There’s way too much going on right now for me to really focus on any one country this week. The aftermath of the fall of the Nepal government has, somewhat surprisingly, reverberated around the world, and not only in countries that are enemies to the West as you’d expect; for example, Morocco’s government battle fiercely with Egypt’s and Jordan’s to be first in line to lick the dogshit off the boots of Zionists, and yet Morocco is currently embroiled in a large protest wave based primarily around a youth unemployment crisis (though their population is also remarkably pro-Palestinian, which generates additional friction). We’re also seeing similar protests in Madagascar, Peru, and Paraguay, and perhaps more will come. I’m personally fairly doubtful in the potential for meaningful economic results from these protests (the current imperialist system seems too deeply embedded for a movement that isn’t explicitly communist and anti-imperialist to alter conditions), but it is quite possible for new political results at least.
Outside of the developing world, it appears that the unpopularity of western leaders, such as in the UK, France, and Italy, is creating new levels of unrest. In Britain, the political system has become so utterly moribund that even the artificial democracy of a two-party system (more-or-less; the Lib Dems do exist I suppose) no longer suffices, with both Conservatives and Labour gradually sinking. The Reform party appears like it may become the new standard-bearer of the capitalists and petit-bourgeois - that is, the historical wellspring of fascism - and the Left Party (whatever name they eventually choose) may or may not rise to meet the occasion. In France, they’re on their fifth Prime Minister in two years, after Lecornu lasted about a month, attempting the liberal classic: promising change, and then appointing the exact same people who have ruled for the last few decades. And pro-Palestinian protests and general strikes have erupted in Italy, in defiance of their rightwing government under Meloni.
While there’s plenty of other events (e.g. continuing aggression against Venezuela that might soon erupt into a war) it would be remise of me not to mention the very much ongoing events vis-a-vis Palestine and a potential peace deal there, seemingly supported to some degree by Trump. It could be legitimate, and it could be some big act (very likely the latter, IMO). Both Trump and Netanyahu seem to believe that they’re very talented political masterminds, producing manoeuvres and feints that would make Machiavelli blush. Nothing could be further from the truth, and I trust the militant organizations inside Palestine to outplay these American failsons. Hamas and similar groups are not nearly as gullible as the Iranian reformist faction - though few people are!
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The Zionist Entity's Genocide of Palestine
Sources on the fighting in Palestine against the temporary Zionist entity. 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.
I find it deeply sickening that after everything that’s happened over two years, people still treat the release of the hostages like it’s the fucking second coming. Hundreds of thousands are dead, who gives a shit about these two dozen people. Not the “Israelis”, they would never have started bombing if they did.
Writing up a summary of yesterday’s local elections in portugal for when the new mega drops, tldr: could be worse
Palestinian buses are moving from Gaza toward the “Kerem Shalom” crossing to transport Palestinian prisoners who will be released by the occupation.
Simultaneously, the resistance has released the names of 20 PoWs to be released and is preparing for handover in less than an hour
This channel is live streaming Al-Jazeera who have cameras at multiple locations. Despite the official ban on ceremonies at the release site, the brigades are there, announcing their commitment to the principles so long as israel is in compliance
Israel revises list of Palestinian prisoners slated for release: Report
Israel’s Haaretz is reporting that Israeli ministers have approved several changes to the list of Palestinian prisoners who are set to be released as part of the ceasefire deal.
The changes include the removal of a Palestinian who had been previously released and the addition of two others “who are not serving life sentences and are affiliated with Hamas”, the news outlet reported.
It said that seven minors were taken off the list and two women were added.
Overall, 1,718 Palestinian prisoners will be released instead of the previously agreed-upon 1,722, Haaretz added.
The report came as Israeli authorities warned Palestinians in the occupied West Bank against celebrating the release of their loved ones.
Hamas has meanwhile demanded the release of prominent Palestinian Marwan Barghouti, but it’s unclear if Israel will free him.
Absolutely disgusting country.
Peru’s new president, José Jerí Oré, used to follow numerous accounts that shared adult content . So far, he has unfollowed more than 300 accounts, just hours after taking office.
Peruvian president José Jerí on his X account: "The good women are seduced by love, care and respect for all the others there’s Mastercard ".
Peruvian president José Jerí on his X account: “The battles against women are the only ones that you win running. Napoleon I”
(CW: Sexual Assault): In January 2025, Jerí was formally accused of sexual assault following a New Year’s Eve party in Canta. The alleged incident took place at the Santa Rosa Casa Club in Quives on 29 December 2024, where Jerí was with a group of friends. Among the guests was Marco Antonio Cardoza Hurtado, who had arrived with a 31-year-old woman (the complainant) and another person. According to the complainant, she lost consciousness that afternoon and later woke up with pain in her intimate parts. The complaint identified both Jerí and Cardoza as suspects.
On 12 August 2025, the Public Prosecutor’s Office, now led by Tomás Gálvez, dismissed the case against Jerí for the alleged assault after determining there was insufficient evidence to proceed. It was also reported that Cardoza Hurtado, the other suspect, had left Peru for France on 4 February without notifying prosecutors and failed to appear for the collection of biological samples.
Looks like the “SDF” is on the verge of capitulating to the “HTS” regime in Damascus:
“The SDF will become a strong part of the new Syrian army. In the coming days, we, as the SDF command, will dispatch a delegation to the Syrian defense ministry in Damascus in order to implement the March 10 agreement. The process of SDF’s integration into the Syrian army will begin,” Abdi said.
Military Coup in Madagascar
“I give him my blessing,” the minister said of Pikulas at the ceremony in Antananarivo.
The elite CAPSAT army unit, which played a major role in a 2009 coup that first brought Rajoelina to power, joined forces with the youth-led demonstrators on Saturday.
Early on Sunday, the contingent claimed in a video statement that “from now on, all orders of the Malagasy army – whether land, air or [naval] – will originate from CAPSAT headquarters.”
The declaration came hours after the presidency accused unnamed forces of attempting to overthrow Rajoelina. In a statement, the presidency said “an attempted illegal and forcible seizure of power” was under way in the African nation, without providing details.
After the army ceremony in the capital, Pikulas admitted to journalists that events in Madagascar over the past few days had been “unpredictable”.
“So the army has a responsibility to restore calm and peace throughout Madagascar,” he said.
Asked about calls for Rajoelina to resign, he said he refused to “discuss politics within a military facility”.
‘Do not obey orders’
On Saturday, military personnel from CAPSAT had urged their comrades to stop following orders and instead back the youth-led uprising.
“We have become boot lickers,” some members of the unit said in a video posted on social media. “We have chosen to submit and execute orders, even illegal ones, instead of protecting the population and their property.”
“Do not obey orders from your superiors. Point your weapons at those who order you to fire on your comrades in arms because they will not take care of our families if we die,” they said.
CAPSAT Colonel Michael Randrianirina said his unit’s decision to join the protesters did not amount to a coup. “We answered the people’s calls, but it wasn’t a coup d’etat,” he told reporters.
Prime Minister Ruphin Fortunat Zafisambo, a military general appointed after Rajoelina dismissed his predecessor under pressure from demonstrators, said the government was “fully ready to listen and engage in dialogue with all factions – youth, unions or the military”.
Separately, the country’s Senate announced in a statement that Senate President General Richard Ravalomanana – a close ally of Rajoelina’s – had been removed from office, citing “the current political situation in Madagascar and in response to the Malagasy people’s aspirations for stability, justice, and transparent governance.”
People on the streets of Antananarivo were pleased about the announcement, said Al Jazeera’s Fahmida Miller, reporting from the city’s Independence Square on Sunday.
“People here say that his dismissal is important because it could mean that Andry Rajoelina could leave office. We don’t know if that’s the case; it could be that the Senate is trying to appease Malagasies who have been out protesting on the streets,” she said, but added that this in addition to CAPSAT coming out in support of the protesters has given many hope.
“What we can say is that Madagascar is in crisis,” Miller said. “[But] people here are optimistic that there is change coming. They call it a revolution. People here have given Andry Rajoelina one day to leave office … They are demanding that he leave office, they are also demanding that he apologise for the people who have been killed [by security forces].”
Madagascar’s army has a long history of intervening in politics during crises. Since independence from France in 1960, it has backed or led several power shifts, including coups in the 1970s and in 2009, when it helped oust President Marc Ravalomanana and bring Antananarivo’s reformist mayor, Rajoelina, to power.
Though the military has stayed mostly in the background in recent years, it remains an influential force in the country’s often fragile political landscape.
https://t.me/PalestineResist/82661
🚨 Resistance security forces completed two successful operations against collaborator and outlaw militias in the #Gaza Strip.
The first mission targeted a criminal militia in Al-Sabra neighborhood in Gaza City, where security forces seized control of the area before killing and arresting dozens of militants. Sources in Gaza confirmed that the group had refused to surrender themselves to security forces in exchange for amnesty.
The second mission targeted a militia in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip. Over 58 members of the militia were arrested following intense clashes. One member, confirmed to be a spy for the occupation, was executed.
Beginning tomorrow, internal security forces in Gaza will open a weeklong window for outlaw militants to surrender themselves in exchange for amnesty.
Unconfirmed rumors that Hamas has captured Yasser Abu Shabab. I will post any follow up information I see.
This feels ominous idk
“Fair and immediate retribution against traitors and collaborators in public squares and arenas is a popular will that does not accept compromise or delay.
It is a duty, not just a demand.
The time has come to cleanse the land and eradicate treason forever… O Allah, heal the hearts of the believing people “
“ Execution of the Sentence Against Collaborator Ahmed Tarabin: Eliminating the Head of Recruitment
With utmost firmness and force, the death sentence against senior collaborator Ahmed Zidan Tarabin was carried out in the southern Gaza Strip a short while ago.
Tarabin was one of the most prominent members of the Abu Shabab militia, and his primary mission was to recruit collaborators and instill treason among our people during the war. He was also an active and key member of the so-called Preventive Security Service of the defunct Fatah Authority, which has no place in the Gaza Strip.
This measure is not merely a sentence; it is a decisive and necessary purge to eradicate espionage and recruitment, and to confirm that the fate of every traitor and collaborator is deterrent and immediate punishment.”
“Large quantities of flour and aid were found in the neighborhoods of the Daghmash family, related to the looting of human aid trucks and the large-scale famine that was caused by the Zionist-backed armed groups, in addition to a large quantity of weapons, ammo, and civilian possessions that had probably been looted from houses by force”
Hamas accuses Israel of ‘manipulating’ list of prisoners to be freed
Hamas senior official Ghazi Hamad tells Al Jazeera that Israel is not playing fair with the list of Palestinian prisoners it agreed to free in exchange for captives held in Gaza.
“The occupation is manipulating the lists of prisoners and even evading the Americans,” Hamad said.
About 250 prisoners serving life sentences are expected to be released on Monday along with 1,500 others detained in Gaza since the war began.
Hamas has demanded the release of prominent Palestinian Marwan Barghouti, but it’s unclear if Israel will free him.
Hamas has allegedly released the first batch of 9 prisoners to the Red Cross. Now we wait and see
https://t.me/PalestineResist/82662
This has since been denied by the Red Cross
Hamas political bureau member Mohammed Nazzal to Al-Jazeera:
“We have not yet received the final lists of Palestinian prisoners expected to be released.
The occupation is maneuvering and tampering with the agreement, both in terms of the numbers and names of Palestinian prisoners.
The negotiation battle is still raging, and we will not allow the occupation to evade its responsibilities according to the agreement.
The final formula for the release of the “israeli” captives depends on the fate of the ongoing negotiations.
Netanyahu informed the mediators that he does not want to release a “new Sinwar” from prisons, as part of his evasion of the agreement’s terms.
The resistance is ready for any treachery on the part of the occupation.
Handing over the resistance’s weapons is linked to the establishment of an independent Palestinian state.
We will not attend the signing of the agreement tomorrow in Sharm El Sheikh.”
“Israelis” are already talking about a “secret clause” in the ceasefire that would allow them to resume if not all hostages and bodies are returned within 72 hours. The “Israeli” supreme court is refusing to publish the contents of this alleged “clause” due to “security concerns”.
You can already see them getting ready to continue at the first opportunity. Disgusting freaks.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/12/tony-blair-wins-nod-from-palestine-authority-for-role-in-postwar-gaza really not beating the collaborators allegations
“Gazan journalist Saleh Jafarawi was kidnapped and killed with 7 bullets from point-blank by a collaborator militia of the Daghmash family
The son of Hamas leader Basem Naim was also shot in the head, in critical condition
"The last messages of the martyred journalist Saleh Al-Jaafrawi, after the announcement of the ceasefire:
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“It will take you a million years to break the will of the Palestinian people, and you will not break it.”
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“I am very upset about the situation and the huge scale of destruction, and about the tens of thousands of martyrs and their families, but we are a people who love life and deserve it, and people have started rebuilding even before the official rebuilding of Gaza started.”
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“Thank you to every person, entity, or nation, thank you to everyone who stood with our people, especially during the war.”
For over 700 days, Saleh survived a genocide while carrying out his heroic work, only to be martyred at the hands of collaborators“
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