For more on the situation in Nepal, I recommend @MelianPretext@lemmygrad.ml’s comment here.
Following a “anti-corruption” protest movement spurred by a social media ban (but with much deeper roots) in which dozens of protestors were killed by state forces, the government of KP Oli has been ousted, and an interim leader is currently in power as the country prepares for elections. Notably, events have been characterized as “Gen Z protests”, and this leader was decided (at least partially) by a Discord vote. When a non-western government rapidly falls, it’s wise to at least glance in the direction of the United States, and there are almost certainly elements of color revolution here. But, as always, it’s more complicated than simple regime change - Nepal is a deeply troubled economy even as developing countries go.
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Despite winning 75% of the seats in parliament in 2017, the various communist parties have failed to unify towards forming a common agenda and solving the problems of the people. When the nominally united communist party split in 2021, infighting and opportunism eventually brought on the rightist politicians we see today.
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The Nepalese economy is not successful. Disasters are slow to be ameliorated, education and healthcare is underfunded, and poverty is fairly rampant. There have been significant developments made by the communist parties, such as electrification programs and some poverty reduction, but it has been insufficient.
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The petty bourgeois usually come from oppressed Hindu castes, and are frustrated by the domination of upper castes, and so are inspired by India’s BJP. They essentially want a return to monarchy, under the guise of anti-corruption, and despite their relatively small numbers, are powerfully organized.
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Of the countries that aren’t tiny islands, Nepal has the highest per capita rate of work migration, due to insufficient employment in Nepal. The jobs that Nepalese citizens receive overseas range from unpleasant to unbearable in both labour and wages, and this has generated rightful suspicion that the government cares more about foreign direct investors than their own citizens overseas.
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The government of KP Oli was close to the United States, and India’s Modi has promoted the BJP in Nepal. Both countries have sought to exert influence over Nepal, though Prashad speculates that, if there is indeed a foreign mastermind at work, India is more likely to be the culprit behind these recent protests, in a gambit to use the chaos to promote/install a far right monarchist government.
I agree with Prashad that it seems unlikely that mere electoral changes will result in anything terribly productive, though whatever government emerges will inevitably hoist the banner of anti-corruption to try and legitimize themselves. We have seen the same breakdown of electoralism as a meaningful pathway to solve national problems all across the world, from the superpowers to the poorest states. Until a rupture occurs, greater surveillance, policing, and repression seems guaranteed.
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Israel's Genocide of Palestine
Sources on the fighting in Palestine against the temporary Zionist entity. 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.
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2616180/middle-east
The Zionist terror regime targeted a family of US citizens in Lebanon, killing 3 children and their father. Only the mother survived, but she is in critical condition.
There are extremely graphic photos circulating.
The split between Your Party and Our Party:
https://www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2025/09/21/our-party-your-party/I don’t know if anyone mentioned this, but Tom Homan (former Obama immigration sicko, now Trump’s immigration sicko) accepted a bribe from an FBI agent - they literally gave him a $50k sack of cash with a money sign on it and have it on video. It looks like nothing will happen to him.
https://archive.ph/cxCMW Philippines protests popping off. Notice how the press only put Akbayan Partylist in any photos as opposed to Bayan, Gabriela or Anakbayan.
Footage has been released prior to the execution of three Zionist collaborators in Gaza
I don’t speak Arabic but I do know the words “Yasser Abu Shabab”
https://t.me/nayaforiraq/38913
The following link shows the moment of execution, cw dudes getting shot: https://t.me/stayfreeworld/48992
I don’t believe I’ve seen this posted here before, so apologies if this old news, but the UK’s largest car manufacturer has had production shut down for nearly a month due to a cyber attack - with no end in sight:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czewlj57e24o
The supply chain in the UK is also deeply suffering due to the lack of production.
The UK, Canada and Australia officially recognise a Palestinian state
Of course doesn’t mean anything if he’s (Keir in this instance) still gonna give weapons to Israel and wants a two state solution, but I’m gonna admit that I’m surprised he followed through at all, I kinda expected him to either stall or break this promise
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced Sunday that the United Kingdom was formally recognizing a Palestinian state and reviving hope for a two-state solution, in step with Australia and Canada.
In the face of growing horror in the Middle East, Starmer said, the UK was acting to keep alive the possibility of peace.
Starmer said that recognition was not a reward for Hamas, as Israel has claimed. The UK’s call for a two-state solution meant that Hamas could have no future, he said.
Yesterday in Vienna thousands came together for Palestine. The police claim 3,500 people attended, while the organisers say closer to 20,000, whatever the exact number, the energy was undeniable. Great people stood side by side in solidarity. The media is already twisting the story to delegitimise the protest, but their spin won’t last. Justice will prevail, and those who tried to silence this movement will one day be held accountable. FREE FREE PALESTINE.
It is funny that there might be a government shutdown in ~10 days and it is barely being covered by the media. In short, health insurers have already revealed that the price for health insurance is going up by around ~15% next year. But that is only if Congress extends enhanced ACA subsidies, if not, health insurance for a lot of people on the ACA exchanges could go up by like 100%. The GOP House passed a government funding bill without those subsidies. The Senate Dems killed the bill (44-48) in the Senate. My guess is that House Republicans are just waiting for the Senate Dems to surrender?
This happened on the 18th of September, it was posted here when it happened before details were known so I wanted to share it a little. No spoiler but CW for stalking and description of the shooting.
Deadly York County shootout that left three officers and suspect dead | Motive, how it happened
Authorities release names of 3 police officers killed in Pennsylvania shooting: Updates
The shooter was stalking a young woman who he briefly dated, went to the farm where her and her mother lived, and was waiting in ambush. They had put up a trail cam because the daughter’s truck had been set on fire last month and they suspected the man, who had never been to the farm or invited there previously. They spotted him on the trail cam so they left and called the police.
The cops got there and swept the area and the surrounding fields with a drone, saw the house was unlocked so four of them went in and were immediately ambushed, leaving 3 dead and 1 wounded. The shooter fired at two sheriff’s deputies in the street from the house, wounding one, then it sounds like he advanced on them and died in a shootout.
Guy definitely would’ve killed the woman and her mom if they’d been home or returned first. Guy killed dog in the basement.
This was all pretty depressing IMO. The district attorney correctly said this was caused by the scourge of domestic violence. Attorney general Pam Bondi called it an attack on our law enforcement, which whatever, fash is gonna fash. At the press conference Gov. Josh Shapiro said something about doing better for mental health for people who think picking up a gun is the answer - that bit really stuck in my craw. This is a typical line from politicians who don’t want to grapple with gun violence, it is weasely in general but applying it to a DV situation was upsetting to me.
Also, spoiler because this sounds like
spoiler
one jerkoff with a long gun inflicted 100% casualties on an assault team comprised of four veteran law enforcement officers, and 50% casualties on a two man security team.
https://xcancel.com/RichardHanania/status/1969534195782598947
Trump is setting new standards of government transparency.
Dutch parliament wants to follow U.S. example and label Antifa a terrorist organization
Funny how I read like dozens and dozens of posts of americans/brits planning to seek refuge in the EU. Sweety, soon, there isnt going to be a place to run any more.
‼️ Iran’s Supreme National Security Council anmounces that Tehran will suspend cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) after Britain, France, and Germany pushed to reinstate UN sanctions, and the Security Council voted against permanently lifting them.
Pez got
againhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_involvement_in_regime_change
Funny how NATOpedia extensively lists and documents many of the regime change activities of the 20th century, and even some from 2000-2020 but then they mysteriously peter off and disappear. Did you know that the US was doing an average of one regime change operation per year for a century and then just stopped suddenly? How strange!
Liberals actually believe this.
