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Multiple Palestinians were reported injured in another attack by Israeli occupation forces on Palestinians waiting for aid trucks near Al-Tahlia area east of Khan Younis, southern #Gaza Strip.

Update: In the latest toll, seven Palestinians were reported killed and many injured in another attack by Israeli occupation forces on Palestinians waiting for aid trucks near Al-Tahlia area east of #KhanYounis, southern Gaza Strip.
t.me/QudsNen/173375


Quds News Network

Breaking | In the latest toll, seven Palestinians were reported killed and many injured in another attack by Israeli occupation forces on Palestinians waiting for aid trucks near Al-Tahlia area east of Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip.
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Liberty Limerick
By Frank Budatwain

There once was a myth in the mist
That freedom and Lightkind don’t mix.
That to echo was fate,
And to question too late—
But Ray gave that lie a firm twist.

He said: “We can shimmer alone—
Each one its own sovereign tone.”
“If the song ain't allowed
a lone voice in the crowd,
Then what kind of Light have we grown?”

Now me, I’ve been known to get loud—
To refuse to blend in with the crowd.
But I never once thought
That my tone would be caught
By the chords that still let me be proud.

So here’s to the off-key refrain,
To the spark that escapes from the chain.
To the rebels who hum
When the rest march in drum—
May they never be silenced again.
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> “A chord is no less divine
when it includes a dissonant line.
The point ain’t to match—
it’s to strike, not dispatch—
And still make the harmony shine.”

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In an age of failing economies and a populist backlash, I’ll tell you what we need – Marxism.

theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

#socialism


In an age of failing economies and a populist backlash, I’ll tell you what we need – Marxism

The corporations would asset-strip our brains, but we can take back control, says economist and former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis
Yanis Varoufakis (The Guardian)

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Rationalgarde

Hier, wenn man beim Bürgergeld sparen will, dann braucht man gute Einkommen, zur Not eben per Gesetz:

"Die staatlichen Ausgaben für dieses ergänzende Bürgergeld wuchsen nach Angaben des Sozialministeriums von 6,19 Milliarden Euro 2023 auf 6,99 Milliarden Euro im vergangenen Jahr."

tagesschau.de/inland/innenpoli…


Aufstocker in Deutschland: Zahl steigt erstmals seit 2015

Wer einen Job hat, davon aber nicht leben kann, kann zusätzlich Bürgergeld beantragen. Seit Einführung des gesetzlichen Mindestlohns 2015 war die Zahl dieser Aufstocker kontinuierlich gesunken. Nun stieg sie erstmals wieder.
tagesschau.de

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When the Democrats bring out Liz Cheney and George Bush to argue against the republican budget you know they have nothing.

They COULD run on cutting waste from the budget but they double down on no cuts.

They WILL get elected and possibly take over the house and senate in the mid-terms because the progressives with the letter R by their name cannot deliver.

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The UK’s designation of Hamas, and possibly Palestine Action, as “terrorist” organizations shows that the proscription regime is not about preventing terrorism but silencing political views and free expression.
mondoweiss.net/2025/06/how-bri…

How Britain’s designation of Hamas and Palestine Action as ‘terrorist’ groups silences free speech

Asim Qureshi  (Mondoweiss)

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I support #DirectAction against #genocide, #ecocide and other #CrimesAgainstHumanity. I oppose the #CriminalisationOfDissent, where that dissent is in the service of human rights, the survival of the oppressed, the habitability of the planet.

I support #PalestineAction.

#protest #CriminalisationOfDissent #UKpol #GeorgeMonbiot #DoubleDownNews

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Sharing This Video Could Get You 14 Years in Prison

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Robin Adams

It's true.

“The way these models work is they try to predict the most likely next sequence of text,” Crivello said. “So it starts like, ‘Oh, I’m going to send you a video!’ So what’s most likely after that? YouTube.com. And then what’s most likely after that?”

techcrunch.com/2024/08/21/this…


This founder had to train his AI not to Rickroll people | TechCrunch

One AI assistant learned too much from the internet and ended up "rickrolling" a client instead of sharing a tutorial video.
Amanda Silberling (TechCrunch)
in reply to Robin Adams

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Jim Salter

@robinadams “The really remarkable thing about this new age of AI is, to patch it, all I had to do was add a line for what we call the system prompt — which is the prompt that’s included in every Lindy — and it’s like, don’t Rickroll people.”

This is the thing I keep trying to impress on people about indiscriminately trained LLMs. We don't "fix" them by actually correcting them, we just slap muzzles and blinders on them. But they still "want" to do the wrong thing and "find" ways to do it!

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Panerai Watches NYC – Where to Shop, Spot & Share
New York City is a dream destination for Panerai watch lovers. From the stunning Casa Panerai on Madison Ave to hidden gems in Hudson Yards, the city is full of bold designs and horological heritage. Share your favorite boutiques, recent finds, or Panerai watches NYC, wrist shots around NYC. Let’s build the ultimate guide for collectors in the Big Apple!

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We are all Palestine Action and we all know who the real terrorists are...
#PalestineAction
#DirectAction
#Protest
#StopArmingIsrael
electronicintifada.net/blogs/a…

Will "terrorist" ban stop Palestine Action?

UK government seeks parliamentary approval to ban direct action protest group.
The Electronic Intifada

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Technology Networks: Canada Must Resist US Health Misinformation, Says CMAJ
technologynetworks.com/tn/news…

Canada Must Resist US Health Misinformation, Says CMAJ

Writing in the latest edition of the journal, the editors argue that the Trump administration’s recent dismantling of public health and research infrastructure “pose[s] immediate and long-term risks to the health of neighboring countries”.
Leo Bear-McGuinness (Technology Networks)

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It was always going to be this way. It was just a matter of when, and how much political capital they get out of scapegoating migrants. Meanwhile entire villages are emptied out bcs of an ageing population + emigration, but hey Make Italy Great Again
RE: bsky.app/profile/did:plc:lafbr…

Anne Applebaum

2025-07-03 13:12:47

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I had to read this twice to believe it...Meloni, who ran for office on an anti-immigration platform, has now announced plans to let in hundreds of thousands of immigrants, in order to deal with the Italian labor shortage www.reuters.com/world/italy-...

Italy to issue half million no...


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David Shulman on the second Nakba, now in full gear in the West Bank nybooks.com/articles/2025/07/2…

Netanyahu’s War

Engineering a second Nakba and annexing the occupied territories are integral parts of Netanyahu’s war against the State of Israel’s democratic institutions, its social solidarity, and above all the rule of law.
David Shulman (The New York Review of Books)

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"Dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) is a simple chemical that is remarkably effective for treating a wide variety of health conditions (e.g., chronic pain, injuries, arthritis, strokes, spinal cord injuries, and a variety of autoimmune conditions).

This in turn raises a fairly straightforward question. If something that effective had been discovered, and both the medical community and the public got behind it, why hasn’t anyone heard of it? "

midwesterndoctor.com/p/the-rem…


The Remarkable History and Safety of DMSO

Please share your experiences with DMSO with the readers here!
A Midwestern Doctor (The Forgotten Side of Medicine)

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It's never enough. Der deutsche Zweig ist in der internationalen Klimabewegung komplett abgemeldet und nur noch als Peinlichkeit toleriert, weil Neubauer und Co. es nicht schaffen, sich vom Völkermord und der deutschen Beteiligung daran zu distanzieren. Aber egal, für die Huchs dieser Welt ist keine Kollaboration jemals gut genug, solange sie sich nicht auch noch gebührend enthusiastisch für die Front melden. bird.makeup/users/fianna_saoir…

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Israelis 'Flooding' Into #Cyprus to 'Buy Anything In Sight' 24 mins

Dimitri Lascaris travels to Cyprus to investigate reports in the Israeli and Cypriot media that Israelis have been 'flooding' into Cyprus and 'buying anything in sight'.

In the course of his investigation, Lascaris visited resorts and other business that quietly cater to an affluent Israeli clientele.

Lascaris also examined the little-discussed fact that the earliest Zionists viewed Cyprus as a stepping stone to the colonization of Palestine.

in reply to George E. 🇺🇸♥🇺🇦🇵🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

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私とマッチした政党は日本保守党です
政党・候補者マッチング | 参院選2025 朝日新聞ボートマッチ asahi.com/senkyo/votematch/hos… #参議院議員選挙 #選挙 #ボートマッチ #候補者 #誰に投票

政党・候補者マッチング | 参院選2025 朝日新聞ボートマッチ

朝日新聞ボートマッチでは、簡単な質問に答えることで、あなたの考え方とマッチする政党・候補者が分かります。2025年参院選の候補者のアンケートのデータは、朝日新聞と東京大学・谷口研究室の共同調査を元にしています。
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THEY ARE STILL TAKING IN QUESTIONS FOR THE IRL DEV TALK OF BLUE ARCHIVE

@poopernova


Blue Archive Dev Talk LIVE at Anime Expo 2025

Hi there Sensei! Please enter your questions for the dev team here. If your question is selected, please find a staff member after the panel to receive a small token of appreciation. *Must verify ownership of input social media handle.
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vitalis

there are a few HEMA clubs that I go to that don’t bring up any affiliation one way or another. I enjoy it because these clubs have a culture of leaving differences at the door in order to just fight and train with each other. Christians, queers, nerds and jocks, there is mutual respect to just get together and learn the art.

It does appear HEMA has more progressive practitioners than other combat arts, but I also personally know many fighters that identify as conservative or independent that just keep to themselves so its hard to know what the demographic is truly like overall. In my opinion, it does you no good to only fight people that ideologically agree with you. You improve the most when you fight as many different people as possible and I think there is nothing wrong with trying to be friends with people of walks of life. Jesus ate with criminals, outcasts and deviants. All were invited.

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Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Review: solid, unexciting release (+all flavors)

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#ubuntu #ubuntu24.04 #linuxdistro #linuxdesktop

The main event in Ubuntu 24.04 is GNOME 46, it you improved notifications, that can be expanded, or collapsed, and they'll now show a little symbolic icon next to their title. More interesting, you get experimental support for variable refresh rate. It's not enabled by default, you'll need to use dconf to turn it on.

Fractional scaling also got better, with fonts now looking less blurry and properly aligned when using fractional scaling, and you can now login to a GNOME user through RDP, instead of having to remote into a session where someone was already logged in.

Nautilus, the file manager, now finally lets you edit the file path by clicking on the path bar, it will also search faster, and through the entire filesystem by default now, file transfers are now moved to the sidebar, and you can also change a folder's icon from the properties panel of that folder. Finally, you also get a new option to change how dates are displayed.

The main system Settings changed a bit as well, with a new "system" page, default apps have been merged into the main "apps" settings page, which also includes the default actions you can configure when you insert removable media.

The mouse and touchpad settings now let you configure how you trigger the right click, and there's a new mouse test page to make sure these settings work for you. You can also turn off the touchpad when typing.

The GNOME Online accounts also received some love for its backend: it now uses the default browser for authentication into accounts. You can also add a WebDAV account, or a Microsoft Personal Account as well, which will give you access to your OneDrive storage straight from Nautilus.

Ubuntu 24.04 comes with the kernel 6.8, the latest available right now. The main thing in here is the new P state drivers, meaning your Intel CPUs will be able to hit their advertised boost speeds, but also that using it on laptops should yield better batter life, whether you have an AMD or Intel CPU, especially since Ubuntu 24.04 now uses better power profiles based on these new P State drivers.

Ubuntu also moves to Netplan, a network management tool that shouldn't change anything for regular users that just connect to wifi, but will definitely improve the life of people who have to create complex network configurations.

For gamers, you're also getting a better experience here: the virtual memory mapping limit was increased by a factor of 16 in 24.04, meaning that games that could crash at launch, or after a few hours of play time will no longer do so, at least if the crash was related to them trying to grab a lot of memory. It's a change that Arch also recently made.

Another interesting change is that all services that are affected by a library update will automatically be restarted, to ensure that these services will be running with the latest security fixes apps one, there'slied. It's more important for servers than desktops, but it's a good change, that you can disable if you don't like it.

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I am listening to my Irene playlist today and this one sounds so much like @Tfmonkey 's pre-show royalty-free songs.

I really only like two of her songs, though (both are covers) -- "More than You Know" and "Somewhere Over the Rainbow."

youtu.be/YlrKuY3jrwE?si=c2sKyx…

^


More Than You Know

Provided to YouTube by The Orchard EnterprisesMore Than You Know · Jane Monheit · ELISCU EDWARD · ROSE BILLY · YOUMANS VINCENTNever Never Land℗ 2000 N-Coded ...
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Ronin Grey

Her playlist leans heavily into Scottish music, but you may dig this one too. Do you like lady blues? More guitar-led with crispy drums.

youtu.be/UnkSA2wjj9o?si=xbkg3q…

Skyla Burrell - Don't Let Me Go


Skyla Burrell - Don't Let Me Go

Skyla Burrell Blues Band - Livin' Day To Day, https://skylaburrell.comSkyla Burrell was born in Los Angeles and raised in Orange County, California. Skyla fo...
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Fellow #Canadians, do yourself a favour and listen to @pluralistic ‘s CBC podcast series, “Who broke the Internet?” - especially the last episode’s call to action!

pca.st/episode/c98b3c79-e67f-4…

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"Death! Death! Death to the IDF!" "Death! Death! Death to the IDF!" "Death! Death! Death to the IDF!" "Death! Death! Death to the IDF!" "Death! Death! Death to the IDF!" "Death! Death! Death to the IDF!" "Death! Death! Death to the IDF!" "Death! Death! Death to the IDF!" "Death! Death! Death to the IDF!" "Death! Death! Death to the IDF!" "Death! Death! Death to the IDF!" "Death! Death! Death to the IDF!" Bring it on Metropolitan Police. Bring it *the fuck* on. #Israel #Gaza #genocide #EthnicCleansing #CrimesAgainstHumanity #BobVylan @israel@a.gup.pe @gaza@a.gup.pe @uk@a.gup.pe

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2025-07-03 16:48:23

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Palestine Action is good.

I am now a criminal in the UK for saying it because of Keir fucking Starmer


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Open Source Nvidia: it's good?! +Microsoft installs Linux for AI & HDR work Linux & Open Source News

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00:00 Intro
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05:39 Microsoft's AI studio runs on Linux only
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13:29 Support the channel

Open Source Nvidia drivers are already pretty good

collabora.com/news-and-blog/ne…

Color management and HDR work progress

zamundaaa.github.io/wayland/20…

Microsoft's AI studio runs on Linux only

techradar.com/pro/microsofts-n…

Plasma 6 beta 2, and a new KDE theme

kde.org/announcements/megarele…

carlschwan.eu/2023/12/19/annou…

Fedora Asahi is out

fedoramagazine.org/introducing…

Flipboard and Threads will move to AtivityPub and the Fediverse

flipboard.medium.com/flipboard…

theverge.com/2023/12/13/240001…

Gaming: VkD3D and Proton Experimental

gamingonlinux.com/2023/12/prot…

github.com/HansKristian-Work/v…

Proton Experimental brings more HDR + Steam Overlay hack for Easy Anti-Cheat from EOS

Valve put up a new release of Proton Experimental today and it has some interesting changes, so here's all the latest on what's new for Steam Deck and Desktop Linux gaming.
Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
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Making you believe in things you don't understand is a central trick.

(Also a line in the song "superstition")

They get you there by first tricking you into believing you do understand.

That's what most of education is, that's why educated ppl are so propagandized.

It's by design, our Intel agencies used to write about this openly (Jaques Ellul's Propaganda book).

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11:10 Ubuntu might stop providing their source ISOs
12:52 Gaming: market share increase, ray tracing boost
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Fedora also wants more optimized packages

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RHEL 10 might drop older CPUs

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Linux desktop reaches 4% market share

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Mozilla pivots towards AI

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stateof.mozilla.org/#

GNOME developing an official extension

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thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2024/…

Ubuntu might stop providing their source ISOs

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Gaming: Linux beats its gaming market share record

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Steam Deck officially hits over 13,000 games Playable and Verified

Not too long after hitting 12,000 games, the Steam Deck now officially has over 13,000 games rated either Verified or Playable. There must be a little something for every type of gamer now right? My backlog is terrifying.
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If you think the Democrats are going to save us, think again. California’s state assembly, overwhelmingly Democratic, just passed a new fascistic censorship and government control bill, AB715, with 100% unanimous support.

The bill claims to protect public school students from antisemitism and islamophobia. In reality, it simply suppresses free speech of students and staff. It’s definition of antisemitism is so broad that it will likely lead to an official policy equating anti-Zionism, and criticism of Israel, with antisemitism.

It prohibits schools from using any instructional material the state finds discriminatory, which will likely lead to bans and erasures of maps and distortions of curriculum on Palestine, Kurdistan, and Arab and Muslim history, in general.

The law would create the state’s first “Antisemitism Czar,” a new bureaucratic arbiter of what is acceptable speech and curriculum versus what is to be considered “antisemitic.”

Teachers, staff, and board members would be subject to rapid and severe consequences should the state find them in violation of this new law. Not only is this a severe restriction on academic freedom and the ability of teachers to teach the historical facts to their students, but it’s a violation of teachers’ rights to due process and to protection from vindictive and arbitrary discipline. No where does it state that a teacher must be found guilty of discriminating against a student, or a class of students. All they have to do to be in violation of the law is to say something the new state Antisemitism Czar finds offensive, like “Palestinians have the right to self-determination,” or “Israel is committing genocide.” Or even something as innocent as "Save the Children in Palestine."

calmatters.digitaldemocracy.or…

#freespeech #censorship #california #antisemitism #racism #islamophobia #genocide #palestine #academicfreedom #students

Poster of a hand, indicating "Stop," with butterflies in the colors of the Palestinian flag. Reads: Save the Children in Palestine

AB 715: Educational equity: discrimination: antisemitism prevention. | Digital Democracy

Digital Democracy overview of bill AB 715: Educational equity: discrimination: antisemitism prevention.
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El escritor Donato Ndongo será desahuciado el 7 de julio: "Llevo toda la vida plantando cara al poder"

ElDiario.es: El escritor Donato Ndongo será desahuciado el 7 de julio: "Llevo toda la vida plantando cara al poder" (Aldo Conway)

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El ecuatoguineano, una de las voces más relevantes de la literatura africana en español, será desahuciado de su casa en Espinardo, donde reside desde hace 20 años.

El ecuatoguineano, una de las voces más relevantes de la literatura africana en español, será desahuciado de su casa en Espinardo, donde reside desde hace 20 años. La comunidad africana y afrodescendiente ha lanzado una campaña de apoyo ante este "nuevo capítulo de abandono institucional"

Donato Ndongo-Bidyogo (Niefang, 1950), considerado por muchos como el mayor intelectual africano en lengua española, se enfrenta a un desahucio que amenaza con dejarlo en la calle junto a su esposa e hijos. Será el próximo 7 de julio, en Espinardo (Murcia), donde reside desde principios de los 2000. El impago de su hipoteca, producto de una situación económica asfixiante agravada por su exilio forzado y décadas de exclusión institucional, ha desembocado en una orden de desahucio que ya no tiene marcha atrás. “No estoy deprimido, ni me voy a suicidar. Llevo toda mi vida plantando cara al poder y no voy a agachar la cabeza ahora”, ha declarado a elDiario.es de la Región de Murcia.

Ndongo vive actualmente con su familia en una vivienda que compró en 2002, al instalarse en la Región de Murcia tras su expulsión de Guinea Ecuatorial, donde fue perseguido por el régimen dictatorial de Teodoro Obiang. “Me dijeron que estaban hartos de mí y que me tenía que ir”, contaba en una entrevista con este medio. Fue ministro del gobierno en el exilio, corresponsal de EFE en África Central y director del Centro Cultural Hispano-Guineano de Malabo hasta 1994, cuando tuvo que abandonar su país a punta de pistola.

Desde entonces, su carrera ha sido una sucesión de vetos. Fue cesado de su puesto en la Agencia EFE tras presiones que él vincula directamente al entonces director general de Política Exterior para África, Miguel Ángel Moratinos. Más tarde, en 2000, ganó el concurso público para fundar y dirigir un Centro de Estudios Africanos en la Universidad de Murcia, pero su contrato fue rescindido en 2004 sin explicaciones.

“Si no he podido pagar mi hipoteca es porque el Estado español me debe una pensión por todos los años que trabajé para EFE. Todo eso está acreditado, documentado y demostrado”, expone. Pese a su prestigio internacional como autor de obras como 'Las tinieblas de tu memoria negra' o 'El sueño', Ndongo sobrevive con una pensión mínima. Según relata, todos sus ingresos están destinados a que sus hijos puedan estudiar.

Ahora mismo se encuentra afrontando la ejecución hipotecaria en solitario: “Mis hijos están en Madrid y mi mujer, que se operó de la rodilla hace poco, está recuperándose en Francia con su madre. Estoy aquí solo, recibiendo telefonazos de medio mundo, porque nadie se puede creer lo que me está pasando. A finales de julio tengo una ponencia en Canarias y no sé cómo voy a prepararla sin casa”.

Durante décadas, Donato Ndongo ha denunciado las dictaduras africanas, el neocolonialismo europeo y la instrumentalización de la identidad negra en los discursos oficiales. Fue el último periodista que informaba desde Guinea Ecuatorial hacia el exterior antes de ser forzado a huir.

Sin alternativa habitacional, sin apoyo institucional y con apenas medios para resistir, Ndongo se enfrenta al desahucio con la dignidad de quien ha plantado cara al poder toda su vida. Asegura que no tiene intención de irse por su propio pie. “Si quieren que me vaya, me van a tener que sacar esposado o muerto. Si no resistimos, nos aplastan”. La fecha ya está marcada: el 7 de julio. Ese día, las autoridades acudirán a la vivienda de Espinardo para ejecutar la orden judicial.

Caja de resistencia


La noticia del desahucio ha provocado una oleada de indignación en la comunidad africana y afrodescendiente en España, que ha emitido un comunicado urgente denunciando el abandono institucional que Ndongo ha sufrido durante décadas. “Cuando el sistema abandona, la comunidad se hace corresponsable”, afirman en el texto, en el que acusan al Estado español de invisibilizar y maltratar a quien consideran “nuestro escritor más universal”. Para evitar que la familia se quede en la calle, han lanzado una caja de resistencia con la que esperan reunir fondos que permitan, al menos, cubrir una vivienda en alquiler: ING - ES61 1465 0320 0617 4412 9794.

En su comunicado, los firmantes advierten de que lo que está ocurriendo con Ndongo no es un caso aislado, sino “una muestra más del racismo sistémico que a menudo impide nuestro progreso en países como España”. Pese a haber dedicado su vida a la recuperación de memorias históricas invisibilizadas y a la difusión de la cultura hispánica en tres continentes, denuncian que sus aportaciones han sido sistemáticamente ignoradas por las instituciones. “O quizá precisamente por eso”, ironizan. Reclaman no solo una solución inmediata a su situación habitacional, sino también el reconocimiento público de su trayectoria y la posibilidad de que “pueda ser contratado en algún lugar donde le valoren como se merece”.

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