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Image is from the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists' recent article on Kashmir.


It looks like the spat between India and Pakistan could be dying down, due to a new ceasefire. As of the time of me writing this paragraph, it seems both sides want to maintain it (despite some reports of violations here and there).

Both sides have declared victory, which is completely expected given their mutual political parties and nationalist histories. It's a little harder to say which side has actually won, as both sides seem to have managed to shoot down aircraft and hit military bases. India has, in my opinion, had the more embarrassing moments, but international conflicts aren't cringe compilations. I feel no good-will towards Pakistan's comprador government, but it is at least nice to see Modi knocked down a few pegs. Regardless of the final technical victor, it's obvious that - if the ceasefire is maintained - who won are the hundreds of millions of people who won't have to live in fear of dying in nuclear hellfire.

This conflict is a good example of what multipolarity will truly entail. Countries that have been previously limited in their nationalist ambitions by American pressure will now take opportunities to revolt, sometimes against America itself, and sometimes against other countries in their regional neighbourhood. It's also why, as communists, our goals do not stop at multipolarity; it is merely the establishing act of a new era of agitation against peripheral and semi-peripheral capitalist countries that are forming powerful national bourgeoisie classes as the international American capitalists are forced away.


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[–] MarmiteLover123@hexbear.net 48 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Two ballistic missiles launched by Yemen at Israel, one launched at Ben Gurion airport, likey intercepted in the terminal phase by THAAD or Arrow 2 triggering air raid sirens (multiple interceptors were launched after the initial launch of Arrow 3 interceptors) with debris landing in Jerusalem, another intercepted or fell over Saudi Arabia, no air raid sirens for that missile. The air raid sirens were for ~~Hamas~~ PIJ’s Al-Quds Brigades rockets, in response to a large Israeli bombing in Gaza, targeting the "European Hospital", killing 28 people. Apparently this strike was an assassination attempt on Mohammed Sinwar, but that is unconfirmed information.

Yemeni Armed Forces statement on the first ballistic missile launch, no statement on the second yet:

Israeli airstrikes on the European Hospital:

[–] Jabril@hexbear.net 31 points 1 day ago (15 children)

You may have explained it before, but why does Yemen send so few rockets at a time? It seems like the best option would be to send many at different targets and push the zio's ability to intercept them to the max

[–] Z_Poster365@hexbear.net 31 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The goal is extended economic damage against the entity, blockade and strangulation. If Yemen did that they would surely inflict damage but then be vulnerable to the response from the Zionists. This way they can keep shutting down the ports and airports indefinitely

[–] someone@hexbear.net 13 points 23 hours ago

Yemen is in an astonishingly interesting historical position. Despite limited resources and the enmity of the American Empire, they're waging incredibly successful economic warfare. If humanity survives waves hands at everything, Yemen's actions right now ought to be required military reading for a very long time.

[–] Sinisterium@hexbear.net 21 points 1 day ago

They build them underground and can barely import stuff or really transport internal resources without being bombed.

[–] jack@hexbear.net 23 points 1 day ago

I think it's because they don't have high volume production capacity and need to build their stockpile. They can probably only do a mass unloading once before they'd deplete what they have. If they lob one of two at a time, then they can keep the zionists on their toes while accruing missiles.

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[–] ThomasMuentzner@hexbear.net 90 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (12 children)

Ukraine , a land with very few problems , has Hungary currently amass its Army on his western borders now. Region of Carparthia in Ukraine is ethiniclly Hungarian and Ukraine Drafted extensivly from there . Also some days ago Ukraine security services made some raids against "Hungarian Sympathisants" there. So he can assume people there would rather be in Hungary. Some play might start there soon. or its just to try to draw some Units from the east to the west , to overextend Ukraine even more.

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[–] CyborgMarx@hexbear.net 50 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I'd assume Ukraine despite being outmatched by Russia would inflict horrific casualties on the untested and smaller Hungarian military

In fact if the Ukrainians went wild, I could see them easily pulling a 2014 ISIS-style offensive on Poland and Central Europe and making it all the way to the outskirts of Warsaw and Budapest, a military capable of continuously holding a 1200km attritional front with the likes of Russia poses a grave danger to the poorly performing militaries of liberal Europe

I've said this before but Europe is creating a monster in Ukraine, one that is rapidly heading towards "nothing to lose" territory

This is one of the deepest contradictions liberals are expected to swallow in the war.

That NATO had no plans to attack Russia, but that somehow Ukraine was powerful enough to challenge the entirety of Russia.

They built up a monstrously powerful military full of diehard nationalists, all while pretending Ukraine is a small weak country that proves Russia is pathetically weak due to their failure to conquer Ukraine in 3 days.

Ukraine would sweep over most European nations and could easily make a challenge for control of East Europe in its 2022 state.

[–] Alaskaball@hexbear.net 37 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'd only visualize something like this occurring if the Ukrainian military still has strategic reserves to deploy to such a theoretical second front while maintaining their current defensive lines. Like I can imagine if they were to allocate the more NATO trained and orientated forces they keep on reserve and the nazi paramilitaries they may have enough manpower and armaments to push out a theoretical Hungarian incursion.

This is not even taking into account terrain difficulties between hungary and Ukraine. If hungary chose to just march over the border and take the small strip of land before the Ukrainian Carpathians and move forward their anti-air systems into the occupied strip and make mountain chokepoints, Ukraine would be hard fucking pressed to take it back.

[–] Sinisterium@hexbear.net 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Most of the pro-bandera regions got off really lightly when it comes to recruiting. In fact Transcarpathia and russophone ukraine were overproportionally drafted.

[–] Z_Poster365@hexbear.net 16 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Past tense. There’s nobody left to recruit at this point anywhere in Ukraine

[–] Jabril@hexbear.net 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Here comes the babushka brigades

[–] WeedReference420@hexbear.net 9 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

It's always so depressing when you see a squad of Ukrainian conscripts and they're all like, 60 minimum (also depressing to see young people dying in war obviously but it's telling that they're having to press gang people well beyond fighting age)

[–] Jabril@hexbear.net 9 points 23 hours ago

Yeah absolutely vile thing to do, especially because by the time they started that it was already clear it wouldn't help their bargaining position

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[–] ThomasMuentzner@hexbear.net 20 points 1 day ago

yep - probably the most lethal force around , thinking abou it - maybe its some wierd - " lets use ukraine to invade Hungary to toppel Orban that blockades our Insane Policies against russia.. " - insanity Plan of the EU & Hungary tries to preempt.

[–] Sinisterium@hexbear.net 41 points 1 day ago

It was only a matter of time. If Hungary manages to pull it off, then expect other vultures to feast on the dying carcass that is the Ukrainian state. Especially since the "international sanctity of borders" type of liberal imperialism is on its way out.

[–] jackmaoist@hexbear.net 33 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It'll be immensely funny if Ukraine get's attacked by nato-cool country, retaliate and then get invaded by other nato-cool countries

[–] Parzivus@hexbear.net 36 points 1 day ago

Given the current geopolitical situation, I wouldn't be surprised if NATO just outright refused to help Hungary if they declared war on Ukraine. Fuck the charter, everything is vibes now

[–] Kieselguhr@hexbear.net 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Hungary currently amass its Army on his western borders now.

"Amass" is a strong word, what is your source? Currently there's an espionage scandal going on, and they try to use it to influence the next election.

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[–] Redcuban1959@hexbear.net 79 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Civil Registry Law: Cuba could allow legal sex change without surgery or court order. Cuba will debate a bill to allow sex change in documents without surgery or court ruling. The measure faces criticism for not including non-binary people and for possible practical limitations.

The change, presented as an advance by authorities and pro-government activists, comes in the midst of a strong economic crisis, with the health system unable to guarantee gender reassignment operations that were already allowed by the Cuban State. The proposal was detailed in an article published by Cubadebate. The draft bill has been reviewed by the National Center for Sex Education (CENESEX), headed by Mariela Castro, who complained that it is not yet sufficiently advanced because it contemplates the designations of female and male, without including non-binary groups.

The announcement coincides with the celebration of the so-called “conga against homophobia” that took place on Saturday in El Vedado. The mobilization was authorized and led by the government. Hundreds of people carried banners with slogans such as “Socialism yes, transphobia no”. “As a trans person I am advocating for a gender identity law,” Yoilán Balón told The Associated Press. The demand is evidence of the fundamental shortcomings, because Cuba still lacks comprehensive legislation on this issue.

Currently, in Cuba it is only possible to change the registered sex after genital reassignment surgery, a procedure paralyzed in practice by the lack of resources of the health system.

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[–] Redcuban1959@hexbear.net 71 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says, 'There will be no scenario in which we stop the war,' adding that even if Hamas releases additional Israeli prisoners, IDF operations in Gaza will continue.

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[–] LoveYourself@hexbear.net 55 points 1 day ago

Understanding the Relationship Between Ansar Allah and Hamas by Moussa al Sadah

Ansar Allah has maintained a principled stance toward the Palestinian cause, even when some Palestinian factions stood against it. Loyalty to Palestine was a revolutionary constant, not a tactical variable. They knew that yielding to divisions or aligning with sectarian polarizations would only serve Zionist interests. Thus, Ansar Allah’s core principles, outlined in the speeches of its leader Abdul Malik al-Houthi, and even the battlefield chants of its fighters amid Saudi-American aggression, all remained anchored amid adversity. Emotionally and ideologically, the movement preserved a deep-rooted, anti-Zionist animus that continues to shape Yemeni political consciousness.

From this foundation, the convergence of the two movements in a moment of revolutionary magnitude on October 7th marked a dramatic shift, one that neither side had fully anticipated. For Hamas and its fighters, a new actor suddenly entered their social and operational sphere, as though they were just now discovering this group long obscured by nearly a decade of Arab and international media distortion and warfare: the so-called “Houthis.”

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For their part, Ansar Allah offered a principled model of Arab political and sentimental solidarity with Palestine and its resistance movements. The Yemeni movement’s ideological foundation, rooted in the revolutionary teachings of its founder, the martyr Sayyed Hussein Badr al-Din al-Houthi, is exceptional. His vision, forged in the early 2000s and remained unwavering, was pan-Islamic, anti-imperialist, and radically opposed to Zionism. This vision sees the Palestinian struggle not as a slogan, but as an existential Arab cause that demands humility, commitment, and unwavering support.

[–] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 69 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (6 children)

I thought everyone should know that the Australian government told people to do a political compass test to decide who to vote for this election. I'm not even joking.

[–] kittin@hexbear.net 61 points 1 day ago

Are you FAR LEFT (Tony Blair neoliberalism) or are you CENTER RIGHT (deport all non-white immigrants)?

[–] MarxusMaximus@hexbear.net 21 points 1 day ago

The Swedish government tells people to do that every election. They have a political compass test on the state media website and every media outlet uses a modified version of it. Swedish politics are hilariously controlled and they don't try to hide it at all.

[–] FALGSConaut@hexbear.net 21 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The CBC runs one with every Canadian election too, they call it VoteCompass lol

[–] sexywheat@hexbear.net 10 points 1 day ago

I didn't do the test but IIRC it was full of Yank brainrot culture war shit

[–] GaryLeChat@lemmygrad.ml 20 points 1 day ago

They did the same in Canada, really advertising it hard in the National Hockey League playoffs.

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[–] Redcuban1959@hexbear.net 58 points 1 day ago

Ansar Allah movement has declared that new negotiations with the US will not affect its operations against Israel . This announcement comes on the heels of the recent Israeli bombing of Sana airport, which caused an estimated $500 million in damage

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[–] Redcuban1959@hexbear.net 39 points 1 day ago

India denies Trump's involvement in de-escalation with Pakistan - Prensa Latina

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Foreign Ministry sources said there was no reference to trade in talks between U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on May 9.

They said there was also no reference to trade in talks after the launch of Operation Sindoor between U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Foreign Minister Subrahmanyan Jaishankar on May 8 and 10 and National Security Advisor Ajit Doval on May 10.

On Saturday, India and Pakistan agreed to halt all firing and military actions on land, air and sea in talks between the director generals of military operations.

A statement from the Indian foreign secretary confirmed that the decision was taken after a phone call from the Pakistani side and instructions were given to give effect to the agreement.

In talks the previous day, in a second discussion between the military chiefs, issues related to the continuity of the commitment of both sides not to fire or initiate any aggressive or hostile action against each other were discussed.

According to diplomatic sources in New Delhi, it was also agreed that both sides would consider immediate measures to ensure troop reductions at borders and forward areas.

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