Sebrof [comrade/them, he/him]

Hezbollah fires barrage of rockets at Sa’ar in occupied lands

“The Lebanese Islamic Resistance (Hezbollah) combatants bombarded Sa’ar settlement with a salvo of rockets, in response to the Israeli brutal aggression against cities, villages, and civilians,” Hezbollah said in a statement on Sunday.

Already mentioned earlier: Israeli airstrikes on Hodeidah port, airport, power stations

Israeli airstrikes struck oil tanks at Ras Isa Port in Yemen, with additional strikes on Hodeidah Port on the Red Sea, west of Yeme, Al Mayadeen’s correspondent reported on Sunday.

Local sources told Al Mayadeen that more than 10 airstrikes targeted Hodeidah port, causing explosions that shook the city.

Our correspondent explained that the Israeli aggression in western Yemen targeted the al-Hali power generation station in the coastal city of Hodeidah.

Ansarullah vows response to Israeli attack on Hudaydah

Israeli regime closes airspace till October 31st

Following the assassination of Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah which took place on Friday, all flights from the occupied territories to Europe and vice versa have been canceled until the end of October.

From Al Mayadeen:

19:49 - The Islamic Resistance in Lebanon says it targeted the Zovulon military base with barrages of rockets

21:32 - Israeli media platform: A single missile was launched from Lebanon, and it appears to be a ballistic one

21:33 - Israeli Army Radio: A surface-to-surface ballistic missile was launched from Lebanon toward Haifa

21:33 - Israeli Army Radio: More than one million Israelis are rushing to shelters following Hezbollah’s rocket fire on Haifa and the northern region

From Quds News Network: According to Israeli media reports, more than a million settlers rushed to shelters after Hezbollah fired a rocket at Haifa and northern Israel.

I get it about people, there’s the ambient background hitlerion particle exposure of Western life, and it get’s concentrated at places like work for me. Stay safe, and you got to take antidotes when you can find them.

As for some resistance new, the following comes from a comment by @Al_Sham@hexbear.net. I’m very much in debt to her for these links.

The following is simply a reformatted version of her comment I linked above:

Legitimate news sources affiliated with the Axis of Resistance. Some of them are official state/resistance media and others are not. I have only linked the English sites.

---

Iran:

• https://en.isna.ir/
• https://en.irna.ir/
• https://www.ilna.ir/en
• https://en.mehrnews.com/
• https://www.tasnimnews.com/en
• https://www.presstv.ir/
• https://farsnews.ir/
  Official Khamenei telegram:
• https://t.me/Khamenei_en

---

Lebanon:

• https://english.almanar.com.lb/
• https://english.almayadeen.net/
• https://english.alahednews.com.lb/
  Official Hezbollah Telegram:
• https://t.me/mmirlb

---

Palestine:

• https://shehabnews.com/en/
• https://english.palinfo.com/
• https://english.wafa.ps/ (I avoid Quds News Network because I’m pretty sure it’s funded by Turkey)
  Official Hamas telegram:
• https://t.me/HamasOnline

---

Yemen:

• https://english.almasirah.net.ye/
• https://www.saba.ye/en
• https://en.althawranews.net/
  Official Yahya Saree telegram:
• https://t.me/army21ye (statements are in english and Arabic)

---

Syria:

• https://sana.sy/en/
• http://syriatimes.sy/en/

---

The Cradle is good for up to date information but I didn’t list it because it’s >not affiliated with any resistance axis.

• https://thecradle.co/

There’s also the (the Electronic Intifada)[https://electronicintifada.net/]

Islamic World News is another great outlet but I also have no idea their >financing situation. They have maps though.

• https://english.iswnews.com/

Others may have others to add, and I’d definitely welcome it. I’ve found Al_Sham’s list to be very useful and I really want to thank her for it.

I’m sorry comrade, I wish I could help

I’d say that in times like these it’s good to take a break from any social media or even the internet in general. And if you can, definitely away from pro-Zionist people in your life - but I don’t know your situation so I don’t know how possible that is. If you are online you can find some good spaces where resistance news is being reported and see that the resistance is alive continuing.

Like others have said here, engaging with mainstream sites and people is just exposing yourself to hitler particles. It’s pretty much self-harm. Avoiding it can be easier said than done, though, so I’m sorry if I’m sounding presumptuous.

Missile from Lebanon hits IOF target near Quds, drones swarm Nahariya

A missile fired from Lebanon impacted a target in the occupied West Bank where fires broke out on Saturday night.

An hour after the missile attack, sirens sounded in the coastal city settlement of Nahariya, where unidentified aerial objects were detected flying over the area.

Iraqi Resistance attacks vital Israeli target in Tel Aviv with drones

The Islamic Resistance in Iraq says the latest operation was in support of the Palestinian and Lebanese people.

Israeli Media: ‘Israel’ under attack from Yemen, Lebanon, and Iraq

Israeli media reports indicate that the Israeli occupation is facing a ‘coordinated and wide-ranging’ attack from multiple fronts, causing damage across different areas of occupied Palestine.

Gave it a read, thanks for sharing. Some quotes I noted to stave off doomerism, but still remain sober:

However, [Israel’s] war is not against individual leaders, but against entire peoples whose determination cannot be so easily snuffed out.

That strength is not based on the will of one individual, but on a base of support deeply committed to the cause and willing – as Nasrallah himself never failed to point out – to make enormous sacrifices on the road to liberation.

And the difficult quote that has been stated by many here and we all understand

What is most sobering is that the war to liberate Palestine and the region from Zionism will be no less brutal on the people of the region than the wars to liberate Algeria, Vietnam, South Africa and so many other places targeted by the Euro-American empire.

I don’t think you meant too much harm, but as others have said here there is a time and place and even form for all criticism to be effective. Even if an analysis is correct, and does come at the right time, if lacks tack then it isn’t effective. It can come across as callous when said too soon. This isn’t meant to say that the criticisms people share here are also criticisms of you, but they should be seen as criticism of the form the message you made take. Essentially even an analysis must have tack. It can’t ignore the human element. And that human element is very strong here.

You said that you didn’t realize that this is a funeral for Nasrallah, you have to be empathetic and note that for many people this isn’t just an armchair interest, but this is something that is actually impacting their day to day life. For these comrades, the martyrdom of Nasrallah has an impact in their day to day lives greater than what that Westerner comrades (and I am one) can fully relate to, even if we are supporters in all our good faith. So in ways, yes, it is a funeral. And your message came across as callous just like it would during a funeral. It isn’t to say you can’t convey criticisms, but they have to take an appropriate form to have any positive impact. The emotional dimension is every bit as real as any other, and ignoring it weakens criticism.

Also, you mentioned comparing socialist revolutionaries to non-socialist revolutionaries. I don’t think that is a useful distinction here whatsoever. Imperialism is the principal contradiction, and just like we have the term Actually Existing Socialism, I think we should have the term Actually Existing Anti-Imperialism. And Hamas and Hezbollah are actual real movements of people that are fighting imperialism. They are no less valuable than explicit socialist movements (and God knows there are a lot of useless orgs here in the West calling themselves socialist)

Hezbollah sources say Nasrallah safe following Israeli airstrikes

Renewed Israeli airstrikes target new parts of southern Beirut suburbs

Video: Israeli Occupation Launches Several Airstrikes on Beirut

Iraqi Resistance conducts multiple operations against ‘Israel’

Brief News Updates

I really liked your comment about thoughts running their course. Something I feel like meditation has really helped me notice is how fleeting thoughts really are, even when not trying to meditate. When you develop the practice of not indulging in them while still “giving them their space” (so not forcing them away either) they do just seem to fade away on their own. When they’re not being fed they retreat. Some thoughts like to show up more than others, and some like to stick around longer, but meditation really gave me a confidence to let the thoughts be and trust that they’ll fade once they’ve had their tantrum. If I’m lucky and I notice I’m on a funk whenever I’m not meditating I can see it’s because I’ve been indulging in whatever worry or angry thought for the past whatever minutes or hours. And then I can use the confidence from meditation to remind myself that if I can stop indulging in and extending those ephemeral thoughts then my mood appears sorta silly and it’s curious that I got so upset over what feels like vapor in my mind lol. It’s just very thick sometimes

I wanted to comment on this to reiterate that meditation is like exercise. Most likely you’re not going to be good at at at first - you’re flexing a “concentration muscle” in a way it’s not used to. So at the beginning it is good to not expect it to be a walk in the park. But one should stick with it regardless. Set a realistic time for meditation, perhaps don’t meditate for too long at the start. And progress may take a while. It’s like starting exercising or learning an instrument.

And also, as the comment says, don’t think of it as forcing your mind to be empty or forcing yourself to think of nothing. If you are trying to stop thoughts then you’ll set yourself up for some disappointment at first and you will likely start forming judgement statements about yourself as being “bad” at meditating.

Instead of forcing thoughts to stop, take a brief notice of the thoughts that comes up and then let them pass without indulging in them - so don’t judge them when they arise and don’t follow where they want to take you - and use your breath as an anchor. And those thoughts may even be statements like “Ahhh! Why can’t I focus!”, if so then try to look at it like objectively like a scientist studying the mind. You can say “Ah, there’s anger”, and then don’t follow up with it, don’t indulge it, just go back to your breathing. Another thought will sure to happen, just return to the breath.

Everytime you notice that your mind has wandered go back to your breath, and that’s a “rep” like CarbonConscious said. And you know what, you’re gonna be doing a lot of reps! Because you’re new to meditation you’re mind is naturally going to wander very quickly. That’s normal, don’t judge yourself for it. It’s a new exercise for this muscle. In fact, every time you notice you are mind wandering you are improving that muscle. So you shouldn’t be upset if you mind wander. If you start judging yourself, good or bad, also just take note and don’t indulge and return to the breath. Everytime you notice it and focus back on the breath you are flexing that muscle.

There was an earlier post where others give their advice on how to meditate that I’ll post in case you find it interesting, meditation on the breath is very common, but there are other forms of meditation too: https://hexbear.net/post/3451587

I have recently finished Radhika Desai’s chapters in her book Capitalism, Coronavirus, and War: A Geopolitical Economy where she mentions a brief history of the fall of the Sterling. I’m sure you’ve already read it being the news-guy, so I’d definitely be excited to read a follow up on those chapters or the sources she has cited - especially since finance goes over my head and I’d like for it to make sense.

Yeah the dissolution of the Soviet Union isn’t really a story of a “totalitarian regime” cracking down and tightening control before the masses come swooping in to restore “democracy”, but more of a counter-revolutionary overthrow allowed to occur via factions within the Party either by the naivety or malice of Gorbachev. In fact, surrendering state control of the media to capitalist forces is an important aspect of the Soviet Union’s dissolution. The media was allowed to fall into the hands of capitalists who were also encouraged to criticize and deligitimize the CPSU.

Some long quotes from Keeran and Kenny’s Socialism Betrayed:

In April 11 1985, for example, Gorbachev called for the release of more administrative information to the public. Soon, Gorbachev transformed glasnost’s meaning from openness by the Party and other bodies, to open criticism of the Party and its history.

In June, the General Secretary met with media officials and urged them to support the reform effort by making “open, specific, and constructive” criticisms of shortcomings. Soon after, the newspaper Sovetskaya Rossiya criticized the Moscow Party head, Viktor Grishin. Gorbachev then replaced him with Boris Yeltsin, a presumed ally.

…Yuri Afanasyev, soon a partisan of Boris Yeltsin, became head of the Moscow State Historical Archives. These men soon took leading roles in criticizing Stalin and the Party and pushing the most rapid and extreme reform measures

… In short, Gorbachev began to encourage intellectuals and the media to criticize the Party and Party history, while simultaneously diminishing the role and authority of the Party over the media. Indeed, he did not simply diminish the Party’s oversight of the media, he actually turned the media over to people who were hostile to the CPSU and socialism.

… Gorbachev opened the door to criticism without limits. “It is time for literary and art criticism to shake off complacency and servility…and to remember that criticism is a social duty.” The next month, Gorbachev and Ligachev met with representatives of the mass media, and Gorbachev said that “the main enemy is bureaucratism, and the press must castigate it without backing off.” A truly anomalous situation thus emerged. The General Secretary, who was the leader of the Party and who had the power to reform the Party and government, was inciting attacks from the outside on those very entities, as if he were a mere bystander, not ultimately responsible for them

… Mike Davidow, a Communist journalist stationed in Moscow, rued, “Never in history did a ruling party literally turn over the mass media to forces bent on its own destruction and the state it led, as did the leaders of the CPSU.”

… Boris Kargarlitsky noted the enormous irony of a powerful campaign in support of privatization unleashed in 1990 by television, newspapers and magazines in most cases still controlled by the Communist Party. “Anyone who doubted the new wonder-working recipe was not allowed to be heard.” The Soviet media monopoly was now capitalist.

Just like Dream Scenario

This reminds me of my disappointment with the Prolekult video on the topic when the Ukraine war broke out. Pretty much simplifying it to an imperialist struggle between Russia and the West. And every other leftist group in my area had the same take, at best. Then Oct 7th broke their brains further. What a wasteland here in the West.

Can confirm. SC is bad y’all