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Jonathan Cook: Our complicity in Gaza has set the stage for a second genocide – in the West Bank original.antiwar.com/cook/2025…

Our complicity in Gaza has set the stage for a second genocide - in the West Bank - Antiwar.com

Reprinted from Jonathan Cook's Substack. There is a revealing back story to Israel's so-called E1 Plan, a massive settlement project that includes the building of many thousands of new homes.
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Pues ya estoy fuera. 20 días he durado. Housfy, menudo tinglado. Me vuelvo a ser autónomo.

Imagina vender un piso de 100.000€ y ganar 862€ (menos, porque ahí va el IVA). Y que la empresa gane 11.000€.

O nada, si dos días antes de la escritura te echan.

"Es que ofrecemos un montón de servicios extra al propietario" dicen. Servicios que cifran todos en 1000€ cada uno. ¿Vaciado de enseres? 1000€ ¿Limpieza? 1000€ ¿Las fotos? 1000€ ¿Un vídeo? Otros 1000€. Y así todo

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Imagina poner "acompañamiento a notaría" como "servicio incluido" y pretender cobrárselo al cliente si este rompe el contrato contigo...¡Antes de que se haya escriturado nada!

A todo esto... todo lo argumentan en los servicios que dan al propietario pero le cobran lo mismo al comprador. Ahí el argumento es "el mercado es el que es, si quieren comprar el piso, que paguen".

Por cierto, propietarios, el dinero que un comprador paga a la agencia es dinero que deja de gastarse en tu piso.

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Dan Steinbock -- Dark Lessons of Prewar Protectionism: From Tariff Wars to Global Fragmentation original.antiwar.com/Dan_Stein…

Dark Lessons of Prewar Protectionism: From Tariff Wars to Global Fragmentation - Antiwar.com

With its misguided tariff wars, the second Trump administration is not only fragmenting seven decades of globalization. It is also contributing to a kind of geopolitical climate that set the stage for the rise of fascism in the 1930s.
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Dan Steinbock -- The West’s Long Struggle Against Genocide Prevention: Obliteration and Complicity antiwar.com/blog/2025/08/18/th…

The West’s Long Struggle Against Genocide Prevention: Obliteration and Complicity - Antiwar.com Blog

Dr. Steinbock’s highly topical new book The Obliteration Doctrine is about the genocide in Gaza, the West’s complicity and long struggle against genocide prevention. In this Q&A with Dr.
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The Position of Taiwan’s Current Leadership Deteriorates Sharply journal-neo.su/2025/08/18/the-…

The Position of Taiwan’s Current Leadership Deteriorates Sharply

In recent weeks, several notable developments have taken place both in Taiwan’s domestic political arena and around the island, significantly complicating
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Conflicts of Interest: Netanyahu Touts His Decades-Long Policy of Preventing a Palestinian State antiwar.com/blog/2025/08/18/co…

Conflicts of Interest: Netanyahu Touts His Decades-Long Policy of Preventing a Palestinian State - Antiwar.com Blog

COI #829, Kyle Anzalone breaks down the results of the Alaska Summit and Israel's move in the West Bank. Subscribe on YouTube and audio-only.
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Capcom asks PC Monster Hunter Wilds players to wait until Title Update 4 this winter for "CPU and GPU related optimizations"

PC gamers who are hoping Capcom updates Monster Hunter Wilds to improve performance will have to wait a little longer. A statement made on X.com via the official Monster Hunter account has told players that improvements are coming, but not until this winter. Read more

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Capcom asks PC Monster Hunter Wilds players to wait until Title Update 4 this winter for "CPU and GPU related optimizations"

PC players of Monster Hunter Wilds still waiting for game-improving CPU and GPU optimisations.
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Veréis, acaba de salir un informe del MIT que analiza el éxito de los programas piloto basados en IA generativa en las empresas, y yo creo que todes me conocéis y sabéis lo que opino al respecto, pero es que ni yo me esperaba estos resultados.

¿Sabéis el porcentaje de fracasos de estos programas piloto?

El 95%.

Sí, habéis leído bien, el NOVENTA Y CINCO POR CIEN.

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MIT report: 95% of generative AI pilots at companies are failing

There’s a stark difference in success rates between companies that purchase AI tools from vendors and those that build them internally.
Sheryl Estrada (Fortune)

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Russia's FSB foils Ukrainian 'terrorist attack' on Crimean bridge english.almayadeen.net/news/po…

Russia's FSB foils Ukrainian 'terrorist attack' on Crimean bridge

Russia’s Federal Security Service say the driver of the explosive-laden vehicle was supposed to become an "unwitting suicide bomber."
Al Mayadeen English (Russia's FSB foils Ukrainian 'terrorist attack' on Crimean bridge)

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Post shared with me by @Aseelsehwel about twenty minutes ago when I last heard from her to know she’s alive.

(israel’s occupation forces have surrounded her neighbourhood with tanks and are firing on houses and tents. The israeli genocide of the Palestinian people is being live streamed by its victims.)

#israel #genocide #Gaza #Palestine #StopTheGenocide

Screenshot of social media post by Mohammed Haniya: Dozens of distress calls were made tonight from the Al-Sabra neighborhood in central Gaza City, following heavy artillery and air strikes that left dead and wounded, but ambulances have not yet been allowed to reach them. Entire families spent the night in indescribable terror, without electricity, without water, without safety. Some slept amidst the blood, while others remained beside the bodies of their loved ones until dawn, waiting for a miracle that would never come. Gaza is being wiped out, one by one, and its people are being left to die without witnesses. Original Arabic: عشرات المناشدات استغاثت الليلة من حي الصبرة وسط مدينة غزة، بعد قصف مدفعي وجوي عنيف خلّف شهداء وإصابات, لكن لم يُسمح لسيارات الإسعاف بالوصول إليهم حتى اللحظة. عائلات كاملة قضت الليل وسط رعب لا يوصف, بلا كهرباء، بلا ماء، بلا أمان.. منهم من نام بين الدماء، ومنهم من ظلّ بجانب جثث أحبّته حتى الفجر، ينتظر معجزة لا تأتي. غزة تُباد حيًّا حيًّا.. وأهلها يُتركون للنهاية بلا شهود.
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Trump Backs Israeli Escalation in Gaza, and More!

Antiwar News with Dave DeCamp.

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Trump Working To Arrange Putin-Zelensky Meeting, Trump Backs Israeli Escalation in Gaza, and More

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The 2025 Anarchist Bookfairs List
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"Calendars are rapidly filling up, but there should always be time to hang out with comrades, peruse the latest political literature and scheme over a coffee … With the ever-early Derry Radical Bookfair having successfully concluded its ninth outing on February 1st, Cardiff doing well in March and two more events happening this weekend it’s
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Calendars are rapidly filling up, but there should always be time to hang out with comrades, peruse the latest political literature and scheme over a coffee … With the ever-early Derry Radical Bookfair having successfully concluded its ninth outing o…
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Today in video games - 19th August: Gamescom's big night and Sword of the Sea is released

It's 19th August, and we're back with another daily live report. We'll be running down all the day's news and events, checking in with what you are up to, and providing some hopefully entertaining commentary on the world of video games. Read more

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Today in video games - 19th August: Gamescom's big night and Sword of the Sea is released

All the news and events in the world of video games today, 19th August.
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Ukraine’s Dirty Tricks Won’t Have Fundamental Impact on Washington Summit Outcome sputnikglobe.com/20250818/ukra…

Ukraine’s Dirty Tricks Won’t Have Fundamental Impact on Washington Summit Outcome

Ukrainian recent attacks against Russia's Smolensk nuclear power station and a Hungarian pipeline, as well as another attempt to blow up the Crimean bridge, demonstrate Kiev's attempt to sabotage peace efforts.
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Travail forcé : en Italie, LVMH pris la main dans le sac – Libération


#politique #travail #exploitation #capitalisme

Des vêtements à plusieurs milliers d’euros fabriqués en Italie par de grandes marques de luxe dans des conditions proches de l’esclavage. Le placement sous administration judiciaire, le 14 juillet, de la marque italienne Loro Piana, propriété du français LVMH, est venu rappeler une réalité que le secteur préfère ne pas voir et aimerait bien passer sous silence : payer un sac ou un manteau made in Italy à 6 000 euros n’empêche pas que ceux-ci soient assemblés par des personnes exploitées et sous-payées.

Dans ce pays, où se concentre un peu plus de la moitié de la production mondiale de mode et maroquinerie de luxe, dont l’essentiel du prêt-à-porter, quatre grandes marques (Loro Piana, Dior, Armani, et Valentino) ont été épinglées en un an et demi par la police et la justice pour avoir, à tout le moins, été «négligentes» concernant le travail forcé. Le système, car c’en est un, est bien rodé et connu. Il s’est mis en place avec l’arrivée d’une vague d’immigration chinoise dans les années 90. Près de Florence, de Milan, déjà des terres de textile, les nouveaux arrivants ont ouvert ou racheté des ateliers de confection, légaux ou non, proposant une flexibilité extrême et de très faibles coûts. Et pour cause : ceux qui y travaillent, souvent sans être déclarés, enchaînent des heures interminables pour une misère.

«Vous tombez de votre chaise»

Dans le cas de l’expert du cachemire Loro Piana (171 boutiques dans le monde, environ 3 milliards d’euros de chiffre d’affaires en 2024), l’enquête de la justice a déterminé que des ouvriers non déclarés travaillaient jusqu’à quatre-vingt-dix heures par semaine pour 4 euros de l’heure. Ceux-ci dormaient sur place, dans des logements insalubres. Ce qui fait dire à certains activistes, comme l’organisation Clean Clothes Campaign, qu’au lieu de délocaliser les usines en Chine, au Bangladesh ou au Pakistan, les grandes marques de luxe occidentales ont importé en Europe les conditions de travail de ces pays.

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«L’Italie, c’est vraiment la plateforme industrielle du secteur», assure Michel (1), un bon connaisseur des ateliers de confection du luxe souhaitant rester anonyme. Cet ancien cadre de grandes maisons dresse la liste des régions et leurs spécialités, parfois centenaires : la maroquinerie dans la ville de Scandicci, près de Florence ; le textile à Prato, non loin ; les chaussures pour femmes en Vénétie… Il explique comment la plupart des grands noms se retrouvent in fine à tirer profit du travail illégal par un jeu de sous-traitances en cascade, dans un tissu économique très fragmenté : «Disons que je suis un fournisseur tout à fait référencé par Dior, par exemple. L’entreprise me connaît, elle travaille avec moi depuis trois générations. Mais avec l’augmentation des quantités demandées, j’ai dû m’organiser avec d’autres usines, des entreprises de deuxième rang installées ces vingt dernières années qui vont travailler pour moi et qui seront chacune responsables d’une tâche dans la confection d’un produit.» Jusqu’ici, pas de problème a priori. «Sauf que le phénomène s’est répliqué un cran plus bas, avec des troisièmes et quatrièmes niveaux, confirme cette même source. Quand vous visitez ces endroits, vous tombez de votre chaise.»

Et quand des affaires éclatent, les marques réagissent toujours de la même façon : elles disent tout ignorer des pratiques de leurs sous-traitants, rompent leur relation avec l’atelier incriminé, et promettent de renforcer leurs contrôles. Un jeu de dupes. «Les prix pratiqués par les maisons sont tellement bas que les ateliers n’arrivent pas à en vivre correctement, indique Michel. Donc ils s’organisent pour survivre. Et quand vous vous organisez pour survivre, les normes de sécurité, le droit du travail, tout ça passe après.»

«Pratique illégale ancrée et avérée»

La littérature produite par les géants du luxe montre qu’ils n’ignorent en rien cette réalité. Depuis l’exercice 2024, les grandes sociétés françaises cotées en Bourse sont obligées par une directive européenne de publier des informations normées sur leur durabilité sociale et environnementale. En mars et avril 2025, LVMH, Hermès et Kering –les trois leaders du marché en France – ont donc dû s’y coller, sans possibilité de tricher sur ces réponses car celles-ci sont certifiées par des cabinets d’audit. C’est ainsi qu’à la rubrique évaluant l’effet potentiel des entreprises sur les conditions de travail et les droits humains, les trois géants notent eux-mêmes avoir un «impact négatif».

De fait, les cas problématiques se multiplient. En avril 2024, la justice italienne place une société de Giorgio Armani sous administration judiciaire. Dior Italie (propriété de LVMH) suit quelques mois plus tard, suspectée elle aussi d’avoir fermé les yeux sur l’exploitation de travailleurs chez des sous-traitants chinois. En septembre, une enquête du média anglais Business of Fashion (BOF), référence en la matière, rapporte que dans deux usines, des personnes sous-payées, parfois sans papiers, fabriquaient des sacs pour Armani et Dior pour respectivement 75 euros et 53 euros par pièce. Des sacs vendus en boutique par Dior pour 2 600 euros.

«Ce secteur s’est enrichi comme jamais»

L’article accrédite également la thèse d’une organisation dont les marques profitent pour augmenter leurs marges en connaissance de cause. Il cite un rapport du procureur chargé de l’enquête : «Au cours de nos investigations, cette pratique illégale est apparue si profondément ancrée et avérée qu’elle pourrait être considérée comme faisant partie d’une politique commerciale plus vaste visant exclusivement à accroître les profits.» Pourtant, en février, la justice italienne a levé le régime d’administration judiciaire, estimant qu’Armani et Dior ont apporté suffisamment de garanties pour le futur.

Les grandes marques font-elles pour autant durablement évoluer leurs pratiques ? Elles y auraient un intérêt indéniable, selon Sarah Kent, autrice de l’enquête de BOF précédemment ­citée… si leurs consommateurs y étaient sensibles. «Ce n’est pas la première fois qu’une marque de luxe est confrontée à ce genre de scandale, et historiquement, ces informations n’ont pas vraiment marqué les esprits, note la journaliste britannique. Ce qui est un peu différent cette fois-ci, c’est que cette affaire avec Loro Piana arrive à un moment où le scepticisme grandit autour du luxe, notamment sur les réseaux sociaux. L’ampleur des hausses de prix de ces entreprises a déjà suscité de nombreuses interrogations quant à leur légitimité. Si vous ajoutez à cela le fait qu’elles ne produisent pas dans les meilleurs ateliers, cela ne fait pas bonne impression.»

Interrogé sur le cas de Loro Piana, LVMH a transmis quelques éléments de langage à Libération. Le groupe de Bernard Arnault, dont 78 % du chiffre d’affaires a reposé sur la mode et la maroquinerie en 2024, insiste sur le fait que la production italienne de «haute qualité», «est un atout clé pour le pays et le secteur du luxe». Mais il concède que sa structure «fragmentée» et «familiale» peut poser «des défis en matière de transparence et de surveillance». LVMH met aussi en avant les «5 000 audits» qu’il a réalisés l’année dernière en Italie – même si d’après leurs contempteurs, ces contrôles payés par les marques sont trop souvent cosmétiques et annoncés à l’avance aux fournisseurs. «Des zones de fragilité persistent, donc nous devons travailler pour améliorer nos pratiques», ajoute LVMH.

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Des arguments qui ne sont pas de nature à convaincre l’anthropologue italienne et chercheuse au CNRS Giulia Mensitieri, qui travaille depuis dix ans sur le luxe. «De telles exploitations ne sont pas exceptionnelles. Elles sont propres à la façon dont le capitalisme fonctionne, insiste l’autrice du livre-enquête le Plus Beau Métier du monde (La Découverte), paru en 2018. On est habitués à penser que ce genre de choses n’arrivent que très loin de chez nous et ne concerne pas le luxe. En réalité, ce monde se base autant sur l’exploitation que les autres secteurs textiles.» Et a priori cela ne va pas en s’arrangeant, selon la chercheuse : «Depuis que je travaille sur ces sujets, ce secteur s’est enrichi comme jamais [les trois premières fortunes de France sont les familles Hermès, Arnault (LVMH) et Wertheimer (Chanel), ndlr]. Pourtant, des vendeuses aux stylistes non payés, en passant par les ouvrières et les mannequins, je ne fais qu’entendre que les conditions de travail se dégradent à tous les maillons de la chaîne. C’est à croire qu’il n’y a que les actionnaires qui s’enrichissent.»

(1) Le prénom a été modifié.

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Travail forcé : en Italie, LVMH pris la main dans le sac

Après Dior, Armani et Valentino, Loro Piana, du groupe de Bernard Arnault, a été placée sous «administration judiciaire» en juillet, pour recours à des ateliers clandestins et dangereux. Un système courant au sein du secteur dans le pays.
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Monster Hunter Wilds Title Update 4 will bring CPU & GPU performance optimizations

Capcom has announced that Title Update 4 for Monster Hunter Wilds will pack major CPU and GPU performance optimizations. This patch will go live this Winter, though we don’t have an exact ETA on when that will happen. As Capcom stated, the team will implement a multifaceted plan for the PC version. So, Update 4 …

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Monster Hunter Wilds Title Update 4 will bring CPU & GPU performance optimizations

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Syria's Sharaa Government Preps 50,000 Troops For Large Anti-Kurd Offensive In Northeast - Volk News

The Islamist Syrian government is trying to give the impression they support peaceful unity in Syria, with President Ahmed al-Sharaa saying he believed Syria should be unified by some sort of understanding instead of by military force, because the Syrian people are tired of war.

His government’s actions tell a different story though, as after spurning Kurdish integration talks last week and refusing to allow any Druze to attend talks on the violence in Druze territory a few days later, the government is preparing a massive offensive against the Kurds.

Syria's Sharaa Government Preps 50,000 Troops For Large Anti-Kurd Offensive In Northeast - Volk News

Syria’s Sharaa Government Preps 50,000 Troops For Large Anti-Kurd Offensive In Northeast Authored by Jason Ditz via AntiWar.
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Mearsheimer: Trump’s entry into war with Iran was foolish / Ukraine is on the verge of collapse parstoday.ir/en/news/world-i23…

Mearsheimer: Trump’s entry into war with Iran was foolish / Ukraine is on the verge of collapse

Pars Today – A prominent professor of international relations on Sunday described the West’s strategic defeat in Ukraine, Donald Trump’s “foolish” entry in...
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- Efter 2 år som Sveriges statsepidemiolog lämnar jag nu Folkhälsomyndigheten. Avsaknaden av medicinsk kompetens i ledningen blir allt tydligare & det finns ingen vilja till att förändra allvarliga brister i både ledarskap & medicinsk expertis. Jag har förlorat mitt förtroende för myndigheten.
- Magnus Gisslén, tidigare statsepidemiolog, Folkhälsomyndigheten.

#svpol #politik #sverige #regeringen

DN DEBATT - Därför slutar jag som statsepidemiolog • Magnus Gisslén, tidigare statsepidemiolog, Folkhälsomyndigheten
I dag finns inte en enda läkare eller person med djupare medicinsk kompetens i myndighetens ledningsgrupp. Det är uppseendeväckande. Det handlar om den myndighet som ansvarar för smittskyddsfrågor i vardag och kris. Chefer utan medicinsk kompetens saknar förmåga att värdera komplexa medicinska frågor, vilket riskerar att leda till felprioriteringar och att viktiga smittskyddsaspekter förbises.
Förändring krävs, och ytterst ar det regeringens ansvar.
Jag har förlorat mitt förtroende för myndigheten och är oroad över dess förmåga att hantera en framtida pandemi som mycket väl kan visa sig bli betydligt allvarligare än den vi just gått igenom. Förändring krävs, och ytterst är det regeringens ansvar att säkerställa att Sverige har en smittskyddsmyndighet som besitter nödvändig kompetens för att kunna fullfölja sitt uppdrag.

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GPD Win 5 with AMD Ryzen AI MAX+ 395 Strix Halo launches October 17

The first Windows handheld with AMD Strix Halo will launch in two months No price yet. What could easily be the most interesting and the most disappointing gaming handheld has...Keep on reading: GPD Win 5 with AMD Ryzen AI MAX+ 395 Strix Halo launches October 17

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GPD Win 5 with AMD Ryzen AI MAX+ 395 Strix Halo launches October 17 - VideoCardz.com

The first Windows handheld with AMD Strix Halo will launch in two months No price yet.  What could easily be the most interesting and the most disappointing gaming handheld has just received its release date.
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#Gaza #Gazacity #Palestine #resistance
Isra-Hell's plan to occupy and hold Gaza City is sure to end in their defeat. By bombing the city, they converted into rubble that is not mapped and is far better cover against artillery and air attack than the buildings ever were. This played a major role in how Nazi Germany's Sixth Army got their ass kicked in Stalingrad. Out of 600,000 German soldiers sent to Stalingrad, only about 5,000 ever saw Germany again.

Gazagrad? Snipers... Ambushes...IEDs...mouseholes in ruined buildings...utter motivation... repeat, repeat, repeat.

BRING IT MOTHERFUCKERS! The Resistance awaits...

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@mu I have never used Soundcloud as I have never subscribed to any streaming service so I don't know much about them.

This link does open, but I don't have an account so again cannot follow. I simply don't have a presence on large parts of the Internet, so to "follow" something in most changes would require manually checking a saved link.

Mastodon is the only place I actually follow anything as a result. No streaming accounts, no YT, no FB, no Insta, no Tiktok etc.

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Introduction The Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) Science Team (ST) organized a three-day workshop that took place June 9–11, 2025, at the Japan Space System’s (JSS) offices in Tokyo, Japan. About 25 people from Japan and the United States participated during the in-person meeting – see Photo 1. U.S. participants included representatives […]

Summary of the 54th U.S.–Japan ASTER Science Team Meeting

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The Real Gaza Death Toll is Impossible to Know Today, But the Minimum Isn’t
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"The problem with leaving this sentiment at “we have no idea how many people have been killed” is that we do have a very clear idea of the minimum, based on the most rigorous, detailed analyses that statisticians, epidemiologists, and experts on urban warfare, working together under stringent peer review


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The problem with leaving this sentiment at “we have no idea how many people have been killed” is that we do have a very clear idea of the minimum, based on the most rigorous, detailed analyses that statisticians, epidemiologists, and experts on urban…
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NPA Unit Battles AFP Troopers In 2 Separate Encounters In Oriental Mindoro Province abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/209…

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NPA Unit Battles AFP Troopers In 2 Separate Encounters In Oriental Mindoro Province


We have received information that a unit of the New People’s Army engaged attacking troops of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) twice today in Barangay Lantuyang 2, Baco, Oriental Mindoro Province. The second encounter resulted in three fascist troops killed in action, and three others wounded. The enemy troops are part of the Philippine Army’s much-vaunted Scout Ranger regiment.

The NPA unit, assisted by the masses in the area, was maneuvering to counter-encircle a number of columns of enemy combat troops. Along their route, they chanced upon a unit of tired enemy soldiers. Based on reports from the field, the NPA unit took the initiative to strike in order to break through the enemy’s encirclement. After a brief exchange, the NPA unit disengaged and safely withdrew from the battle site. The NPA unit reported no casualties on their side.

The enemy’s unit leader, 1Lt. John O. Alberto sustained a fatal head shot and died on the spot, according to the AFP’s own reports. Another enemy soldier, a private, was also killed-in-action, while another soldier, a corporal, died on the way to the military hospital. We condole with the families of the enemy soldiers who died in battle.

On orders of Marcos and his fascist officers, these enemy soldiers have been carrying out ruthless offensives against the New People’s Army and against the masses of Mindoro without rest for the past several months. They have placed many parts of the Mindoro island under martial law and have committed grave atrocities and violations of human rights and international humanitarian law. They are carrying out a fascist rampage after declaring that they will end the people’s resistance in Mindoro by the end of the year.

As in many parts of the country, the objective of Marcos is to suppress the people of Mindoro’s armed and non-armed resistance to the entry of mining companies, plantations, energy projects and other foreign-backed or foreign-owned corporations that are aggressively grabbing land and destroying the environment, resulting in grave hardships to the peasant masses, Mangyan communities and people of Mindoro.

The just ire of the broad masses of Mindoro is being roused by the crimes and abuses of Marcos’ fascist troops. More than just a week ago, on August 1, a local peasant activist in San Jose town, in Occidental Mindoro Province , was killed by soldiers of the 4th IB. Last August 7, an NPA fighter, Ka Mutya, who detached from her unit to fetch water from a nearby spring, was captured by troops of the 1st IB, subjected to torture before being killed, in violation of the international rules of war.

In the face of the fascist marauders ordered by Marcos to suppress the people’s resistance, today’s battle at Baco town is an important tactical victory of the people of Mindoro. It will surely inspire the peasant masses and Mangyan people to fight even more vigorously, courageously and militantly.

The Party commends the NPA unit and the local masses of Mindoro for their tactical victory in fighting the enemy’s all-out fascist attacks. Their victory will surely embolden the people in their resistance against their oppressors and exploiters.

The NPA remains focused on recovering strength from past losses and rebuilding the people’s organizations and organs of political power. With the firm unity of the peasant masses and their people’s army, we are certain that the people’s war will win even greater victories in Mindoro and across the country.

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PRWC » In defense of the oppressed people of Mindoro, the NPA inflicts casualties on Marcos' fascist marauders

We have received information that a unit of the New People’s Army engaged attacking troops of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) twice today in Barangay Lantuyang 2, Baco, Oriental Mindoro.
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