Image is a map of the Western Sahara, sourced from this article in the Middle East Eye. Much of the information in the preamble also came from there, as well as this article.
November 6th marked the 50th anniversary of Morocco, under King Hassan II, beginning the invasion and occupation of much of the territory of the Western Sahara. Today, approximately 80% of the territory of the Western Sahara is controlled by Morocco, with the Polisario Front - the government of the Sahrawis - controlling the rest, hugging the border of Mauritania. Between them lies one of the longest walls and one of the largest minefields on the planet, of which construction began in the 1980s.
The legitimacy of Morocco's control over the Western Sahara is one of those long-lasting diplomatic issues which ultimately doesn't seem to matter very much in terms of on-the-ground realities, and reveals the eternal uselessness of the United Nations especially in regard to actually helping oppressed people. Up until about 2020, the US and certain other Western countries did not formally recognize Morocco as having sovereignty over the whole territory, but in terms of providing genuine opposition to Morocco, it seems that Algeria is the major player in the region. While American, European, and Moroccan corporations exploit the fisheries and phosphate minerals of the region, protected by their minefields (and claims of merely advancing the cause of renewable energy development, AKA greenwashing), Algeria provides what aid they can to support the displaced Sahrawi people, many of whom have been forced to live in refugee camps.
On October 31st, the US put forward a resolution in the UN Security Council which was adopted (Russia and China abstained) and provided major support to Morocco, urging the Polisario Front to adopt the 2007 "autonomy plan", which would, despite its name, be synonymous with an end to their independence movement. Such a plan was met with much jubilation in Morocco, with King Mohammed VI remarking "From now on, there will be a before and an after October 31, 2025.” Such a date was also the catalyst for the PF intensifying their guerilla struggle against Morocco, as legal avenues for autonomy and basic human rights are running out as the imperialists grow more desperate.
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The Zionist Entity's Genocide of Palestine
Sources on the fighting in Palestine against the temporary Zionist entity. 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.
After repeated massacres of civilians in Gaza, resistance factions are putting out stronger statements hinting at the collapse of the ceasefire if Israel’s violations continue.
“A leading source in Hamas to Al Jazeera:
Hamas informed mediators during calls of its anger regarding the continuation of "israel's" aggression despite its and the factions' commitment to the agreement.
Hamas demanded that mediators intervene immediately to compel "israel" to adhere to the agreement and prevent its collapse, as desired by the occupation.
We informed the mediators during calls of our anger regarding the continuation of the aggression despite our and the factions' commitment to the agreement.
We demanded that the mediators intervene immediately to compel "israel" to adhere to the agreement.
We informed the mediators of the need for immediate intervention to prevent the collapse of the agreement as desired by the occupation.”
“ Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine:
We will not accept the continuation of the reality imposed by force and the false pretexts of the occupation, and the American administration is a partner in these crimes and lies.
The targeting by the occupation with widespread raids on Gaza, Deir al-Balah, and Nuseirat, which resulted in dozens of martyrs and injuries, constitutes a serious and new violation of the ceasefire understandings and confirms the continuation of the policy of imposing reality by force.
The repeated targeting of civilians despite the truce being in effect clearly reveals that the occupation is using the ceasefire agreement as a cover to commit its crimes, and continues to create fabricated and contrived pretexts to justify its aggressions and impose new equations on the ground, thereby keeping the Gaza Strip in a state of continuous and permanent escalation.
This criminal attack comes in the context of a systematic policy aimed at undermining and completely overturning the ceasefire agreement, by expanding the aggression and opening additional targeting paths to drag the situation toward explosion.
The American administration is a partner in these crimes and lies, by providing political, diplomatic cover and continuous support for the occupation, which deepens the crisis and legitimizes the targeting of civilians under false pretexts.
The Front calls on the mediators and guarantors to bear their responsibilities and adopt a firm stance that puts a final stop to the occupation’s continuous violations and prevents their recurrence. It clearly stresses that our people will never accept the continuation of this reality imposed by force, nor the reproduction of the occupation's flimsy pretexts packaged in exposed false claims.
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine Central Information Department November 22, 2025”
not looking forward to the infuriating lies about how it's the resistance that "broke the ceasefire" after the countless zionist provocations and bombings and hundreds more dead Palestinians. history starts whenever Bari Weiss wants it to, that's the world we live in
Israhell could nuke gaza today and libs would still claim they broke the ceasefire. People from the global south need to stop to give a damn what the propaganda organs of the empire spout, nor what treatlers tweet about.