The Weekly Flail — August 23, 2024

OVERVIEW

North America has been overwhelmed with good vibes, generated to public amazement by the Democratic National Convention and Harris-Walz campaign. This dominated the media, leaving all the growing disasters to their own devices.

While feeling good was an unexpected treat, it hit us like a stiff drink after several years of abstinence. Our situation has not changed. While Harris is intelligent and experienced as a prosecutor, she is a product of a failed system and owes her existence to the ruling elite. Even minor, rational change will be close to impossible.

WAR-GAZA

Here are the latest casualty figures as of 3:00pm in Gaza (12:00 GMT) on August 22:

Gaza

• Killed: at least 40,265 people, including nearly 16,500 children
• Injured: more than 93,144 people
• Missing: more than 10,000

The latest figures from the Palestinian Ministry of Health in the occupied West Bank are as follows:

Occupied West Bank

• Killed: at least 640 people, including more than 147 children
• Injured: more than 5,400

In Israel, officials revised the death toll from the October 7 attacks down from…