A reminder that as the US continues to threaten countries around the world, fedposting is to be very much avoided (even with qualifiers like “in Minecraft”) and comments containing it will be removed.

Image is of Donald Trump, Paul Kagame, and Felix Tshisekedi signing a peace deal in Washington DC on December 4th.

On December 4th, Rwanda’s Paul Kagame and the DRC’s Felix Tshisekedi signed the Washington Accords for Peace and Prosperity (pictured above). Trump boasted that he was settling a war that had gone on for decades, and remarked, idiosyncratically, “[…] and now they’re going to spend a lot of time hugging, holding hands […]”

A few days later, the M23 militia (backed by Rwanda) advanced into Uvira, a city near the DRC’s eastern border with Burundi and a major commercial and strategic location in the region. Burundi, although a small country, is a significant ally to the DRC and has sent thousands of soldiers to aid them during conflicts; this offensive by M23 aims to cut off a direct route between the two, though they do still share quite a long border over Lake Tanganyika. Tens of thousands of civilians (possibly up to 200,000) fled as M23 approached.

Signed almost simultaneously with the Accords was a Strategic Partnership Agreement between the DRC and the United States, which effectively threw open its critical minerals in the east to American exploitation. These minerals include tin, tungsten, and tantalum, which is vital for many industries. The irony is that M23 has been taking territory in the eastern DRC in order to transport these very minerals to Rwanda and onwards to global supply chains. Signing the Accord was, therefore, a remarkably pointless endeavour for everybody involved. Burundi and the DRC have complained, calling for sanctions on Rwanda, and appeasing to Trump’s pride, calling this a “slap in the face to the United States”, though I doubt the US is ultimately all that bothered about it one way or another.

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The Zionist Entity'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.

Mirrors of Telegram channels that have been erased by Zionist censorship.

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.

  • Torenico [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    CW: Suicide, self harm.

    Suicide in Argentina: one death every two hours and record figures that exceed the world average (Original article in spanish)

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    Suicide has reached record levels in Argentina, with an average of one death every two hours and a rate exceeding the global average. Economic and social factors, along with a lack of access to mental health care, explain this growing phenomenon, which particularly affects young people and exposes the shortcomings of the prevention system.

    The National Criminal Information System (SNIC) of the Ministry of Security recorded one suicide every two hours in Argentina. This figure reached a record high for annual suicides and surpasses the global average. According to the latest SNIC report, 4,249 suicides were recorded in the country during 2024, yielding a rate of 9.8 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants over the age of 5. Due to the persistent increase in cases over the last four years, suicide has been the leading cause of violent death in the country since 2023, accounting for 41.7% of cases in 2024.

    The phenomenon occurs for various reasons: economic and social factors, compounded by a lack of access to professional treatment in different regions of the country. In this regard, an official report stated that suicide has become one of the leading causes of violent death, second only to traffic accidents and homicides, especially among young people.

    In this context, a survey by the Ministry of Health, through the National Health Surveillance System (SNVS), revealed that an average of 22 people are hospitalized daily for suicide attempts. According to the report, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that approximately 700,000 people die by suicide each year worldwide, and that suicide is among the leading causes of death globally, with more deaths from malaria, HIV/AIDS, breast cancer, war, or homicide.

    According to the report, suicide disproportionately affects young people and adults of working age and places significant costs on healthcare services for the treatment of physical, psychological, and social harm. “No single factor is sufficient to explain why a person commits suicide; suicidal behavior is a complex phenomenon influenced by several interrelated factors: personal, social, and environmental,” the WHO stated in the report. Therefore, suicide is a serious public health problem, which requires public policies that address it in an intersectoral, comprehensive and community-based manner.

    On the other hand, Sundays and Mondays were the days with the highest number of suicides, a pattern that has remained consistent across all years analyzed. These days accounted for 32.3% of suicides in the last five years. Specifically, in 2024, the days with the highest frequency were Sunday (16.5%) and Monday (16.1%). Regarding the location, the events occurred in private residences throughout the analyzed period, while the Public Road category ranked second.

    In that regard, the report confirmed that during 2024, 3,425 males (80.6%), 807 females (19.0%), and 17 cases (0.4%) died by suicide. The most frequent age groups were 20-24, 25-29, and 30-34.

    Death to “israel”