https://wopr-tv.wopr.systems/videos/watch/c774f7dc-452d-4293-a7d5-8fc9e7b7f8b3 International news the billionaire media won't tell you. AI-generated socialist analysis powered by Chatterbox voice cloning. SOURCES & STORIES COVERED: Iranian army says it targeted sites in Kuwait, Qatar and Bahrain (Middle East Eye [Middle East]) https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/iranian-army-says-targeted-sites-kuwait-qatar-and-bahrain, Unions protest in Germany as Volkswagen pitches job cuts and plant closures (The Local Germany [Europe]) https://www.thelocal.de/20260709/unions-protest-in-germany-as-volkswagen-pitches-job-cuts-and-plant-closures, Late payments and financial penalties squeeze security firms, raising risk of wage delays, say industry players (Channel News Asia [Asia]) https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/late-payments-financial-penalties-security-firms-wage-delays-6243321, Volkswagen faces showdown to decide future of creaking auto giant (Daily Maverick SA [Africa]) https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-07-09-volkswagen-faces-showdown-to-decide-future-of-creaking-auto-giant/, Has the Democratic Party’s Support for Israel Hurt them at the Polls? (CounterPunch [Us Independent]) https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/07/09/has-the-democratic-partys-support-for-israel-hurt-them-at-the-polls/, Generals Convicted: Inside Brazil’s Historic Bolsonaro Coup Trial Verdict (Brasil Wire [Latin America]) https://www.brasilwire.com/inside-brazils-historic-bolsonaro-coup-trial-verdict/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=inside-brazils-historic-bolsonaro-coup-trial-verdict&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=inside-brazils-historic-bolsonaro-coup-trial-verdict, This hard-right politician quit parliament for a fight. His only rival dresses as a bin (SBS Australia [Oceania]) https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/this-hard-right-politician-quit-parliament-for-a-fight-so-far-his-only-rival-dresses-as-a-bin/l0qr3pqak, Oil prices stabilise after renewed US-Iran strikes rock peace hopes (France 24 [Europe]) https://www.france24.com/en/economy/20260709-oil-prices-stabilise-after-renewed-us-iran-strikes-rock-peace-hopes, FALKEN INTELLIGENCE: Active operations tracked: OP-SUBMITTED-LINK-COMMENTS, OP-LECHE-CRUDA-PARA, OP-NEWS-MAYOR-NONE, OP-RUSSIA-MANAEA-NONE, OP-NONE-IMMIGRATION-CITY Audio podcast: 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 the billionaire-owned media is trying to sell you the lie that they are keeping you safe while they sell your soul back to the highest bidder. Welcome to The Anti Social Socialist, I am Nodez3r0, and if you think the news you are getting is real, you are living in a fantasy world built on debt, fear, and fascism. The game show host is the C I A telling you what to watch, what to hate, and who to blame. This is not a game. This is a war for your wallet, your mind, and your future, and the fascists have already moved their pieces on the board. Let's start with the blood on the hands of the so-called international community. Middle East Eye is reporting something that the New York Times and the BBC are refusing to touch with a ten foot pole. The Iranian army says it targeted sites in Kuwait, Qatar, and Bahrain using one-way attack drones. They didn't just drop a leaflet. They slammed a Patriot missile interceptor system in Kuwait, they hit an early warning system in Qatar, and they hit fuel tanks in Bahrain with a large number of various types of army kamikaze drones. That is not a skirmish. That is a declaration of war on the entire Gulf Cooperation Council, and the reaction from the so-called civilized world is silence, or worse, they are already lining up to sell more oil to the very people bombing their neighbors. The C I A wants you to believe this is a rogue state, a madman in a suit, but the reality is the fascists in Washington are pulling the strings, and they want the oil prices to spike so they can print more money and buy more land. While they claim to care about peace, they are the ones who declared the ceasefire with Iran over, and now they are watching the Strait of Hormuz turn into a shooting gallery. France 24 is saying oil prices fell after a surge, but that is a temporary lull in the storm. The real story is that the US government is willing to destabilize the entire region to maintain control over the resource. They don't care about the people in Kuwait or Bahrain. They care about the profit margin on a barrel of oil. And while they do it, they are sending their pigs to patrol the coastlines, looking for anyone who dares to question the narrative. It is a fascist machine, plain and simple. They want you to be afraid so you will buy their stock, so you will vote for their puppets, so you will let them invade your home. And if you think that is crazy, wait until you hear what is happening to the workers in Europe. Volkswagen is ready to cut up to one hundred thousand jobs and close four German factories, and the management is set to meet to thrash out the plans for what could be the biggest restructuring in the global auto industry. The Local Germany is reporting that unions are set to protest any mass job cuts, but who is listening? The shitheads running the company say they have to do it because of market conditions, but the market is rigged by the same people who own the banks and the insurance companies. They want to cut the workforce until the only people left are the ones who can afford to work for them, the ones who are already in debt slavery. The Daily Maverick SA is covering this from the perspective of Africa, asking why the global south has to pay for the sins of the global north. They are saying that the proposal to cut jobs faces a major test, and workers are protesting against the overhaul. This is not just about cars. This is about the entire capitalist system choking on its own greed. They want to automate everything, fire everyone, and then hire a bunch of low-paid contractors to do the work that used to be done by the people. It is the same playbook they use in the US. They fire the workers, they cut benefits, they move the plants to places where the laws are weaker, and they tell the remaining workers to accept lower wages or go home. And the unions? The unions are weak, they are co-opted, or they are being ignored. The fascist machine does not care about democracy. It cares about shareholder value, and shareholder value means cutting costs, which means firing people. It is a choice. You can have a living wage, or you can have a high profit margin for the billionaires. You cannot have both, and the system is designed to make sure you lose. Meanwhile, over in Singapore, Channel News Asia is reporting that late payments and financial penalties are squeezing security firms, raising the risk of wage delays. Industry players are saying that the closure of a security agency has drawn attention to business practices that can strain companies cash flow and affect workers pay. This is the new reality. The system is so broken that companies are legally allowed to withhold wages from their employees because they were not paid on time by their clients. It is a debt trap. The security firm gets penalized by the client, and instead of absorbing the cost, they pass it on to the workers. They don't pay them. They tell the workers to wait. They tell the workers to take a pay cut. And when the worker finally gets paid, it is months late, and the worker is already in debt because of rent, because of food, because of the loans the banks forced them to take out. This is wage theft. This is economic terrorism. And the government? The government is turning a blind eye because they are the same people who own the banks. They are the same people who wrote the laws that allow this shit to happen. They want you to be poor so you will buy their products, so you will work their jobs, so you will fight each other over scraps. And when you are hungry enough, you will do whatever they tell you to do. That is how the system works. That is how the fascist machine grinds the bones of the people into dust. And don't think this is just happening to workers in Europe or Asia. The Democratic Party is doing the same thing in the US. CounterPunch is reporting that the support for Israel is hurting the polls, but not because the people are waking up. They are hurting the polls because the people are tired of being lied to. The Biden administration made a pretense of supporting democracy and the so-called rules-based order, but when the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant, Blinken threatened to impose financial sanctions on the members of that court. He threatened to sanction the judges who are trying to hold the powerful accountable. He is using the same tactics as the fascists. He is using fear, he is using threats, he is using the threat of ... 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