Cross posted from https://lemmy.ml/post/53594241

Kurdistan Workers' Party

Result: 94%

A bottom-up self-government model of Abdullah Öcalan, 
with local assemblies federated into a confederation, ecology, 
gender equality and a cooperative economy, without a nation-state, 
put into practice in Rojava. Compatibility 
indicates how close your answers are to this profile.

I want local communes and assemblies 
federated into a confederation, with gender equality, 
ecology, a cooperative economy and self-defense, 
without a nation-state.

Cross posted from https://lemmy.ml/post/53594688

Cross posted from https://thelemmy.club/post/56909328

A 20-year-old US Marine has been arrested in Okinawa, Japan, on suspicion of murder and robbery. This high-profile case is sparking major diplomatic tension between Washington and Tokyo.

Japanese authorities confirmed that Anna Yagi, 39, was found deceased in a Naha hotel room early Saturday morning. Investigators allege she appeared to have been strangled. Crucial security footage showed the Marine entering the room with her and departing alone with her belongings. Following the arrest, Japan’s Foreign Ministry immediately lodged an official protest with the United States. Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi condemned the brutal incident, while the US Marine Corps emphasized they are taking all allegations seriously. Devin Jacob Ballard has denied the accusations and remains in Japanese custody pending further evidence. Both governments have initiated a thorough diplomatic and legal review.

Key developments so far: • Victim identified as 39-year-old Anna Yagi • Arrest backed by surveillance footage showing suspect entering alone and leaving with belongings • Cross-border diplomatic protests highlight ongoing SOFA jurisdiction debates • Suspect maintains innocence as formal investigations continue

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Socialism for the rich, unions for the dogs and scraps for the rest.

Cross posted from https://lemmy.zip/post/72601899

US to release up to 40 million barrels from
Strategic Petroleum Reserve on Trump's order, 
Department of Energy says, The oil is being offered
to energy companies as a loan, to be paid back later
with extra barrels. (remember those tarrif refunds? 
Who did they go to?)

US to release up to 40 million barrels from Strategic Petroleum Reserve on Trump's order, Department of Energy says

The oil is being offered to energy companies as a loan, to be paid back later with extra barrels. It is the last batch of the 172 million barrels Washington pledged to the IEA's coordinated 400-million-barrel release after the US launched its war on Iran.

The same 40 million barrels were already offered in June. Companies took roughly 500,000.

With fuel prices climbing and midterms less than two months away, Washington is also pressing European governments to drain their own reserves.

The US started a war in the Gulf, and now it's emptying its emergency stockpile and asking allies to do the same to cover the cost at the pump.

Is this what happens when the Strait is open?

Then it got me thinking about:

True Rate of Unemployment

Difference Between Actual Costing and Normal Costing

Cross posted from https://thelemmy.club/post/56638246

Julian Assange speaking in 2011: "The goal is to use Afghanistan to wash money out of the tax bases of the US and Europe through Afghanistan and back into the hands of a transnational security elite. The goal is an endless war, not a successful war" then we got Trump asking Xi Jinping if China would like to buy US weapons ....weird huh? Then we got Carney’s $2-Billion ‘Buy Canadian’ Defence Deal Goes to a U.S.-Owned Military Giant .... Its the old good cop bad cop method. It is obvious. Kill your idols...no war but the class war. Political parties hahahaha treatsers hahaha

Who inside Germany was resisting the rise of Hitler and why were they not supported by Britain and France? Why did the Western Allies allow Hitler to take over Austria and Czechoslovakia? Why did Britain and France refuse to enter an anti fascist alliance with the Soviet Union?

The United Kingdom has agreed to provide limited military support to Saudi Arabia to help defend the kingdom against attacks by Yemen’s Houthis, according to British Prime Minister Andy Burnham.

Russian forces carried out a nighttime strike on an industrial facility in Dnipro, killing two people and injuring six others, Ukrainian officials said Tuesday.

A policeman was killed and three others were wounded in an armed “terrorist” attack in Iran’s southeastern Sistan and Baluchestan province on Monday.

The attack targeted the officers’ vehicle on an intercity road in Iranshahr County while they were on duty, according to the provincial police public relations office, Xinhua reported.

Authorities were working to identify and arrest the gunmen, the statement said.

Sistan and Baluchestan, which borders Pakistan and Afghanistan, has experienced several attacks in recent years targeting both civilians and security forces.

A US fighter jet pilot rescued by special forces after being shot down over Iran has reportedly told intelligence officials he saw Iranian drones hovering in the air, with multiple Iranian drones moved as one, in a formation that resembled a jellyfish. A secret that could reveal a shocking advance in Iranian drone capabilities.

In 1992, during his first presidential term, Fujimori, with the support of SIN and the Peruvian Armed Forces, adopted the military's Plan Verde, targeting members of Peru's indigenous community and subjecting them to forced sterilizations.

Keiko Sofía Fujimori Higuchi The eldest daughter of former president and dictator Alberto Fujimori, she is the leading figure of Fujimorism, the conservative political movement associated with her father, and has led its party, Popular Force, since 2009. Fujimori served as First Lady of Peru from 1994 to 2000 and as a member of Congress for Lima from 2006 to 2011.