Image is of the Cuban flag and the Pride flag on the Havana Health Ministry building.


Inspired by a highly upvoted recommendation by @Commiejones@hexbear.net:

We need to kill the Mega Posting Wars meme. It wasn’t very funny to start with and now I get the feeling some people are taking it way too seriously. Clogging up the news thread with bullshit just to try to out post the trans mega is just dumb and annoying.

The News Megathread is now under trans martial law:

  1. Loving trans people on this site and elsewhere is strictly mandatory.

  2. Posting about the “comment wars” between the trans and news megathreads is now strongly discouraged inside the news megathread. No shame in it - I also recently made jokes about it - but though they were almost always just jokes, it was unrelated to current events and was beginning to feel more like padding the comment count instead of trying to improve the quality of the thread. If you want to boost comments and engagement here, then post articles and analysis!


The COTW (Chemical of the Week) label is designed to spur discussion and debate about a specific chemical every week in order to help the community gain greater understanding of the domestic situation of often-understudied chemicals. If you’ve wanted to talk about the chemical or share your experiences, but have never found a relevant place to do so, now is your chance! However, don’t worry - this is still a general news megathread where you can post about ongoing events from any country.

The Chemicals of the Week are Estrogen and Testosterone! Feel free to chime in with books, essays, longform articles, even stories and anecdotes or rants.

Please check out the HexAtlas!

The bulletins site is here!
The RSS feed is here.
Last week’s thread is here.

Israel-Palestine Conflict

If you have evidence of Israeli crimes and atrocities that you wish to preserve, there is a thread here in which to do so.

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.


  • Redcuban1959 [any]
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    Elon Musk’s X is having trouble finding an executive to represent the company in Brazil. After Musk’s announcement about closing the office in the country, executives who had been approached turned down the offer, fearing that they would be arrested for disobeying court orders.

    The concern of potential representatives is due to the decisions of Supreme Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes, who has already signaled the possibility of imprisonment if X does not comply with orders to remove profiles.

  • thelastaxolotl [he/him]
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    AMLO gave his last goverment report yesterday

    {Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has defended his legacy in the final state-of-the-nation address – an annual report on his government – a month before he is set to leave office and be replaced by his close ally Claudia Sheinbaum.

    Speaking for two hours in Mexico City’s sprawling Zocalo Square, Lopez Obrador bade farewell to enthusiastic followers on Sunday as he seeks to advance a major overhaul of the country’s courts.

    On October 1, Lopez Obrador will hand power to a fellow member of his Morena party, Sheinbaum, who was elected in June to be the country’s first woman president.

    Presidents in Mexico are limited to a single six-year term, so Lopez Obrador could not seek re-election.

    Sheinbaum will also inherit a package of constitutional reforms initiated under Lopez Obrador, including the judicial overhaul plan

    At the core of the proposal is a plan to elect federal judges – including Supreme Court appointees – by popular vote. Lopez Obrador has said the change is needed to root out corruption.

  • jackmarxist [any]
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    Turkey applied for BRICS membership and immediately became based? They just beat up a US Marine lol.

  • @manuallybreathing@lemmy.ml
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    5410 months ago

    Hey comrades, I’ve just spent the better part of my day writing a few 100 words about pubic housing where I live. I know this isn’t the exciting indepth war analysis we get here, but I don’t really know what else to do with it. (post it on reddit? ew) It’s good practice I guess. Someone tell me if this aint the place.

    PUBLIC HOUSING IN SO-CALLED AUSTRALIA

    How good is renting? Does it sound familiar? It’s a one liner from what feels like another life. While many can still hear Scumo’s catchphrase echoing in the dark recesses of our minds, at this point in the show, he should have gift wrapped it and handed it to the ALP on his way out the door. How good is god? Ay, Scottie!

    That’s right folks, the Australian Labor Party (ALP) have finally achieved their dream. They’ve fully embraced the neoliberal policies any Red Tory party should strive for. It’s been a long time coming, and what can we say apart from: Thatcher is dead, it will happen to you.

    For the second week running, we’re inundated with reports of Liberal National Party (LNP / Blue Tories) throwing out statements that make them seem almost human. Last week they were vocally supporting a more inclusive census, leaving the ALP chasing their tail, before the gallant Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese passed the buck to the Australian Bureau of Statistics. - Was it a handball? Albo’s a man’s man, let’s do sports analogies. - The crowd awaits with baited breath to see which ALP backbencher will be sacrificed for crossing party lines this time!

    Meanwhile, Jacinta Allan’s Victorian ALP, who like their federal counterparts, are staunchly committed to supporting the Israeli (sic) state’s genocidal policies in Gaza, are predictably taking a more polite approach in their own backyard. In a move that is strikingly similar to those announced by the previous New South Wales LNP’s (now revised, and Chris Minns ALP approved) “Waterloo Estate redevelopment plan”, Public Housing estates across the country will soon be demolished and sold off to profit driven developers.

    The Waterloo Estate was once considered such an achievement upon completion in 1977, Queen Elizabeth II attended the opening ceremony. Similarly aged buildings in and around Sydney’s CBD - such as the famed MLC Centre, or the now luxury ex-state-owned Sirius Apartments - have mysteriously escaped demolition, instead receiving complete refurbishments amounting to hundreds of millions. Heritage Laws in place to “protect historic significance” be damned.

    Now not only will these brutal “redevelopments” displace 1,000s of people from what should be rent controlled homes, they will also transfer all assets and authority over to the “malevolent” not-for-profit sector. Though be not afraid! At the National Press Club on Wednesday 3rd September, Housing Supply and Affordability Council chair, Susan Lloyd-Hurwitz talked up the federal governments build-to-rent scheme. You can now not only look forward to the destruction of 1,000s of homes, you may also have your heart warmed that the ALP will be giving these building conglomerates tax breaks to take those pesky public assets out of our hands!

    The same federal government who had a spare $60million to give the ADF for recruitment advertising, and who seek to destroy the key safeguard for workers safety in the building industry - the CFMEU - are also slashing the red tape, and washing their hands of the whole ordeal.

    Federal LNP members have come forward to denounce the bill which “seeks to entrench tax advantage for institutional investors, in a thinly veiled attempt to corporatise the Australian housing market”. However, considering the tried and true tradition of locking Australian’s into home ownership, turning every family into “little capitalists”, in order to smash the labour movement, don’t be surprised when the LNP calls to scrap subsidised rentals all together.

    hey it’s not even that long, I gave up jamming the hyperlinks back in, they’re all just msm citations anyway, who cares?

  • Redcuban1959 [any]
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    Colombia former presidential candidate Rondolgo Hernandes died.

    Former presidential candidate Rodolfo Hernandes died on Monday. He, who was mayor of Bucaramanga, became known worldwide when he ran in Colombia’s 2022 presidential elections, being defeated by Gustavo Petro in the second round.

    Hernández Suárez died of colon cancer at a clinic in Piedecuesta, Colombia on 2 September 2024, aged 79. He has been dubbed as the ‘king of TikTok’ on several occasions because of his large following and his extensive campaign during the 2022 presidential election on TikTok.

    Hernández lost to Petro in the second round. In his concession speech, Hernández stated, “I accept the result as it should be if we want our institutions to be strong. I sincerely hope that this decision that has been taken is beneficial for all and that Colombia is heading towards the change that prevailed in the vote in the first round”. He then called Petro to congratulate him and urged Petro to maintain his commitment to combatting corruption and not to “disappoint those who trust him”.

  • Redcuban1959 [any]
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    7311 months ago

    Starlink once again asks the Brazilian Suopreme Court to unblock its bank accounts, after their appeal was denied. The company filed a new request arguing that the restriction on the amounts was imposed without the company having a full right of defense.

    When will Elon Musk learn that the entire Supreme Court of Brazil hates him. They are not going to return anything to him, he is literally in debt with the Brazilian goverment. data-laughing

  • Yllych [any]
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    5410 months ago

    Michael Roberts- Germany: the end of EU hegemony?

    What all this shows is that even German capitalism, the most successful advanced capitalist economy in Europe, cannot escape the divisive forces of the Long Depression. But it is also shows that the German coalition government’s slavish following of the interests of US imperialism in the name of ‘Western democracy’ over Ukraine and Israel is destroying the hegemony of German capital and the living standards of its poorest citizens. No wonder the voices of nationalism and reaction are gaining traction.

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    Google’s lucrative ad tech business goes on trial

    Google is expected to lose this case which would be their third significant anti-trust loss this year across the Alphabet empire.

    The UK is also giving Google side eye (decades late).

    It’s ironic that the US seems to be ahead of the EU when it comes to fighting google. Probably because the vassals are unwilling to take on the giant before the emperor gives his assent and designs a restructuring rather than breaking it up.

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    6310 months ago

    Critical support to the suspected Chinese spy 🫡

    Knowing how fucking stupid the US intelligence apparatus is though, I wouldn’t be surprised if she was just someone displaying anti-American sentiment. I would hope China would be more strategic.

    But who fucking knows. This Godamn nation reported on Havana syndrome like it was something that actually existed for multiple years lmao

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    11 months ago

    U.S. Charges Hamas Leaders in Oct. 7 Massacre in Israel and Other Terrorist Attacks

    Federal prosecutors charged Yahya Sinwar, the leader of Hamas, and five senior members of the group with planning and carrying out years of terrorist attacks in Israel, including the Oct. 7 massacre, according to a sweeping complaint unsealed on Tuesday.

    The criminal complaint, originally filed in New York in February, implicated two other senior members of Hamas not previously thought to be directly involved in the attacks. It also listed the number of Americans believed to have died at 43.

    For some reason, the U.S. has never indicted anyone for Israel’s murders of Shireen Abu Akleh or Tawfiq Ajaq, or for that matter their own murders of Anwar or Abdulrahman al-Awlaki.

    (Why is this in the U.S. courts, anyway? If they call it terrorism, they get to indict anyone for anything no matter what jurisdiction it happened in?)

    (Edit - Every count of the indictment includes the phrase “in an offense begun and committed out of the jurisdiction of any particular State or district of the United States”.)