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Most of the information in this preamble is from the Cradle; notably here, here, here, and here.
The features of an effective American war (proxy or otherwise) is that it is a) against opponents with much less military power than you; b) with very low American losses; c) with victories you can visibly show off from time to time to justify involvement, and d) with a profit margin beyond merely giving money to military corporations. The war against Yemen was none of those; airplanes tumbled off aircraft carriers, and the navy complained of the hardest fighting conditions in decades. Conquering Yemen for its resources was inconceivable given the terrain, lack of good intelligence, and the strength of Ansarallah, and all that seemed to be visibly harmed were empty patches of desert and civilians.
Apparently, the ceasefire last month merely stipulated that they stop attacking merchant vessels in the Red Sea; it said nothing about attacking Israel. Therefore, Yemen is absolutely free to create a new blockade of Israel by just striking their airports and seaports, and all Israel can seem to do is try and bomb them in retaliation, a futile strategy which has failed to produce a military or political change in Yemen for the last decade when many other countries have tried it. And if America directly attacks them in response to attacks on Israel, the ceasefire is off, and expensive equipment will continue to be lost.
Across the strait from Yemen is an interesting array of countries. Egypt's position in this war is well-known, and Somalia is under a kind of US occupation under the guise of fighting terrorism (Trump withdrew most troops, but they were then sent back under Biden). The other three are Sudan, Djibouti, and Eritrea. All three are increasingly being drawn into the anti-imperialist camp, as they cooperate with Iran, Russia, and/or China. Sudan is undergoing a civil war, but the rebels fighting the government are famously backed by the UAE. Djibouti has refused to allow themselves to be a launchpad for US strikes on Yemen.
Eritrea has a fascinating history of flip-flopping between West and East over the past few decades, but has, since 2020, sided with the East. It was one of the five countries to oppose the 2022 UN resolution condemning Russia's war with Ukraine. Eritrea sends two thirds of its exports to China, and Iran has reportedly supplied them with military equipment. If a stronger link could be reforged, then Iran would have significantly less trouble sending military technology to Ansarallah, and to other friendly groups throughout the region.
Naturally, the lidless eye of the imperial core is shifting its gaze onto Eritrea. Meanwhile, Ethiopia - a country that has experienced frequent conflict with Eritrea - is part of BRICS+ and their economy is increasingly reliant on China (as is most countries' economies nowadays). If a permanent resolution between the two could be created, it would be a victory for themselves and the Resistance, and a defeat for America, which thrives on conflict and destabilization.
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Israel-Palestine Conflict
Sources on the fighting in Palestine against Israel. 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.
Harvard author Steven Pinker appears on podcast linked to scientific racism
I still remember when I worked for a company that took on contracts with the USAF and the CEO defended it to upset employees by telling them to read “Better Angels of Our Nature” 
Bit late, but did ya hear that the modern Ukrainian nazi government was mad at Poland for publically remembering how their people were genocided by ww2 Ukrainian nazis? They decided to say no Ukrainians did a genocide against their silly Polish neighbors and the Ukrainian national heroes that are celebrated by the Ukrainian government has had their honor tarnished by the Perfidious Polish Sejm, and that the Poles need to remember the true enemy - who didn't genocide them with impunity for their nazi German masters - the Russians
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine considers the decision of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland to establish 11 July as a Day of Remembrance for the victims of the so-called “genocide committed by the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) and the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) in the eastern territories of the Second Polish Republic” to fly in the face of the spirit of good neighbourly relations between Ukraine and Poland.
Such unilateral steps do not contribute to achieving mutual understanding and reconciliation, which our countries have been working on for a long time, particularly in the format of the Joint Ukrainian-Polish Working Group on Historical Issues, which operates with the participation of the ministries of culture and national memory institutions from both countries.
Ukraine consistently advocates for a scientific and unbiased study of the complex pages of our shared history. We are convinced that the path to true reconciliation lies through dialogue, mutual respect and joint work by historians, rather than through unilateral political assessments.
We urge the Polish side to refrain from steps that could lead to increased tension in bilateral relations and undermine the achievements gained through constructive dialogue and cooperation between Ukraine and Poland.
Despite the bias and political context of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland's decision, we continue to conduct search and exhumation work in Ukraine and Poland, respectively. We have already achieved practical results in this area, which should be developed further in the future.
Once again, we remind you that Poles should not look for enemies among Ukrainians, and Ukrainians should not look for enemies among Poles. We have a common enemy – Russia.
For the sake of the common strength, freedom and security of our two friendly countries, we must resolve problematic issues together, rather than exacerbating them.
Libs will defend this overt display of Holocaust denial
Straight-up “the Judeo-Bolsheviks are inventing lies about the ubermensch” original unadulterated 100% pure Nazi Holocaust denial
Fuck off, goddamn I hate these Nazis.
"So called genocide" lol straight up Holocaust Denial by 
LMAO
ABC: Zelenskyy says Russian drivers 'didn't know anything' about role in audacious drone attack
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the Russian truck drivers who transported what would become platforms for Ukraine's large-scale surprise drone attack on Russian warplanes a week ago did so unwittingly.
Literally caught in 4K admitting to a cut-and-dry war crime on US national TV. He didn't even leave any wiggle room for himself.
And of course, Western media is jerking him off for violating the Geneva Convention.
Western press has been talking about how big of an L this is for Russia. True, it's very embarrassing. However, it doesn't change the fact that Russia still controls 20% of Ukrainian territory.
That is not the case with India-Pakistan "war", where India lost multiple fighter jets and gained nothing.
I am not that familiar with the Geneva convention what is the war crime and violation of the convention here? Using unwitting truck drivers ?
Using unmarked civilian vehicles for military purposes is a violation, because it encourages the targeting of uninvolved civilians. Even if the drivers were aware or were military personnel it would be a violation, but this is essentially using civilian human shields without their knowledge.
And then strangling the human shields with a zip tie
Thanks
It is prohibited to kill, injure or capture an adversary by resort to perfidy. Acts inviting the confidence of an adversary to lead him to believe that he is entitled to, or is obliged to accord, protection under the rules of international law applicable in armed conflict, with intent to betray that confidence, shall constitute perfidy. The following acts are examples of perfidy:
- The feigning of an intent to negotiate under a flag of truce or of a surrender;
- The feigning of an incapacitation by wounds or sickness;
- The feigning of civilian, non-combatant status; and
- The feigning of protected status by the use of signs, emblems or uniforms of the United Nations or of neutral or other States not Parties to the conflict.
https://www.ohchr.org/en/instruments-mechanisms/instruments/protocol-additional-geneva-conventions-12-august-1949-and (Article 37)
Ukraine invited the confidence of Russia to accord protection to the civilian drivers, with the intent to betray that confidence. I guess if you wanted to do mental gymnastics, you could say that Ukraine didn't kill, injure, or capture anyone, but the attacks were big enough that I'm sure Russia could find someone who was "injured".
How does that happen? Like do truck drivers not take 1 look in the trunk to see what they're carrying?
The drones were hidden in false roofs.
They appeared to be cabinets and furniture. Then a false panel opened up to release the drones.
It would have been very unlikely for them to inspect basic cargo so closely.
If you are just tuning in, wide ranging immigration raids in Los Angeles yesterday faced backlash from dozens of protestors, with police responding with crowd control such as flashbangs and tear gas. A summary and video of the violent arrest of SEIU president David Huerta can be seen here courtesy of Z_Poster365.
Brief clip from AP news showing conflict between cops and the people during the response:
Police and protesters clash outside federal detention center in LA after ICE raids
One thing you can see in this clip is a technique for neutralizing a tear gas grenade at 0:55. A demonstrator puts a traffic cone over the grenade and pours a bottle of water into the top. Several of the police in the shield line are wearing plain-clothes with riot gear over. It's a bit funny to see them jump and get startled by their own flashbang at 0:23+.
The fear that is clearly visible among even the kitted out troops in these clips shows they were likely not expecting such intense resistance from regular people, or they are untrained chuds that can't handle the terror that strikes them when the fantasy of crushing dissent becomes reality and the people massively outnumber you. There are completely average looking people, even elderly, throwing objects and screaming at the goons as they back off. The more these clips come out, the more people are becoming incensed. Even on Reddit comments the majority seem to be aligning with the idea that these nazis need to be stopped.
It was interesting to compare the front pages of a couple major news outlets after what was somewhat intense unrest involving a significant number of people. AP News is probably seen as less biased either right or left by most USians, but their right-wing bias is clear when you compare the major headlines with others. Here's the AP front page when viewed on my PC a minute ago:
Compare to Reuters:
The only full article from AP I could find about the violence had this headline: Federal authorities arrest dozens for immigration violations across Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES (AP) — After federal immigration authorities arrested more than 40 people Friday across Los Angeles, protesters gathered outside a federal detention center demanding their release before police in riot gear tossed tear gas canisters to disperse the crowd.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers executed search warrants at multiple locations, including outside a clothing warehouse where a tense scene unfolded as a crowd tried to block agents from driving away. Sirens blared as protesters surrounded black SUVs and tactical vehicles. Officers threw flash bangs into the street to disperse people as they shouted and filmed the scene with their cell phones. One demonstrator tried to physically stop a vehicle from leaving.
"One demonstrator tried to physically stop a vehicle", what happened after that? They were partially ran over, as well as a bicycle and nearly it's rider while the ICE vehicle escaped, that wasn't relevant information according to AP. I haven't found any update on their condition, but from what I could tell on the helicopter footage before they quickly cut away they were being helped up by others so it didn't appear they were severely or gravely injured.
Forty-four people were arrested on immigration violations across multiple locations, said Yasmeen Pitts O’Keefe, a spokesperson for Homeland Security Investigations. The president of SEIU California, a major labor union, was arrested and charged for impeding a federal agent while protesting, the U.S. Attorney’s office said.
Can't bother mentioning a labor leaders name I suppose (David Huerta), or the fact that he was injured and sent to the hospital from the arrest. They don't mention that the charges will most likely be dropped because he was not actually impeding anyone and was acting as an observer, but I suppose that would be editorializing anyway.
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said the activity was meant to “sow terror” in the nation’s second-largest city.
The video coverage from Reuters is a decent summary, they even have a close up on the face and visible name of one of the nazis named "Bruner". The AP videos had no commentary and made sure to obscure the police actions, but had some clear clips of protesters faces and actions. Reuters seemed to avoid filming faces of those protesting, purposely filming from a low angle.
Reuters: Riot police, anti-ICE protesters square off in Los Angeles after raids
LOS ANGELES, June 6 (Reuters) - Helmeted police in riot gear turned out on Friday evening in a tense confrontation with protesters in downtown Los Angeles, after a day of federal immigration raids in which dozens of people across the city were reported to be taken into custody.
Live Reuters video showed Los Angeles Police Department officers lined up on a downtown street wielding batons and what appeared to be tear gas rifles, facing off with demonstrators after authorities had ordered crowds of protesters to disperse around nightfall.
Early in the standoff, some protesters hurled chunks of broken concrete toward officers, and police responded by firing volleys of tear gas and pepper spray. Police also fired "flash-bang" concussion rounds. It was not clear whether there were any immediate arrests.
An LAPD spokesperson, Drake Madison, told Reuters that police on the scene had declared an unlawful assembly, meaning that those who failed to leave the area were subject to arrest. Television news footage earlier in the day showed caravans of unmarked military-style vehicles and vans loaded with uniformed federal agents streaming through Los Angeles streets as part of the immigration enforcement operation.
Thnaks for writing this up. I was hoping someone would mention it in this thread or the news comm. It's. A huge signal of escalating revolutionary tensions/conditions imo. I had 2020 vibes seeing some of these pictures and videos.
That's precisely why I did, I don't normally but I was getting impatient waiting for someone to post about it haha. But yes I haven't seen this sort of impromptu escalation since 2020, and I can't imagine it's going to slow down soon, especially in LA. A reporter from NBC said there were an estimated one million undocumented people living or working in LA county. If the government is serious about their crackdown I could see a sustained campaign in some cities.
It drives me absolutely nuts that the AP has this bizarre reputation for neutrality. They’re one of the most right wing media organizations I know of. Like, their reporting is barely distinguishable from Breitbart half the time, and they also hide the names of their reporters a lot of the time.
Adolf Press
Feels like things are about to pop off tbh. Pictures coming out of LA from last night give major summer 2020 vibes. Fuck the pigs.
Last time I saw those hogs with those guns was May 2020. Now that they know they need LAPD to conduct these raids (failure in Boyle Heights), I predict tensions escalating dramatically
You love to see it folks. Thanks for the right up, very informative.
A Russian missile took out a bunker^[https://xcancel.com/mog_russEN/status/1931248908283355191] in Kiev yesterday.
~~Zelenskyy hasn't posted in over 21 hours^[https://xcancel.com/ZelenskyyUa]...~~ 
Edit: He just posted. 
His normal post volume is about fifteen per day.
Hit with the drone that makes you log off. May we all be so lucky
The dream
❗️Iran obtains massive trove of highly sensitive Israeli documents —
Iran’s intelligence agencies have acquired a large cache of highly sensitive and strategic documents from the Israeli regime, including thousands of files pertaining to its nuclear infrastructure and plans.
According to sources cited by the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), the breach marks one of the most significant setbacks for Israel.
The sources explained that while the operation to secure the documents was carried out some time ago, the extensive volume of material and the need to ensure its secure transfer into Iran required a period of complete secrecy.
They added that the sheer quantity of documents, along with accompanying photos and videos, has required a considerable amount of time to review and analyze.
Can you imagine if it really was strategic ambiguity and they literally didn't have any? A man can dream 
including thousands of files pertaining to its nuclear infrastructure and plans
Immediate strikes. Disable their nuclear capabilities.
why is this a news story, even if it's true? it's better if the zionists do not know about the leak
There's been some rumour Trump has been the only one holding the IDF back from hitting Iranian nuclear facilities recently- this might act as a deterrent by saying 'we know where your facilities are and if you hit ours we'll hit yours back'
Also adds more reason for division and suspicion within zio ranks
ALL EYES ON THE MADLEEN. ALL EYES ON THE FREEDOM FLOTILLA. FREE PALESTINE
Trump said the country's authorities would conduct an assessment of government contracts that were awarded to billionaire Elon Musk's companies.
Greatest economic system on earth and its valuation swings by trillions of dollars whenever two billionaires say mean things to each other on Twitter. Okay.
About what you’d expect from a country that can’t even feed, house, clothe, or provide basic medical care for itself.