder

[–] refolde@hexbear.net 24 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

Nothing other than the small bits of evidence popping up every now and then showing that the Israelis are at least not literally immortal.

Otherwise I kind of just want to never wake up.

Also I just can't understand why Israel is so fucking important to damn near every country on Earth that they're looking past an actual fucking genocide going on. Why does everyone seem to love Israel so fucking much? Fucking shithole world and a shithole planet. Game was rigged from the start.

[–] Test_Tickles@hexbear.net 29 points 10 hours ago

Just watched The Settlers documentary and hearing those ppl's ideology peppered with biblical prophecy was disturbing. A truly disgusting movement that needs to be stopped.

[–] mkultrawide@hexbear.net 35 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

Spite, mainly. And agreed, it's been annoying at times to see some people here make excuses for China, in particular, with regards to trading with Israel.