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It takes very little effort to find an article from Western state propaganda decrying Daniel Ortega and the Sandinistas as authoritarian and rife with human rights abuses. This is the natural reaction the US has to any successful liberation movement. This fairly long report from Jason Cohen, a socialist who travelled to Nicaragua one week ago, should quell any suspicions.

He describes a country with high political consciousness among the masses, who are working to construct critical infrastructure for the country and their communities. There is a virtual education system that is free across the entire nation, which serves the dual goal of democratizing education and ensuring that those in rural areas or without much free time for university can still achieve degrees and a quality education; and these classes cover technical skills in the production of infrastructure and agriculture, but also political and ideological education in order to counter the fascist propaganda produced by imperialist nations abroad.

While Nicaragua is deeply invested in its nationality and national figures who led to their socialist revolution, such as Sandino, they are also immensely proud of their indigneous history, recognizing it as also part of their anti-colonial history which continues to the present day. Additionally, they honour the struggles of other nations on the continent, such as the Bolivarian Revolution in Venezuela, as well as Castro in Cuba and Allende in Chile. Countries around the world are also celebrated and admired, such as Burkina Faso; during the Reagan administration, Nicaragua and Burkina Faso were comrades in arms, and now Traore is continuing the legacy of Sankara's anti-imperialism in the present. Perhaps most relevant today is their dedication towards Palestine, involving the creation of the Parque Palestina (shown in the post image), in which the Palestinian flag flies alongside the flag of Nicaragua. In July, Leila Khaled of the PFLP gave a speech in Nicaragua, in which the solidarity of the two nations was highlighted.


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Israel-Palestine Conflict

If you have evidence of Israeli 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 Israel. In general, CW for footage of battles, explosions, dead people, and so on:

UNRWA daily-ish 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 (and has automated posting when the person running it goes to sleep).
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.

Various sources that are covering the Ukraine conflict are also covering the one in Palestine, like Rybar.

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.
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.


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[-] mkultrawide@hexbear.net 71 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

The Trump shooter was an unofficial recruiter for the Ukrainian foreign legion lmao

“Most of the Ukrainian authorities do not want these soldiers,” said Ryan Routh, head of the International Volunteer Center in Ukraine, a private organization which helps foreigners seeking to assist the war effort connect with military units and aid groups. “I have had partners meeting with [Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense] every week and still have not been able to get them to agree to issue one single visa.”

https://www.semafor.com/article/03/08/2023/ukraine-is-turning-down-hundreds-of-afghan-soldiers-who-want-to-join-its-war-effort

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[-] aaaaaaadjsf@hexbear.net 71 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Honestly I think a country, preferably a "neutral country" not currently at war or arming a side in the current major global conflicts in Ukraine-Russia and Palestine-Israel, should conduct a large scale nuclear test. It seems that people have forgotten how destructive these weapons are, or what a nuclear strike would mean. The world, and its leaders, especially the western leaders, need a reminder.

These western leaders keep pushing for long range strikes against Russia and have struck their early warning radars once (who have over 1500 currently armed nuclear weapons) and keep giving endless support to an openly genocidal Israeli state (research the Samson option). These people are playing with fire, and they need to be reminded that fire burns.

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[-] AssortedBiscuits@hexbear.net 71 points 2 months ago

Oops:
https://xcancel.com/MayadeenEnglish/status/1834854149843816564

A Sputnik correspondent reported that Russian soldiers have discovered a map of the US military base at Fort Irwin, which the US military forgot in one of its Bradley fighting vehicles that it transferred to #Ukraine and was later captured in the Kupyansk area.

Fort Irwin is one of the largest military training centers in the United States located in the Mojave desert in California, where soldiers train to operate armored vehicles as part of brigades.

Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, the United States has supplied Kiev with more than 300 Bradley vehicles.

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[-] plinky@hexbear.net 71 points 2 months ago

meanwhile in propaganda land, zionists can be arsed to say sorry for killing an american

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[-] Parzivus@hexbear.net 71 points 2 months ago
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[-] Monk3brain3@hexbear.net 70 points 2 months ago

Looks like it's 9-11 and it makes me wonder how much better would the world be if America fucked off. Imagine every right wing dip shit in almost every country in the world not having the backing of the world most powerful country.

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[-] weeen@hexbear.net 69 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/13/shooting-massachusetts-pro-israel-rally

One shot and another arrested after clash at Massachusetts pro-Israel rally

https://xcancel.com/LeiasLegacy84/status/1834546491978875171

The shooter, Scott Hayes of Framingham, has been harassing and trying to intimidate nonviolent anti-genocide protesters for nearly a year. A look at his social media:

[Photo of one of his tweets and him posting a picture of a gun]

(Apparently he's an Iraq war veteran?) https://xcancel.com/RashTheHorse/status/1834990231285559657

The shooter is also an Iraq War veteran. For all those braindead leftoids who think there's anything worth engaging in the fascist US military. "Bro 1917!!" There is no 1917. This is the Wehrmacht at 1941 in Babyn Yar. Complete fucking scum who should be viewed as the enemy.

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[-] bbnh69420@hexbear.net 69 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

🔴 Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine: — The Harris-Trump debate is a race to support the zionist genocide and both parties are panting over which of them is more loyal to the zionist entity.

full textThe last debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump comes to confirm once again that there is no difference between the Republican and Democratic parties regarding the Arab-zionist conflict and supporting the occupation and the genocide war against our Palestinian people. The two parties rushed to defend the "right of the zionist entity to defend itself", and competed to show which of them is more loyal to this entity.

While Harris, the Democratic Party candidate, outlined her vision of the conflict by adopting the misleading zionist narrative about the events of October 7, she continued to talk about her party leading the war on Gaza directly, and establishing a bridge to transfer weapons that contribute to the extermination of our people and the destruction of the Strip, and she also gave a blank check to continue supporting the occupation without conditions.

In contrast, the Republican Party candidate Trump expressed himself as the "permanent protector and savior" or "the awaited Messiah" of the zionist entity, stressing his readiness to provide all possible support.

These expected positions expressed by the two candidates in their full support for the zionist entity require the free voices inside America that support the cause of our people or reject the influence of the zionist lobby to use the ballot box as a means of pressuring the two parties to stop American sponsorship of the ongoing war of extermination in Gaza, and to struggle to bring about a radical change in American policy towards the zionist entity, despite the difficulty of that, at least in the near future.

What came in the debate between the candidates of the two American parties confirms that America remains America; the head of evil in the world and the sponsor of zionist terrorism, and there will be no change in the positions of the two parties unless the American public realizes that it is paying the price for the two parties' gambling with their future and privileges, and their squandering of tax money in favor of the zionist entity and their surrender to the will of the zionist lobby.

Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine Central Media Department September 11, 2024

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[-] ThomasMuentzner@hexbear.net 69 points 2 months ago
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[-] micnd90@hexbear.net 69 points 2 months ago

This is by far the cringiest election in our lifetime, just make it stop

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[-] Evilphd666@hexbear.net 69 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I"m glad I put myself in a booze / food coma before the debates. Sounds like it went exactly as expected with the two trying to out i-am-adolf-hitler each other.

....and I wake up to 3 more money demands from blue MAGA. More numbers to block...after I harass them at an inconvenient hour of the night of course, or convenient hour in Moscow.

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[-] moonlake@hexbear.net 69 points 2 months ago

Two airplanes crashed into the World Trade Center? Wow. I didn't know that, you're telling me for the first time. They led an amazing life. What else can you say? They were amazing buildings which led an amazing life. I'm actually sad to hear that. Thank you very much.

🎵 Blue jean baby,

L.A. lady

Seamstress for the band 🎵

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[-] Redcuban1959@hexbear.net 69 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Lula da Silva calls those who advocate privatization “imbeciles”.

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva called those who defend the privatization of Petrobras (Brazil's Oil Company) “a bunch of imbeciles” and said that the Car Wash operation, which revealed a huge corruption scheme at the state-owned company, was not aimed at arresting corrupt people, but at demoralizing the oil company in order to sell it.

In a speech during the inauguration ceremony of the Boaventura Energy Complex, in Itaboraí, in the metropolitan region of Rio de Janeiro, Lula also said that Petrobras is not just for generating profit, but also for providing services to society.

[-] carpoftruth@hexbear.net 68 points 2 months ago

Incredibly high grade cope here

Ukraine's fatal F-16 crash should scare Russia and China

First, with F-16s, Ukraine’s air force is becoming more aggressive and capable. Mes praised the F-16’s sophisticated avionics in an interview last November. "[The] F-16 is very maneuverable. It encourages you to pilot in an aggressive style,"

https://archive.is/VyNAX

In short, be afraid because F16s are so dope that pilots go mad with power when they fly them

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[-] AssortedBiscuits@hexbear.net 68 points 2 months ago

The side that has decriminalized desertion because desertion is ubiquitous is definitely the side that will win the war:
https://xcancel.com/BenjaminNorton/status/1832936718275678524

Ukraine is forcibly conscripting young men and pushing them into the meat grinder.

There is rampant insubordination and mass desertions. In just 4 months, 19000 soldiers deserted (probably even more).

The problem is now so common that Ukraine had to decriminalize desertion.

[-] CleverOleg@hexbear.net 68 points 2 months ago

The Electronic Intifada just received a 7 day ban for violating YouTube’s “community guidelines”. They were not able to do their weekly livestream today.

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[-] miz@hexbear.net 68 points 2 months ago

US–UK jets bomb girls’ school in Yemen, leaving several casualties | The Cradle

Airstrikes launched by US and UK fighter jets against Yemen on 10 September killed two girls and injured seven others at a school.

The girls’ school which was bombed is located in the Taaziya district of Yemen’s southwestern Taiz province.

“The school in the Al-Jund area was hit by two missiles from US and UK aircraft,” local sources told Al Mayadeen.

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[-] Wertheimer@hexbear.net 68 points 2 months ago

more than 68,000 public employees in Florida have lost their union representation - NOT because they voted to get rid of their unions, but because their union had low membership and didn't petition for a recertification election.

From here CW: some lesser evilism. But also some good lines:

There is a song… what’s it called? “Which Side Are You On.” Yeah. Look it up. It is not called “Watch Us Build a Coalition With Moderate Elements of the Coal Industry Who Are More Reasonable Than Sheriff J.H. Blair.”

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[-] Ideology@hexbear.net 68 points 2 months ago

Posting because this made me think of y'all. stalin-heart

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[-] mkultrawide@hexbear.net 68 points 2 months ago

People will say things like "azan America deserved 9/11," to which I must ask "smuglord Why are you celebrating the works of the Bush administration?"

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[-] Zascoco@hexbear.net 67 points 2 months ago

The only reason to check on American internal politics is to see how rotten and dysfunctional the empire is getting.

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[-] mkultrawide@hexbear.net 67 points 2 months ago

I like how Democrats have screeched for a decade about "stochastic terrorism", but you won't hear one peep about the links between them claiming he's the next Hitler and now a second attempt in a few months to dome his ass (no sympathy for Trump of course lol).

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Some more news from the front.

Russian forces have now liberated at least 10 Kursk oblast settlements over the past two days (Apanasovka, Byakhovo, Vishnevka, Viktorovka, Vnezapnoye, Gordeyevka, Krasnooktyabrskoye, Obukhovka, Snagost and 10th October): https://sputnikglobe.com/20240912/russian-army-ousts-ukrainian-troops-from-10-settlements-in-kursk-region-1120121317.html

President Putin also made an important statement today in response to all the NATO chatter about ‘long-range weapons for Kiev’:

“I have already mentioned this, and any experts will confirm, both in our country and in the West, that the Ukrainian army is not capable of [independently] carrying out strikes using Western modern, long-range precision systems. It cannot do this. This is possible only with the use of intelligence from satellites which Ukraine does not have. This data is only available from satellites of the European Union or the United States, in other words, from NATO satellites. That's the first point.

The second and very important, perhaps key point is that only NATO servicemen can make flight assignments to these missile systems. Ukrainian servicemen cannot do this.

So this is not about whether or not to allow the Ukrainian regime to strike Russia using these weapons, but about deciding whether or not NATO countries are directly involved in the military conflict or not. If such a decision is taken, it will mean nothing short of direct participation of NATO countries, the United States, European countries, in the war in Ukraine. This would constitute their direct participation, and this, of course, changes the very essence, the very nature of the conflict. It will mean that NATO countries, the United States and European countries, are at war with Russia. And if this is so, bearing in mind the change in the very nature of the conflict, we will make appropriate decisions based on the threats that will be posed to us.”

https://sputnikglobe.com/20240912/putin-natos-direct-involvement-in-ukrainian-conflict-will-mean-it-is-at-war-with-russia-1120123826.html

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[-] Torenico@hexbear.net 66 points 2 months ago

The H in Harris stands for "Hitler"

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[-] JamesConeZone@hexbear.net 66 points 2 months ago
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[-] OperationOgre@hexbear.net 65 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

How detached is the UN at its headquarters or its offices in the Global North from its agencies in the field like UNRWA? I find it unbelievable that Israel keeps killing UN staff in these bombings on Palestinians and somehow UN staff aren't revolting. I know the UN is exactly as toothed as its veto countries want it to be, but if my coworkers kept getting killed by my boss I don't think I'd be sitting on my hands

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[-] Wertheimer@hexbear.net 65 points 2 months ago

Europe, of all places, should know that one must imagine Sisyphus happy.

Europe’s ‘Reason for Being’ at Risk as Competitiveness Wanes, Report Warns

The challenge for the European Union is “existential,” Mario Draghi, a former president of the European Central Bank, said on Monday in Brussels. If Europe cannot effectively compete and, in turn, provide its people with security and prosperity, he said, “it will have lost its reason for being.”

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[-] Evilphd666@hexbear.net 65 points 2 months ago
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[-] Coolkidbozzy@hexbear.net 65 points 2 months ago

I think neither person won this debate so far

trump had a lot of good jokes, and it was revealed they're somehow both reincarnations of hitler

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[-] SoyViking@hexbear.net 64 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

The way western media are covering US relations to the illegal zionist entity is insane. Here are some examples of headlines from Danish government broadcaster DR:

  • September 10th: America demands changes after "Israel"'s army admits they probably killed activist
  • August 16th: Biden: We will meet next week with the purpose of making an agreement on a ceasefire in Gaza
  • August 15th: The White House confirms negotiations in Qatar: 'A promising start'
  • August 2nd: Biden: The killing of Hamas leader doesn't exactly help the ceasefire negotiations in Gaza
  • July 26th: Harris after meeting Netanyahu: 'What it's happening in Gaza is heartbreaking'

Western propaganda is making the US sound like a well-meaning humanitarian institution doing their gosh-darned best to stop the violence but those exotic middle easterners are just too unruly. The direct culpability of the US is only reported as something fringe activists are saying, if it is reported at all.

If your only knowledge about the genocide, occupation and apartheid in Palestine comes from sources like this, you are being profoundly disinformed about the situation. Not knowing anything at all would makes you less ignorant than what you get from reporting like this.

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[-] Evilphd666@hexbear.net 64 points 2 months ago
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[-] Boredom@hexbear.net 64 points 2 months ago

So apparently chuds stormed the Mexican senate, the question is whether the new president acts like Biden and wastes an opportunity or acts like Lula and uses this as an excuse to purge some federal agencies.

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[-] GVAGUY3@hexbear.net 64 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

They are really trying to try and divide the vote with Stein by pointing out she is Pro Assad. While I know a sizable chunk of the Arab diaspora here doesn't like Assad (at least in my experience), I don't think it will work because its purely a protest vote against the genocide in Gaza.

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[-] Wertheimer@hexbear.net 64 points 2 months ago

U.S. regulators claim they are not legally required to regulate toxic PFAS chemicals in sewage sludge spread on farmland across the country, according to a court filing the government made this week in response to a lawsuit from an environmental watchdog group.

Oh, okay.

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[-] HelltakerHomosexual@hexbear.net 63 points 2 months ago

tomorrow is the anniversary of everyone's favorite objectively funny planned demolition

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[-] companero@hexbear.net 63 points 2 months ago
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