Bulletins and News Discussion from August 26th to September 1st, 2024 - Ruto Must Go - COTW: Kenya
Bulletins and News Discussion from August 26th to September 1st, 2024 - Ruto Must Go - COTW: Kenya
Image is from this Black Agenda Report article by the Communist Party of Kenya.
In June, large anti-government protests shook Kenya. President Ruto and his parliament were attempting to pass the new Finance Bill 2024, which, among other things, would have hiked taxes on the population, with a 16% sales tax on bread and a 25% duty on cooking oil, as well as new taxes on financial transanctions and vehicle ownership. There would also have been levies on women's sanitary products and digital goods such as phones, among other measures affecting hospitals.
Hundreds of protestors stormed the parliament building and began to tear the place apart. Shortly afterwards, on June 26th, Ruto announced that he was withdrawing the bill, calling the tens of deaths and hundreds of injuries "unfortunate". A couple weeks later, Ruto then fired his entire cabinet (aside from his foreign minister) and communicated his wish to the nation to form a "broad-based government". Funnily enough, in July, it was announced that the majority of positions were to be filled by members of the old cabinet, while other positions were taken by members of the opposition. This has prompted scepticism among the population, including calls to resign, but there haven't (yet) been any major anti-government events to pressure this outcome. The Communist Party of Kenya has been working to get some of their comrades back after they were abducted by the police during the protest period, and have otherwise supported the protests against Ruto.
The measures in the bill were strongly encouraged by the IMF. Kenya's debt is currently around $80 billion, of which about 10% is owed to China for infrastructure projects (such as a railway linking the capital, Nairobi, to the port city of Mombasa, as well as 11,000 kilometers of road throughout the country). The rest is owed to a combination of the US, IMF, World Bank, and Saudi Arabia. More than half of government revenue is going towards repaying the debt - but despite these massive payments, it has only grown. The most recent round of IMF plundering (and the impetus for current events) began in 2021, when they offered a 38-month programme to "help" Kenya, which would involve the usual warfare on the poor and the dismemberment of any useful societal institutions.
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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 daily-ish 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 (and has automated posting when the person running it goes to sleep).
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.
Various sources that are covering the Ukraine conflict are also covering the one in Palestine, like Rybar.
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.
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.
Zelensky says Lula da Silva 'believes Soviet Union narratives' about war.
The president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, said that President Lula (PT) has adopted a “political rhetoric” stance and that he “lives Soviet Union narratives” in relation to the war against Russia.
Zelensky demanded a more emphatic stance from Lula da Silva who, he said, “thinks of Russia as if the Soviet Union still existed today”. In an interview the politician also said he was grateful for the dialog he had with the Brazilian president in 2023.
The Ukrainian also criticized the fact that Brazil had signed, alongside China, a proposal for peace negotiations in the conflict. Zelensky claims that the content has no practical effect on resolving the war.
The President of Ukraine stressed that Brazil is a democracy, unlike the other countries that signed the letter. “Is China a democratic country? No. And what about Iran? Is it a democratic country? No. And what about North Korea? They are not democratic countries. So what is Brazil, a great democratic country, doing in this company? I can't understand this circle of countries. It's normal when you have economic relations, but we're talking about a war, not economic relations,” he said.
He also referred to what he called the “Chinese plan” as “just a political declaration” restricted to paper, with no concrete effects. “I understand only concrete and honest proposals. I speak for our victims, for our dead. So if you want to help us stop the war, or help us get [Vladimir] Putin to stop the war, we have to unite,” he said, stressing that he intends to present a peace plan to end the war soon.
Meanwhile Zelensky goes to Saudi Arabi to beg for money and to hangout with their leaders, lol.
Binance complies with Israeli request, seizes Palestinian funds
Crypto exchange Binance has seized all funds belonging to Palestinians, acting on a request from the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF).
“I have received this from several sources. All Palestinians are affected and judging by the way things are going all Lebanese and Syrians will get the same treatment. Not your keys, not your coins. We are all Palestinians now.”
Centralized exchanges like Binance are starting to look more like government snitches than safe places to store your crypto. And it gets worse.
Ray claims that Binance has been leaking info on MENA (Middle East and North Africa) users to the IDF without any legal process—no warrant, no subpoena, just handing it over.
This seems to be coupled with a sudden outflow of ~$2 billion dollars worth of BTC from Binance today: https://old.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1f2nt6b/binance_just_had_an_outflow_of_44000_bitcoins/
I find it hard to believe any real hamas would just leave their funds hanging out on a hostile western platform when they can take the funds out. I also find it hard to believe $2 billion would be kept in crypto alone.
Well, let this serve as a warning to anyone looking to do business with Binance, they're basically a wing of the IOF now.
China accepts U.N. recommendations to improve environmental conflicts in Latin America Hexbear Post
- China was up for a Universal Periodic Review with the U.N. Human Rights Council, in which other member countries analyzed its actions abroad and provided recommendations to improve.
- Some of the most popular concerns were connected to the environmental and social conflicts affecting Latin America, including violence against activists, rushed impact studies and weak oversight of projects ranging from dams and highways to mines and bridges.
- China accepted a record ten out of 11 recommendations, giving hope to some that the country will change how it handles future projects in the region. But some critics are concerned that the country won’t keep its word.
i think its good China said its willing to help more in latin america in areas like enviroment and social conflicts, their big push for solar energy shows they care about green policy
Trash taking itself out:
https://xcancel.com/african_stream/status/1828463661611893091On 26th August, 2024, Denmark announced that it would be shutting down its embassies in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso and Bamako, Mali. But Copenhagen said it also intends to open three new ones - in Senegal, Rwanda and Tunisia. This is part of its new strategy in Africa, which includes appointing special representatives for the Sahel and the Great Lakes region of the continent. Denmark also wants to strengthen its presence within Egypt, Kenya, South Africa, Nigeria and Ghana.
Some recent news and videos from the front.
A Russian Iskander-M missile strike destroyed another US-supplied M142 “HIMARS” launcher in Sumy oblast: https://southfront.press/russian-iskander-m-destroyed-another-himars-mlrs-in-sumy-region/
Frontline report from Kursk oblast’s Glushkovo: https://odysee.com/@RT:fd/ZHDANOV26-yt:e
Yesterday Russian missiles struck Kiev regime military industrial targets and electrical substations powering them: https://odysee.com/@RT:fd/strikes26:d
Several days ago a Russian Iskander-M missile strike destroyed another US-built M270 MLRS launcher in Nikolayev oblast: https://southfront.press/in-video-russian-army-destroys-yet-another-ukrainian-m270-mlrs/
Ukraine is about to lose ~200km2 south of Pokrovsk...
Massive zionist invasion of West Bank happening right now. (The Cradle telegram)
Statement from PIJ translated by RNN telegram
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⚫️ Palestinian Islamic Jihad: — In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
The criminal occupation is launching a comprehensive assault on the cities and camps of the northern occupied West Bank in an open and undeclared war, one we had previously warned about. This aggression seeks to shift the focus of the conflict to the occupied West Bank in an attempt by the entity to impose new facts on the ground aimed at subjugating the occupied West Bank, annexing it, and asserting its control over our sanctities in an existential war against the Palestinian people.
The wide-scale military campaign being waged by the occupation in the occupied West Bank is part of its plans to assert control over the city of Al-Quds and the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque. The occupation seeks to implement its malicious Judaization schemes, including the construction of a synagogue within the courtyards of Al-Aqsa, in a blatant challenge to the dignity of all Arabs and Muslims, and in flagrant violation of all international laws and conventions.
Our fighters in Saraya Al-Quds in the West Bank are engaged in fierce battles to confront this criminal campaign, which includes the siege of hospitals, preventing the injured and sick from receiving treatment, and the use of drones and warplanes to bomb civilian targets within camps and towns. Additionally, the occupation has imposed a severe siege on these areas with hundreds of soldiers and armored vehicles in an attempt to break our people's spirit and crush their will.
As in Gaza, the enemy entity is committing its crimes in the West Bank while the world watches these atrocities, with a shameful official and popular Arab inaction. Many stand idly by in the face of the crimes the occupation is perpetrating against our people and sanctities, leaving the Palestinian people alone in confronting the continuous zionist killing and criminal machinery.
This is happening while the occupation continues to commit horrific massacres in a clear genocide in the besieged Gaza Strip, disregarding all international calls to stop the war, allow the entry of relief materials, and open safe corridors for civilians. It is supported by the American administration, which oversees these crimes and provides all kinds of political and military cover.
We call on the international community to take immediate action to stop these massacres and violations, holding the occupation fully responsible for the consequences of these aggressive policies. We also call on the Arab and Islamic nations to urgently and effectively mobilize in support of our people and sanctities, and in rejection of this ongoing aggression that aims to liquidate our just cause.
Indeed, it is a jihad of victory or martyrdom.
Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine
Wednesday, 24th of Safar, 1446 Hijri, August 28, 2024 AD.There appears to be a partial sector collapse on the eastern frontlines of Ukraine, with Ukraine losing multiple towns and settlements within a couple of hours. Russia is closing in on Pokvorosk rapidly now. Ukraine retreating across the front. This is after two days of Russian missile attacks in Ukrainian electric and water infrastructure. Overall it looks like the Kursk gamble is starting to backfire in a big way, but more on that below.
As for the whole Kursk offensive that appears to have stalled, I take a different view to many. It was the best course of action Ukraine could take if they wanted to keep fighting. It's just that the choice to keep fighting is a poor one. Obviously the actual best choice would be to stop the fighting and start negotiations, but Ukraine/their NATO masters are unprepared to do so. So if they continue fighting, and we assume Russia will take more territory in the East, what does it matter if it falls quickly or slowly if it's considered lost anyways? Ukraine (as in from a realistic perspective and not rabid pro Ukraine propaganda) sees that territory as lost anyways, there's nothing they can do to stop the Russian advance or change the reality of the war on that front. So why not take some Russian territory and use it as a buffer to push up with artillery and long range weapons closer to Russia, to continue Ukraine's asymmetric strategy and launch more attacks into Russia, which they did and had some initial success, hitting Russian air bases and destroying some advanced fighter aircraft parked on the ground, as well as destroying many FAB munitions. And hope to hold that territory until autumn or even winter when it will be harder to root them out.
Overall the Kursk offensive militarily was executed a lot better than the previous Ukrainian "counter offensive", which was a disaster. Ukraine pushed up enough to get their artillery and Anti-Aircraft (AA) platforms in position, but not too far ahead as to walk into Russian traps and defence in depth. Getting the AA in position was critical to ensure that Ukrainian convoys did not get massacred by Russian helicopters and close air support like they did in the "counter offensive". Yes Russia did ambush a few convoys, but nothing like the counter offensive.
The question though is yes the Kursk offensive was executed well from a military perspective, but does it make sense in the big picture of the war? With the current frontline partial sector collapse, it's not looking good. The best solution big picture wise would be negotiations, there is nothing Ukraine can do to change the reality of the war, unless they plan on getting full NATO support, which is a extremely unrealistic fantasy. Any option that involves the continuation of fighting is a poor option from the Ukrainian perspective. So I would say the Kursk offensive was the best of the bad options, but still a very bad option. Continuing the war as it was and getting ground down by Russia without doing anything to stop the inevitable also appears to be a poor choice.
Tulsi is now part of wet boy transition team. I must confess I had believed in her early in the 2020 primary, I thought she is a staunch antiwar candidate, she was pro Medicare for All, she is vegetarian, she supported Bernie in '16 and she hated Hillary. At the time there was an argument that Bernie might be too old for 2 terms, I thought Tulsi would be a decent alternative. I even donated $10 to her early campaign. Obviously, as the primary went on and I saw she didn't have a path to victory, I stopped supporting her and donated my labor to volunteer for Bernie instead.
Fuckin' hell, I didn't know she's part of an insane cult and drank one too many Joe Rogan griftoid alpha brain, now she's an anti-trans, anti-woke, chud.
IOF have launched a large operation in the northern west bank. It seems to include thousands of soldiers and is expected to last several days. The city of Jenin and notably the Jenin hospital, where hospital workers report being unable to access the hospital. Resistance reports destroying military vehicles with remote explosives in Jenin.
This is a developing situation and I am getting info from ME observer telegram channel
The Gaza Strip's ~2 million people have been squeezed into an area just below 40 square kilometers on the beaches of Khan Yunis and Deir el-Balah. The population density of the now tent city is approaching 60,000/km², above neighbourhoods immediately east of Constitution Hill by comparison. This is what 60,000/km² "normally" looks like:
70% of what little water infrastructure exists is in the "no-go zones" according to Al-Jazeera. Per-person water access may well plunge to under 1L/ppd.
Aid groups such as Islamic Relief South Africa had expressed mounting difficulties in delivering humanitarian relief and are beginning to doubt how long these efforts can be prolonged as the situation continues to worsen - live interview on CII Radio.
180,000 people have fled the Gaza Strip since October - Salaamedia live
For people who escape, there is a lingering feeling of "survivors guilt" as expressed by one journalist and her family who recently escaped to Johannesburg - Salaamedia live/Newzroom Afrika
During the interview above, the host of Salaamedia has indicated she is well aware of genocide supporters brigading comment sections of such broadcasts. Yet for some reason, social media doesn't like it when I send death threats to said yellow-ribbon Nazis
There is still a live radio station operating in Gaza City - Sahaba Radio FM 99.6
relevant quote against the 'no war but class war' purists
"If tomorrow, Morocco were to declare war on France, India on England, Persia or China on Russia, and so forth, those would be “just” “defensive” wars, irrespective of who attacked first; and every Socialist would sympathise with the victory of the oppressed, dependent, unequal states against the oppressing, slave-owning, predatory “great” powers."
-Vladimir Lenin
Images of the Haditha masscare that the US military tried to keep from the public have been released.
[CW Details of massacre]
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On the morning of November 19, 2005, a squad of Marines was travelling in four Humvees down a road in the town of Haditha, Iraq, when their convoy hit an I.E.D. The blast killed one Marine, Lance Corporal Miguel Terrazas, and injured two others. What followed would spark one of the largest war-crime investigations in the history of the United States.
During the next several hours, Marines killed twenty-four Iraqi men, women, and children. Near the site of the explosion, they shot five men who had been driving to a college in Baghdad. They entered three nearby homes and killed nearly everyone inside. The youngest victim was a three-year-old girl. The oldest was a seventy-six-year-old man. The Marines would later claim that they were fighting insurgents that day, but the dead were all civilians.
After the killing was over, two other Marines set off to document the aftermath. Lance Corporal Ryan Briones brought his Olympus digital camera. Lance Corporal Andrew Wright had a red Sharpie marker.
Briones and Wright went from site to site, marking bodies with numbers and then photographing them. Other Marines, including one who worked in intelligence, also photographed the scene. By the time they were done, they had made a collection of photographs that would be the most powerful evidence against their fellow-Marines.
Marine bragging about keeping the photos secret:
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The impact of an alleged war crime is often directly related to the horror of the images that end up in the hands of the public. The abuse of detainees at Abu Ghraib prison became an international scandal when graphic photos were published. The Haditha killings had no similar moment. A few of the images that the Marines had made ended up in the public domain, but most have never been released.
In an oral-history interview for the Marine Corps, in 2014, General Michael Hagee, who was the commandant of the Marine Corps at the time of the Haditha killings, bragged about keeping the Haditha photos secret.
“The press never got them, unlike Abu Ghraib,” Hagee said.
The interviewer, Fred Allison, a Marine Corps historian, interjected, “The pictures. They got the pictures. That was what was so bad about Abu Ghraib.”
“Yes,” Hagee replied. “And I learned from that.” He said, “Those pictures today have still not been seen. And so, I’m quite proud of that.”
Source [CW Includes selected photos of the massacre at the bottom] https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/in-the-dark/the-haditha-massacre-photos-that-the-military-didnt-want-the-world-to-see?utm_brand=tny&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&mbid=social_twitter&utm_social-type=owned
Pope Francis Rejects Abolition of Russian Orthodox Church in Ukraine - Telesur
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‘Let those who want to pray do so in the church they consider their own,’ he said. On Sunday, Pope Francis demanded that no Christian church be abolished “directly or indirectly” in Ukraine following the approval of a law that prohibits ties with the Moscow Orthodox Patriarchate.
“Churches must not be touched,” declared the Argentine pontiff after the recitation of the Sunday Angelus from the window of the Apostolic Palace.
Francis acknowledged before the faithful gathered in St. Peter’s Square that he continues to “follow with sorrow the fighting in Ukraine and the Russian Federation” and expressed his concern “for the freedom of those who pray” following “the recently approved regulations in Kyiv.”
“Anyone who truly prays, prays for everyone. No harm is done by praying, and if someone commits harm against their people, they will be guilty of that, but they cannot have done wrong by praying. Therefore, let those who want to pray do so in the church they consider their own… Please, let no Christian church be suppressed directly or indirectly. Churches must not be touched,” Francis said.
On August 20, the Ukrainian Parliament approved a law that prohibits the operation of religious organizations with strong ties to Russia, paving the way for a possible ban on the activities of the Orthodox Church.
The law will come into effect 30 days after the Parliament publishes the text. From that moment, parishes of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate will have a period of nine months to sever ties with the Russian Orthodox Church.
The goal of the Ukrainian authorities is to advance what has been termed “Spiritual Independence” and cut ties with Patriarch Kirill, who yesterday appealed to Pope Francis for support for the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
President Volodymyr Zelensky, however, views the church linked to Moscow as an appendage of the Kremlin aimed at weakening the Ukrainian cause and promoting pro-Russian ideology.
Daniel Ortega (Nicaragua) has worsened relations with Brazil and Colombia, some drama:
Daniel Ortega, President of Nicaragua, said that the Brazilian government, led by President Luis Inácio Lula da Silva, repeating what the Yankees (US Goverment) say. The movement makes the rupture between Brazil and Nicaragua more evident. He also accused Lula's goverment of being corrupt, talking about the Lava Jato Operation (Car Wash Operation).
Ortega accuses Lula of being Pro-US and corrupt by using the same argument the US and Far-Right people use to attack Lula? The Car Wash Operation Judge had literally connections with the CIA. lol.
Ortega also described the Bolivarians' "struggle" as "the fight between David and Goliath.". Saying that Brazil is attacking Venezuela.
Quoting Ortega, Lula said that not attending an event is not a reason for retaliation. At the beginning of August, Nicaragua announced the expulsion of the then Brazilian ambassador to the country, Breno Dias da Costa, after he failed to attend the 45th anniversary of the Sandinista revolution.
Still on the subject of Nicaragua, the Brazilian president made a comparison and said that it would be the same as Brazil expelling ambassadors who didn't attend the September 7th celebrations.
Colombian President Gustavo Petro has responded to Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, who called him "Arrastado" a way of saying obedient to the United States. Petro said: "I do not drag (In spanish: Arrastro) the human rights of my people through the mud, And I do not betray my former comrades of war and revolution." Gustavo Petro is a former guerrilla fighter.
No idea why Ortega got so pissed at Brazil for mediating the Nicaragua-Vatican diplomatic crisis. I know there are a bunch of far-right pro-somoza Catholic priests there, but removing most religious protections and attacking the Catholic Church seems like a bad idea when you consider there are a bunch of pro-sandinista catholics, besides probably being unpopular to attack the religion most people follow there.
In Venezuela, lots of commotion surrounding the arrest of journalist Carmela Longo, who worked for 2 decades at the (firmly pro-govt) newspaper Últimas Noticias, covering night life and social activities. She's reportedly been charged with terrorism and inciting hatred. Plenty of voices in her defense, alleging that this is a (very serious) misunderstanding
Seems like they got the wrong person with a similar name?
Nicolas Maduro Third Cabinet:
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro announced some major cabinet changes this afternoon. Vice President Delcy Rodríguez is taking over the Oil Ministry, with Pedro Tellechea moving to industries. Anabel Pereira takes over the Finance Ministry and Leticia Gómez in tourism.
Very common for the VP to take control of some ministry.
The most surprising development has been the appointment of General Menry Fernández as Agriculture Minister, replacing Wilmar Castro Soteldo. Though the situation eased recently, Castro Soteldo was frequently criticized by campesino movements and seen as favoring agribusinesses
The other very significant appointment was Diosdado Cabello as interior minister. Eduardo Piñate returns as Labor Minister, and the Youth and Sports Ministry was split, with Grecia Colmenares taking over youth and Arnaldo Sánchez sport
Other cabinet changes:
Héctor Rodríguez - education
Ricardo Sánchez - higher education
Jhoanna Carrillo - women
Carlos Masjustin - water
Juan José Ramírez - public works
Raúl Paredes - housing
The Urban Agriculture Ministry is extinguished and absorbed into the Communes Ministry
Hezbollah Operation Reflects the Nation’s Will: PFLP - Telesur
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The resistance is ready to confront the aggressors, said the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.
On Sunday, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) issued a statement supporting the Lebanese Islamic resistance movement Hezbollah, which carried out a large-scale retaliatory operation against the Israeli regime for the assassination of its commander Sayyed Mohsen Shukr. Below is the statement released by the PFLP Central Media Department:
“This operation will have significant effects on the war waged by the Zionist enemy against our people. We extend our greetings to the leadership of Hezbollah, its cadres, fighters, soldiers, commanders, to their proud popular cradle and to the brotherly Lebanese people for this qualitative operation, which embodied the fulfillment of a true promise and a courageous decision to respond to the crimes of the occupation, in particular the assassination of the martyr Sayyed Mohsen Shukr.
The decision Hezbollah’s decision to respond was carried out despite all the threats, intimidation and US military mobilizations aimed at protecting the Zionist entity and threatening our people and our nation with aggression.
Hezbollah’s heroic operation, which represents an extension of its resolve to confront the oppressive enemy in support of the oppressed people of Palestine and their courageous resistance, embodied the will of the nation against all policies of submission, humiliation and the march towards normalization and collusion with the criminal Zionist entity.
This operation, which represents a strategic challenge to the axis of genocide directed against our people and aimed at subjugating and humiliating the peoples of the region, serves as a lesson inspiring all fighters and honorable people to resist the Zionist enemy and its allies and to intensify their struggle on all fronts.
The qualitative operation that struck deep into the Zionist center confirms that the resistance has the will, readiness and credibility to confront to aggression and humiliate it, and is capable of supporting and helping our people on all battle fronts.
This solid and courageous spirit is enough to defeat aggression and frustrate its objectives. We stress that the brutal aggression against the Lebanese people and the peoples of the region is yet another crime added to their record of brutality, and that Arab silence and international complicity in these crimes is a partnership in aggression.”
Venezuelan Prosecutor Summons Former Candidate Gonzalez for the Second Time - Telesur
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He will have to answer for the publication of fake information regarding the results of the presidential elections.
On Monday, Venezuela’s Attorney General Tarek William Saab summoned former presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez for the second time to appear and testify in an investigation against him.
He is required to appear on Tuesday to answer questions regarding the publication and maintenance of a website through which the far-right Democratic Unitary Platform (PUD) attempted to promote narratives about an alleged electoral fraud, claiming that 83.5 percent of the voting records from the July 28 presidential election had been uploaded in its website.
The dissemination of false information occurred before the National Electoral Council (CNE) released the first official election results, in which President Nicolas Maduro won by a wide margin over Gonzalez.
As a result, the Venezuelan Attorney General’s Office summoned the PUD leader to testify in a case for the “alleged commission of crimes including usurpation of functions, forgery of public documents, incitement to disobey the law, computer crimes, association to commit a crime, and conspiracy.”
On Sunday, the far-right politician posted a video on social media criticizing the summons issued by Attorney General Saab but did not confirm whether he would attend the first hearing, which was scheduled for the morning of Monday. If found guilty, Gonzalez could face up to 16 years in prison.
Several media outlets report an increase in migrants on the border between Brazil and Venezuela, in Pacaraima. The Brazilian and Colombian governments have decided to tighten immigration regulations to prevent abuses in the flow of immigrants.
Many migrants who will leave Venezuela are expected to head to Latin American countries, as the United States has ended the program that allowed temporary visas for Venezuelan immigrants. Brazil, Paraguay, Colombia and Peru are expected to be the main destinations for migrants.
These immigrants have been used politically under Bolsonaro and Ivan Duque's goverments. They would gain the same treatment Cuban gusanos received in the US, while the two goverments would treat Haitians, Bolivians, Paraguayans and African immigrants poorly and even expel Arab refugees.
A young irish guy i know was telling us how there's a lot of revisionism right now that casts the ira, whom he thinks were entirely drug dealing gangsters, in a positive light.
Idk how to tell him that some people, at least, have always viewed them in a positive light and his belief that all ira units were drug dealing gangsters is post-troubles liberal revisionism intended to de-emphasize the political nature of the struggle.
He also seems to have no idea that the unionists were largely run by British Intelligence and committed an overwhelming majortiy of the massacres and civilian killings.
At a time when Sein Feinn is taking power in Northern Ireland knowing the actual dynamics of the anglo-irish war seems rather important.
https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/the-harris-doctrine/
to me it reads like "lol no"
*"but with sad face"
I was thinking about following up on fashionable concerns regarding Ukraine in 2022. Where are we now with some of these things which seemed imminent back then? Hope these aren't stupid questions, but it is fun to look back and assess which things actually ended up being important, and which were just the news of the moment.
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Inflation in Russia and inflation in Europe. Anyone knowledgeable in the raw economic data able to say how this is going in both regions? Clearly Russia has not collapsed, but has the EU collapsed either? Are we going to see the EU propped up by debt crises in other countries? Weren't the destructions of Nordstream 1 and 2 followed by import of US LNG supposed to wreck European industry?
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Emigration or stagnation of EU industries. I recall headlines about BASF downsizing in Europe due to unfavorable energy prices. Has this trend continued in general?
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Ukrainian farmlands becoming unusable due to leftover mines and depleted uranium rounds. Suppose Russia permanently takes all of Donbas, do they now have to deal with a line of unusable previously arable land?
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What's the Ukraine/Russia grain export deal looking like in the Black Sea these days?
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What's Prigozhin up to these days?
Oh.. you're just telling me this for the first time...
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Can any Ukraine watchers tell me if the fascist regiments absorbed into the AFU are taking less losses than the rest of the AFU. I keep trying to understand why Ukraine is dragging this war on, and outside of the normal reason, one of the thing so have been wondering is whether the fascists in government are using the war as a way to rid itself of opposition.
Wake up and immediately witness man made horrors within my comprehension. I saw a video on TikTok of Palestinians gathered inside of an apartment, that reminded me of the Come and See Church/Hall scene.
Klanada put 100% Tariff on Chinese EV's to protect the American EV Industry i.e. Heavily subsidized company Tesla which paid it's CEO $46 Billion Dollars
Palestine to apply for BRICS membership after upcoming Kazan summit (Anadolu Ajansi, 26.08.2024)
Russian state news agency TASS quoted the Palestinian ambassador to Moscow, Abdel Hafiz Nofal, as saying that Palestine will lodge its application for joining BRICS after attending the summit.
"Russian President Vladimir Putin promised that one session would be fully devoted to Palestine," the Palestinian ambassador said.[...]
"This invitation means that despite all the crimes, killings and destruction in the Gaza Strip, our message is that Palestine wants to live and to develop," Ambassador Nofal added.
Further sweeping evacuation orders issued in Ukraine. The Russians are surging forward towards Pokrovsk, capturing many areas intact without much fighting. Meanwhile, Ukrainian forces in Kursk seem to have stalled.
Zelensky has declared that he aspires to make Pokrovsk the new Bakhmut, while simultaneously admitting that the war will only end by dialogue. Seems the mood in Ukrainian command is low, and the only solution they can think of is feeding more conscripts into death pits until that somehow creates a position of strength that Ukraine can negotiate from.
The FAMa carried out air strikes in the Tinzawatèn area, on the border with Algeria, allegedly neutralizing around twenty armed men.
According to the army, the "precision" attack targeted "terrorist" elements.
Azawad rebels and the Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims (JNIM) said the attack left 21 civilians dead, including several children. (the source I use ENTRE GUERRAS had pictures of the dead children)
Some of the wounded were taken to Algerian territory, according to local sources.
I think it's now fair to call what's happening in Pokrovsk a big collapse for the AFU, perhaps the biggest since the lines stabilised in late 2022. The whole South Donetsk front has completely broken for the AFU, with barely any fighting units left because of the Kursk adventure and there are barely any fortifications at this point. The Ukrainians in true capitalist fashion gave the contracts for digging fortifications to private entities who stole the money and didn't dig anything beyond the areas close to the January 2024 frontline near Avdiivka, so it's now a big problem when the front has moved 35kms further. Everything that moves into the Donbass goes through Pokrovsk and Myrnograd, and Russians are now 7km from Pokrovsk and 1km from Myrnograd. Pokrovsk is also the gateway into Dnipro Oblast, which is the most valuable Oblast for Ukraine with its farmlands and massive Soviet industry. If Pokrovsk falls before the end of 2024, then Russia will basically be in a position where the entirety of Donetsk Oblast falls in 2025, and they can even rush along the E50 and the railroad straight towards Pavlograd by the end of 2025. It's a horrible situation for the AFU in South Donetsk, everything from Pokovsk to Kurakhove to Ugledar is on the verge of collapsing now.
True to my word, I have refrained from posting on this site for the duration of my paternity leave, as I refuse to post here unless I can count it as work. Anyway, kid is doing great, but it does take a toll to be alone with him for n entire day while he is learning to walk. The amount of times I have had to catch something falling on his head is incredible, especially considering that I child-proofed our place when our daughter was born.
Satanic society (CW: seeing that gang-r-word's face fully intact):
https://xcancel.com/Seamus_Malek/status/1828177635622465886The r-word from the Sde Teiman Israeli prison camp is now becoming a regular TV show guest in Israel. Inconceivable how this society can exist and be accepted in the modern age.
Biggest Union rally I've seen in a long time happened across australian capital cities today
better source (less of a painful website anyway)
#Satanic Racism Can't Protect You From a Missile, Israel #905 3/6
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is Belarus finally going to join?
An Israeli airstrike on a residential area in the Nur Shams refugee camp, in Tulkarm, in the occupied West Bank, led to the martyrdom of at least five Palestinians on Monday night, Al Mayadeen's correspondent reported.
The aggression marks yet another aspect of the Israeli regime's war on Palestinians, be it in the Gaza Strip or the occupied West Bank.
Local media identified the martyrs as Jibril Jibril, Muhannad al-Qarawi, Mohammad al-Sheikh Yousef, Adnan Aysar al-Jaber, and Mohammad Alyan.
Martyr Jibril was freed by the Resistance from Israeli prisons in late 2023 after it conducted a prisoner exchange deal with the Israeli regime.
Nablus Telegram writes:
The cub martyr of al-Qassam, "Jibril Jibril", did not exceed the age of Twenty, was arrested by the occupation and released by the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades in the exchange of the Al-Aqsa flood, which took place several months ago. He became a prisoner, a pursuer, a skirmisher and a mujahid for the sake of Allah, he did not exceed agw twenty, and he walked on the path of al-Qassam.
"Balochistan Liberation Army" kills dozens of Pakistanis in multiple simultaneous terrorist attacks.
"Vehicles traveling to and from Punjab were inspected, and individuals from Punjab were identified and shot,"
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Meanwhile, another five people were killed in a night-long clash between militants and police on the National Highway in Qalat district.
Separately, local police found four bullet-riddled bodies in the mountains of Bolan district.
Armed assailants also stormed and took control of a police station in the province's Mastung district for several hours.
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Meanwhile, a bomb blast in the Bolan district destroyed a key railway bridge, killing two people and halting rail traffic between Balochistan and other provinces.
Balochistan Liberation Army, an outlawed separatist group, in a statement to local media, claimed responsibility for the attacks.
https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2024/08/26/732101/Pakistan-terrorist-attacks-Balochistan-39-killed
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific/74-killed-in-multiple-terrorist-attacks-in-pakistan/3313119#
my friend from china uses hello talk, which is a languaga axchange app (basically you tutor each other), and this american dude asked to be tutored by her. the catch is, he doesn't know any chinese at all, and he kept being a weirdo, so she made him praise mao lol. she posted these screenshots on her WeChat moments:
thought i'd share with y'all, just something i found funny
Palestine Action destroying more shit:
https://xcancel.com/Pal_action/status/1828079458462412839
https://xcancel.com/Pal_action/status/1828122968695701986Skiatook HS pulls assignment on Christianity after Osage family protests - Osage News Hexbear Post
Olivia Gray says she doesn’t want Oklahoma public schools to force Christianity on her daughter, who is a sophomore at SHS
Skiatook High School sophomore, Nettie Gray, received an assignment this week that left her and her family confused and upset. On Thursday evening, her mother Olivia Gray posted about the assignment on Facebook and hundreds of comments began to roll in.
The problem with the assignment, said Gray, is it has leading questions centering on Christianity. The issue also corresponds with State Superintendent Ryan Walters’ mandate that public schools must teach the Bible.
On Cape Cod, the Wampanoag Assert Their Legal Right to Harvest the Waters Hexbear Post
Not everyone respects that right. But the Wampanoag are determined to continue, saying their work is an essential expression of 12,000 years of heritage, sovereignty, and lifeways.
Low-lying Mashpee is carved from water: from mosquito-bogged marshes, pine-shrouded ponds, and rivers that wind in brackish ropes past condos and golf courses. Since the 1970s, much of the town’s waterfront has been privatized and developed by nonmembers of the Wampanoag tribe.
The manicured and serene landscape above the waterline belies tremendous damage below, where shellfish and finfish have thinned—and in some cases disappeared—due to nitrogen pollution emitted from multi-million–dollar developments and their septic tanks. Stripped of land and resources, a dwindling group of Mashpee’s Wampanoag is committed now more than ever to asserting their rights to hunting and fishing.
Indigenous communities sidelined for Suriname’s new carbon credit program, critics say Hexbear Post
- The government in Suriname announced an offering of the world’s first sovereign carbon credits through the UNFCCC Paris Agreement framework, allowing the country to issue and trade carbon credits with other countries and the private sector.
- But communities living in the forests that made the credits possible say the government rushed the process and didn’t take them into account, leaving many of them in the dark about how the program works and what the benefits are.
- Indigenous and Tribal peoples would receive just 10% of carbon credit revenue from the program, according to government documents reviewed by Mongabay. But the communities don’t understand how it will be distributed.
Defeated in the legislative elections, Emmanuel Macron rejects the name suggested by the left-wing front for the post of prime minister. The President will begin a new round of talks with the parties to choose a name to take over the government.
LFI accuses Emmanuel Macron of plotting a coup and threatens to open impeachment proceedings after the president refuses to appoint the left-wing front's nominee for prime minister. Party called for demonstrations “in defense of democracy in France”.
my friend from china uses hello talk, which is a languaga axchange app (basically you tutor each other), and this american dude asked to be tutored by her. the catch is, he doesn't know any chinese at all, and he kept being a weirdo, so she made him praise mao lol. she posted these screenshots on her WeChat moments:
thought i'd share with y'all, just something i found funny
US completes 500th air delivery of weapons to Israel since 7 Oct | The Cradle
The White House has sent 50,000 tons of weapons to Israel despite claims President Biden and VP Harris are working for a ceasefire in Gaza
SE releasing FF16 Sept 17. DEAD SILENT about FF7: Rebirth on PC.
Which means my first interaction with the story changes, and thus the emotions while playing through, will be spoiled during a concert I paid well in advance for because I thought the game would be out by October because they said exclusivity was only 3 months from the end of February.
I'm sure it's more a SE / Sony thing but ima just defaulting to blaming NOMURA!
Vladimir Putin confirmed Trotsky's strongest soldier
Nestor Makhno estate-museum in Huliaipole, Zaporizhzhia region, was destroyed by Russian shelling, according to the National Police of Ukraine.
To clarify, the red building is not Makhno's house. It is the Museum of Local Lore. Russia destroyed the Museum of Local Lore and Makhno's house both.
Article its from ukr pravda, i dont know how factual it may be
Due to his actions we at the hexbear mod vanguard have decided to banned Putin for sectarianism
The Brazilian and Colombian governments issued a joint statement saying that they "take notice" of Thursday's Supreme Court ruling (ratifying the electoral results) but that the publication of results broken down by voting center remains key for the "credibility" of the electoral process. Ended the statement by reiterating "total opposition" to ongoing unilateral sanctions against Venezuela
AMLO basically said the same thing. I think AMLO recently also told the US to fuck off, Mexico will continue trade with Cuba, and that the US embargo can't be enforced in Mexico because it's unconstitutional
my friend from china uses hello talk, which is a languaga axchange app (basically you tutor each other), and this american dude asked to be tutored by her. the catch is, he doesn't know any chinese at all, and he kept being a weirdo, so she made him praise mao lol. she posted these screenshots on her WeChat moments:
thought i'd share with y'all, just something i found funny
Ukraine just got hit by a massive missiles+drone strike https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cvg58p0d55dt
Downing Street officials prepare plan for announcing death of Larry the cat. Government sources told The Times that a press release and graphics are drafted “ready for the sad day he goes”.
Pictures, selected to be published upon news of his death, are reportedly stored in folders on the No 10 IT system as part of a plan to inform the public. The cat, who was adopted from Battersea Cats Home, was first brought into Downing Street by David Cameron as a pet for his children and has since outlasted five prime ministers.
While one source said that, at present, Larry is “doing OK”, another said: “We felt it had to be handled so sensitively.”
death to "israel"
Are there any Morocco Understanders out there who can tell me what this means https://www.dw.com/en/morocco-years-long-strategy-to-claim-the-western-sahara-increasingly-pays-off/a-70021096
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Morocco's strategy on the Western Sahara has paid off Jennifer Holleis 08/23/2024August 23, 2024
With France, another key country supports Morocco's claim on the disputed region. What are the consequences for the local Sahrawi people, neighboring Algeria and the volatile region as a whole? https://p.dw.com/p/4jngW Copy link United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) personnel disembark from a helicopter Morocco is increasingly successful in claiming the phosphate-rich Western Sahara region with its access to the Atlantic Ocean. Image: Fadel Senna/AFP
For Morocco's King Mohammed VI, this summer could go down in history. For five decades, the Western Sahara, a territory to the south of the country, has been at the center of a conflict which might now end.
The phosphate-rich region with direct access to the Atlantic Ocean is home to the around 160,000 local Sahrawi people who have been seeking autonomy ever since Spain withdrew from the area in 1975.
The Sahrawis are represented by the Polisario Front, which is backed by neighboring Algeria. But Rabat claims the territory belongs to Morocco.
As a consequence of this on-going dispute, Morocco and Algeria have clashed repeatedly, and have cut ties in 2020, even though Algeria does not seek control of the Western Sahara itself.
Over the past years, Morocco has gained more and more support for its claim on the region and this summer, France changed its diplomatic stance, too.
On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the coronation of King Mohammed VI, the 61-year-old monarch received a congratulatory letter
by French President Emmanuel Macron in which he said that from now on, France will be supporting Morocco's plan for the Western Sahara.
This plan, which was initially proposed by Rabat in 2007, includes creating autonomous political institutions in the region as well as pushing economic development including a port at the Atlantic Ocean. However, Morocco will be holding control over foreign affairs, defence and currency.
"France's recognition is an extremely symbolic move that might seal the fate of the Western Sahara conflict," Sarah Zaaimi, a researcher and the deputy director for communications at the Washington-based think tank Atlantic Council, told DW.
Thomas M. Hill, director of North Africa Programs at the Washington-based think tank United States Institute of Peace concluded
in an op-ed this month that the Western Sahara conflict "is over" and that the indigenous Sahrawi independence movement is left with no choice but to eventually settle for some form of autonomy within Morocco. Prime Minister of Morocco Aziz Akhannouch next to French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte MacronPrime Minister of Morocco Aziz Akhannouch next to French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte Macron After the letter to King Mohammed VI, French President Emmanuel Macron met the Moroccan Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch in Paris. Image: Antonin Burat/Le Pictorium/MAXPPP/picture alliance France acts with an eye on migration
France is only the latest state to recognize the Western Sahara region as Moroccan territory. Spain did so in 2022, as did the United States as part of a "quid pro quo" for Rabat's normalization of diplomatic ties with Israel in 2020.
The Gulf countries and various African and Latin American countries regard the Western Sahara as Moroccan, too.
About the same number of countries support the Polisario Front and the quest for independence by the Sahrawis. However, support for this side has been stalling.
The UN neither recognizes the sovereignty claims of Morocco nor those of the Polisario Front. The international body endorses a UN-led referendum for the local Sahrawis instead.
This is also the position of the European Union, despite first Spain's and now France's changed stances.
Alice Gower, director of geopolitics and security at the London-based consulting firm Azure Strategy, highlights that France's diplomatic turnaround after years of keeping neutral on the topic is less driven by the desire to end the actual dispute over the Western Sahara.
"France's recognition has little practical effect on the ground," she told DW.
"Macron's move has undoubtedly been in part motivated by transactional politics as migration is a fiercely contested issue in France," she said. The Western Sahara has become one of the most frequented departure points for aspiring migrants and France hopes that Mohammed VI will help curb migration to Europe.
In addition, France also has a high level of interest in avoiding a power vacuum in the increasingly volatile region that includes unstable and warring countries like Libya and Sudan.
"Macron desires to prop up the Moroccan monarchy, which has been suffering a crisis of legitimacy in recent years amid rising Russian and Iranian influence in neighboring Algeria and broader security concerns across the Sahel," Gower said. Polisario Front soldiers celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Polisario Front Polisario Front soldiers celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Polisario Front Morocco has been pushing for control over the Western Sahara region, with growing support from France, Spain and the US. Image: Guidoum Fateh/AP/picture alliance Algeria's political pressure
However, France's decision also has the potential to "throw Algeria more in the arms of the Russian Iranian axis, and push Algeria into a counter move, particularly in light of its upcoming presidential elections in early September," Atlantic Council's Zaaimi told DW.
Zine Labidine Ghebouli, a political analyst on Algeria and postgraduate scholar at the University of Glasgow, is therefore worried that "the region may be heading towards the moment when the Polisario Front decides that it is more appropriate and more useful to intensify its military campaign rather than waiting for a diplomatic solution that may not come."
So far, however, the Sahrawi news agency only reported that the "Polisario Front has asserted that resolving the situation in occupied Western Sahara necessitates the 'strict and firm implementation' of international legitimacy resolutions affirming the Sahrawi people's right to self-determination."
An autonomous region is also envisioned by the around 173,600 Sahrawi refugees
who have been living in Algerian refugee camps for the past 50 years. According to recent numbers by the UN, they have been bearing the world's second longest-standing refugee situation. Graffiti of a Saharawi Refugee CampGraffiti of a Saharawi Refugee Camp The Sahrawi population in Algeria has been bearing the world's second longest refugee situation, according to the UN. Image: Noe Falk Nielsen/NurPhoto/picture alliance
Meanwhile, Algeria has stepped up its diplomatic pressure. Algier recalled its ambassador to Paris and started to refuse Algerian nationals deported from France.
For Ghebuli, there is no doubt that this is in reaction to France's Morocco support.
"The Western Sahara has become an extension of Algeria's national security domain," he told DW.
Slava Ukrainis now want Ukraine to bomb all Russian Dams and Nuclear Power Plants.
Small 5.3 earthquake in central-south portugal today, I happened to catch it because I woke up at 5:10 to urinate, so far no big damages.
Last big destructive earthquake was an 8 in 1969 and historically everyone learns about the 1755 on in school and some people have kind of a prepper "the next big one is coming" mentality because of it.
The Country of the Week is Kenya!
Feel free to post or recommend any books, essays, studies, articles, and even stories related to Kenya.
If you know a lot about the country and want to share your knowledge and opinions, here are some questions to get you started if you wish:
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- What is the general ideology of the political elite? Do they tend to be protectionist nationalists, or are they more free trade globalists? Are they compradors put there by foreign powers? Are they socialists with wide support by the population?
- What are the most important domestic political issues that make the country different from other places in the region or world? Are there any peculiar problems that have continued existing despite years or decades with different parties?
- Is the country generally stable? Are there large daily protests or are things calm on average? Is the ruling party/coalition generally harmonious or are there frequent arguments or even threats?
- Is there a particular country to which this country has a very impactful relationship over the years, for good or bad reasons? Which one, and why?
- What are the political factions in the country? What are the major parties, and what segments of the country do they attract?
- Are there any smaller parties that nonetheless have had significant influence? Are there notable separatist movements?
- How socially progressive or conservative is the country generally? To what degree is there equality between men and women, as well as different races and ethnic groups? Are LGBTQIA+ rights protected?
- Give a basic overview of the last 50 or 100 years. What's the historical trend of politics, the economy, social issues, etc - rise or decline? Were they always independent or were they once occupied, and how have things been since independence if applicable?
- If you want, go even further back in history. Were there any kingdoms or empires that once governed the area?
- Imperial Reckoning: The Untold Story of Britain's Gulag in Kenya by Caroline Elkins (2005).
- Histories of the Hanged: The Dirty War in Kenya and the End of Empire by David Anderson (2005).
- The Building of the Communist Party of Kenya by the Communist Party of Kenya (2023).
firstIs it possible to train a dog not to bark? I'm getting flashbacks to when I lived on a busy street with a dog that barked at literally every passer-by. I'd wind up holding her upside down in my lap for long stretches of the day, but every single time she barked my heart rate would shoot through the roof and it was so constant. Also, not my dog, but it's been a recurring problem with most dogs I've lived with.
