There's way too much going on right now for me to really focus on any one country this week. The aftermath of the fall of the Nepal government has, somewhat surprisingly, reverberated around the world, and not only in countries that are enemies to the West as you'd expect; for example, Morocco's government battle fiercely with Egypt's and Jordan's to be first in line to lick the dogshit off the boots of Zionists, and yet Morocco is currently embroiled in a large protest wave based primarily around a youth unemployment crisis (though their population is also remarkably pro-Palestinian, which generates additional friction). We're also seeing similar protests in Madagascar, Peru, and Paraguay, and perhaps more will come. I'm personally fairly doubtful in the potential for meaningful economic results from these protests (the current imperialist system seems too deeply embedded for a movement that isn't explicitly communist and anti-imperialist to alter conditions), but it is quite possible for new political results at least.
Outside of the developing world, it appears that the unpopularity of western leaders, such as in the UK, France, and Italy, is creating new levels of unrest. In Britain, the political system has become so utterly moribund that even the artificial democracy of a two-party system (more-or-less; the Lib Dems do exist I suppose) no longer suffices, with both Conservatives and Labour gradually sinking. The Reform party appears like it may become the new standard-bearer of the capitalists and petit-bourgeois - that is, the historical wellspring of fascism - and the Left Party (whatever name they eventually choose) may or may not rise to meet the occasion. In France, they're on their fifth Prime Minister in two years, after Lecornu lasted about a month, attempting the liberal classic: promising change, and then appointing the exact same people who have ruled for the last few decades. And pro-Palestinian protests and general strikes have erupted in Italy, in defiance of their rightwing government under Meloni.
While there's plenty of other events (e.g. continuing aggression against Venezuela that might soon erupt into a war) it would be remise of me not to mention the very much ongoing events vis-a-vis Palestine and a potential peace deal there, seemingly supported to some degree by Trump. It could be legitimate, and it could be some big act (very likely the latter, IMO). Both Trump and Netanyahu seem to believe that they're very talented political masterminds, producing manoeuvres and feints that would make Machiavelli blush. Nothing could be further from the truth, and I trust the militant organizations inside Palestine to outplay these American failsons. Hamas and similar groups are not nearly as gullible as the Iranian reformist faction - though few people are!
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The Zionist Entity'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.
Germany consistently on the wrong side of history. Germany consistently on the side of genocide:
Killing Rome and Tsarist Russia ,british Empire , Kathlic Church & Capitalism (in theory) was Wrong ?
Its a new thing, Actually. Tragic story if you think about it.. all the Decent germans the first Genocide did away with , so only the cowards that where Silent remainded..
and learnd how to remain.
First of all, I'm memeing more than I'm being serious. Obviously this is an oversimplification. Secondly, I'm not saying Germans were never on the right side of history, I'm saying "Germany", as in the German state. The idea of giving this state which only appeared in the 19th century credit for the fall of Rome is a bit absurd. Arguably Rome killed itself.
But even if you insist on the narrative (popular among xenophobes nowadays) that it was the Germanic tribes' migration that led to Rome's fall, the descendants of those tribes don't live in modern day Germany, they live in France (Burgundians, Franks), Italy (Lombards, Ostrogoths), Spain (Visigoths), North Africa (Vandals), and perhaps the Balkans. Anyway this is a ridiculous argument to have, as that was 1700 years ago. The notion of Germany or German didn't even exist yet.
Tsarist Russia also was not killed by the Germans, seeing as Russia was on the side of the victors in WWI. And i'm sure I don't need to remind you that the Kaiser and the Tsar were literally related. It was the Russian people and their two revolutions (first the bourgeois one that established the Kerensky government, then the Bolshevik one that birthed the Soviet Union) that should get the credit for ending Tsarism.
And anyway, being one of the imperialist nations that started the pointless slaughter of WWI doesn't exactly qualify you as on the right side of history.
The British empire also didn't end thanks to Germany (unless you want to imply that the Nazis were on the right side of history, which I strongly suggest you don't) it ended because it was overstretched, already in decline since the early 20th century, faced with colonial independence movements inspired and helped by the Soviet Union, and because it eventually got displaced by the new, rising imperial power, the USA.
The Catholic Church has not ended, as much as i wish it were otherwise, it is unfortunately still going strong. And i wouldn't view the establishment of Protestantism as that big of a historical win anyway when we see what kind of insane evangelical movements spawned out of it in the US.
And ending Capitalism? Perhaps you live in an alternate reality where the German revolution succeeded after WWI, but in this reality the German social democrats crushed that possibility and with it the possibility for a European and worldwide wave of revolutions in the early 20th century.
I think if you wanted to cite instances in which Germans played a progressive historical role in modern history you should look at the DDR. That I have to admit was a really good achievement of the German people. Unfortunately it was also Germans that killed it...
Could you just wrtite me 2 or 3 sentences about what happend Beetween a certain "Odoaker" and an Certain "Romolus Augustulus" (I read here its the "Last (west) Roman Emperor ?) in 476.
Send this Lenin Dude with a unlimited Kreditline and his Crew and then nothing happend...
Need to return the British Empire , it wasn killed from Pure feeling of Love for Humanity. Sorry Africa & Asia , back under the Flag you go.
,.... there are dudes in Utah claiming to be Prophets with not even a remote chance of beeing burned at the Stake . One Of many Options , Monopoly is Boken..Last Pope just died recently.
Marx & Engels are generally considered the founders of communism , communism is the counter ideology to Capitalism , as it proclaims collectiv Property as way to Collectiv Propspery , instead of Capitalism that proclaims privat property as it.
I'm not going to respond to most of what you wrote because I think most of it is completely beside the point, but this argument about Lenin being a German agent is a literal anti-communist talking point. I don't appreciate seeing it repeated here.
I am sorry , But i can not follow you to where you went ...
That Ice on which you stand , in which Lenin was just accidently send to Russia with a Train of Gold.... It just looks to thin for me .. , it wouldnt carry us both....
Dont be to angry with people that do not follow you into your emotional support truths ..
Luther was whack, I prefer Müntzer. I also doubt germans really killed rome, it was more justinian I that ended any chance for the empire - so Greeks
Not only did we kill Rome , we even made a Holy one after wards, with every single Emperor having to Take rome personaly to become (Roman) Emperor (then mostly dying by Malaria) just to proof it to people like you i guess..
So then by that logic it wasn't a German empire, it was Roman.
yes and No
the holy roman empire was not german. The king of Germany was another title the emeror would have (next to Iron Crown of Lombardy and Crown of Burgundy) .
BUT Only the King of germany could become roman emperor and the king of germany was elected from the 4 worldy and the 3 Sakral Electors. The 3 Sacral electors (Trier , Mainz and Cologne) where also the chancelors of the 3 parts of the empire .
Trier for Burgundy / Cologne for Italy / Mainz for Germany.
This is terrifying.
God that light show shit sucks so much. It's all so flat. Fuck the nazis but their lighting is dramatic, exciting and provokes a feeling of scale and size and power.
Could also be the limitations of technology at the time. Maybe they didn't have such powerful light sources.
the shit you can do with depth mapping now means that second image is a half century dated