Image is of protestors in Nigeria in 2024.
As I’m sure everybody is aware by now, Trump’s accusation that Nigerian armed groups are unfairly persecuting Christians in the country is a rather bizarre lie, seeking a justification to go in, to quote Trump, “guns-a-blazing”. Whether this is likely to actually occur or is merely a threat, who can really say nowadays? But Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province are targeting people in Nigeria fairly indiscriminately; insomuch that there is a target, it is farmers whose land is being raided and taken in resource conflicts, and their religious affiliation is not usually questioned by those groups before they are pillaged and/or murdered from what I can tell.
The President of Nigeria, Tinubu, has no small responsibility for this state of affairs - enacting IMF “reforms” which have exacerbated hunger, poverty, and unemployment in the service of Western financial institutions. Those who have protested against this state of affairs have faced repression by state security forces. Meanwhile, Tinubu allegedly has strong connections to the DEA, paying large amounts of money to avoid a trial for his actions; the DEA released this statement: “We oppose the full… release of the DEA’s Bola Tinubu heroin trafficking investigation records,” which is certainly not concerning at all - followed by “While Nigerians have a right to be informed about what their government is up to, they do not have a right to know what their president is up to.”
It must be a shame for him that such a loyal subject of empire is facing such scrutiny, and it likely has everything to do with Nigeria’s inexorably growing connections to China (just like pretty much every country on the planet), especially in relation to Nigeria’s massive mineral deposits. It could also perhaps be retribution for Nigeria’s failure to adequately oppose the growing independence of the Sahel.
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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.
@LargePenis@hexbear.net with a full roundup as well as a summary of results of Iraqi elections, building on his post about Iraqi electoral parties last week
@MarmiteLover123@hexbear.net, @Torenico@hexbear.net @darkcalling@hexbear.net in a subthread about the strength of the American naval buildup versus Venezuelan defences
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Today’s referendum in Ecuador seeks to allow the U.S. regime to install military bases which are currently prohibited under the Constitution. The NO vote is currently leading by a large margin, 59.15% to 40.87% YES. Looks like a huge blow to the Noboa and Trump regimes. NO is leading on 4 of 4 referendum questions.
Resounding NO in the province of Manabí where the gringo military base was located (in Manta) before foreign forces and bases were banned under President Correa. The RC’s digital tracking produced estimates close to tonight’s actual results on the referendum. This same tracker had Luisa winning the April 13 election. The election was stolen and should have never been conceded to Noboa. Luisa & Correa were within their right to dispute the CNE result.
NO vote maintains over 60%, with counting nearing completion. Noboa recognizes his defeat across all four referendum questions.
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
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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.
AN EXCLUSIVE FROM SOUTHERN BUSINESS & DEVELOPMENT
Project activity in the South so far in 2025 has been so disastrous that totals are on track to mark the worst SB&D 100 in its 31-year history by a significant margin.
Based on raw but triple-checked data, this is the worst six-month period in the South’s modern economic development history regarding job- and investment-generating deals announced publicly by a corporation. By rule, if the deal is not publicly announced by a member of the company making the investment, it is not a deal to SB&D. It’s a dog.
Bloomberg;
The US State Department said Sunday it plans to designate a Venezuelan drug cartel as a foreign terrorist organization and cited the country’s president, Nicolas Maduro, as its leader
https://t.me/PalestineResist/83570
Tomorrow is a UNSC resolution on a UN endorsed “multi-national” occupation of Gaza. The Palestinian resistance has denounced it.
We will see if Russia or China will veto.
spoiler
🇵🇸 Palestinian Resistance Factions: — In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
The Palestinian Resistance Factions in Gaza are monitoring ongoing efforts within the halls of the United Nations to pass the American draft resolution related to the deployment of international forces in Gaza. This resolution, under various titles, practically represents a new attempt to impose another form of occupation on our land and our people, and to legitimize foreign guardianship over the future of our national cause.
In light of this dangerous development, we, the Palestinian Resistance Factions, address a sincere and fraternal appeal to the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria, its government and its people, to continue adhering to its principled positions supporting Palestine, and to maintain its firm rejection of any projects targeting the identity of Gaza and the right of our people to self-determination.
The historical position of Algeria, which has never abandoned Palestine, represents the true hope for our people in confronting this project, which seeks to impose a new occupation under international cover. The Palestinian people view Algeria as the authentic expression of the free popular Arab stance, capable of speaking the truth in the face of pressures and dictates.
We affirm that any foreign intervention in Gaza, regardless of its designation, is a violation of our national sovereignty and a continuation of the suffering of our people. The only path to achieving security and stability is ending the occupation, lifting the siege, and respecting the will and inalienable rights of our people.
The Palestinian Resistance Factions, while expressing confidence in the fraternal Algerian position, call upon all Arab and Islamic nations, and all free people of the world, to stand against this resolution, reject any form of guardianship or foreign intervention, and defend Gaza’s right to freedom, dignity, and independence.
Glory to the free peoples… and freedom for Palestine.
Sunday, 25 Jumada Al-Awwal 1447 AH, corresponding to November 16, 2025 AD.
Chile’s presidential election will go to a second round with right-wing Kast expected to beat Communist Party candidate Jeannette Jara. Counting begins in Ecuador’s referendum which, among other things, seeks to eliminate the prohibition on establishing US/foreign military bases in Ecuador.
The hidden history of Indigenous slavery in New England and beyond
Hexbear PostIt’s part of a hidden history of Native American enslavement – a surprising and overlooked story in the narrative of early America.
As colonial powers took over Native land in the 1600s, white settlers were also enslaving Native people. Some worked in New England. Others were sold overseas. And some, like Williams’ ancestors, were kidnapped and shipped to an isolated tropical island.
Who is Jeannette Jara, the communist leading Chile’s presidential election?
Hexbear PostThey have come to hear one of the frontrunners in Chile’s presidential race: Jeannette Jara.
A former labour minister, Jara is the nominee representing the leftist coalition in Sunday’s election.
But it is her membership in the Communist Party that makes her presidential bid historic. Not since Chile’s return to democracy in 1990 has a Communist candidate enjoyed such broad, mainstream support.
Chile votes for new president in communist vs far-right contest
Hexbear PostVote counting is under way in Chile’s presidential election with no clear winner expected, as more than 15 million voters cast ballots to decide whether the country stays on its current centre-left course or makes a sharp turn to the right.
A change from the previous elections is mandatory voting for registered voters.
The starkly divided frontrunners are Jeannette Jara, the 51-year-old governing coalition candidate from the Communist Party, and Jose Antonio Kast, 59, of the Republican Party who promises “drastic measures” to fight rising gang violence and deport undocumented immigrants.
Next week we might have to start following CDS (Credit Default Swap) spreads for our favorite companies that we all love. We especially love Oracle, Palantir and Tesla don’t we, we loooove them. CoreWeave as well, that AI company really came out of nowhere (talking about its general recognition among the public). Oracle CDS spreads went from ~40 basis points to ~100 basis points in the last two months.
The Al-Majd organization responsible for the recent human trafficking and extortion of Palestinian refugees into South Africa recently, is allegedly owned by an Estonian who moved to Shitreal.
Source: Haaretz
Paywalled of course and the paywall removal portals aren’t breaking past it.
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.”
https://xcancel.com/AgenciaVNews/status/1990068323078361588
Maduro sung a part of “Imagine” by John Lennon in response to US aggression in the region.
I am the walrusAlice 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.
"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."
