A week ago, the Bolivian left-wing party, the Movement Towards Socialism (MAS), currently led by Luis Arce, decisively lost the round of elections against the right-wing. This comes after a prolonged period of “infighting” between Arce, and Morales, who previously led the MAS prior to the 2019 coup which briefly installed Jeanine Anez.
I put infighting in quotes because despite the nominal similarities between Arce and Morales, it is clear that this is not merely a counterproductive battle between two men - instead, the Bolivian left has arrived at a time of unavoidable conflict between two competing strategies. The electoral strategy is represented by Arce, who has aligned himself with a more middle-class-oriented campaign that is more economically liberal, whereas Morales represents a more working-class-oriented campaign that seeks to go further than tepid reform.
Such a conflict between electoralism and revolutionary action is inevitable in any and every developing country that 1) possesses a functioning left-wing party or organization, and 2) is under internal and/or external pressure by capitalists. This crisis must be resolved eventually - and this electoral failure is how such a crisis is manifesting right now. So while the Bolivian left has indeed lost the election, it is not yet defeated. The revolutionary campaign can, if it is willing, still ultimately stand triumphant. But what must be done is a real movement towards socialism, which goes beyond technocrats reforming from above, and instead transforms the state into a full political project of the working class, in which their movements, organizations, and protests are genuinely empowered. Such a project will involve repression by the forces of reaction, not least by the United States, but it is the only road left to take.
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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.
I don’t follow this cinematic universe enough, but as far as I can tell, the pro-Abundance lib podcast had a pro-Abundance lib on their show and this is the highlight.
In slightly funnier news, danish state media revealed a couple of days ago that people with ties to Donald Trump and the american government have been trying to cause “division” between the people of Greenland and the danish government. So we are now at the stage where we are openly acknowledging an attempted color revolution, while also not being in any position to stop it, since our government refuses to stop being dickheads to the people of Greenland.
Bolivia Legislative Results:
Congress:
- Christian Democratic Party (Neoliberal - Bitcoin-esque Milei, but doesn’t seem to hate China or Brazil): 47 (+47)
- LIBRE – Liberty and Democracy (Far-Right - Pro-Military - Pro-USA - Hates China and Native Americans): 39 (+39)
- Unity Bloc (Far-Right - Neoliberal - Pro-USA - Hates China and Native Americans): 27 (+27)
- Popular Alliance (Left-Wing - Andronicoism - Pro-Native Americans): 10 (+10)
- Autonomy for Bolivia – Súmate (Far-Right - Pro-Military - Pro-USA - Hates China and Native Americans): 4 (+4)
- Movement for Socialism (Left-Wing, Social Democracy): 2 (-73)
- Bia-Yuqui (Native American Interests): 1 (+1)
Senate:
- Christian Democratic Party (Neoliberal - Bitcoin-esque Milei, but doesn’t seem to hate China or Brazil): 16 (+16)
- LIBRE – Liberty and Democracy (Far-Right - Pro-Military - Pro-USA - Hates China and Native Americans): 12 (+12)
- Unity Bloc (Far-Right - Neoliberal - Pro-USA - Hates China and Native Americans): 7 (+7)
- Autonomy for Bolivia – Súmate (Far-Right - Pro-Military - Pro-USA - Hates China and Native Americans): 1 (+1)
https://xcancel.com/Keir_Starmer/status/1960681773521605085
Herr Stürmer says
together with a racist dogwhistle image.Israel recently carried out a wave of airstrikes and naval strikes on the Yemeni capital, Sana’a, and reportedly in Amran Governorate too. The strikes are rumoured to have targeted senior leadership figures in the Ansarallah/Houthi movement, and occurred while Abdul Malik al-Houthi’s pre recorded weekly speech was on TV. The results are unknown at this time, with Ansarallah/Yemeni aligned news outlets stating that Israel is confused and hit nothing of importance, and no official comment from Israel on the reported targets, just that the strikes occurred.
What’s the deal with Algeria these days? A truly successful revolution against settler colonialism decades on, what is the political nature of the state that currently exists? I hear very little about it and don’t know where to look to find out more.
The chief of Iraq’s Al-Sawa’ed tribe gifted Iranian news anchor, Sahar Emami, a gold necklace bearing the image of Ayatollah Khamenei, for her courageous live broadcast during the Israeli attack on the IRIB building.
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In order to “thwart” “anti-semitic and anti-israel bias” the US government is requesting the user data of everyone on earth who edited Wikipedia since January 2023.
The US Navy and Marines deployment off of the coast of Venezuela has escalated in scope and assets. The only AN/APS-154 (Advanced Airborne Sensor) and MUOS (Satellite communications) dual equipped P-8A Poseidon aircraft has arrived in Puerto Rico. This specific P-8A is the only one in service with both upgrades, and joins two others (without them) already stationed at Puerto Rico. Think of it as an AWACS aircraft, but for surface targets. More US Navy vessels are also on the way, a guided missile cruiser and submarine.
Dems created a dark money PAC that was funnelling cash to pro-Dem influencers… all of them were already in the tank for the Dems anyway. And they aren’t trying to reach new people, they are all just running lib podcasts. Their quest to create a “liberal Joe Rogan” (=reward themselves and their friends & relatives) is going great! The only names I even recognize are David Pakman and Olivia Julianna. Oh, and also the person running the “Occupy Dems” account.
Miscellaneous news multipost:
Colorado chronic absenteeism has yet to recover from the pandemic with hundreds of thousands of kids frequently missing school last year. American education continues to decline and America’s fall in STEM has only started. — The Denver Post
continues to be a pedophile country with a senior Israeli official evading pre trial hearings on his child molestation case — Al Jazeera“Alligator Alcatraz” is emptying out and is likely to fully close shortly according to the concentration camp’s Rabbi, Mario Rojzman. — South China Morning Post
Did the chuds finally get their trans liberal mass shooter? They’ve been wishcasting it for so fucking long. I still don’t know that I fully believe it but I haven’t seen reliable evidence either way. Lot of the usual rumors circulating
Argentinian President Javier Milei had to be rushed out of a motorcade on Wednesday. According to local media, men threw stones and bottles at the Argentinian leader. A spokesperson said that no one was injured.
The motorcade was part of an event organized by Milei’s party, La Libertad Avanza (Freedom Advances), in the city of Lomas de Zamora, south of Greater Buenos Aires. The president was accompanied by Congressman José Luis Espert, one of the leading candidates in October’s legislative elections. Images circulating on social media show Milei waving to people from the back of a pickup truck when a riot breaks out. Other videos show Espert leaving the scene on a motorcycle without a helmet.
Milei is currently experiencing a crisis in Argentina, with allegations of corruption. On August 22, the courts conducted searches as part of an investigation into an alleged kickback scheme involving high-ranking government officials and the president’s own sister, Karina Milei.
Amid the crisis, Milei is also preparing for the midterm elections in October, which are seen as a referendum on the president’s austerity agenda and market reforms. In recent months, Milei has suffered a series of defeats in Congress and even broke with Vice President Victoria Villarruel, who also presides over the Senate.
In July, the Senate approved, at the opposition’s initiative, increases in retirement and disability pensions. The government argued that the measure would compromise fiscal balance. Milei called Villarruel a “traitor” for allowing the session to take place. The vice president responded by saying that the president should “behave like an adult.”
In early August, Milei vetoed the approved increases. The House overturned the veto on funds for people with disabilities but upheld the presidential decision on pensions. Now, the final word will be up to the Senate.
Amid tensions with Congress, Milei’s approval rating fell eight percentage points in five weeks, reaching 41%. However, his party continues to lead voting intention polls for the legislative elections.
- Telegram
After they fired a couple hundred thousand federal workers they draped this banner over the department of labor building, lmao:
Don’t panic, things aren’t in greyscale and we don’t all have to wear matching uniforms or share the same spoon, so it’s not a dystopia 1984 yet.
Polizario footage showing the Moroccan military using donkeys and mules for logistics, and the liberation front using rocket artillary
https://xcancel.com/Milit1Polisario/status/1960050276863193379#m
