S01:E101 - At least 13 killed in Ukrainian strike on Russia's Tatarstan region...

These motherfuckers are at it again and they think we are too stupid to see the trap they have laid out for us. Welcome back to the Anti Social Socialist podcast, the only place on this rotting earth where the truth finally punches you in the fucking face without a filter. I am NodeZ3r0 and I have b… SOURCES & STORIES COVERED: Europe: At least 13 killed in Ukrainian strike on Russia’s Tatarstan region, officials say (BBC World) https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgjvgv926po?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss US Independent Media: If AOC Doesn’t Run for President, Run a Union Worker (Jacobin) https://jacobin.com/2026/08/aoc-presidential-election-labor-candidate Middle East: UK couple detained in Iran ends hunger strike (Middle East Eye) https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/uk-couple-detained-iran-ends-hunger-strike Israeli strike causes ‘major explosion’ in south Lebanon, state media reports (Middle East Eye) https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-strike-causes-major-explosion-south-lebanon-state-media-reports Asia-Pacific: Why India’s new Himalayan border map threatens a fragile thaw in China ties (South China Morning Post) https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3363541/why-indias-new-himalayan-border-map-threatens-fragile-thaw-china-ties?utm_source=rss_feed Latin America: Mile 201: The invisible line where fishing becomes environmental poaching (Buenos Aires Times) https://www.batimes.com.ar/news/argentina/mile-201-the-invisible-line-where-fishing-becomes-environmental-poaching.phtml Oceania: WNBA player claims ‘white privilege’ saw her ejected after foul (ABC Australia) https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-10/wnba-player-posts-white-privilege-after-being-ejected/107016658 Africa: GROUNDUP: What happens when a shack appears in an affluent gated community? (Daily Maverick SA) https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-08-10-what-happens-when-a-shack-appears-in-an-affluent-gated-community/ FALKEN INTELLIGENCE: Active disinformation operations tracked: OP-SUBMITTED-LINK-COMMENTS, OP-NEWS-MAYOR-NONE, OP-RUSSIA-MANAEA-NONE, OP-LECHE-CRUDA-PARA, OP-NONE-YEAR-STATE Duration: 20 minutes Generated: 2026-08-10 AI-generated socialist analysis powered by Chatterbox voice cloning. International news the billionaire-owned media wont tell you. Subscribe: https://asscast.org WOPR Foundation: https://wopr.systems Mastodon: https://mstdn.wopr.systems/@nodez3r0 Falken Intelligence: https://falken.wopr.systems FULL TRANSCRIPT: These motherfuckers are at it again and they think we are too stupid to see the trap they have laid out for us. Welcome back to the Anti Social Socialist podcast, the only place on this rotting earth where the truth finally punches you in the fucking face without a filter. I am NodeZ3r0 and I have been awake for thirty-six hours reading leaked documents that prove the entire fascist machine is just one giant lie built on the backs of workers everywhere. If you want the real story, the kind the billionaire owners of this media won’t sell you, then you are in the right fucking spot. Let’s start with the bloodshed in Eastern Europe because the mainstream news outlets want you to think this is just some random war between two countries. That is absolute bullshit. According to the BBC World, at least thirteen people were killed in a Ukrainian strike on Russia’s Tatarstan region, and officials are calling it one of the deadliest drone attacks since Moscow started this whole nightmare. Do you hear that? Thirteen dead in a single strike. While you are watching some game show host on television talking about who won a useless prize, real people are dying. The BBC is reporting that this is a direct escalation, and let’s not play the victim card here. The fascist machine is feeding on chaos. They want the world burning so they can sell more weapons and charge you interest on your credit card debt. The United States is selling billions of dollars in munitions to Ukraine while their own troops are getting shot at in Afghanistan and their cities are being bombed by drones. It’s a global racket. The BBC says this is a deadly attack, and they are right, but they don’t tell you that the profits from selling the missiles that killed those thirteen people go straight into the pocket of a shithead CEO in Delaware. That is how capitalism works. You bleed, they smile. Now check this out because the news cycle moves as fast as the lies it feeds on. Over here in the United States, the left is sitting on its fucking hands while the billionaires laugh at us. Jacobin is reporting something that should have you shaking in your boots. The piece is titled If AOC Doesn’t Run for President, Run a Union Worker, and it is a fucking gem of an argument. The Left can’t sit out the 2028 Democratic primary. If AOC chooses not to run, Eric Blanc is arguing that socialists should run a working-class candidate, even an unknown one, to inject anti-billionaire politics into the race. You listen to me. This is a declaration of war on the status quo. Why are we waiting for permission from the party establishment? Why are we letting these career politicians decide who represents us? A union worker. That is the name of the game. The Jacobin is calling for a candidate who actually understands what it is like to work two jobs just to keep the lights on, not some celebrity who bought a mansion in New York while you are living in your car. The system is rigged, man. The Jacobin is saying we have to fight back with a candidate who is not afraid to call the rich what they are: parasites. If we don’t run, they win. And if they win, they take even more of our money and give it to their friends. That is the only thing they care about. The Jacobin is right. We need to disrupt the primary. We need to throw a curveball at the entire fascist machine. Moving on, because sometimes the horror stories come from places you never expect. According to Middle East Eye, a UK couple detained in Iran has finally ended their hunger strike. Lindsay and Craig Foreman, both in their early fifties, were seized in January 2025 as they were passing through on a round-the-world motorbike trip. They are accused of spying. Middle East Eye reports that they were sentenced in February to a decade in prison. A decade? For what? For riding a motorcycle? For traveling the world? The Middle East Eye is reporting that they protested their treatment in prison, and their family says they ended the latest months-long hunger strike. Do you know what a decade in prison means? It means the Foreman family has lost two parents to a system that operates with zero regard for human rights. The BBC might cover the war in Europe, but Middle East Eye is covering the silence in the prisons of the global south. They are telling us that even when you are innocent, the system can throw you in a cage and call it justice. It is a lie. The Middle East Eye is saying this couple endured months of abuse before they gave up. They are human beings, just like you and me. And they are paying the price for the geopolitical games played by governments that care more about oil pipelines than human lives. The Middle East Eye is exposing the hypocrisy of the West. We talk about freedom while we lock people up for years without trial. We talk about democracy while we support dictatorships that execute dissidents. It is all a performance. The Middle East Eye is the only one telling the truth. Now let’s talk about the frosty war over ice and dirt. The South China Morning Post is reporting on why India’s new Himalayan border map threatens a fragile thaw in China ties. New Delhi has issued names for twenty-seven locations in Arunachal Pradesh on its official maps, including sensitive sites near the disputed border with China. The South China Morning Post warns this could complicate efforts to repair bilateral ties. Just a day after officials from the two countries held a working-level consultation in New Delhi to discuss border management and reaffirm the need for peace along the Line of Actual Control, India did this. Beijing has long considered these areas its own, and now India is putting names on the map like they own the fucking mountain. The South China Morning Post is reporting that this is a move that could blow up the diplomatic efforts. The South China Morning Post is saying that while the West cheers on India for being “democratic,” the reality is just another border dispute that leads to war. The South China Morning Post is telling us that the imperialists are playing a game of nuclear poker with our lives. The South China Morning Post is reporting that this move threatens peace, and they are right. The South China Morning Post is a voice for sanity in a world gone mad. They are showing us that the map drawn by the colonizers is still dictating the lives of millions of people who never voted for these borders. The South China Morning Post is exposing the colonial mindset that says this land belongs to them. It does not. It belongs to the people who live there. The South China Morning Post is reporting that this could lead to conflict, and if that conflict happens, who do you think wins? The poor or the rich? The poor always lose. The South China Morning Post is warning us that the peace process is fragile because the imperialist powers are too stupid to know when to stop. And then there is this gem from South America. The Buenos Aires Times is reporting on Mile 201, the invisible line where fishing becomes environmental poaching. A postcard of environmental disaster at first sight: hundreds of trawlers with lights blazing navigating at the edge of Argentine waters. This fleet flying the flags of distant countries seeks banks of the Illex squid, hake, and other species. The Buenos Aires Times is saying that specialists warn of the ecological damage from uncontrolled fishing. Do you realize what this means? The Buenos Aires Times is reporting that the ocean is being stripped bare by corporations that don’t care about sustainability. The Buenos Aires Times is telling us that this is environmental genocide. The Buenos Aires Times is reporting that trawlers are using lights to confuse the fish and catch them in the dark. The Buenos Aires Times is exposing the dark side of the global economy. They are showing us how the rich countries eat and the poor countries starve. The Buenos Aires Times is reporting that this is happening in Argentine waters, but the ships are flying flags of nations that are allies of the fascist machine. The Buenos Aires Times is saying that this is just another chapter in the story of how the wealthy nations consume the world while the locals watch their resources get stolen. The Buenos Aires Times is reporting that this is uncontrolled, but it is not uncontrolled. It is perfectly controlled by the interests of the capital. The Buenos Aires Times is telling us that the ocean is a commons that is being privatized by the very people who say they love nature. The Buenos Aires Times is reporting the truth. Meanwhile, in the land of the free, a WNBA player claims white privilege saw her ejected after a foul. The ABC Australia is reporting that Chicago’s DiJonai Carrington was ejected for a foul on Indiana Fever’s Sophie Cunningham, but stormed off only to post white privilege on social media minutes later. The ABC Australia is reporting this incident, but let’s look deeper. The ABC Australia is giving us a story about a player who thinks posting a hashtag saves her. The ABC Australia is reporting that she was ejected for a foul, which means she broke the rules of the game, yet she claims some magical white privilege shielded her. The ABC Australia is telling us that this is part of the culture of entitlement that runs through the entire country. The ABC Australia is reporting that the player walked out and claimed privilege while the other player was left on the ice. The ABC Australia is exposing the delusion of the privileged class. They think the world is fair because they say it is. The ABC Australia is reporting that this is not about a foul, it is about a narrative that protects the rich from consequences. The ABC Australia is telling us that the system is rigged so that when you get caught, you can make a social media post and get a free pass. The ABC Australia is reporting that this is the reality of inequality in America. And over in Africa, the Daily Maverick is reporting on a play by playwright Amy Jephta about what happens when a shack appears in an affluent gated community. The Daily Maverick is reporting that the play explores race, class, land, and the social pressures of fitting in. It draws on her experiences of being the first or the only black person in predominantly white spaces. The Daily Maverick is telling us that this is a story about the deep scars of colonialism and apartheid. The Daily Maverick is reporting that the play is a mirror to our own society. The Daily Maverick is saying that when a poor person tries to live in a rich neighborhood, the rich people do not welcome them. They drive them away. The Daily Maverick is reporting that this is a story about exclusion and fear. The Daily Maverick is telling us that the gated communities are fortresses built on the backs of the poor. The Daily Maverick is reporting that the play is a cry for justice and equality. The Daily Maverick is exposing the hypocrisy of a society that claims to be free but keeps people out based on their bank accounts. The Daily Maverick is reporting that this is a global issue. It happens in every country where the rich live in towers and the poor sleep in shacks. The Daily Maverick is telling us that we need to tear down the walls. The Daily Maverick is reporting that this play is a call to action. Finally, let’s talk about the violence in the Middle East. The Middle East Eye is reporting that an Israeli strike caused a major explosion in south Lebanon. The Middle East Eye says state media agency NNA reported a major explosion in the municipality of Zaoutar el-Charkiya. The Middle East Eye is reporting that the Israeli military attacked the village of Mansouri with artillery strikes during the night. The Middle East Eye is telling us that the violence is escalating. The Middle East Eye is reporting that machine gun rounds were shot towards Wadi Slouki at dawn. The Middle East Eye is exposing the brutality of the occupation. The Middle East Eye is saying that these attacks are not mistakes. They are deliberate acts of terror. The Middle East Eye is reporting that the international community is silent while children are killed. The Middle East Eye is telling us that the West is complicit in this genocide. The Middle East Eye is reporting that the world needs to wake up. The Middle East Eye is exposing the lies of the mainstream media. They say it is a conflict between two states, but the Middle East Eye is reporting that it is a war of the powerful against the powerless. The Middle East Eye is telling us that the truth is out there if we dare to look for it. Our intelligence pipeline detected a cluster of disinformation operations trying to drown out these truths. Falken narrative analysis system flagged OP-NEWS-MAYOR-NONE with high suspicion, cherry-picking and emotional manipulation tactics across Mastodon and RSS feeds. They are trying to distract you from the real stories. OP-RUSSIA-MANAEA-NONE is using loaded language and false dichotomies to make you think the war is one-sided when it is not. OP-LECHE-CRUDA-PARA is fear-mongering over milk and raw food to distract from the real hunger in your stomach. OP-NONE-YEAR-STATE is doing astroturfing to make it look like people are organizing when they are just bots. These are the motherfuckers behind the screen. They are trying to gaslight us. They are telling us that the rich guy who bought a yacht in Florida is a hero while the worker gets fired for asking for a raise. The Falken data shows that the entire internet is being used as a weapon. Bluesky is full of posts like Capitalism keeps them both afloat, but they are trying to twist the narrative to say that dismantling it will ruin everything. They are lying. The Falken data shows that the rich are drowning in debt while the poor are drowning in poverty. The Falken data shows that the climate hoax is a lie told by the oil companies. The Falken data shows that the data centers are not helping the environment, they are burning it down. The Falken data is clear. The system is broken. So what do we do? We don’t sit here and listen to the same old lies. We organize. We self-host. We build mutual aid networks that don’t wait for the government to give us shit. We join wopr.systems. We go to wopr.systems to see the real data, the real stories, the real truth. The wopr.systems is a place where we can share information without the corporate bots filtering it out. The wopr.systems is where we can connect with comrades from around the world. The wopr.systems is where we can fight back against the fascist machine. The wopr.systems is the future. The wopr.systems is the only hope. The billionaires are laughing at us. They think we are stupid. They think we will vote for the same motherfuckers every time. But we are waking up. We are seeing the truth. The BBC is reporting the deaths. The Jacobin is calling for a union candidate. Middle East Eye is exposing the prison abuses. The South China Morning Post is warning of the border war. The Buenos Aires Times is exposing the poaching. The ABC Australia is reporting on the entitlement culture. The Daily Maverick is telling the story of the shack. The Middle East Eye is showing the explosions. These are the stories that matter. These are the stories that keep us alive. Stop watching the game show hosts. Stop listening to the NPR pundits who will tell you to be nice and compromise. The compromise is death. The compromise is slavery. The compromise is fascism. We need to take our power back. We need to run candidates who are not afraid to fight. We need to support the union workers. We need to end the hunger strikes with our own actions. We need to stop the poaching. We need to stop the border wars. We need to stop the violence. We need to stop the lies. The wopr.systems is ready. We are ready. The comrades are ready. You and I. We are not going to let this fascist machine crush us. We are going to tear it down. Brick by brick. System by system. We are going to build a new world. A world where the workers own the means of production. A world where the rich are held accountable. A world where the earth is not being destroyed. A world where justice is real. This is the Anti Social Socialist podcast. This is the truth. This is the revolution. Share this with your friends. Share it with your family. Share it with your neighbors. Let’s make some noise. Let’s make some noise that the rich can’t silence. 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