Just a reminder: the ceasefire only comes into effect on the 19th of January officially, this Sunday. There have been videos of Hamas fighters coming out from underground (so far it all seems like reposts of the same single video, but there may be more in the coming hours and days), and reports of Israeli massacres in Gaza within the past hour. If you see recent videos of Hamas fighters on social media, do not repost or share them! At least until the 19th. This is critically important for OPSEC reasons and the safety of Palestinians. I am not trying to put a damper on the situation or being a downer, i know OPSEC sucks at times, but this is very important. It's only one video for now.
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The imperial core is continuing the process of self-cannibalization as the interimperial wars between Europe and the US over resource and territorial control continue. Greenland, populated with less than a hundred thousand heavily exploited people, is the newest territory to fall under Trump's gaze. The main draw is the mineral resources present there, of which it boasts nickel, copper, cobalt, and platinum, and much more than remains unexplored under the ice. But the ice is melting, and profit must be made. There is an additional element of wanting Arctic territory to counter Chinese and especially Russian interests and aims; Russia is increasingly eyeing the northern Arctic route as an alternative to more vulnerable routes through the Suez Canal or around Africa, and is investing heavily in icebreakers for that purpose.
However, even if Europe possessed the desire to resist American annexations - and they absolutely do not, at the end of the day - they do not even have the ability. Denmark may, to a lesser or greater extent, make angry sounds and talk about national honour or some such, but their military would be trampled underfoot by even the New York Police Department, let alone a concerted military effort by the US. If Trump wants Greenland, he will have it. This will naturally increase the grumbling in Europe about reconsidering the Transatlantic alliance, and that grumbling may, in the medium-term future, as the American Empire continues its decline, lead to meaningful results. But in the short term, Europe shall have to bear whatever Trump throws at them, for they obviously cannot now ally with Russia, who was the natural counterweight to American interests for decades before 2022.
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English-language twitter account that collates news.
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English-language (with some Arab retweets) Twitter account based in Lebanon. - Telegram is @IbnRiad.
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English-language Twitter account in the same group as the previous two. - Telegram here.
English-language PalestineResist telegram channel.
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Examples of Ukrainian Nazis and fascists
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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.
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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.
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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.
If hamas guys are posting videos on social media do you think the idf needs leftist to signal boost them to see them?
What's the opsec here? Maybe I'm missing something
The videos weren't from Hamas themselves, but people on the ground. It seems as if they sent one group of fighters with one car to make a public appearance after the ceasefire announcement, so I don't think we'll get any more, but there is a possibility. It's more of a general statement that the ceasefire is not active yet, and to take precautions. Some people might think that it's already in force right now, but that is not the case. The Israeli military is absolutely sadistic enough to use this current situation to continue their bombings right up until the final minute, we saw that in Lebanon. The next few days could get really bad. I know it sounds like I'm trying to pour cold water over everything, but I'm really not. I'm just trying to provide a warning and information.
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/01/14/tech/rednote-china-popularity-us-tiktok-ban-intl-hnk/index.html
Within the span of two days, more than 700,000 new users have joined Xiaohongshu, Reuters reported, citing a person close to the company. CNN has reached out to Xiaohongshu for comment.
As of Wednesday, the hashtag “TikTok refugee” had garnered nearly 250 million views and over 5.5 million comments. Many of the American users they had joined as an act of defiance against Washington’s move on TikTok.
“Our government is out of their minds if they think we’re going to stand for this TikTok ban,” a user called Heather Roberts said in a video message on Xiaohongshu, which has garnered more than 45,000 likes. “We’re just going to a new Chinese app, and here we are.”
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So, why would Trump care about a ceasefire? What are his interests here?
It’s a major PR win for him if he “solves” the “Middle East issue” even by just sweeping it under the rug until it bursts forth again
Yea as happy as I am to see a ceasefire, I feel like this changes the narrative for normies by alot. It's easier to radicalize people when they think both sides don't support them, but people who were solely pro-palestine might see this as Trump actually being on their side. This is all because the Biden administration were genocidal maniacs so anything less in comparison looks saintly. Regardless of what Trump's interest actually are people will just apply whatever narrative they like.
We know even with the ceasefire that American imperialism in the middle east will not end with Trump (I'd be shocked) and I have been wondering what's the proper way to continue radicalizing people without being insensitive.
Yeah he's trying to do the whole Ronald Reagan peace through strength stuff, getting the hostages back so Trump can have his moment in the spotlight.
Not looking weak
I think i understand what you mean, but would you be willing to elaborate for me?
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Giving Bibi his payback for being the first world leader to congratulate Biden for his 2020 win.
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Did they ever let Reagan on TV when his brain reached this level of pudding?
Honestly, I'm a little surprised that Trump told Bibi to fuck off. I thought he was going to do that with Elon or Milei first.
(Lib meme because Biden actually wanted the war to continue but still found it funny)
as the embodiment of TV, Trump is a skilled showman and knows how to manipulate this situation to look strong. and as stupid and illiterate as he is, he understands that it's the USA that has by far the dominant position in the relationship
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alpha tier: yemen, pal action, paragliders and hezbollah the only blessed people of this horror show (and like one hundred draft dodgers in pisrael i guess) (+ 4 (?) brave self-immolation protests in the belly of the beast)
sigma-tier: mena mcdonalds and coca cola sales, turkey oil business, british and american war criminals, germans in general, syria, those fucking dnc ghouls and leftists advocating voting for democrats in amerikkka
also don't forget that boycott is a minimal decade-long commitment for any human bean
So, did Biden just tried to take all the credit for the peace deal? He didn't do shit to help the peace deal, he could have literally done nothing, but he kept sending ammo, weapons, supporting everything tha POS Bibi motherfucker wanted, and no one inside that demonic government said anything about it, Kamala could have told Biden to fuck off, she wouldn't stand for it, but no, she was too busy trying to win votes from the far right people who want to kill her and hanging out with mass murderers and war criminals.
It's amazing how bad liberals political instincts have gotten. In the Obama era they were actually capable of doing stuff and having their finger on the pulse of what people are feeling and global affairs. Now liberals are just wrong about everything. What happened to "Trump is going to be worse about Gaza". Liberals make anyone else look like geniuses by comparison, even someone as stupid and foolish as Trump. They managed to lose to him twice, even losing the popular vote the second time! And I know this is petty, but I hope all the "pro Palestine" celebrities who jumped on the Democrat and Joe Biden/Kamala Harris train get what they deserve. I had to listen to their nonsense for months and I'm not even American! I'd honestly prefer just straight up chud American celebrities, at least they're honest about their views. Wolf vs the fox and all that.
Even in the Obama era they were mainly blundering into the right positions. The only reason they could tout "we legalized gay marriage" was because Biden gaffed it into being. It wasn't a calculated position.
Democrats have triangulated that the most effective political strategy is to remind people of the president of the local HOA.
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is it foolish to dream that china will help the reconstruction of gaza? If anyone is capable of rebuilding urban sprawl its china, but would that be too active of a role to play for them?
China has fully surrendered the Middle East, I'm usually optimistic about China but when it comes MENA they're a reactionary and complicit force
Most of the Middle East, minus the Axis, is complicit as well
Palestine can only get metaphorical support when it is useful for countries to use it as a moral baton. countries around the world kicked the ladder for the Palestinians once they achieved their autonomy
Not touching middle east is sane position tbh, they are 80% usa lapdogs, you can't change that with any goodwill building, most i hope for is some educational outreach for chinese universities
WANA has too many regional and global powers (US, Russia, Iran, Turkey, Saudi Arabia) vying for power and influence within that region. China doesn't have any real connection to the region outside of the PFLP way back in the day. It's not like Africa where China has had decade long relationships with various countries.
But there isn't any Chinese neutrality on that front, China is trading billions with those compradors, that's why I say they're a reactionary force in MENA specifically
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is it foolish to dream that china will help the reconstruction of gaza?
pretty much. yes. China has business interests in Israel especially in construction. They partially own a port in Haifa.
China has nothing to offer to the Palestinians.
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