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Image is sourced from this Economist article.

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

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 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.


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[–] LoveYourself@hexbear.net 64 points 3 days ago (5 children)

❗️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.

(Cradle TG)

[–] ghosts@hexbear.net 45 points 3 days ago

Can you imagine if it really was strategic ambiguity and they literally didn't have any? A man can dream lathe-of-heaven

[–] miz@hexbear.net 30 points 3 days ago (1 children)

why is this a news story, even if it's true? it's better if the zionists do not know about the leak

[–] Crucible@hexbear.net 31 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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'

[–] Jabril@hexbear.net 34 points 3 days ago

Also adds more reason for division and suspicion within zio ranks

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[–] TankieTanuki@hexbear.net 48 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

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]...~~ ironicat Edit: He just posted. sicko-wistful

His normal post volume is about fifteen per day.

[–] Coolkidbozzy@hexbear.net 29 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Hit with the drone that makes you log off. May we all be so lucky

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ALL EYES ON THE MADLEEN. ALL EYES ON THE FREEDOM FLOTILLA. FREE PALESTINE

[–] MelaniaTrump@hexbear.net 59 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

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.

[–] Redcuban1959@hexbear.net 45 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Trump said the country's authorities would conduct an assessment of government contracts that were awarded to billionaire Elon Musk's companies.

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[–] QuillcrestFalconer@hexbear.net 100 points 4 days ago (8 children)

he-admit-it

Absolutely unreal.

Right in front of the German chancellor Trump claims credit for ending Nord Stream 2, and suggests part of the calculus was to replace Russia as Germany's gas supplier: nitter.poast.org/MyLordBebo/status/1930…

"I'm the one who ended Nord Stream 2, going to a place called Germany, come to think of it. I'm sorry I did that. I ended Nord Stream 2, nobody else did. And then when Biden came in he immediately approved it... And by the way we have so much oil and gas you will not be able to buy it all."

You quite literally have the American president claiming credit for the largest act of sabotage of Europe's strategic infrastructure since WW2, and you can bet 100% it won't even be a story in EU media.

https://xcancel.com/RnaudBertrand/status/1930853215010251184

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[–] Z_Poster365@hexbear.net 66 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (8 children)

CW: Police violence, implied gore

https://old.reddit.com/r/EyesOnIce/comments/1l58962/video_service_employees_international_union_seiu/

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-06-06/seiu-president-david-huerta-injured-arrested-during-l-a-ice-raids

Forgive the reddit link but I can't find any other video of this. Youtube doesn't allow violence and none of the news sites are showing the video.

The president of SEIU California, the largest union in California, was assaulted and hospitalized by ICE while allegedly blocking their vehicle. He was also tazed. He's now being detained by ICE for allegedly "obstructing federal officers". waow-based

This is a pretty middle of the road Democratic Party loyalist trade union, but they are good on immigrant rights at least. Hope they, and other unions, will get more directly involved in the fight now.

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[–] la_tasalana_intissari_mata@hexbear.net 51 points 3 days ago (3 children)
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