A New Cold War against China is against the interests of humanity


We note the increasingly aggressive statements and actions being taken by the US government in regard to China. These constitute a threat to world peace and are an obstacle to humanity successfully dealing with extremely serious common issues which confront it such as climate change, control of pandemics, racist discrimination and economic development.

We therefore believe that any New Cold War would run entirely counter to the interests of humanity. Instead we stand in favour of maximum global cooperation in order to tackle the enormous challenges we face as a species.

We therefore call upon the US to step back from this threat of a Cold War and also from other dangerous threats to world peace it is engaged in including: withdrawal from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces agreement; withdrawal from the Paris Climate Change Accords; and its increasing disengagement from UN bodies. The US should also stop pressuring other countries to adopt such dangerous positions.

We support China and the US basing their relations on mutual dialogue and centring on the common issues which unite humanity.

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They Shall Not Pass: Our Call against Fascism: The Thirty-Fourth Newsletter (2025)


Tens of millions in China and the USSR gave their lives to defeat fascism during World War II; as imperialist militarisation rises again, No Cold War reiterates a call for peace.
Alexander Alexandrovich Deineka (Soviet Union), Defence of Sevastopol, 1942
Alexander Alexandrovich Deineka (Soviet Union), Defence of Sevastopol, 1942

A walk through the Museum of the War of Chinese People’s Resistance against Japanese Aggression in Beijing makes one despise war and everything about militarism. The museum is not far from the Marco Polo (or Lugou) Bridge, where the Chinese people began their war to liberate their country from the Japanese occupation in the north. The most striking parts of the museum are those that demonstrate the ugly violence of Japanese militarism, such as the Nanjing Massacre (1937–1938); the horrendous biological and chemical warfare and unspeakable human experimentation conducted by Unit 731 in the northeastern city of Harbin (1936–1945); and the prisons for ianfu (‘comfort women’) that the Japanese military established to hold sex slaves for their soldiers.

As you wander through the museum, it becomes clear that millions of Chinese civilians died in what was the longest part of World War II: a war between the Japanese militarists and the Chinese people that lasted from 1937 to 1945. The numbers are stunning: at least twenty million Chinese civilians and soldiers were killed, eighty million people were made refugees, thirty percent of the infrastructure in the Pearl River delta near Canton was destroyed, more than half of Shanghai was demolished, and eighty percent of China’s capital Nanjing was reduced to rubble. The Japanese Army’s Three Alls Policy (burn all, kill all, rob all) was genocidal in every aspect (in 1942, in a village in Hebei province, for instance, the Japanese Army pumped poisonous gas into a tunnel where eight hundred peasants were hiding, killing them all).
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Hu Yichuan (China), To the Front!, 1932.

The death toll during World War II continues to provoke debate and discussion. However, there is little dispute that the largest number of dead came from the Soviet Union (27 million – the current population of Australia) and from China (20 million – the current population of Chile). The Soviet numbers come from many sources, including the Extraordinary State Commission (ChGK), which was set up to investigate war crimes in 1942. The first of such tribunals was established in Krasnodar (North Caucasus) after the Red Army recaptured Nalchik from the Nazis on 4 January 1943. This tribunal found thousands of corpses of people killed by poison gas in an anti-tank ditch near the city. Two years earlier, in 1941, the Nazi high command had formulated what was known as the Hunger Plan to divert food from the Soviet Union, resulting in the death of 4.2 million Soviet citizens.

We are dealing with unfathomable numbers – a million killed here, a few thousand there, another hundred thousand elsewhere. What bureau of statistics can stomach this awful ledger of death?
José M. Pons (Spanish Republic), Lina Ódena, 1937.
José M. Pons (Spanish Republic), Lina Ódena, 1937.

As we commemorate the eightieth anniversary of the end of this war against fascism and militarism (3 September 1945), the No Cold War collective issues the Santiago Appeal, a plea against war and for peace. We urge you to sign it, share it, and get others to sign it so that – like the Stockholm Appeal of 1950 – we can get millions of people to adopt no pasarán (they shall not pass) as our watchword. You can read it below:

War is the ultimate betrayal of human creativity, life’s worth, and the planet we share.
Eighty years ago, the United States dropped the first atomic bombs, awakening a weapon of unparalleled horror that still threatens us all.
Millions died defeating fascism and militarism; among them were the Soviet and Chinese people who made extraordinary sacrifices and bore the heaviest burdens.

Their courage demands more than memory; it demands action.

We reject the endless cycle of violence fuelled by imperialism and greed.

We demand a future where peace, justice, and shared prosperity prevail – where humanity lives in harmony with nature, protecting the Earth for generations to come.

Disarm now, end militarisation, and build a world where all life can thrive.

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"mRNA is one of the most promising technologies for preventing and treating any kind of disease that you can imagine.

Stopping development of mRNA vaccines could put cures of the world’s most common and debilitating chronic diseases, such as cancer and HIV, out of reach.

We need to stay engaged and push back."

My comments on the defunding of mRNA research in @prismreports: prismreports.org/2025/08/21/mr…

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So I’ve seen a lot of folks on here singing the praises of Automatic Noodle by @annaleen.

I’m not the slightest bit interested in robots, so I was going to give this a pass. But after reading so much love for the book, I’m going to get it after all.

My local indie bookstore said it’s on backorder, so I guess it’s selling well! Yay! I have my order in for whenever the book arrives.

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No matter how much #Starmer denies it, this is genocide.

The Zionazis led by the Murderer #Netanyahu have much to answer for.

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Do you have a referral link?


I'm sure I could find one but I don't worry about stuff like that. Also my Mailcow server is hosted in Helsinki, FI. I'm in the process of moving everything out of Germany and over to Finland due to some of Germany's.... laws that I'm not comfortable with.

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Here's the install instructions: docs.mailcow.email/getstarted/…
And the "update" instructions are even easier!

cd /opt/mailcow-dockerized/
./update.sh
./update.sh
exit
Literally.

You have to run update.sh twice because usually the actual update script gets updated when you update Mailcow.

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10 septembre : Que faire, face au plan Bayrou de démolition sociale généralisée ?


Depuis plusieurs semaines, des appels circulent sur Internet, pour faire, du 10 septembre, une journée interprofessionnelle de lutte, ouvrant sur un grand « Tous ensemble en même temps » dans le pays. Cette date n’est pas le produit d’un mot d’ordre centralisé des confédérations syndicales nationales, ni d’organisations politiques d’envergure, mais a surgi de la base — de collectifs de Gilets jaunes, de syndicats locaux, de citoyens et de militants, qui refusent que ce que d’aucuns appellent « la rentrée sociale », se réduise à des journées dispersées et sans lendemain, par avance, totalement insuffisantes, pour stopper le rouleau compresseur de l’économie de guerre, de la dette usurière et de la méga-austérité.

Face à cela, les directions politiques et syndicales, euro-formatées, y compris dans des secteurs cruciaux, comme la Santé, renvoient à un 9 octobre… lointain, tardif et, surtout, dépourvu de toute combativité réelle. Derrière cette inertie, se cache une orientation politique claire : ces états-majors, qu’ils soient syndicaux ou politiques, continuent d’accompagner, par la gauche, la « construction européenne », refusent de contester la légitimité de Macron et s’enferment, par la même logique, dans un « dialogue social » bidon, imposant, par avance, derrière un vernis pseudo-démocratique, les reculs sociaux, démocratiques et patriotiques, souhaités par le patronat, le gouvernement et la Commission européenne.

Alors que le plan Bayrou comporte la plus grande offensive antisociale, depuis 90 ans et que les 40 milliards à prélever sur notre peuple sont le pendant quasi exact des 40 milliards dévolus par Macron aux industries de guerre et de mort, cette ligne honteuse d’accompagnement, de résignation et de défaite programmée (on l’a vu les résultats lamentables à propos de la retraite à 64 ans), se heurte à la volonté d’une grande partie du peuple travailleur, classe ouvrière en tête, qui revendique :

  • L’augmentation sensible des salaires et des pensions, la reconstitution des acquis sociaux, le retour de la retraite à 60 ans, la sauvegarde du produire en France industriel et agricole, la relance du progrès social face à l’austérité et à la vie chère ;
  • La défense des libertés démocratiques face à la fascisation et aux lois de plus en plus liberticides ;
  • La paix face aux aventures militaires de l’OTAN et de la future « armée européenne » pour lesquelles nos salaires et nos services publics sont sacrifiés ;
  • L’indépendance nationale face aux diktats de l’Union européenne.

Et, pour ces objectifs, les travailleurs savent — mieux que bien des directions syndicales — qu’il faut parfois bloquer les profits capitalistes, par la grève, sans crainte d’aller au blocage national, durable, de l’économie, comme ce fut le cas, notamment, en 1936, en 1968 et en décembre 1995.

Pour autant, il ne s’agit pas, pour le PRCF, de “décréter” que le 10 septembre doit être la date du Grand soir. Parce que nous ne savons pas encore si cette journée prendra un caractère massif et national, si l’ensemble du peuple s’en saisira, comme il s’est saisi du 17 novembre 2018.

Mais, il est clair que cette date pourrait devenir un point d’appui décisif, si les syndicalistes et les militants de terrain s’en saisissaient, pour ouvrir, partout, le débat, dans les ateliers et les services, pour, le cas échéant, l’imposer aux directions politiques et syndicales, à commencer par celles de la confédération CGT et, pour en faire la véritable date de rentrée sociale, consacrant, autant que faire ce peut, l’union du drapeau rouge, des luttes sociales et du drapeau tricolore, de l’indépendance nationale et le refus du faux choix Macron / Le Pen, pour une France libérée de la fascisante prison euro-atlantique et du capitalisme.

Les militants du PRCF seront sur le pont, partout où cela sera possible, auprès des collectifs et autres comités physiques et/ou numériques, qui appelleront à faire de cette date, ou de toute autre date prochaine, décidée par les travailleurs eux-mêmes, le coup d’envoi d’un automne social « à la française », pour apporter, en toute honnêteté et dans un esprit réellement démocratique, leur pierre à l’édifice, leur expérience et leur mot à dire, en tant que citoyens et travailleurs, sur ce qu’il convient de faire, ou non, pour que notre pays se libère de l’étreinte mortelle du grand capital, qui nous broie.

Le 10 septembre n’est pas encore écrit. Mais, d’une part, nous refusons que des dirigeants syndicaux nationaux, qui n’ont, à leur palmarès, que des défaites, refusent, par avance, tout dialogue avec les collectifs, qui ont mis cette idée dans le débat, y compris d’ex-Gilets jaunes, attachés à la paix et au progrès social. Et, d’autre part, cette date ou toute autre date prochaine, prenant corps dans les discussions, à la base, pourrait être le signal qu’attendent des millions de travailleurs : celui que le peuple reprenne résolument l’initiative, sur la scène sociale et politique, avec, sans ou contre les états-majors résignés et qu’un automne social, patriotique et populaire s’ouvre enfin, pour rendre élan et confiance à notre France, celle des travailleurs, des démocrates, de la jeunesse populaire et des amis de la paix.
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Al Jazeera airs footage of relentless Israeli airstrikes striking residential neighborhoods in Jabalia, northern Gaza, as bombardments intensify amid declared plans to occupy Gaza City

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#Gaza #Palestine #Syria #iran #lebanon #Genocide #geopolitics
@palestine @lebanon @yemen #SettlerColonialism
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This Might Be the Biggest Development in the Biden Health Cover-Up Scandal

"Ian Sams, the former White House spokesperson who spent years defending Joe Biden’s mental acuity, admitted under oath that he interacted with Biden only twice during his entire tenure."

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer: "If the White House spokesperson is being shielded from the President of the United States, who was operating the Oval Office?"
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Hollow Knight Silksong Reviews Probably Aren't Going To Be Ready For Launch

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🏴 Important #GAYINT Announcement 🏴


Due to the failures of the federal government and the corrupt shithole of an industry known as INFOSEC, the US Government is looking to the age of pirates for a solution.

GAYINT is now announcing its latest named threat actor: Itself.

APT 69420 AKA GREEDY GARBANZO is the privateer arm of GAYINT.

Hoist the Colors and let scream the packets of Hell.

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Ukraine Must Surrender


We knew it was bad, we knew it was very bad, but we didn’t know it was this bad. The true wickedness and #inhumanity of the #UK and the #EuropeanUnion can be seen in their determination to force the Ukrainian Armed Forces to continue resisting the #Russian #victory that was already known to be inevitable back in February 2022.

#Ukraine has lost 1.7 million servicemen during the special military operation, these are killed and missing in action. The information comes from the database of the Ukrainian General Staff, which was hacked by killnet.

Over three years of the special military operation, the Ukrainian army lost 1,721,000 people killed and missing in action.

118.5 thousand in 2022
405.4 thousand in 2023
595 thousand in 2024
621 thousand in 2025

A total of 1.7 million files — with full names, descriptions of circumstances and places of death/disappearance, personal data, contacts of closest relatives, and photos.


If the #war isn’t ended by an #unconditional #surrender that provides #Russia with whatever it wants, the total #KIA and #MIA in 2025 alone will approach one million. This has been one of the #bloodiest #wars in #European #history; the infamous 30 Years War that is cited as one of the great evils of religion only accounted for 450,000 combat deaths in 30 years.

To put this into historical perspective, by the end of the year, Ukraine will have lost as many men as Japan did in WWII. It has already lost FOUR TIMES more men than the #USA lost in #WWII.

It is absolutely #unconscionable for #PresidentTrump to permit even one more dollar to go toward such a lost, lethal, and #pointless cause. And now that the degree of losses are known, I can’t imagine that the Ukrainian people are going to suffer the #Kiev #regime much longer.

The reported figures far exceed official estimates. In February, Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky told CBS News that 46,000 of his soldiers had been killed since 2022, alongside about 380,000 wounded – numbers questioned in Western media. Moscow has also claimed higher Ukrainian losses, putting the toll at more than 1 million killed or wounded as of early this year.


UPDATE: By contrast, total Russian losses are independently estimated to be around 165,000. This should suffice to explain why Russia has been content to take as much time as it takes to execute the Special Military Operation, as the 10-1 kill-ratio is astonishing, particularly considering that Russia has been on the offensive without much of a numerical advantage until recently.

If these numbers prove to be more or less correct, then the SMO has essentially been the Battle of Cannea writ large and is one of the greatest strategic accomplishments in military history.

Bilim insanları, Güneş Sistemi'ni diğer yıldızlara bağlayan tünel buldu
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Sometimes resisting fascism looks like a Mexican flag bumper sticker on a white woman’s Tacoma.
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About the feeling of awaiting execution… I speak to you about this feeling that dwells in the heart of every Gazan!
The displacement of Gaza this time means losing it forever, means erasing it from the face of the earth, means that what awaits its people will be the harshest: extermination, displacement, slaughter, and arrest.
Be our voice, do something to stop them!
@palestine #StopGenocide #gaza #gazaunderattack

This morning, Israeli warplanes bombed and destroyed a displacement camp sheltering around 200 families in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, leaving them without shelter.

@palestine #gaza #gazagenocide #genocide #StopGenocide #war #freepalestine

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Bungie studio head Pete Parsons steps down

Bungie's leadership shakeup comes at a turbulent time for the company after its next project, Marathon, is delayed indefinitely

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SYRIE. Campagne contre la persécution des minorités en Syrie
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"SYRIE – L’Organisation de développement de la Syrie occidentale (WSD) a lancé une nouvelle campagne médiatique visant à mettre en lumière les violations croissantes contre les minorités syriennes, notamment les Alaouites, les chrétiens, les Druzes, ainsi que les Kurdes et les sunnites modérés. L’Organisation de développement de

LinkedIn:

>I own an IT services business and I just realized the necessity and value of using a password manager. Oh, btw, hire me as your virtual CIO or CTO.

But I've been unemployed for 7 months. I'm taking a huge risk starting my own business to compete against people like this and frankly I swing between being confident I can eat this guy's lunch and re-living instances where his type won out because... I dunno, a lot of businesses like morons apparently.

I hate this so much.

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Bungie CEO Pete Parsons steps down

Bungie CEO Pete Parsons will step down from his role after more than two decades …

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@hazlin Valve has made it clear the correct purpose of the the review system is shitposts and manipulation so I write all my reviews there now in a similar manner unless the game deserves something that my efforts can provide (death mark being the only one in recent memory)

Babylon Bee: President Trump negotiates peace between iPhone and Android users.

Next, users of different Linux distros.

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