Biden calls ICC decision 'outrageous'

Critical support to Isnreal for destroying decades of Western "rules-based order" propaganda in a matter of weeks

Didn’t know someone could deserve worse than hell

For context: “ Israeli occupation soldiers filmed themselves setting fire to the library at Al-Aqsa University in Gaza City, which housed a valuable scholarly collection built up over many years.”

Looks like Ireland, Slovenia, Norway and Spain will all officially recognise the State of Palestine tomorrow. Not often we get positive news from Nazi Europe, so I'm happy about this.

President of Burkina Faso, Ibrahim Traore, reduces ministers and politicians salaries by 30%. He increases workers salaries by 50% and refuses to accept a presidential salary.

We are self-deprecating and irony poisoned enough, time for a bit of an antidote.

This news mega, and Hexbear writ large, is such a great resource for understanding what’s going on in the world. Proof that the immortal science of Marxism-Leninism really is the most powerful lens for understanding the reality around us.

I sat down and ate breakfast for a long time at a hotel over the weekend. The breakfast room had Fox News blaring the whole time. Obviously you’re getting a heavy reactionary slant on things with them. But beyond that, it’s just the quality of information was so low, it was actively harmful to watch. You’d better informed not watching anything and absorbing information about the world around you from the ether. Saw some MSNBC last month and it’s not much better. Not so much inventing reality from whole cloth like Fox News, but still leaving out plenty of critical information, without which you still really can’t understand the world around you.

It’s never been more clear to me how deeply propagandized mainstream news is. It’s not even always a conscious act (though it definitely is a lot of the time), just your normal base/superstructure stuff.

And this news mega, this site, and Marxism broadly is such an oasis. Helps you not only stay properly informed, but keeps your sanity as well.

In a meeting with Blinken, he expressed that if Palestine were allowed to join the UN as a state, this would mean that the US would be forced to defund the UN, which would then lead to programs being underfunded. This includes the World Food Program, which helped 150 million people get food in 2023.

The threat is, therefore: allow Palestine in, and millions will starve.

France has announced its support for the ICC to issue an arrest warrant for Netanyahu

Lol. Lmao, even

Ok, I think we have officially reached a new peak of absurdity in domestic American politics regarding Israel. You might not even believe what I am about to tell you:

Representatives Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA) and Max Miller (R-OH) have introduced a bill to Congress which grants Americans serving in the IDF the same benefits as those serving in the U.S. Armed Forces.

Biden denounces ICC for ‘outrageous’ implication of equivalence between Israel and Hamas

Agreed, Israel is obviously worse.

this is the level of expertise being an ivy league graduate brings you 😅

Damn. Communist guest absolutely fucking destroys a Tory MP's narratives about Palestine and student protests on some British TV show: Revolutionary Communist vs. Tory MP Suella Braverman on GB news (18m video)

This is an excellent example of going on the attack, refusing to be diverted, and keeping reactionaries from controlling the narrative even in a hostile environment. Holy shit.

Biden administration signals it will support push to hit ICC with sanctions

Okay this is getting ridiculous lol. I understand the geopolitical reason the US supports Isreal is that it needs a vassal state to exert military influence on the Middle East / North Africa and prevent any attempts of decolonisation. But at this point maintain the state of Israel is costing them the entirety of their soft power in every other region in the world.

Let's not forget that a massive chunk of America's power(especially in Europe and East Asia) comes from people liking them. Otherwise no one will agree to hosting tens of thousands of their troops in their own country. This is also why the US invests such a large amount on cultural exports like Hollywood movies.

So I missing something in my analysis? Surely the Middle East can't be more important than Europe and Asia? Or is the American political class so demented they can no longer make rational decisions even in the interests of the bourgeoise?

I don't particularly like anti-cortes posting, but incredible comment:

ICJ orders Israel to halt Rafah offensive

In his reading of the ruling, Judge Salam says the court orders Israel to halt its Rafah offensive.

https://aje.io/hg54p3?update=2922734

Of course, Israel isn't going to comply but still a L.

There’s a not unreasonable chance that the presidential election is a tie, based on current polls.

Trump has a few points lead in Georgia, Arizona, and Nevada. That puts him at 268. Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin are much closer. If Biden wins those he’d be at 269. Finally Trump is a couple points up in Nebraska’s second, which would put him also at 269.

https://www.270towin.com/maps/yPJ8v

I hope that happens, it would probably be the funniest outcome.

Never go into the tunnels unless you're a tunnel guy.

Kabosu, the dog who inspired memes and cryptocurrency logos, passed away today.

Two more activists were just declared not guilty of criminal damage for occupying, shutting down, and exposing another Israeli owned Elbit drone factory here in the UK.

In case you missed it Zelenskyy pushes allies for direct involvement in Ukraine’s war with Russia.

Some rather legitimately impossible demands from Zelenskyy in there:

“Russians are using 300 planes on the territory of Ukraine. We [Ukraine] need at least 120-130 planes to resist in the sky,” Zelenskyy said, again calling on Western allies to supply with additional air defence systems. Ukraine is waiting for the delivery of US-designed F-16 fighter jets.

He just asked for 130 fighter jets from NATO? What the actual hell! Ukraine only had 170 jets in 2014 before the war started. Does any NATO country except for the USA even have that many spare jets? Zelenskyy is asking for an entirely new air force to fight Russia, direct from NATO. He really sees NATO as Amazon Prime for arms shipments or something.

He [Zelenskyy] said if countries could not supply the planes straight away, they could still fly them from neighbouring NATO states and shoot down Russian missiles.

Ukraine was also negotiating with international partners to use their weapons to strike Russian military hardware at the border and further inside Russian territory, Zelenskyy said.

“So far, there is nothing positive,” he said.

Did he just ask for European airforces to directly participate in the war? Is he out of his mind?! Of course NATO said you you clueless fool!

China re-establishes direct flights with Cuba to strengthen relationship with the Caribbean

Cuba bets on Chinese tourism to help improve economic situation amid embargo

I WAS THINKING ABOUT HOW OCTOBER 7TH IS GOING TO BE CELEBRATED ALL AROUND THE WORLD EVERY YEAR FROM HERE UNTIL THE DESTRUCTION OF THE ZIONIST ENTITY AND EVEN AFTERWARDS

THIS YEAR, OCTOBER 7TH 2024, I IMAGINE WESTERN GOVERNMENTS WILL CRACK DOWN HARD ON ANYONE CELEBRATING IT PUBLICLY.

China's new drills are extensive.

I still don't think an invasion will come to pass but they're definitely ready to do one at this point.

Today in nightmare world: The grandson of the commander of Auschwitz tells the grandchildren of Holocaust survivors that Christian Zionism cannot be anti-Semitic

May 21st: Israel seizes AP News' equipment
May 24th: AP news runs the article How 2 debunked accounts of sexual violence on Oct. 7 fueled a global dispute over Israel-Hamas war

In adventurism news, the shooter of Fico's testimony leaked and y'all probably won't hear about it in western media (as i predicted) as it turns out he indeed did it because Fico was anti-Ukraine (amongst others).

Israel is recalling envoys from Norway and Ireland.

They keep owning themselves by doing shit like this.

Any liberal who still defends Israel at this point is completely irredeemable, and should forever be treated as the fascists that they truly are. They deserve no mercy in a post-revolution world.

Peak liberal investigative journalism

Norway recognises Palestine

University of Barcelona Breaks Ties With Israeli Institutions

@AryJeay reports:

Al-Qassam launched about 10-12 long-range rockets, from Rafah, travelling 100-110km to hit Tel Aviv, after a hiatus of 4 months. The Iron dome failed to intercept the rockets, more than 8 direct impacts were made, causing material damage and the ignition of fire.

2 settlers were also injured.

::: spoiler the british government just invited a load of open neo nazis wearing nazi insignia into parliament and then gave them a round of applause

In regards to the Al-Qassam mujahideen capturing more zionist soldiers, its only a matter of time before they capture some US or UK soldiers in Gaza and the whole world will see just how involved the arrogant imperialist powers are involved in this incomprehensibly evil genocidal war on Gaza.

China Hints at 25% Car Tariff as Deadline for EU Probe Looms

China signaled it’s ready to unleash tariffs as high as 25% on imported cars with large engines, as trade tensions escalate with the US and European Union.

In addition to the jab at the car trade, China has recently hinted it could impose tit-for-tat levies on European wine and dairy products, and begun an investigation into European exports of brandy.

Windows introduces Bonzi Buddy

holy fuck is it exhausting to talk to redditbrained liberals IRL

I made the mistake to actually engage in a discussion about politics, and all the greatest hits came out -- and the worst, most frustating thing about this that I was treated like the weirdo, and I didn't even get into the "more controversial" topics

You think socialism is good? How do you explain Pol Pot then?!

They were literally propped up by the USA/CIA it's not even controversial at this point. [then they looked at me like I said grey aliens killed Princess Diana]

Well Israel's reaction is understandable, Khamas murdered and raped civilians you see

... Israel killed literally 100x as many civilians

If you are a moral person, you must condemn Putin's invasion of a sovereign country

Well, USA also invaded sovereign countries, and almost nobody gave a shit

That was a long time ago

The US war criminals are literally golfing as we speak

But Ukraine did nothing they were just minding their own business

wellll, except UKR did shell civilians in Donbass

Have you been brainwashed by Ruzzian propaganda?

Putin wants to bring back the Sovyet Yunyon, and the whole point of the USSR was Russian world domination

What? THe USSR wasn't even a Russian ethnostate? what the fuck are you talking about?

Where did the so called revolution start? St Petersburg! Where is St Petersburg? Russia! It was a Russian plot for world domination

I guess you also think that the Holodomor was good

... Not even Western liberal historians (with a few neocon exceptions) believe that there was a genocide there

So you DENY the HOLODOMOR??!?!

As I said, not even Western liberal historians (with a few neocon exceptions) believe that there was a genocide there, unlike what Churchill did to starve Bangladesh, that is actually well documented

Well we also condemn THAT

Yet you curiously never bring it up, but if someone mentions anything remotely Russian you start harping about the "Holodomor", and "Soviet-Russian imperialism"....

So you actually DENY the Holodomor? Like people would just LIE?! And the GULAGS were good?!?!

You see the GULAG was not a unique phenomenon, at the same time Africa was full of concentration camps run by the Fr*nch and the Bri'ish

But they did NOT put THEIR OWN people in camps! Putting your own people in camps is the WORST

I give up, I'm afraid it's a terminal case of brainworms

The most wholesome thing you can find on the internet right now are dead occupation soldiers.

"Israel" bombed tents in Rafah. last report over 50 dead. horrific videos and images

(cw: death, gore) https://twitter.com/TheCradleMedia/status/1794853360149172575

A map of the countries that recognize a Palestinian state from Al Jazeera. As always its the Same Map

I don’t know what the right word is. My first thought was to call it “gaslighting” but I don’t think this is the right word here. Maybe there’s a better non-English word.

What I’m referring to is the fact that no one on planet Earth believes Israel isn’t intentionally murdering civilians by the thousands. There is no explanation for not letting food and water in if not for reasons of collective punishment. Like, I’ve even tried to come up with a BS line I would take if I was Israel, and I can’t think of one. To my knowledge Israel hasn’t even really addressed not letting food and water in, they just simply do it.

We all know what Israel is doing. But the imperialists and Zionists simply trot out lines about “Israel isn’t targeting civilians” and “Hamas is the enemy, not the Palestinian people”. No one believes it but we are sort of “expected” to believe it. What would you actually call this?

TLDR of Simplicius's article yesterday:

• Ukraine is, all of a sudden, finding significant success in hitting Russian air defence with ATACMS for some reason. Generally, how it's gone is that Russia shoots most of them down, but one or two missiles in the salvo gets through and wipes out the S-400/300 anyway. The good news is that the Russian doomers now have something to complain about again; it was deeply harmful of Russia to deprive Rybar's habitat of bad news as it's a critical part of their diets. It won't really change the course of the war necessarily, but...
• Ukraine is also taking shots at Russian early warning nuclear ICBM sites, which is, to say the least, concerning. There's been some news about Russia doing tactical nuke exercises, but Simplicius points out that in this kind of war where vehicles and troops are generally fairly distributed and not in massive parking lots all concentrated together, a tactical nuke wouldn't achieve much that a bunch of conventional explosives couldn't, outside of cities at least. And we both doubt that Russia is close to nuking Ukrainian cities. But there's an implicit threat there nonetheless, which NATO may listen to, or may not.
• Putin's been talking recently about how Zelensky is now an illegitimate ruler given the lack of elections in Ukraine, which is interesting when combined with the information that Yanukovich was recently spotted landing in Belarus. To be fair, there are alternative explanations (many high-up figures were brought there and perhaps Yanukovich was just asked to tag along due to the whole "brotherly nations" thing) but even so.
• There have been rumors/claims recently in the media that Putin wants to freeze the conflict along the current front lines and sue for peace; this has been denied by Peskov.
• There's been a fair amount of activity in rooting out corruption in the Russian army. As I understand it, none of it is incredibly major - some bribes here, a little unauthorized action there, and some punishments for underperforming commanders. But it is still a lot, all at once.
• As always, rumors of new fronts opening up. Obviously with the whole thing in Kharkov now, I find it much harder to ignore these rumors, but an invasion from Belarus still seems a little unlikely.
• Speaking of Kharkov, the Russians are now issuing Russian license plates for the region and some officials are beginning to talk about letting Kharkov decide its future and all that jazz. Significant to be sure, but it doesn't herald any imminent attempt to seize all of Kharkov IMO, especially with Putin saying that they wouldn't try to capture it for the forseeable future and the fact that there's like a single Russian division there also indicates that the intent wasn't immediate, massive territorial expansion like with the beginning of the war. Ukraine is stripping men from both Donbass and also Kherson to face Russia up there. It looks like the Kherson front has been basically terminated, with whatever tiny gains Ukraine scraped together being abandoned and the water levels raised via upstream Ukrainian dams to prevent Russia from trying anything clever.
• Generally the tempo of escalation and mutual threats between Russia and NATO continue, but this has been a theme for literal years now (I remember at least one Putin speech in like summer 2022 warning NATO), so, unlike the new front rumors, I mostly ignore these as just saber-rattling and behind-the-scenes activity that's being aired for effect until I'm given a big reason to believe them.

It's worth noting with the ATACMS thing that some of the big pro-Russian people on Twitter are stating that Ukrainian usage of ATACMS is through the roof and they've already fired an appreciable fraction of all the ATACMS ever produced (and, in typical American fashion, they make very few per year), and that Russian losses aren't so bad comparatively (I mean, they aren't, if I understand the number of destroyed systems versus the number the Russians have ever made/can make per year - which I may not understand as I'm not a military guy). Others can work out if this is accurate reporting or cope, just saying what I've saw. But Simplicius did sound fairly concerned about it in the article. Not very concerned, but fairly concerned.

This is old news and not of great importance but it's a silly little story about the uselessness of liberal western progressivism that I don't think has been posted here before:

On May 8th the chairperson of the Copenhagen Pride organisation resigned to appease angry corporate sponsors who were cutting funding for the parade.

What angered companies like Google and Mærsk so much was a statement put out back in February by the pride organisation in which they declared that the organisation "stands in solidarity with the Palestinian people" and stated that the organisation would "voice concern over business activities in 'Israel' and the occupied Palestinian territories" to their partners.

Sponsors and the liberal establishment were deeply offended by the statement that they saw as a demand for them to take a stand against the genocide. The pride organisation demonstrated a complete lack of backbone as soon as the sponsors they depend on fire funding started leaving and put our a new statement apologising for "poor communication" and promised that they were "not asking any questions or making any demands" to their partners regarding 'Israel' and Palestine.

Eventually the chairperson decided to resign as a way of appeasing sponsors.

Received mainstream wisdom as communicated through the mainstream media quickly settled on siding with the sponsors. Everybody seems to agree that it was foolish of the organisation to say "please don't be an accessory to genocide" to their corporate sponsors, "experts" in the media are talking about how the pride organisation needs to fire their top leadership and grovel at the feet of corporate sponsors and everybody who have opinions for a living are talking about how you shouldn't connect LGBT rights to "a complex conflict in the middle East".

The news coming out of Rafah is horrific. I've deliberately avoided looking at the images, but I can't stop crying.

I'm not a third worldist, but even with the widespread protests in the west, how can this kind of injustice be resolved without something at least a little like a JDPON?

It's funny how the current managers of empire are willing to torch their own "international" institutions (that they set up for their own benefit) in order to prop up their settler colonial project that's going to implode in the long run anyway

I wonder if they truly perceive restraint as weakness and that's why they always double down and never back off

The White House has said it is looking into the incident wherein Israeli authorities seized equipment from The Associated Press, and called the incident “concerning”.

White House or Elon Musk?

Blinken Pushing To Let Ukraine Hit Russian Territory With US Weapons

Secretary of State Antony Blinken is leading a push within the Biden administration to allow Ukraine to use US-provided missile systems and other weapons to hit Russian territory, The New York Times reported on Wednesday.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and many other members of Congress are also calling to lift the ban. Ultra-hawk Victoria Nuland, who left the State Department in March, appeared on ABC News this week to make the pitch for Ukraine to extend its use of US weapons to Russian territory.

It's 100% going to happen