Image, sourced from this article, is of George Bush in 2002 meeting with María Corina Machado, who was even then being trained as a figure to oppose Venezuelan socialism, and very briefly succeeded with the Carmona Decree. Now the latest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, she has begged the Zionist entity to drop bombs on the Venezuelan people.
As of me writing these sentences, it appears that the ceasefire in Gaza is underway. Zionist ceasefires are, of course, an oxymoron - not only in the grand sense that their work to continue genocidal atrocities against others locally and regionally will not cease until the Zionist entity’s occupation of Palestine is overthrown and Palestinians can resume the governance of their territory - but also in the literal sense; that bombings and shootings are often only merely reduced, and rarely cease entirely (as was/is the case on their northern border with Lebanon). Nonetheless, hopefully the population can receive some aid, and the long process of rebuilding can begin.
On the other side of the world, it seems increasingly likely that a new war is set to begin. Because the US is eschewing the usual process of generating pro-war propaganda and casus bellis (aside from a laughably transparent Nobel Peace Prize award) and seems content to just skip straight to the “bomb and depose” step, it’s quite hard to predict what precisely they want to do. Anything seems to be on the table - from freely striking Venezuelan territory where “drug dealers” are to try and prompt a Venezuelan response, to assassinating Maduro and/or his generals and hoping a power vacuum can be filled with compradors, to attempting to outright invade Venezuela and establish direct American control over important government sites. All appear to be possibilities, though as of right now, the most drastic measures seem unlikely due to their difficulty.
We know that the US has almost totally abandoned diplomatic communication with Venezuela, and that the US has deployed warships, a nuclear submarine, F-35s, surveillance planes, and at least 4,000 military personnel to the Caribbean, with some sources putting the numbers higher. Some people have suggested that the point is to try and force Maduro into a situation where he must begin hostilities, or be seen as weak and perhaps overthrown from within. It is at least encouraging that Maduro is not like Allende in Chile, and is taking this situation extraordinarily seriously; the masses are being trained and mobilized in the event of an invasion, and military drills are ongoing. Venezuela has no real capacity to stop the US from attacking and bombing them, but it is much more possible to prevent a West-friendly puppet from gaining meaningful control of the country. A comprador might be able to make a brief statement or decree in a Venezuelan city saying that Chavismo is over, but actual power will hopefully prove very elusive.
2020, and particularly 2022, has clearly become a turning point for the Western imperial system, in which increasingly aggressive and reckless moves are required to keep the system functional (stability is, at this point, out of the question). Unfortunately, this has also resulted in the deaths of many long-lasting, inspiring figures, such as Nasrallah, and many more will certainly die before the empire collapses. If Maduro is assassinated - and I’m having trouble imagining how he won’t be doggedly pursued in the days. weeks, and months to come - I have hope that a successor will rise to continue to lead the Bolivarian Revolution.
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The Zionist Entity's Genocide of Palestine
Sources on the fighting in Palestine against the temporary Zionist entity. In general, CW for footage of battles, explosions, dead people, and so on:
UNRWA reports on Israel’s destruction and siege of Gaza and the West Bank.
English-language Palestinian Marxist-Leninist twitter account. Alt here.
English-language twitter account that collates news.
Arab-language twitter account with videos and images of fighting.
English-language (with some Arab retweets) Twitter account based in Lebanon. - Telegram is @IbnRiad.
English-language Palestinian Twitter account which reports on news from the Resistance Axis. - Telegram is @EyesOnSouth.
English-language Twitter account in the same group as the previous two. - Telegram here.
English-language PalestineResist telegram channel.
More telegram channels here for those interested.
Russia-Ukraine Conflict
Examples of Ukrainian Nazis and fascists
Examples of racism/euro-centrism during the Russia-Ukraine conflict
Sources:
Defense Politics Asia’s youtube channel and their map. Their youtube channel has substantially diminished in quality but the map is still useful.
Moon of Alabama, which tends to have interesting analysis. Avoid the comment section.
Understanding War and the Saker: reactionary sources that have occasional insights on the war.
Alexander Mercouris, who does daily videos on the conflict. While he is a reactionary and surrounds himself with likeminded people, his daily update videos are relatively brainworm-free and good if you don’t want to follow Russian telegram channels to get news. He also co-hosts The Duran, which is more explicitly conservative, racist, sexist, transphobic, anti-communist, etc when guests are invited on, but is just about tolerable when it’s just the two of them if you want a little more analysis.
Simplicius, who publishes on Substack. Like others, his political analysis should be soundly ignored, but his knowledge of weaponry and military strategy is generally quite good.
On the ground: Patrick Lancaster, an independent and very good journalist reporting in the warzone on the separatists’ side.
Unedited videos of Russian/Ukrainian press conferences and speeches.
Pro-Russian Telegram Channels:
Again, CW for anti-LGBT and racist, sexist, etc speech, as well as combat footage.
https://t.me/aleksandr_skif ~ DPR’s former Defense Minister and Colonel in the DPR’s forces. Russian language.
https://t.me/Slavyangrad ~ A few different pro-Russian people gather frequent content for this channel (~100 posts per day), some socialist, but all socially reactionary. If you can only tolerate using one Russian telegram channel, I would recommend this one.
https://t.me/s/levigodman ~ Does daily update posts.
https://t.me/patricklancasternewstoday ~ Patrick Lancaster’s telegram channel.
https://t.me/gonzowarr ~ A big Russian commentator.
https://t.me/rybar ~ One of, if not the, biggest Russian telegram channels focussing on the war out there. Actually quite balanced, maybe even pessimistic about Russia. Produces interesting and useful maps.
https://t.me/epoddubny ~ Russian language.
https://t.me/boris_rozhin ~ Russian language.
https://t.me/mod_russia_en ~ Russian Ministry of Defense. Does daily, if rather bland updates on the number of Ukrainians killed, etc. The figures appear to be approximately accurate; if you want, reduce all numbers by 25% as a ‘propaganda tax’, if you don’t believe them. Does not cover everything, for obvious reasons, and virtually never details Russian losses.
https://t.me/UkraineHumanRightsAbuses ~ Pro-Russian, documents abuses that Ukraine commits.
Pro-Ukraine Telegram Channels:
Almost every Western media outlet.
https://discord.gg/projectowl ~ Pro-Ukrainian OSINT Discord.
https://t.me/ice_inii ~ Alleged Ukrainian account with a rather cynical take on the entire thing.
EDIT: Israel says it’s reversing its decision to refuse aid announcing a “return to the ceasefire agreement”.
https://t.me/PalestineResist/83021
US and Israel appear to be ripping up the ceasefire with both hands. Over 100 airstrikes today with the majority falling within the “yellow line”
“New IOF violations of the ceasefire in the last 30 minutes:
https://t.me/PalestineResist/83010
Israel has reimposed the total blockade on Gaza and Netanyahu’s scheduled court testimony has been postponed. May all those involved receive their just reward, in this life and the next
“2 martyrs in a new drone strike west of Gaza City.
The number of martyrs in the tent bombing in Mawasi, Khan Younis, increased to 4. In the bombing of the Sardi School in Nusseirat, the number of martyrs increased to 6.
The IOF also carried out a new strike on a home in Bureij, central Strip, moments ago.”
https://t.me/PalestineResist/83015
idk why the world pretends like diplomacy with the us empire is even a thing anymore. they havent followed a treaty or agreement since the inception of this vile settler colony. the US will not learn until it is forced to
Because they aren’t aware that the price of submission is greater than the price of resistance
What a fucking surprise.
Allegedly what caused this, which “Israel” claims is Hamas “violating” the ceasefire, is that Hamas were preparing an assault on Abu Shabab inside the “yellow line” and “Israeli” troops attacked to protect their collaborators. In other words, “Israel” violated the ceasefire and is claiming the opposite, as usual.
Israeli judges: if you keep this up we’re going to throw you in jai-- ah you’re killing more arabs than usual, nevermind.
ICC judges: if you keep this up we’re going to throw you in the hagu-- ah you’re pretending to kill less arabs than usual, nevermind.
Both sides have been fooled by this stupid shit for 2 years now.
Courts are truly just a play for the powerful
The reaction of the other “peace guarantors” will be important, though I doubt the US would have given the green light if they were worried about that.
Given that the UAE just bought occupied Palestinian land to build a “permanent embassy” to Israel, I don’t think they’ll be too fussed
Consistently the worst gulf state.
And that’s a tough competition
UAE materially backs the Abu Shabab gangs and ISIS militants inside the strip. They will be happy to hear that Israel is protecting their investments
I will not fed post. I will not fed post. I will not fed post.
Resistance statements:
“Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine: — War criminal Netanyahu deliberately seeks to blow up the ceasefire agreement and exploit Palestinian blood to serve his political and personal agendas.
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine affirms that the war criminal Benjamin Netanyahu, through escalating his criminal aggression against the Gaza Strip, seeks to blow up the ceasefire agreement and renege on his commitments.
The Front believes that Netanyahu’s aggressive escalation and the continuous violation of the ceasefire agreement by the occupation since the agreement came into effect reflect a premeditated intention to blow up the agreement, exploit Palestinian blood to achieve political and personal gains, ensure the cohesion of his fascist and Nazi government coalition, and keep the region on the verge of explosion, serving his political and personal agendas.
The Front calls upon the mediators and guarantors to assume their responsibilities and take urgent action to pressure the occupation government and curb the war criminal Netanyahu, to immediately stop the aggression, respect its commitments towards the ceasefire agreement, and cease targeting civilians and infrastructure in the Gaza Strip.”
https://t.me/PalestineResist/83016
“Civil Defense in Gaza:
– “The Israeli occupation violated the ceasefire by bombing central Gaza, Khan Yunis, and Rafah.”
– “We documented the killing of 15 Palestinians as a result of today’s Israeli aggression on the Strip.”
– “Mediators must intervene to stop Israel’s crimes and violations against civilians in the Strip.”
– “We recorded deliberate Israeli targeting of schools sheltering displaced people in the Strip.”“
https://t.me/thecradlemedia/44482
At this point the only thing that will likely help the Palestinian cause is the US economy collapsing, that can’t come soon enough.
We need an American 5th column asap
sorry too busy protesting against “kings” while waving the American Flag and “restoring democracy”
Looks like it’s just a public reminder to everyone that Israel can bomb if they want to, the ceasefire is back on (for now).
“both hands" sounds more natural here
I thought so, not sure why I went with bare
Can anyone provide a screenshot or another source? I can’t view this link.
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c2kpx7yyq9pt