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The fact that they’re serious about multipolarity and breaking away from western hegemony. Okay maybe it’s just this one thing and I shouldn’t have said a lot haha. But the fact that the largest country on earth, together with China, forms a separate economic base can’t be overstated. Even if their position has been kind of forced upon them by realpolitik.

Could Iran ever have come this far without Russia and China? Of course their outlook is bleak right now, but regardless of the outcome of the war, countries in the Sahel will still need trading partners, countries in Latin America will still need them, as will any country which undergoes a socialist or anti imperialist revolution.

Imperialism is the primary contradiction. In terms of social policy, I feel like the reactionary trends in much of the global south can be explained by the cold war dynamics of the combination of progressive forces being defeated, and pink imperialism, leading to anti-imperialist movements drawing from local conservative currents. If those external forces fade away there’s much less stopping local activism from achieving reform. Sure communism would still require a revolution, but even that would be more possible if western hegemony is weakened.

Thanks!

This had me kinda especially since I literally couldn’t find any english source other than the tweet. I did manage to find a clip though (you can find longer clips if you search “Лукашенко гея” on youtube)

There’s no captions but with google translate it’s pretty clear he’s saying there’s nothing wrong with gays, but LGBT propaganda should never be accepted. This is of course more in line with previous statements of his and what Putin has said on the issue.

There’s a lot to be optimistic about in Belarus and Russia but they didn’t suddenly reverse course on gay rights, and I feel like thats not likely to change in years or even decades. If something is too strange to be true it probably isn’t! I still enjoyed the clip though haha

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Discussion here https://hexbear.net/post/5200244/6241697

I think that a pattern may be emerging in what Iran has been doing so far, and may be changing right now, with the barrage directed at Israel’s industrial heart in the north:

The first waves weren’t too dense: not hundreds of missiles, but dozens. And they touched almost every strategic point in Israel.

It’s as if the Iranians have been working to calibrate the accuracy and efficacy of their weapons, trying to verify not only where the air defenses were located and how efficient they were, but also that their navigation systems were not compromised, and what kind of damage they were actually causing on impact in the most real-world scenario.

It looks like this calibration phase is over. Tonight, with the barrage directed at the north, it looks like the intent was actual devastation, not just touching a target.

This makes a lot of sense, if that’s what they’ve been doing at the opening stage. But it also means that as this goes on, the attackers will be more focused and vicious, and intended to actually neutralize a major target, and not just demonstrate an ability to touch it. As I said two days ago, HaKirya base is key. And if I’m not mistaken, it is going to be pummeled soon in a visible and unmistakable way

https://nitter.poast.org/alon_mizrahi/status/1934020808688693553#m

@MarmiteLover123@hexbear.net is this wishful thinking?

What’s up with the timing of the IAEA report? Did the US make them release it to escalate?

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Thanks, will check them out!

Tbh the thesis of the book sounds pretty idealist and reductive to me, even if the overview and history might be solid. I was mostly asking for a lib friend and don’t know if they will be able to put things into context properly. As @plinky@hexbear.net said, there’s so much more to each country. Like if before the Iranian revolution the roles were flipped and much of the Arab world was anti-imperialist while Iran had a puppet regime, how does that fit in? Are these sectarian differences or just fleeting political alliances? What are the materialist forces? Are those kinds of questions considered?

Thank you, I’ll take a look!

Does anyone know any good books about geopolitics, recent history, political currents etc. in the middle east?

Sorry if it’s not appropriate to ask here, please remove if necessary

These are TSMC chips. SMIC is at 5nm

I don’t think thats true.

In house chip design is not the same as coming from chinese foundries. As far as I can tell these are still coming from TSMC. SMIC seems to be coming out with 5nm chips this year

Thank you for your comment. I agree Ansarallah is a beacon in Islam today.

You are entirely correct. However, the start of the Ummayad dynasty was the first Fitna, which is why Shia sources emphasize their brutality more, while Sunni may be ambivalent. Followers of the Ahl al Bayt is a clear reference to Shia Islam though

followers of … the family of Muhammad, rather than the Islam of the Ummayad butchers

I interpreted this as a reference to their Shiism. I dont mean to misinterpret your words

Comrade, why don’t we emphasize their solidarity rather than their sect, just like they emphasize Islamic unity?

Glory to the resistance!

What is the current situation in Lebanon? Where does Hezbollah stand militarily?

In the imperial core, social democracy is a way to bribe and placate citizens, to create a labor aristocracy that benefits from colonial extraction and will thus support it. This is made possible exactly by that extraction, the surplus from the periphery makes up for the lost surplus from the core. It is just a way to redraw the line between the oppressed and the beneficiaries of that oppression.

Historically, like in Greece or Rome, that uplifted citizenry also constituted a much more effective military force to power the imperial expansion that keeps the system going, but I’m not sure if that still applies.