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Image is the famous photograph Raising a Flag Over the Reichstag, taken during the Battle of Berlin.
On Friday is May 9th, which is the 80th anniversary of Victory Day, which Russia, among other places, celebrates as the day when the Soviets defeated the Nazis. Naturally, one of the current hotspots of fascism in the world today, Ukraine, is essentially threatening that they might strike Russia or even Moscow itself during that timeframe. Any such strike would almost certainly be symbolic and not aimed at anything too important, as I doubt even Zelensky and his American handlers would actually want to kill a world leader, not least somebody like Xi Jinping. But I would not be surprised if they tried something nonetheless, if only to disrupt the event in some way and not actually kill anybody.
And, as we're on this topic, @EllenKelly@hexbear.net has reminded me that Tuesday is the anniversary of the Nazis burning the Institut für Sexualwissenschaf in 1933, an early institute advocating for the rights of LGBT people, and which also provided early forms of gender-affirming surgeries, as well as hormone therapies. We are currently seeing a crackdown on LGBT rights throughout swathes of the imperial core (as well as countries in the periphery, to the extent that those rights existed there already), and this Nazi-inspired movement will be similarly defeated in the future.
Last week's thread is here. The Imperialism Reading Group is here.
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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.
🇺🇸🇮🇱 BREAKING: Trump cuts contact with Netanyahu, says Bibi & his allies “act arrogant” and try to manipulate him — IDF Radio reports.
Close associates of Trump told Israeli Minister of Strategic Affairs, Ron Dermer, that the President feels disrespected and manipulated by Netanyahu, and that there's nothing he hates more than 'appearing as easily manipulated' in public.
(looks like he heard about the Laundry thing )
surely not lmao this seems too good to be true
Does anyone who knows what Netanyahu is like as a person tell me if he can bring himself to beg and prostrate like Trump clearly wants him to? Zelensky barely could although he tried a couple times. Part of me feels like Israel is used to doing that so it should be no problem, but part of me also knows that he just spent 2.5 years doing whatever he wants to Biden and still getting all he needs, so that probably built up some arrogance that might be hard to shake.
Has Israel or netanyahu ever had to beg? They've literally killed Americans and Brits over and over while getting most everything they want from both countries. It seems like of all the vassals, this one is the only to never have to beg
Laundry thing?
i had to look it up holy shit lmao
So how fucked are we compared to any previous popes with this new guy? (we could have had karaoke Tagle if the vatican was based but noooo)
Lib Pope (not as good as Karaoke Pope, not as bad as the other guys).
The Good:
He helped local catholics in Peru to convince Pope Francis to dissolve a Far-Right Catholic Group that abused children.
Anti-Trump/JD
Pro-Immigrants
Cares about Climate Change
Is South American/Peruvian (Citizenship)
Against the Death Penalty
Said some Anti-Fujimori stuff (Peruvian Far-Right Dictator during the 1990s)
The Bad:
He has also said some homophobic things
There are accusations that he did nothing to stop pedophile priests from living near schools and places where children go
Is American
Pope Leo XIV has not said much publicly about Gaza, making it unclear if he will emulate his predecessor
Prevost does not support the ordination of women to the diaconate: it "doesn't necessarily solve a problem", and "it might make a new problem".
On Twitter, Prevost has criticized abortion contraceptives.
Prevost opposed the inclusion of curriculum regarding "teachings on gender in schools" in Peru, stating that the "promotion of gender ideology is confusing, because it seeks to create genders that don't exist".
He's a moderate. Not as good as Francis but better than Benedict
That's to be expected then. Just curious and nervous to see how he'll act regarding China since Francis was open to dialogue.
I thought he was going to be more conservative Benedict level to follow the current trend of the rising right, so I'm actually surprisingly pleased with this pick. But like I said, my expectations were through the floor. His true test will be his views on Gaza.
According to NATOpedia, this is what the new pope thinks about stuff:
Pope Leo XIV has opposed the ordination of women to the diaconate. As a bishop Prevost opposed the inclusion of curriculum regarding "teachings on gender in schools" in Peru, stating that the "promotion of gender ideology is confusing, because it seeks to create genders that don't exist". An acquaintance of Pope Leo XIV, Jesus Leon Angeles, noted that he cares for Venezuelan refugees in Peru.
Homosexuality
In 2012, Prevost lamented that popular culture fostered "sympathy for beliefs and practices that are at odds with the Gospel", citing the "homosexual lifestyle" and "alternative families comprised of same-sex partners and their adopted children".
He said some nice things about peace which is always welcome in these times and there is the anecdote of him telling Fujimori to fuck off but he definitely has some vile and bigoted views.
Latest statement by the Yemeni Armed Forces I missed a few days ago. I'd like to publicly apologise to @ThomasMuentzner@hexbear.net, it turns out that Ansarallah (known as the Houthis in western media) did actually attack the USS Harry Truman aircraft carrier just before the ceasefire, resulting in the loss of an F-18 Super Hornet. Not a direct shootdown, but still a loss caused as a result of an attack. I was wrong, they were right. So three losses as a result of Ansarallah/Houthi attacks.
The most interesting thing is the launch of a ballistic missile. From the latest satellite imagery, the Truman was not within typical Anti Ship Ballistic Missile (ASBM) range. So did Iran actually give Yemen their new longer range ASBM, the Qassem Basir? Such could be a distinct possibility, and explain this attack and the American response.
In response to this potential development a new Iranian ASBM with 1200km range being used to target the Truman, the USA have both de-escalated and escalated. They have de-escalated with Yemen directly, with a seperate peace/ceasefire/truce between the USA and Yemen alone, excluding Israel. However, the US has escalated with Iran, by sending four B-52H Stratofortress bombers to Diego Garcia, alongside the already 6 B-2 Spirit stealth bombers. This ups a potential JASSM cruise missile salvo from a maximum 96 missiles, to 176 missiles. (Each B-2 can carry sixteen JASSMs all internally, each B-52 twenty, twelve on external pylons, and eight internally). B-52s also give the US a nuclear standoff strike capability, each B-52 can carry twenty nuclear armed AGM-86 cruise missiles, for a total nuclear standoff volley of 80 AGM-86s. The B-2 cannot yet carry nuclear armed cruise missiles, only nuclear armed gravity bombs for stand in nuclear strikes.
Three AGM-86 nuclear armed cruise missiles on the external pylon of a B-52:
There are rumours that nuclear talks between the United States and Iran will resume on May 11th, but just rumours for now.
Next round of Iran-US nuclear talks likely to be in Oman at weekend - Reuters, May 6 2025
In the background of this, the US is also set to waive Saudi Arabian normalisation with Israel as a condition for a $100 billion arms agreement and civil nuclear program, with a potential US controlled backdoor for uranium enrichment. More on that here
@mkultrawide@hexbear.net you might also be interested in this given the previous discussion over the Qassem Basir
The Pope not speaking in English is a sign that he’s only born in the US but in his heart and mind, he is Peruvian. He even only greeted Peru and in Spanish. Good for him.
🇵🇪 Peru mentioned 🇵🇪
WE GOT THE BURGER POPE YEEHAAW 
No Filipino pope means no Karaoke Sunday in the Vatican
Honestly I was rooting for tagle. Chuds would have exploded.
Sayang naman...
me, coming up with examples to teach students the difference between the simple past and present perfect
On the accusation of cover-up against Prevost, using as a source “La Verdad nos Hizo Libres” by Pedro Salinas, I open a thread, because those who join these accusations are playing the game of the Sodalitium and its allies.
He is accused of being an accessory after the fact for having prohibited an Augustinian priest from practicing the profession of ecclesiastical lawyer. This man was the defender of two victims of sexual abuse in the diocese of the Pope's diocese. This priest, whose last name is Coronado, had a Vatican prohibition to exercise his profession (the reason is unknown) and a Vatican criminal accusation, but he is also a friend of several old guard sodalits since they shared classrooms at the University of Santo Toribio de Modrovejo.
The media diffusion of the “cover-up” came from different right-wing Catholic portals, all defenders of the Sodalitium. The interest of the Sodalitium in this issue: to accuse its main critics in Peru of being straw men (Prevost recommended the retirement of SCV Bishop Eguren).
As for the facts, the diocese of Chiclayo led by Prevost published a communiqué in 2024 stating that it was Prevost himself who brought the complaint of abuse before the relevant Vatican authorities; the case is still open at the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith.
Thus, to accuse Prevost of being a cover-up is fallacious, since he took the denunciation to the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, he only complied with not allowing an accused person prohibited from practicing his profession to practice it.
omfg hes a nevertrump republican lmfao
Funniest ideology for a pope to have
The real reason why Biden stepped down - there was a more important election to win.
At least he hates JD Vance
EXCOMMUNICATE VANCE
Of course he hates JD, dude is literally the Pope Killer
I would watch a gritty action movie about a Swiss Guard special ops elite operator on a mission to kill Vance and avenge Francis
We need a Van Helsing (2004) style movie about this, but instead of vampires or whatever, it's the american ghouls.
After John Wick 4.....Constitine 2
The bishop of Chiclayo, Robert Prevost, suggested that former president Alberto Fujimori should ask for forgiveness directly from the families that were harmed by the crimes committed during his government, as a response to the request for forgiveness expressed by the former dictator, which for the religious authority was very generic.
Shining Path Pope
Peruvians are saying that the new Pope is very anti-Sodalitium Christianae Vitae.
What is Sodalitium Christianae Vitae?
Sodalitium Christianae Vitae (SCV), or Sodalitium of Christian Life was a Society of Apostolic Life of Pontifical Right, a society of the Catholic Church. It was founded in Lima, Peru, by Luis Fernando Figari on 8 December 1971. It acquired its canonical form when Pope John Paul II gave his Pontifical approval on 8 July 1997.
The Sodalitium was composed of consecrated laymen and priests, called "Sodalits," who lived in community as brothers and made commitments—not religious vows as such—of celibacy and obedience. There were accusations of brainwashing of young people, and of elitism, conservatism, and authoritarianism; and of sexual abuse by founder Luis Fernando Figari and other Sodalites. There were also allegations of right-wing and falangist activism by Figari in his youth.
On 14 January 2025, Pope Francis signed the decree suppressing the Sodalitium Christianae Vitae; the Sodalitium expressed deep sorrow and shame and requested forgiveness. The decree was formally implemented on 14 April 2025.
god please don't turn all the American liberals catholic just because the new Pope will say something mildly critical of trump. I'll have to hear about "popery" like its 1855 jfc
A wave of progressive Catholics after he excommunicates Vance would be hilarious though
"Cardinal George of Chicago, of happy memory, was one of my great mentors, and he said: 'Look, until America goes into political decline, there won't be an American pope.'
Head of the White House Commission on Religious Liberty literally days ago
But that trend was reversed on Thursday, and Prevost's name had popped up repeatedly amid the gossip over leading contenders for the role of pontiff.
Haha hahaha yeah sure buddy
College of Cardinals: You best start believing in American decline. You’re in one!
The new pope isn't chinese, I feel sick to my stomach
I feel like I'm gonna puk-bleeeegh