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 No.285223[Reply][Last 50 Posts]

Hello /leftypol/, we noticed an under-appreciation for the theory that upholds our political ideologies: As such, we have decided to revive the reading sticky! This thread will be dedicated to the sharing, discussing, and general banter about various leftist thinkers, theories, and political outlooks.

But, other than that, we believe there are other important reads that must be addressed, especially, for beginners and those just now getting into leftism.

Don't forget to check out >>>/edu/ for more reading and discussion!

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Common Right Wing Talking Points Debunks
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Check out the /edu/ thread at
https://leftychan.net/edu/res/5576.html

Also see the relevant leftybooru tag
https://lefty.pictures/post/list/debunk/1
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 No.496901

>>496900
You're not funny.

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 No.478400[Reply]

This thread will detail some of the changes made to the site in the past year, as well as our plans for the future.

New i2p Address
As requested by several users, and in accordance with our general ethos of encouraging online anonymity, leftychan now has an i2p address which can be found here:
http://leftychmxz3wczbd4add4atspbqevzrtwf2sjobm3waqosy2dbua.b32.i2p or http://leftychan.i2p/

Moderation Changes
* New spam filter - Thanks to the hard work of our dev and admin Zer0-, leftychan now has an effective countermeasure against the automatic bot spam that plagues alt-chans. Dubbed as the 'spam noticer', the implementation of this system has led to a dramatic fall in malicious advertisement threads being posted to the site.
* New mods & dev - In order to better cover european and asian timezones, two more mods have been voted onto the team. These are sindikat, who has previous moderation experience, and jon, who is also acting as a dev and has made many valuable contributions in this capacity.
* Removal of Zul - In line with the rule that if a mod is inactive for over 15 weeks their status as a mod is called into question, Zul was voted off the mod team.

New Roulette Board
>>>/777/
After some discussion, we decided on /k/ as the new roulette board theme, replacing /CHAD/. Archived threads from previous roulette cycles can still be viewed here >>>/roulette_archive/
Any suggestions for future roulette board rotations are welcome.
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 No.495268

>>492505
New sticky time!

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Continued from >>495162

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 No.498005

https://x.com/Safarnejad_IR/status/2080071712188641317
Clashes between Yemeni forces and Saudi-backed terrorists…

Kingdom of Saudi is throwing a hissyfit!
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 No.498010

https://x.com/MintPressNews/status/2080091075062960328
BREAKING: US Airstrikes Kill Civilians At The Iran-Iraq Border

The Shalamcheh border crossing area was struck.
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 No.498011

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https://x.com/RyanRozbiani/status/2080036275931754559
Iran HIT At Least 2 CIA Sites In The Region via Reuters

U.S. officials say Iranian drones hit the CIA station inside the U.S. Embassy in Riyadh and another site in eastern Iraq.

Officials say one drone blasted a hole in the embassy wall. A second drone flew through the opening and DETONATED inside.

Iran found and hit some of Washington's most secret intelligence sites. U.S. intelligence is investigating whether Russia assisted Iran, but has reached NO conclusions.
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 No.498012

Dimitri Lascaris | U.S. Forced To Evacuate West Asian Military Bases
For 11 straight days, U.S. forces have bombed Iran, but every wave of U.S. attacks has been met with highly precise, devastating Iranian strikes on U.S. military bases across the region of West Asia.

Now, new satellite imagery reveals that the U.S. forces have largely or entirely withdrawn from several of the most important U.S. military bases in the region.

As Dimitri Lascaris explains, the next stop for retreating U.S. forces appears to be Israel - and that spells huge trouble for Israel.
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 No.498013

Do you guys think Iran is going to build nukes now? It was admirable to not have them but I'm not sure if they have that choice anymore.

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 No.492247[Reply][Last 50 Posts]

Since there have been new doc releases and recent new exposures of notorious child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein and his activities with Israeli intelligence, Donald Trump, Ehud Barak, (former) Prince Andrew, Peter Thiel, and various ops, corporate states, and world governments, and with new information now coming very fast, I thought I'd create a new thread just to collect more of this new stuff in one place, as well as to potentially add previously released info which might be getting memory holed.
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 No.496995

>>496992
What does it say if this doesn't actually happen? Doesn't a blackmailer need to follow through to maintain the illusion of power? Surely there are many other Trumps who could still be compromised.
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 No.496996

>>496995
>What does it say if this doesn't actually happen?
My first guess if it were to not happen would be that it would say that former Israeli intelligence officer Ari Ben-Menashe was lying, possibly to help spin a narrative which would make the next move of the U.S./"israel" more difficult to predict.
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https://x.com/KlonnyPin_Gosch/status/2072888023197335792
ParaPower Mapping: Breaking: If you’ve been clamoring for someone to investigate potential ties b/w Epstein & drug smuggling, you’ll wanna read this, bc I just proved Epstein owned a Bell helicopter that was kept under trust w/ a fleet of cartel planes registered to P.O. Boxes in a TX town w/out an air strip. Aircraft that were later seized with kilos or even tons of cocaine as cargo.

He appears to have been in quite deep with the Fred Machado & Aircraft Guaranty Trust Plane Laundry for Cartels Service, an elaborate money and aircraft laundering scheme operated by an Argentine plane broker and a couple Oklahoman good ol’ girls. Very evocative of Mena, Arkansas and Barry Seal, albeit this time, it’s all smoke and mirrors.

I also present a quite compelling case that he and Ghislaine were running guns to the right-wing narcoparamilitants known as the AUC in Colombia in an official “Plan Colombia” capacity, with Ghislaine and Colombian Pres. Pastrana even getting fired on (again in a heli) by left guerrillas from the Colombian jungle as they flew overhead at one point in 2007. Another Epstein trip to Colombia happened to fall only weeks after an Israeli arms deal was finalized, as it was later reported.

Oh, and I learned that GMax and Ted Waitt may have financed an attempt to trawl the ocean depths and try and discover Atlantis (AND Montezuma’s Gold) off the coast of Cuba

This is barely scratching the surface. Lock in.

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Furthermore, the same Bell 430, which was registered with Hyperion Air (an Epstein LLC for which the DEA requested relevant multi-agency docs) & which was kept under trust by Aircraft Guaranty in Onalaska, TX, was later sold to a Miami Beach aircraft mortgage processor.

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 No.497470

>>497467
Far out. There's no way he wasn't smuggling coke in the '80s and early '90s.
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 No.498009

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Epstein case: French model scout and alleged recruiter found dead
Daniel Siad, 69, was found dead in his Paris suburban home. He was under investigation in France over accusations that he had helped sex offender Jeffrey Epstein find women to abuse, as well as rape allegations.

A French modeling scout with close ties to deceased US financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has been found dead at his home outside Paris, prosecutors said on Wednesday, July 22. Daniel Siad, 69, was under investigation as one of several French men accused of aiding Epstein in trafficking and abusing women. Siad had not yet been questioned by investigators, but he had denied the allegations, saying he wanted to be heard and give his version of events.

"An investigation to determine the cause of death was opened on Monday evening following the discovery," the Nanterre prosecutor's office said. An autopsy will be carried out as part of the probe. An autopsy will be carried out as part of the probe.

French investigators had been investigating Siad – who said he also held Swedish citizenship – over allegations including rape and human trafficking.

Siad's lawyer, Menya Arab-Tigrine, said her client had requested to give his side of the story before he died. "He is dead and he was innocent," she told Agence France-Presse (AFP). "If he died of a heart attack, the unbearable waiting, the pressure and the anxiety he suffered every day will have had something to do with it," she said.

The Paris prosecutor's office said it was dropping a probe targeting Siad after his death, but pursuing a wider probe into alleged human trafficking linked to Epstein, who had a flat in the French capital.

Siad's name appeared in more than 1,000 documents released as part of the declassified Epstein files. He likened his efforts to recruit women to fishing. "In this busyness I feel like a fisherman; sometimes I catch quick, sometimes no fish," Siad wrote to Epstein in 2014.

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Maduro activates Bolivarian National Militia in response to US “threats”, vowing to defend the country’s sovereignty and independence.
President Nicolás Maduro announced on Monday, August 18, that he is activating “over 4.5 million militia members across the entire national territory” of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, in response to the US deployment of three Navy guided-missile destroyers and 4,000 military personnel to the Caribbean. The White House has described the deployment as an anti-drug trafficking operation in the region, while some analysts have called it a new threat against Venezuela – the country with the largest oil reserves in the world.

The US military deployment comes after Washington raised its bounty on the Venezuelan president from USD 25 million to USD 50 million, alleging links to drug cartels.

The “extravagant, bizarre, and outlandish threats” of the United States have been firmly rejected by the Venezuelan government.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Yván Gil described the accusations as a sign of desperation, revealing Washington’s “lack of credibility and the failure of its policies in the region”. He also pointed out that Venezuela has made major gains against drug trafficking after expelling the United States’ Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) – who many Venezuelans call “the planet’s chief drug traffickers” – from the country in 2005.

No US agency or international body has produced concrete evidence of drug production and distribution being concentrated in Venezuela or linked to Maduro. In fact, available global drug data makes almost no mention of the Caribbean nation or the alleged “Cartel of Suns” at all. According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the epicenter of activity is in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru, with the US identified as the main destination for distribution, recording the highest level of drug consumption in the world.

UNODC data reports that only 5% of Colombian drugs transit through Venezuela, and that the country is free of coca leaf cultivation, and marijuana and cocaine processing. The Trump administration, on the other hand, has maintained its position that the Venezuelan government is a “narco-terror cartel”.

Venezuela mobilizes as the US bares its teeth
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https://x.com/TAMARA_SUJU/status/2077699526136054205
U.S. Plans to Deploy 3,000 Technicians and Assume Temporary Administration of Venezuela

The project, still in a preliminary phase, contemplates sending around 3,000 people to Venezuela and an initial investment close to 3 billion dollars (2.6 billion euros). It would not involve a military contingent or a combat force (anon's note: lol). A significant portion of the team would come from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, accompanied by civilian specialists in infrastructure, urban planning, logistics, communications, energy, and territorial planning.

https://www.abc.es/internacional/eeuu-ultima-plan-multimillonario-ayuda-elecciones-venezuela-20260715015509-nt.html
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The U.S. Agency Found No Conclusive Evidence of Electronic Manipulation Despite Years of Monitoring
The White House’s propaganda apparatus has suffered an information short circuit caused by its own bureaucratic weight. In an attempt to breathe new life into the worn narrative of the “illegitimacy” of Venezuela’s political process, U.S. President Donald Trump ordered the declassification of a collection of intelligence files.

According to Washington’s official account, those documents would expose a sophisticated electronic fraud mechanism capable of altering election results during the administrations of Commander Hugo Chavez and President Nicolas Maduro.

However, an examination of the documentation — specifically an internal Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) memorandum dated June 29 and released on July 1 — reveals the opposite scenario: Langley’s own analysts categorically contradict the narrative put forward by the executive branch.

Langley’s Admission

The executive summary of the declassified memorandum states that although the U.S. intelligence community maintained constant monitoring and “persistent concerns” about the infrastructure of Venezuela’s electronic voting system between 2004 and 2020, the agency concludes that “it has not been definitively confirmed that large-scale electronic fraud occurred in specific Venezuelan elections.”

For U.S. intelligence, the technological fixation on hacking carries less weight than the country’s sociopolitical reality. The CIA’s baseline assessment states that “there are other factors that better explain the election results.”

In the technical language of U.S. analysts, that wording implicitly acknowledges that Chavismo’s electoral victories over the past two decades are better explained by the organizational cohesion of its social base and the historic fragmentation of the opposition, rather than by hidden manipulation within electronic voting systems.

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https://x.com/venanalysis/status/2080009387314163888
Schedule set. Today's hearing for Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores lasted only a few minutes as the judge approved an upcoming schedule for proceedings, w/ trial set to start on June 1, 2027. Pre-trial motions to be heard on November 17. Report soon

We're not legal experts, and there's hardly any precedent for the US kidnapping a sitting head of state, but it seems like a deliberately protracted schedule because the political spoils have already been collected. In Noriega's case there were more than 18 months between his capture and the trial beginning, but it was more complicated due to his past role as a US agent
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 No.498006

>>498001
Why didn't some kind of Venezuelan spetsnaz get him out already or die trying?
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 No.498007

>>498006
I presume there either is no Venezuelan spetsnaz (likely) or the Venezuelan state is too infiltrated to do anything like that (also likely). Tbh it's been a fucking poor showing for everyone who ought to do something like that - Venezuela, Venezuela's "allies" (Russia and China being the ones who could potentially actually put up some serious aid to help make this a problem for the US), and the American solidarity/anti-imperialist movement (to the extent it even exists, which, this has shown, is not very much of an extent).
Like, if we decided to do it, we could bust him out. It was known where he was being transported, it's known where he's held, the judge, the courthouse, the prosecutors, these are all known things. At the very least, we have the capacity to make this kind of global state terror and criminality by the US government a logistical and security nightmare, but we've done no such thing.

The American "opposition" has proven to be incredibly docile, and it's the sort of thing which really makes me suspect that most of today's existing orgs were set up during/after the '00s Iraq War specifically so that they could misdirect activist momentum 20 years later. This could be totally wrong, though, but sometimes it feels very correct.

Quite frankly, the American left needs to be in the jail break business. Not even just for major wrongful detainments like this; any time the government decides to start picking on the people, it should face a serious hassle before anything ever goes to court, and should be made to pay multiple times over before it ever demands payment to release anyone.

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Manila: Protesters rallied against American presence in the Philippines on Tuesday as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited Manila to reinforce support against Chinese influence in the region.

The Philippines is Washington’s key security partner in Asia under a decades-long alliance, which allows the US to rotate troops into the Philippines for extended stays and build and operate facilities on Philippine military bases.

In the past two years, the partnership has expanded under President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., who in February last year permitted American troops to increase their footprint in the country.

China claims the disputed area almost in entirety and its military activity in the territory has been increasing, regularly encroaching on the Philippine part of the waters, the West Philippine Sea.

“These waterways are critical to the Philippines, to its security, to its economy, but they’re also critical to the interests of the region, the United States and the world,” Blinken said at a joint press conference with his Philippine counterpart Enrique Manalo.

“That’s why we stand with the Philippines and stand by our ironclad defense commitments, including under the mutual defense treaty.”

The 1951 agreement obliges the US to defend its ally in the case of external attack.

Philippine vessels have been regularly attacked by Chinese ships in the parts of the South China Sea that are internationally recognized as belonging to the Philippines.
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Duterte arrested.

Philippines ex-leader Duterte arrested on ICC warrant over drug killings

Philippine police have arrested former president Rodrigo Duterte after the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued a warrant accusing him of crimes against humanity over his deadly "war on drugs".

The 79-year-old was taken into police custody shortly after his arrival at Manila airport from Hong Kong on Tuesday.

Latest reports from local media say he is on board a private jet on the airport tarmac. Earlier, his daughter said he was being "forcibly" sent to the Hague in the Netherlands, where the ICC sits.

A press conference from the presidential palace is expected soon.

Duterte has offered no apologies for his brutal anti-drugs crackdown, which saw thousands of people killed when he was president of the South East Asian nation from 2016 to 2022, and mayor of Davao city before that.

Upon his arrest on Tuesday, he questioned the basis for the warrant, asking: "What crime [have] I committed?" in a video posted online by his daughter Veronica Duterte.
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>>485818
Bongbong Marcos will be the chairman of ASEAN in 2026.
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Bongbong, are ya winning?
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 No.496921

VIDEO: Philippine Protesters Rally Against U.S. Military Presence On Independence Day | WION Pulse

https://x.com/comrawire/status/2065367020485640335
Comra via Twitter - Protesters breached police barricades in Manila, advancing toward the US Embassy. The demonstrators are demanding the removal of US troops and opposing the expansion of foreign military bases in the country.
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 No.498004

https://x.com/BTnewsroom/status/2080031879550353573
BreakThrough News via Twitter - "The Phillipines is not for sale!"

Anti-US protesters clashed with riot police in Pasay City as cops blocked their march toward US Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s with Association of South Asian Nations (ASEAN) leaders.

The protestors called out both the US and Marcos administrations for selling out Philippine sovereignty through expanded military bases and resource exploitation.

The action was organized by BAYAN and Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU), along with other labor coalition and youth activist groups. The unrest centers on mounting opposition to US economic and military initiatives in the region, particularly the Pax Silica agreement, which would build supply chains for AI and semiconductor technologies to counter China. While officials pitch a planned 4,000-acre AI and technology hub in New Clark City as a gateway to high-skilled jobs and foreign investment, activists argue it hands over critical land and labor to foreign control.

 No.491353[Reply][Last 50 Posts]

I keep finding myself wanting to post MOATS episodes, but they typically cover so much ground that I don't know where to post them. So here's a thread for discussion of Mother Of All Talk Shows episodes, George Galloway, and the Workers' Party in general.

Today's episode attached - Galloway covers Venezuela, Yemeni retaliations hitting "Israeli" airports, speculates that Iran may respond to "Israeli" threats (in light of previous attacks) with a strike, and more!

WAR GAMES | Pentagon re-named | Venezuela threatened | Russia advances | MOATS LIVE
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DECIMATION ROW | Day 134 | Trump annihilation threat | Ally Graham dies | Iran closes Hormuz Strait
🚨 Annihilation threats. Hormuz closed. The war moves closer to the ground.

Day 134 and the danger is no longer theoretical.

Trump raises the stakes with a new annihilation threat as Iran closes the Strait of Hormuz, cutting straight into the heart of global trade, oil and war planning. With Ally Graham dead and the pressure building in Washington, the question is whether this crisis is about to move from threats to boots on the ground.

Tonight George Galloway examines the next turn in the conflict. Is Trump bluffing again, or preparing to drag America into Iran by land?

Joining George:

Professor Seyed Mohammad Marandi: Professor of English Literature and Orientalism at the University of Tehran. Live from Tehran with direct analysis of Iran’s closure of Hormuz, Trump’s latest threat and what comes next.

Kit Klarenberg: Investigative journalist at The Grayzone. A war report on intelligence, covert power, media narratives and the machinery behind escalation.

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 No.497709

>>497706
LIVE NOW
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 No.497835

TRUMP FLIP FLOPS | Day 137 | Reverses Hormuz toll | Threatens Iran infrastructure | Starmer exits
🚨 Trump flip flops. Hormuz reverses. Iran is threatened again.

Day 137 and the line keeps moving.

Trump reverses the Hormuz toll while threatening Iran’s infrastructure, leaving the world guessing whether this is strategy, panic or another climbdown dressed up as strength. As Starmer exits and the crisis in Europe deepens, the machinery of war keeps turning.

Tonight George Galloway examines the latest reversal. Is Trump backing away from confrontation, or preparing the next escalation under a new name?

Joining George:

Scott Ritter: Former Marine Corps intelligence officer and weapons inspector. A war report on Trump’s latest threats, Iran, Hormuz and the military reality behind the headlines.

Plus:

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THIRD TIME LUCKY | Day 141 | Burnham - MP to PM | Manchesterism | Trump World Cup Final | Hormuz
🚨 Burnham rises. Trump takes the final. Hormuz waits.

Day 141 and the political pitch is shifting.

Andy Burnham moves from Manchester to the national stage as talk of “MP to PM” gathers pace. Trump turns the World Cup Final into another display of power, while Hormuz remains the flashpoint that could drag the world back into confrontation.

Tonight George Galloway examines the players, the power and the stakes. Is this Burnham’s third time lucky, Trump’s victory lap, or another dangerous pause before the next crisis?

Joining George:

Max Blumenthal: Author, journalist and editor at The Grayzone News. Analysis of US politics, Trump, Israel, Gaza and the power networks shaping the next phase.

Chay Bowes: Political analyst. A sharp breakdown of Britain, Ireland, Ukraine, Russia and the wider geopolitical realignment.

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TRUMP NUCLEAR THREAT | Day 144 | Pickaxe Mountain targeted | Iran responds | Minab school cover-up
LIVE NOW!!!
☢️ Trump threatens Iran’s nuclear site. Iran responds. Gaza is left to burn.

Day 144 and the danger is entering a darker phase.

Trump’s latest threat targets Pickaxe Mountain as Iran responds and the region braces for the next escalation. Behind the war talk, the Minab school cover-up raises deeper questions about what is being hidden, who is being protected and how much of this conflict is being sold through lies.

Tonight George Galloway examines the threat, the response and the silence around Gaza. Has the world turned away just when the truth is most urgent?

Joining George:

Professor Seyed Marandi: Professor of English Literature and Orientalism at the University of Tehran. Live from Tehran with direct analysis of Iran’s response, Trump’s nuclear threat and the risks now facing the region.

Judge Andrew Napolitano: Host of Judging Freedom. Legal and constitutional analysis of war powers, nuclear brinkmanship and the collapse of international law.
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 No.494892[Reply][Last 50 Posts]

New big thread for American studies.

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 No.497987

>>497983
All fair points, but perhaps existing orgs need to be retooled and new orgs are needed. The so-called right is fueled by 'casual' reactionaries for the aforementioned reasons in that it gives them a sense of community and solidarity which overshadows their own material conditions, hence voting against what would otherwise benefit them personally. If the left could effectively clarify reality it might make some converts and turn the tide.
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 No.497991

>>497987
To illustrate my point, this couple has been in the same parking lot at 71st and Memorial for months and every day passersby only saw a large sign saying "fuck trump". Since the heat dome over the city, which otherwise diverts tornadoes, became smog with the UV/heat index around 110°F, the disabled duo decided to waste space in their own town where they finally got arrested. Nobody is happier about this than Democrats who viewed their actions as counterproductive, yet the comments to this bodycam footage are primarily from the collective reactionary right who view this couple as representative of what they view as "the left", which is anyone who isn't a registered Republican, with no room for distinction or nuance.
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 No.497993

>>497991
>Nobody is happier about this than Democrats who viewed their actions as counterproductive, yet the comments to this bodycam footage are primarily from the collective reactionary right
These are the same group.
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 No.497994

>>497993
Pretty much, but they don't know this.
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 No.497995

>>497994
Oh, true, yeah.

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 No.457563[Reply][Last 50 Posts]

Last one is full and the worst thread on leftychan must be contained.

In recent news: Ukies done a successful counteroffensive in Izium, Z gang now in shambles. Biden promises even more money for Ukraine. Putin meets Xi, Erdogan, Modi and others at the SCO summit.


Pro-Russia sources:
https://nitter.net/RWApodcast
https://nitter.net/mdfzeh
https://nitter.net/AZmilitary1
https://nitter.net/wargonzoo
https://nitter.net/TheHumanFund5
https://t.me/intelslava
https://t.me/asbmil
https://t.me/vorposte

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 No.497744

Speculation that Lindsey Graham was actually killed in Ukraine

https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/07/lindsey-graham-bites-the-dust.html

<Did Lindsey Die in Kyiv?

>Except Lindsey just happened to be in Kyiv on Saturday and he happened to tour a drone factory that was possibly struck by Russia that evening. I’ve read multiple reports and it’s unclear if the facility Graham toured was indeed hit by Russia. For example, here’s the International Business Times:

<SkyFall, a Ukrainian drone company whose facility was struck, confirmed that the US Republican senator visited the company’s production facilities on 11 July 2026, where he was briefed on the development and production of combat unmanned systems. During the visit, Graham was shown a range of systems, including heavy reconnaissance-strike Vampire drones (known on the front lines as ‘Baba Yaga’), Shrike first-person-view drones in multiple configurations, and P1-SUN interceptor drones designed to counter Shahed-type loitering munitions. He also said he had reached an agreement with the White House on a Russia sanctions bill.

>But:

<…Ukrainian authorities have not publicly identified the SkyFall facility visited by Graham as one of the sites hit in the Russian strike.

>So it’s not yet clear that the facility Lindsey toured was even hit by Russia. According to the Kyiv Post, “SkyFall is a Ukrainian technology-defense company that unites a large R&D center, scalable production lines, and a certified SkyFall Academy for training pilots, instructors, and technicians.”
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>>497744
>One theory being pushed by Russia’s friends is that Graham was killed during a Russian strike on another Ukrainian drone factory that he secretly visited, but Trump confirmed that he spoke to Graham the night before he passed after he already returned to the US. It’s implausible that he of all people, who’s known to be very emotional, would cover up the killing of his close friend by Putin. It’s even more implausible that the anti-Russian deep state would too and thus eschew a chance to further escalate against Russia.
I don't find this argument very convincing - that's not to say that I necessarily believe that he was killed by Russia in a bombing (he could also have snorted bad coke, been poisoned, been assassinated with a "heart attack gun" by someone else who acquired the technology, been killed by Ukrainian oligarchs, died of untreated AIDs, etc.), but I just don't buy the reasoning here.

Trump, even more than "being emotional" is a massive, massive liar, and his relationship with Lindsey Graham was clearly a marriage of convenience, I doubt that Trump had any sincere personal affection for him. I think that Trump would have no difficulty lying about it even if he was aware of a hit being carried out (which he wouldn't necessarily be), and, obviously, a US Senator being taken out would be liable to prey upon Donald Trump's personal insecurities, and he might not want to encourage the idea that doing such a thing is so easy. I also think that what Korybko terms the anti-Russian deep state probably feels similar such insecurities at this point - they worry more about being perceived as weak than they do about developing pretexts (when they want a pretext they just lie), and they're aware, on some level, that Lindsey Graham is broadly reviled by much of the American people and western public who are aware of who he is, and they might well be uncomfortable with throwing a credit for a death people in the west celebrate to Russia.
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https://nitter.net/Megatron_ron/status/2077770447131656552
BREAKING: 🇪🇺🇺🇦🇮🇱 Bombastic Recorded conversations have emerged of Ukraine's intelligence officer Vitaly Zhikovich admitting that Ukraine is carrying out terrorist attacks across Europe, alluding to the Monaco attack, per RT

He claims that they get technology from the Mossad.

He also claims that Zelensky wants a lot of civilian casualties, that he himself enjoys killing, and that he recruited ISIS terrorists to carry out terrorist attacks.
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https://x.com/RT_on_X/status/2077785703631495261
Russia OBLITERATES Ukrainian cargo ship in Black Sea which was en route to deliver arms to ODESSA region — MoD

UAV operators conducted PRECISION strikes, sinking the vessel to the bottom of the sea

https://x.com/DD_Geopolitics/status/2077978581070651863
Russia renews strikes in Odessa. Recall, Russia has been restricting docking access from international ships even striking a few.
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Russia’s Lavrov says will meet Rubio on Thursday in Manila
The Russian foreign minister says he will meet the US secretary of state in the Philippine capital for talks set to focus on the wars in Ukraine and in the Gulf region.

“The meeting will be useful in any case. It’s good to ask questions and get answers,” Lavrov told reporters.

He said the meeting would take place on Thursday morning on the sidelines of an ASEAN gathering of Southeast Asian foreign ministers in the city.

Moscow has condemned Washington’s latest attacks on Iran.

https://aje.news/inpqpc?update=4795760

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Iraq has been demanding the US leave for years - Biden said "no," Trump said "no" until now. Speculation is that the US is fleeing its bases in the region because of an imminent US/"Israeli" attack on Iran.

Per Hindustan Times: The U.S. military has fully withdrawn from Iraq’s Ain Al-Asad airbase, handing control to Iraqi forces as Washington accelerates its regional drawdown. Baghdad frames the move as restored sovereignty, while critics see it as another sign of America scaling back its Middle East footprint amid rising security risks and shifting power balances.

https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/iraqi-army-fully-takes-key-base-us-withdrawal-129314011
https://archive.is/mkOIw
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>>497791
>Also isn't the Iraqi puppet regime moving to disarm the PMF the same way the Lebanon puppet regime is moving to disarm Hezbollah?
Neither would actually be able to do that.

>The US may be able to do decapitation operations but they could never occupy the whole country in the same way they did to Iraq.
Tbf the US occupied Iraq before the creation of the PMF afaik. Venezuela isn't fully US-occupied, so why does the US control Venezuela's oil just like Iraq's? US bases in Iraq have been struck in Iraq by the PMF to the extent that there have been waves of American evacuation, what's keeping Venezuelan militias, which seemingly have representation high in the Venezuelan state, from taking action against US collaborators? That seems like it would be easier in a country without a direct US military occupation.
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https://x.com/DD_Geopolitics/status/2077349514763989168
BREAKING! Iraq has caved to US pressure and re-added Hezbollah in Lebanon, along with affiliated entities, to its sanctions list.

Baghdad placed Hezbollah on its banking sanctions list under amended Executive Order 13224, Washington's counterterrorism financing authority, targeting the group's financing and logistical support networks. The order came from the Director General of Iraq's Economic Affairs Department and the head of the Iraqi Fund for External Development.
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Iraqi PM meets with US oil companies in Houston
Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi has met with representatives from oil companies in Houston, Texas, a day after meeting with Trump in Washington, DC.

The prime minister’s office said that al-Zaidi met with representatives of Halliburton, Shell, Honeywell, Weatherford, and Baker Hughes and “discussed opportunities for cooperation in developing Iraq’s oil and natural gas sectors”.

Trump had promised “a lot of deals” during al-Zaidi’s visit to the US and a boost to the country’s oil output.

Pipelines, including the Iraq-Turkiye crude oil pipeline, also called the Kirkuk-Ceyhan Pipeline, have been reported as possible alternatives to oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz, although their combined capacity is much lower than what passed through the waterway before the war on Iran.

https://aje.news/tf7bqn?update=4778417
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https://x.com/RT_com/status/2077863011314725283
$10 MILLION BOUNTY OFFERED FOR KILLING DONALD TRUMP — Iraqi Islamic Resistance

Group announces reward following Trump's 'AUDACIOUS & OFFENSIVE STATEMENTS' against 'MARTYRED COMMANDERS' who fought ISIS
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 No.497984

>>497844
>>497798
>>497773
>>497713
Iraqi PM to visit Iran for talks tomorrow
Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi will arrive in Iran at the head of a ministerial delegation to discuss gas cooperation and regional developments following an official invitation, the Iraqi News Agency (INA) reports, quoting government spokesman Haider al-Aboudi.

Al-Aboudi said the issue of restricting weapons to the state has only been discussed in Baghdad, stressing that it is an internal Iraqi matter and will not be discussed outside the country, INA reported. (anon's note: lol)

The gas file will be on the agenda during bilateral talks between Iraq and Iran in line with Iraq’s national interests, he said.

Iraq is pursuing an initiative based on diplomatic solutions, particularly regarding current regional developments, al-Aboudi added.

Iraq has also signed agreements with the US, including understandings to establish alternative oil export routes, he said.

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