Image is of a protest in San Diego against ICE.
On January 7th, 37-year-old Renee Good was murdered by an ICE agent in Minneapolis. While a considerable amount of the discussion online has been about the direction her wheels were turning and things like that, truthfully, I think it’s just fundamentally bad to shoot a person to death with a gun if you happen to be a state mercenary enforcing an incredibly racist federal policy, regardless of the circumstances.
The murder has since prompted a wave of vigils and protests, not only in Minneapolis, but also in virtually every major city in the country. The demands are justice for Good in particular, and the abolition of ICE in general, to avenge its many victims. The Trump administration has done all they can to inflame the situation, designating Good a “domestic terrorist” and saying that the agent who shot her will be immune from prosecution.
Protests and resistance to this administration’s policies have, encouragingly, had an element of international solidarity - not only are flags from countries throughout Latin America (and also Palestine) present, but speakers in protests have even been actively condemning the recent imperialist actions against Venezuela. For it is, of course, one joint struggle. The imperial boomerang always returns - and in the modern day, it returns rapidly.
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The Zionist Entity'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.
Mirrors of Telegram channels that have been erased by Zionist censorship.
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.
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i miss the 72T news roundups so much tbh, idk why but calling him commisar 72T made me think of those lol
yes, it appears he has ascended to become one of the immortals. his weekly newsmega posts are an echo of his presence
or maybe he’s been reincarnated as another username on these threads
i thought he just wasnt online very much anymore, would be funny if ive been reading 72T comments and not realizing it lol
Recovering from his astonishment, the prefect asked if there were any worthy men in Taichou to whom he could look for instruction. Big Stick said, “After you arrive, remember to call on Manjushri and Samantabhadra.” The prefect asked, “Where can I find these two bodhisattvas?” And Big Stick said, “When you see them, you won’t recognize them. When you recognize them, you won’t see them. If you want to see them, don’t take their appearances into account. Manjushri is living incognito as Cold Mountain at Kuoching Temple. And Samantabhadra is disguised as Pickup. They dress like paupers and act like lunatics. They run errands and tend the stove in the monastery kitchen.” Big Stick then said goodbye, and Lu-ch’iu Yin began his journey.
posts like this make me proud to shitpost
Pin this post. If you don’t… you are a wrecker.
https://www.greenmatters.com/nature/giant-panda-no-longer-endangered But at what cost?
Sheinbaum and Trump just talked and
U.S. allows Mexico to provide oil to Cuba despite Trump’s vow to cut off supply
Thank god, hopefully Cuba can weather through this
WHERE ARE MY CLAUDIA EMOJI
Hell yeah Sheinbaum came through thank god.
common Sheinbaum w
she’s so good x5
“Independent” French Aviation 90% Dependent On Chinese Rare Earths: Safran Sounds Alarm
Rare earth materials again in news spotlight as they become political tool harming China-dependent French defense industry
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French aircraft engine manufacturer, including for Dassault Rafale fighters, Safran company, complains about supply chains turning into “weapons.” And this is not surprising, because 90% of its rare earth metal needs the country’s aviation industry covers with purchases from China.
Japanese prime minister Konoe complains about supply chains turning into “weapons”, and this is not surprising because 90% of its fuel needs the country covers with purchases from the US
As Reuters writes, Safran CEO and French aerospace association president Olivier Andries stated this. According to him, these critical resources are turning into a tool for creating dependency and gaining geopolitical advantage.
“turning”?! did this guy just sleep through, like, literally all of history?
Defense Express notes that actually it was always this way; one need only recall Russian energy carriers that all of Europe used. It’s just that in today’s unstable world conditions, the issue has risen to the public plane. Overall, before us is a good reminder that even France, which independently produces aviation and takes pride in its own autonomy in this matter, actually seriously depends at minimum on important resources. And this adds another leverage point for existing global suppliers, the largest of which is China. The issue of rare earth material import sources has been actively raised in recent years, because 99-100% of processing capacities belong to Chinese. So in the U.S. itself, active work is underway to correct this, especially for defense industry needs. Regarding the EU, they also purchase sensitive resources not only in China, but also in Russia, which raises many questions against the backdrop of sanctions. However, they are also searching for alternative sources, among which Ukraine is also being considered. For France, which is only increasing Rafale production, this issue is very important, considering the large order portfolio and even potential contract for Ukraine. So to maintain independent aircraft manufacturing, it may be necessary to invest even more funds and make additional compromises. Recall that Safran itself recently agreed to large-scale technology transfer to India and help in developing fifth-generation fighter. It’s quite likely that this is needed to support the company’s capabilities against the backdrop of collapse of the joint FCAS project with Germany and Spain.
Not sure if it fits in the mega, but:
I think climate change is often overlooked in the geopolitical analysis I keep seeing here.
Isn’t food production/industrial agriculture supposed to take a huge blow in the coming decades? And isn’t industrial agriculture and its massive output one of the conditions for how modern industrial states turned out?
I don’t think you can make a correct prediction or analysis without considering that many modern states could potentially be facing a severe blow to their existence in the coming decades. Will a state be able to survive without devoting a big part of their work force towards agricultural labor? Will the disposition of arable land delineate the next global war, and will the coming conflicts mostly consist of physically capturing land and work force?
I’m curious to read what the smart people here think of this, because all my baby brain has is doom and anxiety
Turkey has been hit by a severe drought. My coworker who has farmer relatives talked about it. If it continues, agricultural production will be crippled. Only products that can withstand such conditions is wheat and even for wheat it is too dry
I’ve mentioned it a few times in relation to my regions politics. Most of Central America either won’t exist or will become heavily Balkanized by the end of this century.
Eric Adams rugged some rubes to the tune of a few million bucks.
Analytics showed that a wallet linked to the token’s deployer removed roughly $2.5 million in USDC liquidity near the market’s peak.
Adams said the token would fund efforts to combat antisemitism and “anti-Americanism” through an unnamed nonprofit. He did not disclose the identities of co-founders or provide details on how funds would be managed.
Incredible stuff here folks. This isn’t really newsworthy but we must take what joy we can in these dark times
Not that I think this is the case here but could a rug pull be used as some sort of payola especially since it’s difficult to trace the wallets and provides a sort of smokescreen?
This is from last month but I somehow missed it. Still very much worth noting:
IMF Shanghai center begins operation; new hub signifies China’s growing role in regional, global economy: expert Global Times
The IMF on Monday officially launched the operations of its center in Shanghai. IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva, People’s Bank of China (PBC) Governor Pan Gongsheng, and Shanghai Mayor Gong Zheng attended the opening ceremony, the PBC said in a statement on Monday. The move signifies China’s growing role in both regional and global economic governance, Chinese experts noted.
Pan said that the operations of the IMF Shanghai centers fully demonstrates China’s firm stance on advocating win-win cooperation with the IMF, and is of great significance for deepening cooperation between the IMF and China, promoting macroeconomic policy exchanges and coordination among countries in the Asia-Pacific region, maintaining global and regional financial stability, and improving global financial governance, according to the PBC statement.
The center will play an important role in enhancing the fund’s engagement with the dynamic Asia and Pacific region. It will serve as a hub to promote research and knowledge sharing that can inform policies in areas of relevance for emerging market and middle-income countries. It also aims at deepening dialogue and outreach with member countries, regional institutions, and other stakeholders in the region, the IMF said in a press release.
“The IMF is grateful to the People’s Republic of China for its financial contributions to the IMF Shanghai Center and its facility,” read the press release.
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The operation of the IMF Shanghai Center marks a strategic advance in the fund’s Asia-Pacific role, providing a permanent regional platform to shape policy dialogue, drive research, and affirm its status as a global financial anchor, Wang Peng, an associate researcher at the Beijing Academy of Social Sciences, told the Global Times on Monday.
For Asia-Pacific economies, the center offers timely support for evidence-based policy formation through complex transitions, while fostering trade and stability cooperation to strengthen regional resilience, Wang said.
I take back everything I said about China having any slight chance of abandoning neoliberalism.
This is further integration of IMF with the PBOC. What’s the worst that can happen, you ask? Look at Russia’s central bank. I already raised my suspicion a couple years ago that the libs already made a comeback after the 20th CPC Congress and it’s looking more and more likely that my instinct was right back then.
Do not be surprised if you see a new type of “internationalized offshore RMB” that some will say is “China’s de-dollarization”, when the currency is probably designed and guided by the IMF itself.
Major L omfg
What stopped Gorbachev from taking this route with the USSR? Or was this what he was aiming for?
Gorby was more aiming for nordic social democracy ala Sweden. The reasons why he failed are manifold. One of the main ones being that US was okay cooperating with China, but not with USSR. Another major issue was giving away media control to the proto liberal opposition (Yeltsin faction).
One thing that throws me is doesn’t this presume no radical shift in the U.S. I know about the anti-decoupling measure but considering domestic consumption if the U.S economy goes the way of 2008, or something more drastic happens
in the U.S, what’s the game plan for weathering that without the ability to build out to kickstart things again.It will serve as a hub to promote research and knowledge sharing that can inform policies in areas of relevance for emerging market and middle-income countries
So is this investment-focused ? Or about forming policy FOR these “emerging market and middle-income countries” ?
Cope lathe: China is going to do to the IMF what they did to global manufacturing. Invite in the enemy, serve them some tea, and before they know it the Chinese are going to subsume the entire operation and be the ones calling all the shots as the imperialists eat themselves alive.
By 2040 the IMF is going to be another arm of China’s BRI
We can call it the Belt and Money Fund (BMF)
Loans conditional on communist reformsthis is some good ass copium, finest ive seen in a bit. however its copium i desperately need so i will also be choosing to partake, trust the plan!!!
Eyyy comon wea copin’ ova 'ere!
China’s secret plan to turn RMB into the global reserve currency
there’s serious stuff going on in the silver markets. silver is priced higher in China than in the US allowing for a free money arbitrage opportunity. historically, metals have been suppressed by TPTB in the US because it signals weakness in the dollar when they go up too much.
Please, just need some hopium
FFS
If the US doesn’t collapse soon, Iran is screwed.
oof
MoA on the latest failed color coup attempt that targeted Iran:
Today pro-government marches are held in all major cities of Iran. They are much bigger than anything the opposition could ever assemble. The Iranian system has again demonstrated that it is astonishingly stable. Not one official has changed side.
The total blocking of Internet traffic and international phone communication in Iran was the decisive step taken to end the riots.
Without Internet access the CIA/Mossad agents directing the rioters were unable to command and control their on-the-ground forces. The lack of ‘horror’ propaganda videos from Iran, submitted via the Internet and used by the media to rake up support for western intervention, is also important. Color-revolutions à la CIA require these tools.
Trump, who had threatened to bomb Iran in support of the rioters, will have to pull back. The U.S. military says that it is not ready (archived) for the revenge Iran would unleash on it.
https://www.moonofalabama.org/2026/01/regime-change-riots-in-iran-fail-faster-than-expected.html
Key point is that they also blocked Starlink. Other countries better be taking notes.
Blocked it and also hunted starlink emissions to find CIA/mossad cells
The linked Forbes article inside MoA post giving advice for rioters on how to bypass the lock
Per Open Source Intel on X, “if you are in contact with anyone in Iran using Starlink, ask them to try enabling the ‘use Starlink positioning exclusively’ option under Advanced and then Debug Data in the Starlink app."
Once again confirming that OSINT are western
Are we confident enough to call this failed yet?
I would say so
Trump, who had threatened to bomb Iran in support of the rioters, will have to pull back. The U.S. military says that it is not ready (archived) for the revenge Iran would unleash on it.
Yeah the 25% tariff sounded like the option they retreated to instead of hitting.
Jpow and the fed are in trouble with Trump.
This nakedcapitalism roundup is a bit out of date (markets didn’t seem to care much about the white house flinging shit at the fed), but worth a look.
this article on fortune talks about the challenges of the fed building renovation, basically it’s built in the swamp of DC so there’s shitty subsoil, lots of foundation work needed, and asbestos issues. perhaps also buried gold, who knows.
I don’t have time to pull quotes from these articles at the moment. clearly this kind of ‘fed independence’ has implications for the line going up, but more relevant to the newsmega is the impact of US fed rates on global politics. Comrade XHS has posted extensively about the importance of fed rates on Chinese provincial/municipal borrowing.
Trump, if the Supreme Court rules against his emergency powers-fueled tariffs: “WE’RE SCREWED!”
They could just say “yeah this is an exceeding of authority BUUT because no one said that before, previously collected tariffs are valid though Trump cannot do this again and they are cancelled going forward”.
That wouldn’t help with his nonsense about investments in the US (doesn’t exist at any appreciable scale as a result of these I think) but it would mean he wouldn’t have to give back any money while people like me would still get our cheap slop imports back going forward which is good and of course it would be another L for the empire trying to decouple and rebuild itself.
I wonder what would happen if they actually rule against him. Like there’s no way he’s complying. If the Supreme Court falls might be the wake up call for a lot of libs
Yeah this will 100% be another Andrew Jackson moment where Trump just says “with what army” to the Supreme Court ordering a stop to tariffs and Trump just ignoring. Trump was right when he said the only limit he has is his own “morality” (and Xi Jinping)
For a while I’ve been wondering if there are any separatist factions in the military but that seems pretty far fetched. Idk how much loyalty any general or group of generals can command in the US system
The ICE can deport all judges to El Salvador.
“It may not be possible but, if it were, it would be Dollars that would be so large that it would take many years to figure out what number we are talking about and even, who, when, and where, to pay.”
Truly the best at words President. Also if the tariffs are reversed/refunded, doesn’t that mean all the importers just get paid back and the consumer will have been left paying the import tax? Greasy.
Lol he spent all the money.
I wonder how his 25% Iran tariff is going to go.
My guess is they’ll let him get away with it. But it would be really funny if they didn’t.
Details of Labor’s new hate speech and gun laws revealed
Snippets of the article.
spoiler
A draft of Labor’s new hate speech bill, seen by the ABC, creates a new federal offence making it illegal to publicly promote or incite racial hatred where the conduct would cause a reasonable person to feel intimidated, harassed or fear violence.
But it includes a narrow defence where the speech, writing or other form of public gesture is solely quoting religious texts for teaching or discussion.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Tuesday used the Old Testament of the Bible to explain the carve out, saying the laws would set a “principles-based test” for conduct and speech that incited racial hatred toward another person or group.
“I encourage you to read the Old Testament and see what’s there and see if you outlaw that, what would occur,” he said.
"So we need to be careful — we consulted with faith groups, not just with the Jewish community.
Mr Albanese has recalled parliament to sit for two days next week to debate the wideranging bill that would also create new aggravating factors in existing hate speech laws and establish a listing regime for groups espousing hatred, as well as a national gun buyback scheme and stricter firearm import controls.
The omnibus bill also significantly expands federal firearms background checks, allowing intelligence agencies to provide information relevant to assessing whether a gun licence applicant poses a risk to public safety.
“The terrorists at Bondi Beach had hatred in their minds but guns in their hands. This law will deal with both, and we need to deal with both,” the prime minister said.
Independent MP Allegra Spender, whose electorate of Wentworth includes Bondi Beach, has welcomed the new hate speech offence, but raised concerns about its limited scope.
She is pushing for it to go further and cover all minority groups, such as LGBTQ+ Australians and people with disabilities.
“Neo-Nazis target the Jewish community, and they target the Muslim community and they target the LGBTQ community, but only one group at this stage will be protected by race laws,” she told ABC.
“This is also about consistency.”
Ms Spender said she would seek to amend the proposed laws next week, but would ultimately support the legislation in its current form if necessary.
The draft legislation deals with a range of gun control measures, including the creation of a national buyback scheme.
It also tightens or newly restricts importation of a range of assisted-repeating and straight-pull firearms, belt feeders, magazines of more than 30 rounds, firearm suppressors and speed loaders.
Former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to resign as Australian Ambassador to the US a year early
Snippets what I find interesting.
spoiler
Australia’s ambassador to the United States Kevin Rudd will conclude his posting in Washington a year early at the end of March.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Mr Rudd would resign on March 31 and that it was the ambassador’s call to leave.
The former prime minister helped secure the release of Assange, who spent years behind bars for espionage offences.
Mr Rudd oversaw a change of US administration during his tenure as ambassador with the re-election of US President Donald Trump in 2024.
The ambassador was forced to delete historical tweets that labelled Mr Trump a “traitor to the West” and the “most destructive president in history”.
In October, Mr Rudd helped clinch a $3 billion critical minerals and rare earths deal between the US and Australia aimed at countering China’s dominance over the sector.
But at a press conference marking the signing of that agreement, Mr Trump told Mr Rudd: “I don’t like you, and I probably never will” in response to a question from a journalist about the ambassador’s previous criticism of the US president.
I can’t help but kinda like Rudd. Not as a person, mind, but he isn’t the worst as far as Labour party members go. Also Trump fucking hates his guts, so that’s fun.
Mr Rudd will take up a role as global president of the leading international relations think-tank, the Asia Society, and head the society’s Centre for China Analysis.
Rudd has always been more interested in Asia so this isnt a surprise. Admittedly I don’t really know what the Asia Society does. Someone with more knowledge should fill us in if possible.
"He’s been hard-working, and so we should congratulate him for his term there and wish him the best.
“It would be great to hear from Kevin about what prompted him to decide to go at this time, a year early,” Mr Sinodinos[former ambassador] said.
Yes, Kev, do tell
I’ve always felt that sending Rudd to America was punishment for the fiasco of his government. I think he’d have strongly preferred a position where he got to speak mandarin more often.
He’s staying in the USA however, the Asia Society position is based in NYC. If I were him I’d still GTFO and go to their Hong Kong office or something.
It’s also really funny because he’s assuming a role as the President of the Asia Society Policy Institute, which shares an acronym with the notorious
Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI)what the fuck are you doing Kevin you’re going to get black-bagged Kevin they did it to a head of state already Kevin
He’s staying in the USA however, the Asia Society position is based in NYC.
No self preservation instincts on this man
Trump on Truth Social:
Effective immediately, any Country doing business with the Islamic Republic of Iran will pay a Tariff of 25% on any and all business being done with the United States of America. This Order is final and conclusive. Thank you for your attention to this matter!
Lol. Who knows what will happen with the Supreme Court tariff ruling tho.
It won’t make much of a difference for Russia since they basically don’t trade with the US at all anymore.
China will probably just tank this and retaliate somehow. They can’t afford to let Iran collapse and be replaced with a US puppet government. In fact, I wouldn’t be surprised if China gives Iran some kind of bailout.
Could be a deal breaker for many of Iran’s other trading partners though.
China is not going to help Iran this time.
According to Chinese media (article here, use machine translation), when Trump withdrew from JCPOA in 2018, China’s Dalian port provided shelter for the 3.4 million ton Iranian oil under sanction (worth $2 billion). Over six years, the storage has racked up over $450 million in port fee. When Iran’s foreign minister visited China in January 2025, apparently they demanded that China return the sanctioned oil but refused to pay the port fee.
Chinese nationalist propaganda says that the Chinese leadership is pissed at Iran and did not like to be made a fool of, and China’s apparently decided to go its own way. If Iran doesn’t want to play ball, then China will simply not rely on Iran at all. Apparently China’s leadership is also pissed at the Iranians making a deal with India, but I cannot verify this.
On the other side, it is also worth noting that in 2021, China and Iran signed a 25-year cooperation program that was supposed to have China investing $400 billion in Iran over 25 years. Yet after nearly 5 years, only a tiny fraction of that investment money ever made it to Iran, apparently because of Iran’s solidarity with Palestine made many Chinese investors wary of a war in the region that could cause them to lose their investment altogether.
You can imagine what Iran feels about China’s commitment to the deal as well. My impression is that both countries never really took each other seriously, and were only “pushed together” by US geopolitical actions. So it should not surprise you that they’re no longer seeing eye to eye after a few years.
Meanwhile, according to the “Chinese business circle intelligence network” (lol) that has been floating on the social media in the last few days, many Chinese businessmen in Iran are sounding pessimistic about the situation. Although the protests never reached the scale of the 2023 Amini protest and very likely involved foreign agents, what they’re saying is that unlike the Amini protest, which was mostly ignited by religious/social affairs in nature, this time the protest is very much driven by the cost of living, hence why the protests erupted mostly in the peripheral regions that have been enduring the largest burden of the economic pain.
Since the 12 day war with Israel last June, rial has significant depreciated (by ~44%) and inflation is now through the roof. Although the IRGC and the Iranian government may well survive this round of protest, the foundation is being shaken to the core because the ruling class can no longer keep the people placated with the spiraling inflation. The problem with the protest movement is that they are not organized or led by a credible leader, so it’s bound to be hijacked by foreign agents.
Many Chinese businessmen are now frantically looking for exit, while just a year ago they were still fairly optimistic about the situation in Iran. Things really took a drastic turn after the 12-day war and Trump’s bombing of Iranian nuclear facilities.
Just a few observations from what I’ve seen on the Chinese side of the conflict.
With China distancing itself from Venezuela as well, how do you see this strategy of backing off of whatever America claims via violence? Isn’t this creating a moral hazard, where anywhere they invest into will become targeted by the US, and then China will back off? Thus rewarding the US and encouraging the cycle? Is Chinese leadership short sighted enough to not see this? Doesn’t this completely defeat their entire strategy of win-win cooperation?
China already cut investment into Iran by 20% after the strikes on their nuclear facilities and it continues to fall. I wouldn’t be surprised if they just leave Iran out to dry
Maybe. It would be a big mistake though. If Iran falls, the US will be able to cut off literally like 80% of the current oil flow to China with minimal consequences to themselves.
It’s an attempt to make all imports and exports from the region flow through the straits of Malacca and constrain the belt and road. The USA can hurt Chinese wartime industrial capacity in this way if needed. I think what we’ll see is China trying to make their ships less reliant on oil in turn.
Most Chinese oil comes from the gulf states, followed by Russia. Very little oil consumed in China comes from Iran or Venezuela
Guess what happens to the Gulf when all countries on it are US vassals.
They already all are (except Yemen which has negligible oil production)
Well, not Iran. They can take the ball and go home (flood the Gulf with mines, etc.) if the US tries a blockade, which would stop the oil flow to the US as well.
Iran is not a gulf state in this context. Most oil China consumed come from countries other than Iran is my point.
Iran could do that but they won’t. They didn’t even do it when the US destroyed their nuclear facilities and assassinated their entire civil government. If that doesn’t trigger mining the strait I fail to see what would
I think China wants to stand strong against tariffs - based on past behaviour. And Iran is already giving them discounted oil that makes it quite worth their while.
Hope so, but I’ve learned to never hope for anything out of China - even in their own long term self interest
Iran has summoned the ambassadors of the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, France, and several other countries to watch videos of armed Iranian “protesters” killing innocent people and setting fire to public buildings and homes The Iranian government’s objective is to demonstrate to the international community that these protests are being led by extremist groups, who are causing chaos and destruction after appropriating peaceful demonstrations with legitimate demands that took place at the end of 2025.
get that shit on tiktok if you really want to combat the color revolution narrative
sure as fuck isn’t gonna get shown on CNN
what do they think that will achieve?
Idk, it’ll give the Iranian government officials working abroad something to do for their wages.
It’ll give the European ambassadors a small meeting to slightly waste their time instead of doing their instigation assignment.
Probably nothing, tbh. Though even libs in the Global South know that these protests are mostly bullshit.
I think the Saudis will bomb Somaliland positions pretty soon, and send a bunch of guns and tanks to Somalia. I think the Somali federal goverment and their allies managed to push Somaliland back in 2025 and recapture some provinces.
Could they fly over Somaliland?
Methinks that would be too close to Yemen and the Ansarallah movement.
