Imagine a terrifying world where we are all ruled by monsters of every stripe. And not hot ones like werewolves, but instead decaying zombies and mummies who are both insensitive to, and actively benefit from the immense suffering they cause on a daily basis. The top echelon of society, filled with profit-seeking, bloodsucking vampires. And the worst of it is that they repeat on a daily basis that what they are doing is not only just, but there is no other possible way to do it.
Pretty spooky, right? What if I told you that this world... was our own?
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Various sources that are covering the Ukraine conflict are also covering the one in Palestine, like Rybar.
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Here is the map of the Ukraine conflict, courtesy of Wikipedia.
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.
Telegram Channels
Again, CW for anti-LGBT and racist, sexist, etc speech, as well as combat footage.
Pro-Russian
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/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/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.
Nah, they're making people take sides and we're seeing a lot of people support them explicitly even though it may have gone against their personal rethoric in the past.
Besides look at the bigger picture the western governments are criminalizing support for Palestine right now. Why would the zionists back down now when they're clearly winning?
I don't know why you wouldn't press this advantage either. Obviously it sucks for us, but for them I think when they force people to commit to defend Israel right now it puts those supporters in a position they can't turn back from. You can't support Israel now and then 3 months later be like "oh I didn't know they were bombing civilians". Support for the Ukrainian side is dwindling not because they posted openly Nazi cringe every day but purely on utilitarian basis and obviously the fact they're losing, imagine if Ukraine was actually winning right now? Nobody so far looked back and was like "ah yes I see I was wrong to support the Nazis 18 months ago" and the few that do admit they still default to anti-Putin/Russia in the end.
They ban pro Palestine rallies because they are losing. This is western regimes last resort because it damages the freedom of speech image. West propaganda wanted to stfu about Israel because they are undefendable but now doing so will let pro Palestine propaganda roam free. You would not be able to gather thousand people for a pro Palestine rally before all of this.
Sure but I still believe posts from celebs like Amy Schumer and Tara Strong that has become more genocidal at each post turns more people away from zionism