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Last week I spoke with Garland Nixon about the so-called ‘peace plan’ for Ukraine and why all the argumentation and speculation over its details remains in the world of narrative management and fantastical/wishful projection. Until such time as the defeated Nato camp is prepared to sign up to an enforceable agreement that resolves the key drivers of the war, it is battlefield realities that will shape the outcome.
And on the battlefield, Ukrainian proxies and their Nato backers are being roundly defeated.
No matter what Trump says or does, or how many tantrums the Europeans throw, Ukraine will be demilitarised. It will be denazified. The Russian-speaking population in the country will have its rights protected. Ukraine will not be joining the EU or Nato. There will be no western bases or military advisers.
And IF the actor-stooge ‘president’ Zelensky finds a way to escape the wrath of his angry people and his fascist henchmen when the frontlines collapse, my best guess is that it will be in a chopper full of dollars a la Hamid Karzai.
We also reflected on Garland’s recent trip to Russia and Belarus and the things he saw in both countries. In particular, the civilian war effort being run by volunteers to support their soldiers on the frontlines in Russia. And the way in which much of Soviet industrial, agricultural, technical, educational and social structures have been preserved in Belarus.
As Garland says: “What we are told about these countries and what we are told about socialism is not just a lie, it's the ABSOLUTE OPPOSITE of the truth.” (Youtube)
And on the battlefield, Ukrainian proxies and their Nato backers are being roundly defeated.
No matter what Trump says or does, or how many tantrums the Europeans throw, Ukraine will be demilitarised. It will be denazified. The Russian-speaking population in the country will have its rights protected. Ukraine will not be joining the EU or Nato. There will be no western bases or military advisers.
And IF the actor-stooge ‘president’ Zelensky finds a way to escape the wrath of his angry people and his fascist henchmen when the frontlines collapse, my best guess is that it will be in a chopper full of dollars a la Hamid Karzai.
We also reflected on Garland’s recent trip to Russia and Belarus and the things he saw in both countries. In particular, the civilian war effort being run by volunteers to support their soldiers on the frontlines in Russia. And the way in which much of Soviet industrial, agricultural, technical, educational and social structures have been preserved in Belarus.
As Garland says: “What we are told about these countries and what we are told about socialism is not just a lie, it's the ABSOLUTE OPPOSITE of the truth.” (Youtube)
Forwarded from Vanessa Beeley
The Trump administration has reportedly set a December 31, 2025, deadline for the Lebanese government to disarm the resistance group Hezbollah.
According to diplomatic sources, should the Lebanese government fail to comply with this demand, it could grant Israel the cover to launch a renewed and large-scale military campaign against Hezbollah.
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According to diplomatic sources, should the Lebanese government fail to comply with this demand, it could grant Israel the cover to launch a renewed and large-scale military campaign against Hezbollah.
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A year has now passed since the West triumphantly declared Syria ‘liberated’ from President Bashar al-Assad.
Yet what does this “liberation” look like in material reality?
The north stands under the boot of Turkish occupation.
The south remains carved up under Zionist control.
Western-armed jihadist factions and HTS warlords run riot along the coast.
American troops still squat in the deserts around Palmyra, guarding oil fields as if they were their own colonial property.
Across the Euphrates, a Kurdish client administration survives only through US protection.
And amidst all this dismemberment of a sovereign nation, the “new government” boasts of a fresh delivery of police cars — tribute from their foreign patrons.
This is not liberation.
This is imperialist domination, carving up a nation that dared resist it — while those who opposed western interference and fought to keep Syria whole are painted as the villains
Yet what does this “liberation” look like in material reality?
The north stands under the boot of Turkish occupation.
The south remains carved up under Zionist control.
Western-armed jihadist factions and HTS warlords run riot along the coast.
American troops still squat in the deserts around Palmyra, guarding oil fields as if they were their own colonial property.
Across the Euphrates, a Kurdish client administration survives only through US protection.
And amidst all this dismemberment of a sovereign nation, the “new government” boasts of a fresh delivery of police cars — tribute from their foreign patrons.
This is not liberation.
This is imperialist domination, carving up a nation that dared resist it — while those who opposed western interference and fought to keep Syria whole are painted as the villains
Forwarded from Class Consciousness Project
The signals of panic are all over everything that comes out of Galloways WPB these days. They have practically zero activists on the ground and are a party that now exists mainly on social media, mostly via Galloways weekly chat show. The WPB are now effectively a one man band, a cult of personality and little else. With Galloway having now exiled himself overseas following his brief detention under the deeply reactionary (and ludicrously titled) "anti-terror" laws these problems will only intensify. Now he is floating alliances with the hiedous Green party we can clearly see the opportunism for which Galloway is notorious. That a party which calls themselves 'common sense' socialists could be floating alliances with the Greens is a total capitulation.
No one can claim not to know what the Greens are all about now. They have been in power in Scotland where they supported the destruction of the Scottish industrial base and prioritised gender ideology to the extent where they supported putting men in women's prisons. They have run Brighton and Bristol councils where their record was just as anti worker as Labour or the Tories. Polanski is on record as being a rabid supporter of NATO and the war on Russia. Galloway has previously (and correctly) criticised the war on Russia but now wants to align with its biggest supporters on the left. So are all Mr Galloways positions so easily reversed? If so, why should any worker trust a single thing he says.
It also must be said that the Greens everywhere oppose nuclear power, fossil fuels, and the use of petrol chemicals, a primitivist clarion call for deindustrialisation. How can WPB square that with 'socialism'? Only one answer, blatant opportunism, turbo charged by a realisation that the party is sinking into the dustbin of historical irrelevance. This is just further proof that all those who seek to recreate British social democracy will end up sinking into the worst kind of opportunism. The working class deserves much better than this farce.
No one can claim not to know what the Greens are all about now. They have been in power in Scotland where they supported the destruction of the Scottish industrial base and prioritised gender ideology to the extent where they supported putting men in women's prisons. They have run Brighton and Bristol councils where their record was just as anti worker as Labour or the Tories. Polanski is on record as being a rabid supporter of NATO and the war on Russia. Galloway has previously (and correctly) criticised the war on Russia but now wants to align with its biggest supporters on the left. So are all Mr Galloways positions so easily reversed? If so, why should any worker trust a single thing he says.
It also must be said that the Greens everywhere oppose nuclear power, fossil fuels, and the use of petrol chemicals, a primitivist clarion call for deindustrialisation. How can WPB square that with 'socialism'? Only one answer, blatant opportunism, turbo charged by a realisation that the party is sinking into the dustbin of historical irrelevance. This is just further proof that all those who seek to recreate British social democracy will end up sinking into the worst kind of opportunism. The working class deserves much better than this farce.
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IHRA definition of antisemitism - a tool of political repression
The International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance is an organisation whose chief aim is to disseminate its 'working definition' of Antisemitism among the nations and institutions of the world. It was first adopted by Theresa May on behalf of the British Conservative…
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Forwarded from Slavyangrad (Commissar Baron von Münchhausen)
Banderite whoreson and Odessa trade union house Denys Trebenko has died - and there was much rejoicing!
On December 9, Denis Trebenko was killed with four shots to the head in Odessa. Several Banderist-leaning media outlets and Telegram channels speculated that the murder was related to the victim's public activity or financial debts.
However, Odessa underground told the editorial staff of "Otryad Kovpaka" other facts about Trebenko's life, which had gone unnoticed by the Ukrainian media:
Denis Viktorovich Trebenko, stage name "Batya," was one of the organizers of the riots at Kulikovo Pole in Odessa on May 2, 2014. He personally led a group that brewed Molotov cocktails and set fire to pro-Russian activists in the House of Trade Unions.
He was an assistant to the Odessa unit of "Samopomich," responsible for spreading Banderist ideology among young minds. He actively collaborated with the SBU during punitive raids against the Russian population of Odessa. He participated in the forced appropriation of Odessa residents' real estate. With the outbreak of the war, he faked a disability and avoided conscription into the Ukrainian army.
Side note, the scumbag was a "tribesman", if you know what it means...
Goncharenko?! Tic toc tic toc tic toc...
@Slavyangrad
On December 9, Denis Trebenko was killed with four shots to the head in Odessa. Several Banderist-leaning media outlets and Telegram channels speculated that the murder was related to the victim's public activity or financial debts.
However, Odessa underground told the editorial staff of "Otryad Kovpaka" other facts about Trebenko's life, which had gone unnoticed by the Ukrainian media:
Denis Viktorovich Trebenko, stage name "Batya," was one of the organizers of the riots at Kulikovo Pole in Odessa on May 2, 2014. He personally led a group that brewed Molotov cocktails and set fire to pro-Russian activists in the House of Trade Unions.
He was an assistant to the Odessa unit of "Samopomich," responsible for spreading Banderist ideology among young minds. He actively collaborated with the SBU during punitive raids against the Russian population of Odessa. He participated in the forced appropriation of Odessa residents' real estate. With the outbreak of the war, he faked a disability and avoided conscription into the Ukrainian army.
Side note, the scumbag was a "tribesman", if you know what it means...
Goncharenko?! Tic toc tic toc tic toc...
@Slavyangrad
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Forwarded from Quds News Network
Heavy storms and flooding have wiped out entire tent camps across Gaza, deepening the suffering of 2.2 million Palestinians already displaced by two years of Israeli bombardment.
Thousands of families were forced to flee submerged shelters in Deir al-Balah, al-Mawasi, and the southern coastline, where an 18-month-old baby died from exposure and at least 12 people were killed by the storm.
UN agencies warn the crisis is worsening due to Israel’s severe restrictions on essential winter supplies, including tents, timber, pumps, and sandbags. Nearly 795,000 displaced people are now trapped in low-lying areas where floodwaters mix with sewage, raising fears of deadly disease outbreaks.
Families are taking refuge in bombed-out buildings in Gaza City with no electricity, gas, or firewood, while even emergency shelters have been flooded. Several weakened structures have collapsed during the storms, adding to the casualties.
Thousands of families were forced to flee submerged shelters in Deir al-Balah, al-Mawasi, and the southern coastline, where an 18-month-old baby died from exposure and at least 12 people were killed by the storm.
UN agencies warn the crisis is worsening due to Israel’s severe restrictions on essential winter supplies, including tents, timber, pumps, and sandbags. Nearly 795,000 displaced people are now trapped in low-lying areas where floodwaters mix with sewage, raising fears of deadly disease outbreaks.
Families are taking refuge in bombed-out buildings in Gaza City with no electricity, gas, or firewood, while even emergency shelters have been flooded. Several weakened structures have collapsed during the storms, adding to the casualties.
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“People will be dead, children will be dead, and they’re taking off from here. It gets me so mad”
Cypriot politician Melanie Steliou cries in Declassified UK’s new documentary as she talks about Britain’s role in Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
Standing near RAF Akrotiri, she describes the scene as “heart-wrenching and infuriating,” watching UK-linked military aircraft depart from Cypriot soil.
“They’re going on a death run… a death mission,” she says, denouncing Cyprus’s complicity in enabling Israel’s campaign of destruction.
Cypriot politician Melanie Steliou cries in Declassified UK’s new documentary as she talks about Britain’s role in Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
Standing near RAF Akrotiri, she describes the scene as “heart-wrenching and infuriating,” watching UK-linked military aircraft depart from Cypriot soil.
“They’re going on a death run… a death mission,” she says, denouncing Cyprus’s complicity in enabling Israel’s campaign of destruction.
Forwarded from Peoples Dispatch
Ever since Hugo Chávez came to power in 1998, the United States has attempted to overthrow the Bolivarian Revolution.
Trump’s escalation against Venezuela is about more than oil, it is about regaining control over the “natural” zone of influence of the United States at a moment where its hegemony is slipping.
📲 Read the full article by Vijay Prashad on our website.⬇
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/12/12/why-did-trump-send-his-warships-to-venezuela/
Trump’s escalation against Venezuela is about more than oil, it is about regaining control over the “natural” zone of influence of the United States at a moment where its hegemony is slipping.
📲 Read the full article by Vijay Prashad on our website.⬇
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/12/12/why-did-trump-send-his-warships-to-venezuela/
Peoples Dispatch
Why did Trump send his warships to Venezuela?
Trump’s escalation against Venezuela is about more than oil, it is about regaining control over the “natural” zone of influence of the United States at a moment where its hegemony is slipping.
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Has Hamas really been shooting innocent Palestinians in Gaza? | The Communists
https://thecommunists.org/2025/12/08/news/hamas-really-shooting-innocent-gaza/
https://thecommunists.org/2025/12/08/news/hamas-really-shooting-innocent-gaza/
The Communists
Has Hamas really been shooting innocent Palestinians in Gaza?
Tribal elder reveals the truth about the zionist-backed gangs who have been preying on the people’s misery and spying for Israel.