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[01:01] Trump launches large-scale strikes on Yemen's Houthis

At least 19 were killed as US President Donald Trump launched large-scale military strikes against Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis over the group's attacks against Red Sea shipping, warning "hell will rain down" on them if they do not stop.

rte.ie/news/middle-east/2025/0

#Atleast19 #US #DonaldTrump #Yemen #Iran #Houthis #RedSea

"Trump’s military strikes on Yemen have escalated tensions!" Large-scale U.S. attacks against the Iran-aligned Houthis have caused at least 19 deaths, including civilians. Responding to disruptions in Red Sea shipping, Trump issued dire warnings to Iran. This marks a significant military operation, potentially impacting shipping routes and U.S. interests further. For in-depth insights, read the full article: [CNBC](cnbc.com/2025/03/15/trump-laun). #Trump #Yemen #Houthis #Iran #USMilitary

CNBCTrump launches large-scale strikes on Yemen's Houthis, at least 19 killedAt least 19 were killed as U.S. President Donald Trump launched large-scale military strikes against Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis on Saturday.

I read that #Trump ordered military strikes against the #Houthis in #Yemen

He threatened #Iran not to get involved or he would unleash hell on them.

I’m worried that Trump already made up his mind to attack Iran.

He had General Soleimani killed & they want retribution against Trump.

He would love to end the Iranian regime that wants him killed. That won’t end their desire for revenge.

I’m also worried that Trump’s yes man #Hegseth would attack without Congressional declaration of war.

Guten Morgen - Tässle Kaffee ☕️?

Habe oft gegen dualistische Anwürfe aus der #Union gegen #Grüne protestiert. Hoffe noch immer, dass sie sich mit der #SPD nicht nur auf Ausgaben für #Verteidigung, sondern auch für #Klimaschutz & #Infrastruktur einigen.

Denn über unsere fossilen Importe heizen wir nicht nur unsere #Mitwelt auf, sondern finanzieren auch die #Ressourcenfluch - Regime in #Russland, #Iran, #Katar samt Terrorgruppen. Der #Fossilismus ist dringend zu stoppen!

scilogs.spektrum.de/natur-des-

Natur des Glaubens · Der fossile Wahnsinn 4: Wir finanzieren weiterhin Russland & rüsten dann dagegen aufDr. Michael Blume macht darauf aufmerksam, dass die Europäische Union ihre fossilen Importe aus Russland weiterhin kaum reduziert.
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@CrimethInc

Hi,

Thanks for your reply.

To clarify, when I was speaking about the *system*, I was speaking about the ruling class that controls the system.

I should have just used the phrase *ruling class* instead of *the system* in few places. Thats a mistake on my part & only on retrospect I can think of that.

But having said that, even if we use the phrase *ruling class* in places where I used the word *system*, my broader point still remain valid.

> … there is the question of how white supremacy undermines worker solidarity, etc.

I agree with the competing nature of that white supremacy politics vs broader anti-domination politics, of which, worker solidarity politics forms one stream amongst many interconnected streams of politics that aims to undermine those exclusionary politics.

But my point is about these politics needs to be consciously be aware of the fact that the white supremacy politics aims to not allow existing distribution of power to change (in broader society at large), and in large society, there are serious power asymmetries that were already brought in reality by those policies (from past). White supremacy politics already recognize existing distribution in society is already biased towards certain groups & they would either want to keep existing distributions as is (or) make it worse in the wrong direction. They dont want equalization because they already recognize existing disparities in society.

This also doesnt mean, white supremacy politics gives better deal to white people relative to say Anarchist politics (they dont), but within the logic of existing ruling class politics (politics of enclosure), they do ensure the distribution of power remains in the white hands relative to other groupings. They want to be higher in the pecking order, relative to the others in the society, even if broader ruling classes do enjoy disproportionate advantage over them.

Focus of my point was about identifying, within the logic of existing system (not within the logic of future Anarchist society), if the proponents of an ideology do benefit/benefited in existing systems relative to others or not. If those bigoted politics of unfairness are only useful tools who reap no reward to those who pursue it i.e they are not a direct beneficiary of the said policy (or) if there are actual tangible benefits we can observe amongst the groups that pursue any unfair policy, which goes beyond just ruling class using them cynically (ruling class uses everyone is a given, on which both of us have no disagreement, but dispute is about whether certain groups who pursue specific unfair policies get unfair advantage they pursued or not relative to others, on that my answer is yes, even if the advantage is not enjoyed by everyone in the cohort).

It goes without saying, all politics of domination that ruling class either pursues or enables or tolerates benefits ruling class in some manner. If it doesnt, it will represses them thoroughly or atleast tries to repress them at every step of the way. That doesnt mean, every unfair policy ruling class pursues benefits everyone in the larger cohort. Even if not everyone got the benefits (may be some from larger cohort are scapegoats to pursue that policy), doesnt mean the larger cohort per se is not the beneficiary (atleast relative to others),

In our shithole, tho we are a non-white society, the underlying politics of domination (from my community) are very similar to white supremacist politics in West are. I often see the exact same argument furthered by people from my community who say the poorest amongst our group too suffer & hence our group (not all of us, but the broader group that enjoys relative advantage over others) is not a beneficiary. All I know is that position is not backed by evidence, even tho there are large number of people from my community who are at the bottom of the pyramid.

> … it seems that the burden of proof would actually rest on you to show that the racialized disparities in wealth and power are *identical* among both the poorest and the richest. That seems unlikely.

I am not sure if this needs to be proven, to conclude an important pillar of white supremacist politics is an attempt to keeping white cohort at relative advantageous position relative to other cohorts.

So long as the observation is broadly true (i.e whites as a group has relative advantage over other groups), those who pursue white supremacist politics broadly believe it to be true, and those pursuing those policies aim to reach that goal, and we have distribution of power (material/other) that reflects those policies, is sufficient evidence to conclude the intended beneficiary is what it says on the paper, even if the policy is not successful 100% of the time & even if everyone in the cohort dont get the benefits of the supremacist politics.

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On *Poor white* red herring
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This is a response to a comrade. See link for understanding the context.

Since I thought this is an important point that sheds light on common mythology built around a specific group of people from dominant segments of society, I moved this to a separate post so its importance is emphasized.

Comrade,

Although we both agree on the important role systems play in the fates of peasants, but I clearly see that we disagree about who the direct & chief beneficiaries of various forms of domination are.

Since I adhere to the thesis of systems of domination explanation & degrees of culpability, going from direct beneficiaries first to indirect beneficiaries later, focussing on both [visible] material gains & [invisible] non-material gains accrued to some groups more than others (as material gains can be clearly seen in only some situations than in other situations), since you took the example of *Poor Whites*, I thought we should take a look at the material reality faced by various segments of society.

Towards this, when you say:

> Surely you can see how absurd it would be to argue that the ones who benefit MOST from white supremacy are poor white people.

With that, to me it seems you are denying the material reality that the beneficiaries of white supremacy are not white people as a cohort, but the real beneficiary is the abstract system (or) that everyone benefits equally/near equally in a system thats designed to benefit some at others expense & there will be no losers in the broader target beneficiary cohort. But in my view, thats contrary to evidence.

We have to compare apples with apples, rather than comparing apples to oranges.

We need to look at Whites vs Blacks, Rich Whites vs Rich Blacks, Middle class Whites vs Middle class Blacks, Poor whites vs Poor Blacks, Rich Whites vs Poor Whites, Rich Blacks vs Poor Blacks, quality of life of people in those cohorts, most importantly, number of people in those cohorts at the top vs bottom within each racial cohort, material condition of those in those segments of society, how easy/difficult for the said Poor white man/woman to change that status within the white cohort — say by dating/marrying a rich person within white cohort, getting help from another rich white person who is willing to help them out, the likelihood of such help coming because of number of people in those cohorts that can help them and so on (vs) Same for black/brown people, and so on.

Also, we need to look at the median income, 90th percentile income, 99th percentile income & resources they consume relative to other groups. All of that forms the basis of material reality, to find the direct & as per your categorization *chief beneficiary*.

So, I came across this study that looked at the wealth owned by typical whites vs typical blacks. It sheds more light on the situation, to determine if the direct & chief beneficiary of white supremacy is white population or not (or) is it just ruling class (what % of ruling class are white vs people belonging to other groups, in societies where there is a sizable white population?).

Ruling class benefits from all forms of hierarchy they tolerate &/ enable, not just white supremacist form of hierarchy, but white supremacy served those who control the top quite well, for many generations, while also directly & chiefly benefitting those in that white cohort, relative to those who dont belong to the white cohort.

This is what that study says.

> In South Africa, the typical Black household owns 5 per cent of the wealth held by the typical White household. In the US, the typical Black household owns 6 per cent of the wealth held by the typical White household. In both countries, a racial wealth gap exists at different levels of education and income. The fact that the racial wealth gap in the US is similar to that of a country that recently emerged from apartheid is a sobering indictment. [1]

That clarifies quite a lot as to who the beneficiary of a white supremacist society are.

Also, when you say:

> So yes, the chief beneficiary of transphobia is the ruling class. The ruling class is using transphobia to distract and manipulate poor people.

If you see the *chief beneficiary* of transphobia to be ruling class, not transphobes, then we are trying to reduce *chief beneficiary* to larger machines, by reducing everything to *Well, those control the system benefits, not the transphobe who is imposing his/her will on trans people using that larger machine*. Since the material benefit accrued to transphobe is bit hard to quantify (even tho the will of transphobe is directly now imposed on trans person by the transphobe by using the system), your explanation is that the *chief beneficiary* is still *ruling class*, not the person/group that just imposed their will unjustly over others using the concentrated power of ruling class.

With your explanation, we have to assume the *chief beneficiary* of a misogynist society is not Male cohort, because a Poor man is also oppressed by the system as much as a Poor Woman, because there are larger systems at play. Going a step further, we can chalk up everything to, *Well, those systems are the *chief beneficiaries*, not those who want to impose their will over others & use the system to get what they want (or) keep the things the way they are*.

In my view, that approach simply denies material reality & complicates the world far more than it simplifies, for no significant gain in return.

I also took a look at the beneficiaries of Settler-Colonial terrorism of Zionist Jews in Entity.

Here is what I found — just on the dimension of material benefit, ignoring the benefits that accrued by land grabs — most of the Palestinian land is now stolen by & in the hands of Zionist Jews, not the abstract "system"; ignoring the material benefit that society — not just ruling class — gained from that by converting that captive Palestinian population into guinea pigs for testing the most sophisticated weapons & build a "industry" of slaughter in collusion with Western Empire, building other systems of larger scale spying & social control, exporting that "tech" to other repressive regimes and so on. Beyond that, we cant even measure the unquantifiable benefits of imposing one's will over others (even if it doesnt have any direct material benefit, its still a benefit for the group that makes use of it), and so on.

So, this kind of shows who the direct & *chief* beneficiaries of Jewish supremacist settler-colonial terrorism that we call Zionism in Entity.

> Israel median household income (PPP) hit $41,050 in 2021, an increase of 3.1% over the previous year. [2]

Compare that to Palestinian population (since this is GDP, avg Palestinian gets far less income than this, since its not even avg, this implies, median income will be significantly lower than avg income)

> West Bank and Gaza gdp per capita for 2021 was $3,679, a 13.76% increase from 2020. [3]

We can clearly see, who the *direct* & *chief* beneficiaries of Zionist terrorism are. Its not just the "ruling class". There are large segments of peasant cohorts who chiefly benefit from that settler-colonial domination.

In my explanation, I dont deny the role played by larger systems, but I dont deny the direct & *chief* beneficiaries of systems of domination when the system gives them what they want — whether the said gain can be materially quantifiable or not, whether they got the full benefit of the bargain they made, whether everyone in the cohort got the expected benefit or not.

Just because a poor white has lost within a white supremacist society, it doesnt mean white supremacist society is not meant to benefit larger white cohort as a group. We can identify the purpose of the system by looking at the results of the systems over a long period of time (in those cases where such data exists).

The *Poor white* argument is a red-herring & is meant to serve a specific end i.e Hiding the underlying reality that benefits that DO accrue to the white cohort in question, not to every individual in the white cohort.

Its akin to a Capitalist saying: Well there are so many bankrupt Capitalists who failed within a Capitalist system. That means, the beneficiaries of Capitalism are not Capitalist cohort, but the [abstract] *Ruling class*.

*Lost Capitalist* argument is exactly same as *Poor white* argument, that Capitalist can come up with. One can say, it too has some element of truth in it, but when we look at the broader trend, we can clearly see the beneficiaries.

This is not in anyway denying some people within a cohorts & some cohorts more than other cohorts benefit more than others in systems of hierarchy (its always a given), but simply showcasing *Poor White* as an explanation why a white supremacist system that beats up everyone far more, ensure relative gains for one group of people at the expense of other groups i.e benefits white cohort far more relatively speaking, only adds needless complexity to a much simpler reality we can observe clearly.

This is not to say *White Poor* are not oppressed by the system, like how, a much larger group of Blacks/Browns are oppressed by the system, but the beneficiaries of white supremacy are white cohorts, not mere abstract "Systems"/"Ruling class".

kolektiva.social/@CrimethInc@t

Sources:

[1]: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10
[2]: globaldata.com/data-insights/m
[3]: macrotrends.net/global-metrics

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Americans need to be reminded who Russia's allies are.

"China, Iran and Russia conducted joint naval drills Tuesday in the Middle East, offering a show of force in a region still uneasy over Tehran’s rapidly expanding nuclear program and as Yemen’s Houthi rebels threaten new attacks on ships.

"The drill marked the fifth year the three countries took part in the drills.

"Russia’s Defense Ministry identified the vessels it sent to the drill as the corvettes Rezky and the Hero of the Russian Federation Aldar Tsydenzhapov, as well as the tanker Pechenega. China’s Defense Ministry said it sent the guided-missile destroyer Baotou and the comprehensive supply ship Gaoyouhu.

"...both China and Russia have deep interests in Iran. For China, it has continued to purchase Iranian crude oil despite facing Western sanctions, likely at a discount compared to global prices. Beijing also remains one of the top markets for Iranian imports.

"Russia, meanwhile, has relied on Iran for the supply of bomb-carrying drones it uses in its war on Ukraine."
apnews.com/article/mideast-ten

#russia#china#iran
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@CrimethInc

Thank you for sharing your point of view.

Even after going over your response multiple times, I will have to disagree with your position, because I am already aware of the background you mentioned & I see that reasoning to be flawed, because from my point of view, that's an explanation tilted more towards obfuscation rather than clarification.

Let me shed little more light on why your position is more obfuscation oriented, by asking the following questions.

1. Suppose if today is 1980s & we are dealing with South Africa. Since we already know Western Imperialism supported that White Supremacist project till the end (Jewish supremacists i.e Zionists too supported it till the end), if there is large scale slaughter of blacks by whites, who would you say the "Chief Beneficiary" of South African apartheid?

Western Imperialism (or) Would you say its White supremacist society within South Africa?

2. Suppose we are in 1900s & we have men who have subjugated women, denied them even the scam agency called "voting" rights, do you think Male Supremacy is the *Chief Beneficiary* of women's subjugation (or) Would you classify the *Chief Beneficiary* is ultimately State?

3. Coming back today, Do you think the *Chief beneficiary* of transphobia are not Transphobes (or) Would you say the *Chief Beneficiary* is ruling class & Transphobes are mere tools, hence Transphobes are not the *Chief Beneficiary*?

4. By taking the position you took, are you more clarifying the reality (or) obfuscating the reality for the perpetrators of large scale crimes? Are you starting with the goal of identifying most direct beneficiary & then go identify enablers + indirect beneficiaries? (or) Are you doing the other way around in current case?

5. If we go with your position, isnt it true that for every issue, we can always move up the chain of accountability, and simply deny the responsibility of the direct beneficiary of any crime because there are part of bigger systems? If we pursue that path, isnt it true that we can deny the responsibility of almost every active participant in any crime, in even those cases where there is ample evidence of willful & passionate participation of the actor in the said crime, who were under no undue pressure to pursue that specific course, except for their own private unjust benefit?

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My disagreement with Crimethinc on an important point
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Tho I agree with rest of the broader analysis of crimethinc & other comrades that contributed to this article, I am fully in agreement with their analysis, I have to disagree with them on this statement in the article.

> The ones who stand to gain the most from this strategy [of repressing Palestinian solidarity] are not Zionist Jews, but authoritarian gentiles.

This is like saying the primary beneficiary of all violence State aims at labor unions are not Capitalists (or those who want to directly benefit from exploiting labor), but the real beneficiaries are State, its goons & authoritarian bent of State.

In my view, there is no good reason to hide the primary beneficiary of Palestinian oppression i.e Zionists — whether they are the direct beneficiary i.e Jewish supremacists in Entity & Jewish supremacists outside the Entity — the most committed & foot soldiers of Zionism are Jews who are the foot soldiers of genocide & ethnic cleansing. Vast segments of those non-Jewish Zionists are either lovers of Western Imperialism/Racists/Lovers of "order" aka *I like the way things are i.e repression* people/A deluded segments of Christianity aka Christian–Zionists/Those who love oppression in general/Those who love Jewish supremacist oppression and so on; but this category of people are not as committed as Jewish supremacists to be on the ground to execute the Zionist plans of ethnic cleansing & genocide on the ground.

That specific phrasing in the quoted text is nothing but sophistry to deflect the blame from the central actor, although rest of article rightly focuses on Genocidal Entity, but the article carefully avoids linking Zionism to Jewish supremacy, when in reality the on-the-ground potent force that established Zionist Entity on the ground is the Jewish supremacist variety.

If something done by masters directly benefits someone, done at the instigation of & to the benefit of Zionist Jews, portraying that as something else is nothing but diverting attention away from one of the primary enemy i.e Zionist Jewish supremacists, painting them as somehow less culpable in that systematic destruction of Palestinians & the systematic destruction of support systems Palestinians have.

Trying to move focus from the most important enemy i.e Zionist Jewish supremacists (that are seriously committed to protecting that supremacist ideology on the ground & its crimes, willing to slaughter lot more & willing to sacrifice few of their own to impose that domination, who are engaged in the terroristic acts on the ground for more than a century using State thuggery aided by Colonial & Imperial thuggery) is a sophistry we dont have to engage in — if we can avoid it.

We dont have to make everything about Western Empire when Zionism has embedded themselves so deeply in the crimes of the Western Imperialism & its difficult to differentiate one from another in West Asia. We dont have to hide who the foot-soldiers that benefits directly from that Western collusion in Zionist thuggery (Jewish supremacist thuggery) are. Ask a regular Palestinian who is not an English speaking, Degree holding Palestinian who doesnt think they need to engage in sophistry. They face the oppression on daily basis & can tell who the primary enemies are.

By this I dont mean, all Jewish people are responsible for the crimes of Zionist Jewish supremacists, but we need to look at the facts on the ground & one reasonable interpretation of those facts on the ground is this:

Vast majority of the blame must fall on Zionism (which is the most successful form of Jewish supremacy that has been terrorizing Palestinians, Lebanese, Syrians & Muslims in general all around the world is Zionist form of Jewish supremacy) & its primary foot-soldiers i.e Jewish supremacists in Entity & outside Entity.

When the discussion focuses on Palestinian oppression, the focus has to be naming the oppressor who gets to benefit, who is imposing that oppression, rather than shifting the blame to exclusively to the enablers of that oppression (who have other much broader interests that allows them to collude with this form of Jewish supremacist oppression).

kolektiva.social/@CrimethInc@t

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