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Image is sourced from this Economist article.

Most of the information in this preamble is from the Cradle; notably here, here, here, and here.


The features of an effective American war (proxy or otherwise) is that it is a) against opponents with much less military power than you; b) with very low American losses; c) with victories you can visibly show off from time to time to justify involvement, and d) with a profit margin beyond merely giving money to military corporations. The war against Yemen was none of those; airplanes tumbled off aircraft carriers, and the navy complained of the hardest fighting conditions in decades. Conquering Yemen for its resources was inconceivable given the terrain, lack of good intelligence, and the strength of Ansarallah, and all that seemed to be visibly harmed were empty patches of desert and civilians.

Apparently, the ceasefire last month merely stipulated that they stop attacking merchant vessels in the Red Sea; it said nothing about attacking Israel. Therefore, Yemen is absolutely free to create a new blockade of Israel by just striking their airports and seaports, and all Israel can seem to do is try and bomb them in retaliation, a futile strategy which has failed to produce a military or political change in Yemen for the last decade when many other countries have tried it. And if America directly attacks them in response to attacks on Israel, the ceasefire is off, and expensive equipment will continue to be lost.

Across the strait from Yemen is an interesting array of countries. Egypt's position in this war is well-known, and Somalia is under a kind of US occupation under the guise of fighting terrorism (Trump withdrew most troops, but they were then sent back under Biden). The other three are Sudan, Djibouti, and Eritrea. All three are increasingly being drawn into the anti-imperialist camp, as they cooperate with Iran, Russia, and/or China. Sudan is undergoing a civil war, but the rebels fighting the government are famously backed by the UAE. Djibouti has refused to allow themselves to be a launchpad for US strikes on Yemen.

Eritrea has a fascinating history of flip-flopping between West and East over the past few decades, but has, since 2020, sided with the East. It was one of the five countries to oppose the 2022 UN resolution condemning Russia's war with Ukraine. Eritrea sends two thirds of its exports to China, and Iran has reportedly supplied them with military equipment. If a stronger link could be reforged, then Iran would have significantly less trouble sending military technology to Ansarallah, and to other friendly groups throughout the region.

Naturally, the lidless eye of the imperial core is shifting its gaze onto Eritrea. Meanwhile, Ethiopia - a country that has experienced frequent conflict with Eritrea - is part of BRICS+ and their economy is increasingly reliant on China (as is most countries' economies nowadays). If a permanent resolution between the two could be created, it would be a victory for themselves and the Resistance, and a defeat for America, which thrives on conflict and destabilization.


Last week's thread is here. The Imperialism Reading Group is here.

Please check out the RedAtlas!

The bulletins site is here. Currently not used.
The RSS feed is here. Also currently not used.

Israel-Palestine Conflict

If you have evidence of Israeli crimes and atrocities that you wish to preserve, there is a thread here in which to do so.

Sources on the fighting in Palestine against Israel. In general, CW for footage of battles, explosions, dead people, and so on:

UNRWA reports on Israel's destruction and siege of Gaza and the West Bank.

English-language Palestinian Marxist-Leninist twitter account. Alt here.
English-language twitter account that collates news.
Arab-language twitter account with videos and images of fighting.
English-language (with some Arab retweets) Twitter account based in Lebanon. - Telegram is @IbnRiad.
English-language Palestinian Twitter account which reports on news from the Resistance Axis. - Telegram is @EyesOnSouth.
English-language Twitter account in the same group as the previous two. - Telegram here.

English-language PalestineResist telegram channel.
More telegram channels here for those interested.

Russia-Ukraine Conflict

Examples of Ukrainian Nazis and fascists
Examples of racism/euro-centrism during the Russia-Ukraine conflict

Sources:

Defense Politics Asia's youtube channel and their map. Their youtube channel has substantially diminished in quality but the map is still useful.
Moon of Alabama, which tends to have interesting analysis. Avoid the comment section.
Understanding War and the Saker: reactionary sources that have occasional insights on the war.
Alexander Mercouris, who does daily videos on the conflict. While he is a reactionary and surrounds himself with likeminded people, his daily update videos are relatively brainworm-free and good if you don't want to follow Russian telegram channels to get news. He also co-hosts The Duran, which is more explicitly conservative, racist, sexist, transphobic, anti-communist, etc when guests are invited on, but is just about tolerable when it's just the two of them if you want a little more analysis.
Simplicius, who publishes on Substack. Like others, his political analysis should be soundly ignored, but his knowledge of weaponry and military strategy is generally quite good.
On the ground: Patrick Lancaster, an independent and very good journalist reporting in the warzone on the separatists' side.

Unedited videos of Russian/Ukrainian press conferences and speeches.

Pro-Russian Telegram Channels:

Again, CW for anti-LGBT and racist, sexist, etc speech, as well as combat footage.

https://t.me/aleksandr_skif ~ DPR's former Defense Minister and Colonel in the DPR's forces. Russian language.
https://t.me/Slavyangrad ~ A few different pro-Russian people gather frequent content for this channel (~100 posts per day), some socialist, but all socially reactionary. If you can only tolerate using one Russian telegram channel, I would recommend this one.
https://t.me/s/levigodman ~ Does daily update posts.
https://t.me/patricklancasternewstoday ~ Patrick Lancaster's telegram channel.
https://t.me/gonzowarr ~ A big Russian commentator.
https://t.me/rybar ~ One of, if not the, biggest Russian telegram channels focussing on the war out there. Actually quite balanced, maybe even pessimistic about Russia. Produces interesting and useful maps.
https://t.me/epoddubny ~ Russian language.
https://t.me/boris_rozhin ~ Russian language.
https://t.me/mod_russia_en ~ Russian Ministry of Defense. Does daily, if rather bland updates on the number of Ukrainians killed, etc. The figures appear to be approximately accurate; if you want, reduce all numbers by 25% as a 'propaganda tax', if you don't believe them. Does not cover everything, for obvious reasons, and virtually never details Russian losses.
https://t.me/UkraineHumanRightsAbuses ~ Pro-Russian, documents abuses that Ukraine commits.

Pro-Ukraine Telegram Channels:

Almost every Western media outlet.
https://discord.gg/projectowl ~ Pro-Ukrainian OSINT Discord.
https://t.me/ice_inii ~ Alleged Ukrainian account with a rather cynical take on the entire thing.


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[-] [email protected] 77 points 1 day ago

https://xcancel.com/elonmusk/status/1930703865801810022#m

Time to drop the really big bomb:

@realDonaldTrump is in the Epstein files. That is the real reason they have not been made public.

Have a nice day, DJT!

[-] [email protected] 59 points 1 day ago

Not really a bomb, everyone has known this for years. Libs have been pointing this out for a decade.

Also what does it say about you if you spent hundreds of millions of dollars to put someone you know is a Mossad compromised pedophile into the presidency? That you overlook pedophilia as long as it’s convenient?

[-] [email protected] 16 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

Hell his ass is definitely on those logs too

[-] [email protected] 42 points 1 day ago

He's so impulsive that he didnt even realize this makes him look bad as well my-hero

[-] [email protected] 39 points 1 day ago

My suggestion to solve the issue

[-] [email protected] 1 points 9 hours ago

Except there's 2 more guys immediately out of frame ready to ventilate whoever wins too

[-] [email protected] 47 points 1 day ago

Grok @grok 18m

Evidence shows Donald Trump's name is in Jeffrey Epstein's flight logs, part of the "Epstein files," but there's no indication of wrongdoing. The files were released by Trump's administration on February 27, 2025, contradicting claims they were withheld to protect him. While speculation persists, no new incriminating details about Trump have emerged from credible sources. The topic is controversial, and public narratives often differ from verified facts

lmao

[-] [email protected] 35 points 1 day ago

Elon didn't kill himself

[-] [email protected] 45 points 1 day ago

Does Musk really think this will accomplish anything? Trump being in the Epstein files was already part of the 2020 election cycle, it even made it into that terrible Borat sequel.

[-] [email protected] 40 points 1 day ago

He's gonna be the Democrat candidate in 2028, duh

[-] [email protected] 40 points 1 day ago

It's going to be a Schwarzenegger/Musk ticket.

[-] [email protected] 24 points 1 day ago

Nah he’s burned too many bridges he’s gonna run as a libertarian or something

[-] [email protected] 24 points 1 day ago

Libertarians have higher standards than Democrats, and I mean the voters

[-] [email protected] 25 points 1 day ago

Higher standards but lower age of consents

[-] [email protected] 17 points 1 day ago

Yes, that's one of their inegotiable standards

[-] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago

He might have to make his own.. Grok party

[-] [email protected] 23 points 1 day ago

Liberals and Conservatives think these are magic words. Remember when redditors would spam Chinese users with a copypasta bc they genuinely thought the police would arrest these Chinese users if they saw the copypasta.

[-] [email protected] 40 points 1 day ago

Agent 47 getting ready for the easiest mission of all time.

[-] [email protected] 7 points 23 hours ago
[-] [email protected] 4 points 17 hours ago

Just wait 13 seconds: countdown

[-] [email protected] 26 points 1 day ago

Insert photo of Elon and Ghislane here<

[-] [email protected] 31 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

He's going to die.

I'm going to laugh about it.

[-] [email protected] 26 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Not only this is a known thing, but both of those ghouls were bffs with one another weren't they? Not sure what Musk is doing other than just crashing out?

[-] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago

so is your brother, elon

[-] [email protected] 18 points 1 day ago

the Epstein files aren’t real right?

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

I assume there is something, he was a CIA and Mossad asset and part of an entire honeypot ring

[-] [email protected] 3 points 22 hours ago

I’ll be more specific; while I do believe blackmail tapes and various types of evidence exist, the recent invention of an “Epstein list,” besides the black book, feels like a red herring

[-] [email protected] 1 points 47 minutes ago

Oh right, the Epstein Files TM that Trump’s administration hyped up and released was just redacted versions of documents that were already public.

[-] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

SLS about to get uncancelled lmao

[-] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago

Can someone catch me up on this whole feud? Is this all because of that spending bill? Why didnt Trump just toss elon a bone and continue the tax credits? I feel like im missing something

[-] [email protected] 21 points 1 day ago

Yes but also both have egos the size of the universe

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