A reminder that as the US continues to threaten countries around the world, fedposting is to be very much avoided (even with qualifiers like “in Minecraft”) and comments containing it will be removed.

Image is of a Quds Day march in Bandar Abbas, Iran.

It now seems likely that, very soon, the US and the Zionists will attempt to bomb Iran. Compared to the buildup to the Iraq War, the stated goals of such a move are being kept a little more generalized - some say the point is to overthrow the government for “humanitarian” purposes (others are more honest and want to partition Iran into a dozen powerless statelets). Some people instead say the point is to get rid of the ballistic missile program, which is synonymous with outright surrender, as no matter the deal, bombers would be en route within 10 minutes of the last batch being handed over.

Still others say that the goal is to destroy the Iranian nuclear program, which, as the thread title implies, is now in a bizarre propaganda superposition: it is apparently simultaneously true to the Trump administration that the US obliterated the nuclear facilities and set back Iran’s nuclear program years, if not decades, but also that Iran is mere days away from finishing a nuke and a new round of bombing is urgently required. This obviously casts newfound doubts on how effective US weapons even are at penetrating Iran’s underground facilities (though it doesn’t necessarily mean they didn’t breach them, as Iran was almost certainly moving nuclear material out of Fordow and other sites in the days before the Twelve Day War). The sheer quantity of US anti-air defense equipment they’re shifting into position also casts doubts on whether Iran’s air defense was mostly destroyed during that conflict, as those who assert that the Zionists had total air supremacy over Iran seem to be implying.

I’m not a military guy, and so I have no novel insights on how such a war is likely to go, nor do I feel confident predicting either side’s victory. I’m looking at most of the same sources that you’re all looking at. Some confidently boast of the total destruction of Iran’s air defense within hours, allowing US planes to fly directly over Iranian cities and drop bombs en masse; others cast doubts on whether this will ever occur, and say that the US’s limited supply of Tomahawk missiles is the only major firepower they will be able to safely unleash. Some say this war will last mere days before state collapse; others say months, maybe even years. I have no idea.

I do at least feel somewhat bolstered by the fact that Russia and China finally appear to be pouring in meaningful information and matériel to help Iran this time around, though of course, one can still debate whether it’s enough. I feel like we are at the culmination of decades of war planning by both the US and Iran, and the result could have deep ramifications indeed.

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The Zionist Entity's Genocide of Palestine

If you have evidence of Zionist crimes and atrocities that you wish to preserve, there is a thread here in which to do so.

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 the Zionists’ 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.

Mirrors of Telegram channels that have been erased by Zionist censorship.

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.

  • Redcuban1959 [any]@hexbear.netMEnglish
    65·
    2 days ago

    Cuba and Venezuela Reaffirm Historic Solidarity in Geneva - Telesur English

    Article

    Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez and his Venezuelan counterpart Yvan Gil met in Geneva to reaffirm historic solidarity and coordinate a joint stance against U.S. sanctions and regional challenges. Within the framework of the 61st session of the UN Human Rights Council, the Foreign Ministers Bruno Rodriguez of Cuba and Yvan Gil of Venezuela held a meeting to reaffirm the bonds of historic solidarity and consolidate a common position in the face of regional challenges.

    During the diplomatic exchange held this Monday, February 23, the Foreign Ministers highlighted the political will to deepen existing cooperation mechanisms, in a context marked by recent U.S. sanctions against both nations.

    On January 29, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order imposing additional tariffs on imports from countries that supply oil to Cuba.

    The Cuban Foreign Minister denounced this measure before the UN, while the Venezuelan Government rejected it and described it as “absurd to consider the island a threat to U.S. national security.”

    In a statement issued on January 30, Caracas expressed that the unilateral measure seeks to “limit or condition the exchange of goods and services, as well as the freedom of states to sovereignly decide their trading partners.”

    The statement refers to the fact that, within the framework of warmongering and hegemonic actions by the United States, on January 3, military forces bombed Caracas and areas of the states of Aragua, Miranda, and La Guaira. These events left more than 100 dead, including 32 Cuban combatants, and a greater number wounded.

    This military attack of Venezuelan territory intensified with the kidnapping of President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, the First Combatant Cilia Flores, who were kidnapped and taken to the United States, where they remain imprisoned in a maximum-security prison in New York.

    During his stay in Geneva, the Cuban Foreign Minister also held a meeting with the UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres. “We agree on the importance of strengthening international cooperation as a solution to present and future global challenges”, Rodriguez stated in an official publication.

    The diplomat added: “We expressed our concern about the accelerated global geostrategic reconfiguration, based on the U.S. doctrine of imposing peace through force, and its immediate impact on countries of the Global South and on international peace, security, and stability.”

    The bilateral meeting reflects the diplomatic coordination between Cuba and Venezuela in multilateral forums to confront unilateral measures and defend the principles of sovereignty and non-interference. Both Governments maintain their commitment to regional integration and dialogue as ways to address common challenges.

    • oliveoil [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
      32·
      1 day ago

      No no, we have to be dooooomers. Accuse Delcy of being a compradooooor.

      Everything is ooooover. The capitalists won. Life is ooooover. Trump’s one-day 5D chess is genius. Nothing beats empire.

      When Israel attacks Iran again, we have to doooooom.

      • 3rdWorldCommieCat [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
        35·
        1 day ago

        Don’t you know? Global South country with a metaphorical and even literal gun pointed to it’s head that doesn’t automatically do everything a white leftist in the imperial core who does not engage in any irl stuff to defeat the empire and spread socialism in their own backyard says to do is automatically a traitor to the revolution, no nuance allowed!