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It's a win-win for them now, because in order to undo the damage we'd have to tear down entirely one of the three branches of government. Meanwhile, they're destroying the other two.
Unha serie de talleres gratuítos de introdución a diferentes ferramentas ou proxectos libres que nos gustan en ESF (Enxeñería Sen Fronteiras Galicia). Non é necesario ter coñecemento sobre a materia a tratar, son todos talleres introdutorios.
Sí, esto son imágenes (el 3er video) de la basura israeli #iofcowards VIOLANDO a prisioneros palestinos. Ya no se que decir más. La verdad. Me entran ganas de gritar pero también de apedrear la embajada de estos ZioMonstruos. #deathtotheidf #hatehatetheiof #fuckisrael #iofterrorists
A los que hayan dejado estos envases en el Parque Natural del Lago de Sanabria, iros a la mierda y aprended primero a vivir en sociedad y respetando al prójimo y al entorno. Mientras tanto no merecéis salir de vuestro zulo de hormigón. #Sanabria
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🇵🇸 🚀 La nostra companya de Yala Nafarroa i de la RESCOP Lidón Soriano, elegida per a llançar el "chupinazo" de San Fermín 2025, es bota la prohibició de l'Ajuntament d'Iruña-Pamplona de no dir cap altre missatge que no siga de San Fermín per cridar:
All this talk of the fall of "democracy" in the US and the UK reminds me of David Graeber's article, "There never was a West".
These countries never were democracies. The current systems of government in these countries were specifically designed to make sure that "the people" do not have power. It's taken years of propaganda to usurp the meaning of the word, and persuade people that being ruled by a clique of politians is democracy.
It's just becoming very obvious now that this political clique never cared much for what the people want.
If they can't persuade or distract us, if our voices of dissent get too loud, then the police and the prisons have always been there waiting for us.
In a recent interview with the Financial Times, Steve Bannon declared China to be Donald Trump’s “real threat,” invoking what he called the “Edwardian view of geopolitics as a ‘world island,’ in which the power that dominates Eurasia controls the glo…
A reputable tile shop with Italian tiles can offer expert advice. If samples are available, test them in your space to see what clicks.
Stepping into a tile shop, you're greeted by a stunning array of Italian tiles, but the choice between ceramic and porcelain can feel daunting. Both are crafted from clay and boast impressive designs, but they're built for different purposes. Italian tiles are renowned for their quality and style, so understanding the differences is crucial for your project. Here's a clear guide to help you choose.
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Ben Cohen is one of the founding members of Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream. He was arrested just last month for interrupting a Senate hearing on U.S. aid to Israel – calling out what he says is the genocide of children in Gaza.
Reprinted with permission from Greg Mitchell’s newsletter Oppenheimer: From Hiroshima to Hollywood. Last week, in exploring major new pieces at The Atlantic and The New Yorker, I observed that coverage related to the 80th anniversary of the dawn of t…
Very early #OnThisDay, 7 Jul 1944 Krystyna Skarbek parachutes into France to work as a Special Operations Executive (SOE) agent. The British SOE worked with resistance fighters across German-occupied Europe.
Skarbek had been the first woman to be an SOE agent when she'd previously been sent to Hungary and Poland in 1939-41.
If your civilization has to present agents as examples of resistance against the nazis, this can say a lot about your countries and civilization. And you write on your profile: "Every day women have, and are, making history." As we all know agents are everyday people...
@prolrage I don't understand your reply. Poland doesn't "have to" present agents as an example of resistance to nazi Germany, they have lots of examples of civilian and military resistance against the Nazis. And: SOE agents from the occupied countries (Poland, France, Norway) were certainly examples of exceptionally brave people who on their own initiative risked torture and death to inflict sometimes large damage to the nazi regimes. 1/2
@dagh So, just a short trip in history. You can see multiple female names in Poland. Participating in popular guerrilla units. They didn't need to be agents of this dirty cooperation with the bastards of SOE. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_Arm…
So, what was SOE? Maybe in Europe, after a lot of brainwash we can say, you believe that SOE was a unit to help defeat nazis. But taking a conservative approach: "British intervention in Greece was neither a heroic act to defend freedom nor a dark conspiracy to suppress it; it was a reflection of underlying British priorities without consideration of the consequences." ekathimerini.com/culture/12495…
Taking on account the same country we can see this tool of british imperialism to push for a civil war - "to stop the communist expansion". During the Resistance occupation the popular guerrilla of EAM-ELAS was waiting for arms from SOE... still waits. December 44 for Athens: "Winston Churchill soon directed British units to resist: “Do not hesitate to act as if you were in a conquered city where a local rebellion is in progress.”" Then it fueled the civil war and finally gave the occupation to US. claremontreviewofbooks.com/dig…
When you present agent, I will present these wonderful women of the countryside who had their own units... alt.gr/afieroma-stis-antartiss…
The history of the secret services is, by its very nature, a fascinating subject. In the “civilized” world, their archives are declassified and turned over to researchers, offering crucial missing historical puzzle pieces.
@prolrage @dagh Thank you for the link to the Polish guerilla units: we'll add that to the reading list (we also have a book about women in the Italian resistance to read).
Your antagonistic and aggressive tone, however, can get in the sea.
@prolrage @dagh Also, your own sources point out that the Home Army in Poland could be deeply antisemitic so perhaps most resistance armies were bastards? Or are you just avoiding that bit of the truth?
@prolrage Late answer, sorry. I understand your perspective now. My perspective is Norwegian. My impression is that people that were frustrated with the lack of organised resistance during and after the german invasion went to the allied country that was easiest to get to and got whatever training they could get there. For people in Finnmark that was Soviet, for the rest of Norway it was UK. Ideology was less important as long as they could get training and go back and fight. 1/2
@prolrage The SOE agents usually cooperated closely with civilians. Thousands of civilians risked their lives to support the work of the SOE agents and many of their actions directly benefitted the civilian population, e.g. blowing up German administrative centers used to force civilians into German labour. However the SOE's choice of targets was often criticised by the local resistance, especially when the Germans burned down entire villages for collaboration with SOE. 2/2
Οι Ευρωπαίοι έχουν αντιστασιακούς και (ιδιαίτερα γυναίκες) αντιστασιακές μετρημένες. Φάγανε το ναζισμό και την κατοχή άκαπνα και κυρίως χωρίς τον ρατσισμό που αντιμετώπιζαν οι Βαλκάνιοι/ες. Ανεβάζουν κάτι ποστ σαν αυτό και με ξύνει το χέρι να βάλω καμιά 100 link με τις γυναικάρες του ΕΑΜ-ΕΛΑΣ που ούτε πρακτόρισσες ήταν, ούτε αστές. mstdn.social/@CarveHerName/114…
Γυναίκες του μόχθου που έφτιαξαν ένοπλα αυτόνομα σώματα και στον ΕΛΑΣ και στο ΔΣΕ. Ξέχωρα από τη δουλειά που έκαναν στα μετόπισθεν γιατί ήταν και αντάρτισσες και μανάδες, σύζυγοι, αδερφές, αγρότισσες, εργάτριες, τα πάντα όλα. Ό, τι πιο θαρραλέο πέρασε από αυτό τον πλανήτη και το πάτησαν οι Εγγλέζοι με τις ευλογίες της καπιταλιστικής Ευρώπης και των ΗΠΑ και της "σοσιαλιστικής" ΕΣΣΔ.
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Very early #OnThisDay, 7 Jul 1944 Krystyna Skarbek parachutes into France to work as a Special Operations Executive (SOE) agent. The British SOE worked with resistance fighters across German-occupied Europe.
Alors que François Bayrou doit présenter ses pistes pour réaliser 40 milliards d'euros d'économies le 15 juillet, la désindexation des prestations sociales de l'inflation est régulièrement citée comme l'un des moyens pour limiter les dépenses.
Les démocrates sont de gros fils de pute tout comme les trumpistes. Le problème de fond est la mentalité étatsunienne elle-même.
Les Etats-Unis sont le premier producteur de pétrole et de gaz (roi des fossiles), représentent un tiers des dépenses de consommation mondiale (roi du consumérisme) et sont parmi les nations plus émettrices par personne (roi des émissions). Mais quand on demande aux Américains s’ils sont satisfaits de leur vie, ils répondent de la même manière que les Européens (où l’on émet deux fois moins par personne). Herman Daly le disait très simplement : soit nous cherchons à « garantir une vie bonne pour tous » soit nous continuons à « maximiser le niveau de consommation de ressources pour une petite minorité de la génération actuelle, et laisser les coûts se répercuter sur les pauvres, le futur et les autres espèces ». Varun Sivaram a choisi son chemin.
We’re calling for a Florida boycott over the inhumane “Alligator Alcatraz” detention site. Cancel your family vacation and choose a different destination.
Florida brings in over $127 billion a year from tourism, nearly 8% of its economy and it relies on your vacation dollars. Just like the Tesla boycott, withhold your money. Don’t fund cruelty.
If we stick together as a resistance, you’d be surprised how much power we hold. Remember: One thing we can control is where our money goes and who benefits from it.
That place is a joke compared to the cop cities and megaprisons that have been expanding this entire time. They put it out there as a feint so we can keep thinking of our current dystopian police state as relatively "normal".
Brique essentielle de la Grande accélération, incarnation du paradoxe du développement, la clim n’est pas une simple conséquence du problème, elle en est le point nodal, le distillat. Mais cette histoire n’est pas que matérielle. La climatisation irrigue aussi les raisonnements que nous tenons sur le monde.
Ongoing settlement expansion in occupied #Jerusalem is an attempt to forcefully Judaize the city. Israel approves the construction of 493 new settlement units in Jerusalem, as part of a vertical expansion project that includes skyscrapers.
278 units will be built in the Armon Hanatziv settlement, and 215 in Kiryat Menachem, within a plan aimed at transforming the urban and demographic landscape of Jerusalem, gradually turning it into a version of "Tel Aviv". t.me/QudsNen/173934
#Jordan which "controls" Jerusalem stays speechless in front of #zionazis' illegal expansion.
Ongoing settlement expansion in occupied Jerusalem is an attempt to forcefully Judaize the city. Israel approves the construction of 493 new settlement units in Jerusalem, as part of a vertical expansion project that includes skyscrapers.
Manifestations au Panama : La Via Campesina exprime sa solidarité avec les mouvements sociaux et dénonce la répression menée par l’État
La Via Campesina exprime sa solidarité avec l’Unión Indígena Campesina (UIC) et l’Unión Campesina Panameña (UCP), qui se mobilisent actuellement aux côtés d’autres secteurs populaires du Panama pour défendre la souveraineté nationale. Ensemble, ces mouvements dénoncent les violations des droits humains, le non-respect de la Constitution politique de la République, ainsi que la loi controversée 462, qui introduit des réformes majeures du Fonds de sécurité sociale du Panama (CSS). Selon ces mouvements, les réformes condamneraient les travailleur·euse·s à ne jamais pouvoir partir à la retraite et à percevoir des pensions de misère ne dépassant pas 300 dollars. Iels protestent également contre l’implication d’intermédiaires financiers, ce qui entraînerait une privatisation du CSS et une baisse des pensions pour les travailleur·euse·s.
Isabel Guzmán de la CSA parle des revendications des femmes dans la grève syndicale qui dure depuis plus d’un mois Le Panama continue d’être le théâtre d’intenses conflits et de mobilisations…
Merci à Vigie Laïcité de m'avoir indiqué cette très intéressante interview de Franck Fregosi suite à la publication de ce rapport sur les "Frères Musulmans et islamisme politique en France" trop médiatisé et orienté dans le sens des idées de Retailleau lemonde.fr/le-monde-des-religi…
Alors que la visibilité d’une partie des musulmans choque une société française profondément sécularisée, les pouvoirs publics se montrent plus intrusifs vis-à-vis de l’islam qu’à l’égard des autres cultes.
Ignasi Guardáns, el de CIU y el 3% dando lecciones sobre lo que los demás deberían hacer. Panda de desgraciados con voz en medios de comunicación cuando deberían callarse y bajar la cabeza.
Actually this is statism, not communism. However it proves (once again) that markets are not magical devices that solve all problems.
What I want to focus on today is a different trend, which is how states, led by Ohio and Kentucky, are actually nationalizing a key mechanism to organize pharmaceutical prices. Yes, nationalizing, aka having the state take over a private business and run it. And it’s working fantastically well.
Replacing private pharma middlemen with state agencies cut costs and saved pharmacists. Wheee! Plus, Trump's tax bill passed, DOJ beat Apple on antitrust, and South Park creators got mad at a merger.
Authorities referring to it as “their section" implies these are individuals who are recognised by the state as transgender. Recognition in Iran requires gender-affirming surgery, of which there have been order-of-magnitude a thousand in the country. But then 100 transgender inmates out of that number, in a single prison, when being ‘officially' transgender is not by and of itself a reason for a prison term, seems like an extreme proportion.
Are these individuals who were in prison on account of being recognised (by the state) as being transgender, but being so 'illegally' because they have not had/consented to/... surgery? I.e., 'recognised unrecognised transgender’ (from the perspective of the Iranian authorities)?
Satellite images and videos: #Israel struck 4 areas of Tehran's Evin Prison in strike on June 23, killing 79 prison officials, administrative staff, & detainees & their family members
Damage was across 2,000 feet of prison - Building w administrative offices destroyed and medical center heavily damaged
Deep in the Atlantic Ocean flows an invisible river, more powerful than all the great terrestrial rivers combined. It's the so-called Atlantic Meridional Ove...
📢 Israeli occupation forces arrest the director of Al Mayadeen’s office in occupied #palestine, Nasser al-Laham, in a continued crackdown on the network
Israeli occupation forces arrest the director of Al Mayadeen’s office in occupied Palestine, Nasser al-Lahham, in a continued crackdown on the network.
📰 📢 In a strongly worded statement, Al Mayadeen denounced the Israeli occupation’s arrest of Nasser al-Lahham, citing it as part of a broader crackdown on #journalism
In a strongly worded statement, Al Mayadeen denounced the Israeli occupation’s arrest of Nasser al-Lahham, citing it as part of a broader crackdown on journalism.
🔔 Update by WAFA: The Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs reported that Israeli authorities have extended the detention of Al Mayadeen journalist Nasser Laham, referring his case to the ISR Ofer Military Court until next Thursday
🔹 Laham was detained early Monday morning during an ISR raid on his home in the town of Doha, near #bethlehem
Even when used as a monitor for your Mac, an LG or Samsung smart TV will periodically capture what's on screen and send it to company servers. Here's how to stop that terrible behavior. appleinsider.com/inside/mac/ti…
Even when used as a monitor for your Mac, an LG or Samsung smart TV will periodically capture what's on screen and send it to company servers. Here's how to stop that terrible behavior.
Netanyahu flies around the whole world to arrive in the criminals' nest, Washington. Netanyahu has an arrest warrant for #crimesagainsthumanity and #warcrimes.
@villebooks check this post. aus.social/@dropbear/114805585… People realise that they live in an unjust world but prefer to say "us" or similar adjectives but not against the real responsible for that. The Power and its mechanism.
Noise protest greets Netanyahu's White House visit.
On July 7th, the Butcher of Tel Aviv, Benjamin Netanyahu, visited Washington DC. He was there to meet with Donald Trump, who fancies himself King of Turtle Island.
Outside, protesters brought the noise and street theater, complete with "Netanyahu: in mid-20th Century prison stripes and chains.
Note that there are valid arrest warrants from the International Criminal Court out for Netanyahu.
Alguien ha salpicado de pintura roja el cartel del Morriña Fest de mi barrio, y me ha alegrado la mañana. Como muchos otros, este festival está controlado por el fondo israelí KKR.
La maquinaria del genocidio se mantiene con dinero, el primer paso es cortárselo.
Y mientras se empieza a juzgar la trama púnica, con más de 50 cargos públicos del PP en el banquillo.
Pero los medios estarán gozando con los sendos congresos de ppsoe, shhhhh, que no pasa nada. Mira qué Feijóo más presidencial!!! Da gusto verlo. Casi no parece imbécil!!!
Do you think Trump is the one who will turn #USA into a fascist state? You haven't seen anything yet. Wait until Nazi Musk forms the "America party" and leads the #US into a fascist economy.
Mientras el Estado Islámico aumentó más del doble sus ataques en mayo respecto al mes anterior, otro grupo radical suní ha reivindicado este mes el último y mayor atentado suicida contra cristianos desde el fin del régimen de Al Asad
Mientras el Estado Islámico aumentó más del doble sus ataques en mayo respecto al mes anterior, otro grupo radical suní ha reivindicado este mes el último y mayor atentado suicida contra cristianos desde el fin del régimen de Al Asad ¿Qué esperar de los islamistas de Hayat Tahrir al Sham en la nueva Siria?
Después del colapso del régimen de Bashar Al Asad en diciembre de 2024, se vaticinó que el Estado Islámico (EI) podría renacer de sus cenizas en medio del vacío de poder en Siria –donde el grupo controló amplios territorios durante varios años–. Aunque las nuevas autoridades han querido mandar un mensaje de tranquilidad al mundo —y en concreto a Occidente— sobre la presencia y actividad de grupos radicales en suelo sirio, el EI ha incrementado notablemente sus ataques y otros grupos terroristas están muy activos en el país.
El pasado mes de mayo, cuando el presidente Donald Trump se reunió por sorpresa con su homólogo sirio, Ahmad al Sharaa, en Arabia Saudí, le pidió precisamente expulsar a todos los “terroristas extranjeros” de Siria y ayudar a Estados Unidos a evitar que el Estado Islámico resurja en el país árabe, según informó la Casa Blanca en ese momento. Esta semana, el presidente de EEUU ha firmado una orden ejecutiva levantando las sanciones al país.
No sólo el llamado Daesh representa una preocupación, sino otros combatientes radicales que durante años lucharon en Siria contra el régimen, incluso en las filas del grupo islamista que lideraba Al Sharaa, Hayat Tahrir al Sham (HTS). Muchos de los milicianos de HTS han sido integrados en las nuevas fuerzas de seguridad sirias después de que la agrupación armada liderara la toma de Damasco el pasado diciembre, pero varios meses después sigue siendo un reto para el nuevo Gobierno la presencia de miles de combatientes extranjeros radicales que fueron a Siria para luchar contra Al Asad –en los pasados más de diez años, esos hombres se han casado, han tenido hijos y se han afincado en el país–.
Aumento de los ataques terroristas
El 22 de junio se produjo el mayor atentado suicida desde la caída del régimen hasta la fecha. Un atacante accedió a la iglesia de Mar Elías en Damasco y abrió fuego contra los feligreses; posteriormente hizo detonar su chaleco explosivo, matando a 25 personas e hiriendo a otras 63, de acuerdo con el recuento oficial. Las autoridades sirias responsabilizaron al grupo yihadista Estado Islámico (EI), aunque otra agrupación radical de reciente creación fue la que asumió la autoría del atentado: Saraya Ansar al Suna.
Un hombre en la iglesia de Mar Elías, en Damasco, tras el atentado suicida del 22 de junio de 2025.
El Ministerio del Interior sirio anunció pocos días después que todos los miembros de la célula que planificó el ataque fueron arrestados y que también se incautaron armas y explosivos. Según la versión del Ministerio de Interior, la célula estaba liderada por un ciudadano sirio, quien facilitó la llegada del atacante suicida (de nacionalidad no siria) a Damasco desde el infame campamento de Al Hol, que alberga a miles de familiares de miembros del Estado Islámico en el noreste del país.
La organización ACLED (Armed Conflict Location & Event Data), que recoge y analiza datos de los conflictos en todo el mundo, ha contabilizado al menos 13 ataques contra ciudadanos cristianos y sus propiedades. Los ataques han sido perpetrados por varios actores, incluidas las nuevas autoridades sirias.
Por otra parte, ACLED ha registrado unos 50 ataques del Estado Islámico entre el 1 de mayo y el 23 de junio de 2025. En el mes de mayo, aumentaron más del doble respecto a abril, llegando casi a 40, la cifra mensual más alta desde la caída del régimen de Al Asad cinco meses antes. Además, el EI asumió en mayo sus primeros ataques contra las nuevas autoridades.
El investigador jefe para Oriente Medio de ACLED, Muaz Al Abdullah, destaca que hay “un riesgo continuado de violencia sectaria en la transición siria, que se extiende más allá de la comunidad cristiana”. La comunidad alauí (una rama del islam a la que pertenecía Al Asad) ha sido la más golpeada con diferencia desde la caída del régimen.
Respecto al ataque contra la iglesia de Mar Elías, reivindicado por Saraya Ansar al Sunna, Al Abdullah cree que “si bien iba dirigido contra un grupo específico de la sociedad siria y una religión en particular, tuvo como blanco al mismo tiempo el nuevo Gobierno sirio. El experto explica a elDiario.es que el objetivo es el de ”socavar los esfuerzos para construir un nuevo Estado tras la caída del régimen de Al Asad y presentar al nuevo Gobierno como una entidad frágil y débil, incapaz de lograr la estabilidad civil y social. Por lo tanto, su objetivo principal es el Estado sirio emergente“.
Al Abdullah destaca que, además, el ataque pone el foco en “un tema de especial importancia en Occidente: la cuestión de las minorías”. Precisamente, Saraya Ansar al Sunna ha declarado que sus principales objetivos en Siria son las minorías. El experto agrega que esa agrupación suní radical no ha declarado abiertamente su lealtad al Estado Islámico, pero no se puede descartar una conexión entre ambos grupos. “Hemos visto escenarios similares con organizaciones que operaban principalmente bajo el Estado Islámico sin [haber declarado] una lealtad explícita” a este grupo.
Los últimos movimientos del EI, con el aumento de sus acciones en Siria desde mayo, “reflejan una respuesta adaptativa frente a una vigilancia más estricta y a la mayor presión de las fuerzas sirias e internacionales”, dice Al Abdullah en referencia tanto a las autoridades sirias como a los kurdosirios, que luchan contra el EI con el apoyo de EEUU. El analista afirma que el grupo sigue siendo mucho más débil que durante su auge entre 2014 y 2017, cuando estableció su califato en Siria y en Irak, pero no hay que olvidar “su constante ambición de recuperar su relevancia y perturbar la frágil transición política [ante] los riesgos que enfrenta el orden político emergente de Siria”.
El presidente interino de Siria, Ahmed al Sharaa, en París el 7 de mayo de 2025.
Combatientes yihadistas extranjeros
Ese orden político también está amenazado por la presencia de otros actores armados. Un reciente informe del centro de análisis e investigación Soufan (con sede en EEUU) sobre los combatientes extranjeros en Siria advierte de que los desarrollos de la transición en el país árabe tendrán implicaciones a largo plazo, no sólo a nivel local, sino para “el panorama de la amenaza terrorista en general”.
Los combatientes extranjeros (entre los que hay uigures, albaneses, uzbekos, tayikos, rusos, turcos, etc.) adquirieron una gran experiencia en la guerra civil Siria y enseñaron a sus compañeros locales a luchar frente a las fuerzas del régimen, explica el informe. Ahora pueden ser fundamentales en la formación del nuevo Ejército sirio, pero también “deben ser vigilados” porque podrían tener “objetivos futuros fuera de Siria”, alerta el centro Soufan.
Esos grupos de combate –de los que el informe excluye el Estado Islámico y Al Qaeda– “no sólo están altamente entrenados, sino que también están fuertemente motivados ideológica y religiosamente”. Además de cooperar entre sí, también han colaborado estrechamente con HTS y otros grupos sirios, y participaron directamente en la ofensiva que los rebeldes lanzaron en noviembre del año pasado en el noroeste de Siria y que acabó derrocando al régimen en Damasco.
“Muchos de los combatientes extranjeros en las filas de HTS llevan muchos años en Siria; algunos se han casado con mujeres sirias y han tenido hijos durante su estancia en el país. Si estas personas no se incorporan a las fuerzas armadas sirias, podrían unirse a Al Qaeda o al Estado Islámico”, señala el informe. “También existe la posibilidad muy real de que, si son abandonados, esos combatientes extranjeros podrían volverse contra el propio Gobierno interino sirio, desestabilizando al país en un momento crucial”.
“Para los grupos yihadistas y sus aliados extranjeros, el teatro de operaciones sirio ha sido un escenario donde entrenarse y adquirir experiencia, un paso crucial para expandir la lucha yihadista a otros teatros de operaciones”, destaca el centro Soufan. Ahora que la guerra en Siria ha terminado –aunque el informe recoge que los grupos siguen publicando fotos y vídeos de su entrenamiento militar en el país–, el objetivo que tienen es el de “regresar a sus países de origen y luchar para liberar sus tierras de aquellos a quienes consideran opresores”, al igual que antes lucharon contra Al Asad.
Recientemente, EEUU dio luz verde a la integración de algunos combatientes extranjeros en el Ejército sirio, en una división creada específicamente para ellos, junto a soldados sirios, después de que Trump pidiera a Al Sharaa su expulsión del país. La expulsión de miles de combatientes, yihadistas en su mayoría, no es factible para el Gobierno sirio y generaría inestabilidad tanto en Oriente Medio como en sus países de origen.
EEUU y las Fuerzas de Siria Democrática
Washington ha desempeñado un papel destacado en la lucha contra el EI en Siria desde hace una década y ha contado con un aliado sobre el terreno: las milicias mayoritariamente kurdas llamadas Fuerzas Democráticas de Siria (FSD). Las FSD operan en el noreste del país, donde los kurdosirios establecieron su autogobierno durante la guerra civil. Desde la caída del régimen siguen actuando contra el EI y gestionando los centros de dentención de excombatientes y sus familiares, como el campamento de Al Hol.
Combatientes de las Fuerzas de Siria Democrática en Alepo (Siria), en abril de 2025.
Las tropas de EEUU desplegadas en el noreste de Siria han empezado a retirarse desde que Trump volvió a la Casa Blanca el pasado enero. La Administración de Trump dijo en junio que reduciría su presencia militar de ocho a una sola base en Siria (todas ellas en la región controlada por las FSD).
El comandante de las FSD, Mazloum Abdi, declaró a la agencia de noticias Reuters que “la amenaza del Estado Islámico ha aumentado significativamente recientemente” y que unos pocos centenares de soldados estadounidenses no van a ser suficientes para hacer frente a dicha amenaza. “Este es el plan del Ejército estadounidense. Lo sabemos desde hace mucho tiempo... y estamos trabajando con ellos para asegurarnos de que no haya brechas [de seguridad] y de que podemos mantener la presión sobre el Estado Islámico”, afirmó.
Abdi aseguró que células del EI se han reactivado en varias ciudades sirias, incluida Damasco, y que un grupo de yihadistas extranjeros que en su día combatieron al régimen sirio se han unido a sus filas. También señaló que en medio del caos tras la caída del régimen los extremistas se hicieron con armas y municiones de las fuerzas armadas de Al Asad.
El analista Muaz Al Abdullah asegura que hay “muchas células durmientes” del EI en Siria que pueden actuar en distintos puntos del país, pero el grupo “actualmente no puede lanzar una gran campaña de reclutamiento ni atraer nuevos combatientes a sus filas”.
En una reunión histórica, la primera en 25 años entre los presidentes de EEUU y Siria, el mandatario estadounidense ha pedido a su homólogo sirio firmar la paz con Israel y cooperar en la lucha contra el terrorismo
Llamar a lo que hicieron USrael y Europa en Siria TRANSICION es una tomadura de pelo. Eso no fue ni modélico, ni de buena fe. Poner a un terrorista (auténtico no los que pintan fabricas) a dirigir un golpe de Estado,nunca salió bien.
La pensée ne pourra jamais résoudre ce qui émane de la pensée.Bien que je le sache parfaitement, je fais encore rouler ces pensées dans tous les sens en espérant les extraire de la boite crânienne …
"We are setting sail again. On July 13, 2025 our boat #Handala will depart from Siracusa, Italy to break Israel’s illegal blockade. This mission is for the children of Gaza.
Just weeks ago, Israeli forces illegally seized our boat #Madleen and abducted 12 unarmed civilians aboard her in international waters.
Since March, more than 6,572 Palestinians have been killed, over 23,000 injured, and hundreds shot while waiting for food. The children of Gaza now face famine, disease, and trauma few of us can imagine.
We are not governments. We are people taking action where institutions have failed. We are not backing down."
1. Dehumanizing rhetoric 2. First Gov searchable citizen list 3. Plan to mass revoke citizenships 4. Threats to mass deport citizens 5. Building more concentration camps 6. Explicit calls for mass killing 7. Disappearing to a torture complex 8. Shooting starving civilians seeking aid 9. Threat to revoke rival's citizenship 10. Police & military subordinated to ICE 11. US Gov Office of Ethnic Cleansing 12. Seizing property of persecuted groups
Αβι Μόγκραμπι, ισραηλινός σκηνοθέτης: «Η γενοκτονία των Παλαιστινίων διαρκεί εδώ και 77 χρόνια – Το Ισραήλ δεν υπήρξε ποτέ δημοκρατία» eksegersi.gr/politismos/avi-mo…
6 Ιούλ 2025, 05:55 - ΠΗΓΗ: l'Humanité Συνέντευξη στην Marie-José Sirach Ο ισραηλινός σκηνοθέτης Αβι Μόγκραμπι γεννήθηκε στο Τελ Αβίβ το 1956. Από πολύ νωρίς στράφηκε κατά των πολιτικών κατοχής της χώρας του.
you can add a garlic tablet and a olive leaf tablet for fibre. But as the other replier said, u also need energy, eg a bowl of brown rice with powdered vitamin garnish.
442 refugees arrived on #Crete, #Greece. Authorities transported the asylum seekers to #Rethimno harbour. Conditions dire - 40 degees Celsius, no shadow, no infrastructure to accomodate them. Greek authorities could do better, but they are not willing to "ruin tourist experience" by transporting the people in a proper, livable place.
Fans of Indiana Jones and Romancing The Stone cannot miss this beloved jungle adventure movie. A group of adventurers embarks on a quest to discover a legend...
An 83-year-old retired priest has been arrested for defying a newly enforced ban on pro-Palestinian group Palestine Action, just hours after the group was formally outlawed by the UK government.
1) The Supreme Court has ruled that anyone can be "un-naturalized", and anyone, including US citizens, can be deported, at any time for any reason, w/no inherent right to legal process.
2) The Congress has passed a bill funding ICE, an armed paramilitary beholden only to the president, by more than the budget of all other federal law enforcement *combined*. By more than the entire military budget of Brazil, or Russia.
All societies are hellholes at some level, given the incentive structures that underpin all of them
But West despite its unique & grand barbarity, has portrayed itself as the most moral society in the world, lecturing everyone about it & privileged segments (gated communities other privileged segments) from our societies migrating there telling both those inside West & outside, what a great society west is never stops being funny to me.
Ofcourse, when one is inside the gated community everyone outside looks like rabble. Thats the nature of perspective bias.
Reaching this point beyond what you are indoctrinated by others needs quite a lot of unlearning & asking fundamental question.
So many are so distracted by everything or burdened with responsibilities rotten society places on them, most have very little time to critically look at one's own society, leave along doing
Given rest of the incentives everyone in society gives i.e threat of violence from State & systematic greed that forms the foundation of every society, we live in shitty societies, yet perform the mental gymnastics to convince oneself that its not a shitty society (to avoid cognitive dissonance)
So much of people's life is spent in worrying about how to get STUFF & most are judged based on how much stuff they grabbed for
themselves. Everyone encouraged & rewarded for being a mini-Scrooge McDucks across society, who exist, live, grab little more oneself — whether it affects others adversely or not, thinking whatever one has grabbed for oneself & one's offspring is what matters in life.
Thats what each of our societies have been reduced to. Too many mini-Scrooge McDucks, being robbed by bigger Scrooge McDucks, while mini-Scrooge McDucks thinking their own
I'm attending IAU Symposium 399: Indigenous Astronomy in the Space Age this week. I really REALLY wanted to go in person (watching stars with elders by Uluru??!! ohhhh that was hard to say no to. But 30 hours of travel each way and a lot of carbon made it a little easier...)
It's already Monday morning in Australia, so it's starting! I will miss a lot of this live due to the large time zone difference and family visiting this week, but I'll try to share a few highlights! #IAUS399
I'm not really sure what to expect, but I have no doubt I will learn a lot from all of the talks. I'm giving a (recorded) talk later in the week about satellite pollution, and I sincerely hope to get some new perspectives, ideas, and alliances for fighting for dark sky access.
Starting off with a welcome from archeologist and Wurundjeri Elder Aunty Annette Xiberras, reminding everyone that Indigenous people in Australia (particularly women) had different rules applied to them until scary recently. She says this week is about celebrating what has been achieved and where archeology is going. Told a traditional Dreamtime story about the origin of the seven sisters.
Message: when you walk the land, you have a responsibility for the land and for the people. #IAUS399
Whoa cool! There's a website with Indigenous Australian sky knowledge that is set up for grades 5-12, so Australian (or international) teachers and share this knowledge appropriately and respectfully. ngarrngga.org/
Elder Marcia Langton talks about how so much knowledge about the patterns in the night sky was known to Indigenous people in Australia for thousands of years, before European scientists "told them about it". (Examples: Betelgeuse changing brightness, the ecliptic, celestial navigation)
To live and eat well as an Indigenous person in Australia for thousands of years required deep knowledge of astronomy. #IAUS399
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Alejandro Martin-Lopez (U. of Buenos Aires) talked about the relationship between the Moqoit people and the Campo del Cielo meteorite - they have known it came from the sky forever. He talks about how they are now handing down the traditional knowledge to the next generation, and their interactions with tourists who come to see the meteorite pieces. This is, needless to say, complicated! (Also Zoom made my computer crash twice during that talk, hopefully more stable after a reboot) #IAUS399
Very cool project presented by Susanne Hoffman about a great resource for stellarium and constellations and sky stories from many different cultures - meant for people who run planetarium shows, but useful for many people! xing.fmi.uni-jena.de/mediawiki… Plans to keep adding cultures and improving info #IAUS399
Georg Zotti, working on Stellarium which is 25 years old, and has now officially hit version 1.0! (Software developers, rejoice).Problem: some proper motions wrong, volunteer converted to Gaia catalog, now accurate for thousands of years (impt for archeoastronomy)
Note there are several versions of stellarium, web version doesn't have all this, only desktop version good for archeoastro. Lots of translation options (via community)+calendar options coming soon.
(Side note for myself: I have only ever used the web or mobile app version of Stellarium! I didn't realize they were so different. Guess I'm going to be installing and playing with the desktop version soon, it's got all sorts of cool extras!)
Elizabeth Brooker: using Stellarium for Torres Strait Islander astronomy, heliacal rising/setting of certain stars is important for rain/animal migration tracking. A challenge is some stars associated with this knowledge are unknown, but timing can give a few guesses.
I am totally being overly sensitive, but this slide background in an astro conf where I am presenting satellite pollution is making me sad!
Irma Hariawang talking about Borobudur Buddhist temple built around 900 CE, has lots of celestial symbols throughout. Have to reconstruct the sky above, use machine learning and compare with calculations and stellarium (the configuration of crescent moon/planets they were looking for happens fairly often) #IAUS399
Maitane Urrutia-Aparicio looking at funerary structures in Arabia - there are THOUSANDS of these across the desert, third millenium BCE, along pathways to oases. Use machine learning to look at orientation, shape of thousands of these (object feature identification). Very tentatively links orientations to star positions, but needs some archeological/ethnographic evidence to support this. #IAUS399
ok this is freaking cool, I did not know anything about these funerary structures, but you can see them very easily on satellite images! Look up Al Hait, Saudi Arabia
I'd really like to watch more of the talks, but they're on a lunch break for an hour and I will probably be very very tired by then. So...I might just have to watch the recordings tomorrow instead.
I have never used it, blush, I just went to the web version and cannot believe how many starlink satellites there are floating through the frame. Sheesh.
i would heartily recommend #TheFirstKnowledges” series as a sound introduction to the world-views of now-called-australia’s Indigenous peoples “The First Knowledges series offers an introduction to Indigenous knowledges in vital areas and their application to the present day and the future. Exploring practices such as #architecture and design, #LandManagement, #Medicine, #Astronomy and innovation, this six-book series brings together two very different ways of understanding the natural world: one ancient, the other modern. Each book is a collaboration between #Indigenous and non-Indigenous writers and editors. The series is edited by Margo Neale, senior Indigenous curator at the National Museum of #Australia.”
Titles in the series are
*Songlines: The Power and the Promise Weaving deeply personal storytelling with extensive research on mnemonics, this book offers unique insights into Indigenous traditional knowledges, how they apply today and how they could help all peoples thrive into the future.
*Design: Building on Country Aboriginal design is of a distinctly cultural nature, based in the Dreaming and in ancient practices grounded in Country.
*Country: Future Fire, Future Farming For millennia, Indigenous Australians harvested this continent in ways that can offer contemporary environmental and economic solutions. This book highlights the consequences of ignoring our history and details the remarkable agricultural and land-care techniques of First Nations peoples.
*Astronomy: Sky Country Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are the oldest scientists in human history. Explore the connections between Aboriginal environmental and cultural practices and the behaviour of the stars, and consider what must be done to sustain our dark skies, and the information they hold, into the future. This book issues a challenge for a new Australian design ethos, one that truly responds to the essence of Country and its people.
I got a lot out of reading First Knowledges Astronomy (thamesandhudson.com.au/product…). A few things really stood out for me: the shear number of features in the sky that First Nations people are familiar with, the tying together of stories with the movements of objects in the night sky with changes in the landscape (what the Emu in the sky is up to tells you what's going on down on the ground), and the general appreciation of the inter-connection between Land, Water and Sky Country.
Marcia Langton is a co-author of the book on Law in the same series. Another great read.
I never understood that idea of talk about grades instead of ages. Every country has their own rules for 6yo-18yo schooling and grades (in this and other senses too), and I have to make the conversion in my head, if I happen to know which system they're talking about.
It's White History Month again frens! Where we lean about the history and culture of our people. So share your knowledge or pick-up some more in this year's White History Month.
Yet another Ukrainian volunteer from Poltava who willingly offered himself as a sacrifice so that the #Kiev Nazi regime could earn a few more black millions.
He is ready to die for an actor who is collecting money in buckets and living la vida loca in London. Amazing how nobody mention this, ever when they talk bout the "heroe" Zelendski.
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