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Friendly reminder: when commenting about a news event, especially something that just happened, please provide a source of some kind. While ideally this would be on nitter or archived, any source is preferable to none at all given.

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 daily-ish 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 (and has automated posting when the person running it goes to sleep).
Arab-language twitter account with videos and images of fighting.
English-language (with some Arab retweets) Twitter account based in Lebanon.
English-language Palestinian Twitter account which reports on news from the Resistance Axis.

English-language PalestineResist telegram channel.
More telegram channels here for those interested.

Various sources that are covering the Ukraine conflict are also covering the one in Palestine, like Rybar.


The Country of the Week is still Palestine, though we will switch next week to a new country.


Here is the map of the Ukraine conflict, courtesy of Wikipedia.

The weekly (biweekly?) update is here.

Links and Stuff

The bulletins site is down.

Examples of Ukrainian Nazis and fascists

Examples of racism/euro-centrism during the Russia-Ukraine conflict

Add to the above list if you can.


Resources For Understanding The War


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.

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.


Telegram Channels

Again, CW for anti-LGBT and racist, sexist, etc speech, as well as combat footage.

Pro-Russian

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

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.


Last week's discussion post.


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    The transcript of the latest Geopolitical Economy Hour: Multipolarity: China, Russia, Israel, India, and the difficult birth of a new world. Both some hope and doom in there.MH

    Copper producers warn of lack of mines to meet demand for metalFT
    China launches Global AI Governance Initiative, offering an open approach in contrast to US blockadeGT
    China elected to UN Human Rights Council as Russia’s bid is rejectedSCMP
    Belt and Road summit: Xi pledges investment, promises to open Chinese marketsPW
    China marks decade of belt and road with white paper declaring redoubled commitment to help developing countriesSCMP
    China to unveil new maritime cooperation initiative at belt and road summitSCMP

    Financial problems still loom large as IMF downgrades global growth forecastWSWS
    World Bank controversy sends loss and damage talks into overtimeCCN
    Low, middle income countries have deficits in infrastructure, but high risk of destruction from disastersMB


    Europe:

    US-EU summit yields call for balanced approach to China, urging ‘constructive and stable relations’SCMP
    No progress made on youth empowerment in Europe since 2018, report findsEuractiv
    Experts: Stockpiling may be EU’s blind spot in critical raw materials debateEuractiv
    EU’s Full Gas Storage Doesn’t Eliminate Supply RisksNC
    Sabotage suspected in Baltic pipeline leakRT
    Finland says subsea pipeline damage appears to be deliberateBNE

    Bosnia likely to end deal with Chinese consortium on Tuzla 7 coal plant constructionBNE
    Bulgarian doctors sound alarm as paediatric health care collapsesEuractiv
    Nearly 80% of Czechs do not trust PM: surveyEuractiv
    BarMar hydrogen pipeline project ‘dead on arrival’, French experts sayEuractiv
    Germany headed for deeper recession, IMF saysDW
    Scholz’s coalition suffers defeat in mid-term state electionsEuractiv
    Hungarian banks introduce voluntary rate capsBNE
    Ireland lays out plans for €100-billion sovereign wealth fundEuractiv
    Italy to earmark €12 billion for mega Sicily bridge projectEuractiv
    Dutch take measures to reduce grid stressEuractiv
    Poland’s PiS rocked by top generals resigning days before electionBNE
    Volkswagen and Umicore pick Poland for site of €1.7bn EV battery component factory[BNE[(https://archive.ph/dNTvI)
    Portuguese PM wants action by European socialists on Slovak election winnersEuractiv
    Slovakia's election result is about declining living standards, not just UkraineJacobin String of resignations forces Slovenian PM to rethink strategyBNE
    French winegrowers protest cheap imports destroy crates at the Spanish borderEuractiv
    Catalonia’s Aragonès calls for ‘Scotland-style’ referendumEuractiv
    Major Swedish study to search for long-COVID ‘blind spot’Euractiv
    Ukraine to spend at least 21.6 pct of GDP on defense in 2024PD
    Ukraine’s grain exports fall by a third, despite rises in seaborne exportsBNE


    Western Asia:

    Azerbaijan-Iran normalization on the horizonEN
    Fears linger in Armenia of Azerbaijani invasionEN
    Armenia refuses to take part in CIS summit and CSTO military drills in KyrgyzstanBNE
    Azerbaijan's president emphasises Georgia's role in Armenian-Azerbaijani peace talksBNE
    Georgia's ruling party fails to remove presidentEN
    US Breaks Its Deal with Iran… AgainAW
    Iran Confirms End of UN Restrictions on Missile ProgramsTS
    Iran begins rationing foreign currency for trade and industry sectorsBNE
    China’s Middle East envoy’s tour of region heightens focus on Beijing’s influence over IranSCMP
    Turkish lira hits new all-time lowRT
    Qatar supplies gas to Europe, vying with US to replace Russia supplyEuractiv

    Israel's Western allies have done everything possible to criminalize nonviolent resistanceJacobin
    Netanyahu’s Humiliating Reality Check: Israel’s ‘Invincible’ Army Falls ShortMPN
    Chris Hedges: Palestinians Speak the Language of Violence Israel Taught ThemMPN
    It’s not a Hamas-Israeli conflict: It’s an Israeli war against every PalestinianMR
    We must refuse to apologize for Palestinian humanityRNN
    Here’s What You Need To Know About Gaza’s History (w/ Norman Finkelstein)SP
    Statement of the PFLP on the Al-Aqsa Flood battleRC
    Stop the war! End the occupation! Free Palestine*removed externally hosted image*
    Free PalestineRC The International Committee for Peace, Justice and Dignity Expresses its Solidarity with the Palestinian PeopleResumen
    China’s Two-Pronged Response to War in the Middle East: Officially Stay Neutral, Unofficially Blame U.S./IsraelCGS
    Conflict between Israel and Hamas puts China’s approach to Middle East to the testSCMP
    Maduro Condemns Israeli Aggression Against PalestineTS
    French left in turmoil after Mélenchon’s party reacts to Hamas attacksEuractiv
    Evo in favor of Hamas' actions in IsraelMP
    Communist Party of Israel and Hadash: “Netanyahu’s fascist government bears full responsibility for the dangerous escalation”MR
    US opposes peace as Israel ethnically cleanses Palestinians, waging war on ‘entire nation’ of GazaGPE
    The Palestinian people are already free: The Forty-Second Newsletter (2023)MR


    Central Asia:

    Death toll from earthquakes in Afghanistan rises to 2,445CGTN
    Afghan caretaker govt to build houses for quake-affected familiesCGTN
    U.S. sanctions cast pall over post-quake reconstruction in AfghanistanPD
    Taliban commission first section of major canal that could threaten water sufficiency of Central Asia neighboursBNE
    Uzbekistan pursues mediation with Afghanistan over Qosh Tepa canalEN
    China, Central Asia gear up for in-depth upgraded cooperation riding on BRI boons: expertGT
    Uzbekistan, China aim to double bilateral trade to $20bnBNE
    Kazakhstan remains central to Beijing’s plans for belt and road as China sets sights on EuropeSCMP
    Kyrgyzstan: Billions spent on preventing revolutions, says security services chiefBNE
    Pakistan's airline near collapse, heading for privatizationDW
    IMF raises Russian GDP growth forecast by almost 50%RT To 2.2%.
    ‘All our drones come from China,’ Russian minister saysSCMP
    Russia, Mongolia trade flourishing as Moscow turns east for new marketsBNE
    Russian seaborne oil exports fall to lowest level since September 2022, but oil revenues surgeBNE
    Russian farms take in 133.5mn tonnes of grain, on course for 135mn tonnes totalBNE
    China and Russia supercharge trade with record grain order, bolstering food and energy security as Western pressure persistsSCMP
    India Expected To Reject Russian Demand To Pay For Oil In Chinese YuanNC


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      Eastern Asia and Oceania:

      Chinese commerce minister meets U.S. congressional delegationCGTN Followed by the usual sanctions.
      China struggling to wean itself off US dollar assets despite financial de-risking callsSCMP
      China’s CPI remains flat in September; decline in factory prices narrowed: NBSGT
      China’s September foreign trade hits new monthly high of 2023 as recovery gathers steamGT
      China megacity to build US$30 billion hi-tech infrastructure cluster by 2026, and investors will be keySCMP

      China adopts GM technology for corn, soybeans in major food security manoeuvreSCMP
      China's bird-like drone breaks world record flight timeCGTN Just over 3 hours on one charge.
      Promising results as Chinese vaccine trial sees African swine fever fatality rate fall to zeroSCMP

      Taiwan reports 13th straight month of export order decline, world economy blamedSCMP Taiwan’s exports rise for first time in 13 months amid huge AI chip demand, mainland China trade uptickSCMP
      Taiwan launches first locally made weather satellite with ‘groundbreaking’ navigation systemSCMP
      Taiwan president says ‘peace is the only option’, as Tsai Ing-wen eyes legacySCMP

      Samsung profits at 8-year low, but hope is in sightEN
      Jakarta-Bandung HSR, landmark BRI project, starts official operationGT
      Russian FM visits DPRKPD
      China joins mission to test seas, marine life around Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant for radioactive contentSCMP
      Landslide defeat for Labour in New Zealand electionWSWS
      Defeat of Australian Labor’s Voice referendum highlights massive class divideWSWS
      Myanmar junta accused of deadly attack on refugee campDW


      Africa:

      Remove trade barriers to increase per capita income, IMF tells African leadersBilaterals
      Project to create the largest database on the African genomeAN

      Algeria "postpones" its mediation in NigerAN
      Cameroon: Toll rises to at least 27 dead and 50 injured in floodsAN
      Chad: Police arrest "around fifty" opposition activistsAN
      Fuel prices surge in Congo amidst protests and economic strugglesAN
      DRC President Inaugurates New Chinese-Built Hydropower PlantCGS
      China, Ethiopia establish all-weather strategic partnershipCGTN
      Somalia rejects Ethiopia's call for negotiations on Red Sea accessBNE
      Gabon junta leader turns down presidential salaryAN
      Free speech: Is Gambia sliding back into dictatorship?DW
      Kenya officially joins Pan African Payments and Settlement System (PAPSS)BNE
      Kenyans demand compensation for British army blaze ahead of king's visitAN
      Liberia: Cost of living and development, big election issues amid voter fatigueAN
      Liberia's tight election spurs run-off expectationsAN
      Libya: UN concerned by clashes and telecoms blackout in BenghaziAN
      Namibia to Advance Energy Infrastructure, New SubstationsTS
      French army has begun its withdrawal from NigerAN
      Escape attempt by ousted president Mohamed Bazoum foiled, says militaryAN
      France and Nigeria hold joint naval exercises in Gulf of GuineaAN
      Russian energy giants Gazprom and Rosatom offer to help end South Africa energy crisisBNE
      Hundreds at Nissan South Africa to lose jobs after deal with Russian partner collapses over Ukraine warBNE
      Sudan: Number of families suffering from hunger almost doublesAN
      Sudan's economy in limbo, warns IMFAN
      Uganda: Nile Basin Countries Convene to Address ChallengesTS
      Australia’s IonicRe upbeat over Uganda mining licence approval for Makuutu rare earths projectBNE
      Zimbabwe's main opposition CCC calls for 'revolution' after 15 members expelled from parliamentBNE


      North America:

      A pension plan proposal is sparking separatism in CanadaJacobin

      Biden Announces Huge Hydrogen Investment. How Much Will It Help The Climate?ICN
      The United States has lost its charm, maybe forever, to China’s brightest studentsSCMP


      Latin America:

      Argentina election: from peso to dollar?MR

      The Peronist government under economy minister Massa has presided over central bank money-printing to fund the deficit, something that has pushed up inflation further and devalued the peso. By the way, this lends the lie to Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) that argues governments can ‘print’ as much money as they need to cover government spending.

      Perhaps a little unfair to MMTers, I doubt any of them would object to the historical fact that increasing money printing raises inflation (and they would argue that those economies were/are doing something else wrong I would imagine); nonetheless it is essentially true that the whole premise would only really work if you're a major economy, particularly if you hold the global reserve currency. In the current global system, most countries cannot do MMT.

      Blue dollar plummets in ArgentinaMP
      China and Argentina to Expand Swap Agreement by 6.5 BillionTS
      Brazil to unfreeze $700mn for building of major Mozambican dam after seven-year hiatusBNE
      Amazonian rivers in Brazil hit by severe droughtMP
      Cuban Government Joins Global War on Cash By Banning All Cash Payments for GasolineNC
      Protests in Guatemala Continue for Ninth Consecutive DayTS
      Guyana Incited by US to Enter into Conflict with VenezuelaResumen
      US to ease sanctions on Venezuelan oil exports on promise of freer presidential electionBNE
      OFAC Announces Venezuela Sanctions ReliefResumen
      Panamanians To Protest Against Mining ContractTS
      Drought hitting Chaco region concerns Paraguayan authoritiesMP

      Kenya court puts Haiti deployment on temporary holdAN
      The UN is Blessing the U.S. Using Kenyan Black-Face to Disguise its Illegal Intervention into HaitiHL
      The UN-Blessed MSS Could be the First Step Toward a Decade-Long U.S. Military Occupation of HaitiHL
      UN Security Council renews Haiti sanctions regimeCGTN


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        Russia, China Unite Against US EmpireNC
        Biden demands $100 billion for wars in Ukraine, Israel and planned conflict with Iran and ChinaWSWS
        US to deploy additional air defense systems near IsraelRT

        US has enough weapons for both Israel and Ukraine – PentagonRT Are you sure about that?
        EU facing ‘huge shortage’ of ammunition – mediaRT
        Ukrainian forces on defensive as “counteroffensive” ends in failure, mass casualtiesWSWS
        Volodymyr Zelenskyy seeks to shore up western support for Ukraine amid Israel-Hamas warFT
        Zelensky visits NATO headquarters to secure military assistanceGT
        Training of Ukrainian pilots to fly F-16 fighter jets underway: reportPD

        Chinese and Saudi navies launch joint counterterrorism exercise against backdrop of Israel-Hamas warSCMP
        China PLA stationed up to 6 warships in Middle East over past week amid rising tensions from Israel-Gaza war: reportsSCMP
        China will have over 1,000 nuclear weapons by 2030, exceeding US predictions, Pentagon report on PLA expansion saysSCMP
        Could China surprise enemies with weapon that lies in wait on the seabed?SCMP
        China drives away Philippine navy ship in waters near Huangyan IslandCGTN
        US secures Marshall Islands military deal, keeps China at bay in strategically vital Pacific regionSCMP

        Oil sanctions are a spent cannonBNE
        US imposes first punishments for ignoring Russian oil price cap sanctionsBNE
        Russia and Kyrgyzstan Set up Joint Air Defense SystemTS


        Labour:

        Australian dairy industry workers strike across multiple companies and sitesWSWS
        Record-Setting Strike Moves Kaiser the Old-Fashioned WayLN
        500,000 Quebec public sector workers vote massively in favor of unlimited, province-wide strikeWSWS


        Left and Right:

        The World in Economic Depression: A Marxist Analysis of CrisisTC
        So, Global or International Development: Why Not Both? Marx in the Field, Planetary Immanent Development, and Centering Political Economy in Development StudiesDE
        Why Haven’t the Protest Movements of Our Time Succeeded?CA
        How rich nations continue to systematically exploit the Global SouthGL

        The fight against apartheid was an international struggleJacobin
        The global socialist planning of BaghdadJacobin
        French Communists want alternative to Mélenchon-driven left coalitionEuractiv

        “The recent refusal to describe the atrocities committed by Hamas as terrorist acts” and “the insults of LFI leaders, comparing the PCF leadership to Nazi collaborationists” were among the reasons listed in the statement.

        lmfao.


        LGBTQIA:

        Content Warning - this section is not usually good news.

        Philadelphia Becomes Sanctuary City for Gender-Affirming CareAdvocate
        California Judge Halts School Policy Outing Trans Students for NowAdvocate
        Ron DeSantis's Anti-LGBTQ+ Crusade Fails Again as Florida Can't Enforce Drag BanAdvocate

        LGBTQ+ Groups Denied Registration Even After Supreme Court Decision in EswatiniAdvocate
        Uganda's anti-gay law jeopardises progress in the fight against AIDSAN


        Climate:

        In New Zealand, Increasingly Severe Crackdowns on Environmental Protesters Fail to Deter Climate ActivistsICN
        Research by Public Health Experts Shows ‘Damning’ Evidence on the Harms of FrackingICN

        Nearly half of all plants threatened with extinction, says new reportAN
        One million coal jobs face the axe globally by 2050CCN
        Saudi Arabia, Russia urge World Bank to keep funding fossil fuelsCCN
        Vessel Strikes on Whales Are Increasing With Warming. Can the Shipping Industry Slow Down to Spare Them?ICN
        Glacial lake outburst floods are a growing threat to hydropower plantsMB
        World may have crossed solar power 'tipping point', says studyBNE In a good way.

        How capitalism killed nutritionMR


        I Love My Trans Comrades!