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 depicts Bolivian trade unionists on strike in La Paz, Bolivia.

Long preamble/summary below of recent news events.

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The Iran ceasefire is grinding on. After a brief period over the weekend of heightened activity where it seemed that US strikes might be resuming, Trump announced a “Memorandum of Understanding” with Iran, which initially appeared to be an agreement along Iran’s demands.

For those not following along with the diplomatic minutia, Iran’s position for several weeks has been that the nuclear issue must be discussed separately - because, well, last time they started discussing the nuclear issue with the US, they got fucking bombed - and so have proposed a two-stage negotiation where the war is first officially ended with certain preconditions (e.g. the US has to end sanctions and unfreeze assets and presumably withdraw at least some military assets), and then the second stage will begin in which the nuclear issue is handled.

The reason why a deal has still not been signed after all this time is because the US disagrees with doing it this way, and wants the nuclear issue to be handled right away (and obviously also objects with things like Iran retaining control of the Strait). Therefore, Trump’s announcement appeared to be him finally accepting reality, but it quickly became apparent that this was just another market manipulation. I’m definitely in the camp among several other analysts that believes another round of war is going to happen barring some very sudden circumstances (e.g. Trump being forced out of power one way or another, or Iran obtaining a nuke) because the US still seems agreement-incapable. And in Lebanon, consternation for the Zionists against Hezbollah’s attacks continues as the FPV drone threat only continues to increase despite them desperately seeking countermeasures.

As I’ve been perhaps too focussed on Iran lately, here’s a brief roundup of big news events from the last month or so.

  • Orban losing power: Pretty cool, though his replacement being Neoliberal #2980329891 means that big changes seem unlikely.

  • Strikes in Bolivia against that dipshit Paz: Very nice to see, as it appears that Bolivia has among the best widespread on-the-ground popular support for worker-centric policies and politicians in Latin America that makes it so they can genuinely pressure power (already, the Labor Minister has resigned).

  • Situation in the Sahel: “Mysterious” third parties sponsored a big offensive against the AES which they largely repelled with help from Russia. The situation there is still a little tenuous as I understand it with a greater focus by anti-government forces on blockades of cities to cause internal revolts. This tactic is currently broadly failing as armed convoys are getting fuel and food into the cities, but figures like Traore are aware that more needs to be done.

  • Ukraine War: Aside from the usual grinding advance by Russia on the front, there have been back-and-forth missile and drone strikes as Ukraine hit some targets in the outskirts of Moscow with drones and then Russia fired a shitload of missiles, including the iconic Oreshnik, directly at Kiev, as Simplicius and others have covered in greater detail.

I could go on and on with the recent aggressions against Cuba, Modi’s recent victories in India and the AI/chip tech war between China and the US but this preamble has to end at some point due to the character limit.

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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 the Zionists’ 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.

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    In these camps, children receive military training, as well as indoctrination by the camp directors to hate people of different ethnicities, religions, and LGBT people. They’re also encouraged to swear oaths to uphold this nationalist ideology in torchlight ceremonies. Ukraine’s Ministry of Youth and Sports provided the funding for the above-referenced camp and others, and that Ministry of Youth and Sports has also been a recipient of US funding, courtesy of USAID since the Maidan Revolution in 2014. I won’t speculate on connections that CYM might have to the politics elsewhere, but I will use this to transition to part III of this piece, discussing how an associated Ukrainian lobbying organization and supporters of Ukraine here in the US have ties to our political establishment and both major parties to this day.

    Part III: The Ukrainian Congress Committee of America (UCCA) and the Political Connection

    Now, this is where my curiosity had truly reached it’s peak, and when I knew that, rather than continue down a bottomless rabbit hole, I should publish what I’d learned and perhaps expound upon future connections I might find or discuss in subsequent articles. I feel in context of the Ukrainian war, it should be put out there for others to perhaps build upon and be aware of. The Ukrainian Congress Committee of America was initially established in the USA in 1940, only a year after the “official” beginning of World War 2. It’s goals were to represent Ukraine’s interests in American politics and CYM has deep connections to the UCCA. It’s generally considered a “feeder” group for the UCCA, with overlaps in membership and leaders over the years. It is also tied to the American Ukraine PAC (AmUkrPAC) which has funded US politicians and they’ve hosted events since the war in 2022 to drum up support for the war among the American public. Just since 1991 (when Ukraine was established as a sovereign state after the fall of the USSR), it has honored a number of US politicians and government officials with it’s “Shevchenko Freedom Award”. Named after Taras Shevchenko, an early icon of the OUN/UPA as representing the spirit of Ukrainian nationalism, it has been bestowed upon those that represented Ukraine’s interests in the US government. Past honorees include Henry Kissinger, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Bill Clinton, Mitch McConnell and John McCain. Today, three currently-serving politicians in the United States have received the award - Senator Joe Wilson ®, Richard Blumenthal (D), and Mitch McConnell ®. All, might I note, have been vocal advocates in funding Ukraine’s war effort since the Russian invasion in 2022, and also all members of the Helsinki Commission. They’ve worked together to pass legislation in the US Congress approving over $175 billion in US spending on Ukraine, with Wilson and Blumenthal also co-sponsoring the REPO Act to use seized Russian assets to fund Ukraine’s rebuilding efforts once the current conflict ends (the bill itself still awaiting a floor vote in Congress to be held once hostilities cease).

    As a footnote, I should also mention both Igor Fruman and Lev Parnas, who, while unconnected on paper to the organizations I have mentioned in this article, both served on the board of “Friends of Anatevka”, a Ukrainian-Jewish charity, which has donated sums to Donald Trump’s America First Action PAC, as well as Rudy Giuliani. If you may remember, these are the individuals who connected Giuliani to Ukrainian prosecutors, Yuriy Lutsenko and Viktor Shokin, to pursue investigations into the Biden families connections to Ukraine in order to expose corruption of his son’s activities serving on the board of Burisma in Ukraine. What this all boils down to is that I personally feel there’s enough “there” there to question to what extent all these influence operations have had on our culture and politics for the past 75+ years, and what harm they may bring to American society by promoting fascist and neo-nazi ideology among the population, all dressed up as some cultural exchange. Just as AIPAC is famous today for it’s influence on the public discourse in America, I believe Ukraine is likewise influencing our society but much more quietly without being recognized because Americans aren’t as educated on the subject as they are with our relationship with Israel. I find it quite unusual how a Eastern European former Soviet state has held so much influence on people and politics in America, even prior to our entrance into World War II. I’m sure the rabbit hole goes much deeper than this and I’ll devote what time I can to sharing more. Also, in closing, I would also suggest that if you appreciate the work I’ve put into this, you follow me on Twitter/X (@therevjoeblank) as well as my good friend Alexei (@bloombergblower) who I would like to give special credit to in helping research CYM and providing translation assistance in reading Ukrainian. Alexei is working on digging up information on the Ukraine/Canadian connections in a story to be published soon. I’m eager to read what he comes up with. Thanks!