Image is from the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists’ recent article on Kashmir.
It looks like the spat between India and Pakistan could be dying down, due to a new ceasefire. As of the time of me writing this paragraph, it seems both sides want to maintain it (despite some reports of violations here and there).
Both sides have declared victory, which is completely expected given their mutual political parties and nationalist histories. It’s a little harder to say which side has actually won, as both sides seem to have managed to shoot down aircraft and hit military bases. India has, in my opinion, had the more embarrassing moments, but international conflicts aren’t cringe compilations. I feel no good-will towards Pakistan’s comprador government, but it is at least nice to see Modi knocked down a few pegs. Regardless of the final technical victor, it’s obvious that - if the ceasefire is maintained - who won are the hundreds of millions of people who won’t have to live in fear of dying in nuclear hellfire.
This conflict is a good example of what multipolarity will truly entail. Countries that have been previously limited in their nationalist ambitions by American pressure will now take opportunities to revolt, sometimes against America itself, and sometimes against other countries in their regional neighbourhood. It’s also why, as communists, our goals do not stop at multipolarity; it is merely the establishing act of a new era of agitation against peripheral and semi-peripheral capitalist countries that are forming powerful national bourgeoisie classes as the international American capitalists are forced away.
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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.
Russian negotiators in Istanbul today stated that Kiev regime occupation forces must leave the four regions that already voted to join the Russian Federation (i.e. the Donetsk and Lugansk people’s republics and Zaporozhye and Kherson oblasts) otherwise four new additional regions will join also (presumably Odessa, Nikolayev, Dnepropetrovsk, and Kharkov): https://x.com/M_Simonyan/status/1923384537112789260
Plus, a little combat footage for today.
Russian drone operator hunts for his prey: https://odysee.com/@Support4Z:b/📽️-A-🇬🇧-🇫🇷,--Watch-with-respect-and-admire-the-dedication-and-patience:8
Russian soldier shoots down two Kiev regime drones: https://news-pravda.com/world/2025/05/16/1336335.html
Update on the United States Air Force Strategic Bomber Task Force deployments: A further 3 B-2A Spirit stealth bombers have headed back to the United States, following the bilateral ceasefire between the USA and Yemen, which excludes Israel. There are no more B-2s currently forward deployed. However, a squadron of at least 4 F-15E Strike Eagles has been deployed to Diego Garcia, and more are on their way at this time. Although they are not strategic bombers, 1 F-15E can carry 5 JASSM stealth cruise missiles, allowing for a squadron of 4 F-15Es to replicate the role of 1 B-52. F-15Es can also act as combat air patrol aircraft to protect the island from any surface or aerial threats (boats and UAVs). This leaves 4 B-52s at Diego Garcia, and at least four F-15Es. The F-15s are a noticable deployment, with the dual capability of carrying out strikes and defending the island.
There are now a total of 8 United States Air Force Strategic Bombers forward deployed, along with at least 4 F-15Es:
Stationed at Diego Garcia:
- 4x B-52H Stratofortress bombers.
- 4x F-15E Strike Eagle aircraft at least, equipped with 5 JASSMs in this picture (1 on each wing, 1 on each aft station, and one barely visible on the centerline of the aircraft).
Stationed in Japan: - 4x B-1B Lancer supersonic swing wing bombers.
This means that the maximum JASSM conventional cruise missile salvo per sortie from bombers and strike fighters deployed at Diego Garcia is now 100 JASSMs, and the maximum AGM-86 nuclear cruise missile salvo remains at 80 missiles.
The maximum JASSM or LRASM (anti ship version of JASSM) conventional cruise missile salvo per sortie from bombers deployed at Japan remains at 96 missiles.
- 4x B-52H Stratofortress bombers.
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The audio also appears to validate Hur’s assertion that jurors in a trial likely would have viewed Biden as “a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory.” Partly based on that determination, Hur decided not to prosecute Biden for improper possession of classified documents, angering Republicans because Trump was facing charges in his own classified document scandal then. Democrats and Biden’s White House blasted Hur for his observations about Biden. They repeatedly insisted he was “sharp” and that Hur was politically motivated. But the audio from the six hours of interviews indicates he and co-counsel Marc Krickbaum were respectful and friendly.
Story has been making rounds that Ukrainians were outraged when Russia negotiators said that Ukrainian soldiers must leave the four new Russian regions as part of ceasefire, to which the Moscow delegation replied “Next time it will be five.”
Now, our reporter in Istanbul got to ask the Russian side how it really went down:
“We didn’t say five. We said eight.”
The ukrainian national that tried to burn down Kid Starver’s house was charged with arson
https://www.politico.eu/article/ukrainian-man-charged-arson-after-fire-keir-starmers-house/
I don’t know enough about the UK to know how they handle terrorism charges. Does charging this guy with arson mean he’s not getting charged with terrorism? Presumably it’s because Ukrainians are honorarily white and so thus don’t have the shallow brainpan necessary for terrorism (read:
) but maybe there’s some legal difference I’m not aware ofUC Berkeley is using COVID as an excuse to crush free expression at tomorrows graduation “oh poor high school seniors, please don’t bring up how the commencement speaker is a Zionist CEO”
What will Hamas be receiving in return for listenening to its Qatari comprador allies and releasing Edam Alexander without any actual concrete concessions up front? Per DropSite News, a one way trip to America’s premier slave market:
BREAKING: The Trump administration is working on a plan to permanently relocate up to 1 million Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to Libya, according to a report by NBC News, citing five sources with knowledge of the effort, including two people they said with direct knowledge, and a former U.S. official.
Key Details:
➤ The plan is being seriously considered and has been discussed with Libyan leadership. In exchange, the U.S. would potentially unfreeze billions of dollars in Libyan assets.
➤ Israel is aware of the discussions. Senior Hamas official, Dr. Basem Naim, said that Hamas was not aware of any discussions. No final agreement has been reached, NBC reports and the State Department and National Security Council declined comment.
➤ Libya, still divided between rival governments, is struggling with war and instability. The U.S. currently warns against travel due to “crime, terrorism, kidnapping, and armed conflict.”
➤ Plans include possible financial incentives like free housing or stipends to encourage voluntary departure—but it’s unclear how many Palestinians would agree.
➤ Transport options being considered include airlifts, sea routes, and land convoys, all of which pose major logistical hurdles. Gaza lacks an airport, and Israel may not permit overland travel to Egypt.
➤ The U.S. has also reportedly considered Syria under its new post-Assad leadership as a potential resettlement site.
➤ Trump previously said Palestinians would need to be relocated so the U.S. could “take over” and rebuild Gaza as a “Riviera of the Middle East.” He added: “I don’t think people should be going back to Gaza.”
➤ The proposal for ethnically cleansing Gaza has faced intense pushback from Arab allies and members of Congress.
https://x.com/DropSiteNews/status/1923479173903024601
https://xcancel.com/DropSiteNews/status/1923479173903024601
Also, with regards to:
The proposal for ethnically cleansing Gaza has faced intense pushback from Arab allies
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but with MBS’ head photoshopped on?“China Drops to No. 3 Holder of Treasuries, Falling Behind UK” per Bloomberg.
This data is only as of March, so it stands to reason China might have sold off more Treasuries in the April and May turmoil we’ve seen in US bond markets post-“Liberation Day.” China is now down to $765 billion in US Treasury holdings (plus a few more billion through Belgian custodial accounts), down from over $1 trillion as of 2020 with no signs of slowing down. Full figures can be seen here: https://ticdata.treasury.gov/resource-center/data-chart-center/tic/Documents/slt_table3.html
Will be very interested to see where things stand post-April though, those figures will be very interesting.
“The eight-fold path” “The six realms of samsara” “The four noble truths”
Damn, Buddhists love their listicles don’t they?
At this point dropping a nuke on tel-aviv would be morally justified
Hamas Says Witkoff Personally Promised to Lift Gaza Blockade in Exchange for Edan Alexander | Drop Site News
The U.S. immediately broke the deal, senior Hamas official Basem Naim tells Drop Site. “They threw it in the trash” and there has been “zero” progress on a Gaza ceasefire.
Israeli media is reporting that the first phase of “Operations Gideon’s Chariots”, the Israeli plan to militarily occupy the entire Gaza strip (yes, the entire territory of Gaza), has already begun, and will continue in the coming days if no ceasefire is reached with Hamas during negotiations in Doha.
This is extremely bleak…
tel-aviv delenda estUnfortunately I must make one of these posts again.
Israeli airstrikes have restated on Yemen, following the launch of multiple ballistic missiles from Yemen towards Israel over the past week. So far, there have been multiple airstrikes on two ports: Hodeidah and Al-Salif. Israel says 10 aircraft and dozens of bombs were used for these strikes, and that they’ll attempt to assassinate Abdul Malik Al-Houthi (the leader of the Ansarallah/Houthi movement) if ballistic missile attacks on Israel continue.
Again, it must be noted that the type of airstrikes Israel are likely carrying out now (stand in bombings with 4th generation non stealth aircraft) would not be possible without the actions of the US Navy and Air Force beforehand during their 50+ day campaign. My thoughts on the situation and the US - Yemen seperate bilateral ceasefire.
This image has been shared many times already, including by western aligned accounts, so it’s not hidden information:
Warning for potential graphic imagery during ongoing airstrikes:
