Well if Xi is planning to take Taiwan soon, I hope to hell he’s found his Marshal Zhukov by next year.

It’s also interesting that the one military officer he keeps on the CMC just so happens to be in charge of the military’s anti-corruption body. Perhaps to signal to the rest of the military leadership to obey party discipline and you’ll keep your position?

Another angle of the recent ICE execution in Minneapolis shows one of the agents clapping. You don’t see the victim or what they’re shooting at but still NSFW.

I don’t think this was seen from the other two publicly available recordings as they were taken from vertical vantage points relative to the scene, whereas this video was shot from a horizontal POV just a few metres down the street.

We already know that ICE agents are fully on board ideologically with the fascist state’s subjugation and terrorizing of the masses, but I think this event will completely dispel the notion for the vast majority of Americans that these people are “just following orders” or that they were forced to do it because they’re poor or some military vet with ‘PTSD’ who could only find honest work with the American Gestapo (cough Graham Platner cough).

Make no mistake, these people enjoy doing this, they are your class enemy, and don’t let any lib tell you otherwise.

The last great Western Marxist scholar of the 20th Century finally parts ways with this world. A part of me wishes he could’ve lived long enough to see the end of the American empire and the triumph of AES, but then again maybe it’s a mercy for him to bow out before things get worse for those he knew personally or having to witness the USA commit nuclear apocalypse in WW3.

Red Salute to you Mr Parenti, may the future generations vindicate everything you ever spoke of in pursuit of the better world we all strive for.

Ah, so basically the Iranian version of the also US-funded HRIC (Human Rights in China) pulling death toll figures out of thin air and claiming the government did a ‘massacre’ just like the HRIC does anytime they bring up Tiananmen Square.

At least Al Jazeera uses a more realistic figure of “hundreds” and doesn’t immediately blame the government for the bloodshed.

So I’ve been seeing reports from Western media that “thousands” of Iranians have been killed in the recent protests. What I don’t understand is how any Western outlet could possibly know this when there is still a total internet blackout in Iran which prevents almost no info coming out. Can anyone here verify the accuracy of these claims? Is it just CIA/ Mossad assets spreading misinformation to manufacture consent for a potential US/ Israel attack?

If he defected to the DPRK he would have been executed by now.

On a more positive note, the article shares this incredibly based quote from a former Bethesda PR-head:

During an interview with Vice News which centered on this outrage, Bethesda’s then-director of PR, Pete Hines, told the outlet, “Unless you’re a Nazi, there should be nobody who’s opposed to the idea of being against Nazis.” When told that the game’s aggressive marketing tone might be poking the hornet’s nest, Hines even doubled down, saying, “Maybe a little bit, but the hornet’s nest is full of Nazis so…fuck those guys. I’ll poke a Nazi hornet’s nest.”

I hope the company still has people like this working in it.

I would argue Israel already is an existential threat to HTS’ control of Syria because they still occupy the South-West of the country.

The main factor is not the threat of regime change by the West, but how much HTS is willing to tolerate Israeli aggression before they completely lose support of the Syrian people. A comprador may not want to bite the hand that feeds them, but they also cannot ignore the hearts and minds of the masses. And the Syrian masses want peaceful self-governance after 15 years of civil war, NOT Israel invading and occupying their land. Right now, HTS can still ignore the South-West/ Golan Heights because they don’t have any control over that region, but if Israel decides to expand further towards North, or attack the capital directly, they will have a huge problem. If they still choose to not respond and keep focusing on fighting their civil war/ violently purging minorities, the Syrian people will start turning against them.

Of course, I could be getting ahead of myself here and maybe HTS will strike some official non-aggression pact and just let Israel keep the Golan Heights in the near future, but they can’t ignore the main contradictions in their own country forever.

Yeah it was a spelling mistake, I meant HTS. I’m aware they’re looking the other way when it comes to Israel/ US aggression in the region, but even a comprador has certain limits they are willing to tolerate (see the recent increased hostilities between Saudi Arabia and UAE over Yemen for example). I could see HTS turning against Israel if they were to hit Damascus directly or attack HTS-controlled military outposts to try and sow more chaos in Syria (a weakened Syria benefits Israel regardless of who is in charge) as Israel has avoided HTS targets entirely, so far.

Then again, HTS has said nothing of Israel still occupying the South-West of the country, so that’s why I put a maybe on HTS fighting Israel.

Israel being emboldened by America’s recent aggression in the Western hemisphere, decides to attempt simultaneous attacks and/ or decapitation strikes on Iran, Lebanon, Yemen, and Syria all at once. This ends up dragging Israel into a multi-front war with Iran, Hezbollah, Ansarallah, and maybeee HTS all at once.

Saudi Arabia, angered at Israel’s interference in Yemen, especially after the UAE recently used Somaliland (which Israel diplomatically recognized last month) to smuggle a UAE-backed STC leader into the UAE to avoid peace talks with the Saudis, decides to let the Iranian missiles and drones fly over Saudi airspace unimpeded.

Israel gets utterly overwhelmed and asks the US to intervene. America tries doing some precision airstrikes ala Iran 2025, but Iran cannot afford another “peace agreement” that results in a return to status quo when there’s currently mass protests/ colour revolution happening within their borders too. America continues airstrikes and decides to hit a nuclear facility partially run by Russians. Putin calls Trump and warns him to back off or he will retaliate ten fold in Ukraine. Trump agrees because Putin is a “nice, but tough guy” and he likes tough guys. Also, he is already too busy starting conflicts in the Western hemisphere.

Now there is no off ramp and the entire ME region has become an Arab-Iran vs. Israel conflict. Israel eventually faces internal revolt which forces the government leadership to flee the country, resulting in total chain of command collapse which the Palestinian resistance takes full advantage of to liberate the remaining occupied territories.

If I pop that bubble, will you die?

Nah, it’s reminiscent of George Washington who was the first American leader to politicize the US continental army against the British colonials and threatened to execute any American officer that supported the British.

Well it’s good to see some Latin American solidarity on this. That being said, none of those countries are materially backing Venezuela, and won’t dare to or risk provoking the beast.

Fidel read theory.

Nah but seriously it’s likely because Cuba was backed by many countries, especially the USSR. Venezuela does not have any tangible allies, hell as of this comment only Columbia has condemned this invasion while China and Russia are just passively observing.

Critical support to James Cameron for his unrelenting passion to continue making Hollywood CGI slop films with anti-colonial themes that will trigger Chuds for an eternity.

There is currently a memorial service being held at Bondi Beach for the recent mass shooting being attended by Australian politicians and Jewish community leaders.

What shocked me was just how quickly local Zionists have capitalized on the whole thing. I’m watching this on live TV right now and many people in the crowd are wearing Israeli flags. One of the speakers, a guy named David Ossip who is the president of the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies, just said “Am Yisrael Chai” on stage after talking about fighting against anti-Semitism. When the Australian Prime Minister arrived to the vigil, he was getting boos from the crowd. In contrast, the NSW Premier (who ironically is from the same party) was getting cheers, no doubt because he has historically been way more of a hardliner in regards to suppressing anti-zionist activism.

Meanwhile, an anti-immigration rally led by the far right One Nation party is being held in Sydney at the same time and is also attended by Zionists calling for pro-palestine individuals to be deported. All without any pushback from the government.

Obviously they wouldn’t ban EVERY social gathering because that would be deeply unpopular just like the COVID lockdowns were (Australians are kinda like Americans in that depriving them of too many treats will cause massive public discontent), but the parameters of “specific areas” and “public assemblies” are intentionally kept ambiguous so they can target whatever they feel like. However, given the NSW Premier’s recent comments, especially in regards to hate speech, he clearly wants to use these powers to suppress pro-palestine/ anti-zionist organizations.

According to the article the NSW government will send the law proposal to a federal parliamentary committee to provide recommendations on what rhetoric should be banned and also to make it harder for anyone to legally challenge the free speech crackdown. Based on this separate article the federal government is looking to enact similar policies nationwide, so this will not just affect NSW.

On top of this, the NSW government is also planning to give itself the power to ban all protests for up to three months whenever an incident is given a “terrorism designation”, with the NSW premier linking the recent pro-Palestine mass protest on the Sydney Harbour Bridge as a catalyst for the Bondi shooting.

It’s also hilarious that they are trying to group in Hamas and Hezbollah with Islamic State as terrorist organizations that cannot have any of their symbols or flags publicly displayed when IS has always opposed Hamas and Hezbollah AND both orgs have fought them before. Gotta hand it to one of the most racist and Islamophobic countries in the world to not understand the difference between Islamic organizations.

Regardless of whether we believe the Bondi beach shooting was allowing to happen by Australian intelligence or not (circumstantial evidence points to yes), the shooting provided the perfect opportunity to scapegoat and suppress pro-Palestinian activism, given how widespread and successful it has become, as well as Australian state and federal leaders voicing very vocal opposition to said activism in the past year.

And now you know why Mao distrusted the intelligentsia.