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to say nothing of the fact the USSR also enfranchised women well before the US did without the women having to spend multiple decades promising the men they would use the vote to enforce anti-Black racism at all levels (then delivering on that promise for over a century).

the Soviet Union had women cosmonauts and a legion of decorated antifascist war heroines the same year women in Canada were first "allowed" to open bank accounts without their husbands' written permission.

WAPO: Iran has hit far more U.S. military assets than reported, satellite images show. Iranian airstrikes have damaged or destroyed at least 228 structures or pieces of equipment at U.S. military sites across the Middle East since the war began, hitting hangars, barracks, fuel depots, aircraft and key radar, communications and air defense equipment, according to a Washington Post analysis of satellite imagery. The amount of destruction is far larger than what has been publicly acknowledged by the U.S. government or previously reported. Experts who reviewed The Post’s analysis said the damage at the sites suggested that the U.S. military had underestimated Iran’s targeting abilities, not adapted sufficiently to modern drone warfare and left some bases under-protected. “The Iranian attacks were precise. There are no random craters indicating misses,” said Mark Cancian, a senior adviser with the CSIS and a retired Marine Corps colonel, who reviewed the Iranian images at The Post’s request. “The Iranians have deliberately targeted accommodation buildings across multiple sites with the intent to inflict mass casualties,” said William Goodhind, an investigator with the open-access research project Contested Ground who reviewed the imagery. “It is not just equipment, fuel storage and air base infrastructure under fire, but also soft targets, such as gyms, food halls and accommodation.” The Post also found that the attacks hit a satellite communications site at al-Udeid Air Base in Qatar, Patriot missile defense equipment at Riffa and Isa air bases in Bahrain and Ali al-Salem Air Base in Kuwait, a satellite dish at the Naval Support Activity Bahrain — which serves as the headquarters of the U.S. 5th Fleet — a power plant at Camp Buehring in Kuwait and five fuel storage bladder sites across three bases.

@OGBlackRedGuard certain types can be pretty good actually because 1) if they're screaming it's hard to understand the lyrics and understanding the lyrics is distracting, and 2) it remains at a pretty constant intensity level without sudden shifts, which can also be distracting

how the fuck do people be listening to metal while they study. nothing helps with information retention like RAAAAAAAaaaaaHHHHHHH GRAAAAAAAAHAHAHAAAAAAA huh?

⚡️ Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf: From the beginning, we have been following the ongoing process with distrust, and as expected, the United States has once again violated its commitments even before negotiations began. As the President of the United States clearly stated, the ten-point initiative presented by the Islamic Republic of Iran is the basis, the approved practical framework, and the fundamental ground for these talks. However, three clauses of this proposal have been breached so far: 1. Failure to adhere to the first clause of the ten-point initiative regarding a ceasefire in Lebanon; a commitment that Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif explicitly referred to and declared as "an immediate ceasefire everywhere, including Lebanon and other areas, effective immediately." 2. The entry of an aggressive drone into Iranian airspace, which was destroyed in the city of "Lar" in Fars province, constitutes a blatant violation of the clause concerning the prohibition of any new aggression against Iranian airspace. 3. Denial of acceptance of Iran's right to enrichment, which was stipulated in the sixth clause of this framework. And now, even that "basic framework for negotiation" has been openly and flagrantly violated in three of its key clauses even before negotiations have begun. Under these circumstances, there is no meaning to either a mutual ceasefire or negotiations.

The Iran–U.S. Ceasefire terms are clear and explicit: the U.S. must choose—ceasefire or continued war via Israel. It cannot have both. The world sees the massacres in Lebanon. The ball is in the U.S. court, and the world is watching whether it will act on its commitments.

💢 Past 24 hours — U.S. aircraft incidents across the region ▪️ One F-15E Strike Eagle (fighter-bomber): downed; 1 pilot rescued, 1 crew missing, search continues ▪️ Two HH-60W Jolly Green II (combat rescue helicopter) hit by Iran: all crew accounted for, both landed safely ▪️ One A-10 Warthog (close air support jet) crashed into Persian Gulf: pilot rescued ▪️ Another A-10 aircraft hit; made emergency landing with one engine disabled ▪️ F-16 (multirole fighter): declared emergency over Iraq; landed safely ▪️ KC-135 Stratotanker (refueling aircraft): declared emergency over Israel; landed safely ▪️ Iran also claimed it struck and downed another U.S. jet near Qeshm Island yesterday

I like how the Wall Street Journal said that the E-3 was “damaged”. That is half of an airplane.

We extend our best wishes to Nerdeen Kiswani and unequivocally condemn the attacks she has suffered. Read our statement below.

It’s good to see DSA expressing solidarity with Nerdeen. Maybe now, people will seriously engage with her politics, instead of writing them off or attacking them as many have done. The Zionists tried to come for her because of her revolutionary politics, and her reputation as an unyielding and unapologetic defender of the rights of her people.

بيان القوات المسلحة اليمنية

بيان القوات المسلحة اليمنية بشأن تنفيذ عملية عسكرية استهدفت أهدافاً عسكرية حساسة للعدو الإسرائيلي جنوبي فلسطين المحتلة وذلك بدفعة من الصواريخ الباليستية.

@primarycatdad Honestly everything and anything we do as humans is impossible on our own. It all requires the work of thousands past and present. The idea that we can do anything on our own is thinking born of our oppressors.

The idea that you don't need a consciously developed theory of socialist revolution, carried out by an ideologically coherent core of cadre - that you can do anything on your own and without organization - is merely liberal-individualism

In the final years of South African Apartheid, the white government decided it must 1) overthrow the government of Angola 2) install a puppet regime in Namibia 3) attack Zimbabwe 4) attack Botswana 5) attack Zambia in order to survive. This did not work

74% of all eligible voters cast ballots, and it was approved with ~67% approval. Compared to the US, this is WAY more voter turnout. Even the actual voting system is ran thru public institutions like schools, so even students are engaged and volunteer for important roles.