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.
Map of Gaza shows how Israeli forces will withdraw under ceasefire deal
How is it a victory?????
How are the people trusting the scorpions to pull back?
And what does it mean for the tunnels?
It's a victory because the killing can stop, people can get food without being shot, and 2,000 humans can be with their families.
It's not a matter of trust at this point, occupying forces have started pulling back, sometimes abandoning bases that were behind the yellow line.
The tunnels remain, of course, and will grow in time. Some are gone, but I doubt it's that large a percentage
And Trump's plan will not be implemented 1-1: Hamas members will not be "excluded from governance," their weapons will remain in the hands of Palestinians. I would take a breath and wait to see. The Palestinians on the ground are already moving back north, refusing the ethnic cleansing that was being portrayed as an alternative to death. Remember the original "trump Gaza" plan?
https://www.instagram.com/wizard_bisan1 for footage of the return
None of this is to say "trust that all is perfect," but there were enough positives for the resistance to accept and each day without bombing is one appreciated on the ground, I promise you that.
I can't get past the IG login page for your link but I'll take your word for it. It's not like I can say these people are fools somehow and going to naively trust the scorpions. That couldn't be the case really. So out of the vast information which is not available to me there has to be some reasons.
I am definitely waiting to see what will happen, it's impossible for me to understand what's already happened let alone anticipate forward.
Just let people have this… it’s been too much suffering at this point.
This is Trump's plan, not what they agreed to. Some points of note:
The details of what Palestinian prisoners will be released is not yet established. Probably women and children but anything more than that is undecided.
Hamas has not agreed to any form of disarmament or disbandment.
No lines of withdrawal have been established for Israeli troops beyond the first.
To my knowledge, Israel has not made any guarantees regarding Palestinian statehood.
The only things that are really happening currently are the ceasefire itself, a resumption of aid, a partial withdrawal of Israeli forces, and a prisoner exchange. The Palestinian negotiators have even said they don't know if this will turn into a permanent peace - it's more likely than previous ceasefires, but not guaranteed.
Jeremy Scahill has a pretty good summary of the ceasefire deal here.
i think people are missing the point of october 7th
before that day, israel was moving fast on the path to normalization, which would be pretty much the last nail in the coffin for palestinians as soon as saudi arabia went with it. the mask was working, and hamas knew they could provoke israel into taking it off
that's the actual win. they attacked and israel's response was as expected. it set israel's normalization back years, if not decades, among arabs and even westoids
I find it is cognitively difficult to avoid the idea of "status quo" being some sort of inherently stable, safe situation. That a revolutionary intervention is a risk compared to the track you are already on.
I guess it is an inherently conservative impulse based on complacency. And lack of confidence in the ability of people who are not in power to take and wield power in a positive fashion.
In terms of calling the question regarding israel, in the minds of the world's people, it has been done won. States/institutions many fell in line to stay with israel and only wavered based on whatever discipline their constituencies could muster. Compared to the early 2000s anti war movement it was successful.