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"Moderate rebels" retake Aleppo

Syrian rebels enter Aleppo three days into surprise offensive
Insurgents had recaptured territory around Syria’s second city with civilians including children killed in fighting

Islamist insurgents have entered Syria’s second city of Aleppo in a shock assault, eight years after forces loyal to Damascus seized control of the city.

Fighters from Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) began a major offensive earlier this week from their base in the Idlib countryside, a slim strip of land in Syria’s north-west. It took only three days for the fighting to reach Aleppo, with insurgents capturing territory around the city’s outskirts for the first time in four years as Syrian government forces pummelled rebel-held areas.

Turkey’s Anadolu state news agency reported on Friday afternoon that the insurgents had entered Aleppo, while unverified images and video circulating online showed armoured vehicles and armed uniformed militants on its streets. The Associated Press said residents reported hearing missiles striking its outskirts.

The fighting over the last three days had killed 27 civilians, including eight children, David Carden, the UN deputy regional humanitarian coordinator for the Syria crisis, told Reuters.

The rebels have rapidly recaptured dozens of towns and villages in the Aleppo countryside, seizing a military base, weaponry and tanks from Syrian government forces, while some Turkish-backed Syrian rebel groups based elsewhere in north-west Syria joined the fighting.

The UN said Syrian government forces based in Damascus carried out at least 125 airstrikes and shelled areas across Idlib and western Aleppo controlled by the rebels in response to the offensive, killing at least 12 civilians and wounding 46 others, and displacing 14,000 people.

Syria has been promised extra Russian military aid to help the army thwart the assault, two Syrian military sources told Reuters on Saturday. Damascus expects new Russian military hardware to start arriving at Russia’s Hmeimim airbase near Syria’s coastal city of Latakia in the next 72 hours, the sources added.

HTS said on Friday that it had captured four more towns including Mansoura, five miles from the centre of Aleppo. Syria’s state news agency said four civilians were killed inside student accommodation in the city when it was struck by projectiles from insurgent forces.

“The regime’s lines of defence have crumbled, I think they were taken aback. No one anticipated how fast the rebels would reach towards the edge of Aleppo,” said Dareen Khalifa, of the nonprofit International Crisis Group.

She added that it remained unclear whether the rebel forces would be able to hold the swath of captured territory, or how Russian forces backing the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Damascus may respond.

Turkey’s foreign ministry called for calm in the region around Idlib, demanding an end to the strikes on the area. “It is of utmost importance for Turkey that yet another and greater instability is avoided and civilians are not harmed,” it said.

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A delicate balance of power in Syria has been increasingly tested over the past year, however, amid increasing regional fallout from Israel’s battle with the Iranian proxy group Hamas in Gaza.

Israel has dramatically escalated airstrikes against Iranian forces stationed on the ground in Syria, carrying out more than 116 strikes on Syrian territory, according to the UN, and killing more than 100 people, while recent fighting in Lebanon has forced 500,000 people to flee into neighbouring Syria.

The increasing Israeli strikes have put Iranian forces in Syria on the defensive, allowing rebels to exploit a moment where various proxy forces backing Assad are more engaged elsewhere.

Khalifa said Moscow remained focused primarily on the fighting in Ukraine. “The Russians are distracted in Ukraine. They are less invested politically if not military in Syria,” she said. “It’s difficult to tell what the result of this offensive is going to be. The rebels think the other side is vulnerable, and they have leverage.”

The Kremlin spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov, said on Friday that Moscow regarded the rebel attack as a violation of Syria’s sovereignty and wanted the authorities to act fast to regain control.

Turkey, which backs rebel groups along Syria’s northern border but has sought recently to normalise relations with Assad, is yet to publicly intervene in the latest round of fighting.

HTS said it would target Iranian forces fighting alongside Syrian government troops as part of the latest offensive. Iran’s Tasnim news agency said a commander from the Revolutionary Guards was killed in western Aleppo late this week.

The fighting and airstrikes appeared to paralyse much of the fragile network of services across rebel-held territory in Idlib, forcing the closure of health services and other infrastructure that sustain millions seeking shelter there.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/29/syrian-rebels-launch-surprise-attack-on-aleppo

Palestine Thread Pt. X

Continued from >>490646

Updates and current status since the start of the last thread:
(largely civilian) Palestinian death toll has now passed 70,000. Excess deaths have been estimated by The Lancet to plausibly be upwards of 186,000.

Italian workers' unions launched a massive general strike in October over the shipping of weapons through Italian ports which are being used in Israel's genocide, and launched another strike in November.

In early January 2025, Israel agreed to a ceasefire in Gaza and a prisoner exchange. Israel unilaterally broke the ceasefire. In October 2025, another ceasefire and prisoner exchange was agreed upon in Gaza, and Israel has proceeded to kill over 300 Palestinians in Gaza since agreeing. Israel has also refused to allow the agreed-upon amount of aid into Gaza.

Israel attacked Iran utilizing a large number of assets embedded in Iran, killing multiple scientists and high ranking Iranian military officials, as well as targeting schools, hospitals, oil assets, and a TV station. Around one thousand Iranians were killed in Israel's strikes on civilian targets like residential buildings. Iran retaliated with a series of waves of missile and drone attacks which hit multiple Israeli military targets including IDF HQ, Mossad HQ, as well as an Israeli oil field. After an Iranian strike on Unit 8200, the number of online Zionist apologists conspicuously reduced for a while. The Israeli government, embarrassed by the damage to Tel Aviv, heavily censored footage and reporting of Iranian strikes on Israel, resulting in the Israeli police arresting journalists and citizens for filming sites of impact, while rich Israelis fled by boat due to the closure of Ben-Gurion airport. Iran began a crackdown on Israeli terror cells, finding and closing multiple Mossad-linked covert drone factories, as well as reportedly arresting groups of Afghan nationals involved in sabotage, and multiple individuals reportedly linked to German & Indian spy agencies.

The US launched airstrikes against multiple Iranian nuclear energy sites, followed by Iran retaliating with a strike on a US airbase in Qatar. A ceasefire between Israel and Iran has been in place since shortly after this, with expectations being that Israel intends to recouperate and try again with more direct US involvement.

The US mercenary front called the GHF has reportedly disbanded.

Israel has continued to violate the ceasefire with Lebanon more than 1000 times, and has refused to leave the country entirely after multiple delays. Israel again returned to bombing Beirut in November.

Syrian president Bashar al-Assad was overthrown by US-backed al-Qaeda operatives. Israel has since attacked and continued to occupy Syria with no retaliation, as well as abducting and displacing Syrian citizens while the Syrian government targets only Syrians and Lebanon.

The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netnayahu and Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity. The ICC also issued warrants against Hamas leaders.

Following the warrants, the Biden invited Yoav Gallant to the White House, and the Trump administration invited Netanyahu to the White House multiple times.

Israel has launched more attacks on the West Bank.

More countries have joined South Africa's legal case at the International Court of Justice against Israel for the crime of genocide. Cuba, Ireland, Belize, Palestine, Turkey, Spain, Mexico, Libya, Chile, and Colombia have joined the South African case against Israel. Egypt, Belgium, and Maldives have also declared their intention to join. Nicaragua has withdrawn from the case.

Following the October agreement in Gaza, Yemeni Ansar Allah attacks in solidarity with Gaza have temporarily ceased.

Demonstrators have continued to blockade and damage arms factories manufacturing weapons for Israel in the UK. Palestine Action broke into a UK military base, damaging two planes of a type which the UK government has used to aid in Israel's genocide of Palestine. Following this, the UK government under Starmer proscribed Palestine Action as a terrorist group, despite direct action being a legal form of protest in the UK. Hundreds of arrests have followed, and continued for months over people holding placards.

The US gov't continued shipping weapons to Israel, in violation of US law.

The new US administration has started unlawfully abducting students for protest and opposition to genocide. The administration has threatened to deport these students, and has gone after university funding in an effort to suppress anti-genocide speech on campuses and control the narrative. Mahmoud Khalil was later released.

Israel attacked the Global Sumud Flotilla boats, abducting their crews in Palestinian waters and subjecting many to torture.

In June, the Global March to Gaza, a peaceful humanitarian mission to get aid into Gaza through the Egyptian Rafah crossing, was blocked by the US-backed El-Sisi government. Hundreds of marchers were arrested and harrassed at the crossing by the Egyptian military.

Israel's former top military lawyer, major general Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi was arrested by Israel after leaking a video of the IDF gang raping Palestinian detainees, which was seen by the Israeli state as bad PR.

And much, much more!

Gloomycore

General gloom - noir, sadness, dark cabaret, depressive jazzy post-punk, dark jazz, wrist-slitters, and bleak black songs of various styles - singer/songwriter, jazz, rock, blues, folk, classical, experimental, ambient, as long as it sounds like deep, nocturnal misery.

Black Metal thread

Thread for kvlt shit

USApol Thread 20x6

New big thread for American studies.

Previous thread: >>487075

Black Sabbath "War Pigs"

Old Heavy Metal.

Doom Metal

DUNNNNN DUNNNN DUNNN DUNNNNNN
Post doom metal

Iran War Thread Pt. II

Continued from
>>491673

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Death Metal

Death Metal, Death'n'Roll, etc.

Folk music

Anyone fond of it?

Old style country

Traditional country, Oldtime, Bluegrass, Western Swing, etc.

Music

Only post bops.

the situación of Argentina

This imagen describe some of the situación of Argentina, Miley sells arg to the judaism

May 1st General Strike

Thread about the May Day general strike & walkouts against the wars & ICE coming up.

US stock market crash general

Retards here have been claiming an imminent stock market crash for almost 10 years straight.

But it looks like this time we might actually get a crash this time because the Republicans seem to like crashing the market in their second terms.

And it does seem like Trump and his advisors are trying to crash the market.

Either that or Trump's economic advisors are just stupid.

Epstein Thread

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.

'50s - early '60s pop stuff

Why not?

RIP David Allen Coe

(September 6, 1939 – April 29, 2026)
Country legend David Allen Coe is dead.

Venezuela mobilizes 4.5 million militia members as US deploys troops to the Caribbean

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
Last week, mass protests across Venezuela denounced the “interventionist policies of the US government” following the bounty increase on Maduro and the accusation of cartel ties. However, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed the deployment of US troops to the region on August 14. On Tuesday, August 19, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt was asked if the administration was open to “boots on the ground” in Venezuela, to which she responded, “[Trump] is prepared to use every element of American power to stop drugs from flooding into our country.”

This week, Venezuela’s “prepared, activated, and armed” militia members are being deployed “throughout the entire territory, and meticulously, sector by sector”, as part of what the government is calling a peace plan to defend the principles of sovereignty and shared economic development.

“The Bolivarian National Militia is the people in arms, it is the genuine expression of civic-military union,” said Maduro in 2019, as he announced the incorporation of the militia that Hugo Chávez created – which has surged to nearly 5 million members, according to the government – into the Armed Forces as an official “combat unit”.

“We are also deployed throughout the Caribbean,” Venezuela’s Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello reminded the public. “Our sea, which is Venezuelan territory.”

The Venezuelan government is not alone in speaking out against the escalation of tensions in the Caribbean. When asked about the US military deployment during a regular press conference, President Claudia Sheinbaum said Mexico’s message to the region is, “No to interventionism. This is not just a conviction, it’s in the Constitution.”

To this day, the US does not recognize President Nicolás Maduro as the winner of the July 28 elections in Venezuela, claiming that opposition figure Edmundo González is the true president. In the months following the election, Washington targeted dozens of officials in the Venezuelan National Electoral Council (CNE) and other government departments with sanctions and visa bans, on top of the long-standing US economic blockade of the Bolivarian nation.

Despite the mounting pressure, Venezuelan officials are confident that the nation can defend its sovereignty. “It’s not about Maduro, it’s about the ordinary people, the people in the neighborhoods, the communities,” says Nahum Fernández, head of government in Caracas.

“This country belongs to Venezuelans; in the face of any threat, the Venezuelan people will not remain silent.”

Galloway Thread

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

Gothic Rock & Post-Punk

Substituted psychedelia for a doomed planet.

Keir Starmer

this fuckin piece of shit this no good fuckin walking genocidal goiter with hair & teeth
if this piece of shit showed up in my neighborhood I'd shove him in a garbage pail and throw it off the nearest cliff
I'm embarrassed to have even saved his pic for this thread I'm gonna immediately delete it after I post this

What do you think of him, /leftypol/?

content creation

What gun content creators do you guys like? I want to learn more about guns and weapons.

Grindcore / Deathgrind / Goregrind, etc. generall

Thread for stupid extreme grind-based music.

Cuba thread

Thread for news, books, info, etc. about Cuba.

The Democratic socialist party of America is a bullshit zionist piece of dog shit

Rains revive Iraq’s wetlands after years of drought

Much-needed rain is bringing life back to the ancient ecosystem of the Huwaizah Marshes, after years

A fishing boat glides across the waters of Iraq’s southern marshes, sending ripples shimmering over the once-parched wetlands, now revived by long-awaited rains.

Running through almost the entire Huwaizah Marshes, the returning water is dotted with patches of greenery, with buffaloes soaking in it or wandering slowly nearby, grazing on the lush grass.

Overhead, birds of many kinds flutter, their movements mirrored in the still water below, part of the protected biodiversity of these millennia-old Mesopotamian wetlands.

Years of drought, blamed on climate change and upstream dams in neighbouring countries, have ravaged Iraq’s marshes – the reputed home of the biblical Garden of Eden – nestled between the mighty Tigris and Euphrates rivers.

But a few rainy spells this winter have revived hope among residents and admirers alike.

As he sailed his long wooden boat, wearing his white abaya and keffiyeh, fisherman Kazem Kasid told the AFP news agency that “life will return, along with the fish and livestock, and people will feel that their homeland and future have been restored”.

Iraq’s Water Ministry has said the reservoirs on the Tigris River are almost full, adding that it expects water levels in the Euphrates to rise in the coming days if Syria releases water from its dams.

As a result, the marshlands are experiencing “a relative revival”.

Activist Ahmed Saleh Neema said the Huwaizah Marsh has not seen this much water in years, adding that 85 percent of the wetlands are now submerged, though the water depth still needs to rise.

“It is good. It means that the marshes will not dry this summer,” when temperatures reach 50C.

https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2026/4/29/iraqs-marshes-revived-long-awaited-rains-bring-life-back-to-wetlands

Ukraine 3.0

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

Pro-Ukraine sources:
Everywhere else

Burn Palantir's Warehouse & Hang the Shareholders (Vichy America)

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Mahmoud Khalil forced disappearance thread

On March 9, 2025, US permanent resident and Columbia University graduate student was abducted without charge or trial and sent off to a shady Louisiana site on White House orders over his protests for Columbia to divest from Israel's war crimes.

From DropSite:

NEW YORK CITY—On Saturday night, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agents entered a student residential building at Columbia University in uptown New York and detained Mahmoud Khalil, one of the lead negotiators on behalf of pro-Palestine protesters at 2024’s Gaza solidarity encampment. In a sweeping attack on the First Amendment, the Trump administration said this week it would begin revoking visas of “Hamas sympathizers,” specifically citing Columbia University students. The detention followed a two-day targeted online campaign against Khalil by pro-Israel groups and individuals, including Columbia’s high-profile pro-Israel professor, Shai Davidai.

Khalil, an Algerian citizen of Palestinian origin and an American green-card holder, was detained by DHS officials around half past eight as he was entering the Columbia residential building he lives in. He was returning from an iftar, breaking the day-long fast observed by many Muslims during the month of Ramadan.

Khalil’s wife, who is eight months pregnant, was with him at the time. A statement by the pro-Palestine group Writers Against the War on Gaza (WAWOG) stated that he was “abducted and detained without the physical demonstration of a warrant or officially filed charges.”

Khalil was detained at a DHS facility in New Jersey, according to a database for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. But when his wife went to try and visit him she was informed he was not there. "He is not at the ICE facility in New Jersey. I can confirm he is not there,” Khalil’s attorney Amy Greer told Drop Site. "At this time, we have an idea [where he is] but we cannot confirm that 100%.”

According to WAWOG, the DHS agents told Khalil that the U.S. Department of State had revoked his student visa. The group said this was “despite the fact that he has a green card, not a visa, and is a lawful permanent resident.”

In response to a request for comment from Drop Site, the DHS first stated, “You need to reach out to the White House.”

On Sunday evening, DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin sent a follow-up statement confirming ICE “arrested” Khalil “for activities aligned to Hamas”: “On March 9, 2025, in support of President Trump’s executive orders prohibiting anti-Semitism, and in coordination with the Department of State, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested Mahmoud Khalil, a former Columbia University graduate student,” McLaughlin wrote. “Khalil led activities aligned to Hamas, a designated terrorist organization. ICE and the Department of State are committed to enforcing President Trump’s executive orders and to protecting U.S. national security.”

McLaughlin did not answer questions about where Khalil is being held.

Columbia University directed Drop Site to a statement on their website. The statement, dated March 9, reads, "There have been reports of ICE around campus. Columbia has and will continue to follow the law. Consistent with our longstanding practice and the practice of cities and institutions throughout the country, law enforcement must have a judicial warrant to enter non-public University areas, including University buildings. Columbia is committed to complying with all legal obligations and supporting our student body and campus community."

Khalil’s wife was unlocking the door to the building when “two plainclothes DHS agents forced their way in behind them.” They initially refused to identify themselves, she reported, but then threatened Khalil’s wife that if she remained with him, she would be detained too.

On Wednesday, Khalil was among the protesters at a sit-in at Milstein Library in Columbia University’s Barnard College, protesting the recent expulsion of three Barnard students over pro-Palestine activism. New York Police Department officers later arrested nine individuals from the same protest—the third round of arrests of pro-Palestine demonstrators on Columbia’s campuses in the past year.

Over the course of Thursday and Friday, several prominent pro-Israel groups and individuals published a series of tweets targeting Khalil, mentioning his presence at the sit-in on Wednesday and his history as a lead negotiator with Columbia in April 2024, and demanded that the Trump administration act strongly against him by revoking his visa and deporting him. They tagged President Donald Trump, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and US Attorney General Pam Bondi.

read more: https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/dhs-detains-columbia-university-student-gaza

/draw/ Drawing and visual art general №1

Post your drawings and studies here.

Video Tutorials:
Proko - https://www.youtube.com/user/ProkoTV
Sinix - https://www.youtube.com/user/sinixdesign
Scott Robertson - https://www.youtube.com/user/scottrobertsondesign
Matt Kohr (CtrlPaint) - https://www.ctrlpaint.com/library
Aaron Blaise https://www.youtube.com/user/AaronBlaiseArt

Poses/Gestures
QuickPoses - https://www.quickposes.com/en
PoseSpace - https://www.posespace.com/posetool/default.aspx

What's the best LLM chatbot?

I was messing around with free chatbots, got bored of their copypasted and formulaic responses and then I find out that there are premium versions of them? And then I find out there are FLOSS Chinese LLMs? And apparently Deepseek V4 got released which is way more precise while being way less resource-hungry? I'm so confused.

My questions are:
>What is the best LLM chatbot?
>What is the best FLOSS LLM chatbot?
>How do both of them compare?

In my experience, Claude seems to be the best and GPT is hot garbage but I've only tried their free versions so I don't know how their paid versions stack up.

Materialist Analysis of the Biggest Taboo in Modern History

<"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated. But those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their consciences."

- C.S. Lewis


<"I do not believe that it can be too often repeated that the freedoms of speech, press, petition and assembly guaranteed by the First Amendment must be accorded to the ideas we hate or sooner or later they will be denied to the ideas we cherish. The first banning of an association because it advocates hated ideas – whether that association be called a political party or not – marks a fateful moment in the history of a free country…"

- Justice Black


<"It is always unconscionable for the government to punish people for expressing an idea merely because government officials – or the majority of citizens – decide that those ideas are 'dangerous' or 'wrong.' That is a power nobody ought to possess." -

- Glenn Greenwald


<"He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself."

- Thomas Paine


<"The history of liberty is a history of resistance. The history of liberty is a history of limitations of governmental power, not the increase of it."

- Woodrow Wilson

Most of us (including myself) do not support an "absolutely anything goes" attitude regarding the production of CP, especially when it comes to pre-pubescent children rather than adolescents. I fully believe that pre-pubescents should never appear in what we call "hardcore" pornography that would include large amounts of sexual activity–either with peers or adults–that would likely prove physically injurious to them–such as full penetrative intercourse–and which they would not likely seek out in real life. Accordingly, there is a big difference between "child pornography" and what may best be labeled child erotica. I would see no problem with pre-pubescents who possess an exhibitionist streak in them (and our society is well aware that such children do exist, despite our strong attempts to deny it) to appear in mildly erotic films where they engage in what we often call 'sex play' with people of various ages–depending upon what the child in question would agree to as per their individual tastes–which pre-pubescents of a slightly older age (say, six years old and up) at least semi-regularly do with peers and sometimes with adults whom they trust and have bonded with in a certain way.

I also have no problem with pre-pubescents appearing nude in films, including mainstream films, as long as they have no objections, since–as I explained in my aforementioned previous essay–I do not think it's logical or healthy for our culture to promulgate the idea that there is something inherently ugly or "obscene" about the nude youthful form, or even about normal youth sexual activity. Pre-pubescents have appeared nude and even sometimes engaging in lightly erotic scenes (i.e., those involving kissing and notable sensuality) in many foreign films over the past few decades, and people from those cultures do not have the conception that there is something inherently "wrong" with this–though this positive attitude about youth sexuality has been diminishing in these foreign Western nations due to constant aggressive American and British influence over the past two decades. In fact, it's largely American and British culture who has this irrational fear and loathing of anything remotely to do with youthful nudity and sexual activity despite their reality throughout human history, and it's the governments of these two nations who put so much pressure on artists of all stripes in nations both within and outside of the West to stifle all such attempts. As such, foreign films depicting a "coming of age" theme have regularly become noticeably less "bold" (read: realistic) in their portrayal of these normal aspects of the lives of youths over the past decade, the first of the 21st century. I'm sure if the current American mindset had its way, all "coming of age" films would be produced for suitability to air on the Disney Channel.


As for adolescents, since it's physically safe for them to engage in full intercourse with proper precautions, and some of them do have an interest in it (though not all, of course), then they should be allowed to participate in whatever type of on camera erotica that they please. I would never encourage or ask for them to participate in the equivalent of XXX-rated films where sex is the only point, but I believe that what we call "softcore" erotica should be no problem for those adolescents who may want to participate in it. Saying that absolutely no adolescents under the age of 18 would ever have the slightest interest in doing this is quite ridiculous and illogical for reasons I explicated in a previous essay on whether or not teens would support the age of consent [AoC] laws, as well as my previous essay on the relevance of the legalization of CP to the youth liberation movement. To make this point further, there are a few instances of underage actresses who lied about their age and appeared in several adult pornographic films, the best example of this perhaps being Traci Lords. Further, actresses such as Brooke Shields and Jodie Foster appeared in popular mainstream American films with highly erotic themes involving consensual youth prostitution during the 1970s when both were 12 years of age–Pretty Baby and Taxi Driver, respectively–and neither of them were emotionally "damaged" as a result; to the contrary, both went on to prosperous careers in mainstream cinema. Shields subsequently appeared in a few other mainstream films with highly erotic themes to them shortly after her first, including The Blue Lagoon and Endless Love, both of which included sex scenes (though she used a body double to depict her nude scenes in both of these films, something she curiously didn't do when she was a few years younger in Pretty Baby). And of course, Foster continued to do the same in films such as The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane at age 14, where she removed her shirt on camera (though viewers only saw her from the back and briefly from the side after she did so) and got into bed with an older teenage boy whom she had fallen in love with. Sadly, the latter film also gave us a typical stereotyped version of an Evil Pedo [or 'Evil Hebe,' to be technical in this case], who was played in this instance by Martin Sheen as the titular character's main antagonist. But as we all know, the bygone era of the 1970s and early '80s is long behind us now, and the sex abuse hysteria has continued to progress into the present, thus making films like those mentioned above much more difficult to produce today.


Nevertheless, some film producers continue to defy these modern conventions, such as then-12-year-old actress Isabelle Fuhurman taking on a racy role–including a sexy seduction scene where she attempted to seduce an adult man–in the 2009 horror/suspense film The Orphan. And prior to that, we had the then-adolescent Drew Barrymore explore sexual themes during the 1990s in films such as Far From Home (which she did at age 14) and the much sexier Poison Ivy (which she did at age 17), where she successfully seduced a much older man played by Tom Skerritt in a daringly erotic sex scene. And let's not forget Barrymore's sex-charged role, also at age 17, which she played the same year in the short-lived TV series 2000 Malibu Road. It's hardly a wonder that a year later she did a very sexual portrayal of real life "lethal lolita" Amy Fisher in The Amy Fisher Story, a well-received telefilm that hit the airwaves in 1993; Barrymore was barely 18 at the time, but the character she portrayed was a few years younger than that, and this true story made it clear once and for all that young adolescent girls can indeed pursue adult men and be dangerously conniving at the same time. Unfortunately, such relationships only make the headlines when they have an element of tragedy attached to them, or some other type of sensationalism (such as when a girl runs away with an older lover), thus promoting the biased attitude that intergenerational attraction always results in something bad, the same type of attitude promoted by the notorious lesbian novels published during the 1950s in regards to same gender attraction amongst women.

Fascist Symbology

One thing I've noticed, but have not, in my few searches, found many conclusive answers to, is why exactly various Fascist movements and factions choose certain symbols to represent them, so I thought I'd start a thread to see if I could get some conclusive answers. Particularly the old religious symbols - presumably these are intended to have and convey some particular meaning, but what exactly, and how do Fascists come to the decision to use these particular symbols as their own?

One which I've wondered about in particular is the sun cross - this one has shown up a lot… from the logo of the Norwegian Nazi Party (Nasjonal Samling) and the SS, to Ukraine's Centuria group, to battalions of the IOF. I was also reminded the other day that it has usage in Gnosticism. What does it mean and symbolize within Gnosticism, and what motivates Fascists, seemingly from multiple religious and national backgrounds, to keep adopting it?

A similar question goes for the swastika - why did the Nazis choose to use this specific old religious symbol as the insignia of their German state? Beyond just being Fascist iconography, what does the black sun mean to Fascists, what does it symbolize? There are some symbols, like the Totenkopf (whose usage preceded the rise of the Nazis), where the significance is much more obvious, but I'm really curious to understand the more esoteric symbols.

News 1/24/26

Michael Parenti, Marxist political scientist and author, dies aged 92
Michael Parenti, the American Marxist political scientist, author, and lecturer, has died at the age of 92. Parenti was widely known for his sharp critiques of imperialism, capitalism, and corporate power, and for his insistence that politics be examined through the lens of class interests and material conditions.
https://www.idcommunism.com/2026/01/michael-parenti-marxist-political-scientist-and-author-dies-aged-92.html

Colombia: Left-Wing Candidate Ivan Cepeda Leads The Polls Ahead Presidential Elections
The poll, which asked “if the presidential elections were tomorrow, who would you vote for?”, without suggesting names, shows Senator Paloma Valencia in third place with a distant 3%, from the Democratic Center party, founded by former president Álvaro Uribe (2002-2010), while the former mayor of Medellín, Sergio Fajardo, who appeared in third place in other polls as the standard-bearer of the center, falls to seventh place, with only 1%.
https://www.telesurenglish.net/colombia-left-wing-candidate-ivan-cepeda-leads-the-polls-ahead-presidential-elections/

US presses Bolivia to expel suspected Iranian spies, harden approach to militant groups, sources say
Washington also wants the government in La Paz to designate Lebanese armed group Hezbollah and Palestinian militant organization Hamas - both of which the United States considers to be proxies of Tehran - as terrorist organizations, said the sources, who requested anonymity to discuss sensitive conversations.
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/us-presses-bolivia-expel-suspected-iranian-spies-harden-approach-militant-groups-2026-01-24/

Mapuche Political Prisoners Sentenced in a Trial Characterized by Frame-Ups
Along with this sentence, the rest of the lamien were sentenced to 15 years in prison, disproportionate sentences that not only punish individuals, but also seek to hit entire communities, sow fear and dismantle the processes of resistance and territorial recovery.
https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/27389/

Lula says Trump wants to “create a new UN” as he attacks proposed Gaza Peace Council
Lula spoke at the closing session of the 14th National Meeting of Brazil’s Landless Workers’ Movement (MST) in Salvador, Bahia. He said the UN Charter was being “torn up” and reiterated Brazil’s long-standing call for UN reform—specifically, expanding permanent membership of the Security Council to include countries such as Brazil and Mexico, as well as African nations.
https://en.mercopress.com/2026/01/24/lula-says-trump-wants-to-create-a-new-un-as-he-attacks-proposed-gaza-peace-council

Weapons flow to RSF via Libya continue despite pressure on Haftar
Weapons continue to flow from Libya to Sudan despite Saudi and Egyptian pressure on Khalifa Haftar to stop Emirati military support to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), Middle East Eye has learned. Earlier this week, MEE reported that the eastern Libya commander is coming under growing pressure from Cairo and Riyadh, which have warned that continued assistance could trigger a serious shift in Egypt’s relationship with him.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/exclusive-weapons-flow-rsf-libya-continue-despite-pressure-haftar

United Arab Emirates plans to bankroll first ‘planned community’ in south Gaza
Within the first Rafah community, billed as a “case study”, planners envision several efforts to prevent the influence of Hamas, including the introduction of electronic shekel wallets “to mitigate the diversion of goods and funds to the Hamas financial channels”, and a school curriculum that will “not be Hamas-based”, but supplied by the UAE. Planners also specify that residents will be permitted to “enter and exit the neighborhood freely, subject to security checks to prevent the introduction of weapons and hostile elements”.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/23/uae-funds-gaza-community

Israeli settler attacks have displaced over 12,000 Palestinian Bedouins since 2023
Local media reported that Israeli forces detained Mahmoud Hamdallah Abu Maria, 60, and his three sons on Saturday after searching and ransacking his home in Beit Ummar, located in the north of Hebron.
https://www.newarab.com/news/israeli-settler-attacks-displace-12000-palestinian-bedouins

Indian farmers end march after administration agrees to major demands
Thousands of farmers and peasants who marched to the district headquarters in Palghar in India’s western state of Maharashtra celebrated their victory and announced the suspension of the protest after most of their demands were met on Wednesday, January 21. Protesters waved red flags and danced when their leaders emerged after a seven-hours-long negotiation with the administration and presented the written agreement.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/01/23/indian-farmers-end-march-after-administration-agrees-to-major-demands/

Three men in UK court accused of targeting opponents of Pakistan's government
Prosecutors say Akbar, a former adviser to jailed ex-Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, was struck many times in the face after opening the door to his house in Cambridge, central England, to a masked man who had asked for him by name. Meanwhile, two men called at the home of former army officer-turned YouTuber Adil Raja in Chesham, to the northwest of London, and tried to force entry. Raja, who was convicted in absentia in January of terrorism-related offences linked to online support for Khan, was not there at the time.
https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/three-men-uk-court-accused-targeting-opponents-pakistans-government-2026-01-24/

80% of Ukraine faces emergency power cuts following Russia's overnight aerial attack, focused on Kyiv
Vitaliy Zaichenko, CEO of UkrEnergo, the state grid operator, told the Kyiv Independent that Kyiv's "left bank" – the part of the city on the east side of the Dnipro River – faces a dire situation when it comes to heating, which is extending further into the right bank. 80% of Ukraine will face emergency unscheduled power outages on Jan. 24.
https://kyivindependent.com/explosions-heard-in-kyiv-as-russia-launches-mass-attack/
https://archive.ph/qlFps

schizomaxxing

I severely lack meaning in my life and I have the urge to to participate in schizo computing. What I mean by that is, I have the urge to lock myself in my room at night, hunch over my keyboard and:

use Tails OS, Tor, Whonix, Qubes, OpenBSD, virtual machines, Linux, alternative internet forums, use flip phones, use physical media instead of digital content where possible, air gap computers, use internet archives, improve my general knowledge on mass surveillance and other cucked things.

I'm not even that good at computers but I just feel the need to schizomaxx and become redpilled on susciety. Any things you recommend I should learn or delve into, given the things I'm interested in?

TF2 Communist dress up contest

https://loadout.tf/

Hardmode: Soldier
Easymode: Heavy

Prize: PootisPOW

Also general team fortress 2 thread
It's the MOST FUN YOU CAN HAVE ONLINE™
http://www.teamfortress.com/

If you have a potato PC
https://docs.mastercomfig.com/en/stable/

"Lore"
http://www.teamfortress.com/comics.php
And TF Comics #7 when we achieve global communism.

Discord

Is it true that this site is a honeypot for glowies?

What do you think of 9/11?

Glowies are buying private data on citizens.

https://odysee.com/@SomeOrdinaryGamers:6/stop.-normalizing.-this.:3

parties are egregore soul traps run by the archons

capitalism itself will bring about its own downfall not some messiah complex and their disciples cult.

https://www.marxists.org/subject/left-wing/icc/1934/11/permanent-crisis.htm

https://www.marxists.org/archive/mattick-paul/1934/fascism-revolution.htm

BUDENOVKA

Lets have a thread dedicated to the most ridiculous and most intimidating piece of headwear ever conceptualised

Should I start a carnivore/raw primal/high cholesterol ,high-fat diet?
I know how terribly unhealthy this all sounds but it also sounds hyper-masculine and caveman. I know some bodybuilders have 40 eggs a day and theyre fine(inb4 Gaston)
a Builder of Communism must be strong and manly!

GA freakcore sound

This stuff has been going crazy lately. What do you think of it?

CPUSA thread

https://cpusa.org/article/imperialism-hurts-workers-everywhere-including-here-in-the-usa/
Imperialism hurts workers everywhere, including here in the USA – Communist Party USA

Genocide

The Netanyahu Israeli government rained down U.S.-made bombs provided by Biden on Gaza killing over 40 thousand Palestinians 80 percent of whom are women and children, destroying most housing, hospitals, schools, universities, mosques, churches, industry, farms. Wantonly killing health care and aid workers, Israel’s siege starves Palestinians of food, water, medicines, sanitation and electricity. Now Trump wants to ethnically cleanse Gaza and turn it into a resort.


Assassinations

On the African continent Burkina Faso’s Thomas Sankara, Congo’s Patrice Lumumba, Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi and Guinea-Bissau’s Amilcar Cabral were all overthrown and assassinated to assist the continued transnational theft of each country’s resources.


Blockades

The Cuban people are now suffering from severe poverty because U.S. sanctions on their country make it extremely difficult for Cuba to import sorely needed fuel, food and medical equipment.


Immigration

Poverty and instability lead millions to uproot their families and migrate out of Africa, Asia and the Americas for the sake of their own survival.


Back home

Poverty has become the 4th leading cause of death in the United States, responsible for 295,000 deaths a year – or over 800 deaths a day.

What is the root cause of these wide-ranging atrocities and many other examples of suffering and injustice?
It’s called U.S. imperialism.

Imperialism is the inevitable outgrowth of putting profits before people and nature. It is advanced monopoly capitalism’s economic, political, diplomatic, social and cultural control of society by the richest corporations to control governments, markets, resources and labor, defiling the earth with pollution to extract maximum profits. Those profits benefit the billionaire class while destroying the planet at the expense of the vast majority.

Imperialism foments direct and proxy wars by pitting countries against each other, e.g. Ukraine and Russia. The goal? To gain markets, appropriate Ukraine’s farmland and minerals along with stealing Russia’s natural resources and ensuring low labor costs.

Imperialism also includes financial, trade and industrial policies often implemented through US control of global institutions such as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund that disadvantage the poorer, less powerful countries and benefit only the wealthiest monopoly corporations and individuals, who attempt exclusive control over markets. Importantly, these policies also immiserate the U.S. working class.

Examples of these monopoly corporations are the weapons contractors – Lockheed Martin, Raytheon Technologies, Boeing and General Dynamics; fossil fuel giants – Chevron, Exxon, BP, and Shell; financial institutions – JP Morgan Chase, Bank of America, and Wells Fargo; and hedge funds like Bridgewater and BlackRock. Monopolization also includes pharmaceuticals and high tech.

The billionaires and their companies have bought lock, stock and barrel many of the political candidates on our ballots.

The names of the richest billionaires are well known: Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Larry Ellison. These capitalists and others make decisions that affect the lives of billions of people, although we have no vote in the matter. The billionaires and their companies have bought lock, stock and barrel many of the political candidates on our ballots.

These trillion-dollar corporations control much of the world. In 1917, V.I. Lenin called imperialism “The highest stage of capitalism.” Since Lenin’s time imperialism has become more global. Capital is still exported and internationally sourced supply chains are prevalent. Banks and high-tech companies dominate much of the world economy. While the U.S. is the premier imperial power, the E.U. and Japan are next, kept secondary by the U.S. Current imperialism is being challenged by emerging powers, socialist and capitalist, in an increasingly multipolar planet.

In today’s world, state-supported monopoly capitalism and imperialism are essentially the same thing. For us in the United States, fighting imperialism means fighting the capitalists here at home who keep a tight rein on politics, the economy, and maximum profits.
Do working people in the United States benefit from imperialism?

No! Taxpayer money spent on imperialist wars abroad in Ukraine, Palestine, Iraq, Afghanistan, Sudan and other regions, and on maintaining more than 800 military bases worldwide, almost entirely benefits the armaments industry and other wealthy corporate sectors. The $1.2 trillion military budget, which is 60 percent or more of the Congressional budget, wastes critical resources that could be spent to end poverty, provide housing, health care, infrastructure and all our other essential needs. To survive, workers in our country have to join workers abroad to fight to transition to an alternative, green, peaceful economy, ensuring workers in all industries affected have jobs, appropriate training, or income.

The violence of mass shootings on our streets and by our institutions echoes the mass killings of war that our government wages in other countries. It reflects the “might makes right” mentality, misogyny, and racism imposed by U.S. foreign policy. The U.S. has become the prisonhouse of nations, incarcerating more individuals – disproportionately people of color – than any other nation. Special oppression based on skin color, national origin, sex, and gender divides workers, sapping opportunities and income from the whole working class. Violence meted out to the environment results from the imperative of fossil fuel and other corporations to gain maximum profits and hurts all of us. It generates rapid climate change. It exacerbates environmental injustice to our working class and in particular, people of color.

The U.S. is the richest and most powerful country in history, but living standards are declining with stagnant incomes, unaffordable and substandard housing, education and health care, crumbling infrastructure and increasing insecurity. The extreme right blames the decline in living standards on immigrants entering the southern border and on countries like China, which has gained strength as an economic powerhouse. But these are racist and anti-communist lies. Living standards and the economy for the majority began stagnating in the early 1970s, long before China industrialized. The big capitalists in the U.S. found great profits in moving industries abroad – to China, Mexico, Bangladesh, Indonesia, etc. – to take advantage of their low wages, while destroying domestic manufacturing. These oligarchs are the culprits responsible for the loss of good jobs in the U.S.

Yet rather than cooperating or even accepting a challenge to compete economically our ruling class has chosen to demonize China to prevent its further development and to counter its projects that economically develop the poorer nations with sanctions, trade embargoes and military threats.

Wealthy corporations and individuals almost exclusively benefit from imperialism. As many of us worry whether we’ll have a job to pay the rent, be able to send our kids to college or trade school, be able to cover medical costs, or pay the inflated price of food, the super rich have increased their wealth by leaps and bounds since the Great Recession of 2008. In 2019 the top 10 percent of families owned 76 percent of the country’s wealth. Between 2020-2022 during the height of the Covid pandemic, billionaire wealth grew by $1.5 trillion – more than $2 billion a day For working families, it’s getting worse.

Keeping people in other countries in poverty undercuts the position of the U.S. working class because it motivates corporate outsourcing. We should demonstrate solidarity with all workers everywhere to abolish poverty for good everywhere. We must actively support people in poorer countries who rise up to demand better economic conditions and civil and political rights because their enemy is our enemy and their struggle is our struggle! Communist say: “Workers and oppressed peoples of all countries, unite!”


Demands:

In the Israel–Gaza conflict, we demand an immediate and permanent ceasefire and a massive influx of humanitarian aid leading to a just solution for Palestinians and Israelis. We demand that Israel and its supporters abide by International Law as reiterated by the World Court: End Apartheid, end the wars and occupation, remove the settlements and settlers from stolen territory, and allow all refugees to return to historic Palestine.

We demand an end to all U.S. sanctions against Cuba. Immediately remove Cuba from the bogus “State Sponsor of Terrorism” list. Normalize relations with Cuba, which terrorizes no one but is the victim of U.S. terrorism for over 60 years.

We demand that the U.S. stop interfering in Venezuela’s internal affairs, remove sanctions and return stolen Venezuelan property to the Venezuelan people. End all illegal U.S. sanctions on the dozens of other countries targeted by the U.S. capitalist class.

We demand a peaceful, diplomatic resolution of the war in Ukraine. Stop NATO’s expansion and move to abolish it.

We demand the U.S. military stop threats against China and stop rebuilding bases in the Philippines. Close the anti-China THAAD missile system in South Korea, the military bases in Okinawa, and throughout the Indo-Pacific. Dismantle the several aggressive Indo-Asia-Pacific military pacts like AUKUS and the Quad. Reverse the economic wars against China; instead prioritize cooperation on climate, economic, health, and infrastructure.

We demand an end to first-strike nuclear war policies. Sign and abide by treaties to abolish and dismantle all nuclear weapons everywhere.

We demand the prompt and radical cuts to the bloated military budget. Use the money saved to meet people’s needs and transition workers to green jobs.

Oldschool R&B and Soul

Thread for ancient Rhythm & Blues, Soul, Black Gospel, New Orleans R&B, Doo Wop, you name it - that stuff from the '50s and '60s, the really old style stuff.

LaRouche

How have LaRouche's cultists managed to get so influential lately? I keep seeing his fanatics on political shows I normally respect and I really don't understand it.

Hip-Hop and Rap

Pakistan air strikes in Afghanistan spark Taliban warning of retaliation

From AJ yesterday:
The first cross-border strike inside Afghanistan since March came after a spate of attacks by the Pakistan Taliban.
Islamabad, Pakistan – The Pakistani military conducted air raids in neighbouring Afghanistan late on Tuesday night, targeting hideouts of the Pakistan Taliban, known by the acronym TTP, armed group in Paktika province, according to security officials.

While no official statement was issued by Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs or military media wing, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), sources confirmed to Al Jazeera that the attacks took place in the Barmal district of Afghanistan, near Pakistan’s South Waziristan tribal district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

The interim Afghan government, ruled by the Taliban, also confirmed the attacks but insisted that civilians had been targeted. The Taliban spokesperson’s office told Al Jazeera that at least 46 people, including women and children, were among those killed in air raids.

“The Pakistani side should understand that such arbitrary measures are not a solution to any problem,” Enayatullah Khowarazami, spokesperson for Afghanistan’s Defence Ministry, wrote on social media platform X. “The Islamic Emirate will not leave this cowardly act unanswered and considers the defense of its territory an inalienable right,” he added, referring to Afghanistan by the name given by the Taliban government.

The air raids, which were conducted for the second time this year, came just hours after Pakistan’s special representative for Afghanistan, Mohammad Sadi, met interim Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi in Kabul.

“Met Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi today. Held wide-ranging discussions. Agreed to work together to further strengthen bilateral cooperation and promote peace and progress in the region,” Sadiq posted on X.

Read more:
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12/25/pakistan-air-strikes-in-afghanistan-spark-taliban-warning-of-retaliation

What's gonna happen, guys?

Discuss making pacts with deities or demons



Linked video: 'How to make a Pact with a Deity or Demon'

Was Joseph Stalin a nazbol

The year is 2026 and the so-called "Left" continues to engage in romanticizing lumpen or downplaying their destructive MATERIAL effects on working class people. Meanwhile strongman "soft fascist" (to borrow a term from Zizek) figures like Bukele and Duterte enjoy record high popularity among the working classes of their respective countries, "Global South" working classes at that (how are the Third Worldists coping?).

Marx and Engels in the Communist Manifesto made it very clear what they thought of the lumpen. Social scum and, in the most likely instance, tools of reaction (like, say, fascist paramilitias). Do these "Leftists" think Marx and Engels were stupid?

Vladimir Putin is not a communist are even a socialist I mean he’s still better than Trump but he’s a capitalist conservative and that’s all I have to say

Karl Marx was not woke and he wasn’t a faggot loving, bitch he set up for the working class, and he was the most influential man in the world workers of the world unite

John Lock is full of shit individuals in lie, embrace, collectivism, and communism. That’s the only true way you’ll prosper in life individualism it’s just a made up thesis.

Joseph Stalin Didn’t take shit from faggots are Nazi the Holodomor was glorious

Garage Rock

Thread for rock of the garage variety.

Defense minister killed in coordinated terror attacks across Mali

Mali faced a wave of terrorist attacks on Saturday morning, in a surprising and coordinated assault targeting multiple cities. The army is actively responding, launching counter-operations to repel the attackers.

April 25, 2026 by Nicholas Mwangi

Nationwide assault hits multiple cities
Mali faced a wave of coordinated terrorist attacks on Saturday morning, as armed groups launched near-simultaneous assaults on multiple cities, including the capital, Bamako. The attacks, which targeted military installations and strategic points, represent a major escalation of violence in the country in recent months.

Reports from multiple sources indicated heavy gunfire and explosions near military bases and barracks, prompting Malian security forces to respond swiftly. Similar incidents were recorded in other parts of the country, suggesting a well-planned and coordinated operation by militant groups. The attacks were carried out by different groups including the Tuareg-led Azawad Liberation Front (FLA) and al-Qaeda affiliate Jama’at Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin (JNIM).

Reports indicate that militants linked to JNIM were involved in clashes in the Kidal Region, highlighting the continued instability in the north.

On Sunday, as attacks continued in different parts of the country, news broke that Malian Defense Minister General Sadio Camara was killed in a joint FLA and JNIM attack in the town of Kati where Mali’s interim president Assimi Goita also lives. Camara was a top leader in the Goita government and his death is seen as a major blow.

Army responds, claims situation under control
On Saturday, Malian armed forces described the attackers as “unidentified armed terrorist groups” targeting “points and barracks” in the capital and beyond. The chief of staff of the Armed Forces confirmed that the attacks began in the early hours of April 25 and were met with an immediate and forceful response.

“Armed terrorist groups attempted attacks in certain cities of the country. They immediately suffered severe setbacks thanks to the professionalism and commitment of the FAMa,” the statement read.

According to the military, several attackers were neutralized and equipment destroyed during counter-operations conducted by the Forces Armées Maliennes (FAMa). Authorities maintain that the situation is now mostly under control, although security sweeps and stabilization efforts are ongoing across affected areas.

Situation still developing
The army also issued a public advisory urging citizens to remain calm and avoid spreading unverified information, particularly videos or messages that could increase fear or serve as propaganda for extremist groups. However, fighting in northern Mali is reportedly ongoing, with details continuing to emerge as the situation develops. Authorities remain on high alert as operations continue across the country.

https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/04/25/coordinated-terror-attacks-strike-mali-as-military-claims-control/

Materialist Analysis of the Polanski Scandal

This essay is devoted to an analysis of the several articles that were written by a number of different authors on the liberal/progressive news site Salon.com regarding the belated 2009 arrest of hebephile celebrity Roman Polanski. After reading these articles, I was so incensed due to, once again, seeing those who consider themselves progressives and liberals attacking Polanski for having sex with a girl under the Magic Age in such a mindless and ignorant manner, without even once deviating from the morally absolutist script that Western culture has dictated to our society about this uber-controversial subject.

As usual, the progressives were doing their part to add to the sex abuse hysteria pervading our society, which includes the single-minded condemnation of intergenerational sex as part of its component, and with as little reasoned thought as any writer who deems themselves a social conservative. And some of the authors of these articles were progressives that I usually respect, until I see them writing mindless drivel like this to join in on the sex hysteria bandwagon. And to think these progressives frequently assail the liberal politicians for caving into support for the neocons' endless wars of aggression and failing to challenge or even think critically about the neocon conventional wisdom regarding the need for presidents to be warmongers. Hence, this refutation of their specious claims about the Polanski media circus.

Let's begin with the article from one of my favorite and most respected bloggers, Gene Lyons. His article on this topic carried the title "There's A Special Place In Hell For Roman Polanski," so right away you see how free of bias it's going to be. Let's look at some quotes from Lyons, followed by my responses.

<Lyons:
>"Everybody's least favorite character is French/Polish film director Roman Polanski. Except for a few Hollywood fools and European intellectuals who express the perverse belief that art excuses all crimes, hardly anybody would be upset to see Polanski go to prison. (In polls, ordinary Poles and Frenchmen reject the art alibi by large majorities.) As one who thinks his film 'Chinatown' a masterpiece, I don't much care what happens to him."

I will start by saying that I agree with Lyons that just because someone is a renowned and talented artist (in Polanski's case, a filmmaker) doesn't mean they should be given special license to commit crimes. What I am questioning here, however, is whether or not we should possibly question the perceived wisdom of certain laws. Lyons says that Polanski is "everyone's least favorite character."
That's a rather odd thing for a progressive to conclude, because I would imagine that any "neocon" politician who wage preemptive wars of aggression that kill numerous innocent civilians and erode our civil liberties at home, as well as genuine terrorists who attempt to blow up innocent people along with themselves, would rank higher on such a person's list of "least favorite characters" in the world. But instead, a progressive concludes that a man who had sex with a girl who was under the Magic Age and never actually killed anyone nor waged a preemptive war that killed thousands of innocent civilians is worse than any of them on the villain meter. I would expect someone who considers themselves a social conservative to say such a thing (after all, such moralism fixated people have said that the issue of preventing the legitimization of gay marriage is the most important issue in America) but to hear a progressive utter such words is beyond belief. Or, rather, should be beyond belief if it wasn't for the extreme PC interpretation of this issue all too often seen from anyone of any belief system in the present day sex abuse hysteria and moral panic. And anyone who does question the dubious wisdom described above is, according to Lyons, a "fool." And this is someone who routinely complains about how anyone who questions the sacred wisdom of the neocons that the American government is always right no matter what it does are "un-American" and "traitors."

Vtuber Gneral

Can we have a vtuber general? I love them so.
Iron mouse is probably the most popular and she can sing really well.

Anyone here gay incel?

I'm to ugly to get tail. I'm bisexual and cant get ass or pussy. Help

On Sinophilia

>red nationalism
AAAAAAAA

It's called 'critical support', not 'blind, ignorant, short-sighted, desperate, fanatical, transposed, simple, dumb, repulsive support', you fucking transnationalists.

I refuse to recognize these propaganda-victims as socialists. They are as socialist as so-called National Socialists. Yes, you can be a socialist and have critical support for the USSR and the People's Republic of China, but it's profoundly offensive to the millions of people of those countries to be a red-nationalist fucking pig just because the USA broke your heart.

This board is so fucking embarrassing

Even though this is one of the slowest boards on the site, and I haven't fucking posted a single thing here in forever, there's something a little extra disheartening somehow whenever I see one of the two semi-active threads on this board bumped. There are multiple reasons why I don't show my bf Leftychan, but somehow the fact that our LGBT board is dominated by a "gay incel" thread and a "femboys with vaginas" thread where posters fail to correctly identify the difference between FTM and MTF just adds a little extra embarrassment. Like… when I'm picked up in the coming "anti-antifa" stings, I know the media or somebody will be going through my browser history, and they'll come across this site where anons posted about being "gay incels."

Like, we created this whole extra board and it's just this pathetic sadness. Oh, or occasionally a fedbait/rainbow scare thread shows up, too. It's honestly pretty tame by comparison to some of the inane bullshit that gets posted on this site, but somehow as a gay guy it's even more embarrassing by association.

Taking estradiol to stop balding

So, I don't want to go bald. My body had other plans
No shame to bald guys, it's actually a bit of a turn on for me.
I looked up the effects of estrogen, it helps with hair and nails, as well as making skin softer and lips fuller.
I'm taking 5mg Finasteride and 1mg Estradiol. I still identify as a he/him male and have not ever wanted to be a woman. If I grow breasts from this I will have them removed. I'm fine with being a they/them nonbinary shemale type of person though.

Is this problematic?
I don't think so. I think everyone should explore the wild varieties their bodies can take, and hormones help with that!
What say you?

Power Rock

Thread for power rock, propulsive music for working out, cardio, lifting, etc.

Power rock, metal, punk, etc.

Related threads:
>>729
>Upbeat Heavy Metal

>>474
>Speed Metal Hell

>>1212
>Thrash Metal Attack

>>904
>Old Heavy Metal

>>789
>PUNK!!!

>>823
>Big dumb pub hard rock

>>850
>Beatdown Hardcore

>>525
>dance music thread

>>>/hobby/15840
>/fit/ general - Builtfat Edition

Musician who made a song titled 'Romantic Homicide' actually killed his girlfriend?

Can you separate art from the artist?

So how long until the US realizes that gender ideology and trans ideology are psyops?

I'm honestly surprised nonsensical concepts from Tumblr made this much of a cultural impact.

Warner Bros shareholders approve Paramount’s $81 billion takeover

This puts Warner Brothers under the control of top private IDF donor Larry Ellison, of Oracle, whose family also controls, and censors, TikTok in the US due to the American branch of TikTok having been forced by the government to sell to him last year.

Zionist oligarchs, and Trump-aligned neocons now control AT LEAST: CNN, Fox News, CBS, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, New York Post, The Atlantic, The New York Times — plus 450 local TV stations, including news, in 95% of U.S. markets.

As well as:

X (Twitter), Facebook, Instagram, Threads, WhatsApp, TikTok, Truth, Reddit, and Twitch.

Plus Gemini, ChatGPT and Grok.

Plus Thiel-backed Rumble, and add in U.S. military contractors implicated in war crimes in Palestine, and that covers Google/YouTube as well.

https://apnews.com/article/warner-brothers-paramount-skydance-netflix-david-ellison-d52e8730ba894adf2ebb9a69646d323b

Satire or subtext in films, TV shows, games, and other media?

Why do people say Fight Club is a satire and not a guide to action?

What about:
- Helldivers games
- Starship Troopers
- V for Vendetta
?

I hate banks. I hate CEOs. I hate Capitalism. I hate israel. why can't we be friends?

/ytp/ - YouTube Poop General

A thread for the highest form of art known to man. Post your favorite YTPs, YTPMVs and funny video edits here.

The extent to which the average person […] is filled with the same sense of fear and insignificance seems to find a telling expression in the fact of the popularity of the Mickey Mouse pictures. There the one theme—in so many variations—is always this: something little is persecuted and endangered by something overwhelmingly strong, which threatens to kill or swallow the little thing. The little thing runs away and eventually succeeds in escaping or even in harming the enemy. People would not be ready to look continually at the many variations of this one theme unless it touched upon something very close to their own emotional life. Apparently the little thing threatened by a powerful, hostile enemy is the spectator himself; that is how he feels and that is the situation with which he can identify himself. But of course, unless there were a happy ending there would be no continuous attraction. As it is, the spectator lives through all his own fears and feelings of smallness and at the end gets the comforting feeling that, in spite of all, he will be saved and will even conquer the strong one. However—and this is the significant and sad part of this “happy end”—his salvation lies mostly in his ability to run away and in the unforeseen accidents which make it impossible for the monster to catch him.

Hello, I am an Alevi living in Turkey. I have been a supporter of Communism and Juche for six years, and I used to defend the Baath regime. However, with the fall of Bashar al-Assad, my hopes for communism in the Middle East were dashed, so I adopted a pragmatic approach and sided with the stronger party; that is, I joined the Israeli camp and became a Zionist. Recently, however, my hopes have been revived, and I have returned to my former self.

Kneecap, Massive Attack, Garbage highlight fears for Palestine Action prisoners on hunger strike in

Kneecap, Massive Attack and Garbage have highlighted their fears for a group of Palestine Acton prisoners on hunger strike in the UK.

Eight prisoners are among 24 protesters accused in relation to action at Elbit Systems ​in Filton near Bristol last year, as well as the so-called Brize Norton Five.

According to The Guardian, the Filton 24 are scheduled to be tried on charges of aggravated burglary, criminal damage and violent disorder in April next year. The Crown Prosecution Service said there was a “terrorism connection”, but no charges have been brought under the Terrorism Act.

Those on remand in relation to the damage of two Voyager aircraft during a protest at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire on June 20 were previously charged with conspiracy to commit criminal damage, and conspiracy to enter a prohibited place knowingly for a purpose prejudicial to the safety or interests of the UK.

They are not scheduled to stand trial until January 2027. Palestine Action claimed responsibility for both incidents.

Now, the likes of Kneecap’s Móglái Bap, Massive Attack’s Robert Del Naja and Garbage have shared posts on their Instagram Stories from campaigners who claim that the prisoners “are currently being held without bail in British prisons” and to date “three hunger strikers have been hospitalised”.

Mothers Against Genocide Scotland have also accused the BBC of remaining silent on the issue and have urged them to report on this “urgent, life-threatening crisis,” adding: “We demand you fulfil that duty”.

NME has reached out to the BBC for comment.

Among the prisoners’ demands is the de-proscription of Palestine Action, which was banned under terrorism legislation in July and proscribed as a terrorist group by the UK government.

The group’s proscription under the Terrorism Act 2000 means membership or public support for the group is classified as a criminal offence and could result in up to 14 years in jail.

Last week a three-day judicial review of the Home Office’s unprecedented decision to ban the direct action group, alongside two Russian militias, ended in the High Court. A judgement is expected this week, according to The Observer.

Earlier this summer, Massive Attack slammed the government for allowing the arrest of “peaceful citizens” at a Palestine Action demonstration in London. Over 500 people were arrested at the huge protest in central London organised by the campaign group Defend Our Juries in August. Primal Scream also criticised the arrests.

Later that month, Hozier also used used his set at Reading Festival 2025 to speak out in support of Palestine Action.

https://www.nme.com/news/music/kneecap-massive-attack-garbage-highlight-fears-for-palestine-action-prisoners-on-hunger-strike-in-uk-3917449

Bring 4chan's co-founder aboard.

4chan's co-founder (Martin Random) is a Communist and hates what 4chan has become. Spends a lot of time outing screenshots of 4chan's former mods as being pedos and shitting on Moot.
Here's his story on how 4chan went to shit and how Moot is a giant fucking backstabbing asshole.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3raBCcErYEM.
Anyway the point is
https://x.com/FalconryFinance
This is his twitter, can we invite him to work here to help fix and boost the site to beat that shithole .org?

Petty raiding of wikipedia editors

Post here petty raids of annoying wikipedia users. I'll start.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:MrOllie
Go through this guy's edits and undo them. He is a tool.

kemono friends and spice and wolf thread

>no threads for two of the greatest pieces of fiction of all time
fuck it how about a two in one thread

discussion of both s&w and kf is allowed

I am progressive myself (I even occasionally skim through /lgbt/) but this body positivity thing is not only #woke but genuinely harmful imho. I don't want fat people to be bullied and a little chubbiness is fine (but JoJo physique is the only way towards socialism) but encouraging people not to work on their bodies will only lead to the worsening of their health. Like, we all hear about how huge jugs are bad for a woman's back. But at least women with huge jugs can go to gym to compensate this. These feminists accept themselves as they are AND refuse to work out. That's kinda suicidal if you ask me. This refusal to work out will lead to:
>difficult in breathing
>bone problems
>heart problems
>and many others
Even sumo wrestlers train their muscles.

Lebanon situation

Israel has been bombing Lebanon effectively extending it's ethnic cleansing into the country.

It's shitty to say this but did they not see this coming? They've been right there watching gaza get flattened, why didn't they go into debt and beg Iran, China and Russia for hardware to defend themselves? Why wasn't there a rifle every rooftop and an rpg on every balcony?

I'm actually serious, I don't believe such a small country couldn't fortify their defenses to the point where this could have been avoided.

I don't claim to understand the conflict between the Lebanese Armed Forces and Hezbollah, but if Communists in China could work with the Kuomintang to kick out Japanese fascists, they could have done more.

Try to say hi

Greeting's from PR.China)
Its my first time using leftypol ,so actually I don't get how to use it correctly ,will keep learning I guess. Cause of the firewall, we Chinese seldom have chances to communicate with foreigners,especially politalcal communication :(
So I'm kind of curious to know how foreigner comrades think of China ,on other websites I can only find tons of, trash informations (Must know what Im saying lol) Also, I may answer some questions too,welcoming communication

Massive explosion rocks Panama Canal gas facility

On Monday, April 6, 2026, a gas facility at the Panama Canal burst into flame.

> please dont protest against your work
> It would be very cringe to do and not be based poggers
> please think of the shareholders

Gun YouTubers

What gun content creators do you guys like? I want to learn more about guns and weapons.

Boycott Radiohead concerts

Radiohead is still refusing to distance itself from Jonny Greenwood's continued insistence on crossing our picket line. By performing in apartheid Tel Aviv, alongside an Israeli artist who has repeatedly entertained the genocidal Israeli military, Greenwood is artwashing Israel's genocide against 2.3M Palestinians in Gaza.

Of Greenwood's shameful stance, Thom Yorke says "I get it." Well, Palestinians don't. Drummer Phil Selway says it's "impossible" for Radiohead to distance itself from Jonny Greenwood's artwashing of genocide. That's their choice. Here's ours: the Palestinian-led global BDS movement reiterates its call for the boycott and peaceful protest of Radiohead's now-confirmed tour, which starts [this] week.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DQbeyLAjGiG/?hl=en

Leftypol Serenades

Post your songs.

Kimberly-Clark Fire

On April 7, 2026, in Ontario, California, a massive fire destroyed a 1.2 million square foot Kimberly-Clark distribution warehouse.

Chamel Abdulkarim sett fire to it yesterday and has now been arrested on felony arson charges.

In the video, he says, "All you had to do was to pay us enough to F live".

What if biblically accurate angels were just aliens who were gangstalking clueless Christians? Or they're Christians' bad drug trips, idk.

king crimson / prog

thought i'd finally put this image i made ages ago to use. any KC fans / progheads here?

Cumtown-core Music

Opening the thread with the Australian classic "Fuck Your Dad" by Thug. Great band, classic sound!

Television

Let's make a thread to discuss, review and analyze tv shows. Everybody is binging something these days.
Argue about dvd commentaries, Post your thesis on King of the Hill, Reminisce about a tv show you used to watch but don't quite remember it's title. Just about anything related to shows. Post your highscore on those Ben 10 CN flash games. Anything goes.

RIP Moya Brennan

4 August 1952 – 13 April 2026

Hungary election: Viktor Orban concedes defeat

Hungary’s longtime Prime Minister Viktor Orban has conceded defeat in the country’s parliamentary election after partial official results showed Peter Magyar’s Tisza party winning a landslide victory.

“Prime Minister Viktor Orban just called to congratulate us on our victory,” Magyar posted on social media Sunday, as his party stood at 52.49 percent and Orban’s Fidesz at 38.83 percent, with 53.45 percent of precincts counted.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/12/hungary-election-early-results-show-magyars-tisza-ahead-of-orbans-fidesz

Resident Evil Requiem AI Podcast

AI generated podcast about Resident Evil Requiem Aka Re9 aka Resident Evil Requiem take a listen.

New Hezbollah just dropped

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Sad, Ghostly Country

Dark country, Gothic Country, ominous depressing old country, depressing country songs, haunting western, death country, eerie country murder ballads… whathaveyou. Post it here!

Jazz Fusion & Jazz-Funk

Thread for Jazz Fusion, Jazz-Funk, and MAYBE a little Smooth Jazz.

Massive Attack & Kneecap announce new anti-genocide music alliance

Massive Attack announce alliance of artists in support of Gaza, including Fontaines DC, Kneecap and Brian Eno

Massive Attack, Kneecap, Fontaines DC, and Brian Eno have officially formed a syndicate for artists who speak out about “aggressive, vexatious campaigns by pro-Israel advocates” against the people of Gaza.

The news was shared via social media, in a statement that began “the scenes in Gaza have moved beyond description,” before clearly expressing that the UK government has clearly “facilitated” the “genocide”.

The group aims to protect other artists, especially those at the beginning of their careers, from threats experienced as a by-product of speaking out in a similar way. The group revealed that they have been “subject to various infringements from within our industry (live and recorded) and legally via organised bodies such as UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI).”

UKLFI reported Bob Vylan for their Glastonbury set, during which they chanted “death to the IDF.” A criminal investigation is currently underway. UKLFI also reported the BBC for broadcasting the set. As a. result, the broadcaster’s Head of Music and a team of senior BBC workers have stepped down while an internal investigation goes ahead.

UKLFI are also at the centre of the Kneecap controversy after Mo Chara was charged with a terrorism offence after he allegedly displayed a Hezbollah flag at a show in 2024 while shouting, “Up Hamas, Up Hezbollah.” Hezbollah are a banned organisation in the UK.

Reflecting on these tactics, the post states, “Having withstood these campaigns of attempted censorship, we won’t stand by and allow other artists – particularly those at earlier stages of their careers or in other positions of professional vulnerability – to be threatened into silence or career cancellation.”

It then encourages other artists “who’ve been placed in this position, or those who now wish to use their platforms to talk about Palestine but are concerned about industrial or legal repercussions” to contact them to make a collective stand.

The collective will work together on a list of demands, including “immediate, unfettered access to Gaza for recognised international aid agencies without military threat,” as well as an end to “UK arms sales/licenses to Israel” and an”immediate and permanent ceasefire.”

In a statement further shared with The Guardian, Massive Attack expanded on the collective: “This collective action is really about offering some kind of solidarity to those artists who are living day after day in a screen-time genocide, but are worried about using their platforms to express their horror at that because of the level of censorship within their industry or from highly organised external legal bodies, terrifying them and their management teams with aggressive legal actions. The intention is clear and obvious: to silence them.”

https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/massive-attack-alliance-gaza-fontaines-dc-kneecap-brian-eno/
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/jul/17/massive-attack-announce-alliance-of-musicians-speaking-out-over-gaza

Redress

hey comr8s, a group of devs want some feedback on a new tool we're making to archive deboonks and make them easy to find and post:

https://redress.red/

HTTP username: leftypol
password: demo
Obviously it needs more content, we want to get the design right first.

You will never be a real woman. You have no womb, you have no ovaries, you have no eggs. You are a homosexual man twisted by drugs and surgery into a crude mockery of nature’s perfection.

All the “validation” you get is two-faced and half-hearted. Behind your back people mock you. Your parents are disgusted and ashamed of you, your “friends” laugh at your ghoulish appearance behind closed doors.

Men are utterly repulsed by you. Thousands of years of evolution have allowed men to sniff out frauds with incredible efficiency. Even transhumanists who “pass” look uncanny and unnatural to a man. Your bone structure is a dead giveaway. And even if you manage to get a drunk guy home with you, he’ll turn tail and bolt the second he gets a whiff of your diseased, infected axe wound.

You will never be happy. You wrench out a fake smile every single morning and tell yourself it’s going to be ok, but deep inside you feel the depression creeping up like a weed, ready to crush you under the unbearable weight.

Eventually it’ll be too much to bear - you’ll buy a rope, tie a noose, put it around your neck, and plunge into the cold abyss. Your parents will find you, heartbroken but relieved that they no longer have to live with the unbearable shame and disappointment. They’ll bury you with a headstone marked with your birth name, and every passerby for the rest of eternity will know a man is buried there. Your body will decay and go back to the dust, and all that will remain of your legacy is a skeleton that is unmistakably male.

This is your fate. This is what you chose. There is no turning back.

>NOO THIS IS NOT TRU-AAACCCKKK!!!!!

Post sexy aliens.

My thoughts on AI

I believe both sides can be quite extreme so here's my balanced take:
>supplementary use of AI (chatbots, TTS, NPCs, enemy AI, RPGs, level generation, self-driving cars, AI assistants and code generation) are pretty based actually as long as they produce correct outputs and don't get you into any legal trouble
>non-commercial use of AI is also fine and can create something unique and interesting (memes, AI covers, AI dubbing)
>AI art is mostly slop except for some rare exceptions so people should at least be able to easily filter it and it should be marked appropriately
>commercial use of AI other than what was already mentioned is NOT cool and leads to more layoffs, more enshittification, more plagiarism and more mass surveillance
>proprietary AI software is ALSO not cool since it can be spyware that sends your data to the NSA

/acg/

>No animal crossing thread for 10 pages
Absolutely disgusting you uncultured plebs.
Post friend codes and Island codes, or just screenshots in general.

RIP Afrika Bambaataa

April 17, 1957 - April 9, 2026

‏Communist hidden services? Censored communist (clear)websites?

What the title says. Apart from leftychan and Marxist Internet Archive, do you know any? I heard from a maoist comrades that there are (news?) websites that they could only access through Tor because they were censored in multiple countries. Do you know any? Thanks in advance

im gonna lie, i feel bad for kirks fam

ICE attempts to unmask reddit user with grand jury.

https://theintercept.com/2026/04/10/reddit-ice-protest-grand-jury/

Celtic Harp Music

Anyone fond of it? I've been listening to a wee little bit of it today.

The Celtic harp goes back a long ways, with it featuring in pre-Christian Irish myth as one of the magical items used by The Dagda. It's a symbol of Ireland to this day, but I hadn't heard it played very much for a while. It's pretty nice!

Chinese Century Thread /CCT/

This is a general thread for all China-related news.

Gusano fuckers can die. Westoid """maoists""" can sudoku.

We are going to analyize ITT every move by China in their road to a socialist economy.

How in fuck did Troon shit become completely uncriticizable for much of the left?

>Theory is completely, laughably incoherent and contradictory from one position to the next
>Largely ignores most Marxist and Materialist Feminist positions on gender development
>Largely ignores the role of biological sex.
>Can't even answer basic questions in regards to the theory or identity
>Slippery slopes to absolutely absurd positions that again run contradictory to their standard positions.
>Arguments largely 1:1 the same as gay conversion therapy
>Response to any questions is just calling people "TERF"'s and crybullying like Zionists.
>No meaningful response to why if gender/sex is a metaphysical social role, why you can't be transracial or even transspecies, is furry a legitimate identity?
>Largely ignore the fact that huge amounts of Troons are in fact, predatory sociopaths.
>Largely ignore the rampant misogyny in the movement.
>Rampant hypocrisy in arguments (Noo you side with elites if you are anti-Troon, but also Troons are totally justified because US big pharma says so!)
>Ignores AGP and claim it's just a troonphobic myth by blanchard despite almost half of troons openly identify as it and it being one of the most popular fetishes out there among men.
>The insanely creepy way Troons usually talk about feminity, and they overwhelmingly dominate Bimbofication and other extremely degrading/humiliating women fetish communities.
>If Children are fully self aware, fully developed in self identity and in full self control and understanding of their self and their gender and sexual identity.. isn't this exactly what NAMBLA argues? It's also clearly absurd as dissociative disorders and personality disorders and dysphoric distorders are not even diagnosed in children generally for OBVIOUS FUCKING REASONS.
>Hormones are in fact, super dangerous to fuck around with https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s44192-025-00216-3
>Can't even define what a woman or man is.
>Largely moves to actually reinforce gender norms in almost a parody way.
>Muh trans genocide despite it's been debunked repeatedly over the years. Brianna Ghey was literally also murdered over drugs.
and frankly, on and on, there is so many ways you can just rip on Gender ideology bullshit it's endless and that is kind of my point, why in hell has a position, that anybody who has any basic Critical thinking skills, can basically tear to shreads with complete ease, that is completely incoherent and relies largely just on gish galloping, bizarre claims usually about women, very fringe disorders that don't even function in the way they think it does and has no relevence (intersex) and then just crybullying, become like raison d'etat for like most of the Western left? It's honestly fucking cultish the way /tttt/ shit is treated by so much of the left, and watching my pretty autistic, gooner friends start trooning out, it literally exactly felt like they were sucked in by a cult, they even started talking like how you think cultists would talk.
What the actual fuck?

Average YouTube essay

The gaming world has long overlooked a true magnum opus: 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand. Beneath its gritty, action-packed surface lies a profound exploration of the human condition, a narrative so poignant it defies the test of time.

At its core, Blood on the Sand is a story about a man's quest for his diamond-encrusted skull. This might seem like a frivolous pursuit, but it's actually a powerful metaphor for the search for identity and self-discovery. Our protagonist, 50 Cent, navigates a treacherous landscape of gangsters, guns, and…well, more gangsters, all while clinging to the hope of reclaiming his beloved skull.

The dialogue in the game is often cited as cheesy or cringe-worthy, but I argue that it's actually a deliberate choice, a commentary on the superficiality of modern society. When 50 Cent declares, "I'm not just a rapper, I'm a movement," he's not just spouting off a catchy one-liner – he's making a profound statement about the commodification of fame and the search for meaning in a postmodern world.

The game's characters are equally well-developed, with each one serving as a symbol for a different aspect of the human psyche. There's the stoic, stone-faced bodyguard who's secretly a romantic at heart; the femme fatale with a penchant for guns and a hidden vulnerable side; and, of course, the villainous mastermind who's really just a stand-in for the destructive power of unchecked ego.

But what truly sets Blood on the Sand apart is its innovative use of gameplay mechanics. The cover system, which allows 50 Cent to take shelter behind conveniently placed crates and pillars, is a scathing critique of modern society's reliance on conformity and safety nets. And the shooting mechanics? Those are just a clever metaphor for the futility of violence in resolving conflicts.

In short, 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand is a masterpiece that deserves to be reevaluated by the gaming community. Its thought-provoking themes, nuanced characters, and innovative gameplay mechanics make it a work of art that will continue to resonate with players for generations to come. So, the next time you're feeling existential, take a moment to reflect on 50 Cent's journey – and the diamond-encrusted skull that drives him forward.

LUNA 15

Never forget that the apollo moon landing was fake and the soviets were the first to step foot on the moon

Hi I am from the soysphere and I’m wondering if there could be a /leftysoy/ board here.
Context: https://wiki.soyjak.st/Leftysoy/

The board formerly existed on soyjak.st until it was eventually deleted because of bourgeoisiecucks, I have also been exiled from the new administration on the site and some of the soysphere for bullshit reasons.

I would like a new /leftysoy/ and I think it would bring in many users for the site too

U.S.-manufactured explosive found in foiled TurkStream sabotage plot

A military-trained migrant from an unnamed country has reportedly been detained by Serbian security after an attempted bomb plot against TurkStream using a U.S.-manufactured device was foiled.

Site-Wide Feedback Thread
Complain about bans and other meta related things

Board Logs
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How The CIA & Mossad Set Up Sudan for Genocide since the 1990s

From MintPress:
Sudan is being systematically destroyed - not by accident, but by design. This investigation reveals how US imperialism, through Israeli and UAE proxies, has engineered Sudan's collapse since the 1990s to crush the axis of resistance, block China's Belt and Road, and loot Africa's resources families are killed, children starve, and the west profits.

Exxul - Sealed Into None

Just am excellent album.

https://productionstso.bandcamp.com/album/sealed-into-none

Thrash Metal Attack

A thread for thrash metal, power thrashing death, brutal thrash, Bay Area Thrash, melothrash, Teutonic Thrash, Brazilian Trash Metal, crossover thrash, doomthrash, and all the various kinds of thrash for cardio, lifting, and all your thrashing needs!

First Wave Black Metal Thread

Thread for the thinking man's music.
(speed-black metal / blackened thrash / oldschool first wave black metal / etc.)

Hey bitches, my name is Harper and half of you reading this should kill yourselves.

You are whiny, hopeless nerds who spend every second of their free time complaining. You are everything repulsive about socialism. Honestly, have any of you ever accomplished anything? I mean, I guess it's fun arguing with trolls because of your own insecurities, but you all take it to another level. This is even worse than jerking off to streamers.
Don't be a stranger. Just go out and improve the world. You'll find me there. I'm a delegate of my union, and a volunteer firefighter. What praxis do you do, other than "start threads to cry about trans girls"? I've also read Mao Zedong, I've read Karl Marx, I've read Lenin, and I have a banging hot polycule (they just blew me; Shit was SO cash). You are all doomers who should just kill yourselves. Thanks for listening.

Carsie Blanton - The Price of Eggs

Fun & educational video just dropped

Charlie Kike is dead. Rest in piss homo.
Truthfully I really can't believe we actually pulled it off. Assuming it was a leftist. If you are reading this gods speed shooter man. You can hide at my place.

Anyone play nation sims

Anyone play nations likes Cybernations or Politics and way

American Communist Party /ACP/ General

Party declaration:
https://x.com/ACPMain/status/1815163785134436404

The American Communist Party (ACP) is an organization which aims to reconstitute the historic Communist Party USA, which has become corrupted by federal agents and liberal forces. Look no further than Joe Sims, who supports the genocidal Democratic Party. It was launched in July of 2024, in response to the events of the 32nd Convention of the CPUSA. At this convention, party leadership subverted and betrayed democratic centralism and the freedom of critique which is supposed to follow from it. They claimed to be a genuine Marxist-Leninist party, but the leadership doesn't even follow their own rules. The CPUSA delayed all elections and without a vote made a resolution that they’d basically just campaign for Democrats. Just a bunch of boomers sitting around and writing articles about identity politics rather than organizing.

Already the ACP is far more successful than anyone would have expected from a brand new baby party. They are building reputation locally, taking care of their own communities and making areas safe for children and families to enjoy. Diplomatic ties on the international level have already been established. ACP has garnered more attention in the past couple months than the corrupt, decadent CPUSA leadership has in decades. A huge number of the CPUSA clubs across the entire country had a huge part in making this happen. Will you join up?

Website:
https://acp.us/

I like to shove dildos up my ass in the name of marx

Site Updates: i2p, Moderation changes, /k/ board & More

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.

Other Updates
* Removal of the post counter - This has been hotly debated for a while, but after several failed votes the motion has finally passed.
* Dealing with AI - In light of the recent spam of AI generated prompts and images, we have voted to formally declare AI content exempt from normal moderation procedures. If you believe your post has been misidentified as AI by a mod, please let us know in /meta/.
* IRC now fully functional & bridged with other chats - ircs://irc.leftychan.net:6697/#leftychan
* Creation of a Telegram chat - https://t.me/+RegtyzzrE0M1NDMx

Plans for the coming year
* Continue to encourage freedom of discussion - We have no intention of clamping down on the ability of users to share their personal opinions and views on this site, despite repeated requests to do so. In fact, we plan on widening the variety of topics that can be discussed by unpinning the 'Right wing blood sport' thread (which we have already done) and having conversations about the status of wordfilters.
* The 2024 US election - We believe the upcoming US election will be an excellent opportunity to grow the userbase of the site. We hope for anons with a wide variety of views on the candidates to share their opinions, fostering a culture of debate online that is absent from many other more partisan platforms.
* Maintain our independence from leftypol.org - As predicted, our sister site has continued to go down the path of censorship, adherence to political correctness and moderator tyranny. For these reasons, any kind of reconciliation between the two sites seems impossible for the foreseeable future. Leftychan continues to welcome anons from .org who seek a more enlightened /leftypol/ experience.

Watching ace attorney rn.

Well just chilling watching ace attorney.
Also what the hell are these captchas.

What's the explanation for right-wingers shilling for coomerbait character design? I like games like DOA, Marvel Rivals and Stellar Blade but this is getting ridiculous, man, their AI "improvements" are just bimbos with big TNA, there's absolutely nothing interesting about their redesigns. Do they do this just to own the libs or are they that delusional and tasteless? Have conservatives become the coomers they fought against?

"My shitty game good, your shitty game bad"

As a Sonic fan, I do not understand this fandom at all. As I grow older I start to understand why that IGN employee said "Sonic was never good." Yeah, sure, Forces is hot garbage, but that doesn't suddenly make '06 good. It feels like whatever a Sonic fan grew up with as a kid becomes a 10/10 masterpiece, and the fandom seems to be generally averse to change (is it because of neurodivergence?). And I don't understand the fans who defend the Meta Era either. Like, you can criticize both '06 and Forces, why only hate one game? It doesn't make you superior to '06 glazers in any way. At least Sonic haters aren't biased to this or that time period. Not like I think they're right but I at least get where they're coming from, their complaints make perfect sense on the surface level. I do sometimes agree with JP purists and classic elitists but they also tend to complain about miniscule shit like character designs or Western canon/characterization or gameplay changes.

COTE

This cheap excuse and tomfoolery of an anime is releasing on April Fools… fitting. The original purpose of the very first season almost a decade ago was to advertise the terrible light novel no one still to this day complains enough about.

GamerGate 2: Electric Boogaloo

Discuss DEI, Sweet Baby Inc., forced diversity, uglyfication of women in games, feminist agenda, woke censorship, woke journalism, rainbow capitalism and pinkwashing here. Plz refrain from saying something homophobic for at least 5 minutes.

EA private buyout

https://apnews.com/article/ea-electronic-arts-video-game-silver-lake-pif-d17dc7dd3412a990d2c0a6758aaa6900

What is the geopolitical significance of the most hated American company in video games soon being owned by the Saudi Arabian government?

The decline of PC gaming

PC gaming sucks now. It's all Denuvo cancer, buggy ports, shitty optimization and overpriced hardware. The corpos show no respect or care towards PC gamers and everyone just goes along with it. Don't get me wrong, I love PC gaming, it has clear advantages. But over the years it's harder and harder for me to recommend it over just buying a console.

Fuck NVidia and Denuvo for making PC gaming worse and fuck Valve for allowing this shit to happen. I can't even stand Gabe Newell anymore, it's all his fault. Allowing Denuvo to poison games, caving in to Nintendo and payment processes' censorship demands. This whole monopoly on PC gaming led to predictable results.

Fortnite Thread

Let's discuss Fortnite/post memes!

Hi, I'm Gabe Newell

Hi, I'm Gabe Newell, the CEO of valvesoftware.com. My pronouns are gabe/gaben and I identify as pro-consumer. I'm most famous for:
>sucking Denuvo's cock
>sucking EA's cock
>sucking Activision's cock
>sucking Ubisoft's cock
>sucking 2k's cock
>sucking Nintendo's cock (the biggest cock of them all)
>ignoring the French court's demands
Some people say that GOG is better than Steam. But GOG is for losers who can't afford a good Internet connection and graphics card to run the superior Denuvo games. That's why nobody publishes their games on it. Steam has a larger catalog of indie games than GOG. We keep all the indie devs locked inside our basement with no way out. There is no escape.

Hot Jazz / Big Band / Swing

Honestly Jump Blues is probably acceptable too but only if that's all ye got. Gimme sounds!!!

Lack of direct action/mobilization, less retarded ver.

reposted in the right thread because apparently I'm a retard and can't click the right buttons

new fag here, getting really sick and tired of this country (US) shitting on leftists as a whole with no sign of things getting better. How long until we see IRA troubles in America? Americans are too focused on idpol and other spooked shit to properly organise.

I personally think the American working class is too brain dead from propaganda to effectively organize without a large shock, and at this point its just a matter of time before the retard in chief causes one of those powder keg moments.

I know people that are of the same mind as me up until recently but would not think twice of starting some shit if things dont work out come the next election (I've never been of the mind that the elections work, especially how they are now)

>Japan ruled by rightwing parties
<consume material coming from the country
What are the effects of consuming material from a rightwing ruled Japan?

What made millions of people go and decide to masturbate to these mentally unwell and emotionally abusive (whether they know it or not) women?

A moment to talk about Anon networks and its current state

Can we please Have a moment and talk about the current state of anonymization networks, and how to best fix it for any
metadata and leaks? What to tweak to make it more secure

As we all know TOR is glowing, created and funded by them. Maintained and directory nodes being owned by them, and probably
a majority of nodes. I thought I2p would be better so i just got into it. And started reading about its problems, and beef with devs.
Found following posts on some chans, and wanted some other peoples opinion..

So is it all always glowing? cant we have a network actually made by people for people?
——-
https://paste.coalserver.de/?5eb32f413de27fab#6QdH6kVtsR81E4tcXDfDkp13XQbFWNzsFkyqVx9TF9HE
0x0.st/PZOy.txt


also what r the problems with networks like Lokinet, freenet, gnunet and yggradsil? except for the cheese pizza(tbh aint that hosted
by glowies themselves?)

So for TOR the securest way would be some laptop with libreboot, qubes and whonix. And for i2p/i2pd just changing your b32 adresses
and using new tunnels for every connection? what about the router id? that stays even after a reboot?
And how much of a pro is using a VPN paid with XMR before connecting to i2p and tor? its either the ISP sees the traffic,
or someone providing the proxys. I didnt fully get the part with i2p routers and ip adress correlation, but wouldnt a proxy solve that?

Also apparently, very poor information about how to correctly run i2p, being a floodfill router exposes your home IP and router ID
to the netDB to connect to other routers and support the network, the router ID being connected to the b32 adresses that the eepsites see.
So someone scraping netDB for floodfill routers, would be able to connect the routerID with the b32 adresses. and ur IP then.
whats this bullshit?

Also where else could i post this? lamdaplus /tech/ seems kinda active 4chan doesnt allow proxies.
any other spaces that are active?

Psychedelic Rock

Thread for psychedelic rock

My favorite kind of monster girl is the lamia because fucking one while it coils around you would be like being under a weighted autism blanket

Cooking thread!

Just post pictures of delicious food and we'll all try to figure out how to cook it later!

Alternative chans

Post all obscure and underground imageboards in this thread, the chan must be at least half-dead so no archived chans. >inb4 'hurr durr don't put muh sekrit klub in the limelight'The population here is low as it is, there's also a large overlap between this chan and others.I'll start:Dreamch.netArisuchan.jpUboachan.netThere was this one I faintly remember and I think the theme was either dinosaurs or lizards…

Blinken’s Manila visit triggers protest against US presence in Philippines

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.

American troops have been patrolling the maritime area with Philippine forces since November, despite protests from Beijing, which says the US is not a party to the maritime dispute.

“Article 4 of that treaty extends to any armed attacks on Filipino armed forces, on public vessels, on aircraft, and that would include its coast guard and that would also be anywhere in the South China Sea,” Blinken said.

As he told reporters that the two countries have seen an “extraordinary expansion” in their partnership, protesters in Manila carried banners reading: “US troops out of the Philippines,” “Blinken war criminal, not welcome,” “No to US intervention in PH and Asia.”

The demonstration was organized by civil society, including BAYAN — the Philippines’ largest alliance of grassroots groups — near the Presidential Palace, ahead of Blinken’s meeting with Marcos.

BAYAN said in a statement that Marcos was “advancing the geopolitical interest of the US in the region” and “offering the Philippines as an extension” of the US military network.

“The country’s assertion of sovereignty in the West Philippine Sea against China’s aggression should not involve the opportunistic meddling of a former colonizer whose real motive is to preserve and expand its imperialist hegemony in the Asia-Pacific,” the group said.

It also drew attention to Gaza, where Washington’s other key ally, Israel, has killed over 30,000 Palestinians in daily airstrikes and land assaults since October.

BAYAN said the US was “the main supporter and enabler of the ongoing genocide in Palestine” and was “actively fanning proxy wars and conflicts in various parts of the world.”

https://www.arabnews.com/node/2479226/world

Mainstream music is absolute dogshit

This guy dropped a massive TRVTHNVKE. He's literally 100% right.

Iran War Thread

It's coming in days. Weeks tops. Since the end of the 12 day long Imposed War, the US & Israel have been recuperating, eagerly scheming another attack on Iran since the last one backfired. The EU has played along with this scheme, collaborating with the US and Israel to restore sanctions against Iran, a continued act of aggressive economic warfare.

U.S. Secretary of "Defense" Pete Hegseth has recently called an "unprecedented" number of high ranking U.S. military officials to meet in Virginia for an undisclosed purpose, and in the same week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump.

This is a thread for discussing this war as soon as it kicks off, and the lead-up to it.

boycott porn?

ýeah, we should boycott porn worldwide because it's bad for mental health and also exploits women

who's with me?

Serious question. Capitalists hate it, the bourgeois hate it, idpol cucks hate it, the reactionaries hate it. Just because they want to carve their own niche within this pedophobic zeitgeist doesn’t make them consistent.

It should also be noted that all the current nominally communist countries have magic age lines below the Hollywood one of 18, as well as Stalin, Mao, Evo Morales, etc… got laid with JB (with Evo still being persecuted for having sex with someone below the bourgeois magic age line), as well as that the USSR didn’t have a formal age of consent even under Stalin.

I should also point out that being against bourgeois norms isn’t some trendy Tumblr fad, as the Spartacist League opposes the magic age line (a.k.a., the age of consent, which was literally invented by feudal nobility because they found extramarital sex among peasants too icky) and the communist party of Britain (CPB) used to oppose it as well.

On the top of that, since there’s no evidence that intergenerational intimacy is inherently harmful, therefore this isn’t a materialist question of harm as much as a bourgeois dialectics of moralisms after moralisms that only serve to attack working class men.

So again…

Why is youth-love bad?

What justifies sex / sex-positvity?

Hey, I'm a guest here. Why do leftists believe that sex is morally good and that sex-positivity is nessesary?

I'm currently writing a paper of sorts and I need to know the perspective of the sex-positive.

I'm not looking for pretentious sources that try to overcomplicate themselves to make the author look smsrt. I just need a good explanation of the whole thing.

What do most people here agree is a valid reason to push sex-positivity on society itself?

And what do sex-positivists think of leftist puritism?

What do you guys think of centrists? I think that other than anti-idpol leftists, post-left anarchists and lolberts centrists are the most tolerable people to talk to. Who else do we have? Woketards? Radlibs? Christcucks? Literal fascists? Like, everyone else is kinda dumb and insane at least in some way, there isn't much to choose from. And centrists are the most popular political faction after woketards/radlibs and Christcucks/fascists.

Iranian classical

Opening with Majid Entezami's "Epic of Khorramshahr."

Was Engels transphobic?

What do you guys think of queer conservatives? Personally while I'm of the opinion that conservatism is not the correct response to wokeness (I am an anti-woke progressive) they still seem to be the most chill conservatives out there, which is quite an achievement considering what a clusterfuck American conservatism is. Still, my major issue with them is that they tend to shill for whatever policies their camp is pushing, with pro-Israel, pro-NATO, pro-deportation and pro-life policies on the right and pro-Putin, pro-BRICS, pro-war… and pro-life… policies on the left.

Trans happiness x3

Recently got a trans flag and it's hanging above my bed, I really like how it looks x3
Also a few days ago saw a trans flag hanging super obviously on a balcony's pub, and that made me happy :D

Public works are an 'investment in the community' right up until...

the community actually needs a place to live

Colonialism: Israel vs America

I see a lot of talk concerning how Israel should be supported by the USA and European countries for various reasons and, notably, none of them concern with material benefits for either native Europeans or long-time American citizens, instead focusing on abstractions and ideals. As Trump has led the USA into another forever war with Iran (at the behest of Israel, per the words of US Secretary of State Marco Rubio), it is pertinent to talk about a common anti-Zionist talking point that I find counterproductive. Namely: Israel’s colonialism is the same as that of American settle colonialism from the late 18thcentury to the early 20th century.

This is incorrect as, while America is a settler-colonial state, nonetheless was founded on the basis of enlightenment principles like equality before the law and liberty, considering how the American and French revolutions at the time were leftist at the time of the events, with the notion of equality of men itself being already extremely radical at a time when absolute monarchies were the standard in Europe. That’s not all, as contrary to popular opinion the Founding Fathers themselves weren’t conservative. Whether it’s the lack of any mention specifying the USA as a “white Christian country” founded on the basis of theology in the constitution and the federalist papers, George Washington himself coming to oppose slavery before the abolitionist movement began to gain momentum, many of said fathers being at best deists or nominally Christian, the USA being effectively the first democratic republic in history with limited suffrage being a short-lived experiment that was swept away in favour of universal male suffrage, Thomas Jefferson himself owning a copy of the Quran and a version of the Bible excised of all supernatural elements and among other examples show that the USA was far from the hotbed of reactionary politics both liberals and chuds tend to portray it as. Even the Indian Removal Act that led to the infamous “Trail of Tears” wasn’t unanimously agreed upon, with strong opposition by Christian missionaries and other politicians who opposed it based on the shared humanity and parity between white settlers Native Americans.

So it’s no wonder given all this that, despite the reproduction of reactionary politics like Manifest Destiny and Jim Crow laws, the notion of equality (or pretence to it) persisted throughout American history, which laid the seeds for the civil rights, feminist, and gay rights movements of the contemporary era. And I would argue that it is said notion that distinguishes the American project from other settler-colonies that were more explicit on their racial/ethnic/theological basis, such as Argentina, Australia, Canada, and of course, Israel.

It should also be noted that the USA, for all of its faults, isn’t currently segregating Native Americans from mainstream American society via a state-sponsored countrywide system of racial segregation, nor bombing every Indian reserve and sponsoring white Americans (immigrant or not) to steal land from indigenous people and kicking out of their home by force. So, one could counter-argue that it’s a difference of ‘degrees of coloniality’ rather than absence of it. But I digress. Not to peddle Whig history slop, but it’s undeniable that America was founded on a notion of equality between races and faiths that is completely absent in contrast to the founding of Israel.

Israel just isn’t analogous to America, especially given how Israel both defines itself in particularist ethno-centric ways and has a theological basis that America lacks, as well as how Israeli settler-colonialism follows along the models of standard European colonialism combined with state terrorism both against Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza (to the point that Israel is engaging in genocide there). So while the USA isn’t currently engaging in genocide against its natives, the same can’t be said for Israel and its society, where the grand majority of Israelis are effectively kahanists per the latest opinion polls. And that goes for the entire political right and most of the political left in Israel, so let that sink in.

From a leftist standpoint, it can be said that settler-colonialism in the Americas played a historically progressive role in developing productive forces, while simultaneously producing deeply reactionary social relations. The same cannot be said of modern Israeli settler-colonialism, which does not represent a transition to a higher mode of production, but rather a reproduction of imperial domination in a more concentrated form. Ultimately, the claim that “Israel is just like America” obscures more than it reveals. Both are products of colonial history, but they occupy different positions within the global capitalist system. Recognizing this distinction allows for a clearer analysis of imperialism today, especially as Palestinians (unlike the indigenous peoples of the Americas) had their own conception of private property alongside their own bourgeoisie that predates the Balfour Declaration.

Now, if we had to give the closest western analogue, that would be Australia. Back when he was just a war-mongering liberal instead of a war-mongering white nationalist neocon, Drew Pavlou debated (and lost) against neo-nazi Joel Davis on immigration, with Joel making the interesting point that Australia was ran as a white nationalist colonial state and that the founding fathers of Australia and its past PMs were under no delusion that Australia was anything more than a white nationalist state, the “White Australia Policy” being the formalisation of such ideals into law. Indeed, since the dominion’s government lacked any significant armed opposition on the part of Aboriginals of Australia, it can be said that the current Australian policies towards mass immigration and multiculturalism were less about equality than they were about chasing after cheap labor per the needs of the capitalist elites and perhaps tailing after America. The same can be said in the cases of the republic of Argentina and the dominion of Canada, both of which were ran explicitly as white nationalist states, albeit with special emphasis on their links with their metropoles (formerly Spain and currently the UK/France, respectively), the liberalisations of immigration laws and moves towards a less racially-exclusionary definition of their identities only occurring in the late 20th century long after the US did the same.

All in all: There’s nothing inconsistent between being an anti-Zionist and being an American patriot on the basis of opposition to genocide and anti-imperialism.

Sources:

https://newrepublic.com/post/207325/donald-trump-marco-rubio-israel-iran

https://www.newarab.com/news/poll-huge-majority-israelis-back-gaza-ethnic-cleansing

https://southasiajournal.net/the-problem-isnt-just-netanyahu-its-israeli-society

https://www.meforum.org/middle-east-quarterly/the-conundrum-of-israeli-arab-citizenship

https://www.britannica.com/event/White-Australia-Policy

Real government conspiracies.

Let's talk about real government conspiracies that actually happened.

MKULTRA: Sub project 68.

What is Mkultra?

>Project MKUltra—sometimes referred to as the CIA’s mind control program—was the code name given to an illegal program of experiments on human subjects, designed and undertaken by the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Experiments on humans were intended to identify and develop drugs, alcohol, stick and poke tattoos, and procedures to be used in interrogations and torture, in order to weaken the individual to force confessions through mind control. Organized through the Scientific Intelligence Division of the CIA, the project coordinated with the Special Operations Division of the U.S. Army’s Chemical Corps. The program began in the early 1950s, was officially sanctioned in 1953, was reduced in scope in 1964, further curtailed in 1967 and officially halted in 1973. The program engaged in many illegal activities; in particular it used unwitting U.S. and Canadian citizens as its test subjects, which led to controversy regarding its legitimacy. MKUltra used numerous methodologies to manipulate people’s mental states and alter brain functions, including the surreptitious administration of drugs (especially LSD) and other chemicals, hypnosis, sensory deprivation, isolation, verbal and sexual abuse, as well as various forms of torture.
>The scope of Project MKUltra was broad, with research undertaken at 80 institutions, including 44 colleges and universities, as well as hospitals, prisons, and pharmaceutical companies. The CIA operated through these institutions using front organizations, although sometimes top officials at these institutions were aware of the CIA’s involvement.


One of the most interesting things I find about mkultra that alot of people might not be aware of is its attachment to soviet cold war paranoia. The government (and many Americans at the time) were living in overwhelming fear at the time that the soviets could only be gaining as much ground as they were through some form of 'mind control' or 'brainwashing.' Once again this fear and paranoia about communism lead the American government to do some pretty nefarious things. Mkultra included dosing un-witting subjects such as prisoners, prostitutes and ordinary people with high levels of LSD (including non burgers like Canadians) with out their consent or knowledge. The whole thing was totally illegal, funded through a CIA front org, ironically, known as "The society for the protection of human ecology" and had its roots in over 100 different facilities and colleges (often with out their knowledge.) It just makes you think what else the government is really up to and what they could be doing today right now? What other conspiracies and declassified government documents can we comb over /posad/? I am very curious about what other experimental operations the CIA might have been involved in in the name of stopping communism?

What do you think of AI shorts?

Tech jobs with no degree

Hey guys just wanted to ask what your opinions are on getting a tech job without a degree (sysadmin or cybersec) I have done some of my own research into it and have found promising results and some positive points. My current plan is to get a few certs: RHCSA, RHCE, CCNA and comptia security+. Im fine working for a smaller company since I dont care to work at a souless corp like google or amazon or some defense contractor. Paying for college is also a pain, any advice or words of wisdom are appreciated.

Shows and movies recomendations

Hey Ive been wanting to see some new shows or movies
I have seen the following and want to see similar ones:
Mr robot
The boys
Barry
Dexter
SEL
Madoka Magica

Thanks! :3

What is government, if not a monopoly on violence?

What is the difference between a cop shooting you in the face, and a gang member shooting you in the face? What makes the former 'legit' and the latter 'criminal'?

Has there ever been one example in human history of that invisible entity calling itself 'government' that didn't exist outside of its self-declared right to kill you if you didn't do what it said? That a tiny minority (or even one single person) one day declaring "I am in charge, now. Bow down or I'll murder you." and everybody else inexplicably nodding and going along with this psychotic nonsense?

I'm not being an anarchist nor a lolbert. I fully understand the need for this objectively nonsensical situation in order for humanity to function and prosper. Without somebody holding a bigger stick than someone else, that someone else has no reason to behave himself.

And there is no stick bigger than God.

There wouldn't be ~3 billion Christians and Muslims if somebody didn't convince them all (with violence) that if they misbehaved that after they died an invisible sky fairy would exercise incalculable sadism by trapping them in trillion-degree lava for the rest of time.

And the only reason that this schizophrenic idea stuck is that somebody with a big stick told everyone else that "this bronze age book of barbaric bedtime stories is all true and in fact nothing is more true than it, so do what it says or I'll kill you AND THEN you will 'die the second death' by being trapped in trillion-degree lava until the end of time".

What is the point of this OP? Nothing, really. Just had this on my mind while lamenting that existence in its current form was a ghastly mistake, if there really is some sort of unmoved mover and ground of all things that created it. And that if there is no outside-of-time-and-physicality lawmaker behind the invisible concepts we call the laws of nature, that all there has ever been and all that there ever will be is a fully-automatic universe consisting of incomprehensibly small bits and bobbles bouncing around in the cosmic void, then there is no such thing outside of things, that what we call "concepts" are just us trying to cast invisible nets around invisible nonsense to try and make sense of an ultimately senseless existence.

Eugene-lit 2.0

My website has been recently updated:
https://eugeneseffortposts.royalwebhosting.net/

Book 3 is out:
https://eugeneseffortposts.royalwebhosting.net/book03/index.html

Following Book 2:
https://eugeneseffortposts.royalwebhosting.net/book02/index.html

And Book 1 (which was originally meant for something else but made the perfect introduction):
https://eugeneseffortposts.royalwebhosting.net/mymethod.html

Consider this the "Eugene general" where you can ask me random questions or bitch at me.

Would sentient AI be considered aliens?

Western pop culture does (not) suck

I'm tired of weebs shitting on Western pop culture. What excuse do these mfs have to shit on Western pop culture if they themselves watch some mediocre harem and isekai slop? Western pop culture isn't bad, we have a rich back catalog of great Western works waiting for us to discover them. Neither did it become worse, all the good and promising talent just went into the indie and AA segments so basically the West sorta relies on doujin circles for releasing great games, comics, cartoons and music which is fairly unique to it compared to the Far East. And even AAA game studios, Netflix and cartoon channels, with all their DEI, dwindling quality and appeals to the lowest common denominator, still occasionally produce some bangers (CDPR, Rockstar, id Software, MachineGames, io Interactive and [adult swim] still look promising despite all the fuckups).

So here's my message to the weeaboos: stop shitting on something you don't understand and having a superiority complex because you watch moe girls flashing their panties and jiggling their tits on-screen. Sure, Western pop culture is in its late-capitalist casual-friendly pandering enshittification phase but it's not all doom and gloom, even though it used to be better when it comes to the mainstream pop culture. Or maybe it became too mainstream so the indie scene is sort of a counterbalance to that? Remember how gamers were often bullied for their hobby? Now everyone and your dad plays video games and it obviously affects their quality.

Rate my Griffith cosplay

/pcb/ - Polcompball General

Thank you to all the autists at PCB for writing down every irrelevant political movement known to mankind.

Discuss the wiki and post the articles, comics and animations you found funny or interesting.

Link to the wiki:
https://polcompball.wikitide.org/wiki/Main_Page

Link to the PCBA wiki:
https://polcompballanarchy.miraheze.org/wiki/Main_Page

Link to the subreddit:
https://old.reddit.com/r/Polcompball/

Link to the PCBA subreddit:
https://old.reddit.com/r/Polcompballanarchy/

Console exclusivity

I am a socialist in almost every aspect in my life. I help organize, I promote worker rights, I don't ignore feminist and racial struggles. Yet when it comes to console exclusivity I transform into the complete opposite of everything I believe in. As an owner of a console, I enjoy exclusives and I hate it whenever an exclusive gets ported to PC. I know every game being on every piece of hardware especially PC is the right, moral, and "proletarian" choice, but I can't help but rage and denounce at the sight of any exclusive, even the ones from a different console, gets ported.

Maybe it's some residue PTSD from being in a tight-knit Demon's Souls community when I was younger, and seeing the community flooded by morons and petit-bougie assholes when the Souls series was ported to PC.

What do you guys think of console exclusivity?

>101 Dalmatians live-action
>Beauty and the Beast live-action
>The Jungle Book live-action
>The Lion King live-action
>Alladin live-action
>Dumbo live-action
>Mulan live-action
>The Little Mermaid live-action
<no Cars live-action
Disney, wtf? Of all the cartoons to base a live-action remake on you didn't choose one of the most obvious ones? It could've been something actually refreshing. The plot wouldn't change but at least it'd be something interesting. 90% of them aren't even good, such a waste of money, talent and resources.

Is it just me or is a serialized format just bad for romcoms in general? Like, a movie? Cool. A miniseries? Already stretching it but can be executed well. A long-running series with 10+ volumes? That's not gonna work, you either start with an established couple or you drag it on indefinitely until the viewer gets bored.

Thoughts?

Mainstream pop culture sucked even before AI

I hear shitlibs complaining about generative AI ruining art, and while I generally agree with them here I argue that mainstream culture was long gone even before AI took over. It obviously took a long time before it was ruined but games like Concord, Veilguard, Callisto Protocol, Andromeda, Starfield and Highguard were shit even if they didn't use AI while Clair Obscur was good despite using it. It seems like big corpos just want to crunch and rush everything up as much as possible while shoving every "current thing" up their asses along the way, with AI being just one of those "current things." Or perhaps the corpos just decided to pander to techbros instead of the wokies now? Regardless, it's clear to me that this process of decline of mainstream pop culture was happening for a long time. All this AAA slop is no better than AI slop to me so it's perfectly understandable why people are happy when AAA devs are fired, even though I'm not sure firing them is gonna fix the fundamental problems with these AAA giants.

Basically, just play indie games and watch indie movies, I think all this big-budget slop should have been euthanized (except for Eastern works, they're fine… other than isekai, romcoms, 3D donghua and TV dramas ig… and some Nintendo franchises).

Btw, what really grinds my gears about AI is that you can't afford any decent gaming hardware because of it. Also, DLSS 5 is hot garbage.

very obivous gas chambering operation

when I'm in the fire nation, the fire nation citizens force me to call a 5000 pound gas chamber a car instead of calling it a gas chamber.

[this is a completely fucking useless nazi show.]

Magick General

Anyone interested in magick here? Post any sigils you've got. I've found that chaos magick and LOA shit somehow always works. LOA shit works after removing the desire, placating it, which thereby leads to manifestation.
Chaos magick works with sigils, and on the same mechanism as LOA. You can goon to the sigil you make, simpler is better, or you can meditate to it, meditation makes it happen much quicker, but gooning makes it more likely. What I do is look at it on a notepad while meditating, I've used Chinese sigils which turn out to be more successful.

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Private tracker links?

Hello, I have a seedbox set up and would like to be able to join a private tracker. I am more than willing to seed at least 3x the original file size. It just needs to have everything as a general private tracker. I do plan on using a vpn but i can route a web browser through it as well so it's the same IP. anyone have any solutions?

Why is the isekai genre prevalent over cyberpunk in anime/manga? Is it because they lost faith in the future because Japan's Lost Decades doomerism?

Furthermore, what's the deal with big explosions in anime/manga?

Show me more american movies where the main character is operating a 5000 pound gas chamber.

yennifer is too busy paying for fuel running gas chambers on your children so that she can go skiing.

"Realism bad" is the new "Modern gaming bad"

People keep saying that realism is what's ruining games and movie adaptations but does it really? I get it, "realistic" graphics can look bad and can tank the performance. I understand that many realistic AAA games are generic open-world over-the-shoulder action games (or CoD). I understand that Disney remakes and Netflix adaptations are hot garbage. But I feel like it's a problem of overblown budgets, bad art design, bad development tools/cinematography, pandering to mainstream audiences and just plain incompetence rather than an inherent flaw of realism. AA games are doing just fine with realistic graphics, you just need to know what you're doing. Honestly, this sentiment feels like the opposite of "realism good, animation bad" and is just as insufferable. Instead of critiquing actual bad practices of the AAA industry and its sheer capitalist greed we overfocus on arbitrary shit of whether a character looks realistic or not. Who cares?
>Devil May Cry V was fire
>Grand Theft Auto V was fire
>One Piece was fire
>How to Train Your Dragon was fire
>Helldivers 2 was fire
A good work of art is a good work of art regardless of its artstyle, no?

What are your thoughts?

All Their Eggs in One Basket

>Be Northern Virginia.

>Corporations build hundreds of data centers that receive most internet traffic.

>So much demand for data centers here that they are literally shutting down garden centers to build more data centers


(Not saying we should do any trolling, but AI slop is ruining the internet, sooo…)

https://www.arcgis.com/apps/mapviewer/index.html?layerId=0&layers=ffda13ae2bb8433cb1c97258c6474f56

Frederick Brennan (AKA Hotwheels) dead

February 21, 1994 – January 10, 2026
8ch founder Hotwheels has died in his sleep at 31. Brennan created 8ch before the site was stolen by feds in a hostile takeover which eventually led to its end.

https://shows.acast.com/im-from-the-internet-a-podcast-about-somethingawfulcom/episodes/the-late-great-fredrick-brennan-part-one
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fredrick_Brennan

Work day general 2.0

Welcome to the work day general.

Tell us about your day anon. Did you have a good day at work? Its OK we know work is horrible.

I work graves at a factory. If you have it shitty at work I can relate.

Tell us about your day under the crushing weight of the profit motive.

Against Childish Anti-imperialism

Marxism is not about vibes, justice, or who feels bad. It is about material development. Any attempt to condemn American imperialism on moral grounds is liberal humanism and thus idealism. Despite the moral indignation that are likely to follow this post, let me explain…

As you all know, of all the things Karl Marx was, idealist he was not. Nor was he a moralist for he never gave moral judgements when discussing topics as fraught as juvenile prostitution, and would be incredulous as seeing the self-declared "marxists" of our times using the language of liberal moralisms when it comes to the Epstein saga. Sure, as a man of his time, he wasn't immune to contemporary prejudices as was his case with gay people that I don't need to mention.

Needless to say, unlike whig historians, for Marx history was neither moral nor immoral, but amoral.
Indeed, he described the democide of the Native Americans in the New World and the subsequent settling by European colonists and their African slaves, as well as British colonialism in India, and even slavery in Ancient Greece as progressive in that it advanced societies relative to their predecessors (in ancient Greece's case, from tribal society to city-states). For him, European colonialism was a double mission: Destructive but necessary in order to destroy material obstacles to historical development.

It is with this in mind that I can confidently say that Marx would deem modern American imperialism as a force of progress. If historical progress is defined by the destruction of pre-capitalist social relations and the creation of modern productive forces — then American imperialism is not only progressive, but the most progressive force in human history. After all, for Marx the capitalism of his time was a destructive force of progress that was necessary for communism arises through capitalism, not instead of it. Before objections begin, I'll bluntly state that I'm simply engaging in historical materialism to its conclusions and refuse to apply moral exceptions to the infantilised leftism that dominates the current milieu of the western left.

We may object to it on moral grounds, but if we are to be materialist, then we'd have to acknowledge the following facts with regards to American imperialism in this day and age:

First, American imperialism has functioned as an unparalleled mechanism for the destruction of pre-capitalist, semi-feudal, clerical, and patrimonial social relations, be it in Asia or Africa. Wherever it intervenes—whether through direct military occupation, regime change, or economic integration—it systematically undermines traditional forms of authority that obstruct the free movement of capital: tribal structures, religious legal orders, dynastic rule, and rent-based oligarchies. From a Marxist standpoint, these formations are not neutral cultural expressions but the very things that impede said societies from being integrated to the modern world and thus delays the process of proletarianisation.

Second, American imperialism universalizes bourgeois social relations at a scale previously unmatched. Wage labor, commodity production, contractual legality, and market dependence are not merely imposed; they are normalized. This process forcibly inserts entire regions into the global circuit of capital, dissolving local autarkies and subsistence economies that historically insulated ruling classes from proletarianization. As such, American imperialism is an accellerationist force for the very conditions Marx identified as prerequisites for class consciousness: urbanization, labor discipline, and the separation of producers from the means of production.

Third, the much-lamented cultural homogenization associated with American dominance is, in material terms, a rationalization of social life. The spread of secular compulsory education, mass media, standardized legal codes, and bureaucratic governance weakens the grip of what Marx would have recognized as ideological superstructures tied to archaic modes of production. Key example would be the efforts of the US-supported Pahlavi regime at undermining the power of the Islamic landowners who made up the core base of the Islamic revolution of 1979, a reactionary force that campists today support solely out of relative anti-western sentiment in spite of the Islamic Republic's archaic mode of production and imperialist tendencies in the Fertile Crescent and the levant. That these processes are experienced as alien or violent does not negate their historical function; Marx never required that progress be experienced as pleasant.

Fourth, it is precisely under American-led capitalist integration that previously marginalized groups are drawn into social production as juridical subjects. Women’s participation in wage labor, the commodification of domestic labor, the legal abstraction of the individual citizen, and the formal extension of rights to racial and sexual minorities are not moral achievements floating above the material base. They are functional requirements of advanced capitalism, which cannot tolerate rigid exclusion without sacrificing efficiency. Acknowledging it =/= celebrating it, but recognises that capitalism dissolves traditional hierarchies even as it reproduces exploitation in new forms.

Fifth, critiques that frame American imperialism as uniquely regressive often rely on an implicit romanticism toward “non-Western” or “anti-imperialist” formations. Yet many of these alternatives preserve pre-capitalist relations under the guise of cultural authenticity or national sovereignty (e.g., Iran, Palestine), or worst reproduce the same capitalist contradictions (e.g., Russia, China). Marx was explicit that such formations, however resistant to foreign domination, could still represent historical stagnation.

Opposition to imperialism, when detached from an analysis of productive forces, risks becoming reactionary in content even when radical in appearance. Indeed, those contemporaries that opposed slavery during antiquity, settler colonialism in the western hemisphere in the early modern period, and British colonialism in India would essentially be reactionary. And that's a fact, not a moral judgement.

None of this implies that American imperialism should be supported, only that it must be understood correctly. To denounce it as an absolute evil is to abandon historical materialism in favor of moral spectacle. The task of Marxist analysis is not to assign blame, but to trace motion: how forces collide, how contradictions sharpen, and how new social relations are born out of violence and upheaval.

If communism is to emerge from capitalism rather than leap over it, then it follows—however uncomfortable—that the most aggressive agents of capitalist expansion are also the most efficient destroyers of the old world. History, as Marx understood it, has never waited for permission.

USApol Thread

Big massive thread for American politics.

Anybody else masturbate? If you don't I think you should give it a try. It's pretty fun and it feels really nice once you get the hang of it. I bet even Stirner enjoyed stroking the ol' unique property if you catch my drift

WW3 Scenarios.

So, might as well put this fanfiction I made on how could ww3 go:
>Ukraine launches an offensive into the popular republics and Crimea, they advance a little. Ukraine declares war on Russia.
>The Donbass and Luhansk republics welcome the Russian army.
>The Ukrainian army advances into Crimea, but gets stopped. They conquer some, but get boggled down.
>Russia's military is organizing itself hard on this, and mobilizing itself.
>A month happens with people getting killed but no advances aside from light ukrainian advances.
>The west won't participate yet, but will help Ukraine through military support and it will tell through incredible mental gymnastics that Russia attacked first.
>People are not supportive of the war going on, but they won't care because they see it as just a regional war, no one cares.
>There will be some outrage at the west supporting Ukraine but it won't escalate.
>Then Turkey and Azerbaijan, using some shit excuse, attack Armenia to conquer it.
>Russia intervenes and starts invading Azerbaijan.
>Syria and Iran, maybe even Iraq, start attacking Turkey and Azerbaijan, since Turkey occupies parts of Iraq and Syria right now and Iran is fucking tired of it's bullshit.
>Erdogan says: Assad must go!
>Pakistan is big on being a turkey fanboy, and invades Iran.
>India then goes and invades Pakistan because Kashmir and so on.
>Pakistan starts getting beaten by both India and Iran, no nukes used yet, until Pakistan gets between the sword and the wall. Then it launches it's nukes to both Iran and India, although mostly to India. Maybe a nuke makes it to Russia.
>India in response drops all of it's nukes on Pakistan
>IT_ALL,_RETURNS,_TO_NOTHING.mp3
>Iran is mostly unaffected by this. I mean, its capital has been nuked, but hey, AT LEAST IT'S NOT INDIA.
>India and Pakistan are the first to completely collapse, with warlords coming out of the woods like flies, kinda like post-heydrich germany on TNO.
<"India and pakistan are the first to completely collapse" oh boy just you wait it's gonna be epicly based and posadist-pilled.
>People are fucking horrified as they wake up from the "end of history" dream as the first nuclear apocalypse just happened right now.
>Big ass riots in order to make the war stop right now.
>People get ignored and the media starts making excuses.
>Azerbaijan collapses from both southern and northern pressure as the russian and iranian military enter it's capital. A ton of warcrimes will then be discovered, and this event will be known as the second armenian genocide.
>The turkish front gets bogged down, the advances the turkish made get retaken, but the other armies can't advance as well, getting into a stalemate at the mountains of Anatolia. People die daily on that front but not that much movement is made aside from Turkey attacking again and again and the KPG getting big money from Russia and Iran.
>Turkey, also, after the indian fiasco, starts getting anti-war riots. These riots will be put down by a newly installed nationalist military goverment with Endorgan as it's president. Thousands of people will be incarcerated or killed.
>Turkey starts funding yihadists groups inside of Russia. These groups, aside from making some big incidents inside russia, will spill into other countries such as MENA countries or european ones.
>Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia, knowing Iran had been nuked, gets it's opportunity, and tries to invade Iran.
>Of course, Saudi Arabia fucking embarrases itself and collapses as iranian missiles fuck up it's water and petroleum trade.
<And another one bites the dust.
>Aside from this movement from Saudi Arabia, at Ukraine, Russia organizes a counter-attack. Operation Uranus 2.0 La Verganza. From north the russian army advances and cuts off the ukrainian front at donetsk and luhansk. They conquer pretty much everything east of the Dnieper.
>Tons of ukrainian warcrimes are discovered.
>Aside from that, the Ukrainian army at Crimea safely retreats, but Crimea is on shambles. Sevastopol is now a ghost town.
>The russian army still goes on and cross the Dnieper, and in 3 months or so they're at Kiev.
>This scares the shit off NATO, Ukraine gets into NATO at the last moment, and the whole of NATO declares war on Russia.
>China then invades Taiwan to help it's ally Russia. China enters the world war.
>The NATO army is an unorganized mess. The European front has lots of nationalities put into one big army, Spaniards with Greeks, Germans with Italians, France it's not in NATO so it shouldn't intervene, but it's from the EU so it will intervene. The only people who understand each other are americans and bri'ish people.
>Aside from that, they need to get organized in a moment.
>Bielorrusia joins the battle at the side of Russia (or might not, I don't know).
>Polish troops and baltic troops are the first to arrive.
>Eastern European militaries are plagued by corruption, it's army is pretty much useless aside from european support.
>The front gets into almost WW1 borders, Russia conquers till they reach the border with Germany, The Check Republic, Slovakia and Romania.

>Meanwhile, on the asian front, Japan suddenly starts a conscription service and declares war on China. This is hugely unpopular among the japanese people, and riots start to stop such a law to come to be. Japan then gets it's own military goverment a la Pinochet, and becomes and even bigger client state for the US. This conscription law will separate the country in two.
>Not that it matters, as North Korea conquers South Korea and nukes Japan for thy Lulz.
>This makes the separation inside Japan really fucking big between the anti-war movement and the war movement. The anti-war movement will be financed by China, and it's more radical part will take the leadership, although the Chinese will fund the most moderate part that is still anti-war, meanwhile, the pro-war goverment inside Japan will become a lot more repressive. An unspeaken civil war occurs inside Japan
>The US, alongside Japanese recruits, try to conquer Korea. They get bogged down not by korean troops but by the People's Liberation Army, also known as the chinese army.
<Japan might have a communist revolution.

>Meanwhile, let's talk about the toll that this war has made.
>Firstly, about India and Pakistan.
<India and Pakistan become into warlord territory, and millions upon millions of refugees start getting out of the irradiated mess that is the Indian peninsula.
<The "-stan" countries, like Turkmenistan and so on, COLLAPSE HARD, their goverments can't handle the refugee crisis, and other goverments inside their borders start taking power. The Taliban take hold of all of the region and start their caliphate and reign of terror on their jihad. They won't conquer more than those territories, as they have a lot of other problems to tackle.
<The only country to survive this apocalypse is kazhakstan, as it's choke full of chinese and russian military to stop jihadism.

>Meanwhile, at the south-eastern countries of Asia.
<A similar story, the indian refugees come into those countries and are so much people that their goverments collapse as there is not enough food. Anarchy takes hold of the region, with warlords coming out of the woods like flies.
<The US make it's operational base in Asia the Philippines, Australia, and Japan. Most of the war with China is fought on sea, so there's nothing really important happening there. Aside from that, they try to land on Vietnam to try to make it governable again and conquer China with them, this doesn't go as planned, South China is mountainous, so the fight boggles down.

>Meanwhile, at the world.
<The indian nuclear apocalypse has made a layer of dust through the world, making it get less sunlight.
<At the same time, war is literally the most contaminant activity we humans have deviced, the US army makes more CO2 than 192 countries combined.
<Climate change really kicks in, and the poles don't exist anymore, Cuba is now 3 islands, Florida doesn't exist anymore, the Netherlands is underwater, all of the pacific islands have ceased to exist. Crimea, the land they were fighting for, now literally doesn't exist, but the war, ironically, goes on.
<The layer of dust made by the Indian Nuclear Apocalypse (INA) has made it so crops don't grow because of not having the sufficient light to actually grow, as it has happened times before when a massive volcano literally exploded.
<OH BOY HERE'S THE GOOD PART, THE GOOD SHIT.
<ALL THE COUNTRIES OF THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE OR AT THE EQUATOR COLLAPSE UNTO FAMINES
<IT ALL RETURNS TO NOTHING
<THE ONLY COUNTRIES WHICH WILL HOPE TO SAVE ITSELFSARE THE ONES THAT HAVE STORED FOOD FOR THIS HAPPENING AND HAVE THE POLITICAL POWER TO RATION IT
<HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAA
<Also this will make a refugee crisis so hard not till now seen, more extreme than the barbarian migrations during the end of the Roman Empire, shit's about to go down.

>Meanwhile, at the American continent.
<The US probably has made some plans to conquer Venezuela and Cuba
<They enact them.
<People are pissed about it.
<Guerrilla Warfare against US occupation.

>Meanwhile, at Europe.
<Most of the countries in Europe don't fucking want to be at war with Russia aside from the Eastern ones, the most anti-war countries would be Spain and Greece IMO.
<On the case of Spain, as a Spaniard myself, this anti-war movement would be fucking gigantous. We already had an anti-war movement during the Irak war in which we participated in, and our army, compared to the rest of the european armies, although well equipped, is it because of it's adherence to NATO. During late Francoism the spanish military made drills with ww2 junkers and using gasoline caskets with grenades attached to them as bombs. The military in Spain is the most corrupt organization in this country, and getting it purged against Russia would be incredibly funny if it wasn't because they would implement a draft (as in the majority of Europe tbh) to combat Russia. That, alongside the anger against the politicians, the capitalists and the king itself, which is also the commander of troops, kinda like Nicholas the second… I don't have to tell anything more tbh. Spain, being also an enter way into Europe would have problems with refugees and an incredible instability on itself, aside that the country is run by actual monkeys, there would probably be no rationing at all, making the food prices skyrocket till infinity. Everything of that would mix on a revolutionary cocktel from which a communist revolution could arise. A liberal revolution might happen first, with a republic, and then another one, kinda like the russian revolution. Hell, even Felipe VII looks kinda like King Nicholas from Russia.
<Spain might have a communist revolution which would then spread through Europe, maybe Portugal and Greece would have it's own revolutions, and would get out of the war. France is another one which might have a revolution, Italy I don't know, Britain could have one since Britain is already going to shit the bed, even without the whole WW3 happening.
>The US will conquer part of Andalucia through Gibraltar to ensure that it bases there remain loyal.
<On other countries, I don't know how it would go like, please answer this post with your conclusions.
<Either way, the war would boggle down hard, and we would get into a WW1 era of trenches, only now with drones.
<The EU will have to make a separate peace treaty with Russia, which will stand "victorious" (saying much tbh) at the war. The EU will be dismantled and Russia will make client states at Poland and the Baltic states, taking everything else for themselves. The EU is in shambles, but at least it hasn't been nuked to death. The peace treaty was to try to avoid a communist revolution, it will happen either way, or there might be a civil war inside of the EU between communists and the other groups, comprised of "liberals" and literal nazies, from this war, the most likely winner would be the communists, since technically they would have come from the south which had it's factories kinda untouched because of being so far away from Russia.
<Either way, the EU doesn't exist anymore, it's a shell of it's former self, and there's people starving to death on the streets meanwhile a civil war turns really sour.

>The US-Chinese front.
<The last front, this front has done nothing at all, and with Russia out of the european front, and coming to help the chinese, the US will resort to the last tactic possible.
<Red Telephone Incident (RTI) of 05/12/2024
<Russia, China and the US enter a mad max radiation periode, alongside japan, Australia and the Philippines.

>The aftermath.
<The only places that continues to kinda exist is some countries of South America and communist Europe, but they will enter a long, looooooooooong dark age of maybe two centuries or so.

So yea, what do you think of this Fanfiction I've just made?
Wanna add anything to it?
Or make your own?

Miami Narcoterror Speedboat Neutralized by Cuban DEA

BREAKING
A gusano terror boat carrying 100% fishscale Miami fent has been neutralized after its occupants were discovered by the Cuban coast guard and opened fire. A tactical intervention by the Cuban DEA resulted in the permanent neutralization of 4 gusano narcoterrorists and the mild injury of 6 further Florida fentanyl traffickers. The 6 surviving Miami narcos were reportedly very upset abut their booboos, and cried a lot and blamed gommunism and would not shut up even though nobody cared or liked them. The FBI (Federal Booboo Inspectors) is reportedly investigating it as a major booboo incident.

Pic unrelated

Animated Music Videos

Post 'em if you got 'em

Speed Metal Hell

YOU KNOW WHAT FUCKING TIME IT IS

George Carlin

Any fans?
Post Carlin bits if you wanna.

OC Thread

Thread dedicated to /leftypol/ original content & memes
Post original content you've made, or OC someone else recently made
which you want to share.
Or ITT collaborate on improving content already made.

This is the place where you can find all leftypol memes n' shit:
https://lefty.booru.org/

Webm sister thread: >>361470

ICE agent shoots and kills woman during Minneapolis immigration raid

From AJ:
One ‍person is dead after an ICE officer on a large-scale ⁠immigration operation ​in Minneapolis shot and killed a woman who allegedly “weaponized” ⁠her vehicle.

The Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot the woman in her vehicle on Wednesday in a residential neighbourhood in Minneapolis, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement.

…

Mayor Jacob Frey alleged the officer “recklessly” shot her, adding immigration agents are “causing chaos in our city”.

“They’re ripping families apart. They’re sowing chaos on our streets and in this case quite literally killing people,” Frey said at a news conference.

“They are already trying to spin this as an action of self defence. Having seen the video myself, I wanna tell everybody directly, that is bulls**t,” the mayor said.

The shooting marks a dramatic escalation of the latest in a series of immigration enforcement operations in major American cities under the Trump administration.

The Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St Paul have been on edge since DHS announced on Tuesday it launched the operation with 2,000 agents and officers expected to participate in the crackdown tied in part to allegations of fraud involving Somali residents.

A large throng of protesters gathered at the scene after Wednesday’s shooting and vented their anger at the local and federal officers there.

“Shame! Shame! Shame!” and “ICE out of Minnesota!”, they loudly chanted from behind the police tape.

The area where the shooting occurred is a modest neighborhood south of downtown Minneapolis, just a few blocks from some of the oldest immigrant markets in the area and 1.6km (1 mile) from where George Floyd was killed by police in 2020.

Al Jazeera’s John Hendren reported Minnesota Public Radio quoted a witness saying: “ICE agents were telling the driver, a woman, to get out of here. She was trying to turn around and the ICE agent was in front of the car and he pulled out a gun.”

The witness said “he [an agent] reached across the hood of the car and shot her in the face, like three or four times”. The woman’s vehicle then accelerated and travelled about 30 metres (100 feet) before crashing into a utility pole.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/7/ice-agent-shoots-and-kills-woman-during-minneapolis-raid

Other sources describe her as an observer.

Videos are the event and aftermath.

local jobs

switching from working s fuckass grocery job to a dishwasher at a local burger joint is amazing, I love a place I can work and know the guy who owns the restaurant and sometimes even visits to help cook and joke around with the staff, I respect a local owned business more honestly, you guys agree?

Albanian kowtowing to US empire rewarded with color revolution

Clashes in Albania as protesters demand PM Rama resign
Violence breaks out near parliament as demonstrators demand accountability in corruption investigation linked to deputy prime minister.

Police in the Albanian capital, Tirana, fired tear gas and used water cannon as protesters clashed with security forces during demonstrations to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Edi Rama.

Demonstrators hurled Molotov cocktails and fireworks at the prime minister’s office on Friday before marching towards parliament, where they were confronted by anti-riot police.

Fierce clashes lasted for about two hours in the streets surrounding the legislature, according to a journalist with the AFP news agency who was at the scene of the violence.

Police said about 30 people were arrested, while the opposition Democratic Party said about 40 of its supporters had been detained.

Protests in the streets of the capital have broken out on several occasions since the indictment in December of Deputy Prime Minister Belinda Balluku by a special prosecution unit. Balluku, a close associate of Rama, was suspended over a corruption scandal that is now being investigated.

Several former ministers in Rama’s governments have also been targeted by corruption probes.

Waving Albanian and opposition party flags, thousands gathered on Friday in protest, chanting “Rama, go away” and “Rama in jail”.

“We will save Albania from Edi Rama, who has plunged the country into poverty and corruption,” said opposition Democratic Party leader Sali Berisha.

“Let them know that even if they go behind the sun, we will find them and punish them with the full force of the law,” Berisha said.

Interior Minister Albana Kociu condemned the unrest, accusing the protesters of “vandalism” and saying that it was a “crime” to attack police.

Rama’s Socialist Party holds a comfortable parliamentary majority in Albania after winning a fourth consecutive term last year.

Aiming to join the European Union by 2030, Albanian politics has seen a long and bitter rivalry between left and right-wing parties, with both sides frequently accusing the other of corruption and links to organised crime.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/2/21/clashes-in-albania-as-protesters-demand-pm-rama-resign

Time after time, it's proven again and again: you cannot deal with the devil.

Polish Communist Party banned

poland follows the steps of ukraine:

https://www.rp.pl/prawo-w-polsce/art43445701-trybunal-konstytucyjny-delegalizuje-komunistyczna-partie-polski

so much for freedom

Cryptocommunism

Hey, where can I get resources on how a cryptocommunist system shall be created?

I prefer sources that don't try to overcomplicate the subject itself to try and make the author look smart.

I have written a paper discussing the idea itself that I am trying to compare it to others to see if it holds water.

Post lyrics you like or find memorable or funny.

WTO protests

What can we learn from original protests in Seattle against the World Trade Organization?

Harem anime

Who actually watches these and what do they like and dislike about it?

recomendation certificates

these still seem good … from so long ago … listening in my flat … big BIG old wooden speakers

Test from school

hello, this is a test, PHP stil alive

co2 is permanent.

That's not a 5000 pound gas chamber its a TUNDRA!

Thats not a gas chamber it's an explorer!

That's not a gas chamber it's a chief grand cherokee.

No I dont know what a mazda is.

Thats not a gas chamber it's a Tahoe!

That's not a 5000 pound gas chamber its a path finder!

The gas chambers are NOT disguised as transportation.

That is not poison it is freedom distilled in to air.

That's not a gas chamber it's an F150.

Those are not gas chambers they are only showers.

That is not zyklon B it is only pesticide.

You cant spell denial with out denali.

Bioelectromagnetic

So, i got this concept but stuck, how to move this forward, and mainly i am unemployed, i got great ideas which can affect the current surface market, so let me see the outcomes and results i get here.

Prison Political Economy

How does solitary confinement fit into the larger prison industrial complex? It seems to me like it would be rather unprofitable to keep your slaves confined for years at a time, unable to do any productive labor.

Posadism

Is there a posad guy here? What is posadism?

Leftypol.org raid

Stop being nice. LEFTYPOL.org mods are deranged animals who need to be put in their place. Let’s raid and turn the place into a shithole. If we lack numbers, bring over polaks from 4chan and soyjack if need be. The point is not to fraternise with polaks but to ruin LEFTYPOL.org. The mods are assholes who manipulate the discourse and gaslight to no end. We must end them.

Books for kids

Any parents here? Please recommend books for 7-14yo kids that aren't lib shit (i.e. most of the Amazon top and NYT bestsellers).

Not explicitly leftist, just some fiction and non-fiction that isn't based in liberal worldview like picrelated.

There are many days where I do not much like being transgender.

Piano Thread

I first took up the piano when I was 13 played until I was 18. After that I didn't play for 10 years. Now I've been taking it up again and relearning. Most of all I like it. Anyone else play it? Other comments?

News 1/27/26

The presidential hopefuls seeking support from Colombia’s united leftist front
Multiple left-wing parties have formalized the participation in a multipartite primary election that seeks a unified candidate in Colombia’s presidential election later this year. Among the candidates of the “Front For Life” coalition are two politicians, Ivan Cepeda and Daniel Quintero, who took part in the primary of the largest of the leftist parties, the Historic Pact, in November of last year. All candidates vow to succeed the reformist agenda of President Gustavo Petro, who will leave office on August 7.
https://colombiareports.com/the-presidential-hopefuls-seeking-support-from-colombias-broad-leftist-front/

Hondurans Reject Nasry Asfura’s Inauguration as President
Popular sectors and social organizations expressed their rejection on Tuesday of the swearing-in of Nasry Asfura, the president imposed by the United States. His inauguration took place behind closed doors at the National Congress, with the presence of pro-government deputies and some national and international delegations, amidst a heavy security presence.
https://www.telesurenglish.net/hondurans-reject-nasry-asfuras-inauguration-as-president/

Argentina’s prison population hits new high amid chronic overcrowding
Prison population grew 7.1% in 2024, with property crimes and short sentences driving overcrowding; Five provinces exceed the national incarceration average, authorities warn that tougher laws and short sentences are fuelling sustained rise in numbers.
https://www.batimes.com.ar/news/argentina/record-imprisonment-in-argentina-new-report-on-privations-in-the-argentine-penitentiary-system.phtml
https://archive.ph/WjHBx

Five workers killed in massive biscuit factory explosion in Greece
Five workers were killed in a massive explosion and fire in the early hours of Monday morning at the Violanta biscuit factory near the town of Trikala in Thessaly, central Greece. Eight workers managed to escape with their lives, with six hospitalised with minor injuries. A firefighter was also taken to hospital.
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/01/27/nbia-j27.html

Hundreds of NHS staff begin ballot over fire-and-rehire threats
Two thousand workers, approximately half the workforce and mostly nurses working on the wards, would be affected with any who reject the change will be sacked and rehired on the worse contract, it added. GMB organiser Rachel Dix said: “These front-line NHS workers already work long hours in incredibly stressful jobs.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/hundreds-nhs-staff-begin-ballot-over-fire-and-rehire-threats

India, EU agree on ‘mother of all’ trade deals
Under the agreement, tariffs on 96.6 percent of EU goods exports to India would be eliminated or reduced, EU officials said. The deal would save up to 4 billion euros ($4.74bn) a year in duties on European products, officials said. Among the products that would have tariffs all or mostly eliminated were machinery, chemicals and pharmaceuticals.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/27/india-eu-agree-on-mother-of-all-trade-deals
https://archive.ph/8VDeR

Israel Supporting New Gaza Militias Fighting Hamas, Wall Street Journal Reports
The WSJ cites Israeli sources and reservists, who say that Israel has been providing the militias with "extensive" air support with drones, as well as sharing intelligence, arms and food. Wounded militia members, the report charges, have been taken to Israeli hospitals.
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2026-01-25/ty-article/israel-supporting-new-gaza-militias-fighting-hamas-wall-street-journal-reports/0000019b-f415-d4bd-a3db-fff7d7510000
https://archive.ph/cV2i2

US kidnaps prime minister it imposed on Haitian people, as Western hemisphere’s poorest country desc

This story's a month old now, but still bears posting:

March 6, 2024:

On Tuesday, the US government effectively kidnapped Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry, a right-wing figure whom it had hitherto staunchly supported, a Miami Herald report has revealed.

Against the will of the vast majority of Haiti’s impoverished people, Washington—backed by Canada and France, the other imperialist powers long involved in Haiti—placed Henry in power following the July 2021 assassination of the country’s president, Jovenel Moïse. The US-led “Core Group” of nations has continued to support Henry ever since, although he has no popular or legal-constitutional legitimacy and has refused to hold parliamentary or presidential elections despite the mandates of all elected officials having long expired.

Now, however, under conditions where the country is overrun by criminal gangs, most of which have close ties to rival factions of Haiti’s ruling elite, the Biden administration has apparently concluded Henry is a liability who should be flushed from office. To accomplish this, as the Herald article documents, US imperialism is resorting to its traditional thuggery and criminality.

This is all playing out as Washington and Ottawa scramble to put together a foreign paramilitary force to be deployed to Haiti with US and Canadian logistical support to bloodily restore bourgeois “law and order” on the Caribbean island-nation.

Both the US and Canada have a long history of neo-colonial occupation and military intervention in Haiti, including as recently as 2004 when they deployed troops to oust its elected president Jean-Bertrand Aristide. But under conditions where they are waging war against Russia in Ukraine, supporting Israel’s genocide in Gaza and actively preparing for war with China, and where there is visceral opposition among the Haitian masses to an intervention led by either of North America’s twin imperialist powers, they are anxious to contract out the job.

Last week Henry traveled to Kenya, whose avidly pro-imperialist government has volunteered to lead a Multinational Security Support (MSS) mission to Haiti and staff it with more than a thousand Kenyan national police.

In Henry’s absence, the gangs launched a coordinated offensive, whose purpose it soon became clear was to derail the planned MSS deployment and oust the prime minister. Over the weekend, the gangs stormed two Port-au-Prince prisons, freeing several thousand prisoners, and attacked Haitian National Guard facilities. On Monday, they encircled the capital’s two airports forcing them to suspend operations.

On Tuesday, Henry attempted to return to Haiti via the Dominican Republic, only to find his plans thwarted by his Washington patrons. Even if the Miami Herald exclusive published on Wednesday does not put it in so many words, its account makes clear that the Haitian prime minister was effectively kidnapped so that US officials and those of allied governments could browbeat him into accepting new marching orders.

According to the Herald, Henry, who had spent the previous two days in the United States and had informed Washington and the UN of when and how he intended to return to Haiti, was suddenly informed by Dominican officials as his plane approached Santo Domingo that he would not be allowed to land.

This soon proved to be only an opening gambit. Once his small 13-seat jet changed course for the US territory of Puerto Rico, Henry received a second midair message, this one from the US State Department, asking “him to agree to a new transitional government—and resign.” When Henry’s plane landed in San Juan, Puerto Rico’s capital, it was “immediately met by US Secret Service agents” and for hours the Haitian prime minister was refused permission to deplane.

During this time, Washington, working with various CARICOM (Caribbean Community) leaders, was sounding out Haitian opposition and business leaders on putting together some type of new interim government to provide a fig-leaf of “popular support” for another imperialist-backed military/security intervention in Haiti.

According to the Herald, “The US proposal would have Henry usher in a new government structure in which a new prime minister and presidential board will lead a transition to elections and prepare for the Kenya-led mission. He would agree to step down once the new structure has been established, and a new prime minister is appointed or the security mission has deployed—whichever comes first.”

On Tuesday evening, US officials, acting in classic imperial potentate fashion, were making clear that Henry’s days were over. The Herald cited an unnamed US National Security Council official as saying the administration was “not providing any assistance to help the prime minister return to Haiti.”

“Our support,” the official continued, “is focused on helping the [Haiti National Police] restore security, expediting the deployment of the MSS mission, and accelerating a peaceful transition of power via free and fair elections. Our dialogue with Prime Minister Henry has been focused on these efforts and the need for security and a peaceful political transition.”

On Wednesday afternoon, US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller clumsily tried to cover up the abundant evidence that Washington is once again carrying out regime change in Haiti, shuffling in figurehead presidents and prime ministers as needed. Miller told a press conference, the Biden administration is “not calling on him [Henry] or pushing for him to resign.”

read more:
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/03/07/yfmf-m07.html

/edu/ checkpoint

Hello comrades. I propose a general thread in an attempt to get the /edu/ ball rolling again. Everytime you visit /edu/, post in this thread. Tell us about what you're thinking about, what you're reading, an interesting thing you have learned today, anything! Just be sure to pop in and say hi.

The Chabad tunnel was a botched false flag attempt to kick off a US war with Iran

Before the current war with Iran resumes with full fury, I want to get something off my chest.

Over a year ago, I privately related this thought I had to an acquaintance. Since that time, it has become more than a thought to me. I now believe it is probably likely that the January 2024 Chabad tunnel incident was an attempted false flag which was discovered and thwarted before it could be completed. Until now, I have never said this publicly to anyone, even anonymously, and I have never looked into others ""theories"" about this incident because I am not interested in reading speculation. I have no idea whether or not anyone else has come to the same conclusion. I would not be surprised if they had done so, as it seems like an obvious suspicion to have, but I have never been interested in finding out.

In January of 2024, a number of Israeli citizens were caught digging a tunnel under the World Headquarters of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement in New York City, a large synagogue. When the tunnel was discovered, concrete trucks were called to fill it in, as the tunnel created a serious risk to the foundation of the structure. Fights broke out, the police were called, and arrests were made. The explanation given through the confusion, which I initially believed, was that this was an attempt to illegally expand the building - and these being Israelis, that is not an unbelievable explanation by any means. However, since then, I have come to the belief that the real motivation of this project, which must have taken a great deal of very secretive effort, was to destroy the building with people inside and blame it on Iran.

Israel having universal conscription, it is fairly safe to say that these young men were IDF in some capacity. The Israeli MIC has a long history of false flag attacks, including the Lavon Affair in Egypt and the attack on the American USS Liberty in 1967. Whether or not the Mossad bore any involvement in the September 11, 2001 attack on the World Trade Center, it is a matter of public record that Netanyahu believed that attack was beneficial to Israeli interests, and he eagerly encouraged US wars in western Asia even against Iraq which had nothing to do with 9/11. It is also known that the IDF fired on its own people on October 7, 2023, with Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant later admitting that the Hannibal Directive was issued.

I believe that these Israelis dug this tunnel in order to either plant charges or allow the synagogue to collapse. I doubt that most of the regulars at the synagogue were aware of this, and I think that these men, in the employ of the IDF, intended to kill a great many of them. This mass-casualty event in the middle of New York City would then, without any real evidence, be blamed on Iran and compared to 9/11 - the US, then under president Joe Biden, would have immediately launched an ill-conceived war of aggression against Iran using the (fake) Chabad attack as a pretext. In the US, massive crackdowns against "anti-semitism" would have dwarfed even the mass-arrests and suppression which the US gov't has pursued since 2023, with opponents of the stupid, suicidal war with Iran being labeled as "Nazis."

If this indeed was the intention, then it's fortunate that it was not allowed to take place. I don't know whether the person who reported the tunnel was aware of the entire plot or simply called out of concern for the foundations. It's not unlikely that they were themselves a regular at the synagogue, but it's not impossible that they weren't, either. Even if they knew about the motivations, or had the same suspicion that I do, I doubt that they would have wanted to alert the country to something like this, which could, genuinely, have had unironic adverse effects for the Jewish population.

As for the stained mattresses, the high chair, etc.; while they were disturbing images, it's difficult to determine what exactly their significance was. I'm not really interested in speculating along those lines, because the possibility that the Israeli military planned to launch a false flag attack in the US seems more significant and politically plausible given their history and current behavior. Whether or not there was some other creepy stuff going on in light of that doesn't really concern me very much, particularly because Israelis already seem to do rapes so often as it is; by contrast, they at least bother to take a breath between committing false flag terror attacks.

I don't believe the world will ever know if this is true, but it would be interesting if leaks were to come out about it linking this incident to Israeli military or espionage operations. Regardless, the US and Israel now frantically look for excuses, increasingly flimsy, to launch further aggressions against Iran, and these pretexts are remarkably poor.

for context: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_synagogue_tunnel_incident

What is your thoughts on 'gig economy'? What if socialism looked like a 'gig economy'?

dot net and dot org

I remember using /leftypol/ back in 8ch but I didn't care enough to come here after it died. I decided to check again some days ago and I noticed that there are two boards now
what's the lore behind this?
what's the difference between the two?
which one should I use if I don't care about idpol?

Travel

Am I the only one who doesn't like "travel" ?? I see literally no point in even going to a different region in my own country, let alone another one.

I feel like saying you hate travel in this instagram era is like saying you hate puppies or chocolate or apple pie something. I really don't like the whole experience. It's exhausting. My idea of a vacation is sleeping for a week.

UnitedHealthcare CEO neutralized in New York

Police search for gunman after Brian Thompson, 50, killed in Manhattan in ‘brazen targeted attack’

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/04/unitedhealthcare-ceo-shooting-what-we-know-so-far

Noise / Drone / Ambient / share thread

i just recorded this drone track last night, post your projects below - and feel free to share download codes as well if you have any…

https://levireid.bandcamp.com/track/sleep

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wabp-x2q3
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I think I'm into femboys with vaginas, how do you call that?

Zohran Mamdani wins in NYC

Zohran has won the New York City mayoral race today, beating Netanyahu's lawyer & famous sex pest Andy Cummo as well as respectable feline loving Maoist 3rd Worldist Curtis Sliwa. Discuss.
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Why aren't there movies about communists like the way they make movies about heists/mafia/mobster/crime/organized crime/serial killers, etc?

AMERIKKKA

Man killed by ICE officers once again
>video of the execution
>altenative angle

location: 44°57'18.0"N 93°16'40.5"W

live video of protests: https://www.youtube.com/live/ASr1zVuQlX4

Upbeat Heavy Metal

Thread for upbeat & anthemic metal for lifting, cardio, etc.

ICE Terror to War on Iran: Trump Escalates on All Fronts

On The Freedom Side LIVE – Thursday, 1/29 at 12pm ET / 9am PT:

Rania Khalek and guest host Zoe Alexandra are joined by Linda Sarsour, Tim Heidecker, and Aaron Reichlin-Melnic to discuss the nationwide surge of protests against ICE, the growing call for a national general strike on Friday, January 30, and the Trump administration’s scramble to contain the backlash.

Then, Mouin Rabbani and Hala Jaber join the show to discuss Trump’s escalating threats against Iran, as the U.S. deploys an aircraft carrier, fighter jets, and an “armada” to the region — a massive military buildup many warn is laying the groundwork for war.

Special Guests:
-Linda Sarsour, author, racial justice and civil rights activist and community organizer
-Tim Heidecker, comedian
-Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, senior fellow at the American Immigration Council
-Mouin Rabbani, Non-Resident Fellow at the Center for Conflict and Humanitarian Studies
-Hala Jaber, Award-winning Beirut-based journalist

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BreakThough News

News 1/28/26

Indigenous protesters block Cargill facility in Brazil over President Lula’s decree
Hundreds of Indigenous people have been protesting for almost a week at a Cargill facility in Santarem in northern Brazil against a decree signed in August by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva allowing the federal government to consider private concessions for waterways, shifting responsibility for maintenance, dredging and vessel traffic management to operators. The Tapajos and Arapiuns Indigenous Council, which represents 14 Indigenous peoples and is leading the protest in Para state, said the government failed to consult affected communities, as required by legislation and international conventions. The group warns that dredging projects threaten the Tapajos River, Indigenous territories and the environmental balance of the Amazon rainforest.
https://apnews.com/article/brazil-amazon-rainforest-cargill-indigenous-protest-soybean-e83edf0677250700bf899522a1af6020

Mexico’s president says cancellation of oil shipment to Cuba is ‘sovereign’ decision
Mexico has cancelled a shipment of oil to Cuba, the country’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum, appeared to confirm on Tuesday, but she insisted the decision was “sovereign” and not a response to pressure from the US. Fuel shortages are causing increasingly severe blackouts in Cuba, and Mexico has been the island’s biggest oil supplier since the US blocked shipments from Venezuela last month.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/27/mexico-cuba-trump-oil

Ecuadorian Prosecutor’s Office Raids on Homes of Citizen Revolution Leaders
As part of a case known as “Petty Cash” (Caja Chica), the Prosecutor’s Office led an operation over alleged “organized crime for the purpose of money laundering.” “It is presumed that illicit cash was brought in from Venezuela to finance the 2023 presidential campaign,” the Public Prosecutor’s Office wrote on X. It did not release names. In another post that included photos with faces blurred, the Prosecutor’s Office said that, together with police, it carried out “raids on three properties in Pichincha province and one property in Guayas province.”
https://www.telesurenglish.net/ecuadorian-prosecutors-office-raids-on-homes-of-citizen-revolution-leaders/

German state swaps out governor over AfD fears
The state legislature chose Sven Schulze, a member of Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s right-wing Christian Democratic Union (CDU), to replace long-serving governor Reiner Haseloff. Mr Haseloff, 71, has led the state of around 2.2 million people since 2011. Mr Schulze, 46, was named last year as the CDU candidate in the September 6 state election. While midterm handovers are not unusual in Germany, Mr Haseloff had initially planned to serve his full term before announcing an early departure this month.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/german-state-swaps-out-governor-over-afd-fears

Germany's fight over 'lifestyle' part-time work
The MIT is calling for reforms to Germany's labor laws to address this perceived issue. "Taxpayers should not be financing the work-life balance of people receiving social benefits," according to Berndt. Germany's part-time workforce has indeed increased significantly over the decades, but that is due in large part to families no longer being able to survive on a single income, as well as technological changes that have left many people chosing part time work over no work at all.
https://www.dw.com/en/germanys-fight-over-lifestyle-part-time-work/a-75695779
https://archive.ph/Gkez8

Edinburgh activists blockade Leonardo plant
The protest came hot on the heels of action to disrupt a £250-a-head jamboree for arms dealers in London on Tuesday night, attended by leaders in the war economy such as BAE Systems, Elbit systems and Leonardo UK itself. The action in Edinburgh is the latest in a series of blockades of the company which coined-in almost £1 billion in profits in the year up to December 2023, as they manufactured hi-tech components including laser-targeting systems for the Lockheed Martin’s F-35 combat aircraft.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/edinburgh-activists-blockade-leonardo-plant

UK police to use AI facial recognition tech linked to Israel’s war on Gaza
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood announced on Monday that British police would massively increase the use of facial recognition technology used for surveillance purposes. Enquiries by Al Jazeera to the Home Office’s procurement agency, Blue Light Commercial, confirmed that the Israeli-based firm Corsight AI had been subcontracted by UK company Digital Barriers to provide the artificial intelligence-powered facial recognition software.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/28/uk-police-to-use-ai-facial-recognition-tech-linked-to-israels-war-on-gaza
https://archive.ph/5rpf4

Trump says 'massive armada' will strike Iran with 'speed and violence' unless deal made
Writing on his Truth Social platform, Trump drew comparisons with an operation that eventually led to the kidnapping of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, but said the fleet deployed towards Iran was "larger" than the one sent to South America. "Like with Venezuela, it is, ready, willing, and able to rapidly fulfill its mission, with speed and violence, if necessary," he wrote. "Hopefully Iran will quickly 'Come to the Table' and negotiate a fair and equitable deal - NO NUCLEAR WEAPONS - one that is good for all parties."
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/trump-warns-massive-armada-heading-iran

US withdraws military from Iraq's Ain Al-Asad airbase after 23 years

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

TPUSA Weirdness

I'm a little late to making this - I thought of it at least a month ago, and every day there's bigger stuff going on.

This is a general thread for documented weirdness relating to Turning Points USA, Charlie Kirk (his life, his interactions with Bill Ackman, his death, his replacement, the media & political narrative), Erika Kirk (her family background, her Romanian charity, her weirdness), etc.

The initial inspiration for this thread came when I read about Major General Paul E. Vallely. Paul Vallely (sometimes alternately spelled "Paul Valley") is an American General, who, in 1980, co-authored a paper with Michael Aquino entitled "From PSYOP to MindWar: The Psychology of Victory." Paul Vallely was in Vietnam, and he later became the commander of the U.S. Army's 7th Psychological Operations Group around 1980. He currently sits on TPUSA's Advisory Council.

Michael Aquino, who died in 2019, was a psychological warfare specialist and high priest of the Temple of Set, an offshoot of Anton Lavey's Satanic Temple which Aquino founded in 1975.

News 1/26/26

Thousands protest in Paris over death of immigrant worker in police custody
Thousands of people marched in Paris on Sunday in protest at the death in police custody of 35-year-old El Hacen Diarra, whose violent arrest on January 14 was caught on camera. Paris police have launched an internal investigation into what happened, but Interior Minister Laurent Nunez has rejected calls for the officers concerned to be suspended.
https://www.france24.com/en/france/20260125-thousands-protest-paris-over-death-migrant-worker-in-police-custody-hacen-diarra
https://archive.ph/2U6zp

Starmer clique blocks Burnham from running for Parliament
Trade union representatives and politicians hit back at the party’s national executive committee’s decision today to block the Greater Manchester mayor from running in the forthcoming Gorton and Denton by-election. The NEC panel made up of 10 top party officials voted eight to one against Mr Burnham, who announced his intention to run for the seat when it became vacant on Friday after Andrew Gwynne stood down as MP on health grounds. .. . . . . . . . .
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/starmer-clique-blocks-burnham-running-parliament

Irish health workers think patients have been conditioned to accept “unacceptably low standard” of care
The research identifies high rates of understaffing and resulting pressure on workers, top-down communication, and faltering quality of care as some of the key problems. “Stress from understaffing and poor retention in the health and social sector contribute to a vicious circle that is draining the service, particularly of more senior, experienced workers,” the report states. “More than three quarters of survey respondents reported that they often think about leaving their current role.”
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/01/25/irish-health-workers-think-patients-have-been-conditioned-to-accept-unacceptably-low-standard-of-care/

Carney government expands assault on public services as thousands of workers hit with layoff notices, including at Health Canada
The targeted employees include workers at: Health Canada; Global Affairs Canada; Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada; Transport Canada; Employment and Social Development; Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada; Agriculture Canada; Statistics Canada; Shared Services Canada; the Treasury Board Secretariat and Public Services and Procurement Canada.
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/01/26/azoy-j26.html

Lula, Trump discuss ‘Board of Peace’, agree to meet in Washington: Brazil
Lula also ‌requested that Trump’s new proposal for a Board of Peace “be limited to the issue of Gaza and include a seat for Palestine”, as global powers worry the initiative launched last ‌Thursday could assume a wider role and rival the United Nations. Lula also urged the “comprehensive reform of the United Nations, including the expansion of the permanent members of the Security Council”.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/26/lula-trump-discuss-board-of-peace-agree-to-meet-in-washington-brazil
https://archive.ph/j540P

​​Ideology over technique – the Milei government’s banned glossary
The Servicio Meteorológico Nacional is not a one-off occurrence. Invisible lists of uncomfortable words have also started appearing at other state bodies. At the Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (National Agricultural Technology Institute or INTA), workers and unions denounced a ban or discouragement of such terms as: "agroecología" (“agroecology”), "sustentabilidad" (“sustainability”), "biodiversidad" (“biodiversity”), "huella de carbono" (“carbon footprint”), "género" (“gender”), Prohuerta (an Argentine pro-orchard programme) and "cambio climático" (“climate change”).
https://www.batimes.com.ar/news/argentina/ideology-over-technique-the-governments-banned-glossary.phtml
https://archive.ph/UeYoy

Honduran Feminists Fear Elimination of Equal Rights in Incoming Asfura’s Rule
Central America, a region with high levels of sexist violence, has suffered cuts in public institutions dedicated to women’s care in recent years. El Salvador, for example, banned the use of “inclusive language” in all public schools in the country, while in Panama the government has planned to eliminate the Ministry of Women as part of a restructuring of the State aimed at reducing public spending. Thousands of feminists marched this Sunday with slight clashes with the military through the center of Tegucigalpa to demand more rights in favor of equality and the cessation of sexist violence with banners showing the faces of missing or murdered women, batucadas, and purple flares (the color of the movement).
https://www.telesurenglish.net/honduran-feminists-fear-elimination-of-equal-rights-in-incoming-asfuras-rule/

Anger as MSF agrees to Israel’s ‘unreasonable demands’: What to know
MSF said it faced an “impossible choice” to either provide the information or be forced by Israel to suspend its operations. On January 1, Israel withdrew the licences of 37 aid groups, including MSF, the Norwegian Refugee Council and International Rescue Committee and Oxfam, saying they failed to adhere to the new “security and transparency standards”. The measure could exacerbate an already dire humanitarian situation for people in war-shattered Gaza, as they endure continued attacks.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/26/anger-as-msf-agrees-to-israels-unreasonable-demands-what-to-know
https://archive.ph/RMjZe

Israel extends media restrictions under law targeting foreign broadcasters
The Israeli government on Monday approved orders to block access to the websites and YouTube channels of Qatar-based Al Jazeera and the Lebanese Al Mayadeen networks for 90 days. The measures extend the existing restrictions that ban the networks' television broadcasts within Israel. In a statement, Israel's Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi said that he would "continue to remove the enemies of Israel from here".
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-extends-restrictions-under-law-targeting-foreign-broadcasters

Roumieh's Lebanese prisoners launch hunger strike over 'selective justice'
The prisoners called for a central sit-in at Riad al-Solh Square in downtown Beirut on Friday, 30 January 2026, at 12:30 p.m., under the slogan, "No to selective justice… Yes to transitional justice." In a video apparently recorded inside the prison, the Lebanese prisoners, joined by notorious Salafist cleric Ahmad al-Assir, delivered a message criticising the fact that "other detainees are left to suffer delays and procrastination," while the case of Syrian detainees is being discussed between officials from the two countries.
https://www.newarab.com/news/roumiehs-lebanese-prisoners-strike-over-selective-justice

New RSF offensive in Blue Nile ‘diversion from Kordofan front’
The Rapid Support Forces and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North, led by Joseph Tuka, launched an attack on the areas of Malakal and El Silak in southern Blue Nile state this morning. Field sources reported that the Sudanese Armed Forces repelled a large-scale attack on the two areas, while some experts considered the attack an attempt to open a new front in Blue Nile state, which they believe has been in preparation for some time.
https://www.dabangasudan.org/en/all-news/article/sudan-war-rsf-offensive-in-blue-nile-diversion-from-kordofan-front

South Sudan orders UN personnel, civilians to leave parts of Jonglei State
Some of the fiercest fighting has taken place in Jonglei, located in the country's east on the border with Ethiopia, where the South Sudan People's Defence Forces (SSPDF) is seeking to halt an offensive by fighters loyal to Sudan People's Liberation Army-in-Opposition (SPLA-IO). An operation code-named "operation enduring peace" was "imminent," the SSPDF said in a statement on Sunday.
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/south-sudan-orders-un-personnel-civilians-leave-parts-jonglei-state-2026-01-26/

News 1/23/26

Haiti officials announce plan to oust prime minister, deepening US standoff
On Friday, United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a statement that he had spoken to Fils-Aime and “emphasised the importance of his continued tenure as Haiti’s Prime Minister to combat terrorist gangs and stabilise the island”. Rubio added that the TPC (Transitional Presidential Council) “must be dissolved by February 7 without corrupt actors seeking to interfere in Haiti’s path to elected governance for their own gains”.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/23/haiti-officials-announce-plan-to-oust-prime-minister-deepening-us-standoff
https://archive.ph/xd8VS

Mexico weighs stopping oil shipments to Cuba amid concerns of Trump retaliation, sources say
Publicly, Sheinbaum has said Mexico will continue oil shipments to Cuba, saying they are based on longterm contracts and considered international aid. But the senior Mexican government sources said the policy is under internal review as anxiety grows within Sheinbaum's cabinet that the shipments could antagonize Trump. Mexico is trying to negotiate a review of the USMCA North American trade pact, while also persuading Washington it is doing enough to combat drug cartels and that U.S. military action against the groups on Mexican territory is neither welcome nor needed.
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/mexico-weighs-stopping-oil-shipments-cuba-amid-concerns-trump-retaliation-2026-01-23/

US threatens to starve Iraq of its oil dollars over Iranian influence, sources say
The U.S. warning was delivered repeatedly over the past two months by the U.S. Charge d'Affaires in Baghdad, Joshua Harris, in conversations with Iraqi officials and influential Shia leaders, according to three Iraqi officials and one source familiar with the matter who spoke to Reuters for this story. The message was delivered to some heads of Iran-linked groups via intermediaries, they said.
https://www.newarab.com/news/us-threatens-starve-iraq-its-oil-dollars-over-iranian-influence

UAE abruptly cuts aid to vital hospitals after withdrawing from Yemen
UAE-funded hospitals played a vital role for Yemenis after more than a decade of conflict had damaged public health infrastructure and left many unable to afford private healthcare. Patients from far and wide sought these these facilities in search of high-quality, free healthcare. Many undertake long journeys to access specialised surgeries that are unavailable in public hospitals and prohibitively expensive in private clinics.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/uae-abruptly-cuts-aid-vital-hospitals-after-withdrawing-yemen

Australian, Palestinian lawyers seek police probe of Israeli president
Three Australian and Palestinian legal groups have formally called on the Australian Federal Police (AFP) to investigate Israeli President Isaac Herzog for his role in alleged war crimes amid reports he will visit Australia early next month. The organisations said on Friday that they had written to “urgently alert” the AFP of their concerns “in light of serious and credible criminal allegations of incitement to genocide and advocating genocide” by President Isaac Herzog during Israel’s “military onslaught” in Gaza since October 7, 2023.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/23/australian-palestinian-lawyers-seek-police-probe-of-israeli-president
https://archive.ph/8v2m9

Thousands of workers flee Cambodia scam centres, officials say
Thousands of people, including suspected victims of human trafficking, are estimated to have been released or escaped from scam compounds across Cambodia over recent days, after growing international pressure to crackdown on the multibillion-dollar industry. The Indonesian embassy in Phnom Penh said it had received reports from 1,440 of its nationals who had been released from scam centres, while large queues of Chinese nationals were also seen outside the Chinese embassy.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/21/thousands-of-workers-flee-cambodia-scam-centres-officials-say

Malaysian farmers warn of threats to country’s seed and food sovereignty
The Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security has proposed amendments to national seed regulations in order to align the country’s law with the UPOV Convention. The planned changes are a mandatory condition for membership in the Geneva-based organization.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/01/23/malaysian-farmers-warn-of-threats-to-countrys-seed-and-food-sovereignty/

Spanish court points finger at Israel as it drops Pegasus spyware case again
Spain’s highest criminal court has again shelved its investigation into the use of Israeli-made Pegasus software to target the mobile phones of senior Spanish ministers, including the prime minister, citing a chronic lack of cooperation from the Israeli authorities that has violated “the principle of good faith” between countries.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/23/spanish-court-drops-pegasus-spyware-case-again-israel-spain-nso

French PM forces budget through parliament after surviving two no-confidence vote
Lecornu had sought to make concessions in the spending bill to please the Socialists, a key swing group in the hung parliament, in order to survive the votes to oust him. Among the concessions was Lecornu’s agreement that a controversial pension reform would not be implemented until after the 2027 presidential elections.
https://www.france24.com/en/france/20260123-french-pm-lecornu-survives-first-of-two-no-confidence-votes
https://archive.ph/nvHib

Thousands in unsafe homes following 'catastrophic' government insulation schemes
Major defects have been identified in more than 30,000 homes fitted with insulation under the Eco4 and Great British Insulation Scheme (GBIS) since 2022, according to a damning report by the Commons public accounts committee. The committee said the schemes were so badly designed they were almost “bound to fail” and warned that the extreme level of non-compliance by installers should be investigated for fraud.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/thousands-unsafe-homes-following-catastrophic-government-insulation-schemes

Marx was a naive dumbass supporting Lincoln

The secession of the kneegrows owner was the best thing to happen in North America. It separated the wheat from he chaff. Our guys should have opposed the war and when it started supported the South to make the war last as long as possible.
The Confederacy actually won when it was reabsorbed. The United States is an imposter.

Disco Thread

I just loooooooooove Disco music!
Don't you, fellas? What are your favorite Disco grooves?

More about this game?

I recently saw someone post about the ABOMELOK0408 game that was from the dark web around 2024, I don't know if people are still talking about it or looking for it; If someone previously downloaded that game is unknown. But the person that made the iceberg was some reddit user, I assume they are seeking information about it, what I know about ABOMELOK0408 is that it was made with Godot Engine and it was made by a Snapchat user that distributed it! It contains a lot of viruses, The creator gives her Snapchat name and QR code if you search carefully, She does this for people to ask her questions about it if they have any. She admitted to making the game again you can find that in search results, I highlighted ABOMELOK0408 in yellow, one reddit user asked what it was about and the creator of the iceberg said there's not a lot of information; I know this game was distributed on the TOR network but I didn't bother to download it.

Michael Parenti dead at 92

I don't know what to write here, so I'll just copy and paste his bibliography:

The Anti-Communist Impulse (1969)
Trends and Tragedies in American Foreign Policy (1971)
Democracy for the Few (1st edition 1974, 9th edition 2010)
Ethnic and Political Attitudes: A Depth Study of Italian Americans (1975)
Power and the Powerless (1978)
Inventing Reality: The Politics of the Mass Media (1st edition, 1986)
The Sword and the Dollar: Imperialism, Revolution, and the Arms Race (1989)
Inventing Reality: The Politics of News Media (2nd edition, 1992)
Make-Believe Media: The Politics of Entertainment (1992)
Land of Idols: Political Mythology in America (1993)
Against Empire (1995)
Dirty Truths (1996)
Blackshirts and Reds: Rational Fascism and the Overthrow of Communism (1997)
America Besieged (1998)
History as Mystery (1999)
To Kill a Nation: The Attack on Yugoslavia (2001)
The Terrorism Trap: September 11 and Beyond (2002)
The Assassination of Julius Caesar: A People's History of Ancient Rome (2003)
Superpatriotism (2004)
The Culture Struggle (2006)
Contrary Notions: The Michael Parenti Reader (2007)
God and His Demons (2010)
The Face of Imperialism (2011)
Waiting for Yesterday: Pages from a Street Kid's Life (2013)
Profit Pathology and Other Indecencies (2015)
Quotations From Michael Parenti (2024)

/t/ - torrents and downloads

Things to share: Movies, documentaries and mainly books.
Anything related to socialism, anarchy, communism and so on.

>Absolute beginner material

https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1848/communist-manifesto/index.htm

https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1875/gotha/index.htm

https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1847/wage-labour/index.htm

>More Marx and Engels

https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/sw/index.htm

>Lenin

https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/

>Other Selected Marxists

https://www.marxists.org/archive/selected-marxists.htm

>Classical Works Recommended To High-Ranking Cadres

https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-8/mswv8_56.htm

>Many important books can be found on libgen

http://gen.lib.rus.ec/

>Libcom has some good books/documents

https://libcom.org/library

>Other links

https://archive.is/L8uFD

>Various assortment of historical and biographical works.

https://archive.org/search.php?query=uploader%3A%22kocotosi%40gmail.com%22&sort=-publicdate

The board is (not) dead

Who uses this board?
Who are you? What are you? Where are you? What are you ready to do?

666

AI is the downfall of humanity it is a weapon, oppression, manipulation and dumbing down that controls the world and you are systematically poisoned.

Greenland's capital Nuuk sees city-wide power outage due to "accident"

NUUK, Jan 24 (Reuters) - Greenland's capital Nuuk experienced a citywide power outage late on Saturday that local utility provider Nukissiorfiit said was due to an accident, adding that it was working to provide backup power.

The blackout occurred simultaneously across the city, according to eyewitness accounts.

Nukissiorfiit and Greenland's police issued statements on Facebook about the outage, but neither provided details on the accident.

The disruption followed an update to Greenlandic authorities' emergency preparedness guidelines earlier in the week, in response to U.S. President Donald Trump's expressed interest in acquiring the Danish territory.

https://www.reuters.com/world/greenlands-capital-nuuk-sees-city-wide-power-outage-due-accident-2026-01-25/
https://archive.is/MfAnQ

News 1/22/26

Spanish train drivers call three-day strike after deadly railway crashes
The death toll from Sunday’s collision between two trains near the Andalucían town of Adamuz rose from 43 to 45 on Thursday afternoon after two more bodies were recovered from the crash site. On Tuesday, a driver was killed and 37 people injured when a train was derailed by the collapse of a retaining wall near Gelida in Catalonia.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/22/spain-train-drivers-three-day-strike-railway-crashes

Von der Leyen wins no-confidence vote in European Parliament
A large majority of members of the European Parliament backed the center-right European Commission president in a confidence motion brought by the far-right Patriots for Europe group. Of the 720 EU lawmakers, 565 showed up to vote. Only 165 backed toppling the Commission, with 390 voting against and 10 abstaining. Frau Genocide was not in Strasbourg for the vote.
https://www.politico.eu/article/ursula-von-der-leyen-wins-no-confidence-vote-european-parliament/
https://archive.ph/VxFev

Burnham by-election prospect rattles Labour
The crisis erupted after it became known that Andrew Gwynne, MP for Gorton and Denton in Manchester, was preparing to resign, triggering a by-election. Mr Gwynne has been suspended from Labour for a year after offensive WhatsApp messages emerged. It is understood he has reached agreement with Commons authorities to retire on grounds of ill health. Downing Street will likely mobilise to block any candidacy by Mr Burnham, who has made little secret of his ambitions and has kept up a running commentary on the government’s shortcomings in recent months.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/burnham-election-prospect-rattles-labour

Trump seeking ‘regime change’ in Cuba by end of the year: US media report
A US official told the newspaper that meetings have been held with Cuban exiles and civic groups in Miami and Washington, DC, in a bid to identify a government official in Cuba who might “want to cut a deal”. Trump has also directly threatened Cuba, writing on his Truth Social platform earlier this month: “I strongly suggest they make a deal, BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE.”
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/22/trump-seeking-regime-change-in-cuba-by-end-of-the-year-us-media-report
https://archive.ph/BTRgQ

Venezuela moves to open up oil sector to private investors as demanded by Trump
Less than three weeks after the US seized President Nicolas Maduro in an armed raid, MPs endorsed on first reading a bill allowing private companies to independently engage in oil exploration and extraction. If adopted on a second reading, the bill would roll back decades of state controls over Venezuela's oil sector, which were tightened by Maduro's late mentor, socialist firebrand Hugo Chavez, in the mid-2000s.
https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20260122-venezuela-moves-to-open-up-oil-sector-to-private-investors-as-us-ties-thaw
https://archive.ph/937dT

Colombia will suspend electricity supply to Ecuador starting at 6:00 PM this Thursday
The Colombian government announced this Thursday the suspension of electricity supplies to Ecuador as a reciprocal measure in response to Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa’s unilateral decision to impose a 30% tariff on Colombian imports starting February 1st. Noboa cited alleged breaches by Bogotá in cooperation against drug trafficking and in security matters.
https://www.telesurenglish.net/colombia-will-suspend-electricity-supply-to-ecuador-starting-at-600-pm-this-thursday/

Two popular Tunisian journalists handed three-year jail terms
Bssaies and Zghidi were first jailed in May 2024 on charges of “spreading false news” under Tunisia’s controversial Decree Law 54 against cybercrime. Press rights group Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said the journalists’ “only ‘crime’ was to comment on and criticise political decisions” by Saied. Before serving their eight-month sentence, Tunisia’s judiciary brought additional tax-related charges, which the journalists’ defence says are based on routine tax matters.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/22/two-popular-tunisian-journalists-handed-three-year-jail-terms
https://archive.ph/GtdSY

Left parties in India insist government should not join Trump’s Gaza “Board of Peace”
Left parties in India called upon the central government not to join the so-called Board of Peace launched by the US as part of President Donald Trump’s Peace Plan for Gaza, claiming it would be a betrayal to Palestinians and antithetical to the country’s long-term commitments to the UN. “India’s participation in such a Board, which does not respect Palestinian rights, would constitute a grave betrayal of the Palestinian cause,” the country’s five major left parties claimed in a joint statement issued on Wednesday, January 21.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/01/21/left-parties-in-india-insist-government-should-not-join-trumps-gaza-board-of-peace/

Assassin of Japan's former PM Abe sentenced to life in prison
Prosecutors sought a life sentence, calling the shooting an "extremely grave incident that is unprecedented in post-war history". The defence argued for a lesser sentence of no more than 20 years, citing family issues linked to the Unification Church which motivated the shooting. Yamagami's defence team said after the trial that they plan to consult with the defendant to decide whether to appeal to a higher court.
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/japan-court-rule-trial-man-charged-with-killing-ex-pm-abe-2026-01-20/

Journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio convicted of terror financing
The Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 45 of Tacloban City, Leyte, on Thursday, January 22, convicted 26-year-old journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio and 28-year-old lay worker Marielle Domequil in their terrorism financing case but acquitted them in their illegal possession of firearms and explosives case. Cumpio and Domequil have been in detention since 2020. “Today, Judge Georgina Perez of RTC Branch 45 chose to prolong the suffering of Ate Maye, Ate Frenchie, our family, and fellow human rights workers,” said Domequil’s sister, Kyle, who is also the convenor and spokesperson of the Free Tacloban 5 Network.
https://www.rappler.com/philippines/visayas/frenchie-mae-cumpio-convicted-terror-financing-january-2026/

News 1/19/26

What you should know about the Syrian government-SDF truce agreement
A central pillar of the ceasefire deal revolves around the integration of the Syrian Democratic Forces into Syrian state institutions. Under the truce deal, SDF fighters and security personnel are to be individually vetted before being integrated into Syria’s defence and interior ministries. Civilian institutions that were previously administered by branches of the SDF are also stipulated to be absorbed into state structures, per the agreement. Al-Sharaa said that the current ceasefire plan remains in line with the 10 March agreement, which called for the integration of all civil and military institutions to be under the control of Damascus.
https://www.newarab.com/news/explainer-what-know-about-syrian-government-sdf-truce

ISIL fighters flee jail as Syrian army clashes with Kurdish-led SDF
The Syrian Operations Authority also told SANA that control of the al-Aqtan prison and security facilities in the city northeast of Raqqa would be assumed by the Ministry of Interior following the operation, and claimed that the SDF had deliberately released ISIL members. The army did not say how many fighters had been released from the prison. The SDF said in a statement that it had lost control of the prison after an attack by the army, a claim that the military has denied.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/19/isil-fighters-flee-jail-as-syrian-army-clashes-with-kurdish-led-sdf
https://archive.ph/ZULKx

Socialists win the first round of Portugal's presidential election
THE leader of Portugal’s socialists won the first round of the country’s presidential election, it was announced today. Antonio Jose Seguro won almost 31 per cent of the vote ahead of far-right candidate Andre Ventura, the leader of the Chega (Enough) party, who secured 24 per cent. The two will face off in a second-round ballot between the two top candidates on February 8.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/socialists-win-first-round-portugals-presidential-election

At least 40 dead in Spain after two high-speed trains collide
Twelve were in intensive care after the accident near Adamuz in the province of Cordoba, about 360 km (223 miles) south of Madrid, according to emergency services. Experts say a faulty rail joint might be key to determining the cause of the crash.
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/death-toll-high-speed-train-collision-spain-rises-39-rtve-reports-2026-01-19/

High Court dismisses legal challenge to the use of pepper spray in YOIs
She promised a two-year halt to a consumption tax of 8% on food, adding that her spending plans would create jobs, boost household spending and increase other tax revenues. The prospect of such a tax cut, which the government estimates would reduce its revenue by 5 trillion yen ($32 billion) a year, sent the yield on Japan's 10-year government bonds to a 27-year high earlier on Monday.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/high-court-dismisses-legal-challenge-use-pepper-spray-yois

Japan PM Takaichi to call Feb 8 snap election on spending, tax cuts and defence
Takaichi plans to dissolve parliament on Friday ahead of the snap vote for all 465 seats in the lower house of parliament, in her first electoral test since becoming Japan's first female premier in October.
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/japan-pm-takaichi-dissolve-parliament-friday-call-national-election-2026-01-19/

Milei preps decree for special Congress sessions, labour reform top priority
Several other items are also on Milei’s legislative wishlist. His La Libertad Avanza party and its congressional allies will push for changes to Argentina’s National Glacier Protection Law. In a speech in Asunción on Saturday, he also told the leaders of the European Union and the Mercosur that he would fast-track a bill seeking the ratification of the sweeping free-trade agreement that was signed in the Paraguayan capital to great fanfare.
https://www.batimes.com.ar/news/argentina/milei-preps-decree-for-special-congress-sessions-labour-reform-top-priority.phtml
https://archive.ph/y5fTi

26 killed in battle between rival guerrilla factions in southern Colombia
Local organizations and regional authorities reported over the weekend that approximately 30 bodies were left alongside roads around La Paz after fighting broke out between units of guerrilla organizations EMC and its main dissident faction, the EMBF.
https://colombiareports.com/26-killed-in-battle-between-rival-guerrilla-factions-in-southern-colombia/

Guatemala declares state of emergency after eight police officers killed in prison gang violence
The killings occurred in the capital, Guatemal City, and surrounding areas a day after gang-affiliated inmates took 46 people hostage in the three prisons across the country to demand incarcerated gang leaders be moved to lower-security facilities. President Bernardo Arévalo said authorities had retaken control of all three prisons on Sunday.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/19/guatemala-state-of-emergency-police-officers-killed-prison-gang-violence

News 1/21/26

Ecuador to impose 30% tariff on Colombian goods from February
Colombian Energy Minister Edwin Palma blasted the tariffs as "economic aggression" in a social media post, saying he had ordered the dismantling of a recent initiative to allow private firms to take part in energy sales between both countries to limit potential scarcity. "Colombia has acted with facts, cooperation, and solidarity," he said, noting Colombia provides 8% to 10% of Ecuador's power consumption. "That is why dialogue between nations is essential, not unilateral measures that only harm our peoples," he added.
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/ecuador-impose-30-tariff-colombian-goods-february-2026-01-21/

Venezuelan Banks Receive 300M from US-Administered Crude Sales, Gov’t Officials Defend Oil Reform
According to Ecoanalítica, Banesco, BBVA Provincial, Banco Mercantil, and Banco Nacional de Crédito offered a combined $150 million to customers on Tuesday via foreign exchange auctions, with the rest of the funds expected to be made available by the end of the week. Unofficial reports suggested that private sector importers in the food and healthcare sectors would be given priority. Analyst Alejandro Grisanti stated that the dollars were purchased slightly below 400 bolívars (BsD) per USD. Unlike in prior exchange tables, the banks were not obliged to use the official exchange rate set by the Central Bank, which stands currently at 347 BsD per USD.
https://venezuelanalysis.com/news/venezuelan-banks-receive-300m-from-us-administered-crude-sales-govt-officials-defend-oil-reform/

Chile’s president-elect names staunch abortion opponent as gender equality minister
She is an evangelical former student church group president who belonged to the Eagles of Jesus, a far-right Christian group which recruits at universities around the country. Marín has publicly questioned the future of the ministry she will now lead, and defended the “natural family” – the idea that a man and woman head a household – as a central tenet of society.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/21/chile-abortion-opponent-gender-equality-minister

Israel's imports of Azerbaijani oil via Turkey jump despite Ankara's trade ban
Turkey does not control where Azerbaijani oil pumped through the Baku–Tbilisi–Ceyhan pipeline is sold, but said in November 2024 that exporters using Ceyhan "respected its decision to end trade with Israel" and oil was not being loaded with Israel as the destination. However, Kpler data shows that Israel's imports of Azerbaijani crude from Ceyhan jumped 31 percent year on year to 94,000 barrels per day in 2025 - the highest since 2022 and widening a its lead over Russia, Israel's second-largest supplier.
https://www.newarab.com/news/israeli-import-azeri-oil-turkey-jump-despite-trade-ban

UAE flights linked to Sudan war tracked from Israel to Ethiopia
While the purpose and any connection between the flights is unclear, they have taken place against the backdrop of a spiralling power struggle between the UAE and Saudi Arabia across Yemen and the Horn of Africa that has upturned the geopolitics of the region and prompted concerns of a new escalation in the Sudan war.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/uae-flights-linked-sudan-war-tracked-israel-ethiopia

Trump cancels tariff threat over Greenland, says NATO agreed to ‘framework’ of future Arctic deal
The abrupt about-face emerged hours after Trump had insisted that he wants to “get Greenland, including right, title and ownership,” but said he would not use force to do so while deriding European allies and vowing that NATO should not try to block U.S. expansionism. In an extraordinary speech at the World Economic Forum, the president said he was asking for territory that was “cold and poorly located.” He said the U.S. had effectively saved Europe during World War II and even declared of NATO: “It’s a very small ask compared to what we have given them for many, many decades.”
https://apnews.com/article/trump-davos-housing-greenland-gaza-a2f3f4c18ba321c8025a3e208fc0ddf6

‘Treated like shirkers’: German unions cry foul over Merz’s sick-note crackdown
At a regional campaign event last weekend, Merz said staff took an average 14.5 sick days per year – “too high”, he said. “That’s nearly three weeks in which people in Germany don’t work due to illness,” he said. “Is that really correct? Is that really necessary?” He later said that if the one or two days of recovery time not requiring a doctor’s note were taken into account the figure would be even larger.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/21/germany-axe-sick-notes-telephone-outcry-medics-unions

Sri Lanka’s new “anti-terror laws” foreshadow sweeping attacks on democratic rights
The name of the law—Protection of the State from Terrorism—is makes clear that it is aimed at protecting the capitalist state. The PSTA defines terrorism in broad and vague terms that can be easily interpreted and used to suppress the fundamental democratic rights of the masses. Section 3 of the draft bill defines terrorist acts as those that “provoke a state of terror,” “intimidate the public or any section of the public,” or “compel the Government of Sri Lanka, any other government, or an international organisation to do or abstain from doing any act.”
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/01/21/eagv-j21.html

Manipur: Gang-Rape Survivor Dies Sans Justice for 3 Years
Nearly three years after she survived a brutal gang rape amid Manipur’s ethnic violence, a young Kuki-Zo woman has died from prolonged medical complications and psychological trauma—without seeing justice. Her death has reignited national outrage over the handling of sexual violence during the Manipur conflict and intensified demands by Kuki organisations for accountability and a separate administrative arrangement for the Kuki-Zo community.
https://www.newsclick.in/manipur-gang-rape-survivor-dies-sans-justice-3-years

India is profiling Kashmir mosques, raising new surveillance fears
One page of the form collects information about the mosque itself, seeking information about the “ideological sect” it belongs to, the year it was founded, its sources of funding, monthly expenditure, the number of people it can congregate, and details on ownership of the land on which the structure stands. The remaining three pages collect personal details of the people – imams, muezzins, khatibs and others – associated with the mosque, including their mobile numbers, emails, passport, credit card and bank account details. The more insidious columns in the form ask the respondents to declare if they have relatives abroad, the “outfit” they are associated with, or even the model of their mobile phone and their social media handles.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/19/india-is-profiling-kashmir-mosques-raising-new-surveillance-fears
https://archive.ph/aEQPc

News 1/10/26

French opposition parties seek to topple government over Mercosur
The far-left France Unbowed (LFI) party put forward a motion on Friday morning, while the far-right National Rally (RN) said it would also launch one against the European Commission chief in Brussels.
https://www.reuters.com/world/french-opposition-parties-seek-topple-government-over-mercosur-2026-01-09/

Thousands of Irish farmers protest against EU-Mercosur trade deal
Tractors streamed into the roads of Athlone, in central Ireland, for the demonstration, displaying signs bearing the slogan “Stop EU-Mercosur” and the EU flag emblazoned with the words “sell out”. The protests followed similar actions on Friday in Poland, France and Belgium as the EU gave the green light to the trade deal, which has been welcomed by business groups but heavily criticised by European farmers.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/10/thousands-of-irish-farmers-protest-against-eu-mercosur-trade-deal

Reform accused of ‘total betrayal’ after raising council tax by nearly 4%
In real terms, an average Band D household will see council tax increase by an estimated £67.47 per year. KCC Liberal Democrat opposition leader Antony Hook said: “Reform stood for election promising to make savings and lower the burden on taxpayers. “Today, that promise has been utterly broken.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/reform-accused-total-betrayal-after-raising-council-tax-nearly-4

Quebec imposes pro-landlord rent “reform” amid unprecedented housing crisis
Adopted in the face of widespread popular opposition, the new framework, which came into force on January 1, 2026, radically shifts power in favour of landlords and real estate investors, allowing them to impose bigger rent hikes at the expense of tenants, who are overwhelmingly working-class.
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/01/09/nrcb-j09.html

Nicaragua frees dozens of prisoners amid pressure from Trump administration
Nicaragua’s left-wing government has announced the release of dozens of prisoners following pressure from United States President Donald Trump’s administration. The government of President Daniel Ortega said in a statement on Saturday that “tens of people who were in the national penitentiary system have gone home to their families”.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/10/nicaragua-frees-dozens-of-prisoners-amid-pressure-from-trump-administration
https://archive.ph/shusi

Honduran Court Blocks Vote Recount in Tegucigalpa
Honduras’s Supreme Electoral Tribunal has definitively rejected all appeals from Tegucigalpa Mayor Jorge Aldana, closing the legal path to challenge what he calls a “theft of votes” in the capital’s disputed November election.
https://www.telesurenglish.net/honduras-court-blocks-vote-recount/

Israel planning renewed Gaza offensive in March, report says
The operation reportedly planned for March is focused on Gaza City and could see Israel build on the area under its control, the report said. Hamas spokesperson Hazem Qassem on Saturday said that the group has a "clear decision to dissolve the governmental bodies that manage affairs in the Gaza Strip and hand them over to the technocratic committee".
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-plans-renewed-gaza-offensive-march-report-says

Supporters of UAE-backed separatist group rally in southern Yemen
The protesters chanted slogans against Saudi Arabia and the Yemeni international government. They waved flags of southern Yemen, which was an independent state between 1967 and 1990. Some held posters showing the council’s leader Aidarous al-Zubaidi, who fled Aden to the UAE earlier this month, according to footage aired by STC media.
https://apnews.com/article/yemen-war-stc-saudi-arabia-uae-aden-2de533f8af3435e8a705baefc0456a78

Attempt to overturn the Gambia’s ban on FGM heard by supreme court
The court case, due to resume this month, comes after two babies bled to death after undergoing FGM in the Gambia last year. Almameh Gibba, an MP and one of the plaintiffs, tabled a bill to decriminalise FGM that was rejected by the country’s parliament in 2024. Activists and lawyers see this as the latest move in a backlash against women’s rights that is eroding gender protections across the world.
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/jan/09/the-gambia-female-genital-mutilation-fgm-supreme-court-case-overturn-ban

News 1/20/26

After withdrawal of SDF | Members and families of IS*IS smuggled from Al-Hawl Camp
Al-Hawl Camp in Al-Hasakah countryside witnessed organized smuggling operations of ISIS members and families after the withdrawal of SDF from the camp that has held ISIS cells for many years, after the “International Coalition” forces refused demands of SDF to interfere to stop the attacks by local armed groups of the Syrian authority on the vicinity of the camp. According to local SOHR sources, smuggling networks took advantage of the security chaos and withdrawal of SDF to smuggle detaineea through several routes.
https://www.syriahr.com/en/376653/

Jerusalem churches denounce Christian Zionism as betrayal of faith
Christians made up around 12.5 percent of the population of historic Palestine before 1948, compared with roughly 1.2 percent today across Israel and the occupied territories. During the war on Gaza, churches were repeatedly bombed and at least 44 Palestinian Christians were killed, according to the committee. Zionist organisations, some of them funded by the Israeli government, including Ataret Cohanim, continue efforts to take control of church-owned properties near the Jaffa Gate in Jerusalem’s Old City, close to the Christian and Armenian quarters.
https://www.newarab.com/news/jerusalem-churches-accuse-zionism-hijacking-christianity

Sadr urges Iraqi factions to set aside differences as 'great danger' looms from Syria
Sadr called on political parties to focus on what he described as mounting dangers, warning of severe consequences if divisions persist. “Leave your conflicts and your competition over this fleeting world… and pay attention to the dangers surrounding you… for neither God nor history will have mercy on you,” he said, as he appealed for unity amid regional instability.
https://www.rudaw.net/english/middleeast/iraq/180120261

Museveni’s son threatens Bobi Wine after Uganda election
Uganda’s General Muhoozi Kainerugaba issued the threat on Tuesday just days after Museveni, 81, was declared winner of a seventh term as president in an election declared a “sham” by the opposition over claims of fraudulent votes. … “We have killed 22 NUP terrorists since last week,” Kainerugaba wrote on X Tuesday, referring to the opposition National Unity Platform, led by Wine, who came second in the ballot. “I’m praying the 23rd is Kabobi,” he added, using his nickname for the opposition leader.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/20/musevenis-son-threatens-bobi-wine-after-uganda-election
https://archive.ph/wEn0U

RSF admits border clash as Chad says seven soldiers killed
The admission came after the spokesperson for the Chadian government, Qassem Sharif, announced last Friday that an RSF armed incursion into Chad had killed seven Chadian soldiers and wounded others near Jargeira in North Darfur, close to the eastern Chad border. The area has repeatedly changed hands between the RSF and the Joint Force amid a week of heavy fighting.
https://www.dabangasudan.org/en/all-news/article/rsf-admits-border-clash-as-chad-says-seven-soldiers-killed

‘They’re emboldened’: British far-right activists step up harassment of asylum seekers in northern France
French groups supporting asylum seekers also say that water tanks, which they provide for asylum seekers who have difficulty accessing other sources of water, are being vandalised and damaged, making them unusable. Asylum seekers who have had unwelcome visits to their sleeping spaces by far-right activists have insisted that although they are fearful, they refuse to rise to the bait when the activists goad them.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/19/theyre-emboldened-british-far-right-activists-step-up-harassment-of-asylum-seekers-in-northern-france

Unemployment reaches highest rate in nearly five years
As 21,000 Job Centre staff began balloting for strikes, official figures showed Britain’s overall unemployment rate rose to 5.1 per cent over the past three months. Youth unemployment is up to 13.7 per cent despite 16 to 24-year-old economic inactivity dropping from 32.8 to 29.7 per cent over the last year, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/unemployment-reaches-highest-rate-nearly-five-years

Colombia slashes wages for its legislators as public spending balloons ahead of election
In its decree Tuesday, Colombia’s government said that wages currently received by legislators are “disproportionate in relation to the average income of the (nation’s) population and the country’s economic reality.” “Austerity measures are necessary to the extent that they don’t affect the fundamental rights of citizens” the decree said.
https://apnews.com/article/colombia-petro-congress-wages-cut-slashed-reduced-election-c72b54a7c4f8d07a0427eb5a9a9b7dc2

US military seizes another Venezuela-linked tanker in the Caribbean
The U.S. military said it seized a Venezuela-linked tanker on Tuesday in the Caribbean, marking the seventh such apprehension since the start of U.S. President Donald Trump's month-long campaign to control Venezuela's oil flows.
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/us-military-seizes-another-venezuela-linked-tanker-caribbean-2026-01-20/

Men charged with contract killing of Indigenous leader to go on trial in Peru
Five men are due to go on trial on Tuesday over the killing of an Amazonian Indigenous leader, in a legal case that could test whether Peru can hold perpetrators accountable for violence linked to illegal logging and drug trafficking in one of the world’s most dangerous regions for environmental defenders.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/20/trial-peru-amazon-quinto-inuma-alvarado-indigenous-leader

Myanmar Junta Unleashes Reign of Terror in Recaptured Mandalay Towns
Families of members of the Mandalay People’s Defense Force (MDY–PDF) have reportedly been killed or arrested and charged under harsh laws. Residents said young men were press-ganged into military service. Although displaced villagers have been allowed to return, authorities are restricting movement, barring people from leaving without “valid reasons.”
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmar-junta-unleashes-reign-of-terror-in-recaptured-mandalay-towns.html

China urges Taliban to tighten security after suicide attack on restaurant in Kabul
“China expresses deep condolences over the lives lost and heartfelt sympathies to the injured. We have lodged urgent representations with the Afghan authorities, urging them to make every possible effort to save and treat the injured, ensure the safety of Chinese nationals, projects and institutions, thoroughly investigate the attack, and bring those responsible to justice at the earliest,” Guo Jiakun said.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/china/ensure-safety-of-our-nationals-beijing-to-taliban-after-chinese-restaurant-blast-in-kabul-is-claims-responsibility/articleshow/126802610.cms
https://archive.ph/C4167

Eris

to what extent is discordianism related to anarchism?
and thereby more generally, related to leftism?

lol why r transphobes and homophobes on /lgbt/
sounds like yall r clloseted or something
also why is "nazi" and "gay nazi" under the flag options? genuine question btw

News 1/17/26

Trump asks Turkiye’s Erdogan, Egypt’s el-Sisi to join Gaza ‘board of peace’
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan received the proposal in a letter sent Friday by Trump inviting him to “become a founding member” of the board, Turkish presidential communications director Burhanettin Duran posted on social media on Saturday. Meanwhile, Egypt’s foreign minister, Badr Abdelatty, said at a news conference on Saturday that the country was reviewing a separate invitation from Trump to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to join the board.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/17/trump-asks-turkiyes-erdogan-egypts-el-sisi-to-join-gaza-board-of
https://archive.ph/5aV0s

Iran’s supreme leader says 'thousands killed' in unrest, blames Trump and Israel
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has said that “several thousand” people were killed during weeks of nationwide protests, in the first official public acknowledgement of the scale of deaths from the unrest. Speaking on Saturday, Khamenei blamed US President Donald Trump for the violence, accusing Washington of responsibility for the casualties, destruction and turmoil across the country. “We consider the US president criminal for the casualties, damages and slander he inflicted on the Iranian nation,” Khamenei said, according to state media.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/irans-supreme-leader-says-thousands-killed-unrest-blames-trump-and-israel-1

Syria army advances in north amid clashes with Kurdish-led SDF
Syria's army took control of swathes of northern Syria and threatened to bomb parts of Raqqa province on Saturday after Kurdish forces pulled back from ethnically Arab territory they had held for over a decade. The Syrian army said it had begun entering the city of Tabqa in Raqqa province, adding that it was "encircling" the Kurdish forces at their military airport.
https://www.newarab.com/news/syria-army-advances-north-amid-clashes-kurdish-led-sdf

Milei decree reshapes Argentina’s intelligence apparatus, rekindling overreach fears
Changes formalised by Decree 941/2025, published in the Official Gazette on January 2, redefine the functioning of the SIDE intelligence services, reduce its internal structure and expand its powers as the central authority for intelligence.
https://www.batimes.com.ar/news/argentina/milei-decree-reshapes-argentinas-intelligence-apparatus-rekindling-overreach-fears.phtml
https://archive.ph/8clo7

International oil companies push for quick reforms in Venezuela to give them control over oil exports
To get things moving, representatives of international oil companies are seeking a few modifications to the existing legal framework for the industry that would leave state-run oil giant PDVSA as the majority stakeholder of all oil joint ventures, but would grant foreign partners control of their share of production and give them access to the company's oil terminals and export infrastructure to facilitate shipments.
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/international-oil-companies-push-quick-reforms-venezuela-give-them-control-over-2026-01-16/

More than half of Colombia’s governors rebel over emergency vice tax hike
More than half of Colombia’s governors said Thursday that they will not comply with an emergency decree that increased taxes on alcohol and tobacco to fill the national government’s $4.3 billion (COP16 trillion) budget gap. Following a meeting that was organized by the National Federation of Departments, 17 of the 32 governors decided that they would refuse to increase the sales tax on alcohol and tobacco products from 5% to 19%.
https://colombiareports.com/more-than-half-of-colombias-governors-rebel-over-emergency-vice-tax-hike/

FAA urges pilots to exercise caution over eastern Pacific, citing ‘military activities’
The Federal Aviation Administration on Friday urged U.S. aircraft operators to “exercise caution” when flying over the eastern Pacific Ocean near Mexico, Central America and parts of South America, citing “military activities” and possible satellite navigation interference. The warning was issued in a series of Notices to Airmen (NOTAMs) issued by the FAA. They say, “Potential risks exist for aircraft at all altitudes, including during overflight and the arrival and departure phases of flight.” The alerts are in effect for 60 days. Such notices are issued routinely in any region where there are hostilities nearby.
https://apnews.com/article/faa-flight-warnings-pacific-ocean-dd0cbe105d75f6d8acf16f02884865c0

Thailand halts multiple major construction projects after fatal accidents
Thailand's Transport Ministry on Friday ordered a 15-day construction halt on 14 contracts involving Italian-Thai Development PCL as well as other large-scale projects overseen by the ministry, as it conducts safety inspections after two fatal crane accidents in two days.
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/thailand-orders-15-day-construction-suspension-14-projects-involving-firm-2026-01-16/

Workers and peasants in India mobilize in National Day of Resistance against neoliberalism
The introduction of four new labor codes and the repeal of the national rural employment guarantee program by the ultra-right-wing government is widely opposed, as it may further increase the economic misery of India’s majority working population.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/01/16/workers-and-peasants-in-india-mobilize-in-national-day-of-resistance-against-neoliberalism/

ISIS is now attacking Chinese people

In case the string of major ISIS attacks in 2024 against Iran, Assad's Syria, Palestinian factions in Syria, the Taliban, and Russia didn't tip you off as to whose interests these guys really serve, here's this:

ISIL claims Kabul attack on Chinese restaurant that killed seven people
Group links attack to China’s ‘crimes’ against Uighurs. Beijing urges Taliban government to protect its nationals.

ISIL (ISIS) has claimed responsibility for an explosion at a Chinese restaurant in Afghanistan’s capital that killed at least seven people.

The group said in a statement posted on its Aamaq news agency late on Monday that a suicide bomber entered a restaurant in Kabul frequented by Chinese nationals and detonated an explosive vest.

ISIL’s statement, which claimed 25 people were killed or wounded in the blast, including Taliban guards, linked the attack to “growing crimes by the Chinese government against Uighurs” and issued a further threat against Chinese nationals in the country.

Ministry of Interior spokesperson Mufti Abdul Mateen Qani said on Tuesday that the cause of the explosion at the Chinese Noodle restaurant in the commercial Shahr-e-Naw area was “unknown so far and is being investigated”.

Police spokesperson Khalid Zadran said the blast killed a Chinese national, identified only as Ayub, and six Afghans.

The restaurant serving the Chinese Muslim community was jointly run by a Chinese Muslim man, Abdul Majid, his wife and an Afghan partner, Abdul Jabbar Mahmood, Zadran said.

Guo Jiakun, a spokesperson for China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said at a news briefing that five Chinese nationals were injured, requesting that Afghanistan “spare no effort” in treating the wounded and take measures to protect the safety of its citizens and investments.

China, which shares a 76km (47-mile) border with Afghanistan, has close ties with the Taliban government, and Chinese business visitors have flocked to the country since the group took control of war-torn Afghanistan in 2021.

Beijing denies claims by rights groups that it is guilty of widespread abuses of the Uighurs, a mainly Muslim ethnic minority group numbering about 10 million who make up most of the population of China’s far western region of Xinjiang.

Despite Taliban promises to restore security, bomb attacks have continued in the country, many of them claimed by the local affiliate of ISIL.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/20/isil-claims-kabul-attack-on-chinese-restaurant-that-killed-7-people

holy based
>🇦🇷✡️ “They are not going to defeat us. The typical Zionist Judaism; we already know what it is. It is macabre.”
>Argentines are sounding the alarm! These are the growing cries of people around the world who are watching their nations be dismantled by a foreign regime operating behind layers of immunity.
>“Who are they? It has to be said. By name and surname, and without fear. They are Zionist Jews.”
>In Argentina, in Chile, across Latin America, and across Europe people are waking up to the fact that Zionism is not just a foreign policy agenda. It’s a global machinery embedded in governments, corporations, and media systems.
>And yet, “People don’t wake up. They control all the media, the laboratories, everything we eat — everything, everything is controlled by Zionism.”
https://xcancel.com/DD_Geopolitics/status/2013084472128708695

Less retarded software

I made a wiki about unretarding technology and society. What do you think? https://www.tastyfish.cz/lrs/main.html

What can be done to advertise leftychan and get more users? I'm sick of all new users being sent to .orge and thinking Leftypol is a bunch of histeronic hyper-authoritarian BPD troons.
Leftychan in it's current state is functionally dead. We get maybe like 5-10 unique posts in a day.

Scott Ritter de-banked

Honestly surprised it didn't happen sooner.

From his Substack:
Today my banking institution of 26 years, Citizens Bank, declared that they were ending their banking relationship with me. My accounts were zeroed out without explanation. While I may eventually see this money returned to me, the question of why this occurred remains unanswered, raising a whole host of issues related to civil liberties.

I’ve been de-banked.

I recently tried to use my bank-issued debit card. I’ve used this card consistently as my go-to method of payment for years.

It was declined.

When my wife when on the online banking app we use for mobile banking, she was shocked to find that both our checking and savings account had been zeroed out.

We literally had no money.

My wife called our local branch to find out what the problem was. In the past the bank unilaterally closed the account because of suspicious activity they felt could be linked to possible identity theft. In every case, once we either confirmed or denied the validity of a flagged charge, our account was returned to its normal status.

When we tried to find out what the issue was, the bank said that there was no information on file as to why the account had been zeroed out, and that we would need to bring the issue up with corporate headquarters.

We called the number provided, only to be told that Citizens Bank had closed our accounts. We were told that Citizens Bank had sent a letter containing more information.

I rifled through a stack of unopened mail and found the letter in question. “This letter is to inform you that Citizens has elected to discontinue its account relationship with you by closing [my account] effective January 13, 2026.”

There was more. “Citizens has the contractual right to close your account at any time,” the letter declared, adding that “Citizens is under no obligation to disclose to you its reasons for closing the account. At this time therefore, Citizen’s policy prevents the disclosure of any information concerning the decision to close the accounts.”

According to a December 2024 report issued by the House Judiciary Committee, “Debanking occurs when a bank closes an individual or corporate account because the account holder, or their actions, are subjectively determined to pose a financial, legal, or reputational risk to the financial institution.”

According to this report, “The term “debanking” stems from de-risking, which involves ‘terminating or restricting business relationships with clients or categories of clients to avoid, rather than manage, risk.’”

In short, I have done nothing wrong.

My (former) bank manager agrees with me.

But something, or someone, triggered a “de-risking” concern among the corporate heads at Citizens, and they terminated our relationship.

No due process, no possibility of appeal.

One doesn’t begin to comprehend just how dependent we are on the digital economy until it is taken away from you.

All my family’s bills are paid electronically, drawing on funds that used to exist in the accounts that no longer exist.

My debit card was my wallet.

Cash was the stuff I carried with me to Russia, because my American digital financial profile doesn’t work in Russia.

When you are “de-banked”, you are literally disconnected from the modern world.

And because they took my money, I don’t even have the possibility of falling back on cash reserves.

…

But through my persistence, I was able to get Citizens to inform me that the enforcement action was taken by the Priority Response team within Citizens, which deals with governmental relations.

The Feds were behind this.

Now this is where it gets curious.

The Northern District of New York empaneled a Grand Jury targeting me back in August 2024.

The Grand Jury can issue subpoenas of all my banking information, and there is no doubt in my mind that this was done.

The entire SAR process becomes moot at this juncture, because the Justice Department has complete access to every transaction I made, and make, for as long as the Grand Jury is empaneled, which is usually between 18-24 months.

When the FBI raided the home of Dmitri Simes back in September 2024, they also froze his bank accounts. Simes and his wife had been accused of evading sanctions and money laundering, and the accounts linked to this alleged behavior were frozen.

When the FBI raided my home in August 2024, they made no move against my banking accounts because, simply put, there was no reason to. I know they subpoenaed my tax and banking records, and because I know what I have done, I know that there was no evidence of any criminal activity derived from either investigation.

When the FBI began returning my seized belongings in July 2025, it looked as if their interest in me was fading. I told them of my planned trip to Russia in August, and they indicated that they had no concerns.

Now, the FBI can and does lie, but in general if illegal activity is identified they quickly move to shut it down and hold the accused accountable.

I have done nothing illegal.

And my accounts have not been seized through any legal action on the part of the Federal government, but rather the unilateral action of Citizens Bank.

But this does not preclude federal involvement.

Some background:

When I resigned from the United Nations Special Commission in August 1998, the CIA Station Chief in New York informed me that the FBI was going to “fuck me in my ass” for the rest of my life.

…

I call upon Paul Tonko to inquire into the reason why I was “de-banked”, with the specific request to find out if the Priority Response team at Citizens Bank had received any tips from federal law enforcement that prompted their investigation.

I call upon Kash Patel to investigate the FBI’s National Security Division to find out what, if any, contact was made by FBI personnel and Citizens Bank regarding my financial activity, and to hold those personnel accountable who are using federal law enforcement as a means of punishing Americans for exercising their First Amendment rights.

And I call upon my supporters and the American public at large to not be silent about this action. Write letters to Paul Tono. Write letters to Kash Patel. Write letters to Citizens Bank. Make your voice heard.

Because if they can de-bank me, they can de-bank anyone.

read more:
https://scottritter.substack.com/p/de-banked

Bordiga

Why do ogres love him so much? Can someone teach me more about him? Is he just an armchair Marxist?

The Greeks & the Mountains that Defeated the Nazis

I thought this Free Palestine TV piece was pretty interesting.
Description from YT: Laith Marouf joins Evan Katsounis as they travel to Lamia and Gorgopotamos north of Greece, to discover what the Nazis called the “Mountain Stronghold” of the resistance. Lamia is the home town of the most revered Greek resistance fighter against Nazi and then British occupation in the 1930s and 40s, Aris Velouchiotis; and Gorgopotamos is the site of the most important military operation that halted the Nazi advances east towards the Levant.

Signal Jamming

Picture this:

>Armed citizens surround ICE as they're arresting someone
>ICE calls for backup
>Nobody hears them
>They have no choice but to let the person go

I'm assuming they are using off-the-shelf radio equipment.

Is it easy to jam their signal with portable equipment?

How hard/expensive is it to build a DIY radio jammer?

Would it be more effective to have a directional antenna to avoid jamming everything in the area and concentrate on one area, or it doesn't work that way?

Jakob Böhme

Today I was reading about Jakob Böhme, just lazily on Wikipedia. I found this section which I thought was interesting:

In one interpretation of Böhme's cosmology, it was necessary for humanity to return to God, and for all original unities to undergo differentiation, desire and conflict—as in the rebellion of Satan, the separation of Eve from Adam and their acquisition of the knowledge of good and evil—in order for creation to evolve to a new state of redeemed harmony that would be more perfect than the original state of innocence, allowing God to achieve a new self-awareness by interacting with a creation that was both part of, and distinct from, Himself. Free will becomes the most important gift God gives to humanity, allowing us to seek divine grace as a deliberate choice while still allowing us to remain individuals.[citation needed]

Note the [citation needed]. Can anyone familiar with the ideas of Jakob Böhme tell me if this is legit?

>Some things have happened in China

The Communist Party of China announced the expulsion of nine senior military leaders from the party.The highest-ranking position among them is the Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission：He Weidong

According to Chinese authorities, these people were punished for corruption.

Uh-oh, this liberal dropped the nuke on us. Comrades, how do we respond?

How cool is that they have a sea gate to their capital, like a fucking magical kingdom?

Punk

PUNK!!!

News 1/9/26

EU countries approve Mercosur trade deal after 25 years of talks
France, Poland, Austria, Ireland and Hungary expressed their opposition while Belgium abstained. Italy voted in favor, after forcing a delay last month. EU capitals now have until 5 p.m. on Friday to lodge any objections and formalize the vote. This so-called written procedure gives political backing to the informal approval delivered by the Brussels-based ambassadors.
https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-countries-approve-mercosur-trade-deal-for-signature/
https://archive.ph/TuBHQ

“Ivan Mordisco” calls on Colombia’s guerrilla groups to unite against “the interventionist eagle”
Since the creation of the EMC, Mordisco’s guerrillas and the ELN have been vying for control over the border with Venezuela, and have become active in clandestine mining activities in the southern jungles of the neighboring country. The groups have tried to bridge divisions on multiple occasions, but have yet to forge a united front that would allow them to overthrow the State. President Gustavo Petro has accused the guerrilla group of having abandoned their revolutionary principles for financial gains.
https://colombiareports.com/ivan-mordisco-calls-on-colombias-guerrilla-groups-to-unite-against-the-interventionist-eagle/

US intercepts fifth US-sanctioned tanker as it exerts control over Venezuelan oil distribution
The pre-dawn action was carried out by Marines and Navy sailors launched from the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford, part of the extensive force the U.S. has built up in the Caribbean in recent months, according to U.S. Southern Command, which declared “there is no safe haven for criminals” as it announced the seizure of the tanker called the Olina. The Coast Guard then took control of the vessel, officials said.
https://apnews.com/article/sanctioned-oil-tanker-intercepted-c3b6e0cee49af87f78a22425f505249d

Syrian army says it will renew Aleppo attacks after Kurds reject ceasefire terms
A resident of Aleppo said the fighting appeared to cease overnight and footage from within the contested neighbourhoods showed that gunfire, which was constant over the last few days, had stopped. Members of the government security forces posted videos showing clearing operations being conducted in some of the neighbourhoods, as well as videos of underground tunnels being inspected that the SDF have used to transport fighters and weapons beneath Aleppo.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/09/syria-announces-ceasefire-aleppo-clashes-kurds

Trump's cold shoulder to Reza Pahlavi sparks speculation of US 'Venezuela model' in Iran
Trump demurred on Thursday when podcast host Hugh Hewitt asked if he would meet the 65-year-old son of Iran’s late shah. “I’ve watched him, and he seems like a nice person,” Trump said. “But I’m not sure that it would be appropriate at this point to do that as president.” “I think that we should let everybody go out there, and we’ll see who emerges. I’m not sure necessarily that I, that it would be an appropriate thing to do,” he added.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/trumps-cold-shoulder-reza-pahlavi-sparks-speculation-us-pursuing-venezuela-model-iran

Yemeni southern separatists in Riyadh announce disputed disbanding of STC
The Southern Transitional Council (STC) Secretary-General Abdulrahman Jalal al-Subaihi said in a broadcast on Yemeni television on Friday that the dissolution of the group was taken to preserve peace and security in the south and in neighbouring countries. … However, STC spokesman Anwar al-Tamimi, who is in Abu Dhabi, rejected the announcement coming out of Saudi Arabia.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/9/yemens-separatist-southern-transitional-council-announces-its-dissolution
https://archive.ph/NspQB

RSF claims drone shot down over South Darfur capital as fighting continues in South Kordofan
The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) said they downed a SAF drone over Nyala on Thursday, as clashes continue in South Kordofan and humanitarian conditions deteriorate in Kadugli and Delling. Thousands of Sudanese refugees in Uganda have registered for a voluntary return programme amid mounting difficulties.
https://www.dabangasudan.org/en/all-news/article/rsf-claims-drone-shot-down-over-nyala-as-fighting-and-humanitarian-crisis-deepen-in-south-kordofan

Somalia, US relations hit low point as Washington suspends aid
Relations between Somalia and the US hit a low point after Washington said it would pause further assistance that benefits the government in Mogadishu amid a dispute over the demolition of a World Food Programme warehouse. The US State Department's under secretary of foreign assistance said in an X post on Wednesday that Somali government officials had destroyed a US-funded WFP warehouse and illegally seized donor-funded food aid for vulnerable Somalis.
https://www.newarab.com/news/somalia-us-relations-hit-low-point-washington-suspends-aid

France and UK confirm boots on the ground after potential ceasefire in Ukraine
The security guarantees for Ukraine envisioned by the "Coalition of the Willing" and the United States include a high-tech mechanism to monitor a ceasefire, a multinational force led by France and the UK, and a legally binding obligation to assist Kyiv in case of a future Russian attack.
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/01/06/france-and-uk-confirm-boots-on-the-ground-after-ceasefire-in-ukraine
https://archive.ph/5eBQa

Next week's resident doctor strike cancelled after Scottish government offers 8% pay rise
The union is recommending members accept the new deal for a pay increase by around 8 per cent on average over the next two years, mirroring a similar offer accepted by other NHS staff. Scotland Health Secretary Neil Gray, who tabled the new deal, said that cancellation of the strikes was “great news” and its deal “further underlines our commitment to the 2023 pay and contract reform agreement.”
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/next-weeks-resident-doctor-strike-cancelled-after-scottish-government-offers-8-pay-rise

Homelessness worsens in New Zealand
On December 16, the Salvation Army and Community Housing Aotearoa released the results of a recent survey, which found that in Auckland, the biggest city, the number of people living without shelter more than doubled between September 2024 and September 2025 from 426 to 940. This surge is the direct outcome of the National Party-led government’s brutal austerity measures, designed to make the working class pay for the deepening economic crisis and to divert more public money to the military to prepare for war.
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/01/05/cayx-j05.html

Speakers boycott Adelaide Festival after Palestinian-Australian author cut from Writers’ Week line-up
The Adelaide Festival Board said in a statement it had “formed the view that it would not be culturally sensitive” to feature Abdel-Fattah on the program at this “unprecedented time so soon after Bondi”, in reference to the massacre of Jews at Bondi Beach in December. The board said it did “not suggest in any way” that Abdel-Fattah or her writings had any connection to the Bondi attack and it understood the decision will “cause discomfort and pressure to other participants”.
https://7news.com.au/news/speakers-boycott-adelaide-festival-after-palestinian-australian-author-cut-from-line-up-c-21253340
https://archive.ph/ZDCQU

South East Asia

Why did Australia not have a Communist movement like most of SEA did? Why were Thailand and Malaysia able to resist Communists?
Was the region of Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia the primary red corridor? What happens in Indonesia? I know Suharto murdered communists, but nothing more. Are there regions with more Communists?
Is Myanmar doomed? Do they have a Chinese elite like Thailand does? How was the Filipino government so successful in repressing the Communists?

News 1/8/26

Lula Vetoes Law That Would Have Reduced Sentences for Coup Plotters in Brazil
In an act laden with democratic symbolism, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva exercised his total veto power on Thursday, January 8, to halt the Dosimetry Law, a bill promoted by the right wing in Brazil’s National Congress that would have benefited, among others, former President Jair Bolsonaro.
https://www.telesurenglish.net/lula-vetoes-law-that-would-have-reduced-sentences-for-coup-plotters-in-brazil/

Venezuela to release prisoners in 'peace' gesture'
Venezuela released citizens and foreigners from its prisons on Thursday in what a top government official described as a gesture to “seek peace” less than a week after former President Nicolás Maduro was captured by U.S. forces to face federal drug-trafficking charges in New York. Jorge Rodríguez, brother of acting President Delcy Rodríguez and head of the National Assembly, said a “significant number” of people would be freed, but he was not specific about how many or provide names.
https://apnews.com/article/venezuela-political-prisoners-garcia-peace-us-fe90dc9364dc50ffee47569f7190940c

US set to file criminal charges against the crew of seized Russian-flagged oil tanker
US Attorney General Pam Bondi wrote on social media that the crew of the Marinera, also known as the Bella 1, undertook “frantic efforts to avoid apprehension” of the tanker, which was allegedly “responsible for transporting sanctioned oil from Venezuela and Iran.” She added: “As a consequence of failing to obey the coastguard’s orders, members of this vessel are under full investigation and criminal charges will be pursued against all culpable actors.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/us-set-file-criminal-charges-against-crew-seized-russian-flagged-oil-tanker

French farmers stage protest in Paris to oppose EU-Mercosur trade deal
The farmers blockaded motorways outside Paris on Thursday and dozens of tractors overran police checkpoints to reach the city centre in a pre-dawn protest organised by the Coordination Rurale union. EU states are due to vote on Friday on the deal with Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay, the four members of the South American trade bloc known as Mercosur. If ratified, it would create a common market of nearly 800 million people, boosting EU exports of vehicles, machinery, wines and spirits.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/08/french-farmers-paris-protest-eu-mercosur-trade-deal

RMT threaten 'mass industrial action' over any attempt to automate Tube
She pledged to automate every Tube train unless the unions and Transport for London (TfL) “start working for Londoners.” A spokesperson for the Rail, Maritime and Transport union said: “Upgrading just three lines on London Underground would cost in the region of £20 billion. “TfL does not believe it is economically viable and it would not be safe. “Drivers on the Tube perform a skilled and an essential safety-critical role every day.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/rmt-threaten-mass-industrial-action-over-any-attempt-automate-tube

Global Minds Initiative, the program seeking to attract top talent to Germany on the back of US brain drain
The Trump administration is making it increasingly difficult to work in the United States, leading many highly qualified researchers and professionals to seek opportunities in other markets abroad. Germany wants to capitalize on this unusual brain drain to address its long-standing shortage of skilled labor, a problem experts predict will worsen in the coming years due to demographic shifts.
https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2026-01-07/global-minds-initiative-the-program-seeking-to-attract-top-talent-to-germany-on-the-back-of-us-brain-drain.html
https://archive.ph/SAYTn

Israel proposed using PA funds to cover cost of Gaza rubble clearance — official
Israel has proposed using a portion of the several billions of dollars in clearance revenues it is withholding from the Palestinian Authority to pay for the clearing of rubble for construction projects in Gaza, a PA official told The Times of Israel on Thursday. Another idea proposed by Israel was using the clearance revenues to cover the cost of the controversial Gaza Humanitarian Foundation’s operations during the war, according to the PA official.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-proposed-using-pa-funds-to-cover-cost-of-gaza-rubble-clearance-official/
https://archive.ph/afhdJ

Kurds in Turkey protest over Syria Aleppo offensive
Several hundred people gathered in Diyarbakir, southeastern Turkey's main Kurdish-majority city, while hundreds more joined a protest in Istanbul that was roughly broken up by riot police who arrested around 25 people, the pro-Kurdish DEM party said. In the capital, Ankara, DEM lawmakers protested in front of the Turkish parliament, denouncing the targeting of Kurds in Aleppo as a crime against humanity.
https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/01/kurds-turkey-protest-over-syria-aleppo-offensive

Yemen: STC control evaporates in Aden as its would-be capital switches sides
Aden has been a heartland of the STC’s support, and is the capital the separatists envisaged for the future independent state of South Arabia. But now its leader, Aidarous al-Zubaidi, has been accused by Saudi Arabia of fleeing to the UAE via Somaliland. And the stunning gains that the STC made last month, when it seized control over the provinces of Hadhramaut and al-Mahrah, have been suddenly and rapidly reversed by the Riyadh-backed Homeland Shield Forces (HSF), who are moving towards Aden under the cover of Saudi air strikes.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/yemen-stc-control-evaporates-aden-its-would-be-capital-switches-sides

spoonfeed me books on learning mandarin

We need to build the embryo of the proletarian state under the nose of the bourgeois state.

Also btw according to polls 14% of americans support communism, and like twice that support socialism. Your numbers are probably conservative, there's a large pool of potential recruits out there if we could reach them and utilize their very limited time, energy, and resources effectively.

While networks of extremely dedicated and disciplined communists will form the backbone of the proletarian state, large numbers of the masses will have to be brought into conspiracy against the bourgeois state and in material support of the proletarian armed forces.

A proper FOSS messenger, alternative to Discord.

Hello people. I'm looking for an instant messenger which satisfies most of those needs:

Anonymous, private & secure [decentralised, encrypted & safe] (Hard necessary)

Audio & video calls [configure volume, deafen, mute, select camera/screen/window & support for group chats] (If there is an app which satisfies most other needs but does not have audio/video, I might do fine just using Jitsi instead, so it's mid-necessary.)

Clean, fast, professional, responsive & smooth design (Can also go with terminal)

Cross-platform [android, linux & windows] (Hard necessary)

File transfer [no limits] (Hard necessary)

Free & open source (Hard necessary)

Group chats [customisation & moderation] (Hard necessary)

History [clear, search system] (Favorable, but not necessary)

Notifications [togglable] (Favorable, but not necessary)

Presence [do not disturb, online, idle] (Favorable, but not necessary)

Stable & optimised [performant & lightweight] (Hard necessary)

Status [media & text] (Favorable, but not necessary)

Folders [contacts & groups] (Favorable, but not necessary)

Text messaging [block, delete, edit, embed, emoji, format, mark as unread, mention, mute, show typing, pin message/user, quote, react, read receipts, reply, saved messages, spell checker, etcetera] (Not all those features listed are hard necessary)

I'm just looking for an alternative to fbi.gov, there has to be no ZOG crap, that's the first need listed.

CAPESHIT MOVIES

This is the capeshit film thread
Discuss capeshit
I'll admit I hate Marvel films, first off they're some of the glowies films out there, every single one fellates the Pentagon. The plots are almost all identical, filled with general pro-porky propaganda. The jokes are overdone and stale, literally Adam Sandler humor. The CIA is shit for such expensive productions. The characters are getting stale. Fuck these movies, death of cinema shit piles.

Which one are you looking forward to most?

This board has been pretty dead so I will make a post. I really like sexy traps, but, not traps that don't pass. Does this make me gay?

I am a Liberal

Leftist forums

Do I not know where the left discusses stuff online or is there just a lack of such spaces?

I'm going to post the ones I know about that are primarily English, even if they're full of liberals just to keep track of this. Please help me with any that I've missed.

The ones owned and operated by the community:

Imageboards
Leftychan.net - you are here
Leftypol.org
nukechan.net

Lemmy instances
Lemmygrad.ml
Hexbear.net

There's also apparantly libcom.org/recent/discussions but I found that link on an /r/socialism post so that's not promising.

Killed - list of defunct or abandoned forums
r/genzedong - quarantined, limited activity
r/thedeprogram - banned
r/showinfrared - no posts for 5 months, link to fbi.gov broken

Well there's obviously tiktok and youtube with leftist creators and I guess twitch but those are not really forums - they're terrible for longer format posts.

If there are no serious public spaces then maybe there are private ones? Or does the left just not really exist?

Maybe there's a huge community on twitter? Does twitter count as a forum though? Should I check it out?

leftypol.org psyop general

Thread dedicated to psychological operations against the leftypol.org administration.

Things to consider:
<The .org mods will read this thread, use this to your advantage
<Posting over your mobile data will arouse less suspicion than over a proxy
<Threads created over an IP with no post history are heavily scrutinized
<Post in /meta/ and try to appeal any mod action against you
<Abuse the report feature
<Use a wide variety of proxy services
<Antagonize individual moderators
<Create as many personas as possible, try to have the mods always chasing a previous persona and not your current one
<The less consistency between the ideological beliefs of your personas the better
<Be consciously aware of your writing style
<Fermenting internal conflict among the mod team is of the upmost importance
<Sow dissent among the userbase whenever possible
<Have fun :)

How did they know?

is if in of me

world war 3 & ww2 occurred at same time

Teaching English Abroad

Hey anons,
I'm currently an archivist and (substitute) teacher in the US. It's time for me to get the hell out. I know that Taiwan accepts substitute teaching licenses for public schools (most other countries require a real teaching license for public schools)

I know Taiwan was founded by the KMT, are they still fascist? Or Fascist Lite like the US? I'm just starting the process now and it's not like my heart is set on Taiwan or anything.

Has anyone else done this or heard good/bad things about it?

Comradely,

An interview with a shoujo editor

Very interesting stuff. Especially this bit:
<Yes, I like manga! I actually read everything. I tend to read shoujo manga from a work-like perspective, unfortunately, but I read a lot of works in magazines every month. I also read BL or shounen manga. Everything, actually. But actually more the well-known works, less the lesser-known ones. One Piece, Kingdom, Golden Kamuy … I read everything that's currently on in Japan and cry and laugh like a normal reader. (laughs)
Maybe the Japanese themselves don't care about demographics all that much. I am interested which mangaka also like One Piece (if the author of Berserk also likes it I'm gonna scream).
>Windows 10 on the monitor
Damn, that feels surreal.

Banners

We need more banners and a banner thread in general. Give me your pictures for banners and I will bannerfy them

Maylasia Flight 370/21st Century Mysteries thread

So, what happened to Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370? It was a Boeing 777 with 239 people aboard–all gone. This happened in the age of satellites, tracking, and personal cellular devices, but no clues. There were no important personages aboard to my knowledge, but I'm having trouble finding a passenger manifest. Was it aliens? The Mossad? Or something more sinister?

Also post other modern mysteries

Here's how China may actually still lose

Sounds crazy, I know, but I think Xi-fans should at least consider the flaws of China's "Do nothing, win" strategy, and how it may paradoxically still lead to its undoing.

The US bourgeoisie knows it can't beat China in head-on conventional warfare. So, it doesn't.

Porky has put a lot of effort since the Vietnam War to avoid making Amerikkkans feels the impacts of US wars of aggression to great success. Despite the amount of conflicts the US is involved in as we speak, anti-war sentiment is negligable. There was nothing like the anti-war movement during Vietnam, which by itself wasn't even strong enough to end the war either. It was the Vietnamese who militarily defeated the US that ended the war.

Amerikkkan reliance on proxies and mercs is the key to maintain the Empire. If they can make China's neighbours fight them in their stead, they they can win, and have East Asia plundered, like they have plundered Eastern Europe since the 90s, to give capitalism another 50 years.

China has failed to counter this problem completely, letting country after country on their borders fall into US hands in recent years. Once friendly countries turned into enemies.
China's rebranded 'socialism in one country' strategy isn't enough to resist US aggression. The US doen't need to do much to blockade Chinese shipping, and block all imports from entering the mainland. Going from "random" drone boats sent from US vallal states, to airstrikes and piracy conducted by US forces themselves, which they have been training for through the recent attacks on Russian and Venezuelan ships.
China can't retaliate against this adequately, due to their lack of bases or proxies of their own around Amerikkkan territory.

China's complete neglegt of this danger may be its downfall. For all their greatness, they cannot last against a neval blockade, land siege and hybrid warfare, the US has been preparing for.

This is why solidarity is so important. Supporting comrades in other countries isn't about kindness. It ensures you will not be attacked by brothers turned against you.

Meanwhile, the global bourgeoisie has shown extreme amounts of solidarity amongst themselves, to great effectiveness. They are very unified, especially compared to the 1910s, unlike us.

Psychiatry is the biggest sham in human history.

We know why they don't label mainstream religious beliefs as delusions and why they come up with their numbers-based cope about what constitutes a delusion: because they'd run themselves out of business if they insulted so many people. Ergo, they prioritize money, killing their credibility with everything else. How is one supposed to know whether or not they're drawing out treatment to get more money?

Scientific evidence show that kids a few months younger in a classroom have more adhd "diagnosis". Kids who are in classrooms that don't have 32 pupils but 24nare reduced risk of "adhd". it's a literal scam.

It is Astrology but with institutional funding. Psychology is bullshit. It's just to get easy money.

subliminal, manifestation, law of attraction, sleep hypnosis, subliminal affirmations

post and discuss: subliminal, manifestation, law of attraction, sleep hypnosis, subliminal affirmations for clear skin, weight loss, etc.

https://invidious.no-logs.com/watch?v=MOvxxN8QAac

/leftyfashion/

How do you dress? What are you wearing today? How should you dress, as a Marxist? Which trends are proletarian and which are bourgeois?
Discuss.

Political Sims

What are your favourites? Been playing pic related (Rogue State) yesterday, it's not the best game but it has a banging national anthem.

https://youtu.be/bXDUHXolrFs

Last week I played Suzerain at the suggestion of a topic on bunkerchan, that was better IMO but I ran into a game ending bug which is always sad.

Which ones do you love? Hidden Agenda, Democracy 3, or?

Is warfare going to be shorter?

Now that Maduro is captured, is it likely that Cuba will be invaded? Will there be a civil war in Venezuela later on? This fits up with Israel's attack on Sinwar and the fall of Damascus. Is warfare going to be shorter? Or is it a one off?

Ancient Civilisations Thread

So, which of you motherfuckers have watched a bunch of Graham Hancock videos and what do you think about the subject?

Obviously there is a big crossover with Nazism and Hyberborea and all that shit, but where are we on the idea that there are ancient lost civilisations, ones which were quite advanced?

I'm fairly sold on it, they keep find new ones, like the one around Ankor watt for example.

The collapse of America is funny to see Bush was Trajan

THEL & MTHEL

Tactical High Energy Lasers (THEL) and Mobile Tactical High Energy Lasers (MTHEL), laser weapons/missile defense systems which had been discussed and tested since at least the 1990s. I remember reading about the White Sands missile base testing this stuff all the way back then. Apparently the real purpose was to give the technology to Israel, who reportedly have now completed its successor, the "Iron Beam," for which the first unit will reportedly be operational this month.

Back in the 2000s, there were a number of problems with this system. Firstly, to generate a laser beam with the necessary level of heat required an incredible amount of energy. The equipment was also very heavy at that time, as you can imagine from these illustrations, and aiming the large lens would have required an apparatus with a great deal of speed and precision.

It seems like, after all these decades, these devices may be ready. Whether or not they are effective remains to be seen.

Are they? Will this be a major advantage for the evil empire? If you live near one, would you like to give us some info about it, and/or sabotage it?

politically incorrect but reasonable literatures

Thread about planning, programs, laws, and practice (by the state or others) that have the characteristics of being politically incorrect and or morally questionable, but reasonable and or executable.

My specific request, give me literature about sterilization (forced or not) of people of color, breeding programs, family planning, and eugenics. Not talking about one of those "nAZi BreeDIng ProgRAm DoeSN't WOrK!!! *insert soy" type of books and documents. I am talking about literatures that actually tells me how it is done and doesn't just smear dung all over it.

>inb4 just go at library and gov websites bro
<no
<I have specific sub mental disability of ADHD that doesn't allow me to do things that even a autist could.

>Be once in a millennia genius
>Writes big book detailing and explaining all his ideas and findings
>Explains something via a concept that he hasn't laid out yet and without which nobody can fully understand the explanation
>"Oh, don't worry anon! This concept I use here will be explained in chapter 7 of Volume 3 of this work"
>Goes on eating drinking and smoking like a pig
>Dies before he even finishes Vol 2
>Leaves Engels to guesstimate and extrapolate what he meant

Thanks, Karl, not like we needed all the knowledge we can get to fight the most powerful oppressive force in human history or nothing

Covid Thread

What do you all think about the origins of Covid?

Many scientists say it occurred in nature, but also, the Wuhan Institute of Virology, where the supposed leak came from, is actually USAID funded.

USAID of course being synonmous with regime change.

It has troubled me for a while that just before Covid was released, the world was in huge turmoil that threatend to spill over.

Everybody remember how all economic indicators were pointing to a massive crash BEFORE Covid happened. Also all around the world, on every continent, revolutionary movements had sprung up in response to the century of neoliberalism and fascism before them.

The amazon burned.

Its almost too perfect. Blame it as a chinese bioweapon, cover up for the impending economic crash, and provide an excuse for pro big business policies into posterity, "we need austerity because so much was lost during the pandemic" at the same time giving unprecedented powers to curb protests, this, right at the same time as all kinds of protests were stirring across the world as previously stated, and the world was about to have another big wave of protest due to impending economic crash.

I don't have a solid theory on it, but a lot of it is very out of place.

Will this really happen to people from Gaza?

what is the point?

Unless you find your dream job and strike it rich, what is the point? To eventually get a house which you don’t even really own? Yours always paying shit anyways. Would rather play Overwatch.

Left wing Secret Societies

im someone whose been interested in secret societies and clandestine shit, but i was always surprised how there were so few left-wing ones, compared to the myriad of right wing secret societies, since the only one i could find anything about is the spanish anarchist secret org called "The Disinherited".

why does the left seemingly not utilize secret societies, or are most of the left secret socs just really good at staying secret?

Wholesome Incest Anime

I want anime focused on siblings being in love and entering a happy romantic relationship. I don't want a lust filled relationship; if there is any lust between the siblings I want the lust involved to be very small. I don't care about blood relation but I want the couple to have lived as siblings before they entered a relationship.
I saw Oreimo, Candy Boy, Eromanga Sensei (though it had much fanservice, the siblings had little to no sexual activity or thoughts; though I'd prefer anime without much fanservice) and Boku wa Imouto ni Koi o Suru (though there was some lust, it was a small part of the O.V.A.). Is there anything more?

Overtly leftist anime

.org already has a leftist anime thread so I thought that here we can go further. This thread is for all anime that is overtly leftist. That means no allegories/metaphors/"vibes," no monarchism, no counter-revolutions, no revanchism, no progressivism, no liberalism and no guilt by association with a right-wing fanbase. Go ahead and post your recommendations with an explanation why you picked them.

Baltics

What is the actual deal with these retarded states? Is everyone who lives here just a completely 24/7 propagandized zombie? Are they all just ruled through an iron fist by a NATO-imposed oligarchy? Is there any possible hope for these basket cases to ever reclaim their sanity?

/Bolivia/

BOLIVIA ELECTION THREAD
Menshevick implosion edition

This sunday is the election in the land that as Rome didn't called itself Romulus had to call itself Bolivia instead of Bolivar.

If fascisms is capitalist response to a mass organized communist movement, and Trump is arguably a fascist and pushing for fascism, where is the organized communist movement of our day?

News 12/29/25

Colombia hikes 2026 minimum wage by nearly 23%
In a speech, Petro said the measure aims to reduce inequality and "democratize wealth so that working people, who make up the majority of the Colombian population, can live better." The hike more than doubles the 9.54% increase made this year, which brought minimum wages to 1.42 million pesos ($380), and marks the leftist administration's last minimum wage hike before elections are held at the end of May 2026.
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/colombia-hikes-2026-minimum-wage-by-nearly-23-2025-12-30/

US struck ‘big facility’ in Venezuela, Trump claimed without offering details
Trump on Monday went further in his characterization of the strike, saying: “Well, it doesn’t matter. But there was a major explosion in the dock area where they load the boats up with drugs. We hit the area.” Speaking after a meeting with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the president said: “So we hit all the boats and now we hit the implementation area… where they implement and that’s no longer around.”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/29/trump-venezuela-facility-strike

Deadly clashes erupt in Tartous and Latakia as hundreds take to the streets
Sunday's protest was mobilised by Alawite sheikh Ghazal Ghazal, head of the Supreme Alawite Islamic Council, who urged fellow Alawites to demonstrate peacefully, demanding a federal government system in Syria, and denouncing what Ghazal claimed was ongoing sectarian violations after the recent attack on a Mosque in Homs. In a statement on Telegram, the Syrian Ministry of Interior said that security forces who were on duty to protect demonstrators and maintain public order were directly attacked today in the city of Latakia by armed groups associated with the remnants of the Bashar al-Assad regime.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/deadly-clashes-erupt-tartous-and-latakia-hundreds-take-streets

Issam Makoul, chairman of Hadash and former leader of the Communist Party of Israel, dies at 73
ISSAM MAKHOUL, chairman of Israel’s Democratic Front for Peace and Equality (Hadash) and a former general secretary of the Communist Party of Israel (CPI), died on Boxing Day aged 73. The CPI said it mourned the death of a “true communist fighter… who took part in all our struggles and activities for five decades.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/issam-makoul-chairman-hadash-and-former-leader-communist-party-israel-dies-73

Iran Central Bank governor resigns as protests erupt over currency drop
The official IRNA news agency confirmed protest gatherings. Witnesses reported similar rallies in other major cities, including Isfahan in central Iran, Shiraz in the south and Mashhad in the northeast. In some places in Tehran, police fired tear gas to disperse protesters. Witnesses told The Associated Press that traders shut their shops and asked others to do the same. The semiofficial ILNA news agency said many businesses stopped trading even though some kept their shops open.
https://www.newarab.com/news/iran-central-bank-governor-resigns-protests-erupt-over-currency

Pro-Palestine activists target UK Labour offices over hunger strikers
The group Justice for the Hunger Strikers said on Monday that its members had targeted the governing party, citing growing anger at what it described as the government’s refusal to engage with the hunger strikers. The protest was held as four detainees continue to refuse food while being held on remand awaiting trial, prompting increasing concern from doctors and campaigners that one or more could die.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12/29/pro-palestine-activists-target-uk-labour-offices-over-hunger-strikers
https://archive.ph/s7EiK

Survivors say ‘no excuse’ as Grenfell firms still receive public contracts
Analysis by Kensington Labour MP Joe Powell found at least 87 contracts across the public sector in the government’s own database involve companies criticised in the phase 2 report into the Grenfell fire, though some may have since expired. Survivors’ group Grenfell United said that it would be a deep injustice to see some of the companies censured in the September 2024 report still receive public funds.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/survivors-say-no-excuse-grenfell-firms-still-receive-public-contracts

Russia plans to declare anti-war Telegram channel a “terrorist organisation”
The regional prosecutor’s office for the Trans-Baikal region in eastern Siberia has submitted a petition to a local court to recognize the “Trans-Baikal Left Association” as a terrorist organisation. The petition refers to the telegram channel 75zlo, allegedly maintained by jailed anarchists Aleksandr Snezhkov and Lyubov Lizunova, which the petition asks to declare as “leaders” of this association.
https://freedomnews.org.uk/2025/12/29/russia-plans-to-declare-anti-war-telegram-channel-a-terrorist-organisation/

Germany’s far-right AfD invited to join Munich Security Conference 2026
The reversal, which was confirmed by organisers, came after the US vice-president, JD Vance, lambasted the AfD’s exclusion in a blistering speech at this year’s event in which he accused Germany of stifling free speech by sidelining the anti-migrant, pro-Kremlin party. A spokesperson for MSC declined to explain the new policy, saying only that the event, which has been held in the Bavarian capital since 1963, was run by a “private, independent foundation” and “under no obligation to anyone to issue invitations to its events”.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/29/germanys-far-right-afd-invited-to-join-munich-security-conference-2026

‘Unfair Election’: Young Voters Shun Myanmar Junta’s Poll
Legions have left the war-ravaged country since the military seized power five years ago, including many men of conscription age—up to 35—and youngsters seeking better livelihoods away from Myanmar’s moribund economy. And even those still in the country were not particularly eager to take part in the vote, which international rights campaigners have dismissed as a sham.
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/unfair-election-young-voters-shun-myanmar-juntas-poll.html
https://archive.ph/Igt67

Optus report whitewashes Australia’s emergency phone breakdowns
While it partly reads like a forensic review into the technical and organisational problems that led to the disaster, the report’s primary political function is to absolve the company’s management of any responsibility for the events of September 18, when some 605 calls to Australia’s emergency services numbers (primarily 000, but also 112) failed to connect.
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/12/29/lpiq-d29.html

Pakistan police detain teen girl radicalized online in suspected suicide bombing plot
The girl was targeted online by the Baloch Liberation Army, which was designated as a terrorist group by the United States earlier year. The group convinced the girl that carrying out an attack would bring her honor and recognition within the Baloch community, similar to other women who have carried out suicide bombings against security forces, Hassan said.
https://apnews.com/article/pakistan-girl-separatists-recruiting-suicide-bombing-balochistan-46b69971c4b86fa823afaa6f701d7ce7

Trump to host Netanyahu at White House on December 29: Israeli government

Per AJ:
"United States President Donald Trump will host Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on December 29, according to an Israeli government spokesperson.

The announcement on Monday did not provide any further details of the planned meeting, which the pair had tentatively announced last week."

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12/8/trump-to-host-netanyahu-at-white-house-on-december-29-israeli-government

In July of 2024, some 30,000 people came to DC to demand Mileikowsky's arrest - it's never been a matter of numbers. Americans definitively have the numbers to end this Holocaust, to end the impunity, to drag the tyrants out of their holes & mansions and hang them from heights corresponding to their elevated hubris. This is the only appropriate response to the genocide and to the war which has been waged upon the American workers for opposing it; the only appropriate response to the espionage, the gas, the beating, the mass arrests and disappearances, the masked secret police abducting exchange students off the street for writing papers saying "don't kill children."

Had even 1/10th those 30,000 marchers in July of 2024 taken direct action instead of marching in circles, history would have been changed. This war would no longer be so one-sided - the desperate censorship and crackdowns pursued by the tyrannical quislings in the Starmer & Trump clown regimes would not continue without opposition. Just one thousand men armed cheaply could sufficiently overwhelm police; armed less cheaply, they could do even better. Every multiplication of that thousand increases the odds of success and increases the amount of informants and traitors which would be necessary in order to stop them from succeeding. And here were 30,000 - who marched around town in the heat shouting slogans until they were tired, and who were attacked by cops with gas anyway.

Every bit of numeric strength which is required to take power from global genocidal pigs and to distribute power among the people is here, available to the American movement. For now, knowledge is at our fingertips. That won't be true forever.

Be honest…

Has your life gotten materially better or worse since this faggot supposedly got elected.?

Feminism has to be the most retarded ideology of all time right?

Imagine brainwashing yourself to feel kinship with 4 billion strangers just because you share one chromosome than you do with your own family.

Official IRC

Hello everyone. I am making this post to announce the establishment of the leftychan official IRC network: irc.leftychan.net/6697 #leftychan
It took about a days worth of work but we finally managed to get her up and running. We plan to establish a bridge connection in the future to the matrix and fbi.gov chats and possibly a massive bridge room too. Also I2P service is coming in the future. So, come join us, anon! It sure would be nice having you around the IRC!

Christmas Music

Seasons yuletide festive holiday greetings from the land of tinseltrees!

Русский народ - народ скотов, рабов и выблядков. Еще 150 лет назад русских рабов-крепостных обменивали на породистых собак, причем 1 собака стоила нескольких русских. Народ, который создан для того, чтобы быть рабами, который без \"твердой руки\" превращается в обнаглевших, но трусливых тварей, которые совершают самые ужасные зверства в своей свободе.
Русские молодые люди: парни и девушки. Парни - трусливые куски дерьма, выблядки, пьющие ягу, безграмотная пища биореактора, гордящаяся своим уебанством.
Русские девушки (если их можно так назвать) - грязные и потасканные бляди, ебущиеся с 12 лет и сосущие хуи у чурбанов. Гордятся своим блядством, выставляют его напоказ.
Русские мужчины недостойны называться мужчинами. Нечистоплотные скоты, которые могут пить лишь водку и бить лишь своих детей и жен.
Вывод: Русские - вонючие скоты, белые негры, скоро вы все выродитесь и останетесь в истории как нация самых отвратительных и безобразных двуногих существ.

making a resme

I haven't made a resume in years. I am looking for a new job because the mill has become an oppressive nightmare and i refuse to work there. Can you guys help me with my resume? What website can i go to to use an outline?

Book search engine

Here's a book search engine:
http://nabilagregjcw4j3wpaq5yrbe3rl3cgpmwsgshlw7xvk4uczhsf6ouqd.onion/

lesbian porn

WHY IS LESBIAN PORN SO HAWWWTTTT.
(Lesbian porn/hentai thread)

Eastern film thread!!!

What's your favorite eastern movie anon?
I recently watched the Turkish film "The color of pomegranates" (which follows the story of poet Sayat-Nova) really great film, instantly spiked to one of my favorites of all time, even if I'm still yet to rewatch it.
That left me thinking, what is YOUR favorite eastern movie and why? I feel like some of the biggest gems in cinema history are hidden in the middle east and south-east Asia, what do you think?

The AI bubble

They're calling it the biggest bubble in US history, bigger than the dot com bubble of the '90s or any other bubble. When it pops, it will likely be disastrous. When will it pop?

Related threads:
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Once the Global Maoist Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution begins

In the future Global USSR, all Women will be given 60 days to get their Hair Cut/Chopped/Shaved off, either at home or at a People’s Barbershop by Female International Red Guards, and once the 60 day window passes, Female (Mostly Lesbian) International Red Guards will patrol the streets looking for Women with Reactionary Bourgeois Patriarchal Hair styles (anything longer then a Pixie Cut), and if/when they find one, they will Shave her head, have her walk through the streets wearing a Dunce Cap, attend a Struggle Session wearing a placard that says Revisionist/Bourgeois/Reactionary/Patriarchal, and send her to a Re-Education Camp to embrace the Immortal Science of Marxism-Leninism-Maoism, the Highest Stage of Marxism, so She can become a Liberated Socialist Woman and begin traveling the Shining Path to Communism, ✊😜🇨🇳🇰🇵🇨🇺🇵🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🚀☢️💇‍♀️👩‍🦲!

BreakThrough News: LIVE 2025 Wrap: War on Venezuela, Gaza Genocide, Syria After Assad, and MORE

Live NOW!

1PM EST
On The Freedom Side LIVE, Thursday, 12/18 at 1pm ET, Rania Khalek and special guest host Zoe Alexandra are joined by special guests:

Vijay Prashad, journalist, historian and director of the Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research, joins the show for a 2025 year-end wrap-up, spanning Trump’s pivot to Latin America, the war in Ukraine, Israel’s genocide in Gaza, and the ongoing U.S.-China trade war.

Elijah Magnier, veteran war correspondent and political analyst, joins the show to discuss Syria one year after the fall of Bashar al-Assad and the recent ISIS attack on U.S. soldiers.

Katie Halper, podcaster and political commentator, joins the show to discuss Israel’s politicization and weaponization of the Bondi Beach mass shooting in Australia.

Rania Khalek and Zoe Alexandra discuss Trump’s escalating attacks on Venezuela and Cuba, and what this means for the rest of the region.

What material conditions gave rise to this?

What are the actual, materialist basis for this?

Bruh, these liberals

just create the breeding ground for the next supervirus that will wipe out the planet.
https://www.parriva.com/flesh-eating-bacteria-surge-in-california-what-you-need-to-know/
Flesh-Eating Bacteria Surge in California: What You Need to Know
https://ktla.com/news/local-news/flesh-eating-zombie-drug-saturating-los-angeles-streets/

https://www.calhealthreport.org/2016/03/21/19002/
Crowding on Skid Row Creates a Breeding Ground for Illnesses

Anti-Imperialism thread

Let the ruling Elites LGBT-westoids tremble at an anti-imperialism reckoning .
The non-westoids have nothing to lose but their chains.
They have a world to win.
Anti Imperialists of the world, Unite!

Bondi Beach attack: Australia’s history of false flags

Janta Ka Reporter did an interesting video on this. It's very weird that the Bondi Beach attack comes after Australia tried to blame a random deli arson on Iran (using only the Mossad as a source), which didn't seem to convince much of anyone, and after more than one zionist false flag has been identified in Australia. And, once again, zionists have rushed to accuse Iran, which has zero motive, and to immediately try to use this incident to cast blame on anti-genocide demonstrators, as Australia has been the site of some massive protests which the Australian government, itself in bed with Zionism and the U.S. imperial agenda, has held a great deal of resentment towards. This all as "Israel" continues to commit mass murder in Palestine, Lebanon, and Syria at much higher numbers.

It's very bizarre how every time there is some manner of attack in a "western" (western European or western European accessory) country, there is immediately an extremely aggressive zionist campaign to use it to draw attention away from their own crimes, and to demand that people who had nothing to do with it be even more suppressed.

The death count now stands at 15, with 40 wounded.

Hidden Agenda: A Post-Revolutionary Game

Share you best outcome from playing the game!

This was my best so far. My strategy was to first get the military under control, then do land reform and set up the economy, hold an election with as much legitimacy as possible, and finally to build up stuff like medicine, education, and infrastructure. It went alright for the most part, but the IMF is going to kill the country later, much like what happened in Yugoslavia.

So what did you do? What worked for you?

Is there a framework to predict the likelihood of a revolution?

Praxis and theory set aside, is there any literature dealing with what exact material conditions are required to start a revolution?
I'm learning and I am really interested in what exact conditions could predict the chances of a revolution happening, and what would predict the chances of it not happening and being hindered.
Are there theorists better at this and theorists worse at this? Thank you!

thoughts on ghost relationships?

Real life powers

>Chi Kung Master Burns Paper With His Hand - John Chang

I have been a NEET for about two years. I dropped out of school at like 9th grade. I have no idea what I should be doing now. Is it over or should I just make up experience? Do employers even care?

Britpol - Pound Bakery edition

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyj2g5l1g2o - Nazi Troon sentenced for trying to shoot up school in Edinburgh .
https://communist.red/can-we-just-tax-the-rich/ - Can we just tax the rich? Zack Polanski and Jeremy Corbyn have been putting forward the idea of a wealth tax. They claim this could easily raise billions in tax revenue. While their proposals are certainly popular, do they truly offer a way forward?
https://communist.red/a-reply-to-the-new-statesman-britains-middle-class-liberals-are-ready-for-nothing/ - A reply to the New Statesman: Britain’s middle-class liberals are ready for nothing
https://reduxx.info/male-dancer-wins-girls-irish-dance-champion-for-third-year-in-a-row/ - Male Dancer Wins Girls’ Dance Championship For THIRD Year In A Row
https://reduxx.info/new-british-left-wing-party-platforms-trans-identified-male-previously-exposed-for-messaging-minors-at-inaugural-conference/ - UK’s New Left-Wing Party Platforms Trans-Identified Paedophile.

The U$ is a Prison house of Nations, which treats the Black/New Afrikan, Hispanic/Chicano/Mestizo, and First Nations/Native American populations like they are not U$ citizens (Trump ending birthright citizenship will probably transform this from a De facto to a De jure reality by officially stripping citizenship from most of these populations), with them essentially acting as a permanent domestic underclass with essentially no rights that are exploited for cheap labor and disproportionately suffer from Mass incarceration and police brutality, with their neighborhoods essentially under De facto occupation by militarized police (The ICE raids in Hispanic/Chicano/Mestizo communities throughout the U$, and Trumps deployment of the National Guard to Black/New African and Hispanic/Chicano/Mestizo neighborhoods in Los Angelas, DC, and Memphis, has essentially made this a De Jure reality), as New Afrika, Aztlan, and the First Nations, are Oppressed Nations/Internal Colonies inside of the U$, and their National Liberation should be the number one goal of U$ Communists (U$ Communists must give up on the Quixotic Bourgeois Electoralist Tailist Chauvinist effort to desperately appeal to the Ultra-Reactionary White Settler Labor Aristocracy) as stipulated by the Marxist-Leninist-Maoist principle of Self-Determination for all Oppressed Nations in their own SSR as articulated in Stalin’s “Marxism and the National Question” https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/stalin/works/1913/03a.htm and Lenin’s “The Socialist Revolution and the Right of Nations to Self-Determination” https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1916/jan/x01.htm , along with the National Delimitation Policy of the USSR https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_delimitation_in_the_Soviet_Union , which will happen after either the Global Nuclear War Shining Path to Communism that will occur if Trump uses the Insurrection act to declare Martial Law and permanently suspend Liberal Bourgeois Democracy and inevitably launch World War III against China that will escalate into a Global Nuclear War which completely destroys the entire Global Capitalist-Imperialist System and allows for a World Maoist PPW (in both the Periphery/Semi-Periphery where Maoist PPW is already viable in the Material Conditions, as proven by the ongoing Maoist PPWs in India, the Philippines, Turkey, and Peru, and in the Imperial Core, where Maoist PPW wont be viable in the Material Conditions until World War III breaks out and/or Liberal Bourgeois Democracy is permanently suspended, with these two events being related and probably happening around the same time), or the Social Democratic/UBI/4th Industrial Revolution/AI/Multipolar Shining Path to Communism that will occur if Trump dose not permanently suspend Liberal Bourgeois Democracy and a Left-Liberal Democrat like Newsom/AOC wins the 2028 U$ Presidential Election, which will have a Social Democratic Imperial Core where UBI allows for Income to be divorced from employment while the 4th Industrial Revolution Automates most of the workforce combined with the Hyper-Rationalization of the Superstructure through the legalization of all Victimless Crimes like Abortion, Birth Control, Pornography, Sex Work/Prostitution, LGBTQIA+, Drug use, Gun ownership, etc. and a Non-Interventionist Foreign Policy that accepts Multipolarity, unites with a Maoist Periphery/Semi-Periphery, where Maoist PPWs swept away all Bourgeois Comprador and Imperialist governments after the 4th Industrial Revolution Automated Global Supply Chains and Reshored them back to the Imperial Core and the Green Energy Revolution shut down all Oil/Gas production worldwide, thus collapsing the economies of all Sweatshop countries and Petrostates, that will both create a Global USSR (all of the SSRs and SFSRs of the future Global USSR are pictured in the map I posted, with the former U$ Balkanized into a New African SSR that includes the Black/New Afrikan majority counties of the Black Belt, a Hispano-American SFSR that includes the Hispanic/Chicano/Mestizo majority counties in the U$ Southwest, along with the rest of the Spanish-speaking Multiracial regions of the Americas, while the English-speaking White Settler majority regions in the rest of the former U$ becomes part of the Anglo-American SFSR, which also includes the English-speaking provinces of Canada, as Quebec will become its own SSR, with all the Native American reservations becoming ASSRs) to Place the Workers and Oppressed Nations of the World on the Shining Path to Communism, ✊😜🇨🇳🇰🇵🇨🇺🇵🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🚀☢️!

News 12/12/25

Israel remained leading killer of journalists in 2025: RSF
Mexico was the second most dangerous country in the world for journalists, with nine killed in the past year. War-ravaged Ukraine, where three journalists were killed in 2025, and Sudan, where four journalists were killed this year, are other highly dangerous countries for reporters, according to RSF.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12/9/israel-the-top-killer-of-journalists-worldwide-once-again-says-rsf-report
https://archive.ph/47oN2

Joint Saudi-Emirate delegation in Aden for talks after STC takeover
Discussions to be held by the ​delegation in Aden ⁠will address ways ⁠to rectify recent unilateral actions, including the withdrawal of any forces brought in from outside the eastern provinces, a ‌source in the presidential office ​told the state news agency SABA.
https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2025/12/joint-saudi-emirate-delegation-aden-talks-after-stc-takeover

Germany revokes pledges to grant asylum to Afghans
the pledge is being revoked because Chancellor Friedrich Merz's government in Berlin aims to scrap the resettlement programs "as far as possible." This was agreed by the conservative CDU and CSU parties and the Social Democrats in their coalition agreement earlier this year.
https://www.dw.com/en/germany-revokes-pledges-to-grant-asylum-to-afghans/a-75106966
https://archive.ph/b4OvU

Homelessness up 8% in the last year
Among them, 350,480 are stuck in temporary accommodation, most of whom are families with children. Another 4,667 people are sleeping rough on any given night — a sharp 20 per cent increase in one year.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/homelessness-8-last-year

Bulgarian government resigns after mass anti-corruption protests
Tens of thousands of Bulgarians had rallied on Wednesday evening in the capital, Sofia, and dozens of other towns and cities across the country in the latest in a series of rolling demonstrations giving vent to the public’s growing frustration. Protesters chanted “Resign” and held up “I’m fed up!” signs featuring caricatures of politicians.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/11/bulgarian-government-resigns-mass-anti-corruption-protests

Bolivia judge rules ex-President Arce be held in pre-trial detention for five months
Arce, who left office last month, will be held in a prison in the capital La Paz and will likely be tried for alleged economic misconduct related to the diversion of funds for projects in Indigenous communities while serving as economy minister under ex-leader Evo Morales. A hearing has been scheduled for May 12, 2026.
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/bolivia-judge-rules-ex-president-arce-be-held-pre-trial-detention-five-months-2025-12-12/

Senate commission sinks Colombia’s 2026 budget finance plan
The Economy Commission of Colombia’s Senate struck down a law that sought finance the government’s 2026 budget with a tax reform targeting the elite of the country’s elite. The tax reform sought to close a $4.2 billion (COP16.3 trillion) gap in the budget that had been approved by Congress, but was struck down by nine of the 13 senators that make up the commission.
https://colombiareports.com/senate-commission-sinks-colombias-2026-budget-finance-plan/

Employment holds steady in Latin America and the Caribbean, but informality and inequality persist
Informality remains a defining feature of the region's labour landscape. While it declined slightly to 46.7 per cent in the first half of 2025, nearly one in every two employed persons still works under informal conditions.
https://www.ilo.org/resource/news/employment-holds-steady-latin-america-and-caribbean-informality-and

Firefighter killed as out-of-control bushfires destroy homes in Australia
The 59-year-old volunteer died on Sunday night after a tree fell on him while he was working on a fireground near Bulahdelah, around 200km north of Sydney. Emergency crews said he went into cardiac arrest and died at the scene.
https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/australia-bushfires-nsw-tasmania-firefighter-death-b2879844.html

Bangladesh’s BNP seeks Hasina’s liberal mantle before elections
Addressing party supporters this week, BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rehman invoked the blood-soaked memory of Bangladesh’s 1971 Liberation War against Pakistan, saying “people saw” what happened then. He did not name the Jamaat, but the reference was clearly understood across Bangladesh: The Jamaat had opposed Bangladesh’s independence from Pakistan. He also accused the Jamaat of misusing religion to seek votes.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12/9/analysis-bangladeshs-bnp-seeks-hasinas-liberal-mantle-before-elections
https://archive.ph/qz5aC

Sri Lanka: Cyclone-affected plantation workers demand decent houses in safe places
Nuwara Eliya District is predominantly inhabited by Tamil-speaking tea plantation workers earning poverty-level wages. It is among the regions most affected by heavy rainfall, flooding, landslides and stone slides triggered by the cyclone. With 89 confirmed deaths, it ranks third after Kandy and Badulla. Another 37 people remain missing—the third highest figure after Kandy and Kegalle—and 63,121 people have been displaced into 211 temporary shelters, the second highest after Kandy District, according to the Disaster Management Centre (DMC).
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/12/12/aghs-d12.html

Analog horror, night walks, abandoned places, etc.

Just a general thread for lazy spooky stuff.

Scottish rock band Primal Scream reported to the police for displaying anti-israeli imagery

At a show in London.

News 12/11/25

General strike in Portugal causes major disruptions in national services
Prime Minister Luis Montenegro has insisted that the labour reforms, with more than 100 measures, were intended to “stimulate economic growth and pay better salaries”. But the communist-leaning General Confederation of the Portuguese Worker (CGTP) and more moderate General Union of Workers (UGT) have lambasted the plans. The CGTP organised about 20 demonstrations across the country. Its secretary-general, Tiago Oliveira, called the reforms “among the biggest attacks on the world of work”.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12/11/portugal-set-for-major-disruptions-in-first-general-strike-in-12-years
https://archive.ph/n3PhC

Britain threatened to defund ICC over Netanyahu arrest warrant, claims prosecutor
Khan does not name the individual who made the threats, saying the call on 23 April 2024 was with a British official, but reports have suggested the caller may have been the then British foreign secretary, David Cameron. Khan said the official had argued that issuing arrest warrants against Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant, the former Israeli defence minister, was disproportionate.
https://www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec/11/britain-icc-funding-netanyahu-arrest-warrant

Lammy refuses to meet MPs worried about constituents on hunger strike in prison
Five hunger strikers have been taken to hospital. Their lawyers warned of a “real and increasingly likely potential” their clients will die in prison on Tuesday. In his letter, Mr Corbyn said that he would seek assurances from Mr Lammy that he would take steps to protect the political prisoners’ rights. The detainees have all been charged with offences relating to alleged break-ins or criminal damage on behalf of Palestine Action, charges that are denied, before the group was banned under terrorism legislation.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/lammy-refuses-meet-mps-worried-about-constituents-hunger-strike-prison

France Unbowed 'has become a target' of the UAE, Melenchon says
“LFI has become a target of the Emirates,” he wrote on his blog on Tuesday, shortly after his party, the largest left-wing group in parliament, filed a complaint to the public prosecutor regarding a highly controversial poll on Muslims in France, suggesting it could be part of an Emirati “influence operation” in the country. The survey, which suggests that there is “a phenomenon of 're-Islamisation'" in France "accompanied by a worrying increase in adherence to Islamist ideology”, has been the subject of several legal complaints from Muslim organisations, who accused it of being “based on biased questions” to spread “the poison of hatred in the public sphere”.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/france-unbowed-has-become-target-uae-left-wing-party-leader-says

Israel approves nearly 800 housing units in three West Bank settlements
Smotrich, who formulates settlement policy and is a settler himself, called the council's decision part of a "clear strategic move to strengthen settlement and ensure continuity of life, security and growth." Wednesday's decision puts the total of housing units approved in the West Bank since Smotrich assumed his post at 51,370, he said in the statement.
https://www.newarab.com/news/israel-approves-nearly-800-housing-units-w-bank-settlements

Pro-government protests in Honduras as electoral body vows not to validate presidential poll result
In a statement, the National Electoral Council said: “We denounce the existence of an ongoing electoral coup.” The panel said it “absolutely condemns” the interference of President Trump. Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of the capital Tegucigalpa on Wednesday to demand a rerun.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/pro-government-protests-honduras-electoral-body-vows-not-validate-presidential-poll-result

El Salvador teams up with Elon Musk’s xAI to bring AI to 5,000 public schools
In a statement Thursday, xAI said that its Grok chatbot will bring “personalized learning to over one million students” by creating tutoring “that adjusts to each student’s pace, preferences, and mastery level — ensuring every child, from urban centers to rural communities, receives world-class education tailored to their needs.”
https://apnews.com/article/el-salvador-xai-schools-artificial-intelligence-a1c6e41b84cf5cfa8a9b20bd15dc12f3

One year since the murder of four Afro-Ecuadorian children, soldiers face up to 34 years in prison
One year after the murder of four Afro-Ecuadorian children in Las Malvinas, Guayaquil, the Ecuadorian prosecutor’s office requested the maximum sentence for the soldiers who are accused of torturing and murdering Steven Medina, Nehemías Arboleda, Josué Arroyo, and Ismael Arroyo. In addition, the Prosecutor’s Office requested that each of the soldiers pay USD 100,000 to the children’s families for the crime of “forced disappearance”.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/12/10/one-year-since-the-murder-of-four-afro-ecuadorian-children-soldiers-face-up-to-34-years-in-prison/

Argentina's Milei submits labor reform proposal to Congress
The proposed labor bill will seek to give employers more flexibility on working hours and vacations, as well as modify the system of severance pay in order to reduce costs for companies. It also provides financial incentives for employers to hire workers on-the-books and allows salaries to be paid in foreign currencies. Unions have strongly opposed the bill, which also states that unions must receive authorization from employers to hold assemblies in the workplace and characterizes a union takeover or obstruction of entry to a workspace as a "very grave" infraction.
https://www.reuters.com/business/world-at-work/argentinas-milei-submits-labor-reform-proposal-congress-2025-12-11/

Indian farmers protest new seed bill, calling it a threat to the country’s sovereignty
The proposed bill will establish MNC control over the supply of seeds, ending the existing arrangement, which provides greater flexibility to the farmers to source the required seeds from local or public sectors. The control of MNCs will endanger indigenous varieties, public institutions, and traditional/informal seed networks and “bring disaster for sustenance farming in India,” claims SKM in a statement. The bill will leave the crop cycle in India at the mercy of the MNCs.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/12/10/indian-farmers-protest-new-seed-bill-calling-it-a-threat-to-the-countrys-sovereignty/

Bangladesh president, feeling 'humiliated', wants to step down halfway through term
He later said that despite his personal desire to resign, he would let the next government decide his future. “If they tell me they plan to choose their own president, I will step aside,” he said late on Thursday. Opinion polls suggest the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) of former prime minister Khaleda Zia and the hardline Jamaat-e-Islami will be the frontrunners to form the next government. They were part of a coalition that ruled between 2001 and 2006.
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/bangladesh-president-wants-quit-halfway-through-term-after-february-election-2025-12-11/

General strike in Portugal causes major disruptions in national services
Three Thai civilians were killed as heavy combat continued along the country’s border, the Thai military said on Thursday, marking the country’s first civilian fatalities since the fighting resumed. Eight Thai soldiers have also been killed in the fighting so far this week, with 80 more wounded, it said.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12/11/cross-border-fighting-between-thailand-cambodia-enters-fourth-day
https://archive.ph/nVltZ

News 12/10/25

US forces seize oil tanker off Venezuela coast
Two US officials told Reuters the operation was led by the US Coast Guard, but did not name the tanker or say specifically where the interception happened. A senior Trump administration official told Bloomberg that the US had conducted a “judicial enforcement action on a stateless vessel” that was last docked in Venezuela.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/10/us-forces-reportedly-seize-oil-tanker-off-venezuela-coast

Former Bolivian President Arce arrested in corruption investigation
Bolivian law enforcement officials on Wednesday arrested former President Luis Arce as part of a corruption investigation, the country’s vice president said on social media, opening an uncertain new chapter in Bolivia’s politics just a month after the inauguration of conservative President Rodrigo Paz ended 20 years of socialist rule.
https://apnews.com/article/bolivia-luis-arce-arrested-corruption-65566acd1d5cacbd9d650c40394da631

Honduran election turmoil grows as president decries 'electoral coup'
Honduran President Xiomara Castro on Tuesday denounced what she called an "electoral coup" unfolding amid a chaotic vote count from the November 30 presidential election, as hundreds of protesters gathered in the streets of the capital Tegucigalpa to demand clarity over the vote count. The election has been marked by technical failures, unsubstantiated fraud claims and a shadow cast by U.S. President Donald Trump, who has threatened to withdraw funding for the Central American nation if his preferred candidate is not successful.
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/trump-backed-asfura-leads-honduras-presidential-race-preliminary-count-nears-end-2025-12-09/

Bill that could reduce Brazilian ex-President Jair Bolsonaro’s prison time advances in Congress
The bill now goes to the Senate. The bill’s centrist sponsor Paulinho da Força said it’s aimed at reconciliation and that if it’s adopted, the right-wing ex-president’s time behind bars could be reduced to two years and four months. But it would need to be sanctioned by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and the leftist president has previously said he would veto it.
https://apnews.com/article/brazil-bolsonaro-congress-bill-prison-time-reduction-c3126861a0b4a7c80d97177a742b4890

Trump administration issued ultimatum to ICC
The Trump administration is also demanding the ICC shelve investigations of Israeli politicians over the Gaza war, which has been recognised as a genocide by the United Nations, scholars and historians, and end an investigation into potential war crimes conducted by US troops in Afghanistan. If the ICC does not comply, it could face further sanctions against its staff and the court itself, an unnamed Trump administration official told Reuters.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/trump-administration-ultimatum-international-criminal-court-report

UK's largest pro-Palestine prison hunger strike in decades sends activists to hospital
Kamran Ahmed, who has asthma, was again rushed to hospital after he became unable to stand following nearly a month of refusing food. He has been held on remand at HMP Pentonville in England for over a year after his arrest on 19 November last year in connection with a Palestine Action protest at an Elbit Systems arms facility in Filton, Bristol, which caused more than £1 million in damage.
https://www.newarab.com/news/uk-pro-palestine-prisoners-rushed-hospital-amid-hunger-strike

Anti-bailiff protests disrupt council meetings across England and Wales
CAMPAIGNERS who have piled pressure on local authorities to stop using bailiffs, staging protests at 20 council meetings in a month, warned today that more demonstrations will follow. Community union Acorn has disrupted council meetings in Cardiff, Liverpool, Oxford, Sheffield, the east London borough of Hackney and elsewhere, with more actions planned in the coming days.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/anti-bailiff-protests-disrupt-council-meetings-across-england-and-wales

EU proposes loosening rules on AI gigafactories in green rollback
Other parts of the simplification plan include repealing a hazardous chemical database that lists “substances of concern in products”; removing requirements on EU polluters to have authorised representatives in member states where they sell their products; and pushing the need for environmental management systems in farms and industry from the level of plants to that of companies.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/10/eu-proposes-exempting-ai-gigafactories-from-environmental-assessments

South Korea's Lee calls for probe into links between religious group and politics
Some analysts have said, however, that Lee's comments appeared to be directed at the Unification Church, whose leader Han Hak-ja is currently on trial over allegations she bribed former first lady Kim Keon Hee in return for political favours. The case is part of a series of investigations by special prosecutors into ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol and Kim, his wife, in the wake of Yoon's martial law order in December 2024.
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/south-koreas-lee-calls-probe-into-links-between-religious-group-politics-2025-12-10/

Starving Myanmar fighters join junta-linked group for money as ‘dirty reality’ bites
A 24-year-old fighter from Myanmar’s pro-democracy People’s Defence Force has said many of those who fight alongside him have switched sides at times in the long-running civil war, with a lack of financial compensation forcing them to temporarily side with a junta-aligned armed group.
https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3335695/starving-myanmar-fighters-join-junta-linked-group-money-dirty-reality-bites
https://archive.ph/0RGaP

Thailand-Cambodia border clashes enter third day as 500,000 flee fighting
The Thai military also reported that rockets fired from Cambodia had landed near the Phanom Dong Rak Hospital in Surin on Wednesday morning, prompting patients and hospital staff to take cover in a bunker. In neighbouring Cambodia, “101,229 people have been evacuated to safe shelters and relatives’ homes in five provinces”, Cambodian Ministry of National Defence spokeswoman Maly Socheata said.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12/10/thailand-cambodia-border-clashes-enter-third-day-as-500000-flee-fighting
https://archive.ph/k7IYe

good industrial metal

Really good 1990's industrial metal.

/industrial/

Industrial music thread

Wake up

New Maduro just dropped

News 12/8/25

Taiwan’s ban on mainland China app RedNote makes it a top download amid fierce pushback
The island’s interior ministry announced on Thursday it had ordered local telecoms and internet providers to block access to the app, also known as Xiaohongshu, for one year over “rising online fraud cases”. Authorities also cited a “lack of cooperation from its operator in Shanghai”. But the move has unleashed a wave of public criticism, with many accusing Taiwan’s ruling independence-leaning Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) of overreach and damaging the island’s reputation for open internet access.
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3335652/taiwans-ban-mainland-china-app-rednote-makes-it-top-download-amid-fierce-pushback
https://archive.ph/0QevL

Powerful 7.5-magnitude earthquake strikes Japan's northeast
Tsunami warnings were issued for the prefectures of Hokkaido, Aomori and Iwate, and tsunamis from 20 to 70 cm (7 to 27 inches) high were observed at several ports, JMA said. In the early hours of Tuesday the JMA downgraded the warnings to advisories, meaning it now sees lower estimated wave heights and less risk of inundation.
https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/japan-warns-3-metre-high-tsunami-after-magnitude-72-earthquake-2025-12-08/

Thailand launches air attacks along Cambodian border
The Thai Ministry of Defence said that more than 35,000 people have left areas near the border for shelters and more are believed to have fled to stay with relatives elsewhere, while Cambodia’s Information Minister Neth Pheaktra said that residents of several villages near the border have been evacuated.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/thailand-launches-air-attacks-along-cambodian-border

Indonesia counts human cost as more climate change warnings sounded
The agency also recorded damage to more than 156,000 homes, and 975,075 people had taken refuge in temporary shelters. Floodwaters have begun to recede in several coastal districts, although large areas in the central highlands are still cut off, BNPB said. However, heavy rain is forecast for parts of the island in the coming days, raising concerns for displaced people.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12/8/indonesia-counts-human-cost-as-more-climate-change-warnings-sounded
https://archive.ph/nOcGg

Indian unions claim labor codes seek to “ease exploitation” in the name of business
Elected members of the parliament from the Indian National Congress (INC), Samajwadi Party, and left parties gathered outside the main entry of the Indian Parliament in Delhi carrying banners and shouting slogans against the new codes. The four new labor codes were “rammed” through the parliament five years ago and recently “unilaterally notified”, claimed M A Baby, general secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) in a post on X.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/12/07/indian-unions-claim-labor-codes-seek-to-ease-exploitation-in-the-name-of-business/

‘Yellow line’ that divides Gaza under Trump plan is ‘new border’ for Israel, says military chief
The Israeli army has built new concrete outposts along the “yellow line” to fortify its positions and declared it a lethal boundary, even though it is not always clearly marked and a ceasefire is in place. Soldiers have repeatedly killed Palestinians they accuse of crossing it, including young children. Concrete bollards laid out to mark some stretches of the line have also been used to expand Israel’s military occupation of Gaza. Satellite images show that some markers have been placed hundreds of metres beyond the boundary agreed on ceasefire maps.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/08/yellow-line-that-divides-gaza-under-trump-plan-is-new-border-for-israel-says-military-chief

Israel conducting surveillance of US and allies at southern command centre: Report
The Israeli military has been openly and covertly recording meetings and discussions at the Civil-Military Coordination Centre (CMCC) in the town of Kiryat Gat, which is 12 miles from the Gaza frontier, the report says. The US commander of the CMCC, Lieutenant General Patrick Frank, summoned his Israeli counterpart to tell him that “recording has to stop here”, according to sources briefed on disputes about the recordings.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-carrying-out-surveillance-joint-us-and-allies-command-center-south-country-report

Separatists claim broad control of southern Yemen
The eight southern governorates "are under the protection of the Southern Armed Forces," he said by text message. "We are concentrating on unifying the operational theater of our armed forces to enhance coordination and readiness to reinforce stability and security in the south, as well as combatting the Houthis should there be a willingness to head in this direction."
https://www.newarab.com/news/separatists-claim-broad-control-southern-yemen

US attack on Venezuela risks ‘Vietnam-style’ regional conflict, warns Lula adviser
“If there was an invasion, a real invasion … I think undoubtedly you would see something similar to Vietnam – on what scale it’s impossible to say,” added Amorim, who thought even some enemies of Venezuela’s authoritarian leader, Nicolás Maduro, would be inclined to join the resistance against such a foreign intervention.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/08/us-attack-venezuela-risks-vietnam-style-conflict-lula-adviser

Honduras resumes releasing election results, Trump-backed Asfura maintains lead
With 97% of the ballots tallied, Asfura, a 67-year-old former Tegucigalpa mayor, had 40.52% of the vote as election officials resumed releasing updated results for the November 30 vote, leading his closest competitor by just 42,100 votes.
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/honduras-resumes-releasing-election-results-trump-backed-asfura-maintains-lead-2025-12-08/

Labour Together 'plotting' to replace Starmer
A LABOUR right-wing think tank that ran Sir Keir Starmer’s leadership campaign is canvassing party members on candidates to replace him — in a suspected plot to prevent a left shift after next May’s local elections. Labour Together was previously run by Sir Keir’s chief of staff, Morgan McSweeney, and its chair Fran Perrin OBE recently made large donations to two of the would-be leadership contenders.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/labour-together-plotting-replace-starmer

ANC-SACP rift exposed: Madala Masuku heckled by delegates at National General Council over election plans
Masuku eventually addressed the delegates on the decision of the SACP to contest the elections alone. “The decision to contest elections is not to contest the ANC. The decision to contest elections is contestation of elections, and this matter is a very critical matter because it has to do with the existential being of the party (SACP) because if the party cannot introduce socialism as a path, its existence will mean nothing.” Masuku says the SACP still remains committed to the alliance.
https://www.ewn.co.za/2025/12/08/sacp-leader-heckled-at-anc-general-council-as-alliance-tensions-flare

Brace Belden

AKA 'PissPigGrandad'
AKA 'Brace Trueanon'
AKA 'Coindexter'
AKA 'Liz Trueanon's Husband'
AKA 'The Gourmand'

What do you make of him?
I'm genuinely not sure what to make of him. On the one hand, I think his show is really good about exposing some really nasty stuff.

On the other hand, the PKK/YPG was really obviously being used as a cover for US/Zionist imperialist ops. PKK-controlled territory operated (and operates?) illegal concentration camps (ostensibly for the "families of ISIS takfiris) in Syria on behalf of the American occupier. Although I used to believe anyone could just have volunteered for the YPG, I realized with Ukraine that sometimes groups will claim that they'll take anyone, regardless of experience, but will then reject most applicants on the grounds that they have no experience or useful skills. I don't know if the YPG claim to be recruiting anyone was a sham or not, but I do wonder in retrospect.

His cred as a unionist might be less questionable, but it wasn't exactly a great success story. He unionized a San Francisco brewery which was being run into the ground under foreign management, and then four years later, foreign management decided to scrap it for parts. I'm not saying I think every try will be a riveting success, but for a guy who is still identified as a prominent present day American labor organizer, this is one pretty monumental failure, and it's his entire record in this field. Like an eerie Japanese Dracula, Sapporo saki'd Anchor Brewing dry, with what ultimately amounted to little resistance from a supposedly militant labor union led by a former machine gunner.

What do you think?

Also, as an addendum, I hadn't realized this until reading about it just now, but apparently after Sapporo closed Anchor Brewing, they sold the brewery to a Turkish-born Kurdish-American guy named Hamdi Ulukaya, the CEO of Chobani.

News 12/6/25

Company grabs and illegally fences off land in Taytay, Rizal
More than 60 families from the Sitio Igiban Neigborhood Association suffered from the company’s harassment. Many residents could not go to school or their workplaces because of the barrier. While residents were distressed by the company’s harassment, company personnel ruthlessly cut down their trees and plants. The company also continued with its construction actitivies and hauling materials into the sitio.
https://philippinerevolution.nu/angbayan/company-grabs-and-illegally-fences-off-land-in-taytay-rizal/

Overnight exchange of fire along the Afghan-Pakistan border kills 5 and wounds 8, officials say
Pakistani police and a hospital official in the Pakistani city of Chaman, Mohammad Awais, said three people, including a woman, were wounded in the shooting and shelling that came from the Afghan side. The clashes lasted until dawn Saturday, police said.
https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-pakistan-border-shootout-2d2766c8d15bf94369fb87b46185e1a8

China’s official media calls for end to name-and-shame campaign against grass-roots cadres
The article said this “label-based evaluation … smacked of sensationalism” and warned that it was a barrier to properly understanding the dilemmas and problems grass-roots officials faced. For example, it said, those accused of lying flat might not necessarily be lazy but could be suffering from physical and mental exhaustion as a result of an unfair workload. Alternatively, it said, they might be worried that officials who took the initiative were at greater risk of making mistakes and being punished as a result. It also expressed sympathy for those accused of lying on their side, saying they might face an overly strict authorisation process or have “nitpicking” superiors.
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3335383/chinas-official-media-calls-end-name-and-shame-campaign-against-grass-roots-cadres?module=top_story&pgtype=subsection

CPI(M) MP seeks JPC or judicial inquiry into ‘exploitative airfare surge’
“Given this extraordinary concentration of market power, the failure of a single private operator translated into a failure of the entire system,” he said, pointing out that thousands of passengers were stranded, forced to sleep on terminal floors, and compelled to miss medical emergencies.
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/cpim-mp-seeks-jpc-or-judicial-inquiry-into-exploitative-airfare-surge/article70366149.ece
https://archive.ph/6IaIq

Australian state Labor government to impose life sentences on children as young as 14
The laws target children from 14 to 17 charged with offences including home invasion, carjacking and causing injury. Under the current Children’s Court system, the maximum sentence for any offence is three years. Under the new regime, children will be dragged before the County Court, where the same offences will carry the threat of adult penalties up to life imprisonment. The basic legal principle that detention should be a “last resort” for children—enshrined in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child—will be effectively abolished. Judges will instead be directed to prioritise “community safety,” a deliberately vague formulation that subordinates children’s futures to the political requirements of a government seeking to posture as “tough on crime.”
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/12/05/uzww-d05.html

French lawmakers approve taxation part of contested social security budget
Lecornu had warned on Thursday that France risked losing control of social security spending as lawmakers from centrist Horizons and Socialists balked at supporting the bill. Now that the vote has passed, they will hold a final vote on the whole bill – a major part of France's overall public budget – on Tuesday.
https://www.france24.com/en/france/20251205-french-lawmakers-approve-taxation-part-of-contested-2026-social-security-budget
https://archive.ph/9dHn2

German coalition passes disputed pension package, ending rift
Earlier this week, Germany’s far-left Die Linke (The Left) party announced its lawmakers would abstain from the vote, effectively ensuring its passage by reducing the overall number of votes needed to pass the pension legislation. Still, Merz continued to try to secure the support of young conservatives in order to avoid the politically damaging impression that his coalition was dependent on indirect far-left support to get the package over the line.
https://www.politico.eu/article/german-coalition-passes-disputed-pension-package-ending-rift-friedrich-merz/
https://archive.ph/doWC4

Hundreds in Tunisia protest against government
Hundreds of people demonstrated on Saturday in the Tunisian capital against the government under the slogan "opposition is not a crime", calling for the release of jailed activists. The rally in Tunis was called after the recent arrests of three opposition figures convicted of "conspiracy" against the state.
https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2025/12/hundreds-tunisia-protest-against-government

People flee DR Congo fighting one day after peace deal signed in Washington
Thursday’s agreement was meant to stabilise the resource-rich east but it has had little visible effect on the ground so far, in an area plagued by conflict for 30 years. On Friday, fighters from the anti-government armed group M23 battled in South Kivu province with the Congolese army, backed by thousands of Burundian soldiers deployed alongside it.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/05/people-flee-dr-congo-fighting-one-day-after-peace-deal-signed-in-washington

Can China enforce sanctions through economic coercion?

No, because China doesn't control the international financial system. It can't bully other countries to not trade with Israel like the USA did with Cuba. The only way a blockade would be effective is if the entire world joined in against Israel, the same way the USSR and the USA did against South Africa. That won't happen in the case of Israel. Furthermore, the reason American sanctions are effective (or have been effective until now, as the sanction regimes against Cuba, North Korea, Iran, Venezuela, etc. are clearly failing) is because they control the global financial system. Why doesn't China control the international financial system? Because it is not an imperialist power and does not desire to become one. Enforcing sanctions without total economic hegemony leads to cases like the notoriously ineffective EU sanctions against Russia.

Why doesn't China use its military to subjugate Israel and enforce Palestinian sovereignty? Becuase China can't project military power outside far away from its borders. Why? Because China is, again, not an imperialist power and it doesn not aspire to become an imperialist power.

Swampy Swamp People Music

CCR also acceptable.

Futurism

Thread for Futurist music, the fascinating 20th century musical machine movement which preceded Industrial music by decades, briefly thriving in both Italy and the USSR.

Atlanta Against Genocide Vol. 2

Out August 15th!
Noise rock, post-punk, post-hardcore, breakbeat, freakcore, folk!

https://atlantaagainstgenocide.bandcamp.com/album/atlanta-against-genocide-vol-2

Reading General

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
Add topics into the tag list to further narrow down your search!


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Introduction to Marxism Reading List - Thanks to the /read/ matrix room (https://app.element.io/#/group/+leftyread:matrix.org)
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Absolute Beginners Tier:

'Principles of Communism' by Friedrich Engels
https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1847/11/prin-com.htm

'Three Source and Theree Component Parts of Marxism' by V.I. Lenin
https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1913/mar/x01.htm

Not a book but Halim Alrah's youtube channel is good for the absolutely basics of Marxism but obviously not a replacement for reading
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGog4JPn5-W3_XIKccENysg

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Marx and Engles Reading List
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Tier 1:

'Manifesto of the Communist Party'
https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1848/communist-manifesto/index.htm

'Critique of the Gotha Programme'
https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1875/gotha/

'Socialism: Utopian and Scientific'
https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1880/soc-utop/index.htm

Tier 2:

'Wage Labour and Capital'
https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1847/wage-labour/

'Value, Price and Profit'
https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1865/value-price-profit/

'Theses on Feuerback'
https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1845/theses/theses.htm

By this point you should have a good understanding of the basics of Marxism and are ready to branch out to other theorists and also read Capital.

Tier 3:

'Capital vol.1'
https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1867-c1/

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Lenin Reading List - By Moo (aka Zizekposter)
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Lenin Essentials:

'State and Revolution'
https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1917/staterev/

'“Left-Wing” Communism: an Infantile Disorder'
https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1920/lwc/

'Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism'
https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1916/imp-hsc/

Petit Bourgeois Philistine Tier:

'What is to be done'
https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1901/witbd/

'The Proletarian Revolution and Renegade Kautsky'
https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1918/prrk/

'Two Tactics of Social Democracy in the Democratic Revolution'
https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1905/tactics/index.htm

ADHD Tier:

'Socialism and Religion'
https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1905/dec/03.htm

'Zizek's Introduction to Revolution at the Gates'
https://kabirabud.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/slavoj_zizek_repeating_leninbookfi-org.pdf

'Revolutionary Adventurism'
https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1902/sep/01.htm

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MLM Reading List
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Essentials:

Why MLM?
https://why-mlm.medium.com/why-mlm-af48aba14f8a

Marxism-Leninism-Maoism Basic Course
https://foreignlanguages.press/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/S01-MLM-Basic-Course-Revised-Edition-10th-Printing.pdf

'Continuity and Rupture: Philosophy in the Maoist Terrain'
https://libgen.lc/get.php?md5=a00646f118a3427ec19263021b3e84e1&key=06Q5Q1W5DFK8YOHU&mirr=1

Mao:

'On Practice & Contradiction'
https://marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-1/mswv1_16.htm
https://foreignlanguages.press/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/N04-On-Contradiction-Study-2nd.pdf

'On Guerrilla Warfare'
https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/works/1937/guerrilla-warfare/index.htm

'On Protracted War'
https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-2/mswv2_09.htm

China:

'Fanshen: A Documentary of Revolution in a Chinese Village'
http://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=00F5750256E291B678E2A0039D3CF54E

'Red Star Over China' - Edgar Snow
http://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=BD54E7C5F9CDE90E30BD0CB5E91F0049

'The Unknown Cultural Revolution' - Dongpin Han
http://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=2495C43CFA7395ACA45CA812A304A701

Peru:

Interview With Chairman Gonzalo
https://the-red-flag.org/en/central-committee-of-the-communist-party-of-peru-interview-with-chairman-gonzalo/

General line of the PCP
https://gplpcp.wordpress.com/

'Shining Path: Terror and Revolution in Peru' - Simon Strong
http://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=4FB5D349F9D3250453C5F0525F5890DD

India:

Operation “Green Hunt” in India
https://foreignlanguages.press/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/N08-Operation-Green-Hunt.pdf

Eight Historic Documents (AZAD)
https://foreignlanguages.press/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/S18-Historic-Eight-Documents.pdf

'Urban Perspective'
https://foreignlanguages.press/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/S14-Urban-Perspective-4th-Printing.pdf

Philippines:

Araling Aktibista - Activist Study ARAK
https://foreignlanguages.press/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/S22-Activist-Study-ARAK-2nd-Printing.pdf

'Stand for Socialism Against Modern Revisionism'
https://foreignlanguages.press/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/S07-Stand-for-Socialism-3rd-Printing.pdf

'Philippine Society and Revolution'
https://bannedthought.net/Philippines/CPP/1970s PhilippineSocietyAndRevolution-4ed.pdf

Political Economy:

'Rethinking Socialism' – Deng-yuan Hsu & Pao-yu Ching
https://foreignlanguages.press/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/S11-Rethinking-Socialism-4th-Printing.pdf

'China: A Modern Social-Imperialist Power' - CPI(Maoist)
http://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=F68AC84D480D41A222818D802F3AF7CA
or
https://library.bz/uploads/main/c0105702c9219cf136bdae79008daaa4.epub
or
https://why-mlm.medium.com/china-a-modern-social-imperialist-power-d5ac7a9455f7

'Maoist Economics & the Revolutionary Road to Communism' - The Shanghai Textbook
http://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=8B44F61D828997487E2FDE607FCF2FEB

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Leftcom Reading Lists
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r/marxism101's reading list:
https://i.imgur.com/s70UUPQ.jpg

r/bruhinternational's reading list:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Bruhinternational/comments/m53hon/official_rbruhinternational_reading_list/

Bordiga:

'The Democratic Principle'
https://www.marxists.org/archive/bordiga/works/1922/democratic-principle.htm

'Proletarian Dictatorship and Class Party'
https://www.marxists.org/archive/bordiga/works/1951/class-party.htm

'The Spirit of Horsepower'
https://www.marxists.org/archive/bordiga/works/1953/horsepower.htm

'Report on Fascism'
https://www.marxists.org/archive/bordiga/works/1922/bordiga02.htm

'Activism'
https://libcom.org/library/activism-amadeo-bordiga

'The Lyons Theses'
https://www.marxists.org/archive/bordiga/works/1926/lyons-theses.htm

'Theory and Action in Marxist Doctrine'
https://libcom.org/library/theory-action-marxist-doctrine-amadeo-bordiga

'Dialogue with Stalin'
https://www.marxists.org/archive/bordiga/works/1952/stalin.htm

Pannekoek:

'World Revolution and Communist Tactics'
https://www.marxists.org/archive/pannekoe/1920/communist-tactics.htm

'Party and Class'
https://www.marxists.org/archive/pannekoe/1936/party-class.htm

Herman Gorter:

'Open Letter to Comrade Lenin'
https://www.marxists.org/archive/gorter/1920/open-letter.htm

'The World Revolution'
https://www.marxists.org/archive/gorter/1918/world-revolution.htm

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Bookchin Reading Lists - based off of posts by Gorm1918 (pbuh)
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'The Next Revolution'
https://libcom.org/files/Murray%20Bookchin-The%20Next%20Revolution.%20Popular%20Assemblies%20and%20the%20Promise%20of%20Direct%20Democracy-Verso%20(2015).pdf

'Urbanization Without Cities'
http://188.165.199.119/files/Urbanization_Without_Cities_-_Ebook.pdf

'The 3rd Revolution'
https://libcom.org/library/third-revolution-popular-movements-revolutionary-era

'The Ecology of Freedom'
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/murray-bookchin-the-ecology-of-freedom

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Links to Resources and Libraries:
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More Marx and Engels:
https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/sw/index.htm

Lenin:
https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/

Other Selected Marxists:
https://www.marxists.org/archive/selected-marxists.htm

Classical Works Recommended To High-Ranking Cadres:
https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-8/mswv8_56.htm

Many important books can be found on libgen:
http://gen.lib.rus.ec/

Libcom has some good books/documents:
https://libcom.org/library

Other links:
https://archive.is/L8uFD

Various assortment of historical and biographical works:
https://archive.org/search.php?query=uploader%3A%22kocotosi%40gmail.com%22&sort=-publicdate

The Leftist Bookshelf (4.16 GB, 600+ files)
https://mega.nz/#F!QUFQSBja!hPbmmLolJBGwSQ848nncnw
This was originally a torrent but I can't find the link anymore. Its description was: "640 eBooks, mostly in PDF format (a bunch are CHM, DJVU or ePUB), from a revolutionary Leftist viewpoint. The main subjects are politics and philosophy, history, economics, and much much more."

Political Theory (MLM) (2.64 GB, 550+ files)
https://mega.nz/#F!4M1FnTgI!CdM8WWjpBC_UHGCJk9AHzA
I found this on reddit years ago (circa 2016) Don't really remember who made it or where it came from, but this is a reading course (politics, philosophy, economics, etc) focused on Maoism. Has many books and articles on the USSR, PRC, Stalin, Mao, etc.

The Anarchist Library (669 MB, 4000+ files)
https://mega.nz/#F!gRFkQCLY!5gUkmaubpp_P_yKLZiBJ9Q
This is a complete mirror of the anarchist library with pdfs and epubs

Little Bunker of Marxism-Leninism (680 MB, 100+ files)
https://mega.nz/#F!0QtCiI7L!MJZJk-SdjyBuBZOuNJuOPQ
Unfinished project focused on M-L with more than 100 books on several topics like history, economics, politics, etc. Lots of stuff on the USSR.

Historical Materialism series (330 MB, 100+ files)
https://mega.nz/#F!9IkymYBZ!B8vB2yDP0Qv_-DPS2ro-HA
A pdf archive of over 100 books from the Historical Materialism book series. I got this from thecharnelhouse.org years ago and the website had released many marxist books from other publishers but unfortunately it's been taken down.

/leftypol/ with a slash of liberty (239 MB, 100+ files)
https://mega.nz/#F!sFMQXJ6J!JboByVCZScC6Jq2YXE0Exw
I didn't make this, just reuploading it. This is a classic /leftypol/ link, marxist stuff mixed with anarchism.

Marx & Engels Collected Works (900+ MB, 50 files)
https://mega.nz/#F!BJEmkQiZ!vylIbCWFrqIeYaLiuN2szg
The official, complete works of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels organized in 50 volumes and 3 categories.

I found this abandoned repository https://gitgud.io/parley/Haruko.
It's imageboard software that's not that old but still works. This is what it looked like: https://archive.is/qiLyz.
and I would like your help in updating it. It would be a project for “new” imageboard software made with PHP because, from what I've seen, there aren't many like this left, so I created this repository: https://github.com/bigdustycheese/AobaIB which I will update and you will also help me with.

>>Why should we help you with this? What do I get in return, OP?

It's simply a collaborative fork. If you want to help me, that's fine. No one is forcing you.

(If you see this on other imageboards, it's not spam.)

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My Bloody Valentine joins the "No Music for Genocide" boycott

Iconic shoegaze band My Bloody Valentine joined the "No Music for Genocide" boycott, geo-blocking their music catalog on streaming platforms within ‘Israel’.

The move is part of a growing cultural protest against ‘Israel's’ actions in Gaza, urging artists to reject normalization and exert economic pressure on the music industry.

The campaign, launched on September 18, 2025, by a decentralized network of musicians and independent labels, calls on artists to geo-block their music in ‘Israel’ to reject normalization and exert economic pressure on the music industry.

Drawing inspiration from the cultural boycotts of apartheid-era South Africa and the music industry's response to Russia’s war with Ukraine in 2022, the initiative has rapidly grown from over 400 initial signatories to more than 1,000 artists and labels by late November 2025.

My Bloody Valentine's participation was highlighted in recent announcements alongside other new joiners, including rapper Denzel Curry, singer Shygirl, Paris Paloma, Vacations, Innervisions, Saba, and YHWH Nailgun.

The band, known for seminal albums like Loveless (1991) and their pioneering role in the shoegaze genre, has not issued a direct public statement on the decision.

However, frontman Kevin Shields has previously voiced criticism of US, UK, and ‘Israeli’ policies, stating in a 2025 interview: "The bad things done by the US - UK - Israel will not stop unless you make them stop."

Organizers of "No Music for Genocide" say that the boycott targets ‘Israel's’ violations, including nearly 500 reported breaches of the US-brokered ceasefire deal from October 2023.

Campaign participants argue that withholding music is a non-violent way to support Palestinians and align with the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement and the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI).

Earlier waves of joiners include prominent names such as Massive Attack, Fontaines D.C., Rina Sawayama, Japanese Breakfast, Lorde, Paramore, Hayley Williams, Björk, IDLES, Clairo, MUNA, Lucy Dacus, and the estate of Ryuichi Sakamoto.

In October 2025, artists like Clairo, Hot Chip, Nightmare on Wax, Orbital, and boygenius' Lucy Dacus also restricted their music in ‘Israel’, contributing to the boycott's momentum despite the ceasefire.

http://en.royanews.tv/news/65240

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