There’s way too much going on right now for me to really focus on any one country this week. The aftermath of the fall of the Nepal government has, somewhat surprisingly, reverberated around the world, and not only in countries that are enemies to the West as you’d expect; for example, Morocco’s government battle fiercely with Egypt’s and Jordan’s to be first in line to lick the dogshit off the boots of Zionists, and yet Morocco is currently embroiled in a large protest wave based primarily around a youth unemployment crisis (though their population is also remarkably pro-Palestinian, which generates additional friction). We’re also seeing similar protests in Madagascar, Peru, and Paraguay, and perhaps more will come. I’m personally fairly doubtful in the potential for meaningful economic results from these protests (the current imperialist system seems too deeply embedded for a movement that isn’t explicitly communist and anti-imperialist to alter conditions), but it is quite possible for new political results at least.
Outside of the developing world, it appears that the unpopularity of western leaders, such as in the UK, France, and Italy, is creating new levels of unrest. In Britain, the political system has become so utterly moribund that even the artificial democracy of a two-party system (more-or-less; the Lib Dems do exist I suppose) no longer suffices, with both Conservatives and Labour gradually sinking. The Reform party appears like it may become the new standard-bearer of the capitalists and petit-bourgeois - that is, the historical wellspring of fascism - and the Left Party (whatever name they eventually choose) may or may not rise to meet the occasion. In France, they’re on their fifth Prime Minister in two years, after Lecornu lasted about a month, attempting the liberal classic: promising change, and then appointing the exact same people who have ruled for the last few decades. And pro-Palestinian protests and general strikes have erupted in Italy, in defiance of their rightwing government under Meloni.
While there’s plenty of other events (e.g. continuing aggression against Venezuela that might soon erupt into a war) it would be remise of me not to mention the very much ongoing events vis-a-vis Palestine and a potential peace deal there, seemingly supported to some degree by Trump. It could be legitimate, and it could be some big act (very likely the latter, IMO). Both Trump and Netanyahu seem to believe that they’re very talented political masterminds, producing manoeuvres and feints that would make Machiavelli blush. Nothing could be further from the truth, and I trust the militant organizations inside Palestine to outplay these American failsons. Hamas and similar groups are not nearly as gullible as the Iranian reformist faction - though few people are!
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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.
The Presidential plane of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro landed today (10/12) in Cuba on an unplanned trip. Meanwhile, tensions remain high, with Venezuela expecting a US attack at any moment. Venezuela is conducting air raid drills with the civilian population in various regions of the country. This simulation is taking place amid escalating tensions, with the Venezuelan government expecting an attack from the United States at any moment.
- Telegram
https://x.com/EventsUkraine/status/1977363528995438624
Interesting assertion of what the front lines look like on the Ukraine front.
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1/ Infantry and armor is under greater pressure than ever
The Ukrainian army has had to move logistics (fuel etc) 40-50km away from the line of contact
2/ Defensive lines don’t exist anymore
Because of Ukrainian infantry deficiencies, there are simply burrows occupied by tiny groups of troops
With a distance of 300m to a kilometer between defensive positions
3/ As a result, Russian troops can often simply bypass Ukrainian troops to enter cities
Sometimes, Russian troops can even get so far as to attack Ukrainian artillery crews
4/ Sometimes, Russians set up their positions at one end of a captured chain of trenches, while Ukrainians hold positions at the other end.
‘Single burrows are hastily dug depressions in the ground’, as Ukrainian media reports
5/ The Ukrainian strategy is for drone dominance of the air to form ‘kill zones’ that Russia can’t advance through
But as Ukrainian commander Stanislav Buniatov of the Aidar batallion writes, these kill zones are rarely achieved - Russia advances
6/ https://eventsinukraine.substack.com/p/frontline-chaos
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So what this is reading according to this account’s take is that Ukraine had been bled white through slow attrition, attempts to plaster over holes in defenses caused by shortages of manpower through drone defenses fall short due to both manpower and equipment shortages. The author asserts the only way to reinforce the areas Russian forces are pressing into is only by the reallocation of human resources from other defensive fronts which in turn further weakens them as well.
Should this be true, the only alternative at this point for Ukraine is to either further sacrifice their future by lowering the age of conscription from where it currently sits at 25 years old or to sue for peace and try to salvage what it can from recognizing russia’s claims over its lost territories.
Ukraine may be hoping that with the ceasefire deal in the Levant may free up more resources to be allocated its direction, but they really should be fully prepared to snuff those hopes out in addition to the possibility of being cut completely loose by the west should the United States pursue the unthinkable yet again and attempt to invade Venezuela.
“Hebrew Channel Seven:
Heavy exchange of fire between Hamas and armed militias (supported by Israel) in the Rafah area without Israeli intervention
Is it possible, #Yasser_Abu_Shabak 🤔”
Yasser Abu Shabak is so funny I’m actually mad I didn’t make this joke
Here is the thing, revolutionary action is always a net positive as it will always result in some kind of improvement. There might be other areas where things go backwards but unless these are counter revolutions, they will result in some improvements.
man my “For You” page on Twitter really is a sight to behold currently.
90% Just Zionist screaming Insanly & 10% Americans fantasising how they gonna Punish Schina.
Until 2022 China imported 95% of its helium and most of it was controlled by the US. Of the world’s ten largest helium producers, four were American companies, and the remaining six all used American technology.
spoiler
In a nutshell what he’s explaining is that with helium the US had an even stronger card to play if China ever used the rare earths card.
This raised huge alarm bells inside China. In an article published in late 2022 in the journal Frontiers in Environmental Science (https://frontiersin.org/journals/environmental-science/articles/10.3389/fenvs.2022.1028471/full), several researchers from PetroChina’s Beijing-based Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration and Development stressed that China would be greatly affected if the US imposed a “stranglehold” blockade on helium exports.
China’s research ecosystem also went into overdrive to find solutions to the helium dependency issues, with China’s Academy of Sciences awarding its annual 2024 “Outstanding Science and Technology Achievement Prize” to a new helium extraction technology project (https://english.casad.cas.cn/newsroom/nc/202502/t20250228_902739.html) because “these scientific and engineering achievements broke the long-standing monopoly of the US and ensured the security of China’s helium resources” (https://guancha.cn/internation/2024_10_15_751771.shtml)
The result: by the end of 2024 China had cut its helium dependence on the US to less than 5% (https://scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3282295/china-quietly-extracting-itself-us-helium-stranglehold-experts-say).
After Afganistan unilaterally declared military action against Pakistan over last night, it does not seem that Pakistan has accepted such an offer. Multiple daytime airstrikes today by Pakistan on what they say are Taliban positions.
We now they’re rescinding the firings of those CDC people. Call it an error. This admin
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/health/cdc-layoffs-measles.htmlThousands laid off in CDC but RFK. This will be a disaster https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/cdc-rfk-jr-shutdown-layoffs-goal-rcna237035
US General Mike Flynn, Trump’s former security advisor, says “Cuba is next” after the Central American country expresses support for Venezuela.
- Telegram
Russia released info on three recently eliminated Western mercenaries:
https://www.rt.com/russia/626222-rt-names-killed-foreign-mercenaries-ukraine/
4 members of the Qatari delegation in Egypt were killed in a car accident 👁️
Pakistani-Afghan Conflict Update:
Pakistani and Afghan troops clash on the border. The Taliban claims that several Pakistani army soldiers have abandoned their posts on the border.
There are already major conflicts on the border between the two countries, and the Pakistanis are retreating from their defensive positions, even leaving the bodies of dead soldiers behind. The situation has escalated rapidly, with the Taliban already sending reinforcements to the border, including armored vehicles.
The Pakistan Air Force is already operating in the border region, carrying out bombing missions. According to preliminary sources, the Afghan Taliban has simultaneously attacked the entire Pakistani border, with at least six combat fronts active at this time.
The Pakistani Army is firing guided rockets at Afghan Taliban and Al-Qaeda positions in Dandi Pathan. The Taliban displays a small amount of weapons captured from Pakistani soldiers who abandoned their defensive positions and fled amid armed conflict on the Afghan-Pakistani border.
According to Afghan media, Afghan special forces soldiers infiltrated Pakistani territory during the early hours of the morning, carrying out surprise attacks behind the border’s defensive lines. The Pakistani Air Force is bombing government facilities inside Afghanistan.
A “leaked” email, posted an hour ago on a forum, allegedly reveals an agreement made on October 8 between India and Afghanistan to send Indian military and intelligence trainers to assist in a future “two-front war.”
The leak includes the coordinates of five Indian Army captains who are reportedly staying in Shashdarak, Kabul, a high-security area that hosts foreign officials and personnel, along with their emails and service numbers.
If true, this could explain the sudden visit of Afghanistan’s Foreign Minister to India and marks an important red line, suggesting direct Indian military involvement in future operations.
- Telegram
Hamas flags raised by masked individuals in the town of Na’lin, west of Ramallah
Look who showed up
West Bank Context
West Bank Erupts Amid Pre-Ceasefire Tension
Israeli forces have launched widespread raids across the occupied West Bank, targeting homes of prisoners set to be released under the Gaza ceasefire deal. In Yatta and Beit Umra, south of Hebron, soldiers warned families against holding celebrations or raising Palestinian flags.
A young man was reportedly shot during the Yatta raids, while troops detained and abused several others, including relatives of prisoner Taleb Mukhammara. Meanwhile, settlers stormed Bedouin areas east of Ramallah, and Israeli forces carried out simultaneous incursions into multiple towns — Na’lin, Silwad, Beit Furik, Deir al-Hatab, and Hawara — seizing vehicles and making arrests.
Despite the crackdown, masked men in Na’lin raised Hamas flags in tribute to Gaza’s resistance, and crowds in multiple areas marched to honor recent martyrs killed by settlers.
@Partisan_en | Martiya
TLDR: occupiers are scared that the prisoner release could embolden resistance forces in the west bank, so they’re cracking down on any celebrations or public displays of support for the resistance. At the moment they’re raiding the houses of soon-to-be released prisoners’ families in and around Jenin, Tulkarem, Nablus, and Ramallah. The sun has come up and raids are continuing in Tubas
G*mer article from 17 years ago:
Chavez fears Mercenaries 2 as imperialist psyops … somewhere, an eagle smiles
What is shocking (and hilarious, and possibly chilling depending on your political slant) is Chavez’ reasoning behind his distrust of the gringos at Pandemic. Here’s a quote from one of his lackeys:
“I think the US government knows how to prepare campaigns of psychological terror so they can make things happen later.”
So … by allowing a games company within our country to develop a game loosely based on fictional scenarios, the government is creating an army of teens who will one day overthrow the Chavez regime in a quest to unlock the “Despot Deposed” Achievement?
(Subtext: I’d continue railing against Chavez’ paranoia, but that last sentence is probably more clever than anything else I’ll come up with today, so let’s just end there. — Nex)
Fun fact: Being a snot-nosed Mercenaries 1 fan eagerly awaiting the sequel was the first time I had ever heard about Hugo Chávez.
