good list of usernames to not pay attention to anymore though

I've been coming to believe through threads like these that the leading ideology of Hexbear is "Marxism-Leninism-Gobshitism": people with underdeveloped leftist ideas come to Hexbear; eventually become reliant on Hexbear for their social needs; and what ends up happening because of this arrangement is that "leftism" here just becomes a series of memes that people endlessly quote at each other as a signifier of group belonging, or "kulture" as I call it. I wonder if some of the people here have subconsciously convinced themselves that by merely being on Hexbear, they're developing their understanding of the world, as if developing one's knowledge through this site doesn't require active will, effort, and struggle, just as developing one's knowledge through any other means.

So, many people here make no effort at deeper understanding: trying to have the correct reaction to a headline at a glance alone, is merely a game of call and response to see who belongs here the most.

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I don't know if this is directed at me personally, but I don't forgive streamers, let alone follow any of them. This tendency of always having to defend the indefensible is probably one of the most annoying things in our community. Sometimes you can just let people be upset or disappointed when a bad thing happens. It doesn't automatically mean that people will drop all support. The term "critical support" exists for a reason.

Also, using the excuse of them being poor to defend an anti-imperialist leader for strengthening ties with Israel is quite something when there are poor countries out there (like Yemen and Cuba, just to name a few) who chose to stand with the oppressed over so called "geopolitical pragmatism" when dealing with a genocidal apartheid state.

whatever will burkina faso do without your support…

I mean it would be pretty amnestic to see them working with one regional subimperialist & think they wouldn't do this when China and Vietnam have done the same. It's part of the same pole as US, Japan, Europe, Aus, RoK, Singapore, this is how the global trade system works. You get crowbar'd into working with imperialists no matter what. Autarky failed, the periphery got left behind. Exception might be DPRK, which was able to make something out of the sacrifice & never rolled back & became a neocolonialist hellhole in any respect.

[2026-06-30] @MujammaHaraket@twitter.com

On the Context of Burkina Faso President Ibrahim Traoré’s 26 June 2026 reception welcoming H.E. Simon-Clément Seroussi, who holds the title of “Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the State of Israel to Burkina Faso”

The widely circulated photograph evinces a relationship that currently consists of ceremonial meetings and regional ambassadorship roles. “Israel’s” ambassador in question, Seroussi, is a resident ambassador in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, and a non-resident ambassador to Burkina Faso, Benin, and Togo. The “Israeli” embassy page confirms Seroussi’s title as ambassador in Côte d’Ivoire; his own public profile says the post also covers Togo, Benin, and Burkina Faso. The 26 June 2026 event was a credential-presentation ceremony for a new ambassador. In December 2023, Traoré also received credentials from “Israel’s” then-new ambassador Rony Yedidia Clein, resident in Abidjan. (Rony Yedidia Clein likewise was ambassador to Côte d’Ivoire and also accredited to Benin, Burkina Faso, and Togo. She presented credentials in Burkina Faso in December 2023, and in Togo in August 2023.)

Diplomatic histories evince that Burkina Faso’s diplomatic relations were inaugurated in 1961 and were severed in October 1973. Under President Aboubacar Sangoulé Lamizana, Burkina Faso, then Upper Volta, broke diplomatic relations with “Israel” following the October Arab-“Israeli” War/“Yom Kippur War.” They were re-established in October 1993 (on the heels of the Oslo Accords’ “Oslo I,” signed that September) by Blaise Compaoré, after the CIA-backed coup against Sankara. Currently, “Israel” has no resident embassy in Burkina Faso. The Israeli ambassador is based in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, and concurrently accredited to Burkina Faso, Togo, and Benin. “Israel’s” MFA page confirms Seroussi’s concurrent accreditation. In both Seroussi and Clein’s case, the ambassadors have lived in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.

It is worth noting that, in its 9 October 2023 article title “Israel’s ‘Shin Bet’ Diplomacy in West Africa,” the “Africa Intelligence” outlet reported on “Israel’s” West Africa strategy, writing that “The Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ronen Levi aka ‘Maoz’ is turning the institution into a more strategic tool,” seeking to integrate security apparatuses into the Sahel region via such channels. Africa Intelligence reports that Traoré approved Seroussi’s position, warily noting that “Israel” seems to beinstrumentalizing the relationship to facilitate a counterweight to Burkina Faso’s rapprochement with Iran. I have not found evidence that there is reason to think that intelligence-gathering inroads have been made in Burkina Faso.

Re: Palestine, Traoré himself has not made outright public statements that I have found. Ousmane Bougouma—President of the Transitional Legislative Assembly, who has been entrusted to represent Traoré as head of state abroad, including at the November 2024 Arab-Islamic summit in Riyadh—has, however. At the summit in Riyadh, on 11 November 2024, Sidwaya reported him as representing the official Burkina Faso position of “working toward a peaceful solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict” (translation mine).

Under Traoré, Burkina Faso’s UN record is generally pro-Palestine when it votes, though it has abstained on some Gaza-related resolutions. It was non-voting on A/RES/ES-10/21, UN Digital Library record 4025240, and A/RES/ES-10/22, record 4029732. It voted yes on Palestine’s UN status resolution A/RES/ES-10/23, record 4046991, and on the ICJ occupation advisory-opinion resolution A/RES/ES-10/24, record 4061432. It also voted yes on the Gaza ceasefire resolution A/RES/ES-10/26, record 4069197, but was non-voting on the UNRWA mandate resolution A/RES/ES-10/25, record 4069198. In 2025, it voted yes on the New York Declaration decision A/DEC/80/506, record 4088074, and on Palestine participation at the eightieth session, A/RES/80/1, record 4088513.