Yet another "anti-corruption" protest. This time in Nepal, against "political elites".
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Bulletins and News Discussion from September 1st to September 7th, 2025 - Defending the Revolution - COTW: Venezuela
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Image is from this article, showing a march by the United Socialist Party of Venezuela Youth. The preamble's information came from a few sources, such as here, here, and here.
Over the last few weeks, pressure on Venezuela from the US has mounted as their newest proxy, Gonzalez, lost the election to Maduro. The Trump administration now alleges that Maduro is the mastermind behind the "Cartel of Suns," raised the bounty on Maduro's head from $25 million to $50 million, and is working to deploy troops and naval assets to the region.
While I would not consider myself an expert, I believe an explicit boots-on-the-ground campaign by the US in Venezuela would be, at best, implausible, though the administration has not explicitly denied it (and even if it did deny it, denials by the US are merely confirmations that are being delayed). What seems much more likely is an intensification of a subversive campaign against Venezuela which seeks to further isolate it, with intelligence from the US given to whatever groups and individuals exist inside the country. There are certainly some parallels in regard to recent US belligerence towards Mexico, with both countries being implicitly or explicitly threatened with military force under the guise of "preventing drug trafficking" - and, of course, spreading drugs is one of America's greatest specialities.
Will this work? I don't know, though I am optimistic about Venezuela's chances. The Venezuelan government does seem to be taking this threat with a refreshing degree of seriousness - with over 4 million militia members being activated across the country as of August 18th, as well as a call from Maduro to the armed forces to be on high alert. The socialist youth of Venezuela are being mobilized in defense of the revolution.
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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.
YouTube survival challenge contestant rescued from northern Michigan woods
— A contestant in a YouTube outdoor survival challenge was rescued from a forest in northern Michigan after she went missing for nearly 18 hours in the wilderness, officials say.
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The 36-year-old woman from California left the contest’s designated base camp in Pigeon River State Forest, northeast of Gaylord, around 5 p.m. Friday to search for water. But she did not return, so contest hosts began to search for her.
Twelve hours later, around 5 a.m. Saturday, they called 911. Deputies with the Otsego County Sheriff’s Office, Michigan State Police troopers, several other local law enforcement agencies and the Michigan Department of Natural Resources worked together to look for her in woods that were “still damaged from the ice storm” that devastated much of northern Michigan in late March, according to MSP.
Around 10:40 a.m., she was spotted in a swampy area by troopers on the Michigan State Police helicopter. Video shared by MSP shows the woman waving to the helicopter from a heavily wooded area.
“Definitely got her, we’re just trying to work out getting the camera on her real good and then locking in a spot for you guys to get out here, but if you see where the helicopter is, I’m basically right over top of her right now,” the pilot can be heard saying over the radio.
He guided ground crews, including an MSP K-9, to her. They escorted her to safety.
“The female was missing in the cold and rain for almost 18 hours,” the Otsego County Sheriff’s Office wrote in a release.
Deputies said she walked out on her own and didn’t have serious injuries. The woman was not identified by police.
https://xcancel.com/I_Katchanovski/status/1964740385030246751
Based on number of opened criminal cases, 142,711 Ukrainian forces members deserted during 8 months of 2025, including 17,495 in August, & 265,843 since Russian invasion. Actual numbers are much higher since many cases of desertion are not officially registered & not reported to investigative bodies.
Is this to say that ~53% of (recorded) desertion cases happened this year?
milei ate shit in the buenos aires province election lol
He vowed to "accelerate" his libertarian reforms following the defeat.
please bro just one more hit bro just one more
Is there a place to track and/or get live updates on the flotilla currently sailing for Gaza?
afaik they docked in tunisia due to weather and repair needs and are resuming the journey with more ships joining them on the 10th
https://globalsumudflotilla.org/
website but I couldnt find anything live I dunno
The US subcontracts out a genocide to Israel and the rest of the world’s leadership says and does nothing because they are either afraid of the US, they don’t want “rock the boat” diplomatically, or they are quietly supportive of it.
US troops murder Korean fishermen in cold blood and the rest of the world’s leadership says and does nothing because they are either afraid of the US, they don’t want “rock the boat” diplomatically, or they are quietly supportive of it.
The US blows up a boat they say is a drug boat and don’t provide any evidence (and even if they did, this is ok because…) and the rest of the world’s leadership says and does nothing because they are either afraid of the US, they don’t want “rock the boat” diplomatically, or they are quietly supportive of it.
We are staring down a potential regime change attempt or even all out war on the objectively ridiculous premise that Maduro is a “narco-terrorist kingpin”, and the rest of the world’s leadership says and does nothing because they are either afraid of the US, they don’t want “rock the boat” diplomatically, or they are quietly supportive of it.
The US is going to bar a Palestinian delegation from attending the UN. When this happened before with Arafat, the general assembly voted to hold the session in Switzerland instead. Now all they are doing is making some mild statements… because no one wants to anger the US.
This is the rules based international order.
It's almost like Trump's angry, threatening schtick actually produces results of cowwing the world into submission. It -might- accelerate a push into de-dollarization and loss of hegemony and the growth of the power and influence of BRICS and SCO but then again those probably were happening anyways and the US might just see this as its last chance to use the last of its strength to maximally shape the world as much as it can before anyone dares stand up to it. To set the chessboard up in a good condition. If so we can expect over the next 4-6 years lots more wars or "interventions" as the propagandists call them in Latin America and Africa to topple unwanted governments and install puppets in place for the final push and war against China by which time they'd prefer China is maximally isolated and the west's holdings are maximally high.
It's the rules based international order because the US makes the rules and orders everyone else around.
This is the rules based international order.
There's only ever been one rule
Yep, the American death cult only respects and understands the language of violence. If you have a credible nuclear deterrent suddenly your country has gotten a lot more sovereignty.
Missing Canadian soldier found dead in Latvia
Why do NATO troops keep getting themselves killed in the Baltics?
They’re like elephants, that’s where they go to die
any updates on the french "block everything"/general strike thingy? is it happening?
Bayrou the prime minister will probably fall tomorrow. France Unbowd will write the motion to depose Macron on the 9th (slim chance of happening without wide unrest in the streets)
A lot of General Assembly are going on in cities and villages to organize for the 10th which is the start of the street movement along with some strikes.
We will then see how it evolves in the days following the 10th.
's main palace got hit for the first time in the 'largest Russian attack yet'. It must be doing wonders for Ukrainian morale.
Tiniest hit of all time:
If Russia wanted to hit it they would use a missile and half the building would be gone. This is a couple broken windows and a little fire.
My money is on malfunctioning Ukrainian AD or random debris. Maybe a stray drone. Russia has shown zero interest in targeting Kiev government buildings so far.
If the Russians ever do change their mind on that policy, remember that Ukraine already tried to hit the Kremlin with drones. You don't get to cry about someone else doing the same to you.
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Yemen struck Ramon Airport with a drone, injuring several settlers. Will update with upcoming statement in 30 min.
Triumphing for the oppressed Palestinian people and their dear Mujahideen, and in response to the crimes of genocide and starvation perpetrated by the Zionist enemy against our people in the Gaza Strip, and to affirm Yemen's steadfast position in the battle of the promised conquest and holy jihad.
The UAV force of the Yemeni Armed Forces carried out a military operation with a large number of drones targeting numerous targets in the Negev, Umm al-Rashrash, Ashkelon, Ashdod, and Yaffa regions.
The attacks were distributed as follows:
A drone targeted Ramon Airport, which, by Allah's grace, directly hit the airport and caused the airport to shut down and halt air traffic.
Three drones targeted two sensitive military targets in the Negev.
A drone targeted a vital target in Ashkelon.
A drone targeted Lod Airport.
And two drones targeted a vital target in the Ashdod area.
The operation successfully achieved its objectives, thanks to Allah, while Israeli and American interception systems failed to detect and intercept a number of the drones.
The Yemeni Armed Forces affirm that they will escalate their military operations and will not back down from their support for Gaza, regardless of the consequences. They also affirm that Yemen, by Allah's grace, is developing its weapons to be more effective and efficient.
The Yemeni Armed Forces assure all air navigation companies that the airports inside occupied Palestine are unsafe and will be continuously targeted. The Armed Forces bear no responsibility for this, they must quickly leave occupied Palestine and refrain from returning to these airports, as they have become unsafe.
To the Zionist herds, we say: Our armed forces will prove to you that your foolish leadership is merely fooling you with its assurances. We have the means to strike at security systems and sensitive targets, and the coming days, Allah's willing, will reveal that to you.
"Those who do wrong will soon know by what [unforeseen] reversal they will be overturned." Allah Almighty has spoken the truth.
Sana'a, Rabi' al-Awwal 15, 1447 AH September 7, 2025 AD
Issued by the Yemeni Armed Forces
Israel's [sic] ambulance service said it treated one man injured by shrapnel from the blast and several others who experienced “acute anxiety.”
100% effective cure for settler anxiety: leaving occupied Palestine
not quite 100% tbf 
Israel including people with anxiety in the casualty statistics always catches me off guard, you'll be reading about a conflict with figures like "30 dead 5000 injured" and wonder how such a ratio is even possible, and then you'll read further and the source will state "thousands treated for acute anxiety". Imagine if this standard was applied to conflicts historically, how many millions of casualties would there be?
Truly. 21-27 million soviets killed in WW2. Casualties would be 186.2 million, the entire population of the USSR for having to live through the Nazi invasion
High casualty event = Thousands treated for butt rash after soiling themselves and refusing to wipe due to anxiety
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Read a very interesting article in the Financial Times this weekend. Basically, it argues that the revenue the United States will generate from tariffs over the long run is actually helping keep yields on American bonds from exploding.
Bond traders are banking on revenue from Donald Trump’s tariffs to bolster US public finances, in a sharp switch from earlier this year when his trade war triggered a brutal sell-off in the Treasury market. The US president’s sweeping tariffs on trading partners hammered global markets in April and sparked fears of an economic shock, prompting the president to suspend some of the levies. But investors are now counting on hundreds of billions of dollars raised by the remaining tariffs to offset Trump’s tax cuts and keep a lid on US borrowing. “The only way I can see for the US government to reduce its outstanding debt in the near term is to use the tariff revenue,” said Andy Brenner, head of international fixed income at NatAlliance Securities, citing also revenues from chipmakers’ China sales. “If all of the sudden the tariff revenue will not be there, that is a problem.”
Full article is here: https://archive.is/RP0UF
Remember, in actuality bond markets are the real sovereigns here, and potentially the only thing that could "discipline" governments (as we saw with Truss and the UK a few years ago). So what does this mean long term? Even if Trump gets voted out and replaced with a Dem, they're almost certainly going to be forced to keep these tariffs around unless they want to risk bond yields spiking. They only way they'll reduce that risk is either by massive tax hikes (politically untenable) or austerity measures (possible but again risks massive electoral pushback). So realistically, thanks to Trump's massive tax cuts and spending coupled with tariffs, he's sort of "locked in" the United States to committing to tariff revenue for the long term. Thank you JDPON Don. 
They've deluded themselves into thinking this is actually a good thing. Disregarding that tariffs will be passed on to consumers, which will lead to lower demand, and an economic contraction. Said contraction will lead to job losses and loss of tax revenue from every other form tax collected in this country. Humans are so fucking stupid, they'll truly believe anything to keep the house of cards from falling.
You can think of it like this: when reckless Wall Street bankers crashed the economy in 2007, who were the ones that paid the price? Was it the Wall Street bankers, or the 9 million American families that lost their homes and the millions more that became unemployed as a consequence?
I don't see how they sustain tariff revenue over the long term. Eventually tariffs would help domestic production, right? Maybe not as much as they promise, but I still assume there is going to be an impact. This presents a contradiction, if people and companies start buying primarily from US producers and aren't buying imported goods then there's less revenue coming in from tariffs.
This won't play out in the short-term, but if these tariffs last longer than the next four years it's going to become a problem.
Not without an actual, robust plan towards industrialization. Import taxes are just one tool in the arsenal towards such an end. Without a larger movement from the state, what you end up with is just a wealthy retail sector making a lot of money from selling inputs and finished goods to industry, farmers and the masses. As well as a shift of the tax burden towards the poorest of society. US producers will continue to import whatever they need, and pay the middlemen for it while the US public will continue to import cheap high quality goods from China and elsewhere, while also paying middlemen for it.
Basically, what you need is a larger plan and redistribution model that makes it profitable, efficient and useful to produce, say, Steel in the United States with its current level of financial wealth. Without that, you'll continue to import Steel from the rest of the world only the poorest of society will bear that burden while companies that cannot pay the premium just go belly up. That's not counting the things the USA straight up doesn't have any business producing, like oranges or coffee. Hawaii and Florida have better shit to do with their land than trying to make up for brazilian production.
The way I see it the real contradiction is whether the US government can collapse the dollar standard or not. Ending the dutch disease of just printing dollars for all purposes is the one thing that would push the american estabilishment towards creating a new status quo - for better or for worse.
“The only way I can see for the US government to reduce its outstanding debt in the near term is to use the tariff revenue,” said Andy Brenner, head of international fixed income at NatAlliance Securities, citing also revenues from chipmakers’ China sales.
Which they immediately fucked up when Lutnick insulted China by remarking that he wanted to get them addicted to US chips. 
This not only lead to China telling its companies not to use NVIDIA hardware, but is accelerating the production of their domestic chips. Another one of those self-owns by the US. 
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