Image is sourced from this Economist article.
Most of the information in this preamble is from the Cradle; notably here, here, here, and here.
The features of an effective American war (proxy or otherwise) is that it is a) against opponents with much less military power than you; b) with very low American losses; c) with victories you can visibly show off from time to time to justify involvement, and d) with a profit margin beyond merely giving money to military corporations. The war against Yemen was none of those; airplanes tumbled off aircraft carriers, and the navy complained of the hardest fighting conditions in decades. Conquering Yemen for its resources was inconceivable given the terrain, lack of good intelligence, and the strength of Ansarallah, and all that seemed to be visibly harmed were empty patches of desert and civilians.
Apparently, the ceasefire last month merely stipulated that they stop attacking merchant vessels in the Red Sea; it said nothing about attacking Israel. Therefore, Yemen is absolutely free to create a new blockade of Israel by just striking their airports and seaports, and all Israel can seem to do is try and bomb them in retaliation, a futile strategy which has failed to produce a military or political change in Yemen for the last decade when many other countries have tried it. And if America directly attacks them in response to attacks on Israel, the ceasefire is off, and expensive equipment will continue to be lost.
Across the strait from Yemen is an interesting array of countries. Egypt’s position in this war is well-known, and Somalia is under a kind of US occupation under the guise of fighting terrorism (Trump withdrew most troops, but they were then sent back under Biden). The other three are Sudan, Djibouti, and Eritrea. All three are increasingly being drawn into the anti-imperialist camp, as they cooperate with Iran, Russia, and/or China. Sudan is undergoing a civil war, but the rebels fighting the government are famously backed by the UAE. Djibouti has refused to allow themselves to be a launchpad for US strikes on Yemen.
Eritrea has a fascinating history of flip-flopping between West and East over the past few decades, but has, since 2020, sided with the East. It was one of the five countries to oppose the 2022 UN resolution condemning Russia’s war with Ukraine. Eritrea sends two thirds of its exports to China, and Iran has reportedly supplied them with military equipment. If a stronger link could be reforged, then Iran would have significantly less trouble sending military technology to Ansarallah, and to other friendly groups throughout the region.
Naturally, the lidless eye of the imperial core is shifting its gaze onto Eritrea. Meanwhile, Ethiopia - a country that has experienced frequent conflict with Eritrea - is part of BRICS+ and their economy is increasingly reliant on China (as is most countries’ economies nowadays). If a permanent resolution between the two could be created, it would be a victory for themselves and the Resistance, and a defeat for America, which thrives on conflict and destabilization.
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Israel-Palestine Conflict
Sources on the fighting in Palestine against Israel. In general, CW for footage of battles, explosions, dead people, and so on:
UNRWA reports on Israel’s destruction and siege of Gaza and the West Bank.
English-language Palestinian Marxist-Leninist twitter account. Alt here.
English-language twitter account that collates news.
Arab-language twitter account with videos and images of fighting.
English-language (with some Arab retweets) Twitter account based in Lebanon. - Telegram is @IbnRiad.
English-language Palestinian Twitter account which reports on news from the Resistance Axis. - Telegram is @EyesOnSouth.
English-language Twitter account in the same group as the previous two. - Telegram here.
English-language PalestineResist telegram channel.
More telegram channels here for those interested.
Russia-Ukraine Conflict
Examples of Ukrainian Nazis and fascists
Examples of racism/euro-centrism during the Russia-Ukraine conflict
Sources:
Defense Politics Asia’s youtube channel and their map. Their youtube channel has substantially diminished in quality but the map is still useful.
Moon of Alabama, which tends to have interesting analysis. Avoid the comment section.
Understanding War and the Saker: reactionary sources that have occasional insights on the war.
Alexander Mercouris, who does daily videos on the conflict. While he is a reactionary and surrounds himself with likeminded people, his daily update videos are relatively brainworm-free and good if you don’t want to follow Russian telegram channels to get news. He also co-hosts The Duran, which is more explicitly conservative, racist, sexist, transphobic, anti-communist, etc when guests are invited on, but is just about tolerable when it’s just the two of them if you want a little more analysis.
Simplicius, who publishes on Substack. Like others, his political analysis should be soundly ignored, but his knowledge of weaponry and military strategy is generally quite good.
On the ground: Patrick Lancaster, an independent and very good journalist reporting in the warzone on the separatists’ side.
Unedited videos of Russian/Ukrainian press conferences and speeches.
Pro-Russian Telegram Channels:
Again, CW for anti-LGBT and racist, sexist, etc speech, as well as combat footage.
https://t.me/aleksandr_skif ~ DPR’s former Defense Minister and Colonel in the DPR’s forces. Russian language.
https://t.me/Slavyangrad ~ A few different pro-Russian people gather frequent content for this channel (~100 posts per day), some socialist, but all socially reactionary. If you can only tolerate using one Russian telegram channel, I would recommend this one.
https://t.me/s/levigodman ~ Does daily update posts.
https://t.me/patricklancasternewstoday ~ Patrick Lancaster’s telegram channel.
https://t.me/gonzowarr ~ A big Russian commentator.
https://t.me/rybar ~ One of, if not the, biggest Russian telegram channels focussing on the war out there. Actually quite balanced, maybe even pessimistic about Russia. Produces interesting and useful maps.
https://t.me/epoddubny ~ Russian language.
https://t.me/boris_rozhin ~ Russian language.
https://t.me/mod_russia_en ~ Russian Ministry of Defense. Does daily, if rather bland updates on the number of Ukrainians killed, etc. The figures appear to be approximately accurate; if you want, reduce all numbers by 25% as a ‘propaganda tax’, if you don’t believe them. Does not cover everything, for obvious reasons, and virtually never details Russian losses.
https://t.me/UkraineHumanRightsAbuses ~ Pro-Russian, documents abuses that Ukraine commits.
Pro-Ukraine Telegram Channels:
Almost every Western media outlet.
https://discord.gg/projectowl ~ Pro-Ukrainian OSINT Discord.
https://t.me/ice_inii ~ Alleged Ukrainian account with a rather cynical take on the entire thing.
❗️Iran obtains massive trove of highly sensitive Israeli documents —
Iran’s intelligence agencies have acquired a large cache of highly sensitive and strategic documents from the Israeli regime, including thousands of files pertaining to its nuclear infrastructure and plans.
According to sources cited by the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), the breach marks one of the most significant setbacks for Israel.
The sources explained that while the operation to secure the documents was carried out some time ago, the extensive volume of material and the need to ensure its secure transfer into Iran required a period of complete secrecy.
They added that the sheer quantity of documents, along with accompanying photos and videos, has required a considerable amount of time to review and analyze.
If you are just tuning in, wide ranging immigration raids in Los Angeles yesterday faced backlash from dozens of protestors, with police responding with crowd control such as flashbangs and tear gas. Brief clip from AP news showing conflict between cops and the people during the response:
Police and protesters clash outside federal detention center in LA after ICE raids
One thing you can see in this clip is a technique for neutralizing a tear gas grenade at 0:55. A demonstrator puts a traffic cone over the grenade and pours a bottle of water into the top. Several of the police in the shield line are wearing plain-clothes with riot gear over. It’s a bit funny to see them jump and get startled by their own flashbang at 0:23+.
The fear that is clearly visible among even the kitted out troops in these clips shows they were likely not expecting such intense resistance from regular people, or they are untrained chuds that can’t handle the terror that strikes them when the fantasy of crushing dissent becomes reality and the people massively outnumber you. There are completely average looking people, even elderly, throwing objects and screaming at the goons as they back off. The more these clips come out, the more people are becoming incensed. Even on Reddit comments the majority seem to be aligning with the idea that these nazis need to be stopped.
It was interesting to compare the front pages of a couple major news outlets after what was somewhat intense unrest involving a significant number of people. AP News is probably seen as less biased either right or left by most USians, but their right-wing bias is clear when you compare the major headlines with others. Here’s the AP front page when viewed on my PC a minute ago:
Compare to Reuters:
The only full article I could find about the violence had this headline: Federal authorities arrest dozens for immigration violations across Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES (AP) — After federal immigration authorities arrested more than 40 people Friday across Los Angeles, protesters gathered outside a federal detention center demanding their release before police in riot gear tossed tear gas canisters to disperse the crowd.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers executed search warrants at multiple locations, including outside a clothing warehouse where a tense scene unfolded as a crowd tried to block agents from driving away. Sirens blared as protesters surrounded black SUVs and tactical vehicles. Officers threw flash bangs into the street to disperse people as they shouted and filmed the scene with their cell phones. One demonstrator tried to physically stop a vehicle from leaving.
“One demonstrator tried to physically stop a vehicle”, what happened after that? They were partially ran over, as well as a bicycle and nearly it’s rider while the ICE vehicle escaped, according to AP that wasn’t relevant information. I haven’t found any update on their condition, but from what I could tell on the helicopter footage before they quickly cut away they were being helped up by others so it didn’t appear they were severely or gravely injured.
Forty-four people were arrested on immigration violations across multiple locations, said Yasmeen Pitts O’Keefe, a spokesperson for Homeland Security Investigations. The president of SEIU California, a major labor union, was arrested and charged for impeding a federal agent while protesting, the U.S. Attorney’s office said.
Can’t bother mentioning a labor leaders name I suppose (David Huerta), or the fact that he was injured and sent to the hospital from the arrest. They don’t mention that the charges will most likely be dropped because he was not actually impeding anyone and was acting as an observer, but I suppose that would be editorializing anyway.
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said the activity was meant to “sow terror” in the nation’s second-largest city.
The video coverage from Reuters is a decent summary, they even have a close up on the face and visible name of one of the nazis named “Bruner”. The AP videos had no commentary and made sure to obscure the police actions, but had some clear clips of protesters faces and actions. Reuters seemed to avoid filming faces of those protesting, purposely filming from a low angle.
Reuters: Riot police, anti-ICE protesters square off in Los Angeles after raids
LOS ANGELES, June 6 (Reuters) - Helmeted police in riot gear turned out on Friday evening in a tense confrontation with protesters in downtown Los Angeles, after a day of federal immigration raids in which dozens of people across the city were reported to be taken into custody.
Live Reuters video showed Los Angeles Police Department officers lined up on a downtown street wielding batons and what appeared to be tear gas rifles, facing off with demonstrators after authorities had ordered crowds of protesters to disperse around nightfall.
Early in the standoff, some protesters hurled chunks of broken concrete toward officers, and police responded by firing volleys of tear gas and pepper spray. Police also fired “flash-bang” concussion rounds. It was not clear whether there were any immediate arrests.
An LAPD spokesperson, Drake Madison, told Reuters that police on the scene had declared an unlawful assembly, meaning that those who failed to leave the area were subject to arrest. Television news footage earlier in the day showed caravans of unmarked military-style vehicles and vans loaded with uniformed federal agents streaming through Los Angeles streets as part of the immigration enforcement operation.
ALL EYES ON THE MADLEEN. ALL EYES ON THE FREEDOM FLOTILLA. FREE PALESTINE
Trump said the country’s authorities would conduct an assessment of government contracts that were awarded to billionaire Elon Musk’s companies.
- Telegram
Merz failed to convince Trump of the need for more active assistance to Ukraine, the New York Times writes.
The US President received the German Chancellor at the White House the day before – this was their first face-to-face meeting since the German leader took office.
Germany will remain dependent on the US for a long time – German Chancellor Merz
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Greatest economic system on earth and its valuation swings by trillions of dollars whenever two billionaires say mean things to each other on Twitter. Okay.
About what you’d expect from a country that can’t even feed, house, clothe, or provide basic medical care for itself.
CW: Police violence, implied gore
Forgive the reddit link but I can’t find any other video of this. Youtube doesn’t allow violence and none of the news sites are showing the video.
The president of SEIU California, the largest union in California, was assaulted and hospitalized by ICE while allegedly blocking their vehicle. He was also tazed. He’s now being detained by ICE for allegedly “obstructing federal officers”.
This is a pretty middle of the road Democratic Party loyalist trade union, but they are good on immigrant rights at least. Hope they, and other unions, will get more directly involved in the fight now.
Absolutely unreal.
Right in front of the German chancellor Trump claims credit for ending Nord Stream 2, and suggests part of the calculus was to replace Russia as Germany’s gas supplier: nitter.poast.org/MyLordBebo/status/1930…
“I’m the one who ended Nord Stream 2, going to a place called Germany, come to think of it. I’m sorry I did that. I ended Nord Stream 2, nobody else did. And then when Biden came in he immediately approved it… And by the way we have so much oil and gas you will not be able to buy it all.”
You quite literally have the American president claiming credit for the largest act of sabotage of Europe’s strategic infrastructure since WW2, and you can bet 100% it won’t even be a story in EU media.
https://xcancel.com/RnaudBertrand/status/1930853215010251184
Democrats will post think and think it makes trump look bad
Russian forces liberated another seven settlements this week (three in the Donetsk People’s Republic and four in Sumy oblast): https://tass.com/politics/1969869
Plus, some recent combat footage for the weekend.
Another collection of Russian drone strikes on Kiev regime military equipment and positions: https://s5.cdnstatic.space/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/strikes.mp4?_=2
A Russian Iskander missile strike destroyed a German-built IRIS-T system’s launcher and radar: https://news-pravda.com/ukraine/2025/06/04/1394661.html
Ukrainian anti-fascist partisans burned another Kiev regime military vehicle in Kharkov oblast: https://odysee.com/@Support4Z:b/📽️-A-🇬🇧-🇫🇷,--Our-Partisans-Brothers-burned-another-vehicle:b
Cw: csa
spoiler
https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-856407
If this shit was coming from anywhere other than mainstream Zionist media, I would dismiss it as an anti Semitic conspiracy. But the victims aren’t lying. There is a horrifying satanic sexual abuse ring in powerful Zionist circles.
I don’t follow international affairs stuff much closely and I’m for sure not a tactics and battles type of nerd. I don’t really get the whole concept.
On the mainstream news I am always hearing that Russia has killed 10 or 20 people by bombing Ukraine.
I don’t mean to sound heartless about deaths of anyone but is that the best they can do? Or are they slow walking the whole situation? Why haven’t they decisively won yet, or else given up? Can’t they capture or kill the top guys or take their families ransom or something?
https://abcnews.go.com/US/mistakenly-deported-kilmar-abrego-garcia-back-us-face/story?id=121333122 Kilmar Abrego Garcia back in US to face charges of helping traffic ‘thousands’ of migrants
