Image is from Futurama.
Happy holidays, fellow godless communists. We are in year three of the Five-Year Plan to eliminate all Christmas cheer and create a world free of the joys and festivity of Christmas. Nobody should have to be reminded that in our concrete brutalist communist strongholds, NO ornaments are allowed in December. Please report any Christmas trees, snowflakes, baubles, and presents to the evil secret police, and anybody caught violating their Volcel Pledge by having a tentative kiss under a mistletoe will be shot on sight.
Developments lately have been grim. Our Supreme Communist Dictator Brandon is being removed from office by Christmas-loving patriots, and soon, Christmas will adorn the White House for another four years. This is obviously very disappointing, but while Christmas joy is strictly prohibited, good vibes are still strongly encouraged. Revolutionary optimism (a term we only bring out when things are going very badly and we need to be delusional) shall triumph over defeatist rhetoric by stooges of the Christmas regime.
We must have hope. Our foreign allies aiding us in destroying Christmas now possess hypersonic weaponry, allowing us to compete with and overcome the engine technology powering Santa’s sleigh. Abroad, they have destroyed factories and hit cities with missiles travelling at unimaginable speeds into precise targets, while the Christmas regime struggles to produce their own such missiles, as they are still reliant on aircraft bombing campaigns. Precision has a quality all its own, or something along those lines. We just have to hold out another two years or so, and I swear to you: we will live in a world without this accursed holiday.
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Israel-Palestine Conflict
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.
Back from my self-imposed Hexbear exile, I needed to turn off news (which dramatically failed) and stop reading some of the weird ass tantrums here. Now some unrelated points as usual:
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Situation in Syria is slowly reaching a new chaotic state. Numerous sectarian clashes between HTS and Alawites, and Kurds vs Turkish-backed fighters in the north. The main cities are still calm and in an optimistic mood though, I was in a video call with my cousin on Monday and he filmed some of the markets and main squares in Damascus, it looked pretty calm and people are still in some sort of revolutionary euphoria. Iraq 2003-2007 is still definitely on the cards, sectarian battles and stuff like that will escalate and reach a climax before things settle. The new government from a pure bureaucratic standpoint are doing okay imo though, things are slowly returning to normal and somehow functioning.
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Russian crossing of the Oskol was strangely uneventful, they just crossed from 2-3 points and established a pretty solid bridgehead on the other side of the river. I expected some grand battle when they would inevitably cross the river one day, but it was pretty anticlimactic and Ukrainian troops on the west bank of the river seem to be unprepared and outnumbered even by some Russian troops without heavy equipment. Kurakhove, Velika Novosilka and Toretsk seem to be wrapping up by the end of January, next step is probably Pokrovsk until some bigger Russian movements by summer 2025. The war in the current pace still doesn’t reach any final stage until summer 2026.
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Visiting Iraq with the wife and the kid in around a month, you’ll get a trip report and some non-doxxing pics if things permit.
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I don’t like how things are going in Iran, the country seems to be entering a hard period of decline and they’ll be Syria’d by Trump and Israel if they don’t get their shit together soon.
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This website has some of the dumbest drama I’ve ever seen lmao, grow up
Violent Unrest Erupts in Mozambique Following Election Ruling - Telesur English
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At least 21 people have been killed in violent unrest across Mozambique following the Constitutional Council’s decision to uphold the victory of the long-ruling Frelimo party in the October presidential election.
Interior Minister Pascoal Ronda announced late Tuesday that the court ruling, made on Monday, confirmed Frelimo’s candidate, Daniel Chapo, as the winner with 65.17% of the vote, dismissing allegations of widespread fraud.
The ruling has sparked a wave of protests led by opposition supporters who claim the election was rigged. Demonstrations have erupted nationwide, with protesters blocking roads, burning tires, and clashing with security forces. In several provinces, public buildings and vehicles have been vandalized as anger over the election results escalates.
The violence has resulted in at least 78 arrests, with the government warning of more detentions as protests continue. Minister Ronda stated that “the armed and defense forces will increase their presence in critical and key points,” emphasizing that security measures are being reinforced to restore order.
The opposition, led by politician Venâncio Mondlane, has rejected the court’s decision and accused Frelimo of electoral manipulation. Mondlane’s party alleges that the election was marred by voter intimidation, ballot stuffing, and irregularities in vote counting.
Allegations of vote rigging against Frelimo are not new; the ruling party has governed Mozambique since its independence in 1975 and has often faced criticism for consolidating power and stifling opposition voices.
The announcement from the Constitutional Council has reignited tensions in a nation already grappling with economic hardships, widespread poverty, and an ongoing Islamist insurgency in Cabo Delgado province.
Protesters in urban centers such as Maputo, Beira, and Nampula have been particularly vocal, prompting police to deploy tear gas and live ammunition to disperse crowds. Reports from local activists indicate that several deaths occurred during clashes between demonstrators and security forces.
Human rights groups have urged the government to exercise restraint and ensure the safety of peaceful protesters as Mozambique faces a critical moment amid rising tensions and escalating violence.
I hope President Daniel Chapo Trap House can maintain control and surpress these far-rights groups
Danish Army Top Brass Under Investigation for Leaking Confidential Information
The Danish military prosecution Corps is investigating possible breaches of confidentiality by several military employees, including Army Chief Peter Boysen. The inquiry focuses on their statements to the media regarding artillery systems purchased from the the controversial “Israeli” arms manufacturer Elbit, a company responsible for systematic war crimes and crimes against humanity. These systems were equipped with civilian GPS systems, susceptible to jamming and spoofing, making them unfit for modern warfare.
It is unknown exactly what statements caused military prosecutors to begin their investigation. In interviews to the media Boysen has told that the army knew that the system only came with civilian GPS and that replacing them had always been the plan.
The purchase has been marred by irregularities, including rushing the purchase past parliamentary approval giving lawmakers mere hours to familiarise themselves with the deal under false pretenses of urgency, preferential treatment of Elbit and undisclosed links to a separate legal settlement with the controversial arms manufacturer. A previous investigation that was concluded in November was hindered by restrictions on witness interviews, but political pressure is building for further inquiries into the purchase.
In 2020 Hans-Christian Mathiesen, a predecessor of Boysen as chief of the army, received an unsuspended prison sentence for nepotism for giving his wife preferential treatment in her career.
- Source: BT (corporate media), December 25th 2024
