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On October 9th, Daniel Chapo won the Mozambique general election with about 70% of the vote. Chapo is the head of FRELIMO, the Marxist-Leninist party of Mozambique's liberation, which fought an internal anti-communist resistance called RENAMO which was backed by Rhodesia and apartheid South Africa; Frelimo won in 1975. However, as the USSR fell, Frelimo began to allow elections inside Mozambique, and has ruled the country with significant majorities in each election ever since.

The main opposition party inside Mozambique is Podemos, which is led by Venancio Mondlane, a former member of Renamo and trained inside the USA. He alleges that his polling figures predicted a majority win for him, not Frelimo, and has accused Chapo of electoral fraud. There have been the usual slogans about how they yearn for freedom. The EU, of course, "witnessed irregularities." As @WilsonWilson@hexbear.net has pointed out, Mozambique has massive undeveloped gas fields and is outsourcing the development process to France, Norway, the UK, and the USA, while mysterious Islamist groups have popped up to cause chaos in the exact regions which have the gas, slowing the process of actually developing those gas fields. Overall, it appears to be a cookie-cutter colour revolution attempt by the imperial core designed to install a comprador for cheaper resources. Its proximity to BRICS+ member South Africa may also be significant, noting the colour revolution in Bangladesh earlier this year exerting influence near India and China.

Protestors have been battling against the police and government since late October, resulting in dozens of deaths and injuries as well as massive disruption, as the government has intermittently blocked access to the internet and social media. As of today, calm appears to be returning, with border crossings beginning to reopen.


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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.


  • Al_Sham [she/her]
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    18 hours ago

    The Weaponization of Humanitarian Aid in Gaza: A Strategic Tool of Subjugation and Chaos

    Excerpt

    Aid trucks entering Gaza have become instruments of manipulation and exploitation, shaping a new social and security reality under the control of the occupying forces. Recently, the occupation army has been intentionally targeting local and tribal security forces tasked with protecting these aid trucks from looting. Over the past two months, airstrikes have repeatedly hit security personnel from the “Popular Committees” as they waited for aid trucks to ensure they reached international organization warehouses safely. With dozens of security members martyred in these attacks, the occupying forces have effectively given organized gangs free rein to loot whatever they can from the aid trucks. This supports a misleading narrative that makes it seem as though “Israel” permits aid to flow into northern Gaza, while in reality, the aid often does not reach the warehouses meant for distribution, leading instead to the worsening of internal chaos and violent conflicts over the aid.

    In central and southern Gaza, the aid trucks have sparked the rise of “family mafias” that play a dangerous role. According to local sources speaking to Al-Akhbar, certain powerful families block commercial and aid trucks, and demand large sums of money from the drivers to allow them safe passage. Those who refuse are looted. The sources indicate that this began with isolated incidents of theft but has since escalated into organized, armed family gangs, operating near “Israeli” military positions. Suspiciously, these gangs are never confronted by the occupation forces.

    In this context, a report published by the Hebrew newspaper Haaretz revealed collusion between the occupation army and gangs in Gaza involved in looting humanitarian aid. The report stated that “the occupation army allows gangs in the southern Gaza Strip to take control of aid, loot it, and collect extortion fees to allow its passage.” The newspaper noted that “the thefts and looting occur just hundreds of meters from the occupation army, right under the watch of its forces,” quoting an official from an international organization who confirmed “seeing a gang member armed with a Kalashnikov standing close to an Israeli tank in southern Gaza.” According to Haaretz, the occupation army forces truck drivers to use routes it knows are blocked by these gangs. Furthermore, the coordinator of government activities in the territories advised international organizations to work with intermediaries who could liaise with these gangs and pay extortion fees to secure the delivery of aid.

    The Al-Dameer Human Rights Foundation described this as an “Israeli tactic.” Its director, Alaa Al-Saqafi, asserted that the occupation forces are “colluding with armed gangs to facilitate the looting of aid trucks that are permitted entry,” adding that “the army deliberately targets police and security forces to spread chaos, perpetuating hunger and preventing aid from reaching those in need.”

    • SaniFlush [any, any]
      ·
      17 hours ago

      This had better not end up like the Italian mafia post WW2, destroying any hope of a corruption-free government during the recovery period.

      • Al_Sham [she/her]
        ·
        12 hours ago

        This is actually the zionists plan. A previous article from the same author explained it.

      • Bureaucrat [pup/pup's, null/void]
        ·
        16 hours ago

        to be fair, there was a hope for a corruption-free govt in italy: a communist one! but the american imperialists, as well as the vatican, made sure that it would never happen by propping up the mafia, p2, msi, gladio, etc... good video on the topic