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The war criminal succdem has ties to Israel, lmao.

Americans lying about being socialists (I'm talking about Jacobin magazine), come get your .

Child beheader mass murderer meets pedophile mass murderer.

Thank you Qatar and Omar Suleiman.

An NYC councilwoman is inviting Satanyahu to visit NYC on the same day as Mamdani's inauguration.

Please Zohran, if you actually do it I'll never doubt you again.

Brussel, Belgium.

An arab-descent woman arrived at the hospital bleeding. She was having a miscarriage. The racist staff refused to take her seriously, sent her back home, then when she refused to leave, called the cops. She was in a cell for a few hours. She was ordered by the cops to clean her own blood. Then a slightly-less-dumb police women ended up identifying what was happening to her and send her to the hospital.

https://stuut.info/Racisme-Une-femme-enceinte-belgo-marocaine-abandonnee-a-l-hopital-et-arretee-en-8760

https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251110-paris-court-decides-to-release-nicolas-sarkozy-early-from-prison

What a surprise, nobody could have predicted it but Sarkozy (ex French president) is already out of prison after only 20days (out of 5years) while waiting on his appeal.

The French right and media class became prison abolitionists over night on this case. Given as far as saying on TV that prison was not for people like them.

The justice minister even went to meet him in prison to show support and days before having to go to prison Sarkozy was received in the Elysée by Macron

South Africa very narrowly avoided becoming an international pariah yet again and forsaking any goodwill the non-Western world (especially Palestinians) built over the last 32 years since the end of Apartheid, especially with the Cuban Ambassador present in Johannesburg as Africa's most important city was experiencing a humanitarian crisis in the middle of it's airport.

Border security was prepared to force the plane with the 160 Palestinian refugees to leave because the Nazi entity had intentionally not stamped the passports and falsely claimed they are not allowed to request asylum. Pastor Nigel Branken was onboard the flight and during an interview given to Salaamedia at the airport even called the border patrol as counter-revolutionaries. He even stated that the flight was only halted because an ambulance was responding to medical emergencies onboard the plane and had strategically parked in the path of the aircraft, preventing it from taxiing and sending the refugees "into the ovens". This "delay" also gave time for other South African heads of state to intervene.

Had the flight taken off, it would have caused a permanent black stain on the post-Apartheid South Africa's reputation that will never wash off in the eyes of the world. There may even be mass civil unrest in South Africa against the government's lack of timely action resulting in turning away Palestinians who were hopeful to finally live in guaranteed safety and normality once they saw the iridescent South African flags and the cityscape of Johannesburg and Pretoria out of the plane windows. And we would have yet one more burning flag emoji to add to our collection.

G20 was also present in Johannesburg, but...

Death to piSSrael, unlimited Iranian hypersonic missiles on the Nazi entity. If Tel Aviv wants to cosplay as the Third Reich, Tehran should play along as the Soviet Union and bring down Stalin's Hammer on that wee Nazi shite

BUBBLE TO END ALL BUBBLES TAKE MY ENERGY

People (Ian Ellis) that are much better at making graphics than me have made an illustration the US military buildup in the Carribean against Venezuela, using the same primary sources of plane nerds and internet sleuths. There's a lot of hardware involved.

Source link, with primary sources listed

If anyone's wondering why the deployment to El Salvador is listed as "special", the P-8A Poseidon aircraft deployed there is from a secretive reconnaissance squadron Special Projects Patrol Squadron (VPU) 2 "Wizards", and is fitted with a bunch of unique sensors. The C-40 deployed to El Salvador is also not your regular C-40 (militarised Boeing 737-700) it's again a secretive specialised variant, using larger fuel tanks, owned by a shell company, and equipped with unique/specialised sensors, and is known to communicate with P-8As directly and collaborate with them. The AC-130J Ghostrider gunship in El Salvador is the firepower.

Article on that

Linked to the above, there have been more AC-130J Ghostrider gunship strikes in the Eastern Pacific.

Video source of strikes from US Secretary of Defence/War Pete Hegseth

By all accounts, the attempted coup in Mexico has failed. Protesters tried to storm the Presidential Palace and clashed with police for approximately two hours, but now the situation appears to have calmed down.

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Excited to get in the effort post list this week, I've been working on this one for a while:

Communism? Good.

Zionism? Bad.

Reformism? Not gonna cut it.

Revolution? That's the stuff!

The Iraqi Parliamentary Elections are officially over since a few hours ago. Very civilised and calm occasion, probably the best elections since elections became a thing in Iraq after the American invasion and occupation. Clear increase in the number of voters despite Muqtada Al Sadr's countless tantrums and subsequent boycott of the election, with his 1+ million potential loyal voters not showing up today.

Let's quickly talk results. Final results will be announced tomorrow at 6 PM Baghdad time, but we already have strong indications from exit polls, dumbass election officials who have leaked way too much, and initial calculations by people that I respect in the Iraqi political world. Full breakdown of the results probably coming by the end of the week but no promises. If the names and numbers are confusing, please click on my profile and check my earlier breakdown of the elections.

Biggest winners:

1. PM Mohammed Al Sudani and his coalition. Sudani's gang have by all indications achieved a historical performance in this election. They seem to have a very strong performance in Baghdad, Basra and surprisingly Nineveh as well. They are set to have 50+ seats at the moment and Sudani looks to be the guy that will be tasked to form the new government. More on this point after the official results, but Sudani's victory comes as a result of a Sunni-Shia middle-class coalition of people that we as Internet freaks would refer to as "I just wanna grill" people. The rise of the griller is a new phenomenon in Iraq, it will be very interesting to talk more about this soon.

2. Kurdistani Democratic Party. All that talk about Kurds finally getting tired of the Barzani eternal oligarchy was just talk. The KDP has burst through the 1 million votes barrier and will position themselves as the primary senior partner in Sudani's upcoming ruling coalitions, alongside Halbusi's Sunni-led Taqaddum

3. Nouri Al Maliki's State of the Law. The shit that just won't flush. He is the living proof of "time heals everything". Most Iraqis wanted him hung in Tahrir Square after the ISIS disaster, but somehow people forget and he seems to have secured more seats than last time, enough to make him a pain in the ass when it's time to form a government.

Biggest losers:

1. PMU-aligned parties except Sadiqoun. Horrible performance by both Kataeb Hezbollah's Huquq, and Badr, two of the three big PMU-related parties. Anti-resistance propaganda by American-backed media has definitely left an effect in people's mind which directly affects their vote and leads to the creation of something like the "I just wanna grill" societal class. PMU parties in Iraq also seem uniquely bad at developing a strong base of loyalty and support, which leads to many situations where they display clear incompetence compared to the disciplined and popular Hezbollah and Ansarallah.

2. Muqtada Al Sadr. He lost the elections despite his boycott. He wanted to tank the credibility and the participation rate in the elections, but that drastically failed today with how positive the whole atmosphere around the elections has been. He's truly the worst gambler of the all time, can't believe he once again maneuvered himself and his followers into a stupid ass position that makes him look like a loser cult leader again.

3. Kurdish opposition. It was a little bit of a now or never for most Kurdish opposition parties, but early results shows that they're sadly cooked like the kids would say. Iraqi Kurds just seem incapable of even considering the idea of voting for another guy or party.

The real nerd breakdown coming soon inshallah chat.

Some more brilliant strategic thinking by the EU here, see point twenty regarding establishing closer official relations with Taiwan.

When various EU thinkers have talked about europe needing strategic autonomy instead of just following the American lead, I doubt they meant independently following the most fervent American neocon fantasy as policy.

This kind of thing where the US eggs on its vassals while having more conciliatory policies itself is interesting though and might be valuable for American interests. I'm not sure what the consequences would be if the loudest voices for war and interference are coming from the lapdogs instead of the master.

'If I Was A Parent I Would Shake A Little': Danish Leader Wants To Reduce Number Of Neurodivergent Children

A declaration by Denmark’s leader, Mette Frederiksen, that she intends to “reduce the number of children and young people who get a diagnosis” for conditions like autism and ADHD has intensified concerns over human rights for neurodivergent children in the Nordic hermit kingdom.

Frederiksen framed the rising rate of diagnoses as a direct threat to society. “If it continues like now, then it will end up becoming the norm to have some special needs. And then we cannot run a society,” she stated.

The soulless neoliberal ghoul who was calling for austerity as early as 2010 and wanted double digit unemployment in 2021 is likely a pedo no way.

https://oversightdemocrats.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/democrats-oversight.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/packet_redacted_noid.pdf

And he is racist and misogynistic tooo? Whaat

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summers_memo

2. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2005/jan/18/educationsgendergap.genderissues

Gustavo Petro calls for a return of Gran Colombia to counter US influence in the region

https://archive.is/e4s9m

Goofy ass empire

The 2025 Iraqi Parliamentary Elections are officially over, and we have the final results. The results are not entirely finalised yet, as the Election Commission go over small irregularities which might add or subtract one or two seats from some parties, but we have a pretty good idea of how it looks. I’ll first present the totals in three different sections to make the tables smaller and more readable. Section one will be Shia-majority parties, then Sunni-majority parties, then Kurdish-majority parties.

Section 1 – Shia-majority parties:

Section 2 – Sunni-majority parties

Section 2 – Kurdish-majority parties

Discussion

Government formation?

There are a few possible scenarios. The most likely scenario is that we get a vast coalition of literally everyone, with the bigger parties getting the bigger slices of the cake, and smaller parties getting stuff like the Ministry of Tourism. There’s a wild card this time though, Sudani is actually interested in governing instead of bickering like the Sadrists usually do after winning most seats. There are three possible scenarios for coalition governments without the usual “everyone is invited”.

American-friendly government: Sudani (46) + Sunni coalition led by Taqaddum (75) + Kurdish coalition (42) + Tasmim (6) + a few smaller parties (10-20) = >165

Iranian-friendly government: Maliki (28) + PMU coalition (60-ish) + Hakim (18) + Foundation Coalition (7) + PUK (17) + random smaller Shia and Sunni parties (40-ish) = >165

Impact of Sadrist boycott?

This election had a bigger turnout than the last election despite the Sadrist boycott. The Sadrists are now treated as pariahs in Iraq, after their failed attempt to influence the legitimacy of the elections by their stupid boycott. Muqtada Al Sadr has a big hill to climb now if he wants his people to return to politics now. I think that the Sadrists now regret their decision, especially with anti-Sadrists taking most of their seats in the south and Baghdad due to the boycott.

How did our beautiful communists do?

zero, 0, صفر

so sad

Vijay Prashad shortly after the fall of Syria:

The change of government in Syria has not only weakened Iran in the short term but has also weakened Russia (a long-term strategic goal of the United States), which previously used Syrian airports to refuel its supply planes en route to various African countries. It is no longer possible for Russia to use these bases, and it remains unclear where Russian military aircraft will be able to refuel for journeys into the region, notably to countries in the Sahel. This will provide the United States with an opportunity to push the countries that border the Sahel, such as Nigeria and Benin, to launch operations against the governments of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger. This will require a close watch.

It looks like an average one term US president knows less about what is happening in the world than the average Hexbear user.

This is the most explicitly leftist I've seen The Fink be in a while. He even quotes (or at least references) Lenin. LOL.

Very good points regarding "closed-door meetings" and confronting the New York branch of the IOF.

Norman Finkelstein Warns Zohran Mamdani: Confront the NYPD — Or Get Eaten Alive [1h20m video]

As is tradition

Wikipedia: A sham election, or show election, is an election that is held purely for show; that is, without any significant political choice or real impact on the results of the election.

The 1929 and 1934 elections in Fascist Italy

The 1942 general election in Imperial Japan

Those in Nazi Germany, East Germany other than the election in 1990

???

Those in Egypt under Gamal Abdel Nasser, Anwar Sadat, Hosni Mubarak, and Abdel Fattah el-Sisi

Those in Bangladesh under Sheikh Hasina

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Those in Russia under Vladimir Putin

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Those in Venezuela under Nicolas Maduro (most notably in 2018 and 2024)

Those in Belarus after 1994 (most notably in 2020)

The 1991 and 2019 Kazakh presidential elections

Those in North Korea

The 1995 and 2002 presidential referendums in Saddam Hussein's Iraq

Those in Cuba since the Cuban Revolution.

The 2025 Tanzanian general election was decried by many as a sham election.

WTF even is this list? They focus on stuff like Cuba and ignore all the latam sham elections during the 1880s - 1980s (mostly under the junta control). And they consider Maduro elections fake but not Chavez? How tf are all of North Korea elections fake when South Korea has been a military dictatorship for most of it's existance.

Venezuelan Special Forces are patrolling the streets of Caracas in preventive actions against saboteurs. On Saturday night (11/15), CORPOLEC (Corporación Eléctrica Nacional, S.A., often known by its abbreviation Corpoelec, is a fully integrated state power corporation of Venezuela) reported acts of sabotage against three transmission towers that were blown up. The Venezuelan government is treating the case of the three transmission towers that exploded in the municipality of Juan Antonio Sotillo as an act of internal sabotage, describing the action as having been carried out by “criminal agents supported by foreign powers.”

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AfD leader says Poland as great a threat to Germany as Russia. What the https://notesfrompoland.com/2025/11/12/leader-of-far-right-afd-suggests-poland-as-great-a-threat-to-germany-as-russia/

Turdreal has trafficked and subsequently abandoned 176 Palestinians from Gaza into South Africa, on a flight from a military base/concentration camp, in what is essentially an ultimatum of "deportation to an undisclosed country, or the ovens". The possessions of the refugees were all stolen, aside from a passport/ID and a smartphone, then loaded on a plane with no indication where they would be sent and on arrival, left to find for themselves. It was only by pure chance that the "Gaza 176" just so happened to arrive in Johannesburg of all places.

As of 12 November, DIRCO or any other South African government agency are believed to be aware of the situation but the exceptional and concerning circumstances have likely made it difficult to issue a formal statement. The decision for the refugees to be sent to arguably one of the safest countries in the world for Palestinians or their supporters will no doubt be used to force a moral/legal dilemma on South Africa and to foster even more violence perpetrated by a colony composed almost entirely of the modern-day Einzatsgruppen. Meanwhile the Knesset has already passed a bill allowing the death penalty of Palestinian hostages 37-16, with Itamar Bent-Over handing out candy after the vote, while Shitreali media routinely invokes the words, policies and actions of the Third Reich verbatim. - Salaamedia

The Pentagon presented Trump with plans for possible operations against Venezuela, including strikes on ground targets, CBS reported.

Alice Wong - disabled activist, author, founder of the Disability Visibility project, and co-founder of the Crips for eSims for Gaza - passed away today. She was doing incredible work.

Statement from her family:

"Alice Wong passed away on Friday, November 14th at UCSF Hospital due to an infection. She was 51 years old. Alice lived in San Francisco and grew up in Indiana.

Alice was the daughter to Henry and Bobby. The elder sister to Emily and Grace. The cat mom to Bert and Ernie, and a dear friend to many.

She will be remembered as being a fierce luminary in disability justice, a brilliant writer, editor and community organizer. Her work can be found at Disability Visibility Project.

As we mourn the incomprehensible loss of Alice, we share the words she gifted us with from her memoir, Year of the Tiger. “The real gift any person can give is a web of connective tissue. If we love fiercely, our ancestors live among and speak to us through these incandescent filaments glowing from the warmth of memories.”

We would like to invite her friends, community, and her many fans to contribute to Alice’s GoFundMe to continue the legacy of her work."

Agricultural offensive: how Burkina Faso is moving towards self-sufficiency in food production

c/news post

I'm only quoting a few small snippets with numbers below. There's much, much more in the article worth reading.

Also the role of the small national bourgeoisie in decolonial economic development is perfectly exemplified in BF's ongoing revolution. If you're looking to understand the way the national bourgeoisie can be a progressive and revolutionary force, BF is the best place to look. At extremely low levels of economic development, the entrepreneurial small capitalists (many of whom are returning diaspora bringing some modest western monetary capital) are key partners in building up industry beyond what a small, underdeveloped state can achieve. This always poses a long term threat to a socialist project (which I think BF aims to build), but still, national bourgeoisie are a key ally against comprador bourgeoisie.

The Zionist entity continues to build a wall on Lebanese land opposite the town of Yaroun

Lebanon, “UNIFIL":

The Israeli presence and construction activities on Lebanese lands constitute a violation of Resolution 1701 and Lebanon's sovereignty.

We conducted a geographical survey of a concrete wall erected by the Israeli army southwest of the town of Yaroun and confirm that it crossed the Blue Line, making more than 4,000 square meters of Lebanese land unavailable to the Lebanese people.

My thoughts: settler state doing settler things. They’re establishing “facts on the ground” in southern Syria as well, building outposts and walls like their Nazi brethren in the West Bank and god forbid Gaza

https://t.me/alakhbar_english/33397

Posting this in the big thread for visibility.

Leslie Lee passed away this week. Some may have known him as a film critic and host on the podcast Struggle Session. Leslie was a remarkably genuine person, he was loved by so many in his life.

Leslie was an advocate for those who suffer from COVID, including long COVID which he experienced. In his memory I would like to remind everyone to mask up appropriately. Treat public health seriously. Consider the health of others as well as your own.

All I know is what's in this thread: https://redlib.nohost.network/r/TrueAnon/comments/1oxjv9j/devastating_loss_of_leslie_lee/ [edit: replaced link]

It includes tweets by Leslie's spouse, who has a gofundme available if anyone would like to contribute.

Leslie's twitter profile: https://xcancel.com/leslieleeiii

Rest in power, Leslie.

The invasion of the Presidential Palace in Mexico was planned. The “Generation Z” protesters brought a circular saw capable of cutting metal to cut through the protective fences, as well as gas masks and helmets. The “protesters” were also seen with swastikas, Nazi and fascist symbols, and One Piece flags. They spray-painted racist and anti-Semitic slogans on the walls outside the palace, such as “Jewish whore.”

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50 year old GenZ protestors in Mexico lol

Pic 1 2 3 4

Also, wtf is up with the one piece flag? Is this their new Harry Potter, Hunger Games whatever the fuck thing they will use?

UPDATE

Of the 153 Palestinian refugees trafficked into South Africa, 23 of them have chosen to depart to other destinations. The 130 who are remaining in Johannesburg have all been granted a 90-day standard visa-free stay, during which they now have access to medical care, food, housing and in this time can decide whether to formally file for asylum to become South Africans.

None of the 153 refugees were even given water for over two days, at near-death from dehydration, until they disembarked in Johannesburg after a 6,500 kilometer black-bagged flight.

Gen -Z bullshit popping up in Mexico.

https://t.me/presstv/164788

Definitely signs of provecurs and hijacking copycating of movements. One Piece was the Indo stuff ya jagoffs.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum denounces today's Gen-Z anti-government protests, says violence should not be used to bring about change.

https://www.telesurtv.net/mexico-manifestantes-derriban-vallas-palacio/

Al Jazeera: Russia says Ukrainian-British plot to hijack hypersonic missile foiled

Russia has thwarted a Ukrainian-British plan to hijack a MiG-31 jet equipped with a hypersonic missile and to use it to carry out a false flag attack on a major NATO airbase, the country’s state security service reported.

The FSB, Russia’s domestic intelligence agency, said in a statement carried by state media on Tuesday that the alleged operation was directed by the main intelligence directorate of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence and “its UK handlers”.

By "hijack," they mean bribe the pilot to do it, for the record.

An FSB official claimed that British-founded group Bellingcat – which is branded as “undesirable” by the Russian government – was involved in the operation or was used as a cover or intermediary, according to the state-run TASS news agency.

(Interesting that they call out Bellingcat directly, lol)

It sounds fantastical at first glance, but ask yourself what Russia gains from reporting this. Basically nothing. Nobody in the West will bat an eye at this. They just get a tiny bit of deniability if another similar plot were to succeed.

Maybe it all really is a distraction from the Epstein files…

Where is this energy for murdered Christians in Palestine?

Turkish Air Force C-130 crashes in Georgia after taking off from Azerbaijan

Looks like as if the airplane was cut in half in mid air, very weird.

Anyways, death to "israel"

I guess we've got to hand it to multiple Trump aides and allies...?

In Baden-Württemberg, the state parliament has passed amendments to the police law to legally secure the use of Palantir.

I love living in a surveillance state.

Protesters from “Generation Z” attempted to storm the Presidential Palace in Mexico City. The protesters carry the same flag as the pirates from One Piece, previously seen in demonstrations in Nepal, Bangladesh, and Indonesia. Mexican police were seen preparing to intervene and disperse the protesters.

Mexican police clashed with protesters who are trying to storm the Presidential Palace in Mexico. They knocked down the protective walls and are advancing toward the police in an attempt to storm the palace.

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