Image is of the King of Morocco meeting with John Kerry (a species of demon that plagued Hexbear in the misty past).
This preamble comes courtesy of @LargePenis@hexbear.net:
Morocco (Al Maghrib), or more officially the Kingdom of Morocco (Al Mamlaka al Maghribiya), is a country located in the northwestern edge of the African continent. The name Morocco comes from the Spanish name Marruecos, which itself comes from the name of the city of Marrakesh. In Turkish for example, Morocco is known as Fas, mainly because Turks knew the land of Morocco through the city of Fes. Morocco is regarded as part of the Arab World and Arabic is the main language amongst the population, with French and Berber languages also widely spoken in the country.
Morocco was the home of mostly Berber tribes until the Muslim conquest and the subsequent Arab migrations in the 700s under the Umayyads drastically changed the character of the country. A Berber commander, Tariq ibn Ziyad, would later cross the Strait of Gibraltar (Jabal Tariq) from the northern shores of now-Morocco and conquer Andalusia, which remained under Muslim rule for nearly 800 years. The country emerged as a significant regional power during the Almoravid and Almohad dynasties in the medieval period, known for their contributions to architecture, philosophy, and trade across North Africa and southern Europe. The current ruling dynasty of Morocco, the Alaouite dynasty, came to power in the late 1600s. The Alaouites claim descent from the Prophet Muhammad through his grandson Hasan ibn Ali, giving them religious legitimacy and political authority in the region. Despite the Shia-coded claim to legitimacy, the Moroccan royal family and the population mostly follow the Maliki school of Sunni Islam.
In the early 20th century, the Treaty of Fez (1912) created the French Protectorate of Morocco, negotiated largely without input from the Moroccan people. Moroccan lands were completely divided under French and Spanish zones, with thousands of colonists pouring into the country. The royal family frequently collaborated with colonial powers, suppressing local resistance movements and prioritizing European interests. Prominent anti-colonial uprisings, like the Rif War (1921–1926), were met with brutal crackdowns, enabled by Western-backed forces. Post-independence in 1956, Morocco maintained close ties with its former colonizers, fostering economic dependence on France and Spain. The monarchy’s alignment with Western geopolitical interests often undermined Pan-African and Arab unity movements.
During the Cold War, Morocco positioned itself as a staunch ally of the West, marginalizing leftist and nationalist factions within the country. The Green March of 1975 was a Moroccan state-organized movement to assert control over Western Sahara, a territory decolonized from Spanish rule but still awaiting self-determination. This march, supported by Western powers, particularly the United States, is often criticized as a colonial expansion disguised as a popular movement. By settling Moroccans in the disputed territory, the march disregarded the Sahrawi people’s right to sovereignty. U.N. resolutions on Western Sahara have seen limited enforcement, largely due to Morocco’s Western alliances shielding it from accountability. Western-backed security and intelligence partnerships continue to be the cornerstone of Morocco’s repressive nature towards any anti-colonial and leftist movements. In 2021, Algeria again severed diplomatic ties with Morocco, citing hostile actions and concerns over Morocco’s ties with Israel, which Algeria views as a betrayal of pro-Palestinian solidarity. The two countries have mostly clashed over the issue of Western Sahara other than a short war in the 60s over a border dispute, with Algeria continuing to support the Sahrawi independence movement.
Morocco’s relations with Israel have historically been discreet but significant, rooted in the presence of a large Moroccan Jewish diaspora in Israel. Former King Hassan II played a significant behind-the-scenes role in fostering covert ties between Morocco and Israel during his reign. King Hassan II is reported to have allowed Israeli intelligence access to critical information from a meeting of Arab leaders in Casablanca in 1965, which may have helped Israel prepare for the Six-Day War in 1967. His government provided a platform for discreet diplomatic exchanges and intelligence-sharing, including Morocco’s facilitation of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat’s visit to Israel in the 1970s. In 2020, Morocco formally normalized ties with Israel through the Abraham Accords, brokered by the United States, in exchange for U.S. and Israeli recognition of Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara. Diplomatic and trade relations have since deepened, with agreements in fields like defence, agriculture, and technology. Despite official ties, Moroccan public opinion remains largely sympathetic to Palestinians, but such opinions are rarely considered by the royal family.
Morocco’s future is split between ambitious global aspirations and permanent domestic issues. The country’s co-hosting of the 2030 FIFA World Cup with Spain and Portugal is seen as a significant opportunity to showcase its shiny infrastructure and global presence. However, these achievements are often overshadowed by criticisms of its political culture, including the monarchy’s ceremonial practices, such as the humiliating tradition of publicly kissing the crown prince’s hand. Allegations surrounding King Mohammed VI’s personal behavior, including incidents of public drunkenness and alleged homosexuality continue to be a hot topic within opposition circles.
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Israel-Palestine Conflict
Sources on the fighting in Palestine against Israel. 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.
It is fucking wild watching soft-left types suddenly become wildly pro-assad as they learn how important Syria is as a weapons supply route to Gaza and Syria.
They are becoming more pro-assad than I am and it’s because of Palestine. These are people that would’ve screamed the word tankie if you said you critically supported assad before this war.
Could be bullshit but this is flying around, I find the last bullet point particularly interesting:
The West plans to introduce 100 thousand so-called peacekeepers to Ukraine - SVR
To solve its problems, the West will undertake the actual occupation of Ukraine under the guise of deploying peacekeepers, noted the Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation.
❗️ Other statements:
▪️NATO is increasingly inclined to the need tofreeze the Ukrainian conflictin the absence of prospects for inflicting strategic defeat on Russia on the battlefield
▪️NATO is setting up training centers in Ukraine, through which it is expected to “drag at least a million mobilized Ukrainians”
▪️Under the guise of deploying a “peacekeeping contingent,” Ukraine is being occupied: its northern regions, including the capital region, will become a Great Britain zone, the center and east of the country - < b>Germany, western regions - Poland, Black Sea coast - Romania.
This has at least some possible merit?
https://kyivindependent.com/boris-johnson-calls-for-british-peacekeepers-in-ukraine/
First ukrainian presidential polling since the start of 2022
https://www.intellinews.com/zaluzhnyi-leads-ukrainian-presidential-poll-355220/
Zaluzhnyi garnered 27% of support when respondents were asked whom they would vote for if an election were held next Sunday (November 24). Current President Volodymyr Zelenskiy followed with 16%, while former President Petro Poroshenko secured 7%. Other notable figures included Kyrylo Budanov, head of Ukraine’s military intelligence, with 6%, and ex-Speaker of Parliament Dmytro Razumkov with 4%.
I couldn’t find a good tweet that summarized everything, but there was a huge Pan-Africanist conference hosted by Niger on November 19-21:
https://xcancel.com/african_stream/status/1862011204950208900When they say US, they’re talking about PSL, who send Eugene Puryear as a representative. There’s also Black Alliance for Peace who also send a delegation. Here’s their report. The CPC even send a representative to the conference.
Some news from the West Asia front.
Allied Syrian/Russian forces eliminated over 400 of Washington’s al-Queda proxies since yesterday when the Western-backed terrorists launched large-scale attacks in the western Aleppo countryside: https://tass.com/defense/1879505
The Syrian military already liberated at least three settlements: Jubas and Kafr Battikh (south of Saraqib) and Az-Zarba (regaining control of the M5 highway): https://news-pravda.com/world/2024/11/28/885958.html
The Zionists violated the ceasefire and attacked a Lebanese position in Saida district: https://thecradle.co/articles/israel-violates-lebanon-ceasefire-with-airstrike-in-saida-district
Kinda wild how the NATO-brains are supporting a US-designated terrorist group because Putler bad.
Some combat footage for today from Russia’s special military operation.
Recent Russian Iskander missile strikes destroyed a few more US-supplied M142 “HIMARS” launchers in Sumy oblast: https://southfront.press/russian-missiles-hit-three-ukrainian-himars-launchers-in-sumy-video/
Three more Ukrainian soldiers surrendered to Russian forces in the partially Kiev-occupied DPR city of Kurakhovo: https://s5.cdnstatic.space/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/13040-Three-Ukrainian-servicemen-surrendered-in-Kurakhove.mp4?_=2
Russian cruise missiles heading toward their targets (mainly energy substations and military industrial related enterprises): https://s5.cdnstatic.space/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/109111-6.mp4?_=3
I’m a fucking genius #beanwatch
coffee prices rose 30 percent in november
Have there been any pics of the Oreshnik strike or is it still bizarrely secretive?
No idea about the provenance of this blog and it is probably fanfic, but is intriguing:
All ground-level buildings and structures on this territory have been reduced to rubble, in some places-to small concrete rubble. There are no large craters, there are a dozen holes in the ground with a diameter of about two meters. Eyewitnesses describe the scene as creepy, apocalyptic. Security around the perimeter and on the territory withdraws all means of photo and video recording, even pens and notebooks are taken away. People tell us that “officials” who speak English, Polish, and French constantly arrive at the plant’s territory in tightly tinted minibuses. They say that unknown ammunition hit just those underground production facilities that Vladimir Zelensky boasted about, telling about the imminent appearance of some "formidable missile weapons"in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. From the fragmentary conversations of rescuers, it seems that up to the 4th floor there is a zone of continuous destruction, below which rescuers have not yet been able to descend.
The EU parliament wants to investigate TikTok over the Romanian elections.
Second front appears to be opening in Syria in Tel Rifaat, with the FSA/SNA launching an offensive with Turkish support. They are also mobilising in support of
Al Qaeda 5.0HTS on the outskirts of Aleppo city. The Free Syrian Army (FSA) was the USA backed “moderate rebels”.I saw a few headlines about Putin saying that NATO and the US are at war with Russia. I really hope it’s a bluff slash some deescelation because I don’t want nuclear powers fighting
BIG escalaTION in the Georgian elections situation.
The EU parliament passed a resolution to:
A re-run under international supervision
A transparent investigation into violations
International refusal to recognize results
In response the government has decided to close down the matter of opening negotiations with the EU until 2028 and they’re also refusing budget grants from the EU until 2028
People are protesting at the parliament, folow Sopo Japaridze for more updates.
Incredibly funny that the EU is going to “lose” georgia because of its own intransigence
“The Chinese system has turned on capitalism. Xi Jinping is not a capitalist. There’s a huge crackdown on Chinese businesses to the point that almost every tech founder has left China or wants to leave China because it’s too dangerous to run a tech company because the government quite literally may snatch you and you may not come back. They also force you to go to mandatory Marxist training, literally.”
A major counter offensive by the Syrian army is underway currently under cover of night. I won’t post videos because they’re boring (most black night time videos with gunfire sounds) but they’re seriously going at it right now. Khan al-Assal and Mansoura are apparently the main places of fighting.
