Image is a frame taken from this video of Iranian missiles raining down on Israel without interception due to a weak and depleted air defense system after a year of war and genocide.
Mao, 1956:
Now U.S. imperialism is quite powerful, but in reality it isn't. It is very weak politically because it is divorced from the masses of the people and is disliked by everybody and by the American people too. In appearance it is very powerful but in reality it is nothing to be afraid of, it is a paper tiger. Outwardly a tiger, it is made of paper, unable to withstand the wind and the rain. I believe the United States is nothing but a paper tiger.
When we say U.S. imperialism is a paper tiger, we are speaking in terms of strategy. Regarding it as a whole, we must despise it. But regarding each part, we must take it seriously. It has claws and fangs. We have to destroy it piecemeal. For instance, if it has ten fangs, knock off one the first time, and there will be nine left, knock off another, and there will be eight left. When all the fangs are gone, it will still have claws. If we deal with it step by step and in earnest, we will certainly succeed in the end.
Strategically, we must utterly despise U.S. imperialism. Tactically, we must take it seriously. In struggling against it, we must take each battle, each encounter, seriously. At present, the United States is powerful, but when looked at in a broader perspective, as a whole and from a long-term viewpoint, it has no popular support, its policies are disliked by the people, because it oppresses and exploits them. For this reason, the tiger is doomed. Therefore, it is nothing to be afraid of and can be despised. But today the United States still has strength, turning out more than 100 million tons of steel a year and hitting out everywhere. That is why we must continue to wage struggles against it, fight it with all our might and wrest one position after another from it. And that takes time.
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Israel-Palestine Conflict
Sources on the fighting in Palestine against Israel. 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.
The US is now openly deploying troops to Palestine and it seems the world has not a single care.
US Pentagon Confirms it will send THAAD battery and troops to 'israel'
Stumbling into a war with Iran and the resistance with no clear plans. Stuck supplying arms to a lost war in ukraine. Capitalist piggies demanding a war with China. usa is so cooked.
A good and short article on this. Washington's Total War
I would pull excerpts but it's under 800 words and the whole thing is good.
when people wonder "why did Nazi Germany attack everyone around them instead of just one front at a time?" they now have an answer. Fascist empires just cannot stop themselves. The war falls outwards, like water from a vessel without walls
They are convinced they will win every conflict because they are simply "better" than their enemies. It's pure idealism.
Beyond idealism, fascism is pure fantasy.
What are you talking about? Just winging it is the sign of a healthy empire
i can just see how chud historians in the future will write about the collapse of the USAian Empire and blame it on migrant hordes like they're gothic tribes or some shit
'they became decadent and sinful so god smote them down'
usual chud shit
something something silk slippers going down something something strong men something something weak men something something
chud historians will get caught up in the sweeps and reeducated to understand the material conditions that lead to the destruction of the great satan.
THAAD is not for intercepting the drones, small missiles, and rockets from Gaza and Lebanon. It is designed for ballistic missiles, engaging targets at an altitude above 35km. Deploying these is an attempt to counter Iran after the zionist Arrow AD system was soundly defeated by Iranian missiles.
If more of these batteries are deployed in Palestine then we can conclude that it is in preparation for more provocations against Iran. It seems only a matter of time until the US-israeli demon will be punished with an operation True Promise 3.
Edit: image is from this article: How IRGC Defeats THAAD
i think their true purpose is to be a tripwire force. iran can easily destroy it, but that would kill US soldiers, which would give a reason for the US to escalate which is obviously what Israel wants.
It seems like such a transparent ploy
Imagine joining up thinking you’d be calling in air strikes on Afghan villages, and then getting deployed as a target for Iranian missiles
someone on the grayzone live stream said THAAD was a jobs program for the US and i looked up that term and jobs related to the MiC pay crazy high for the skills needed
Well yeah you're going right into a combat zone to operate a weapons system lol
Some Chinese construction positions for the Belt and Road pay like 300k+ USD, like more than 6 times what any domestic position would pay because of both travel and the job listing also notes risk of being attacked by terrorists (ClA sabotage ops)
Put me in coach!