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The idea of doing any sort of general preamble for China is a little absurd given how ubiquitous they are in economics and politics, so I'm just going to hop right in to a recent news item of interest: China is working on the construction of an enormous new hydropower project in Tibet (@Metabola@hexbear.net had brought this up just before the last news mega ended).

This project (consisting of, I believe, five dams) will be overall three times larger than the Three Gorges Dam, will cost $167 billion, and will supply 70 GW (by itself more power than several significant countries generate). There are, of course, meaningful concerns regarding concerning environmental damage, but helping to avert catastrophic climate change seems worth it. The news coming out of the clean energy sector of China has getting only more encouraging over the last few years, even as the fully neoliberalized Europe and America descend into climate skepticism and refuse to adequately fund projects that could avert the worst of climate change.

Geopolitically, given recent India-China tensions (for example, sending Pakistan the equipment to shoot down Indian jets, as well as run-of-the-mill border tensions) one expects India to not receive the news very well, as the river upon which the dam is being constructed proceeds to flow into Arunachal Pradesh. But from what I understand of the Indian hydrological situation (which is, admittedly, not much), I don't think enough of the water in India comes from the river for China to hypothetically cause any kind of water shortages in India - the monsoons seem to supply plenty of freshwater all by themselves. Nonetheless, as with all Chinese news, wild fearmongering abounds.


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[–] LargePenis@hexbear.net 117 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (6 children)

Time to address the elephant in the room for Mr LargePenis. Wtf is happening in Syria? I'll first have a little breakdown of who the Druze are, then we'll see if we can cook up a little take on everything that's happening.

  1. the Druze: I don't think that anyone on this website is Druze. In fact I don't think that anyone here has even interacted with them. I don't know if this crosses some rule on this cursed website, but the Druze are very fucking weird to say the least. Let's first understand who they are. Their religious beliefs are basically secret, all Druze books aren't allowed to be shown to any non-Druze person. Even Druze people don't really know what their beliefs are, as they follow a policy of secrecy even within the group itself. A random young Druze person isn't really allowed to learn the real beliefs until they reach a certain age, that's when the Sheikhs are in charge of basically measuring how much that person is deserving of knowing. Their main thing is unwavering monotheism, even their official name is not the Druze, but Al Muwahiddin (the Monotheists). They also believe in reincarnation, which is called At Tanasukh in Arabic. The faith itself originated in the early 11th century in Egypt as an offshoot of Ismaili Shia Islam during the reign of the Fatimid Caliph Al Hakim. The Druze believe that Al Hakim was a divine manifestation and a central figure in their faith, not merely a caliph but an incarnation of divine wisdom. They do not worship him as God, but see him as a hidden spiritual figure who will one day return. They also like all the usual prophets like Muhammed, Jesus and Moses, but have extra respect for Prophet Shuayb who they view as their main spiritual ancestor. They also love Aristotle and Plato and other nerd philosopher Greek guys. They have four main centres in the Middle East which are completely disconnected from each other. The biggest concentration is in Jabal Al Arab in Syria, located in Suweyda Governorate, which is around 90% Druze, and the scene for all the action in the past few days. They also dominate the Galilee in occupied Palestine and the occupied Golan Heights. They also have a significant presence in Mount Lebanon, where they fought and won two important battles in Druze history against the Maronites of the mountain. They basically dominate all mountains in the Levant area, and are split between Lebanon, Syria and Israel, with three completely different paths in the societies of all three countries.

  2. Druze politics: In Lebanon, Druze politics mainly consolidated in the Jumblatt family, with Kamal Jumblatt dragging Druze politics into a socialist pan-Arab path. During the civil war, the Druze fought side to side with Palestinians, Communists and later Hezbollah and Amal. Their politics were mainly revolutionary, and against the exclusionary policies of the then-Maronite dominated Lebanese state. After the assassination of Kamal, the leadership of the Druze was passed down to Lebanon's now-favorite Twitter shitposter, the wacky and contradictory Walid Jumblatt, and we're now living in the era of the 3rd generation of Jumblatt leadership with Walid's son Taymour taking over. Their main political party is called the Progressive Socialist Party, and Druze people just like other sects in Lebanon are sectarian robots who just vote for any dude that follows the same sect. In Syria, they're a bit more insular, but still had a significant role in the founding of the Syrian state. They gained prominence during the Great Syrian Revolt against French rule, led by the Druze leader Sultan Al Atrash. After Syria's independence, the Druze maintained a pragmatic relationship with the state, with some members reaching high positions in the Baathist era. During the Syrian Civil War, Druze communities were divided, with some supporting the Assad regime and others just wanting to stay out of the problems. Their main centre in Suweyda stayed under Assad control during the whole war. One of the main characters for the SAA was Druze, everyone who was extremely online during the main stages of the war should know the name Issam Zahreddine. Relations between Assad and the Druze later soured in mid-2023, with weekly protests in Suweyda City which were called the Revolution of Dignity. They mainly protested fuel prices and stuff like that in the beginning, but it took on a more Druze nationalist character later. The thing is that Suweyda was pretty much semi-autonomous even during the war. Assad made it easier for Druze men to dodge military service for example by establishing an extensive network of officers to bribe. The presence of the SAA in Suweyda was also mainly Druze officers and soldiers, who stayed loyal to the state through the system of the Syrian state pretending that Suweyda Governorate didn't really exist, while keeping the Governorate safe from ISIS or other Jihadist infiltration. In Israel we have a more evil turn suddenly. The Druze in Israel maintain a close, but controversial relationship with the Israeli state. They aren't exempt from mandatory military service like other Arabs in Israel, and many Druze soldiers have died fighting in conflicts like the current Gaza genocide, which leads to understandable hate from other Arab groups who see them as collaborators. Politically, Druze leaders generally align with right-wing ultra-zionist parties or centrist zionist blocs. Their participation in elections often supports governments that continue evil Israeli bullshit against Arabs of 1948 and Palestinians under occupation. Druze politics in Israel tends to prioritize integration and cooperation with the Israeli government over confrontation in any shape or form. Despite their loyalty and historical glazing of Israel, the Druze community still faces social and economic discrimination by Israelis who will never accept an Arab as an equal no matter how much you suck up to them.

  3. Wtf is happening now: If you have made it so far and read all the historical nerd stuff above, then you will understand if we summarise the three Druze communities in the following terms: confrontation in Lebanon, insular semi-independence in Syria, and pragmatism and sucking off the state in Israel. What's happening now within the Druze community in Syria is a combination of all these three paths into one. They're confronting the mindless bloodthirsty Jihadi Syrian government led by Jolani by carving out a semi-independent Druze State in Suweyda Governorate, with a pragmatic appeal to Israel for security. Since the fall of Assad, the new government has been unable to establish any control in Suweyda Governorate, which has been controlled by a fully-Druze militia that mainly consists of former SAA officers who threw their old uniforms and now operate under the name Rijal Al Karama (Men of Dignity). As of now, Druze High Sheikh Al Hijri's gamble seems to have worked. Israel airstriked the living shit out of Jolani's army who were marching on Suweyda, and they managed to leverage that reality into a humiliating agreement for Jolani which basically makes Suweyda independent. Of course this was only possible because of Jolani's idiotic management of the minorities question since the fall of Assad. The killings and kidnappings of Alawites on the coast showed the true colors of the new regime no matter how much Jolani tried to twerk for the West, the Gulf and even Israel since coming to power in Syria. The initial successful march on Suweyda by the new Jihadi Syrian Army left a trail of destruction and blood of innocent civilians, mainly committed by actual members of the new army with interesting Jihadi pasts. The Druze appealing to Israel for support is understandable from a pragmatic point of view, as their community genuinely faced a risk of oppression and perhaps even a threat of genocide if those Jihadis were allowed to rule over the Druze of Suweyda. The whole tribal forces nonsense was also an amateur move by Jolani who tried to benefit from the shitty relations between Druze and Arab Sunni Tribal Bedouins in the desert of Suweyda. No one could take the tribal forces thing seriously when they were departing from Damascus with heavy weaponry and then in later videos people noticed that half of these supposed tribal fighters were Uzbek and Uyghur jihadists that everyone knew from the Idlib days.

  4. Who should I cheer for?: Absolutely no one. On one side you have Jihadi freaks who are supported by America and have committed indescribable crimes against Syrians already. On the other side you have an insular separatist community who put their interest over the unification of Syrian land, and now have committed a major unforgivable sin by openly collaborating with Israeli enemy to bomb other Syrians, even if they're Jihadi freaks. My take: spare the civilians, but all the combatants hopefully have a fun time.

[–] Muinteoir_Saoirse@hexbear.net 64 points 1 week ago

There's actually a fairly sizeable Druze community where I am. They were a large part of the most active and dedicated protesters in the Palestinian movement here, but then when Assad was being ousted they started throwing "freedom" celebrations that alienated them from the Palestinian community, which was understandably upset about the collapse of Syria as a force for resisting the entity.

Now they're protesting for our government to intervene against the Syrian state to protect the Druze, which of course our government would never do.

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[–] QuillcrestFalconer@hexbear.net 116 points 1 week ago (5 children)

The images coming out of gaza are horrific. Anyone still defending Israel should just be executed

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[–] Parzivus@hexbear.net 97 points 1 week ago (8 children)
[–] NephewAlphaBravo@hexbear.net 69 points 1 week ago

legit looney toons ass way to die

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[–] Boise_Idaho@hexbear.net 93 points 1 week ago (4 children)
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[–] FuckyWucky@hexbear.net 91 points 1 week ago (18 children)

Why are liberals doing this? You'll never get the fascist vote.

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[–] jack@hexbear.net 89 points 1 week ago (3 children)

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[–] AlHouthi4President@lemmy.ml 88 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Cuba Approves Landmark Legal Gender Change

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In a major win for Cuba’s LGBTQ+’s community, the country’s parliament approved a new law that grants people the right to legally change their gender.

The Civil Registration Law does not require “a previous modification of appearance” or gender-affirming surgery. Individuals can use the law to change their gender twice, as long as the first time happened when the person was a minor.

In recent years, Cuba has been a trailblazer for LGBTIQ+ rights in the region. The 2019 Constitution and the 2022 Family Code legalized same-sex marriage and adoption.

Until now, it was near impossible for people to change their sex without a gender-affirming surgery. Until 2022, trans people could not legally change their name unless the new name corresponded to their legal gender. That provision was revoked in 2022, but the process remained long and difficult, according to trans activists.

Cuba’s first gender-affirming surgery occurred in 1988, and they became common in the late 2000s. But none have been performed in recent years as Cuba’s public hospitals have been forced to stop many surgeries due to the country’s economic crisis.


[–] Redcuban1959@hexbear.net 92 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Cuba’s first gender-affirming surgery occurred in 1988, and they became common in the late 2000s. But none have been performed in recent years as Cuba’s public hospitals have been forced to stop many surgeries due to the country’s economic crisis.

I sure wonder what is causing this economic crisis

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[–] AlHouthi4President@lemmy.ml 88 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (5 children)

Some pictures posted online and a screenshot from al mayadeen live of Communist Lebanese revolutionary Georges Abdallah returning to Beirut today after 41 years in French prisons.

Here's what he said when interviewed upon arrival.

Georges Ibrahim Abdallah:

Our Resistance is rooted in this land & cannot be uprooted. It is not weak, it is strong, & its leaders are its Martyrs. We must rally around the Resistance today more than ever before.

The Martyrs of the Resistance are the foundational base of any liberation movement. The Resistance is rooted in this land. So long as there is Resistance, there is return. The Resistance is not weak, it is strong through its Martyrs. The Resistance is weak only when its leaders are collaborators, but our Resistance is led by Martyrs.

The Resistance in Palestine must intensify. & it is a disgrace to history for Arabs to stand by & watch the suffering of the people of Palestine & Gaza. It is a disgrace that a young woman from Sweden, Greta, takes the sea to come to Gaza while millions of Egyptians sit idly by & say “God will bless the Palestinians in heaven.” Bring heaven to them now! Act!

Just metres away from the Kaaba of Prophet Muhammad, the children of Palestine are dying of hunger & Egypt’s soldiers are just watching! Where are the men & women of Egypt? If just a million people marched to Gaza’s border, the genocide would end. Just the bare minimum of dignity, especially compared to the mobilisations in Europe.

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[–] LargePenis@hexbear.net 86 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (14 children)

So a pretty insane story from Egypt is currently unfolding. Two Egyptian young dudes stormed a State Security police station in the Al-Massara district of Helwan and detained officers for five hours. The aim of this operation is allegedly protesting against the Egyptian regime’s policies, specifically demanding the opening of the Rafah crossing to allow food and aid into Gaza. The Egyptian Interior Ministry denied of course the whole incident, but we have multiple angles, and a four minute voice message from one of the guys that was recorded on Thursday. In the voice message, he called the operation "Hadid 17" in reference to Aya 17 in Surat Al Hadid in the Quran, "Know that Allah gives life to the earth after its death! Indeed, We have made clear the Signs to you, if you but reflect [upon them].". He said that he wanted to give life to the dormant people of Egypt and inspire them to rise against the State. They also leaked tens of documents which shows the scale of arrests made by the Egyptian state, with tons of people being arrested for "Ikhwanism" or "Islamic proselytization", which is just insane. One guy was arrested as a 14 year old for "Extremism". The fate of those guys is still unknown, but I hope they're safe. It's pretty cool that this is happening on the same day that George Abdallah asked the people of Egypt to rise.

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[–] edge@hexbear.net 84 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (8 children)

Hunter Biden did an interview with Channel 5 and said if he were president he’d invade El Salvador to get the deported immigrants back.

https://twitter.com/CameronCorduroy/status/1947538636066721975

If I became president 2 years from now, or 4 years from now, or 3 years from now

Hunter Biden plotting a coup with an unknown date?

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[–] ColombianLenin@hexbear.net 83 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (8 children)

Katie Halper interviews John Mearshimer on "Israel"

I think the most important takeaway I see is the reminder of how from 1933 to 1941, the Nazis were basically roaming free in Europe. They had managed to annex Austria and Czechoslovakia, destroy Poland and Luxemburg, set up puppet regimes in France, Denmark, Belgium, and the Netherlands, and start the labor camps.

It was only until they made the fatal mistake of invading the Soviet Union, that they ended up stopped and Hitler offed himself, after 27 million Soviet deaths, of course.

It's a grim reminder that we are in it for the long haul. We are talking of 8 years of almost complete Nazi hegemony in the region and passiveness from the Western powers, as well as the strategic retreat of the USSR.

It's also a reminder that expansionist fascist powers will never be satisfied. The Zionists might very well end up annexing Gaza and the West Bank, it will not satiate them. They will go for Lebanon and Syria next. When they are done, Jordan and Egypt are on the chopping block. Then Saudi Arabia. They might build the NaZionist empire from the Nile to the Euphrates and still might be hungry for more.

But it's also a reminder that they WILL be stopped. All imperial expansionist projects eventually die. Greece, Rome, Spain, France, England, they all had imperial might, and later died. The US is in its death rattle. The idology of the cancer cell will kill its host eventually.

It's painful to live in a time where we see in plain sight how colonization works. Especially from the colonized south. But it's important to remember that history is written in years, if not decades. And we need to have a political project that thinks in that time frame, instead of the now and immediate.

Death to Israel, Death to America.

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[–] Lovely_sombrero@hexbear.net 83 points 1 week ago (3 children)

The New York Times was the one that first laundered the genocidal hoax that Hamas was working with UNRWA to steal aid. The Israeli regime directly fed this line to NYT Mossad asset Ronen Bergman and Patrick Kingsley, they destroyed UNRWA, and now they admit it was all a lie:

https://x.com/zei_squirrel/status/1949171062207397940

NYT: "Breaking News: Israeli military officials say they have no proof Hamas routinely steals UN aid, undercutting a claim Israel has used to limit food for Gaza."

https://x.com/nytimes/status/1949093305507045449

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[–] starkillerfish@hexbear.net 83 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Israeli soldiers arrested in Belgium after war crimes complaint by rights groups

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/two-israeli-soldiers-arrested-belgium-after-war-crimes-complaint-rights-groups

Belgian federal police on Sunday arrested two Israeli soldiers facing accusations of war crimes in Gaza following a complaint by two rights groups.

The Federal Prosecutor’s Office on Monday said it received two complaints on Friday and Saturday from the HRF and Glan, concerning “serious violations of international humanitarian law allegedly committed in the Gaza Strip by two members of the Israeli army” who were in Belgium to attend the Tomorrowland festival.

The prosecutor’s office said it has determined that it might have jurisdiction on the case based on the new Article 14/10 of the Preliminary Title of the Code of Criminal Procedure, which entered into force on 28 April 2024. The article grants Belgian courts jurisdiction over crimes committed outside Belgium based on the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and the Convention against Torture of 1984.

“In light of this possible jurisdiction, the Federal Prosecutor’s Office instructed the police to locate the two individuals mentioned in the complaint and to proceed with their questioning. After the interviews, they were released,” it said, adding that no further information will be provided at this stage of the investigation.

The arrests come a day after Belgium’s King Philippe described the situation in Gaza as “a disgrace to humanity”. He said in speech on Sunday that Belgium backs calls by the UN for “an immediate end to this unbearable crisis”.

Belgian judiciary stacking Ws for some reason

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[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 82 points 1 week ago

Using the same method that peer reviewed medical journal The Lancet used earlier in the war, this article estimates Israel has killed 20.7% of Gaza's population totalling 434,000 people.

https://hexbear.net/post/5669661

[–] sexywheat@hexbear.net 82 points 1 week ago (8 children)

Cruise ship from the Genocidal Entity turned away from Greek island by Palestine protesters

Around 1,600 Israeli passengers on board the Crown Iris were prevented from disembarking amid safety concerns when more than 300 demonstrators on the Cycladic isle made clear they were unwelcome over Israel’s conduct of the war and treatment of Palestinians in Gaza. A large banner emblazoned with the words Stop the Genocide was held aloft alongside Palestinian flags.

Some passengers on the vessel reacted by raising Israeli flags and chanting patriotic slogans, eyewitnesses said.

I wonder if one of those "patriotic slogans" was (CW: Racism)

spoiler"Death to arabs" 🤔

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[–] Redcuban1959@hexbear.net 82 points 1 week ago

President Lula withdraws Brazil from International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance. Lula did not state the reasons for leaving the organization, which was created in the 1990s to combat anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism.

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[–] smokeppb@hexbear.net 81 points 1 week ago

So much for JDPON Don. Trump is now almost matching Biden's 4 year score for bombings already into his 6th month.

The Cradle on Telegram posted⭕️ 'Peacemaker' Trump has overseen 529 US airstrikes in 6 months, nearly matching Biden’s 4-year total: ACLED

Trump has launched nearly as many airstrikes during the first six months of his presidency as former president Joe Biden carried out during his entire four-year term, according to a report by the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data (ACLED) non-profit.

“In just five months, Trump has overseen nearly as many US airstrikes (529) as were recorded across the entire four years of the previous administration (555),” ACLED President Clionadh Raleigh said in a statement.

Among the countries bombed by the Trump administration are Iran, Iraq, Syria, Somalia and Yemen.

ACLED counted 481 US airstrikes on Yemen between February and June of this year, and 44 airstrikes on Somalia. In Syria, ACLED recorded three strikes in February and one strike in Iraq in both March and April.

[–] FuckyWucky@hexbear.net 80 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Not looking good. The last para is especially chilling

Since AFP was founded in August 1944, we have lost journalists in conflicts, we have had wounded and prisoners in our ranks, but none of us can remember seeing a colleague die of hunger.

Machine translation (don't know about accuracy) :

spoilerImmediate Intervention Needed: The Last Reporters from Gaza Are Going to Die

July 21, 2025

AFP has been working with one freelance text reporter, three photographers, and six freelance video reporters in the Gaza Strip since its staff journalists left in early 2024. Along with a few others, they are now the only ones reporting what is happening in the Gaza Strip. The international press has been banned from entering this territory for nearly two years.

We refuse to watch them die.

One of them, Bashar, has been working with AFP since 2010, first as a fixer, then as a freelance photographer, and since 2024 as the main photographer.

On Saturday, July 19, he managed to post a message on Facebook: “I no longer have the strength to work for the media. My body is thin, and I can no longer work.”

Bashar, 30, works and lives in the same conditions as all Gazans, moving from one refugee camp to another with each wave of Israeli bombings. For more than a year, he has been living in total destitution and working while taking enormous risks with his life. Hygiene is a major problem for him, with repeated bouts of severe intestinal illness.

Since February, Bashar has been living in the ruins of his house in Gaza City with his mother, his four brothers and sisters, and the family of one of his brothers. Their home is empty of any furnishings or comfort, except for a few cushions. On Sunday morning, he reported that his eldest brother had "collapsed, due to hunger."

Even if these journalists receive a monthly salary from AFP, there is nothing to buy or else things are at completely exorbitant prices. The banking system has disappeared, and those who exchange money between online bank accounts and cash charge a commission of nearly 40%.

AFP can no longer provide a vehicle or even enough fuel for its journalists to travel for their reports. Traveling by car always carries the risk of being a target for Israeli airstrikes. AFP reporters now get around on foot or by donkey cart.

Ahlam, for her part, survives in the south of the enclave. She strives to “bear witness,” for as long as she can. “Every time I leave the tent to cover an event, conduct an interview, or document a fact, I do not know if I will come back alive.” The biggest problem, she confirms, is the lack of food and water.

We see their situation worsening. They are young, and their strength is leaving them. Most no longer have the physical capacity to travel across the enclave for their work. Their calls for help, heartbreaking, have now become daily.

In recent days, we have understood from their brief messages that their lives are hanging by a thread, and that all their courage, dedicated for so many months to informing the world, will not help them survive.

We may learn of their deaths at any moment, and this is unbearable to us. This Sunday, Bashar wrote: “For the first time, I feel defeated.” Later that day, he told one of us that he thanked us “for explaining what we live through daily, between death and hunger.” “I wish that President Macron could help me get out of this hell.”

Ahlam is still standing. “I try to continue my work, to carry people’s voices, to document the truth against all attempts to silence it. Here, resisting is not a choice; it is a necessity.”

Since AFP was founded in August 1944, we have lost journalists in conflicts, we have had wounded and prisoners in our ranks, but none of us can remember seeing a colleague die of hunger.

The outgoing board of the SDJ

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[–] thethirdgracchi@hexbear.net 79 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (12 children)

I really did not have George Abdallah, just freed legendary PFLP Lebanese freedom fighter, giving Greta a shoutout in his first interview just out of 40 years in French prison, comparing her positively to the millions of Arabs and specifically Egyptians who sit by and watch Gaza starve to death with no action whatsoever, on my bingo card but hey it's 2025 baby anything goes now. https://xcancel.com/ME_Observer_/status/1948786824807100514#m

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[–] SteamedHamberder@hexbear.net 79 points 1 week ago (3 children)
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[–] Lovely_sombrero@hexbear.net 77 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

NYT: "EU cuts aid to Ukraine over corruption concerns"

Unrelated: death to Israel.

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[–] ourtimewillcome@hexbear.net 75 points 1 week ago (15 children)

Armenia to cede control of Zangezur Corridor to US: Report

Control of the strategic corridor would give the US a military foothold on Iran's border

Nikol Pashinyan is the biggest fucking cuck in the history of mankind

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[–] 3rdWorldCommieCat@hexbear.net 75 points 1 week ago (6 children)

ISRAHELL HAS CAPTURED AND BORDED THE HANDALA FREEDOM FLOATILLA SHIP. DEATH TO ISRAHELL, DEATH TO ZIONIST, DEATH TO THE OCCUPATION.

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[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 74 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (15 children)

As of today the long-corbyn party is official and has a name (?maybe temporary?).

It's Your Party

https://www.yourparty.uk/#//

Primary policies Your Party are pushing:

  1. Mass redistribution of wealth and power

  2. No privatisation in the NHS

  3. Nationalising all utilities plus rail

  4. Build publicly owned council houses

  5. End all arms sales to Israel

Full StatementIt’s time for a new kind of political party. One that belongs to you.

The system is rigged.

The system is rigged when 4.5 million children live in poverty in the sixth richest country in the world. The system is rigged when giant corporations make a fortune from rising bills. The system is rigged when this government says there is no money for the poor, but billions for war.

We cannot accept these injustices – and neither should you.

We will only fix the crises in our society with a mass redistribution of wealth and power. That means taxing the very richest in our society. That means an NHS free of privatisation and bringing energy, water, rail and mail into public ownership. That means investing in a massive council-house building programme. That means standing up to fossil fuel giants putting their profits before our planet.

Meanwhile, millions of people are horrified by the government’s shameful complicity in genocide. We believe in the radical idea that all human life has equal value. That is why we defend the right to protest for Palestine. That is why we demand an end to all arms sales to Israel. And that is why we will carry on campaigning for the only path to peace: a free and independent Palestine.

Our movement is made up of people of all faiths and none. The great dividers want you to think that the problems in our society are caused by migrants or refugees. They’re not. They are caused by an economic system that protects the interests of corporations and billionaires. It is ordinary people who create the wealth – and it is ordinary people who have the power to put it back where it belongs.

It’s time for a new kind of political party. One that is rooted in our communities, trade unions and social movements. One that builds power in all regions and nations. One that belongs to you.

Sign up at www.yourparty.uk to be part of the founding process, leading to an inaugural conference. At this conference, you will decide the party’s direction, the model of leadership and the policies that are needed to transform society. That is how we can build a democratic movement that take on the rich and powerful - and win.

Real change is coming.

          Jeremy Corbyn MP                                   Zarah Sultana MP

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[–] IceWallowCum@hexbear.net 74 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (5 children)

Tangential, but I was reading this quick interview where Mao shares his analysis of WWII and the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact, and I couldn't stop noticing how similar it is to the whole Ukraine fiasco from the past 5 years.

Basically, Mao argues that the European empires (UK and FR), by allowing nazism to grow strong, were using Germany as an attack dog to weaken Poland, Spain and the Baltics, and were waiting for it to go all in on the USSR so that both would get levelled, then the imperial vultures would swoop in and bask in the carnage. The Molotov-Ribbentrop pact threw a wrench in that.

He also predicts (1939) that america was doing the exact same thing once the french and english were dragged into the war - wait for them all to get got then jump in to become the leading empire.

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[–] ghosts@hexbear.net 73 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (13 children)

Zelensky signed a bill that aims to dismantle "independent" anti-corruption agency and it has western media in a tizzy

The anti-corruption offices are now under the oversight of the prosecutor general who is appointed by Zelensky himself.

There are reports of protests in 7 Ukrainian cities, most seem limited to a few hundred people each. Rumors of planned protests tomorrow.

NABU, one of the anti-corruption offices, was created at request of the IMF, is fully funded by the U.S. and E.U., its existence is a precondition of aid, and it shares intel with the FBI.

It's a very interesting development imo, and the level of western media coverage it's getting makes me think something may be looming. Was a corruption investigation hitting a little close to Zelensky that he needed to stop? Is this his exit strategy? Color revolution? Nothing ever happens? Take your bets!

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[–] AlHouthi4President@lemmy.ml 73 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Journalist Youssef Fares in Northern Gaza reports:

Amidst the pitch black darkness, aid is being dropped from the air onto areas in northern Gaza. One of the parachutes fell directly on a tent sheltering displaced people in the Al-Karama area north of Gaza. Everyone was injured, and some may have been killed.

We reported to you about the consequences of dropping aid from the air (last time) when we were confined, hundreds of thousands of people, in the north. Within two weeks, gangs formed that operated in what resembled daily shifts to blockade areas where parachutes fall. Citizens fought each other and dozens were killed as a result of heavy parachutes falling directly on tents and houses. So how will the situation be today when there is no cover in northern Gaza except where a tent has been pitched?

"israel" has innovated in devising every method to deliver aid that embodies the principle of humiliation and degrading dignity, and most importantly, that the opportunity to die exceed the bounds of life and survival. From death traps to "self-distribution" in red zones to aerial drops. Everything leads to killing.

Journalist Youssef Fares ; Occupied Palestine

(Telegram)

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[–] churresmo@hexbear.net 71 points 1 week ago (2 children)

[https://www.metropoles.com/brasil/senador-que-desobedeceu-stf-se-gaba-de-ter-visto-de-informante-dos-eua](Brazilian right-wing senator Marcos do Val accidentally shows a S tier United-Statesian visa, reserved for foreign collaborators)

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[–] a_party_german@hexbear.net 69 points 1 week ago (12 children)

Apparently the EU has just rolled out new "protection of minors" laws that prescribe online age verification for...a lot of things.

I've read anecdotes from people who couldn't get on their Discord servers, and a lot of X users are complaining that they are unable to see "mature content" (which seems to include things like calling your local prime minister a dumb idiot and whatnot). First I read stories like these from the UK and though "oh I hope that's just a bri'ish thing, they need a loicense for that now huh gov'na" but no, apparently it's EU-wide. No warnings about that either, it just so happened. Seems very much like something the EU would do, their idiotic GDPR is ruining browsing since 2018 with those stupid cookie settings.

My X doesn't have any issues so far. I wonder if that's because my chinese phone is set to the US default lol. Any EU citizens here experiencing any problems?

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[–] PalestinianDream@hexbear.net 69 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (6 children)

Per the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, contact has been lost with the Handala ship sailing to break the siege on Gaza. Notably the passengers include 6 Americans for the first time, including ALU leader Chris Smalls.

Reports of drones monitoring the ship for a few days leading up to this. At one point explosives were found on the ship while docked in italy which delayed its departure

EDIT: so i think i saw a mistaken report about the sabatoge attempt, it did not involve explosives. but there were 2 sabatoge attempts one was a rope tied around the propeller, and the second was a truck that was brining a tank of water to give to people in gaza contained sulfuric acid instead.

https://www.codepink.org/handala_sabotage_attempts

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[–] Evilphd666@hexbear.net 69 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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[–] PalestinianDream@hexbear.net 68 points 1 week ago

Georges Abdallah has been freed and is on a flight to beirut

[–] SexMachineStalin@hexbear.net 67 points 1 week ago

The Gaza Strip is now down to 43km², even less than my previous estimate that I posted several hours prior with a population density of 42,000/km². As the rest of the 322km² is declared "whites-only" in the most violent segregationist policy in history, the continually shrinking remaining area has officially exceeded the density of Johannesburg's Berea neighbourhood.

The only ones now deemed safe are anyone who has escaped to South Africa or Ireland, as all others are now left at the whims of the Lebensraum, Western suppression or slavery in more unstable or war-torn nations.

Alimamy Bakarr Sankoh, leader of Sierra Leone's opposition party PDL, also was present on Salaamedia, warning that "israel" has its sights set on the African continent after the Final Solution, with the Sahel as a primary target (and Egypt as part of the Lebensraum) for the West's brand of "liberation" - which was insinuated to mean assassinations of political figures and funding terrorist groups to force the Sahel nations back under command of the West. Alimamy also stressed the importance of African leaders needing to cooperate to adequately respond to these threats from netanSShartu so as to prevent another situation akin to Libya. He also warned that South Africa and potentially Nigeria (though perhaps less likely) would undoubtedly be the next targets after the Sahel. There are after all, genuine hostilites between piSSrael and post-Apartheid South Africa, which have slowly boiled for the past 32 years, especially within the last decade.- Salaamedia

Boom Boom Tel Aviv; Death Death to the IDF

[–] 3rdWorldCommieCat@hexbear.net 67 points 1 week ago (1 children)

So apparently the portuguese parlament/government has refused to meet with any immigration organization after passing an anti-immigrant bill- all except an israeli one lmao

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[–] Lovely_sombrero@hexbear.net 66 points 1 week ago (11 children)

The Wall Street Journal gave op-ed space to the US/Israeli-backed ISIS gang leader.

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[–] Thorngraff_Ironbeard@hexbear.net 66 points 1 week ago (9 children)
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[–] ColombianLenin@hexbear.net 65 points 1 week ago (8 children)

https://xcancel.com/squatsons/status/1948237309289103559#m

Cambodia and Thailand seem to be exchanging artillery fire for some reason.

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[–] Socialism_Is_The_Alternative@hexbear.net 65 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Today's MoA post linked to this disturbing data regarding the scale of the Gaza genocide:

https://stevendonziger.substack.com/p/shock-israel-has-killed-207-of-gazas

"Most informed observers know that the actual death count in Gaza due to Israel’s attacks on the territory is far worse than the large media outlets are reporting. Last February, my colleague Coll McCail — an astute college student in Glasgow — worked out a basic mathematical calculation that the corporate media refuses to do. The result of this calculation back then was chilling; now it is much worse.

Here is the latest data, updated as of yesterday (July 21): based on a statistical model developed by a prestigious medical journal called The Lancet, Israel has killed roughly 434,800 people in Gaza since the country’s military started to attack the territory on 8 October 2023. That’s 20.7% of Gaza’s entire pre-conflict population dead. Over half are women and children."

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[–] FuckyWucky@hexbear.net 65 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

Has the situation in Gaza worsened significantly compared to even a week ago?

[–] RaisedFistJoker@hexbear.net 83 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

a lot of palestinian accounts on twitter are saying theyre reaching levels of unrecoverable malnutrition

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[–] edge@hexbear.net 64 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Bernie has evolved from putting everything bad on Netanyahu to "the extremist Israeli government". Still shit but at least it actually has "Israel" in it.

Although even when talking about mass starvation he's still calling it "ethnic cleansing" and not genocide.

https://twitter.com/BernieSanders/status/1948853033045295468

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[–] companero@hexbear.net 64 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

AP: Ukraine’s parliament passes bill weakening anti-corruption agencies. The public is furious

Is Zelensky getting ready to take his golden parachute (on the backs of Ukrainian taxpayers)?

High profile Ukrainian sources like Deep State are saying that units "simply ran out of infantry" to stop Russian attacks on Pokrovsk, which is now crumbling.

Edit: A more nuanced take I saw is that the agencies are aligned with the Budanov faction, so this could be seen as Zelensky consolidating power.

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[–] PalestinianDream@hexbear.net 64 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

About 10 hours ago Handala started streaming live CCTV footage from the ship so thousands have been literally keeping an eye on them.

you can follow along here, they are less than 2 hours from the location the madleen was abducted from https://www.youtube.com/live/A4hF5rA-v-Q

Edit: for those who dont know who Handala is, why the name is significant. he is representing a palestinian refugee, usually drawn with a key in his hand for return. but also with his back turned and tattered clothes symbolizing the palestinian struggle and how we've been forgotten by the world. Artist Naji Al Ali drew handala and it has become a symbll of resistance, my dad gave me a handala necklace when i was really young like 8 years old.

https://www.jdeedlabs.com/blogs/blog-posts/the-story-of-handala?srsltid=AfmBOoqsC2Kv0AR00wOi7BkehDZ8FT0AMDU6vheVry7J9NjBCFauAKT6

Oh, and mossad assassinated Naji Al-Ali because of the power of his pen

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[–] LargePenis@hexbear.net 63 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (16 children)

Macron officially announces that France will recognise the State of Palestine. I normally don't pay attention to the internal Hollywood politics of the fascist West, but this is quite interesting.

Full statement translated by Nazi Grok:

True to its historic commitment to a just and lasting peace in the Middle East, I have decided that France will recognize the State of Palestine.

I will make the solemn announcement at the United Nations General Assembly next September.

The urgency today is to end the war in Gaza and to provide aid to the civilian population.

Peace is possible.

There must be an immediate ceasefire, the release of all hostages, and massive humanitarian aid to the people of Gaza. It is also necessary to ensure the demilitarization of Hamas, secure and rebuild Gaza. Finally, it is essential to build the State of Palestine, ensure its viability, and enable it, by accepting its demilitarization and fully recognizing Israel, to contribute to the security of all in the Middle East.

There is no alternative.

The French people want peace in the Middle East. It is up to us, the French, together with the Israelis, the Palestinians, and our European and international partners, to demonstrate that it is possible.

In light of the commitments made to me by the president of the Palestinian Authority, I have therefore written to him of my determination to move forward.

Confidence, clarity, and commitment.

We will achieve peace

[–] very_poggers_gay@hexbear.net 65 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Peace is possible...

... demilitarize Palestine

Not a word about demilitarizing the fascist zionist regime committing genocide and attacking half a dozen neighboring countries.

And here lies the critical difference between peace and justice. Because nowhere in history has justice been achieved by the oppressed laying down arms as the oppressor kills their people, steals their land, and robs them of their rights, dignity, and future.

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[–] Goblinmancer@hexbear.net 63 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (11 children)
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