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Image is of a large protest in the Ivory Coast, sourced from this article in People's Dispatch.


This week's megathread is based largely on a detailed article from People's Dispatch, featuring statements and analysis from Achy Ekessi, the General Secretary of the Revolutionary Communist Party of Ivory Coast (PCRCI), brought to my attention by @jack@hexbear.net's comment in the last megathread.

The president of Ivory Coast, the 83 year old Alassane Ouattara, is aiming for a fourth term in power while barring out much of the opposition. I can't really do the all the history of how the situation wound up this way justice in a preamble as it's fairly complicated (read the article if you are interested), but to summarize, Ouattara is currently the only coherent candidate for the French to support. Back in 2011, the French helped Ouattara overthrow the previous (pan-Africanist) president, Laurent Gbagbo, and then arrested him and sent him to the ICC, and he was then acquitted and released in 2021.

Gbagbo is now running against Ouattara, but his base, the working class, has large swathes that are not present on the voting rolls and so it would be unlikely for him to win. On the opposite side of the spectrum is Tidjane Thiam, a former CEO of the Swiss Bank Credit Suisse, whose base is in the richer strata of the Ivory Coast, which overlaps with Ouattara's base. He would be more likely to win, but would certainly maintain many Western imperialist relationships. Ouattara, however, has simplified the electoral situation by simply barring both of them from running in the election at all.

Ouattara has, on paper, delivered some amount of economic development to the Ivory Coast. But as expected, most of it is funnelled to the bourgeois, as well as to foreign corporations and governments, while the working class are swallowed by the cost of living crisis. There has been significant infrastructure projects, but these have not only generated massive debt, they also have only really addressed the damage caused by the 2011 civil war and intervention by the French.

The rest of Western Africa has either entirely exited the orbit of France (Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso), are wavering/unstable (Senegal, Benin, Guinea), are beginning to show doubts (Nigeria, Ghana), or are economically weak enough to not be a major blow for the French to lose (Togo, Guinea-Bissau). The loss of the Ivory Coast would be a major setback for French neocolonialism, and be a potent example to nearby countries.


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Israel's Genocide of Palestine

If you have evidence of Zionist 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 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.


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[–] AlHouthi4President@lemmy.ml 46 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Dr Marwa Osman writes:

Zionist Israel is pushing to include the following clauses in its future security agreement with the Julani terrorist regime:

▫️Guaranteeing Israel full freedom of movement in Syrian airspace.

▫️Granting Israel the right to penetrate Syrian territory whenever it claims “security necessities.”

▫️Declaring southern Syria a demilitarized zone, with police forces only.

▫️Keeping all territories occupied by Israel under its permanent control.

Welcome to Julani's Syria.

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[–] ClathrateG@hexbear.net 46 points 2 months ago (3 children)
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[–] Redcuban1959@hexbear.net 46 points 2 months ago (5 children)

BREAKING: Far-right 2019 Bolivia coup leaders Fernando Camacho, Jeanine Añez, and Marco Pumari will be released from prison

Bolivia’s highest judicial authority has ordered a review of the procedural deadlines in the case of the three coup leaders. A decision must be made within 24 hours. Camacho's attorney said the family and his defense team welcome the court's decision with "satisfaction and joy."

[–] PosadistInevitablity@hexbear.net 44 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Should have killed them while there was a chance.

Watching the Bolivia crisis in real time is what really turned me into a true leftist, a journey that started with the war in Libya.

Jeanine Anez’s body should be hanging upside down from a tree for what she did to that country.

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[–] IceWallowCum@hexbear.net 45 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (5 children)

Here's a 2024 interview with Bolsonaro where he mentions talking with Trump about Venezuela. He was allegedly discussing with Bolsonaro how they could make Venezuela "return to democracy".

I guess that part of the plan was/is to get Bolsonaro back to support an American invasion of South America. I'm also reminded of a heavily anti-venezuela bias in Brazilian hegemonic media for the past 10 years or so.

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[–] musicenjoyer@hexbear.net 45 points 2 months ago

A photo circulating on social media shows a monkey doll fixed onto a wooden cross in mockery of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, reportedly placed there by an Israeli soldier in one of the occupied points in southern Lebanon.

https://t.me/thecradlemedia

[–] Redcuban1959@hexbear.net 45 points 2 months ago

Col. Antauro Humala, leader of the Etnocacerist movement, recently met with former Bolivian president Evo Morales.

Antauro Humala, leader of the Etnocacerista party, highlighted Runasur as a great geopolitical initiative “It coincides with Simón Bolívar's vision of a united [Latin] America against the US and the Europeans, because the struggle of the peoples continues.”

“For us, Evo Morales represents the legitimate leadership of the Plurinational State of Bolivia. Considering Evo's history of struggle, I maintain that by law of gravity he will return to power, because it is impossible for an electoral process to have legitimacy when the main popular leader is arbitrarily prevented from participating,” he added.

Humala also stated: “I have no doubt that the next Bolivian government will suffer a major political and social crisis, so once again the ground will be fertile for Bolivian patriots led by Evo to regain power and never let it go again.”

On the territorial dispute between Peru and Colombia, Antauro Humala supports Gustavo Petro's territorial claim on behalf of Colombia: “Let's hand over Santa Rosa Island in the name of Bolivarian brotherhood. We are the children of Bolívar; there is no reason to fight over this. That region was abandoned by the Peruvian government a long time ago.”

Antauro was recently criticized by more conservative factions of the Peruvian left, which is traditionally more socially conservative, for saying that he would support Verónika Mendoza (New Peru, Democratic Socialist) in an election, even though she is more socially liberal than he is.

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[–] Redcuban1959@hexbear.net 45 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

trump-drenched : “During the war you can’t have elections. So let me just see. Three and a half years from now… So you mean if we happen to be in a war with somebody, no more elections?” said Trump.

zelensky-pain : “You like this idea, we can do security,” Zelenskyy said. “We need … a truce, yes, everywhere — the battlefield, the sky and the sea, to make it possible for people to do democratic open legal elections.”

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[–] musicenjoyer@hexbear.net 45 points 2 months ago (1 children)
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[–] a_party_german@hexbear.net 44 points 2 months ago (9 children)

Hexbear POI twitter drama confirmed!!! gunther-fear

Apparently semi-known X chud Gunther Eagleman has blocked X Eurochud and Newsmega favorite Gunther Feelinger.

CW: Gunthers, chuds, X, German language

Further implications of this are still unclear at this time, we may have to monitor the situation.

gunther

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[–] musicenjoyer@hexbear.net 44 points 2 months ago

❗️Gaza Government Media Office:

– "During the criminal operation 'Gideon's Chariots' the Israeli occupation has killed 9,073 civilians and injured 36,900 others, including thousands of children, women, the elderly, and the starving."

– "We strongly condemn the heinous crime committed by the Israeli occupation army during the criminal military aggression called 'Gideon's Chariots' which resulted in the death of 9,073 unarmed civilians and the injury of 36,900 others."

– "Among the martyrs are 2,358 children, 1,088 women, and 455 elderly individuals, meaning that nearly 43% of the victims were among the most vulnerable groups. The rest were mostly young men and hungry individuals, killed in cold blood by the occupation army at the 'death traps,' or at the alleged American-Israeli aid distribution centers in Rafah, near the Gaza Valley Bridge, or at relief truck checkpoints across various governorates while attempting to obtain food amid the ongoing starvation policy against Gaza."

– "We hold the Israeli occupation, the U.S. administration, and the countries complicit in this genocide fully responsible for these crimes, and we call on the international community to take serious and effective action to stop these massacres and hold the perpetrators accountable under the provisions of international humanitarian law."

https://t.me/thecradlemedia

[–] Vingst@hexbear.net 44 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Can anyone point me toward recent casualty cause figures? I saw one before fiber optic drone adoption saying like 8% small arms, 20% artillery, 75% drones. theweek.com/politics/death-drones-upend-rules-war-ukraine says 80% drones

https://youtu.be/bzMFnPDg7MI?t=31

[–] CoolerOpposide@hexbear.net 45 points 2 months ago (5 children)

75% drones is so fucking scary dude. War between China and the US would be a nightmare

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[–] musicenjoyer@hexbear.net 43 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Hamas fighters stage 'large scale' attack on Israeli base as Tel Aviv readies Gaza City takeover

Around 18 resistance fighters stormed a newly established site in Khan Yunis, inflicting casualties on Israeli troops while attempting to take captives

https://t.me/thecradlemedia

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[–] musicenjoyer@hexbear.net 43 points 2 months ago (5 children)

⭕️ Anas al-Sharif encampment launched outside Israeli consulate in Houston

Pro-Palestine activists have launched the first day of the Anas al-Sharif encampment outside the Israeli consulate in Houston, Texas, demanding an end to arms sales to Israel and the lifting of the blockade on Gaza.

Police forces surrounded the encampment and charged the protesters on horseback, attempting to disperse them.

Demonstrators have called on others across the country to join in and expand the encampments nationwide.

https://t.me/thecradlemedia

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[–] Redcuban1959@hexbear.net 43 points 2 months ago (5 children)

POTUS will no longer allow the U.S. asylum system to be abused. Today’s signing of a Safe Third Country Agreement with Paraguay allows asylum seekers in the United States to pursue their protection claims in Paraguay. We thank President Santiago Peña (Paraguay's President) for his leadership in combating illegal immigration and partnering to create a more secure hemisphere.

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[–] musicenjoyer@hexbear.net 42 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

UN warns food aid cuts hits 500k in Cameroon TeleSur

The United Nations has warned it will have to suspend life-saving humanitarian aid for over a half million refugees in Cameroon.

The urgent suspension of this humanitarian assistance will take effect at the end of August without new and much-needed emergency funding.

The UN’s World Food Programme, which provides food to 523,000 people, has already been scaling back critical operations.

In the Gado refugee camp, refugees are now receiving only half of their daily food needs, the UN agency stated in a release.

This increasingly dire situation is forcing families to adopt negative coping strategies like skipping meals or selling their limited belongings.

The WFP said it has already been forced to end critical assistance for 26,000 refugees in one northern camp.

Gianluca Ferrera, the WFP’s country director in Cameroon, said the agency has reached a critical and urgent humanitarian tipping point.

He added that without immediate funding, children will tragically go hungry, families will suffer, and lives will be lost.

The UN body said it needs a total of $65.5 million to sustain humanitarian assistance through January of 2026.

The rising numbers of refugees in Cameroon are fleeing multiple crises, including prolonged conflict and persistent instability in the region.

Last year, Cameroon overtook Burkina Faso on the Norwegian Refugee Council’s list of the world’s most neglected displacement crises.

Source : https://www.telesurenglish.net/un-warns-food-aid-cuts-hit-500k-in-cameroon/?noamp=available

[–] musicenjoyer@hexbear.net 42 points 2 months ago

🚨 Urgent reports from Sabra neighborhood, south of Gaza City following the IOF's sudden advance.

Citizens are besieged inside the UNRWA clinic amidst intense artillery shelling and quadcopter fire, causing injuries.

A large-scale displacement is underway as occupation forces advance, with civilians, including barefoot children and women, fleeing in fear.

IOF warplanes are simultaneously carrying out airstrikes east of Gaza City. Northwest of Gaza City, 1 martyr and 20 wounded were reported while collecting aid near "Zikim."

https://t.me/PalestineResist

[–] musicenjoyer@hexbear.net 42 points 2 months ago (2 children)

🚨 "Israeli" sources reported that the occupation temporarily closed the airspace over occupied Palestine after detecting a missile launch from Yemen. Large explosions were reported in central "israel."

https://t.me/PalestineResist

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[–] Redcuban1959@hexbear.net 42 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

The Institutional Revolutionary Party (Spanish: Partido Revolucionario Instituciona, PRI) is a political party in Mexico. The party held uninterrupted power in the country and controlled the presidency twice: the first one was for 71 years, from 1929 to 2000, the second was for six years, from 2012 to 2018.

The PRI governed Mexico as a de-facto one-party state for the majority of the twentieth century; besides holding the Presidency of the Republic, all members of the Senate belonged to the PRI until 1976, and all state governors were also from the PRI until 1989.

Throughout its nine-decade existence, the party has represented a very wide array of ideologies, typically following from the policies of the President of the Republic. Starting as a center-left party during the Maximato, it moved leftward in the 1930s during the presidency of Lázaro Cárdenas, and gradually shifted to the right starting from 1940 after Cárdenas left office and Manuel Ávila Camacho became president. PRI administrations controversially adopted neoliberal economic policies during the 1980s and 90s, as well as during Enrique Peña Nieto's presidency (2012–2018). In 2024, the party formally renounced neoliberalism and rebranded itself as a "center-left" party.

In the 2018 general election, as part of the Todos por México coalition, the PRI suffered a monumental legislative defeat, scoring the lowest number of seats in the party's history. Presidential candidate José Antonio Meade also only scored 16.4% of the votes, finishing in third place, while the party only managed to elect 42 deputies (down from 203 of 2015) and 14 senators (down from 61 in 2012). The PRI was also defeated in each of the nine elections for state governor; the National Regeneration Movement (MORENA) won four, PAN three, and the Social Encounter Party and Citizens' Movement each with one.

In the 2024 general election, as part of the Fuerza y Corazón por México coalition, the party supported independent candidate Xóchitl Gálvez (considered close to the National Action Party) for President, who finished in second place. The party recorded its worst result by vote share in its history, although narrowly managed to avoid its worst seat results thanks to a slight gain made in the Senate. It was also the first time in its history that the party failed to win at least 10 constituency seats in the Chamber of Deputies.

Amid the party's worsening electoral performance, it has attempted to redefine itself as a social democratic party since 2021.

So, is the PRI trying to appeal to the Mexican working class? If things continue as they are, the PRI will soon dissolve (like the PRD) and most of its members will likely join the PAN, while some more left-wing members will likely join MORENA.

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[–] RION@hexbear.net 42 points 2 months ago (8 children)
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[–] grandepequeno@hexbear.net 42 points 2 months ago (3 children)

For anyone wondering what the largest socialist party in the netherlands supports they've just presented their electoral manifesto for this year, titling it Super Social

Lots of good stuff in there obviously, although you'll start eyerolling a bit at the foreign affairs section

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[–] musicenjoyer@hexbear.net 41 points 2 months ago

🚨 Sources from the family of the prisoner Musab Shtayyeh, held by the Palestinian Authority, revealed that yesterday the PA security forces assaulted him, resulting in his transfer to the hospital in critical condition.

Communication between Musab and his family was cut off. The family later learned that Musab had declared a hunger strike, and as a result, he is being harassed, stripped of all his personal belongings, and deprived of the most basic necessities of life in prison.

The family holds the PA fully responsible for the life of the imprisoned commander Musab Shtayyeh who has been in PA prisons for over 1050 days.

In the words of Musab; "Oppress as much as you want; I don't beg you for mercy... On the Day of Resurrection, we resort to Allah."

#FreeThemAll

https://t.me/PalestineResist

[–] musicenjoyer@hexbear.net 41 points 2 months ago

The Palestinian Authority is an enemy.

Fadi Daraghmeh is a Palestinian prisoner who was imprisoned by the zionist entity in May 2022. In this candid interview, he recounts his experience with the traitorous Palestinian Authority and zionist forces, how they operate a revolving door, exchanging information under the watchful eye of the US and Britain. He discusses his friend, the martyr Abdullah Al-Hosary, in and out of PA prisoners like Fadi was, before he was martyred.

"One does not know who the real enemy is!"

From Sa'adat to Basil to Khader Adnan, Mohammed Al-Banna, Ahmad Fashafsha, Nizar Banat, Wadie Al-Houh, Abdulmajid Hassan, Bahaa Balout, Musab Shtayyeh, Mohammed Al-Junaidi, Murad Malaysha and others, the PA has betrayed our people, turning the knife in their backs in their liberation struggle. Fadi's story is one of many that unveils the intricate system of oppression with the PA acting as a contractor for the zionist enemy. His testimony underscores the urgent need for unity and resistance against both oppressive forces. Click on the attached links to learn more about these PA betrayals of our martyrs and leaders.

https://t.me/PalestineResist

[–] RION@hexbear.net 41 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Do we have a good list of news sources? I want to make my news consumption a little more intentional vs doomscroll-y.

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