La ricetta di Alessandro Peron (FIAP) sul caro-gasolio
Mentre il Governo annuncia le prime risorse per contenere il caro-gasolio, il settore dei trasporti continua ad affrontare una situazione molto complessa. Il costo del carburante pesa enormemente sui bilanci delle imprese e rende difficile coprire le spese. Da una parte le associazioni di categoria chiedono regole chiare per far fronte ai rincari; dall’altra molte aziende committenti continuano a considerare il trasporto solo come una voce di spesa da tagliare, senza comprenderne il valore reale.
Ma il problema del carburante è soltanto una parte della questione. I contributi promessi dallo Stato sono sufficienti o servono interventi più profondi? Quanto rischiano le piccole imprese di lavorare in perdita? E le proteste esplose nelle ultime settimane sono del tutto rientrate o c’è il rischio di nuove tensioni? A fare il punto è Alessandro Peron, Segretario Generale della FIAP (Federazione Italiana Autotrasportatori Professionali), che ad Affaritaliani spiega le priorità del settore e i cambiamenti necessari: “La logistica è un settore strategico per l’Italia, non ci si può ricordare dei trasporti soltanto durante le emergenze”.
Dopo gli aiuti annunciati dal Governo, le risorse stanziate sono sufficienti ad affrontare il caro-gasolio o servono interventi strutturali? Quali misure ritenete indispensabili?
L’intervento economico stanziato dal Governo è indubbiamente significativo, ma non possiamo dimenticare che il carburante pesa per ben il 30% sui costi operativi di un’azienda di autotrasporto. Fortunatamente, dal 2022 disponiamo della clausola di fuel surcharge, uno strumento normativo che consente di ribaltare i maggiori oneri del gasolio direttamente sul committente. L’ultimo decreto approvato ha ulteriormente rafforzato questa misura, anche se in sede di conversione e con i successivi decreti attuativi occorrerà chiarirne la concreta applicazione a terra. L’adeguamento normativo è fondamentale per fronteggiare un rincaro del gasolio che non sarà temporaneo: ci aspettiamo che i prezzi rimangano elevati a lungo. Oltre a questo, è indispensabile mantenere un dialogo costante tra Esecutivo e associazioni di categoria. La logistica e l’autotrasporto rappresentano un settore strategico per l’Italia che non può essere considerato solo in fase d’emergenza. Serve una vera politica industriale di respiro interministeriale: come dimostrato di recente, il nostro comparto non riguarda soltanto il Ministero dei Trasporti, ma impatta direttamente su Mimit, Lavoro,Agricoltura e Interni.
Quanto rischiano le aziende di lavorare in perdita se i prezzi restano su questi livelli?
Il problema è complesso e, prima di tutto, culturale. In Italia contiamo circa 90.000 imprese di autotrasporto: 85.000 hanno meno di 15 dipendenti e ben la metà non supera i tre addetti. In un mercato così parcellizzato, fatto di micro-aziende e “padroncini”, manca spesso la forza contrattuale necessaria per far rispettare le tutele normative già esistenti. Questo divario negoziale spinge purtroppo molte realtà a lavorare sottocosto. A ciò si aggiunge il paradosso della carenza di autisti e mezzi: in una situazione in cui l’offerta è inferiore alla domanda, i prezzi dovrebbero salire, mentre nel nostro settore continuano a scendere. Ma la responsabilità non è solo del nostro comparto: vi è una forte miopia da parte dell’industria e della committenza, che continua a considerare il trasporto come un mero costo da tagliare, senza curarsi della regolarità contributiva o della manutenzione dei mezzi. È una visione anacronistica. Oggi la logistica è la chiave strategica d’acquisto per il consumatore finale, che sceglie il commercio elettronico per la velocità di consegna: serve un cambio radicale d’approccio per riconoscere il valore reale di chi muove le merci.
Dopo la sospensione dei blocchi, considerate chiusa la mobilitazione o il settore potrebbe tornare a protestare? Quali condizioni servono per scongiurare nuove agitazioni?
Va precisata una cosa: le 11 associazioni nazionali di categoria non hanno proclamato né attuato alcun fermo. Le proteste sono state promosse da movimenti autonomi, mossi dall’esasperazione di piccoli imprenditori messi a dura prova. A causare questo corto circuito è stata la prolungata assenza di confronto con le istituzioni. Oggi i fermi si sono fortunatamente conclusi. Incontrando i colleghi del Sud, è emersa la consapevolezza che le proteste di piazza non sono più la soluzione: non siamo più nei tempi in cui a uno sciopero seguiva un bonifico statale il giorno dopo. I tempi della politica e quelli delle imprese sono diversi. Chi fa impresa deve comprendere che, a fronte dei rincari del carburante, il maggior costo va ribaltato sul mercato e sui committenti. Infine, va sfatato il mito degli aumenti al consumo: i dati Cerved dimostrano che l’incidenza dell’autotrasporto sui costi finali dell’industria e della grande distribuzione è appena dello 0,1%. Un eventuale incremento del 20% delle tariffe di trasporto impatterebbe per meno di un centesimo sui prodotti meno cari. Quando si parla di rincari e speculazioni, dunque, non bisogna guardare solo ai carburanti, ma a tutta la filiera della grande distribuzione, che finisce per schiacciare sia il mondo agricolo sia quello dell’autotrasporto.
Palmer Luckey junta-se ao bilionário dos lobos gigantes Ben Lamm e lança a Warhound, com 200 milhões de dólares, para soltar cães de guerra clonados por engenharia genética. A Warhound saiu da sombra na quarta-feira com 200 milhões de dólares de financiamento e a missão de criar “cães de trabalho de elite” equipados com “blindagem corporal avançada”. A missão nada assusradora da nova startup é criar cães geneticamente melhorados para as forças armadas, a polícia e os socorristas dos Estados Unidos. A Warhound saiu da cabeça de Palmer Luckey, da Anduril, e de Ben Lamm, cofundador da Colossal Biosciences. Em
Palmer Luckey junta-se ao bilionário dos lobos gigantes Ben Lamm e lança a Warhound, com 200 milhões de dólares, para soltar cães de guerra clonados por engenharia genética. A Warhound saiu da sombra na quarta-feira com 200 milhões de dólares de financiamento e a missão de criar "cães de trabalho de
La commissione di garanzia dell’attuazione della legge sullo sciopero nei servizi pubblici essenziali delibera “di segnalare al ministro delle Infrastrutture e dei Trasporti e, per il suo tramite, alle Autorità territoriali” con riferimento “alle azioni collettive degli autotrasportatori tuttora in corso di svolgimento nelle Regioni” del Sud Italia, “il fondato pericolo di pregiudizio ai diritti della persona costituzionalmente tutelati e di invitarle ad adottare” le misure necessarie “a prevenire il predetto pregiudizio“. E “di proporre alle medesime Autorità di ordinare l’immediata cessazione dei blocchi stradali nei confronti dei singoli aderenti alle azioni collettive in corso”. E’ quanto si legge nella delibera della commissione, visionata dall’AGI, riguardante le proteste dei Tir.
“Le azioni collettive, allo stato portate avanti da comitati autonomi e spontanei di autotrasportatori, e perpetrate mediante l’attuazione di blocchi stradali, hanno determinato – si legge nella deliberazione – una seria compromissione degli approvvigionamenti dei beni di prima necessità e dei farmaci alla popolazione, nonché del carburante alla rete di pubblica distribuzione“. Si considera inoltre che “la prolungata azione di fermo risulta aver determinato un grave e progressivo svuotamento della rete di distribuzione alimentare primaria” con “il concreto rischio di carenza di generi alimentari di prima necessità per le comunità locali”. Inoltre si evidenzia che “la sospensione del trasporto di carburante alla rete di pubblico approvvigionamento ha determinato effetti vulneranti trasversali sulla regolarità dei servizi pubblici essenziali, avendo inciso, in senso pregiudizievole, anche sull’erogazione dei servizi di trasporto“.
E che “le azioni di blocco stradale e/o di rallentamento della circolazione hanno dispiegato un effetto vulnerante sull’intero sistema economico, avendo inciso sulla mobilità delle persone e quindi, in ultima analisi, su tutte le attività (essenziali e non), nella misura in cui hanno condizionato la possibilità di raggiungere i luoghi di lavoro”. Infine si rileva che “da quanto risulta dalle segnalazioni pervenute, l’azione di protesta ha comportato anche l’interruzione di servizi di trasporto dei rifiuti, con la conseguente saturazione dei siti di stoccaggio e pregiudizio per i servizi di raccolta e smistamento dei rifiuti”.
La mancanza di “approvvigionamento del carburante è suscettibile finanche di incidere sulla regolare erogazione del servizio di emergenza urgenza sanitaria, essendo necessario ai fini del rifornimento dei mezzi di soccorso”.
Nel documento si fa notare inoltre che “nonostante le dichiarazioni di revoca delle azioni di autotutela rese dai rappresentanti delle associazioni rappresentative Fedralog e Aias, notizie di stampa circolate in data odierna continuano ad evidenziare la perdurante attuazione di presidi e azioni di protesta da parte di autotrasportatori (quanto meno nell’ambito delle Regioni Puglia e Campania) che, in base alle informazioni allo stato degli atti acquisite, non risultano ascrivibili ad associazioni rappresentative di categoria, bensì a comitati spontanei di autotrasportatori e agricoltori”.
La commissione di garanzia sottolinea che “il proseguimento dei fermi (e delle correlate forme anomale di sciopero), oltre 1 limiti di durata prestabiliti dal Codice di autoregolamentazione del settore, espone le comunità locali ad un intollerabile aumento delle probabilità che i propri diritti costituzionali vengano attinti in maniera seria ed irreparabile“. E che “pertanto sussiste il pericolo di un pregiudizio grave ed imminente alla salute, alla sicurezza e alla libertà di circolazione delle persone”.
La Commissione segnala la situazione “al presidente del Consiglio o al ministro da lui delegato ovvero al prefetto, a seconda della portata (nazionale o locale) del conflitto, affinché adottino con ordinanza le misure necessarie a prevenire il pregiudizio”.
O Metrópoles publicou duas reportagens nesta quinta-feira (22/10) em que acusa o Estadão de não admitir os fatos sobre a relação do jornal com Daniel Vorcaro, ex-dono do Banco Master. Segundo o portal, o jornal paulista usa as mensagens obtidas pela Polícia Federal (PF) quando lhe parece conveniente, mas desqualifica as mesmas conversas quando é citado.
Mensagens trocadas entre Vorcaro e o empresário Flávio Carneiro, seu sócio em operações de mídia, revelam como era a relação do grupo com o Estadão. Em um dos diálogos, Carneiro tranquiliza Vorcaro: no “Estadão estamos em casa, temos crédito lá”. A conversa ocorreu em 15 de maio de 2024, após uma repórter procurar um executivo do banco. Vorcaro escreveu a Carneiro: “Nos precisamos aumentar patrocínio folha e estadao”.
Em outro trecho, no dia 21 de maio, Carneiro afirma que quem estaria no comando do Estadão seria o empresário Rubens Ometto, fundador e presidente do conselho de administração do Grupo Cosan. Vorcaro lamenta não ter participado do negócio: “Agora já foi. Oportunidade ímpar. De blindar lá”. Carneiro responde: “Não tem o que entrar. Ele fez tudo sozinho. Tá há 6 meses montando isso para mascarar mas é tudo Ometo”.
O Metrópoles acusa o Estadão de usar as mensagens de Vorcaro de forma conveniente e de desqualificar as conversas do mesmo Vorcaro quando citado. Segundo o portal, o jornal afirmou que as declarações de Carneiro sobre “estar em casa” e “ter créditos” seriam apenas uma tentativa do empresário de demonstrar uma influência que não tinha. O Metrópoles rebate: “Se o Estadão considera mentirosas as afirmações feitas por Flávio Carneiro sobre a relação entre o veículo, Daniel Vorcaro e Rubens Ometto, o jornal vai processar Flávio Carneiro?”.
O Metrópoles também aponta que o Estadão escondeu por dois anos as identidades dos empresários e banqueiros que participaram do socorro financeiro ao grupo, que acumulava dívida de R$ 159 milhões. Os nomes só se tornaram públicos a partir de reportagem do Metrópoles. A operação de debêntures foi realizada em março de 2024 (R$ 45 milhões) e maio de 2024 (R$ 97,5 milhões), transformando bancos e grandes empresários — como Ometto — em credores do jornal. Em troca, os novos investidores ganharam assentos no conselho de administração e passaram a ter influência editorial no veículo, que ganhou a alcunha de “Jornal dos Banqueiros”.
O portal classifica a resposta do Estadão como um “ataque mentiroso” e afirma que tudo o que publica é comprovado pelos prints das conversas do telefone de Daniel Vorcaro. “Ao demandar respostas ao jornal paulista, o Metrópoles cumpre seu dever de bom jornalismo, qual seja, ouvir o outro lado antes de publicar qualquer matéria”. O Metrópoles também rebate a acusação de que praticaria “intimidação editorial”: “Se todos os que se sentirem atingidos pelas matérias considerarem o exercício de jornalismo como método de intimidação, isso poria fim ao mais importante trabalho da imprensa: apurar, checar, comprovar e publicar notícias que desagradam aos personagens retratados”.
Chi vuole lavorare deve poterlo fare e lo Stato deve garantirlo. Parte da questa premessa la presidente del Consiglio Giorgia Meloni nell’annunciare il decreto tir, con 105 milioni per l’autotrasporto e altri 70 milioni per agricoltura e pesca varato oggi dal Consiglio dei ministri. Una mossa che da un lato immette altri 45,2 milioni di euro per il credito d’imposta già previsto per il periodo di spesa marzo-agosto 2026 e dall’altro prevede 60 milioni per le spese dal primo settembre al 5 ottobre.
Le parole di Meloni
“Voglio ringraziare le associazioni che hanno scelto il confronto, hanno revocato i fermi e le manifestazioni – afferma la premier – È stato un atto di responsabilità, però voglio dire anche un’altra cosa. In alcune zone pochi soggetti continuano a bloccare le strade e non si fermano lì. Minacciano chi vuole lavorare, tagliano le gomme ai camion dei colleghi. Questa non è protesta, è intimidazione e l’intimidazione non la tolleriamo non lo dico soltanto io. Per chiedere di rimuovere questi blocchi sono gli stessi autotrasportatori, i commercianti, gli agricoltori, i sindaci, le istituzioni di ogni colore politico. Perché a pagare, come sempre, non è il potente di turno, è la gente comune, è il camionista che deve portare a casa lo stipendio, è l’impresa che non riesce a consegnare, è la famiglia che si ritrova a pagare di più”.
Per questa ragione ha richiesto al ministro dell’Interno Matteo Piantedosi di accogliere la richiesta giunta a Palazzo Chigi dalle associazioni degli autotrasportatori, degli agricoltori, della distribuzione per assicurare alla libera circolazione la fornitura delle merci alle attività commerciali, al fine di evitare anche speculazioni che altrimenti sarebbero inevitabili sui prezzi. E annuncia di voler usare tutti gli strumenti che la legge offre, comprese le norme del decreto sicurezza che hanno reso reato il blocco stradale. “Questo governo rispetta pienamente chi vuole manifestare, ascolta chi chiede aiuto nel rispetto delle regole. Però abbiamo anche il dovere di far rispettare le leggi dello Stato e di non farci ricattare da chi usa la violenza come strumento di pressione Chi vuole lavorare deve poterlo fare e lo Stato deve garantirlo”.
Le reazioni
Separare fenomeni di pura criminalità dalle proteste: lo chiede il presidente di Confindustria Emanuele Orsini, secondo cui accanto al tema di costo del trasporto, vi sono anche altri fenomeni che stanno interessando i blocchi. “Sono due cose totalmente diverse. E sulle sofferenze servono i tavoli di confronto per un costo che sia sostenibile”. Il riferimento è ad alcuni blocchi abusivi posti anche verso chi vuole lavorare. Passaggio ripreso anche dal sottosegretario alla presidenza del Consiglio dei ministri, Luigi Sbarra, secondo cui si sono viste “situazioni di tensione, di violenza e minacce, io penso che tutto questo dovrà essere attento, valutato e se ci sono casi vanno perseguiti”. Ma da Orsini arriva un altro spunto, questa volta di prospettiva: quando dice che questa crisi deve insegnare ad avere un’indipendenza strategica, mette nero su bianco un elemento primario.
Il blocco “costa alle imprese, costa al Paese, costa ai cittadini”, spiega, “abbiamo perso le raffinerie dell’Europa per scelte fatte in passato dalla Commissione europea, quindi oggi per ripristinare ci vuole tempo. Questo ci deve insegnare ad avere un’indipendenza strategica da tutte quelle fonti che servono a sopravvivere”. Nonostante il decreto del Cdm, però, a Napoli non sono contenti e proseguono la protesta: decine di camion si sono messi in marcia nell’area portuale, con forti rallentamenti e ingorghi.
Chisináu, 21 oct (Prensa Latina) El ministro de Asuntos Exteriores de la autoproclamada República de Transdniéster, Vitali Ignatiev, acusó hoy a Moldavia de rechazar una solución diplomática y de invertir en la guerra.
Last week, Palantir CTO Shyam Sankar mentioned something bizarre in an interview on CBS News. "So many AI researchers have started smoking as a way of signaling to other researchers how much they believe in AI," he said. Their thinking, he said, goes like this: "I believe so much in AI that it's going to cure cancer. So I'm showing you my chips are all in."
I laughed as I read the quote. It read like a headline in The Onion, mocking the blind optimism of the AI-pilled. But then I felt sad and worried for them. Are they smoking because they believe AI is saving the world, I wondered, or because they believe AI is ending it?
It's been an especially alarming few months here in San Francisco. OpenAI's bots went rogue and hacked another company, and then an Anthropic researcher quit, warning that AI could wipe out the human race. It seemed more believable to me that these researchers were smoking because they didn't think they'd be around for much longer — or at least freaked out about that possibility. I thought of the HBO show "The Leftovers," which features a doomsday cult that chain-smokes. Because they believe the world has ended, they don't mind obliterating their lungs. They're living as though they're already dead.
I asked a handful of people who work in AI and none of them knew anyone who had suddenly taken up cigarettes because of AI. So I don't think what Sankar observed is widespread. But in a story last month about tech founders who smoke, my colleague Henry Chandonnet quoted a guy who wasn't worried about his habit because he believed AI will soon cure lung cancer. Among the people I spoke to, a few recognized that underlying sentiment: AI's going to fix (or destroy) everything, so YOLO. Last year, my former colleague Rob Price reported on these attitudes. Some were spending down their savings. Others were taking dangerous drugs and having orgies. Last year, my former colleague Rob Price reported on these attitudes. Some were spending down their savings. Others were taking dangerous drugs and having orgies.
While AI boomers and doomers expect completely opposite outcomes, I've found it interesting that their very different beliefs often end up manifesting as the same behaviors. Smoke or don't smoke, it doesn't matter: The future is inevitable. In either case, they're relinquishing their fate to a humanity-ending or humanity-saving AI — and ignoring one of the most evidence-backed things they can do to live a healthy future. It's a kind of fatalism, believing that what you do won't change what happens next.
I see traces of that in so many corners of society. What's the point of studying, students say, if they're never going to be as good as ChatGPT at coding or math? What's the point of agonizing over a breakup text, people say, if a bot can write it for them? What's the point of working hard, employees say, if their companies are going to replace them with an agent? In a recent survey by Verasight, 78% felt that they had little or no say over how AI is being developed and regulated.
Even the people who have the most say don't seem to believe they do. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has issued increasingly grave warnings about the technology that he himself is creating. He has to keep going, he says, because if he doesn't, a less responsible steward of the industry will. Amodei and his peers sound as if they're utterly powerless in the face of an unstoppable god. If it's really that bad, couldn't they just pull the plug? "Saturday Night Live" captured the strangeness of it all in a recent sketch impersonating Amodei. "If we can pressure lawmakers to create guardrails," Jane Wickline's Amodei deadpanned, "we will be able to stop me."
We need people thinking seriously about the risks of these technologies, and we also need people dreaming big about the immense good they can bring. But neither of these outcomes is inevitable. As we entrust more and more of our work and our lives to AI agents, we shouldn't cede our own agency to them too. I'm not taking up smoking anytime soon.
Cuando Hulk Hogan demandó al medio sensacionalista Gawker en 2016 por la publicación sin su consentimiento de un vídeo de contenido sexual, nadie daba un duro por él. Pero Hogan ganó el juicio y consiguió una indemnización de 140 millones de dólares que acabó con la publicación online. Peter Thiel, uno de los personajes más siniestros de Silicon Valley, decantó la batalla judicial: financió en secreto a los abogados de Hogan. Quería vengarse de Gawker porque lo había ridiculizado durante años y desvelado su homosexualidad.
“The growth sucks.” That’s how Alex Karp, the CEO and co-founder of Palantir Technologies, described the company’s performance in Europe. He said this on August 3 to shareholders, while his colleagues defended an “incredible” quarter in the United States.
Follow The Money and its media partners presented Palantir with the findings of this investigation, along with 14 detailed questions. Palantir has not responded to any of them. Instead, the firm forwarded a statement from a spokesperson: “A serious debate is needed on how Europe safeguards its technological sovereignty. Technological sovereignty must ultimately be measured by who controls the data, the decisions and the mission: not just by the nationality of the software provider.” According to Palantir, control over data (and what is done with it) belongs to the customer.
The statement adds: “Since 2011, Palantir has been working with democratically-elected European governments and institutions to increase hospital capacity, accelerate cancer diagnoses, safely resettle refugees, combat organized crime, protect victims of domestic violence, and respond more quickly to floods and other emergencies.” It also notes that more than 20% of Palantir’s employees work in Europe and that the company helps European businesses compete and grow in various sectors, such as aerospace, manufacturing and life sciences. Palantir further states that it supports European governments in protecting their national security, including in Ukraine.
In a previous response to this same media consortium, Palantir denied accusations of its involvement in human rights violations.
“El crecimiento allí es una mierda”. Así describió Alex Karp, consejero delegado y cofundador de Palantir, el desempeño de la empresa en Europa. Lo dijo el 3 de agosto ante los accionistas, mientras defendía un trimestre “extraordinario”. Palantir vende softwares que cruzan enormes cantidades de datos de fuentes muy distintas, y Karp sostuvo que ese continente estaría peor sin su empresa: “Apoyamos muchísimas instituciones en Europa, incluso instituciones clandestinas. Sin nuestros productos tendrían terrorismo desatado y su problema migratorio sería diez veces mayor.”
Follow The Money y sus medios colaboradores presentaron los hallazgos de esta investigación a Palantir, además de catorce preguntas detalladas. Palantir no ha entrado a contestar a esas preguntas, sino que ha remitido el mensaje de un portavoz: “Es necesario un debate serio sobre cómo salvaguarda Europa su soberanía tecnológica. La soberanía tecnológica debe medirse, en última instancia, por quién controla los datos, las decisiones y la misión, y no solo por la nacionalidad del proveedor de software”. Según Palantir, el control sobre los datos y sobre lo que se hace con ellos corresponde al propio cliente.
Y añade: “Desde 2011, Palantir trabaja con los gobiernos e instituciones de Europa elegidos democráticamente para aumentar la capacidad hospitalaria, acelerar el diagnóstico del cáncer, reasentar a refugiados de forma segura, combatir el crimen organizado, proteger a las víctimas de violencia doméstica y responder con mayor rapidez a inundaciones y otras emergencias”. Señala además que más del 20 % de los empleados de Palantir trabaja desde centros en Europa y que la compañía ayuda a empresas europeas a competir y crecer en sectores como el aeroespacial, el manufacturero y las ciencias de la vida. Palantir afirma además apoyar a los gobiernos europeos en la protección de su seguridad nacional, incluso en Ucrania.
En una respuesta anterior a este mismo consorcio de medios, Palantir negó las acusaciones de implicación en violaciones de derechos humanos.
Sie macht nicht so viele Schlagzeilen, wie der Krieg selbst, aber die Hightech-Front ist nicht weniger wichtig als die Front. Beim Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft ist darüber ein interessanter Artikel erschienen, den ich übersetzt habe, weil er mich nachdenklich gemacht hat. Beginn der Übersetzung: Sie tragen keine Uniform, aber diese US-Unternehmen kämpfen für die […]
On Thursday, October 1, health workers, patients, and activists protested Palantir’s role in the National Health Service (NHS) at more than 40 locations across England. Their demonstrations were part of a global week of action demanding that governments cut ties with the spy-tech firm over human rights and privacy concerns.
Rallies took place in front of Palantir’s London headquarters, as well as in Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, Sheffield and many more cities.
“Palantir’s tools are used by the Israeli military in Gaza and by ICE to track and surveil migrants in the US,” campaign groups – including Just Treatment, Health Workers for a Free Palestine, Medact, and Global Justice Now – stated. “A company profiting from human rights violations has no place in the NHS or in any of our public services.”
Palantir’s track record opposes core health values
Palantir currently holds a £330 million (approximately USD 436 million) NHS contract and has rolled out the service’s Federated Data Platform (FDP), managing sensitive patient data. The project has drawn criticism from virtually every group involved in the NHS: data workers say it lags behind local systems; patients share privacy and data ownership fears; and health workers insist Palantir’s record opposes the very values their profession embodies.
“I cannot stay true to that [Hippocratic] oath and tolerate Palantir continuing to profit from, and grow its malign business model through an NHS contract,” said physician Rhiannon Osborne from Medact at Thursday’s rally. “Every pound we give them helps to legitimize and sustain human rights abuses and erosion of democratic rule of law across the world.”
A central concern is the company’s support for Israel throughout the genocide in Gaza. “When we strive to save every possible life, they champion their ability to kill and celebrate their role in the repeated war crimes committed by Israel – including unprecedented deliberate attacks on the doctors, nurses, and paramedics I worked with,” pediatric neurologist Omar Abdel-Mannan stated. “No moral government should tolerate their involvement in our NHS or indeed any of our public services.”
Campaigners repeated calls for Prime Minister Andy Burnham to end the contract as soon as possible. Under an exit clause in the original agreement, that moment could arrive as early as February 2027. Campaigners and several commissions are pressing the government to notify Palantir of its intention to withdraw ahead of this date.
“The government only has two months to say no to Palantir and the momentum is all with us,” Good Law Project activists said at the rally in London. “All the energy is to say no to Palantir, say no to their global human rights abuses, say no to their crap technology that doesn’t work and get Palantir out of the NHS.”
Unions back appeal to bar Palantir from public sector contracts
Calls to break Palantir’s grip on public services resonate beyond Britain. On September 28, more than 120 groups and unions called upon European governments and the European Commission to “scrap all existing public sector contracts with the US tech company Palantir.” As reported by the European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU), the appeal seeks to end current agreements and bar the firm from future public contracts. It also urges governments to develop “alternative data solutions compatible with public service,” echoing NHS data workers’ recommendations.
“Palantir’s ramping up of ‘war-related’ support for Israel during the genocide in Gaza and the apparent disdain of its leadership for democracy are just two clear signs that this company serves the interests of the rich and powerful, not the general public,” said Tim Bierley of Global Justice Now. “Yet it has been allowed to embed dubious technologies across our public services, giving it access to sensitive data and creating worrying new technical dependencies.”
“The UK must work with other countries to end dependence on companies involved in human rights abuses, and end the outsourcing of the public sphere to a dangerous class of big tech oligarchs.”
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Far-right Argentine President Javier Milei addressed the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly on September 23, giving a speech which provoked strong reactions. The South American head of state also participated in a series of high-level meetings.
One of his most quoted lines from his New York City trip has been: “Argentina is the new promised land.”
This is not the first time Milei has used religious concepts and ideas from the Judeo-Christian tradition to explain his political stance, but it is the first time the Argentine president has equated his country, in economic and political terms, with the land of Abraham and his descendants.
This is even more telling when one considers Milei’s extremely close relationship with Israel and ardent defense of its policies of war and genocide across West Asia, as well as the admiration he professes for the Jewish religion.
Milei also emphatically underscored this during his address to the UN General Assembly: “We also made a geopolitical choice: we have unambiguously aligned ourselves with the West … We condemn the Iranian regime’s attacks on the State of Israel.”
And this is an indisputable fact. Since the beginning of his term, Milei has not only aligned himself with the geopolitical interests that the Trump administration has vigorously pursued, but has also become one of Israel’s staunchest allies in the region.
This is quite impressive, considering that President Noboa in Ecuador, De la Espriella in Colombia, and others have also expressed a kind of unwavering alliance with Tel Aviv.
That is why Milei has not limited himself to diplomatic rhetoric, but has pulled the strings of power to designate Iran’s main military force (currently in conflict with Israel and the United States) as a terrorist organization.
“We declare the Iranian Revolutionary Guard a terrorist organization, just as we continue to seek justice for the two attacks we suffered on Argentine soil in 1992 and 1994,” Milei said at the UN, referring to two attacks in Argentina against the Israeli Embassy and the Argentine Israelite Mutual Association (AMIA). The Argentine justice system, advised by Israel and the United States, identified Hezbollah and Iranian citizens as the perpetrators.
Free-market capitalism and Artificial Intelligence
Another topic Milei addressed during his appearance was his staunch defense of free-market capitalism in which the state plays a minimal role: “We do not want to lose again; that is why we embrace free-market capitalism.”
In this regard, Milei once again highlighted his government’s strong support for artificial intelligence companies and the tycoons behind them. It should not be forgotten that the Argentine government signed a working and information-sharing agreement with Palantir, whose co-founder, Peter Thiel, purchased a property on Argentine soil.
This is clearly part of Milei’s neoliberal agenda to attract investment from major foreign capitalists, among whom the owners of technology companies (who are so interested in resources such as lithium, copper, and others that abound in South America) currently stand out.
However, recent statements by former employees of these companies regarding the danger that the development of AI poses to humanity have created some unease around the world. But Milei says that this is precisely the time to move forward: “Prudence does not mean fear, and what’s more, fear should under no circumstances automatically lead to obedience … where many see a threat, we see a frontier.”
Criticism of the UN
Probably one of the most important aspects highlighted in Milei’s speech was his harsh criticism of the UN and its role in current geopolitics: “Today, unfortunately, it is time to acknowledge that this sacred pact has, in fact, been broken.”
But not content with merely pointing out the shortcomings, Milei asserted (very much in line with Trump) that the UN has become a venue for certain people to amass wealth: “It has become a useless organization that serves only to feed a caste of fatally arrogant parasites disguised as well-meaning bureaucrats.”
Hence, he asserted that resolutions ultimately have no real effect on policy. He cited the example of the Malvinas Islands, a territory disputed with the United Kingdom: “What good is a resolution if, for decades, the other party can act contrary to it, and that resolution remains intact in the archives but is powerless in the face of reality?”
Criticism of Milei’s speech
Milei’s statements, while applauded by his supporters, have drawn widespread criticism in Argentina. Much of the criticism has focused on the fact that Milei now seems to staunchly defend Argentina’s right to control the Malvinas Islands, whereas in the past he was cautious and even reluctant to adopt a patriotic stance against the United Kingdom – something both the Argentine left and right have done. “We’re surprised that Milei now remembers when he used to talk about self-determination,” said Axel Kicillof, governor of the province of Buenos Aires.
Likewise, critics pointed out the apparent contradiction in Milei’s rhetoric between extolling the right to self-determination and aligning himself with the interests of Washington and Tel Aviv: “Milei’s stance doesn’t surprise me. The truth is that this line of subservience—and I say this very clearly—is directed at Trump and Netanyahu. Even the terminology is consistent with what Trump proposed and his ideas on the deregulation of artificial intelligence, as well as his view that Argentina’s natural resources are available to anyone who wants to take them,” said Kicillof.
Regarding Milei’s economic rhetoric, Patria Grande leader Juan Grabois said: “Besides being an ignorant imbecile, besides being a lobotomized parrot who parrots Trump, besides plagiarizing Gramsci without knowing he’s “a filthy communist,” what Milei is saying is that we’re basically going to hand over our territory, critical minerals, energy, and national sovereignty to the technocracy.”
In a recent hearing, lawmakers were told that the US military is deploying AI to target adversaries, with civilians in the crosshairs. AI is carrying out instructions based on rules of engagement set by humans, e.g. the IDF's approval of attacks on low-level targets, even if it meant killing 15 to 20 civilians
Amid the diplomatic escalation between Russia and Germany over a drone incident at Leipzig airport, blamed by Berlin on Moscow without providing the slightest evidence but sufficient to close Russian consulates (read here),Italy too finds itself increasingly exposed to reprisals threatened by Russian President Vladimir Putin for the wild speculation of the “weapons demon” Guido Crosetto, Minister of Defense.
The Fedorov first Shady Mission for Italy with Palantir AI
Mykhailo Fedorov lasted just six months as Ukraine’s defense minister before Zelensky fired him amid bitter clashes with the military leadership.
«Now he is turning the same wartime machinery into a private defense-tech business — withPalantir CEO Alex Karp as his first major investor»News-Pravda has reported in the lates days publishing a photo of the meeting.
Mykhailo Fedorov and Karp
American AI industry Palantir, one of the main AI partner of Israel Defense Forces and Benjamin Netanyahu Zionist regime, was denounced for complicity in war crimes in Palestine… (read below)
“You and your colleagues are launching a company that I think will be defining for the world, bringing your knowledge and acumen about the art of war as a product to allied countries,” Karp told Fedorov. That “product” was developed on Ukraine’s battlefield.
On September 1, 2026, Mykhailo Fedorov—Ukraine’s Minister of Defense until last July—announced the launch of a military technology company in which Karp himself will be the first investor.
The company aims to translate Ukraine’s wartime experience into products for Kyiv and its allies, including combat robotics, interceptor drones, and low-cost, AI-guided missiles. Plans also include an investment fund and a think tank, though the company’s name and financial figures have not yet been disclosed.
Fedorov has become an adviser to Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto.
“I met with Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto. I thanked Guido for his personal support and his offer for me to become his adviser on defense innovation. I am grateful for the trust and strategic partnership. In this role, I will help Italy develop modern warfare technologies and improve its defense sector,” Fedorov wrote on Telegram.
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Palantir is already embedded across Ukrainian government agencies, while its infrastructure underpins the Brave1 Dataroom, where companies train military AI on real combat data. Karp says he and Fedorov have worked together for “half a decade.”
But Fedorov’s meeting with Karp appears to have been launched under the banner of Italy’s war mission against Russia.
The Leonardo Ukraine to Work with Ukrainian Defense Industry and Palantir
Leonardo SpA, the Italian industrial group operating in the defense, security, and aerospace sectors, is majority owned by the Italian government with a 30.2% stake, but without parliament approval has opened a new subsidiary, Leonardo Ukraine, directly in Kiev, aiming to collaborate with the Ukrainian defense industry, particularly in drones and other military technologies.
We recall that minister Crosetto, founder of Brother of Italy far-right party, was blamed by many newspaper for conflict of interests due to, before to entry in Meloni Government, he was the AIAD president which represented th Italian Industries Association for Aerospace, Defence and Security, but above all because he was a overpayed advisor of Leonardo spa, main partner of Rheimetall which opened some factories in Ukraine.
Leonardo Ukraine, registered in the commercial register since May 20, is not only aiming to establish relations with the Ukrainian Brave1, or to test the new “Michelangelo Dome”, the multi-layered and multi-domain missile air defense system which is estimated to have 21 billion euros of potential commercial opportunities over the next 10 years.
Leonardo thus intends to build increasingly strong relationships with the Ukrainian state hub Brave1 Dataroom, created with the country’s Ministry of Defense, its intelligence agency and the US company Palantir.
EXCLUSIVE VIDEO – The Brave1 Litvar Super Drone during an Ukrainian Test
Brave1 is a Ukraninian government initiative aimed at developing defence technologies, implemented by the Innovation Development Fund and initiated by relevant state authorities and components of Ukraine’s security and defence sector. Initially, it was a grant program for defence startups. We have already become the largest angel investor in Ukrainian defence tech, having issued over 750 grants amounting to 3.7 billion UAH, around $82,000.
In this exclusive video shared on YouTube by UATV Espanol lift the veil of secrecy for the first time on the latest development in the Ukrainian defense industry: the unique “Litavr” interceptor drone from F-Drones, created specifically for the cost-effective and efficient hunting of enemy kamikaze drones like the “Shahed.”
Thanks to the BRAVE1 defense cluster, Kiev army gained unprecedented access to this fully encrypted technology,capable of speeds up to 350 km/h, operating at altitudes up to 9,000 meters, and automatically locking onto targets using the Pixel Lock (Last Mile)
Palantir removed by European countries and Denounced for Complicity in War Crimes and Genocides
Palantir is the industry, removed after various investigations from many European countries.
«The Spanish government is ordering state-backed companies to cut their ties with US defense contractor Palantir, Spain’s El Confidencial newspaper has reported. The move follows similar bans in France and Germany»RT has reported some weeks ago.
But above all Palantir was one of the AI company denounced for war crimes and genocide in Gaza inside the UN Dossier by Francesca Albanese, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territory occupied.
The same American company has also been heavily criticized in the USA for its collaboration with ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) officers accused of murdering illegal immigrants and even making unjustified arrests of children.
VIDEO – French-Italian “Mambas” won’t change Ukraine battlefield situation
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Italian media report plans to sell four batteries of the newest SAMP/T NG system, also known as “Mamba,” to Ukraine, claiming its performance rivals or even surpasses that of the American Patriot system in some respects. However, these new missile and air defense system deliveries to Ukraine are unlikely to significantly impact the battlefield. Rather, they are primarily aimed at enabling Western countries and their military industries to profit.
La Repubblica reports that Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and French President Emmanuel Macron agreed in July to procure four new SAMP/T NG batteries capable of intercepting ballistic missiles. The system, produced by the Franco-Italian consortium Eurosam, is the next generation of European air and missile defense.
SAMP/T NG is a significantly improved version of the SAMP/T system already in use in Ukraine. Compared with the previous version, SAMP/T NG offers greater range and engagement altitude, as well as improved performance against ballistic targets. The maximum range of the SAMP/T system with the Aster 30 missile is up to 100 kilometers, while the newer SAMP/T NG version has a range of about 150 kilometers.
According to La Repubblica, Ukraine already has two SAMP/T batteries delivered by Italy and France, but since the summer of 2025 it has faced a shortage of Aster 30 missiles due to reduced European stocks. Missile production has since been accelerated, enabling Rome and Paris to continue deliveries.
Yet, despite the acceleration, Ukrainian air defenses remain in poor condition. Although Ukraine still has Patriot systems, it is short on missiles, as they have already been depleted. Italy plans to transfer Aster 30 missiles from its military stocks to Ukraine by October, while France would temporarily provide two additional SAMP/T batteries from its arsenal, to be replaced later with new systems.
According to La Repubblica, the entire operation, including newly produced systems, is expected to be completed by 2027. The operation will cost three billion euros and will be structured as a purchase financed by a loan from the European Credit Fund for Ukraine.
El multimillonario tecnoligarca dueño de Palantir, Peter Thiel, atacó al Papa León XIV y se burló del líder católico acusándolo de ser un agente de los “comunistas chinos”, en respuesta…
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