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Those who were around in the early days of the news megathread may remember Pedro Castillo, the left-leaning leader of Peru who was deposed in December 2022. He was replaced by Dina Boluarte, the first woman to be President of Peru, who described herself as a progressive but afterwards routinely sided with Peruvian conservatives and American interests. To say she was unpopular is an understatement of titanic proportions - she descended to such lows that she was, at one point, the single most unpopular leader on the planet. As with most deeply unpopular leaders that side with the West, she kept power for a bafflingly long time.
However, on October 10th, after a period of protests against the government, she was impeached and removed by Peru’s Congress in a unanimous vote. José Jerí was sworn in as the new President, who was previously the President of the Congress and is a member of a centrist Peruvian party. The government is trying the classic strategy: keep doing the same thing as before, and sacrifice an unpopular figure - here, Boluarte - in the hopes that this appeases the crowd.
Is this strategy working? It doesn’t really seem to be - protests are not only continuing, but strengthening, as it is clear that neoliberalism will not reformed and the brutality by police will not stop (there was very recently a high-profile case in which a musician, Mauricio Ruiz, was murdered). Controversies surrounding Jerí, including allegations of SA, are already being reported. If Jerí is deposed, the next person in line to try their hand at ruling will be the former army general Roberto Chiabra, who would be the ninth President in less than a decade.
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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.
USDA announces SNAP benefits will not be issued in November
hmm seems mr trumpo once again very unhappy with russia (after talking with rutte seems like?) and sanctioning oil companies, mr. venezuela, don’t fuck this up
His truth social post about the US allowing Ukraine to use targeting data for Storm Shadow/SCALP-EG strikes into Russia is, very, Trump style.
That targeting data? Fake news! But, Ukraine can use the missiles however they want by the way, the US has nothing to do with it of course…
CW: Transphobia: Luigi Mangione claims he was beaten by seven ‘removed’ in Thailand months before CEO killing: report
if this is true shouldn’t the right be loving him for this(or I guess they would had he won)???edit: fox url had a slur in it that’s removed you can find it by searching ‘Luigi Mangione claims he was beaten by seven FOX’ on google
Apparently Ukraine has issues with its drones because of the market making a bunch of different drones/drone parts that aren’t necessarily mutually compatible, leading to chaos on the frontline among drone operators.
According to the same military blogger, Russia basically only makes one type of drone so they don’t have that issue.
I found this particularly interesting reading through this piece by the eventsinukraine substack so I thought I’d share it here:
Quote by the milblogger
There’s only one question — quality — and it’s pretty bad, because every FPV manufacturer is trying to get into this field.
But not every manufacturer understands that making drones is not the same as making optics, and as a result we have personnel who weren’t trained and weren’t provided with the necessary gear to service optics working with the attitude that if it only flies every other time — that’s already great.
Different manufacturers, different optics, different batteries, different kits — and that creates overall chaos, because each manufacturer requires specific equipment.
For example, at one position in my unit there are as many as nine ground stations and it’s just a fucking disaster when you’re constantly switching from one to another and, as a result, it all turns into a complete mess and the equipment gets ruined.
You won’t be surprised when I say who acts most sensibly here — the removeds [EIU - the standard term among Ukrainian militarists for the Russians], who in our experience in most cases use one type of drone with optics that everyone basically knows.
I understand we’re supposed to have a market, healthy competition, but for us that turns into a side effect where anyone and everyone rushes to the trough [a hint at corruption - EIU] and as a result we end up saturating the army with a bunch of useless drone models.
Radio gear is similar, but in optics this shows up most clearly because of the complexity of the design.
Ukraine and Sweden have signed a letter of intent for Ukraine to purchase 100-150 Saab Gripen E 4.5 generation fighter aircraft over the next 10-15 years.
Now currently only 13 Gripen Es exist (10 in Brazil, 3 in Sweden), and Sweden just accepted it’s first Gripen E into an operational fighter squadron yesterday. Saab also has about 120 aircraft on order from foreign customers. So the first Gripen Es for Ukraine are over 2-3 years away, and if a contact is signed, it will take a decade to complete. However, Ukraine could get between 10-12 older Gripen C aircraft as soon as 2026, as an introduction to the platform if the deal goes ahead.
Realistically Gripen is probably the best aircraft Ukraine can try get, and most suited to the war Ukraine is fighting. Ukraine’s not going to get F-35s, F/A-18E/F production is about to shut down, and F-15EX/Rafale/Eurofighters are too expensive. The only natural competitor is the F-16V Block 70/72, and Ukraine probably prefer Gripen, a platform designed for the very war Ukraine is fighting. Gripen is notable for its capability to operate from makeshift airbases, being quick to re-arm, refuel, and easy to maintain (for a fighter aircraft). Most notable for Ukraine is Gripen’s compatibility with the MBDA Meteor air to air missile, which has been in service with the Swedish Air Force for almost 10 years. Meteor is an active radar guided, ramjet powered beyond visual range air to air missile, with an estimated maximum range of over 110 nautical miles/200 kilometers. A joint program by European nations to counter Russian fighters or interceptors armed with R-33/R-37M type air to air missiles.
This is very much still up in the air; funding and Saab production capacity are major issues, considering Ukraine’s financial situation and the fact that only 13 Gripen Es currently exist. There’s a chance that the deal will fall through at some stage. But it shows that Ukraine intends to re arm it’s air force long term with advanced capabilities.
Ukrainian morale requires another shiny wunderwaffe to look forward to. I wonder if this was plan B if Russia drew a clear red line at Tomahawks.
Very hard to complete delivery over a 10-15 year period when the recipient state stops existing within that timespan.
I’m guessing this will be funded via confiscated RF funds. Paying Sweden with stolen reserves to build jets for Ukraine that will maybe get delivered eventually seems like just the thing to turn this whole conflict around.
Sarkozy got beat up in prison lmao. Guess how many people got beat up because of him? Prolly millions
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I look forward to an investigation that takes a few years and concludes that some Ukranians did it, specifically one V. Zelensky. No, that’s too obvious - make it Volodomyr Z.
Could you please source it? I couldn’t find a decent source
Slovakian is fine too
A bunch of pro-Russia and pro-Ukraine accounts are all linking to the same page (for different reasons), but it seems a bit sketchy, so I deleted it.
imagine Russia striking civilian boats in the Baltic, saying they are smugglers
even if they are drug traffickers, there was no due process, and drug trafficking is not a capital crime in the US
That is the level of hypocrisy we are living in right now
Even calling it hypocrisy is too generous, in that it implies that there’s any reasonable justification at all. They might as well be claiming that these boats are possessed by demons and the bombs are part of an exorcism ritual. The excuse is irrelevant, there just has to be an excuse because they need to put something in that box while filling out the form.
It’s very analogous to WMDs in Iraq. The reason Colin Powell went to the UN with his little bottle of talcum powder was partly to make the case for intervention, but also, maybe more importantly, to distract from the debate around whether the US intervention plan was justified even if everyone accepted their allegations at face value. They were lying about the WMDs, but they had already won a key messaging victory in implying that the issue was whether or not they had enough evidence of WMDs, and not whether invading Iraq would be an appropriate action in the first place.
The US is historically really good at controlling the framing of issues so that their agenda is advanced regardless. Talking about the legality or utility of these attacks can end up feeding into the idea that there is some set of circumstances where it makes sense for the US military to bomb unarmed civilian vessels, and that the debate is about whether Trump is being too aggressive, or whether the president has “permission” from congress. They shouldn’t be doing it at all! Period! Full stop! That’s the only response required here. Any further qualification only helps obfuscate that core issue.
These attacks are ultimately about showing contempt for anyone or anything that would get in the way of the US doing whatever it wants for whatever reason they choose. The surface-level rationale (in this case drug trafficking) is perfunctory.
Trump has said on numerous occasions since his first term he wanted to make drug dealing punishable with the death penalty, saying things like someone selling fentanyl causes so many deaths. It’s consistent with his reasoning and his base approves of it. This is what ‘American Exceptionalism’ really means I guess.
The US can’t burn and fucking die soon enough.
Los odio malparidos
Nazi dorks continue to terrorize Chicago. I remember someone posted a photo shoot of the guy with the white crew cut doing his best 1940’s nazi impressions, but googling variations of “ice nazi guy” simply aren’t narrow enough search terms to find this specific chud.
And not to give the impression that they’re just bumbling incompetent losers, I mean they are, but I am unfortunately still seeing daily reports of people being abducted, including entire landscaping crews and multiple people dragged from their cars.
Security forces investigating price gouging in Gaza’s markets
They also captured brand new ATVs and SUVs from Abu Shabab’s crew
brand new
Where the fuck did those come from
Obviously Israel/US but how did they come into Gaza
To be clear, “brand new” was me editorializing, but I haven’t seen an ATV in Gaza, much less one that looks that shiny . During the invasion, Israel was actively arming and supplying their collaborators, it just looks like they never got enough strength to actively attack the resistance using these vehicles
That shit is clearly brand new just look at the tires, they are practically clean and there’s zero mud on the back of the bike despite a lack of mudflaps.
This brings me back to my point, how the fuck did this get into gaza. The only possible way I can surmise is that it came in with the Israelis through their tank corridor.
Of course we all know this group is an Israel/US proxy group, but imagine believing these people are just some independent “rebels”, but then they always have the latest and fanciest gadgets and weapons, even stuff that they don’t really need and is just fun to have. Meanwhile, the people these “rebels” are fighting against struggle to get any new weapons. Hamas gets most of their explosives from unexploded US/Israeli bombs.
German Bild is reporting that VW might have to shut down production of popular models VW Golf and Tiguan within two weeks if they don’t find a replacement for Nexperia chips.
VW was already facing a $12 billion financing gap, that is why they wanted to keep as few of the chips in stock (we love “just in time inventory methods”, don’t we) to improve their cashflow.
Maybe they should disassemble washing machines and take the chips from there?
[edit] it looks like the original Bild article says “next week” for halt of production.
German Bild is reporting that VW might have to shut down production of popular models VW Golf and Tiguan within two weeks if they don’t find a replacement for Nexperia chips.
here’s the link for anyone looking
I really shouldn’t try to understand the EU liberal mind (especially fuckin redditors), but they were positively gloating last week “We showed those evil pilfering Chineeese”
Not a peep now, and it’s CNBC, not grayzone reporting
Greens hit 15% in latest polling
Polling conducted from 19/10/2024–20/10/2025, by YouGov
Photo: Zack Polanski of the Greens.
Polling results:
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(=) Reform – 26% [-1%]
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(=) Labour – 20% [=]
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(=) Conservatives – 17% [=]
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(↑1) Greens – 15% [+2%]
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(↓1) Lib Dems – 15% [-1%]
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(=) SNP – 4% [+1%]
is 
What if instead of the Greens we had the Reds
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The rumors are getting louder about a Russian crossing of the Dnieper into Kherson city. Previously there were some unverified reports of Russian soldiers on Karantynnyy island (blue circle). Now they have grown to encompass Korabel island (red circle).
Famous Russian VDV Telegram channel HersonEnot is posting drone videos, claiming a “mop up” operation is underway, though to my knowledge there is no hard evidence of the presence of Russian troops, so their claims should be taken with a big grain of salt.
Edit: Well, now we have (CW: drone strikes) proof from the Ukrainians that Russia did indeed attack Karantynnyy island, which validates the story somewhat.
Kherson is going to be a nightmare to take. There’s no way to encircle it, every single bridge between Kherson and Nikopol and Zaporizhzhia is down and it’s marshland to cross.
They’re going to have to obliterate the entire city with artillery in a slow and drawn out process.
Maybe if Russia can build a bridge at Kozatske they can move in but otherwise I think this is going to take months. The Antonivka bridge will be impossible to build as troops stationed in Kherson will have fire control over it.
Russian doctrine of late has been to threaten encirclement or even just sit along reinforcement routes to large settlements.
AFU can’t afford another Avdiivka or Kursk so even favourable positions are being abandoned if the threat of attrition draws close. Russia knows this and exploits it everywhere it can.
I’d be surprised if they went in without working along the flanks first. Maybe it was assumed resistance would be weaker if the city is deemed defensible? Idk I just watched a lot of hoi4 vids a few years back
The issue is that ALL of these locations require a breakthrough at one of them before any amount of working along the flanks can happen, and all of them are going to be dangerous river crossings with marshland, Kherson arguably has the least marshland of the three so maybe they’d go through there because it’s the easiest crossing to make despite the fact that the city is going to be the harder fight of the three.
Once one of them is broken all the others will go too though because the natural defence of the river will be gone.
Another shot in the arm for the Canadian EV industry, a boobie prize for assisting with the US auto industry
https://www.unifor.org/news/all-news/gm-bright-drop-cancellation-cami-latest-trump-policy-casualty
General Motors’ announcement that production of the BrightDrop electric delivery van will cease at the CAMI Assembly Plant in Ingersoll, Ontario is the latest casualty of the Trump administration’s dangerous and destabilizing auto policies.
GM has made no commitment on what comes next for the facility. CAMI remains a critical regional economic driver and was the centrepiece of a $1-billion retooling supported by federal and provincial investments.
BYD already makes electric buses in Canada, if the government could stop being a bunch of bootlickers and lower tariffs they could offset this with Chinese EVs. (They’re too cucked to do it though).
They wouldn’t lower the tariffs for any good reason, like making EVs cheaper for Canadian consumers or normalizing trade relations with the second-largest economy in the world, but they might bend to internal pressure from the agricultural sector if Chinese tariffs are on the table. The current government has to show some progress on something if it wants to stay in power. Realistically, Canada is going to have to have sane trade policies with at least one of China and the US, and fixing the US trade relationship isn’t something that this or any other government can do while Trump is in power (maybe not even after he leaves). Carney badly wants to avoid having to deal with China or the US, but Europe isn’t going to fill the gap, and he probably knows that. There are only so many moves that Canada can make, even with a staunch, principled commitment to being totally cucked.
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Ukraine launched cruise missile strikes within Russia’s internationally recognised borders using British-French made Storm Shadow/SCALP-EG cruise missiles, and posted such on their general staff twitter account.
On 21 October 2025, the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, in coordination with the Land Forces, the Navy, and other units of the Defence Forces of Ukraine, struck the Bryansk Chemical Plant.
A massive combined missile and air strike was carried out, including the use of air-launched Storm Shadow missiles, which successfully penetrated the Russian air defence system.
Strom Shadow/SCALP-EG is again being used for strikes on internationally recognised Russian territory, with Ukraine bragging about it publicly. Also there were more targets than just the chemical plant in Bryansk (a substation and ammunition depot were also targeted), so the statement is incorrect in it’s implication that just the chemical plant was targeted.
Oh nice we’re going to get some cool Oreshnik footage again
Probably not, there were ATACMS and Strom Shadow strikes on Russian territory last year, even after the use of Oreshnik. Oreshnik/RS-26 Rubezh is not a weapon of which there’s a huge “magazine capacity”. It’s an intermediate range ballistic missile that’s very expensive and time consuming to produce for the amount of damage done when using conventional warheads. It will be reserved to hit highly important targets in Europe in a possible NATO - Russia war, like large airbases. Ukraine doesn’t have targets that are worth firing another Oreshnik on, it’s more of a warning to Europe/NATO.
Oreshnik/RS-26 launch vehicle model on Lukashenko’s desk, plus satellite imagery.
We can have one Oreshnik, as a treat.
There’s no strategic value targets, but they should have copied the Americans in launching two in succession to scare their real opponents. Then again, it didn’t work then.
i mean, unless russia starts spamming notams for a month, and hits ukraine rada during some mobilization vote with oreshnik, i will continue thinking them unserious tbh. the advantage is the speed of the thingy, according to leaks ukraine was notified like 20 minutes before, and even then not knowing direction.
What’s the significance of this and does this change much?
Probably won’t change much. It’s significant because this type of cruise missile relies on targeting data and mission planning that Ukraine cannot perform itself, done with assistance by the UK and using satellite data from US satellites for terrain contour matching navigation. Russia made a big deal about the use of these weapons on Russian soil about a year ago, which led up to the use of the Russian Oreshnik/RS-26 Rubezh intermediate range ballistic missile against a manufacturing complex in Ukraine, with a cluster munitions warhead.
