Instead of discussing how Elon Musk is now the world's first trillionaire, we should talk about how he killed hundreds of thousands of people through his dismantling of food and medical aid to poor countries currentaffairs.org/news/how-…

FINALLY some good news.

When they say "democracy" they mean a specific thing. They mean: elections in which the outcome does not threaten the existing distribution of property and the existing terms on which foreign capital accesses domestic resources. That kind of "democracy" is promoted. Defended. Supported with funding and observation missions and strongly worded statements when it is threatened. A democracy that produces an Allende is not that kind of democracy. An election that produces a Mosaddegh is not that kind of election. A movement that produces a Lumumba is not that kind of movement. The word "democracy" is doing the same work as the word "communist" in reverse. "Communist" names what must be destroyed. "Democracy" names what must be protected. Both words, in operational American foreign policy usage, have the same referent underneath: The arrangement in which Western capital can access the resources it needs on the terms it requires. Governments that maintain that arrangement are "democratic." Governments that threaten it are "communist." The words are not descriptions. They are assignments.

Iran’s retaliatory strikes against occupation forces in Palestine are one of the sharpest examples of internationalism today. Iran is channeling the gains of its sovereignty towards the defence of the Lebanese people from colonial encroachment.

Petty. But par for Trump’s course.

The magnitude of what just happened may take some time to sink in. This is the first time Iran has struck Israel after Israel struck another country's territory (that is, not Iran). This means that the battle lines have been moved. Iran's deterrence had already been restored in the sense that Israel knew that any strike on it would be responded to. But now, Iran has proven that it will also respond to Israeli strikes on Lebanon. This is the first time in decades that a regional power has the means, capacity, and willingness to put hard power against Israeli military maneuvers or aggression against a third party. Read full analysis here: tritaparsi.substack.com/p/th…

RT @caitoz: People show you examples of discrimination against Jews and it’s somebody wearing a watermelon pin or saying “from the river to…

*surprised Pikachu face*

It’s for when actual gambling is considered plebeian.

You can not make this shit up.

The mediator controls the message.

What this shows is that Trump believes that all three of them see themselves closer to the elites in other countries, even wildly different ones, than those in their own country who suffer.

I lolled

England raised an irresponsible child. It fled the nest, rebelled, raped and pillaged the land, and now that there’s little left to conquer, blames others for its own mistakes.

Surely, that is socialism.

More of this, please.

In reality, Trump is reaching deep zen states. Some say the deepest.

Well, yes. In short, it’s deeply racist.

Can anyone explain to me why Israel and only Israel is able to order people from another country to evacuate their home? Anyone? Israel has issued an evacuation order for Tyre, Lebanon, displacing 200,000 more people. Tyre is an ancient Phoenician city with Roman ruins and a hippodrome.

Hasbara is sufficiently funded this year to not only bribe the audience, but also the jurors for Eurovision 2027.