/leftypol/ - Leftist Politically Incorrect

It's no longer safe to peacefully protest a genocide in Canada. Protestors had their homes raided this week:

https://www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/2025/11/27/canadian-police-palestine-activists/

Canada's ruling class and police are, of course, complicit.

Italy holds third general strike in three months, against war budget and for Palestine
Workers in Italy have launched their third general strike in under three months, demanding an end to Meloni’s war agenda and budget.

Italy is on general strike for the third time in less than three months, following a call by the grassroots union Unione Sindacale di Base (USB). Pickets, industrial actions, and demonstrations were organized in over 40 cities, with massive rallies demanding an end to rearmament plans and the war budget shaped by Giorgia Meloni’s government.

On Friday, workers stressed that their mobilization is tied both to worsening material conditions at home and to international events, specifically the struggle of the Palestinian people – whose fate, they insist, is inseparable from Europe’s expanding war economy. As a result, those striking today reiterated their commitment to join the national march for Palestine in Rome, taking place on Saturday, November 29.

“The Meloni government’s rearmament budget is in line with the warmongering policies pursued in recent years, but it also represents a further leap in quality, with public services being sacrificed on the altar of the war economy, all while inflation continues to rise and wages have been stagnant for decades,” USB and the dockworkers’ collective CALP wrote in one of the strike calls.

“We want at least €2,000 in base pay, retirement no later than 62, an end to subcontracting, reduced working hours with no loss of pay, guaranteed housing rights, new public-sector hiring, and free, universal public health care,” USB added. “These are urgent needs in an exhausted country, needs that are incompatible with the government’s warmongering.”

read more:
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/11/29/italy-holds-third-general-strike-in-three-months-against-war-budget-and-for-palestine/

https://x.com/SuppressedNws1/status/1995608818718573027
JUST IN:

U.S President Trump has invited Israeli PM Netanyahu to the White House. This will be the fifth visit in 10 months.

https://x.com/Timesofgaza/status/1995614064844918872
Israeli drones are firing at ambulances attempting to evacuate the wounded near Al-Sanafour in Al-Tuffah neighborhood, east of Gaza City.

https://x.com/MintPressNews/status/1995520857045671972
MintPress News: "The Israeli military announced it killed more than 40 Hamas fighters inside the tunnel network in the Rafah area over the last week.

There were also reports that Abdullah Hamad, son of senior Hamas official Ghazi Hamad, was killed there too.

Hamas has publicly condemned Israel's actions as a ceasefire violation and called on international mediators to secure safe passage for its fighters trapped in the Rafah tunnels.

The group has stated unequivocally that its members will not surrender or hand over their weapons to Israeli forces."

Mind, this being from IOF statements means there's at least a 50/50 chance that they killed 40 kindergarteners.

MintPress News:
Israel's Ministry of Defense has announced the completion of the "Iron Beam" laser air defense system's development, with the first operational unit to be delivered to the Israeli military on December 30, 2025. This system is intended to complement Israel's existing multi-layered air defense network, including the Iron Dome.

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Made an additional thread about this in /777/:
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Israeli settlers attack and rob Italian and Canadian volunteers in West Bank
Group beaten in early hours of morning in village where they volunteered to help protect Palestinians from settler violence

Italy and Canada have raised concerns about the treatment of their citizens who were beaten and robbed by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank.

Three Italians and a Canadian were attacked early on Sunday morning in the village of Ein al-Duyuk, near Jericho, where they had volunteered to help protect the Palestinian population from intensifying settler violence.

All four were hospitalised and one, an Italian man, was still receiving care in Ramallah on Monday for more substantial injuries.

In a written account, the Canadian said: “At 4.30am on 30 November, 10 masked settlers, two carrying army-issued rifles, burst into the home where we were sleeping after night-watch.

“They beat us for about 15 minutes. I was repeatedly kicked in the head, ribs, hips and thighs. They shouted insults at us in Arabic and told us we had no right to be there. They smashed the interior of the house and destroyed the solar batteries before leaving.”

The woman, who did not want her name published for safety reasons, added: “This is not about us. We were beaten for 15 minutes. Palestinians here endure this violence every day, every hour, a thousand-fold.”

The pace and intensity of attacks in Ein al-Duyuk have increased substantially over the past two months since the establishment of a settler outpost nearby and the arrival of young and aggressive settlers.

Activists say that violent incidents have become an almost daily occurrence. Attacks have included settler mobs breaking into homes and beating villagers, stealing 200 sheep, two cars and destroying solar panels.

While all settlements on occupied territory are illegal under international law, irregular outposts are illegal under Israeli law. Ein al-Duyuk is in Area A of the West Bank, which means it is meant to be administered by the Palestinian Authority and illegal for Israelis to enter.

read more:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/01/italian-canadian-volunteers-beaten-robbed-israeli-settlers-west-bank