Analysis and images of the parades is all over the internet and in the last megathread; for the China-India stuff I recommend this article, as well as the Tricontinental in general.
Image is from @xiaohongshu@hexbear.net's comment in the last megathread.
Last week was the 80th anniversary of the end of World War 2, and on such an occasion, China put on quite an impressive military parade, especially in comparison to the rather drab and corporate parade that the USA recently had. In attendance were many world leaders, including Putin, Kim Jong Un, and a very happy-looking Lukashenko.
This took place shortly after the SCO summit in Tianjin, in which Modi was notably in attendance. That one of the world's most powerful fascists was in attendance in China near the anniversary of the World Antifascist War is obviously pretty ironic. Regardless, the mood was still relatively positive; for example, Xi announced the acceleration of the creation of the SCO development bank, and Indian-Chinese relations are once again in the thaw cycle of their long-term cyclical pattern, with direct flights resumed and links expanded. The fact that there is this much projected optimism from China about a Global South which is being increasingly tariffed, infiltrated, starved, looted, bombed, invaded, and massacred in the hundreds of thousands by rabid imperialist dogs is perhaps a little tone-deaf, but buoying up the SCO is better than doing nothing at all, I suppose.
Any astute Geopolitics Understander can tell you that this is certainly not India joining the side of the Global South, but instead a move somewhat forced upon them as they seek to balance both sides for their own gain. As Trump amps up pressure on India via tariffs, it is natural that India would seek leverage, and there is much that India gains: industrial development, increased intra-regional trade, and scientific knowledge from a China which has, in numerous fields, now pulled ahead of the USA. India is also facing numerous internal crises, ranging from run-of-the-mill capitalist incompetence and corruption, to worsening conditions for farmers, to the ravaging impacts of climate change, and increasing their links with China is a way to vent off a little of that pressure and protect Modi's regime.
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Israel's Genocide of Palestine
Sources on the fighting in Palestine against the temporary Zionist entity. 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.
The reaction of some people to the video (Hasan Piker especially) actually has me wondering a few things, as far as "worst things to see on the internet" it ranks a solid 5/10 in terms of bloodiness, even those ghoulish "Killing in self-defense/heroes shoot robbers" snuff films they allow on Youtube are more visceral and distressing than Kirk getting domed
I can't come to any other conclusion than the realization that the vast majority of people have no fuckin clue what has taken place in Gaza, and by that I mean they can't actually visualize what's happening to Gaza, I think we here on Hexbear because of our access to direct and Arabic news sources have seen things the vast majority of the western left has not
I always wondered why so many "leftist" commentators, podcasters, streamers still have this unspoken hesitation and almost unconscious need to abstract the Gaza genocide, while spaces like TikTok inexplicably have the same serious attitude we here on Hexbear have despite TikTok being filled with right-wingers, and it hit me, people on Hexbear and TikTok HAVE SEEN the videos; the burning people, the kids without faces, the babies hanging dead off rebar. The worst that many of the politics Andies have seen are smoke clouds in the distance, people covered in dust, or the New York Times x-rays
The fuckin commentariat haven't seen shit, they either avoid those videos on purpose or most likely they rely on dry articles, journalistic reports and stats to form an opinion, no wonder when I watch their vids they sound sociopathic to me, I saw a kid missing their face and they're just reading an article, the disconnect is enormous
This whole time I thought most of the left was on the same page concerning the visual knowledge of the atrocities, but if people are fainting over a video of a single gunshot wound, then wtf do people really know about what's happening in Gaza?
Hasan mentioned that he’d seen much worse from the Palestine footage but felt disturbed by the Kirk shooting because of how long he’d known him and understood the same thing could happen to him as well.
Yeah he's literally the first target if a chud psycho wants to retaliate. He may feel the need to make a major change in his life for his own safety.
As ghoulish and grisly as other content is, it's extremely personal for him compared to literally anyone else.
I'm glad Hasan got a kick from reality to get him to start taking security more seriously.
give it 6 months and we'll see, he might just be back out doing irl streams with no real security or ppe like nothing happened. Hard to say if it will stick. I hope it does, but him being out in the world, in the community once in a while is also a good thing, so I hope it doesn't swing too far the other direction either. Bunker Hasan would get so brainbroken
He was already featured in Zionist publications going "will no one rid us of this meddlesome priest?" And he needs to consider that while the dumb fascists will just go after him, the smarter ones will go after his family first before going after him.
Weird take from Hasan. He should have been aware for a long time that this was a very real possibility. The class war is heating up, contradictions are sharpening, climate change and the rise of multipolarity are accelerating the crisis of capitalism in the imperial core. As you get closer to a revolutionary situation, society as you knew it is going to start breaking down. Get used to it.
Violent civil conflicts are on the horizon in the US, and if you are a prominent public voice for one of the sides you have to be aware that you are effectively a combatant in a war. You won't get to sit forever on the sidelines comfortably commenting while others are putting their lives on the line out on the street.
If you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen.
I don't blame him,I thought the world unraveling was going to be in the background too
It took seeing the Russians doing a drone attack on a Ukrainian city from the balcony of my own apartment to break me out of that illusion of security
I agree with the assessment but I also empathize with facing what might be coming for you.
All of this can happen to any one of us. Politicians have proven that they can kill anyone for pennies. Anyone who can approve murder of Palestinians can do the same to you
Yeah they're roughly equivalent in what they do for their respective ideology, I'd be freaked out too
At this point Hasan would be well advised to get the fuck out of the United States at the soonest possible opportunity.
If only he had millions for security, Hasan has a conviction problem
Like Kirk had?
You saw what good shelling out money for the "top" security did for him
To make a sound judgment on the viability of security, we first have to find out what the shooter was all about
Groypers historically are terrible shots and cowards at heart, so this may not be a phenomenon Hasan has to worry about, like with Luigi
Also what's the alternative? Hasan either puts on the big boy pants and hires some muscle, or he quits streaming and goes into hiding, those are the two options
That's fair,but I think being a bit shook by how the version of you,but through a mirror,darkly that you were supposed to debate in two week's time was just instantly merced in public is also fair
One thing is for sure, I'm glad I'm not in his position right now lmao, he has to make some tough choices regardless of how likely or unlikely that threat is to materialize, as you saw with this piece of shit,one lucky shot is all it takes
Going to start seeing a lot fewer outdoor events by anyone
What are you talking about, Trump is 100 times richer and almost had one on his head. Also Pelosi literaly scamming the entire political system, filthy rich inside trader and some dude shows up with a hammer.
Also isn't part of Luigi`s(or the real killer) success and appeal to prove that money doesn't buy safety from the retribution they deserve? Considering all that its just weird to flip back and say if only money bought you safety...
Also maybe you forgot but the whole streaming world had a huge problem with swatting too.
Hasan needed security yesterday. I'm glad he finally has the wake up call to realize that some fascist could simply walk up to him and mag dump him while he's at a live event, and the lack of security means that the fascist murderer can actually make it out alive and raise $1M on their fascist version of gofundme.
If he (or any activist) is serious about their leftist ideology, they need to either be armed themselves or hire armed security. The step after that is to form a paramilitary because there has to be a political cost should he or any other activist gets murdered by fascists or the state. The BPP called this principle "democratic distribution of the pain." If cops murder BPP cadre, then BPP cadre go cop-hunting.
This extends to politicians like Mamdani. Like I said before, he basically needs a paramilitary if he's actually serious about what he wants to do. Otherwise, the NYPD will just threaten to murder his family until he bends the knee. The point of the paramilitary is not just to protect him, but also to inflict a political cost on the NYPD should they decide to murder his family.
The groypers fumbled the attempts and only got that far because of the incompetence of right wing elites who thought they were invincible, one would hope prominent left wing voices aren't incompetent or delusional to that extent, especially if they DO have access to significant resources
I would say successful assassins tend not to be right-wing dipshits who can't shoot straight or rely on hammers, also the UnitedHealth CEO didn't have security present, if two or more bodyguards were present I'm not sure what the outcome would be, but it's certain the assassin would've had a harder time
True, but that's not the specific kind of violence we're talking about
Again as I pointed out elsewhere, what is the alternative? Either hire security or go into hiding, those are the choices
Bodyguards and private security isn't a panacea and you can't stop someone willing to trade lives with the target. For snipers, you can run drone surveillance and countersnipers, but you still need to shoot the sniper first, and countersnipers have a disadvantage. Trump survived out of luck, not successful security. Keep in mind that snipers are an easier target to defend against — they're visible and obvious. Someone who rushes up to a target with a high-calibre revolver while disguised has a pretty good chance of killing the target. We're going to see more people kill and die for their beliefs as the class war heats up, and I doubt security will change that.
Let me find the interview with the former secret service head saying that
Hasan just took it personally, he’s planning on staying inside even more for fear someone does the same to him. It’s not the graphicness, it’s the idea that it’s open season on political commentators.
You forget that Kirk was a white western man, palestinians are palestinians, violence against non-westerners is the norm for them all their lives, they could not give less of a fuck, at most they'd say to not share the videos for graphic content cause it would make them feel bad but the racism is so deep they would'nt do anything else. This might not apply for Hasan idk his background but I mean for the general USian public as a whole.
I don’t disagree with anything you said, really, except I think it is true that a lot of regular (non-media) working class people, “leftist” or not, are not watching this stuff because they have been kept from it and also lack curiosity. I have canvassed in the US and literally had people tell me that “If Israel had done anything like you described, it would be all over CNN” … I think there is another subset of people who are vaguely aware but choose not to look, either because they have busy lives and they already feel helpless, or they simply believe that they can “imagine” it is bad and they don’t need to see it. I think racism really modulates it either way
The Kirk video isn't that bad, it's just graphic. Honestly the video of the Ukrainian refugee being murdered is far worse. Hasan is worried that he's next. There are plenty of people that will want to try kill Hasan. He probably also knew Kirk personally.
He had met/interacted with Kirk before and was supposed to debate him at Dartmouth next month, I think.
That would explain it. Seeing someone you know personally in that state would be extremely disturbing.
Hasan is also probably #1 or close to it on the list of "revenge targets" from the chuds who are already certain a leftist was behind this. Several prominent streamers were already wishcasting his death before this and were doing so again in response. His home address is out there if you really want to find it after the whole "Hasan buys $3M mega mansion in Los Angeles" thing and he does IRL streams somewhat regularly. He's not that hard to find.
I have not watched a single live death on the internet in my life. It’s not something I need to do in order to feel empathy, or be committed to a cause.
Yeah I'm with you on this that it isn't necessary. I've seen some, but I've mostly avoided what's coming out of ukraine and gaza. The core issue is that there's a lot of liberals who not only turn away from the gore, but hide from the reality of the situation entirely. the closest they'll get is a new york times style sanitised, soulless explanation, full of weasel words and euphemism, and not covering the worst atrocities at all. Avoiding the actual direct gore is just correlation, its not the real problem
I'm glad you haven't. Simply browsing Twitter or other algorithmic social media long enough you'll come across a live death eventually. The media will autoplay and before you can stop it or scroll away you'll have watched someone, or some people, lose their life.
Some people are visual learners
Also that's really impressive, I commend your scrupulousness
No it's not, it's actively suppressed on Youtube and Instagram, more so on Facebook, Twitter and TikTok are compartmentalized and algorithm dependent, only Telegram has full freedom of access and exposure, like wtf are you talking about, have you used social media during the two years?
The Dean Withers crowd, The Majority Report, what's left of breadtube, FD, the Olay crowd, The Serf sloptubers, the former Destiny and Vaush orbiters....etc
Is that what I said, is that really what I fuckin said huh? No, it's not, I said Hexbear and left TikTok are the largest leftwing groups WHO'VE SEEN the near full extent of the atrocities, most Americans and western leftists have not
Where the fuck did I claim Hexbear and TikTok are the only sites where these atrocities are documented, disengage