Germany: Industrial orders up for first time in 6 months – DW – 08/06/2024

Source: Germany: Industrial orders up for first time in 6 months – DW – 08/06/2024

Israeli rights group details systematic abuse of Palestinians in Israel’s jails – France24

Israel has conducted a systematic policy of prisoner abuse and torture since the start of the war in Gaza, subjecting Palestinian detainees to acts ranging from arbitrary violence to sexual abuse, a report from Israeli rights group B’Tselem said on Monday.

The group said the report was based on interviews with 55 Palestinians from Gaza, the West Bank and Israel, who were detained in Israeli prisons since the Oct. 7 attack on Israel that set off the war, most of them without being tried.

“The testimonies clearly indicate a systematic, institutional policy focused on the continual abuse and torture of all Palestinian prisoners held by Israel,” the report said.

The report was issued days after the Israeli military detained nine soldiers accused of severe abuse of a prisoner in a military facility in the Negev desert. According to Israeli press reports, the soldiers are accused of sexually abusing a member of an elite Hamas unit.

Source: Israeli rights group details systematic abuse of Palestinians in Israel’s jails

Revealed: US neo-Nazi terror group aims to revive activities ahead of election | The far right | The Guardian

While far-right extremists from all corners of the internet are targeting vice-president Kamala Harris as she takes the reins of the Democratic ticket, one of the longer standing US-based neo-Nazi terror groups is also attempting to continue its covert activities as the presidential election season begins in earnest.

Rinaldo Nazzaro, 51, a former Pentagon contractor and analyst at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) turned founder of the Base, wrote on his personal Telegram account that he’s seeking a stateside leader for his organization and is willing to pay them a salary of up to $1,200 a month.

The Russia-based leader, who is the subject of an FBI investigation and once called a Department of Justice “matter” by a US government official, is not known to have set foot in the US in years. With the recent surge in racially motivated riots in the United Kingdom, authorities across the west have become increasingly concerned with Russian sponsorship of far-right extremists.

Source: Revealed: US neo-Nazi terror group aims to revive activities ahead of election | The far right | The Guardian

Going through watercolors – Frits Ahlefeldt – HikingArtist

Days of painting watercolors

Text and drawing by Frits Ahlefeldt

Sorting and getting the watercolors ready for my exhibition over on Christiansø, in September

YouTube video 53 s.


See my whole storyline grid here

Keywords: logbook, storyline, sketchbook, diary, notes

Log, text and illustrations by Frits Ahlefeldt. FritsAhlefeldt.com

Source: Going through watercolors – Frits Ahlefeldt – HikingArtist

UCRAINA [43:5] – Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm

cầu nguyện giữa thép gai, art by Đinh Trường ChinhA verse in Vietnamese by Lê Vĩnh Tài
Translator: Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâmthe country is under attack

my dear angry youthful one
the resentment lie within your heart

it’s there on your hot flushed cheeks
to hide the tears

a diamond point aiming at
an embittered history

history dictated by
vicious famines and spineless genocides

the sun is now out of sight
fields tinted with moonlight

red is the West, redder is the East, people running as though they were launched
from portable missile launchers

an undefined orange skin moon rising
gradually turning into the burning yellow of fire

as the hill falls into the dark, who will not be able to
find their way home

the scent of the night, pungent and damp
at the precipice of light, brilliant beauty

and for as long as you can remember my dear
you have idolised the enthralling women on the battlefield

dare you imagine that it would be your turn
unheard of is a kind of bitterness that can yield
to the barrel of a gun

who will love you without reservation?
even to my last breath
beyond my laughter
phenomenal single shot of the gun

dearest, your eyes are the source of joy
your heart is the flame
if they all abandon you for the unknown
return to their path of fear and darkness
then you alone my love will be the rain once more
a storm of petrol bombs

more vigorous is the flame when your soul, my love
must contemplate such a path alone

oh beautiful one, let me worship you at your feet
let it rip, the cry of your submachine gun

let them face their mistake to the end
pay for their sins

be rid of these flame thieves
turn them into spectres

from this human world begone
the animal farm

đất nước đang bị tấn công

điều đó nằm trong trái tim
hỡi bạn trẻ giận dữ của tôi

điều đó nằm trên gò má nóng bỏng của bạn
để che đi giọt nước mắt

điều đó như một viên kim cương
để ngón tay chỉ thẳng vào đắng cay lịch sử

lịch sử là những trận đói tàn ác
những cuộc diệt chủng hèn nhát

mặt trời đã khuất, và mặt trăng ló dạng
trên những cánh đồng

phía tây màu hồng, phía đông màu đỏ
họ lao đi như tên lửa vác vai

vầng trăng mờ màu da cam mọc lên
và từ từ đổi thành vàng vàng của lửa

trong khi những ngọn đồi tối sầm lại
ai đã quên lối về

mùi hương đêm, nồng nặc, ẩm ướt
trên bờ vực sáng ngời, hỡi sắc đẹp

những nữ chiến binh từng làm em mê say
từ khi em còn thơ dại

nhưng có bao giờ em dám chắc mình lại như bây giờ
không đắng cay nào có thể bẻ cong
nòng súng

ai yêu em đến tận cùng?
mặc dù tôi phải thở
tiếng cười của tôi cho đến chết
tiếng súng lẻ loi nhiệm mầu

đôi mắt em là niềm vui
trái tim em là ngọn lửa
nếu tất cả rời bỏ em và quay trở lại
con đường mù mịt và sợ hãi
thì một mình em có thể tạo ra một lần nữa
trận mưa bom xăng

ngọn lửa mạnh mẽ hơn
nếu linh hồn em phải đi một mình

người đẹp, tôi tôn thờ bạn
hãy để khẩu tiểu liên của bạn khóc

hãy để cho bọn chúng cuối cùng tự mình
xin chuộc lại tội lỗi

hãy để những kẻ trộm cắp của ngọn lửa
thành ma trơi

hãy để cho thế giới con người
không còn trại súc vật

Lê Vĩnh Tài, the poet and translator born in 1966 in Buon Ma Thuot, Daklak, Vietnam. The retired doctor is still a resident of the Western Highlands and a businessman in Buon Ma Thuot.

Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm, the blogger, poet, and translator, was born in 1971 in Phu Nhuan, Saigon, Vietnam. The pharmacist currently lives and works in Western Sydney, Australia.

Source: UCRAINA [43:5] – Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm