Politics & environs articles - May 18, 2018

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Sinaloa Cartel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Russian woman with close ties to NRA charged with spying in US for Moscow

 

Maria Butina, 29, met US politicians and candidates to establish ‘back channels’ and secretly reported to Kremlin, DoJ alleges

 

Jon Swaine and Lois Beckett

Mon 16 Jul 2018 22.38 BST

 

 

The DoJ HQ in Washington. Butina was charged with conspiracy to act as an agent of Russia within the US without prior notification to the attorney general

Photograph: Leah Millis/Reuters

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jul/16/maria-butina-charged-spying-russia-us-doj

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Israeli parliament votes to ban state and army critics from schools

 

Education minister to decide which people and organisations are barred

 

Oliver Holmes in Jerusalem

Tue 17 Jul 2018 13.35 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/17/israeli-parliament-votes-to-ban-state-and-army-critics-from-schools

 

 

 

 

Dozens of fleeing Syrians turned away from Israeli border

 

Civilians seek passage to Golan Heights to escape bombing by pro-Assad forces

 

Kareem Shaheen in Istanbul

Tue 17 Jul 2018 12.12 BST Last modified on Tue 17 Jul 2018 15.30 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/17/fleeing-syrians-approach-border-fence-with-israel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Obama criticises 'strongman politics' in coded attack on Trump

 

Former US president uses speech in Johannesburg to urge respect for human rights

 

Associated Press

Tue 17 Jul 2018 16.21 BST Last modified on Tue 17 Jul 2018 16.43 BST

 

 

 

Barack Obama was speaking at an event marking the 100th anniversary of Nelson Mandela’s birth

Photograph: Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jul/17/obama-criticises-strongman-politics-coded-attack-trump

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Cuba prepares to legalize private property, setting stage for socialist market

 

July 17, 2018 10:44 AM CDT By Morning Star

 

 

 

 

A man works at a bean stall at a market beside a mural depicting revolutionary hero Ernesto "Che" Guevara in Havana, Cuba. Under proposed constitutional amendments, even more individuals will be allowed to start businesses. Desmond Boylan / AP

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/cuba-prepares-to-legalize-private-property-setting-stage-for-socialist-market/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GOP defeats Dem corporate campaign cash disclosure bill, again

 

July 17, 2018 8:52 AM CDT By PAI

 

 

 

 

At a 2013 rally of Maryland politicians and community leaders in front of the State House to "fight secret spending in our democracy" by supporting the "Disclose Act." | Chris Maddaloni / CQ Roll Call via AP

 

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/gop-defeats-dem-corporate-campaign-cash-disclosure-bill-again/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Republicans have decided to follow Trump off a cliff of treachery

 

America First’ is now ‘Russia First’; the GOP favors a dictator over a heroic US marine. We are through the looking glass

 

 

Tue 17 Jul 2018 12.20 BST Last modified on Tue 17 Jul 2018 16.54 BST

By Peter Daou

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jul/17/republicans-donald-trump-russia-treachery

Edited July 17, 2018 by umbertino

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‘He’s done quite well’: why Conrad Black thinks Trump is what the US needs

 

The former press magnate lauds the president in his newest book – but some are wondering if he’s merely angling for a pardon

 

 

Wed 18 Jul 2018 07.30 BST

Ashifa Kassam in Toronto

 

 

 

 

Conrad Black attends Ontario premier Doug Ford’s swearing-in ceremony in Toronto, Ontario, on 29 June

Photograph: Carlo Allegri/Reuters

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/jul/18/conrad-black-trump-book-support-pardon

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Barack Obama's Johannesburg speech in full

 

Speaking in front of 15,000 people, Obama said the emergence of ‘strongman politics’ could be the demise of democracy

 

Guardian staff

Wed 18 Jul 2018 01.41 BST Last modified on Wed 18 Jul 2018 09.35 BST

 

 

 

Vid & full speech in article

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jul/18/barack-obamas-johannesburg-speech-in-full

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'Suffocating climate of fear' in Turkey despite end of state of emergency

 

Laws enacted after 2016 coup attempt are lifted, but Recep Tayyip Erdoğan appears determined to continue pursuit of opponents

 

Kareem Shaheen in Istanbul

Thu 19 Jul 2018 07.39 BST

 

 

 

Police officers look on as supporters of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s party gather to protest near central Istanbul’s Taksim Square

Photograph: Emrah Gurel/AP

 

 

More than 120,000 people in the police, military, academia, media and civil service have been detained or dismissed from their jobs .........

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/18/turkeys-state-of-emergency-ends-but-crackdown-continues

 

 

Champ of Democracy.......

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Israel adopts controversial Jewish 'nation state' law

 

Law stipulates Jewish people have ‘exclusive right to national self-determination’ in Israel

 

Reuters in Jerusalem

Thu 19 Jul 2018 06.22 BST

 

 

Israelis hold placards reading: ‘This house belongs to all of us,’ during a protest against the controversial ‘nation state’ law

Photograph: Abir Sultan/EPA

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/19/israel-adopts-controversial-jewish-nation-state-law

 

 

Nazi mentality showing once again........

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'One more racist law': reactions as Israel axes Arabic as official language

 

‘Nation state’ law gives Jews exclusive rights over Arabs who make up fifth of Israel’s population

 

Oliver Holmes in Nazareth, Sufian Ahmed in Jerusalem, Hazem Balousha in Gaza City

Thu 19 Jul 2018 17.56 BST

 

 

Knesset member Oren Hazan takes a selfie with Benjamin Netanyahu, centre, after the session that passed the contentious bill in Jerusalem

Photograph: Olivier Fitoussi/AP

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/19/one-more-racist-law-reactions-as-israel-axes-arabic-as-official-language

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adrian Cronauer: veteran whose radio antics inspired Good Morning, Vietnam dies aged 79

 

Cronauer opened his Armed Forces Radio show with the phrase ‘Goooooood morning, Vietnam!’ – Robin Williams made the refrain famous in the 1987 film

 

The Associated Press

Thu 19 Jul 2018 21.17 BST

 

 

Adrian Cronauer, who was a US air force sergeant in Vietnam in 1965 and 1966, outside his home in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1987

Photograph: Charles Krupa/AP

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/19/adrian-cronauer-good-morning-vietnam-dies-aged-79

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trained to shoot: the Utah teachers taking up guns in their classrooms

 

To fight school shootings, Utah allows teachers to carry a gun at school – and many are choosing to arm themselves and are taking combat shooting courses as preparation

 

Thu 19 Jul 2018 11.00 BST Last modified on Thu 19 Jul 2018 14.47 BST

By  Poppy Noor

 

 

 

 

Michelle Oldroyd, 53, at a free tactical training class for teachers at a gun range in Hurricane, Utah, on 6 June

Photograph: Mikayla Whitmore

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jul/19/teachers-utah-guns-school-shootings

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

How Trump destabilised Montenegro with a few words

 

Anger and disbelief after US president implied that Balkan state unworthy of Nato’s defence by Nato

 

Helena Smith in Athens

Thu 19 Jul 2018 17.23 BST

 

 

A Montenegrin guard of honour stands next to Nato flag during a ceremony to mark Montenegro’s accession to the organisation in June 2017

Photograph: Stevo Vasiljevic/Reuters

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/19/how-trump-destabilised-montenegro-with-a-few-words

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montenegro

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trump plans to formally invite Putin to US later this year, White House says

 

Sarah Sanders says Trump asked John Bolton to invite Putin ‘to Washington in the fall and those discussions are under way’

 

Sabrina Siddiqui in Washington

Thu 19 Jul 2018 22.22 BST First published on Thu 19 Jul 2018 21.39 BST

 

 

 

Trump and Putin in Helsinki on Monday. Trump was roundly criticized for siding with Russia rather than US intelligence on whether Moscow interfered in the 2016 election

Photograph: Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jul/19/donald-trump-vladimir-putin-washington-visit-sarah-sanders

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brussels opens legal proceedings over Hungary's 'Stop Soros' law

 

European commission sends letter of notice saying Hungary is in breach of rights charter

 

Jennifer Rankin in Brussels

Thu 19 Jul 2018 14.02 BST

 

 

Viktor Orbán was re-elected in April for a fourth term as Hungary’s prime minister

Photograph: Mikhail Metzel/Tass

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/19/brussels-begins-legal-action-against-hungary-over-stop-soros-law

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

'I felt anger': why NBA star Marc Gasol helped crew a migrant rescue boat

 

While many of his fellow player spent the off-season on the beach, the Grizzlies center decided he could not watch a humanitarian crisis from the sidelines

 

Thu 19 Jul 2018 14.13 BST Last modified on Thu 19 Jul 2018 17.06 BST

By  Lorenzo Tondo

 

 

 

Marc Gasol (third from right wearing sunglasses) helps with a rescue effort in the Mediterranean

Photograph: Juan Medina/Reuters

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/jul/19/marc-gasol-migrant-rescue-mediterranean-nba-memphis-grizzlies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The ‘ultimate deal’? For Israel, maybe. We Palestinians will never accept it

 

A US-backed deal to bring ‘peace’ to the Middle East would just legitimise Israeli aggression – and oppress my people further

 

Thu 19 Jul 2018 13.09 BST Last modified on Thu 19 Jul 2018 13.10 BST

By  Hanan Ashrawi

 

 

 

 

‘The US partnership with the Israeli occupation came to a head with President Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.’ Trump, Jared Kushner and Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel

Photograph: GPO/Getty Images

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jul/19/ultimate-deal-israel-palestine-peace-middle-east

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Over 400,000 people living in 'modern slavery' in US, report finds

 

The report, by the Global Slavery Index, also estimates most victims live in Asia, with North Korea the highest globally

 

Edward Helmore

Thu 19 Jul 2018 19.54 BST Last modified on Thu 19 Jul 2018 23.15 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/19/us-modern-slavery-report-global-slavery-index

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Libya rejects EU plan for migrant centres

 

Blow to Italy as Tripoli snubs proposal to set up reception centres for migrants in Africa

 

 

Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

Fri 20 Jul 2018 15.23 BST

 

 

 

 

Refugees on an overcrowded boat found in waters north of Libya

Photograph: MOD/REX Shutterstock/MOD/Rex Shutterstock

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/20/libya-rejects-eu-plan-for-migrant-centres

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assad eyes victory as Syrian rebels poised to leave Golan Heights

 

Syrian president’s forces on verge of reclaiming control of southern Syria

 

Kareem Shaheen in Istanbul

Fri 20 Jul 2018 13.15 BST

 

 

Smoke rises after Russian airstrikes on the Syrian side of the Golan Heights

Photograph: Atef Safadi/EPA

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/20/assad-eyes-victory-as-syrian-rebels-poised-to-quit-golan-heights

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

'Desperate to find a way out': Iran edges towards precipice

 

Economic grievances, lack of freedoms, global sanctions and climate change putting country under unprecedented pressure

 

 

Saeed Kamali Dehghan Iran correspondent

Fri 20 Jul 2018 05.00 BST Last modified on Fri 20 Jul 2018 15.25 BST

 

 

 

A group of protesters chant slogans at the old grand bazaar in Tehran, Iran

Photograph: AP

 

 

In 1979 $1 was worth 70 rials. This week it is worth 75,000 rials in central Tehran

 

 

More pics

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/20/desperate-to-find-a-way-out-iran-edges-towards-precipice

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cameroon's military accused of burning alive unarmed civilians

 

Charity says 20 villages set ablaze in English-speaking areas in escalating conflict

 

 

Ruth Maclean in Dakar, Senegal

Fri 20 Jul 2018 12.52 BST

 

 

Smoke billows above buildings Buea, western Cameroon, during clashes between anglophone separatists and security forces

Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/20/cameroon-military-accused-of-burning-alive-unarmed-civilains-villages-english-speaking

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When is a nation not a nation? Somaliland’s dream of independence

 

Though unrecognised by the international community, this self-declared state in the Horn of Africa has its own flag, parliament, currency and national identity. What has to happen before its status changes?

 

 

Fri 20 Jul 2018 06.00 BST

By Joshua Keating

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/jul/20/when-is-a-nation-not-a-nation-somalilands-dream-of-independence

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Donald Trump lambasts EU over $5.1bn fine for Google

 

‘They have truly taken advantage of the U.S., but not for long!’

 

Google guilty of ‘serious illegal behaviour’ over Android apps

 

 

 

Thu 19 Jul 2018 15.24 BST

Dominic Rushe in New York

 

 

 

Vid

 

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jul/19/donald-trump-eu-google-fine

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

White Fright: the plot to attack Muslims that the US media ignored

 

 

In 2015, the community of Islamberg discovered that a Tennessee minister was plotting the deadliest attack on US soil since 9/11 against their village. Why have Americans heard nothing about him, and why does the community feel its safety has been ignored?

 

 

July 2018

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2018/jul/20/white-fright-the-plot-to-attack-muslims-that-the-us-media-ignored

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rightwing rally cancelled as Maxine Waters supporters stand guard

 

Many gathered outside the congresswoman’s LA office where an Oath Keepers demonstration had been planned

 

Andrew Gumbel in Los Angeles

Fri 20 Jul 2018 01.57 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jul/19/maxine-waters-oath-keepers-protest-los-angeles

 

 

 

 

 

Trump's invitation to Putin draws rebukes from Democrats and his intelligence chief

 

Director of national intelligence Dan Coats said he would ‘look for a different way’ when asked if another meeting was a good idea

 

 

Edward Helmore in New York

Thu 19 Jul 2018 23.57 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jul/19/donald-trump-vladimir-putin-invitation-reaction

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scott Pruitt aides protected him from formaldehyde while suppressing report on its dangers

 

Staff organized for his new desk to be aired out in a warehouse for a week so as to reduce even the smallest chance of exposure

 

 

Sam Wolfson

Thu 19 Jul 2018 23.21 BST Last modified on Fri 20 Jul 2018 01.14 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jul/19/scott-pruitt-formaldehyde-report

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Donald Trump may kill the global recovery

 

The economy is being buffeted by growing concerns over the US president’s trade war

 

 

Wed 18 Jul 2018 17.07 BST Last modified on Wed 18 Jul 2018 17.12 BST

By  Nouriel Roubini

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/jul/18/donald-trump-may-kill-the-global-recovery

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The world is a mess...

 

B/A

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Debate on Political Crisis & Violent Deaths in Nicaragua: Camilo Mejía vs. Julio Martinez Ellsberg

 

July 18, 2018

 

 

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2018/7/18/debate_on_political_crisis_violent_deaths

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicaragua

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As Ethiopia & Eritrea Sign Deal to End 20 Years of War, Will Political Prisoners Be Released Next?

 

July 20, 2018

 

 

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2018/7/20/as_ethiopia_eritrea_sign_deal_to

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AFL-CIO president: ‘Workers are united to defeat Kavanaugh’

 

July 20, 2018 10:19 AM CDT By Mark Gruenberg

 

 

 

 

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka says labor is solidly united in opposition to the Kavanaugh nomination. | Nick Ut / AP

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/afl-cio-president-workers-are-united-to-defeat-kavanaugh/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Who’s on the left and why it’s important to know

 

July 20, 2018 2:17 PM CDT By Joe Sims

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/whos-on-the-left-and-why-its-important-to-know/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Farmworkers say new Oregon pesticide standards only benefits growers

 

July 20, 2018 11:07 AM CDT By Bob Rossi

 

 

 

 

Oregon farmworkers argue the state's latest workplace safety standards concerning the spraying of pesticides don't adequately protect them or their families. | Terry Prather / The ledger Independent via AP

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/farmworkers-say-new-oregon-pesticide-standards-only-benefits-growers/

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thousands at Ohio statehouse demand fix for pension crisis

 

July 19, 2018 1:01 PM CDT By Bruce Bostick

 

 

 

 

Crowds cheer during a rally at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio, July 12. Unionized coal and steel miners, teamsters, bakers, tobacco workers, and others filled the lawn and steps of the Ohio Statehouse a day ahead of a congressional field hearing on the issue. | Brooke LaValley / The Columbus Dispatch via AP

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/thousands-at-ohio-statehouse-demand-fix-for-pension-crisis/

 

 

 

 

 

 

Working Family Summer Part II: When no other options exist

 

July 19, 2018 11:18 AM CDT By Jonita Davis

 

 

This article is part two of Jonita Davis’s Working Family Summer series. Part one can be read here.

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/working-family-summer-part-ii-when-no-other-options-exist/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Steve Bannon plans foundation to fuel far right in Europe

 

Former White House chief advisor says he wants to rival to George Soros’s influence

 

Jamie Doward

Sat 21 Jul 2018 16.55 BST Last modified on Sat 21 Jul 2018 17.55 BST

 

 

 

Steve Bannon on stage with Marine Le Pen after giving a speech to her Rassemblement National party in March

Photograph: Philippe Huguen/AFP/Getty Images

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jul/21/steve-bannon-plans-foundation-to-fuel-far-right-in-europe

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Trump-Russia: FBI believed Carter Page 'collaborated and conspired' with Moscow

 

Former Trump adviser denies being ‘agent of foreign power’

 

President accuses own government of serious malpractice

 

Oliver Laughland and Martin Pengelly

Sun 22 Jul 2018 18.33 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jul/22/trump-administration-releases-carter-page-wiretap-documents

 

 

 

 

 

Israel evacuates hundreds of White Helmets in face of Syria advance

 

Jordan says it has struck deal for rescuers and families to be resettled in UK, Canada and Germany

 

Patrick Wintour and agencies

Sun 22 Jul 2018 12.25 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/22/israel-evacuates-800-white-helmets-in-face-of-syria-advance

 

 

 

 

 

US rightwing groups bankroll campaign to free Tommy Robinson

 

Thinktank that paid for far-right activist’s legal defence says other groups are backing him

 

Sun 22 Jul 2018 15.55 BST Last modified on Sun 22 Jul 2018 19.05 BST

By  Mattha Bushy

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/jul/22/us-rightwing-groups-bankroll-campaign-to-free-tommy-robinson

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cuba ditches aim of building communism from draft constitution

 

Document also recognises private property and opens door to *** marriage

 

Reuters

Sun 22 Jul 2018 10.27 BST Last modified on Sun 22 Jul 2018 16.15 BST

 

 

 

Miguel Díaz-Canel (left) took over as president of Cuba from Raul Castro (right) in April

Photograph: Alexandre Meneghini/AP

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/22/cuba-ditches-aim-of-building-communism-from-draft-constitution

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Germany's left and right vie to turn politics upside down

 

Opponents adopt each other’s policy angles as left launches movement to counter AfD

 

Philip Oltermann in Berlin

Sun 22 Jul 2018 11.33 BST Last modified on Sun 22 Jul 2018 16.13 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/22/german-leftwingers-woo-voters-with-national-social-stance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Price of peace: calm returns to Damascus as Assad eyes victory

 

Syria’s civil war seems to be nearing end amid government advances - but at appalling cost

 

 

Associated Press

Sun 22 Jul 2018 15.17 BST Last modified on Sun 22 Jul 2018 16.23 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/22/price-of-peace-calm-returns-to-damascus-as-assad-eyes-victory

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

'An insult to women': newly hired ex-Fox exec fuels new turmoil at White House

 

Bill Shine has failed to discipline Trump and faces scrutiny of his own following sexual harassment allegations against former colleagues

 

 

Sabrina Siddiqui in Washington

Sun 22 Jul 2018 11.00 BST Last modified on Sun 22 Jul 2018 11.01 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jul/22/bill-shine-white-house-communications-fox-news

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As a conservative, I despair at Republicans' support for Trump. His vision is not conservatism

 

It is hard to refute those who say Trumpism is a product of conservatism but refute them we must. We are better than this

 

Charles J Sykes

Sun 22 Jul 2018 06.00 BST Last modified on Sun 22 Jul 2018 12.42 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jul/22/conservative-despair-republicans-trump

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Heart doctor to George HW Bush dies in bicycle shooting

 

 

Dr Mark Hausknecht was riding through Houston medical complex when another cyclist opened fire

 

Associated Press in Houston

Sun 22 Jul 2018 06.04 BST

 

 

Former President George HW Bush with his cardiologist, Mark Hausknecht, in Houston. Hausknecht was shot dead by a fellow bicyclist while riding through a medical complex

Photograph: David J. Phillip/AP

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jul/22/heart-doctor-to-george-hw-bush-dies-in-bicycle-shooting

 

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John Bolton backs Trump's Iran threat: 'They will pay a price'

 

National security adviser doubled down on the tweet, upping pressure on Iran, while Trump’s tone was criticised in Europe

 

Patrick Wintour and Saeed Kamali Dehghan

Mon 23 Jul 2018 17.37 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jul/23/trump-iran-latest-john-bolton-threat

 

 

 

 

 

Iran dismisses Trump's late-night Twitter rant despite market jitters

 

Tehran officials careful to avoid kneejerk reaction to threats as rial hits all-time low

 

Saeed Kamali Dehghan Iran correspondent

Mon 23 Jul 2018 13.50 BST Last modified on Mon 23 Jul 2018 16.22 BST

 

 

Vid

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jul/23/iran-dismisses-trumps-late-night-twitter-rant-despite-market-jitters

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Putin holds winning cards as Syrian war nears Idlib showdown

 

Saudi and Israeli fears over Iran have benefited Assad - but having survived the war, can he survive the peace?

 

 

Simon Tisdall

Sat 21 Jul 2018 12.51 BST Last modified on Sat 21 Jul 2018 23.00 BST

 

 

 

Benjamin Netanyahu with Vladimir Putin at their Moscow meeting on 11 July. The Israeli leader wants Russia’s help in keeping Iran forces at bay

Photograph: Yuri Kadobnov/EPA

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/21/syria-idlib-putin-assad-winners-iran

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The far-right doesn't have to win to set the legislative agenda

 

Nativists market themselves as the true expression of the people’s will but they are an affront to basic freedoms and equality

 

 

Mon 23 Jul 2018 11.00 BST Last modified on Mon 23 Jul 2018 12.02 BST

By  Sasha Polakow-Suransky

 

 

 

 

Activists protest against the Italian government’s policy towards migrants in Rome on Wednesday

Photograph: Alberto Pizzoli/AFP/Getty Images

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jul/23/the-far-right-doesnt-have-to-win-to-set-the-legislative-agenda

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

From kidnap to torture, the database rigorously logging every Syrian atrocity

 

Human rights group VDC aims to hold abusers to account with Danish-held list of misdeeds

 

 

Daniel Boffey in Brussels

Mon 23 Jul 2018 05.00 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/23/why-database-of-syrian-atrocities-may-hold-key-to-future-justice

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This racist new law makes me ashamed to be Israeli

 

Israeli Arabs are being made second-class citizens. This form of apartheid violates the founding commitment to equality

 

Mon 23 Jul 2018 15.54 BST

By  Daniel Barenboim

 

 

 

Palestinians cross through Israeli checkpoint to get to work

Photograph: Ammar Awad/Reuters

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jul/23/israel-racist-new-law-ashamed-apartheid-daniel-barenboim

Edited July 23, 2018 by umbertino

[umbertino]

Cuba’s new constitution endorses marriage equality, reworks socialist vision

 

July 23, 2018 3:44 PM CDT By Combined Sources

 

 

 

Members of Cuba's National Assembly compare the draft constitution with the current charter adopted in 1976. | Tony Hernandez Mena / Granma

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/cubas-new-constitution-endorses-marriage-equality-reworks-socialist-vision/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Peaceful protest and unity the only way to beat Janus

 

July 18, 2018 3:56 PM CDT By PW Readers

 

 

 

 

Caption: Union activists and supporters rally against the Supreme Court's ruling in the Janus v. AFSCME case, in Foley Square in Lower Manhattan, June 27, in New York City. In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court ruled that public employee unions cannot require non-members to pay fees. | Karla Ann Cote / Sipa via AP Images

 

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/peaceful-protest-and-unity-the-only-way-to-beat-janus/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[umbertino]

The Swiss air force: armed and dangerous, but only in office hours

 

It's no fly-by-night military outfit and it doesn't start work too early in the morning, either, as the recent Ethiopian Airlines hijack proved

 

Emine Saner

Wed 19 Feb 2014 07.00 GMT First published on Wed 19 Feb 2014 07.00 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/shortcuts/2014/feb/19/swiss-air-force-ethiopian-airlines-hijacking-office-hours

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Israel shoots down Syrian fighter jet that it says entered airspace

 

IDF says plane crashed on Syrian side of Golan Heights as Syria battles Isis forces near Israeli border

 

Oliver Holmes in Jerusalem

Tue 24 Jul 2018 14.40 BST First published on Tue 24 Jul 2018 13.26 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/24/syrian-fighter-jet-shot-down-by-israel-over-golan-heights

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Erdoğan rebuked for claiming Israeli officials have 'Hitler spirit'

 

Netanyahu calls Turkey a ‘dark dictatorship’, in diplomatic spat over new law defining Israel as a Jewish state

 

Kareem Shaheen in Istanbul

Tue 24 Jul 2018 19.06 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/24/erdogan-israel-hitler-spirit-comments-netanyahu-jewish-nation-state-dispute

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amid focus on immigration from south, illegal crossings from Canada surge

 

Hotspot along 30-mile section of Vermont-Quebec frontier

 

US authorities concerned about porous northern border

 

 

Associated Press in Derby Line, Vermont

Tue 24 Jul 2018 16.30 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jul/24/canada-vermont-illegal-border-crossings-immigration

 

 

 

 

 

 

Venezuela: inflation could top 1 million percent by year's end, IMF warns

 

IMF compares economic turmoil to 1920s Germany

 

Economy could contract 18% this year, IMF estimates

 

 

Associated Press in Caracas

Tue 24 Jul 2018 14.34 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/24/venezuela-inflation-million-percent-imf-warning

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gibraltar: Spain warns UK over 'cliff-edge' Brexit

 

Madrid complains that talks with the UK over Rock’s future are ‘not going anywhere’

 

 

Daniel Boffey in Brussels and Sam Jones in Madrid

Tue 24 Jul 2018 09.38 BST

 

 

 

Madrid is seeking a bilateral deal with the UK that will spread some of Gibraltar’s wealth to nearby Spanish territories

Photograph: Alamy

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/24/gibraltar-spain-vents-frustration-with-uk-in-brexit-talks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

National identity is fake. We should focus on the wider common good

 

Across Europe solidarity at state level can become toxic – and give rise to isolation and intolerance when we need co-operation

 

 

Tue 24 Jul 2018 18.45 BST

By  Carlo Rovelli

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jul/24/national-identity-fake-toxic-intolerance-italy-fascism

 

 

 

 

 

Republican lawmaker pitches carbon tax in defiance of party stance

 

Representative Carlos Curbelo has proposed a tax on carbon dioxide emissions but Republicans are expected to block it

 

 

Mon 23 Jul 2018 22.56 BST

Oliver Milman in New York

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jul/23/republican-carlos-curbelo-pitches-carbon-tax-climate-change

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jeff Sessions repeats Clinton-targeting 'lock her up' chant at high school event

 

Speaking at a Turning Point USA summit on Tuesday, the attorney general repeated a group of students who erupted with the phrase

 

 

Tue 24 Jul 2018 18.38 BST

David Smith in Washington

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jul/24/jeff-sessions-lock-her-up-chant-trump-clinton

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trump lawyer uses government action on abortion to raise cash for own group

 

Jay Sekulow, whose activist group has directed millions to his family, has telemarketers cite Planned Parenthood ‘investigation’

 

 

Tue 24 Jul 2018 15.03 BST

Jon Swaine in New York

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jul/24/jay-sekulow-trump-lawyer-planned-parenthood-fundraising

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trump administration to provide $12bn in aid to farmers hurt by tariffs

 

The plan aims to provide temporary relief to farmers who have face retaliation during Trump’s trade dispute with China

 

 

Associated Press in Washington

Tue 24 Jul 2018 17.27 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jul/24/trump-farmers-aid-emergency-billions-tariffs-latest-news

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nevada could make history with first female-majority US state legislature

 

Women could form nearly two-thirds of statehouse in November

 

Analysis follows record number of primary contests in June

 

Associated Press in Reno, Nevada

Tue 24 Jul 2018 15.41 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jul/24/nevada-midterms-2018-women-female-majority-legislature

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stormy Daniels' husband files for divorce

 

Glendon Crain alleges adultery by adult film actor

 

Petition seeks sole custody of couple’s daughter

 

 

Associated Press in Dallas and Guardian staff

Tue 24 Jul 2018 13.27 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jul/24/stormy-daniels-husband-files-for-divorce-glendon-crain

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

US judge questions 'concept of justice' over need to deport pizza delivery man

 

Judge put a government lawyer on the spot over the fate of Pablo Villavicencio who failed to obey a 2010 deportation order

 

 

Associated Press in New York

Tue 24 Jul 2018 20.02 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jul/24/us-judge-questions-deportation-undocumented-pizza-delivery

 

[umbertino]

Can liberals please work out how to win back the working class?

 

I’m taking a pause from journalism – while I’m gone, can someone please tell the Democrats that they need to stop betraying the movements that support them

 

Fri 27 Jul 2018 11.00 BST Last modified on Fri 27 Jul 2018 11.02 BST

By  Thomas Frank

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jul/27/liberals-donald-trump-rightwing-populism

[nstoolman1]

On 7/24/2018 at 3:16 PM, umbertino said:

US judge questions 'concept of justice' over need to deport pizza delivery man

 

Judge put a government lawyer on the spot over the fate of Pablo Villavicencio who failed to obey a 2010 deportation order

 

 

Associated Press in New York

Tue 24 Jul 2018 20.02 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jul/24/us-judge-questions-deportation-undocumented-pizza-delivery

 

From the article...

 

The judge put a government lawyer on the spot as he heard legal arguments over whether a court in New Jersey or New York should help decide the fate of Villavicencio, who failed to obey a 2010 deportation order before marrying a US citizen and making a life in America.

 

“Why is he being detained? Is he a threat to the community? Is he a risk of flight?” Crotty asked. “What is the danger to the community for a man who has committed no crime?”

 

 

This judge needs to read up on the LAW and if he can't understand the LAW then he needs to step down or get fired. If the pizza guy FAILED to obey 

a legal order( Law breaking 101) then he needs to be deported. Their would be no family to "tear apart" had he done so in the beginning.

Stop legislating or rewriting the law from the bench. 

[jg1]

Of course it does not say why he was deported. Probably broke the law.  I think some people believe laws are not for them and they are entitled to live in the USA. Probably because polititions are too buy stuffing their pockets full of cash and not doing their number one job, the safety of it's citizens. 

[umbertino]

'Fake news' becomes tool of repression after Egypt passes new law

 

‘Broadcasting false rumours’ criminalised as government imprisons journalists and bloggers to stifle dissent

 

Ruth Michaelson

Fri 27 Jul 2018 07.00 BST Last modified on Fri 27 Jul 2018 07.02 BST

 

 

 

Police stand guard outside a polling station with an electoral banner depicting President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi. The Arabic caption reads: ‘For the sake of Egypt we will continue the story of a nation’.

Photograph: Khaled Desouki/AFP/Getty Images

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2018/jul/27/fake-news-becomes-tool-of-repression-after-egypt-passes-new-law

 

 

Al-Sisi...Another dictator ( just for a change....)

[umbertino]

Interference in US elections has been going on for years. The reason? Voter purges

 

As ever more voters are delisted, no part of the US is immune from purges – but every eligible American deserves the right to vote

 

Myrna Pérez

Sat 28 Jul 2018 11.00 BST Last modified on Sat 28 Jul 2018 11.43 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jul/28/voter-purges-interfering-elections-democracy

[umbertino]

“Brutal and Sadistic”: Noam Chomsky on Family Separation & the U.S. Roots of Today’s Refugee Crisis

 

July 27, 2018

 

 

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2018/7/27/brutal_and_sadistic_noam_chomsky_on

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Noam Chomsky on Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s “Spectacular” Victory & Growing Split in Democratic Party

 

July 27, 2018

 

 

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2018/7/27/noam_chomsky_on_alexandria_ocasio_cortezs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Noam Chomsky on Mass Media Obsession with Russia & the Stories Not Being Covered in the Trump Era

 

July 27, 2018

 

 

 

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2018/7/27/noam_chomsky_on_mass_media_obsession

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chomsky Criticizes “Autocratic” Nicaraguan Government, Urges Ortega to Call for New Elections

 

July 27, 2018

 

 

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2018/7/27/chomsky_criticizes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

‘Profit has no place’: Lawmakers accelerate Medicare for All push

 

July 24, 2018 12:32 PM CDT By Mark Gruenberg

 

 

 

 

Progressive Democrats of America held a news conference to announce the launch of a Medicare for All Caucus at the Capitol on Thursday, July 19. | Bill Clark / CQ Roll Call via AP

 

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/profit-has-no-place-lawmakers-accelerate-medicare-for-all-push/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

California battles GOP assault on Affordable Care Act

 

July 26, 2018 10:55 AM CDT By Marilyn Bechtel

 

 

 

 

 

Health Access California, Facebook

 

 

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/california-battles-gop-assault-on-affordable-care-act/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

‘Law and order’ Trump soft on corporate crime

 

July 25, 2018 10:56 AM CDT By Tami Abdollah

 

 

 

 

President Trump has stuck to his campaign promise of slashing corporate regulation. Since he took office, penalties against corporate violations have plummeted. | Kathy Willens / AP

 

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/law-and-order-trump-soft-on-corporate-crime/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What’s the matter with Kansas? Brent Welder intends to find out

 

July 25, 2018 11:27 AM CDT By Mark Gruenberg

 

 

 

 

Brent Welder, a labor lawyer running in a Democratic primary in Kansas' 3rd District, speaks at Jack Reardon Convention Center on July 20 in Kansas City, Kan. | Luke Harbur / The Kansas City Star via AP

 

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/whats-the-matter-with-kansas-brent-welder-intends-to-find-out/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[umbertino]

‘I thought: what do I have to offer?’ The woman digitalising the Democrats

 

After hi-tech won Trump the presidency, Jessica Alter wanted to put the Democrats on a stronger footing. She shares what she has learned

 

Sun 29 Jul 2018 10.00 BST

By  Ian Tucker

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jul/29/digitalising-democratic-party-jessica-alter-tech-for-campaigns

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spike Lee: ‘This guy in the White House has given the green light for the Klan'

 

The director’s award-winning new film is the story of a black detective who went undercover with the KKK. He talks ‘wokeness’, vindication and Trump’s America

 

 

Sun 29 Jul 2018 14.54 BST First published on Sun 29 Jul 2018 09.00 BST

By  Tim Adams

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/jul/29/spike-lee-interview-blackkklansmen-film

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Palestinian teenager Ahed Tamimi released from prison

 

‘The resistance continues,’ says 17-year-old who was filmed slapping Israeli soldiers

 

 

Oliver Holmes in Jerusalem

Sun 29 Jul 2018 11.19 BST

 

 

Ahed Tamimi: ‘I salute everyone who supported me and my case.’

Photograph: Shadi Hatem/EPA

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/29/palestinian-teenager-ahed-tamimi-released-from-prison

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trump threatens government shutdown over immigration

 

President tweets demand for Democratic co-operation

 

Federal government has already shut down twice in 2018

 

 

Guardian staff and agencies

Sun 29 Jul 2018 14.49 BST

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jul/29/donald-trump-government-shutdown-immigration

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The British liberal running for office in Texas: 'The accent captures attention'

 

Andrew Morris, 32, says his first-hand experience of US immigration and universal healthcare can help him win listeners

 

 

Sun 29 Jul 2018 06.00 BST Last modified on Sun 29 Jul 2018 15.01 BST

By  Adam Gabbatt

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jul/28/andrew-morris-texas-british-politician-immigration

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ohio: Democrat Richard Cordray puts Republican governorship in jeopardy

 

Cordray, once a game show champion, takes on Mike DeWine in one of the most important and closest gubernatorial races

 

 

Ben Jacobs in Dayton, Ohio

Sat 28 Jul 2018 11.00 BST Last modified on Sat 28 Jul 2018 21.23 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jul/28/ohio-richard-cordray-governor-democrats-republicans

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

UK to double aid to Gaza and West Bank in bid to boost Palestinian export trade

 

Funding programme set to increase to £38m ($50.03M) as ministers target economic benefits, but experts warn aid is not enough

 

 

Karen McVeigh and Hazem Balousha in Gaza

Fri 27 Jul 2018 13.56 BST Last modified on Fri 27 Jul 2018 17.19 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2018/jul/27/uk-to-double-aid-to-gaza-west-bank-to-boost-palestinian-export-trade

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Go ahead, white Australia, eat your kebabs while you remind us of your 'values'

 

When I think about white fragility and its moral pretensions I marvel at the great hoax of it all

 

 

Sat 28 Jul 2018 03.17 BST Last modified on Sat 28 Jul 2018 03.23 BST

By  Randa Abdel-Fattah

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/28/go-ahead-white-australia-eat-your-kebabs-while-you-remind-us-of-your-values

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trump and Cohen: pair who shared special bond headed for fatal split

 

Michael Cohen reportedly craved Trump’s approval – but there was also a personal intrigue that suggested hidden dimensions

 

 

Sat 28 Jul 2018 06.00 BST Last modified on Sat 28 Jul 2018 06.52 BST

By  Tom McCarthy

 

 

 

 

Donald Trump with Michael Cohen in Ohio in September 2016. It emerged this week that Cohen had a secret, in the form of an iPhone in his pocket, set to record

Photograph: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jul/28/donald-trump-michael-cohen-split-relationship

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Almost 80% of US workers live from paycheck to paycheck. Here's why

 

America doesn’t have a jobs crisis. It has a ‘good jobs’ crisis – where too much employment is insecure, and poorly paid

 

 

Sun 29 Jul 2018 11.00 BST Last modified on Sun 29 Jul 2018 11.01 BST

By  Robert Reich

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jul/29/us-economy-workers-paycheck-robert-reich

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Socialism is no longer a dirty word in the US – and that’s scary for some

 

Since Trump took power, membership of the Democratic Socialists of America has leapt from 6,000 to 47,000 – and even conservatives are struggling to articulate what is so bad about free education and healthcare

 

 

Sun 29 Jul 2018 13.00 BST

By   Arwa Mahdawi

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jul/29/socialism-no-longer-dirty-word-us-scary-for-some

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Colorado capitol prankster places Putin portrait where Trump's should be

 

Space was intended for portrait of Trump – but officials have not received any donations towards cost of painting him

 

 

Martin Pengelly and agencies

Sat 28 Jul 2018 18.48 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jul/28/putin-trump-colorado-state-capitol-portrait

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Actor Ving Rhames says police held him at gunpoint in his own home

 

Pulp Fiction star tells Sirius XM neighbor called 911 and said large black man was breaking into the house

 

 

Sat 28 Jul 2018 17.33 BST Last modified on Sat 28 Jul 2018 17.38 BST

By  Jamiles Lartey

 

 

 

 

Ving Rhames said: ‘My problem is, and I said this to them, what if it was my son and he had a video game remote or something and you thought it was a gun?’

Photograph: Christopher Polk/WireImage

 

 

 

Rhames said police told him a neighbor had called 911 and said a large black man was breaking into the house.

 

“Myself, the sergeant and one other officer, we went over to that house, which was across the street from my place, and the person denied it,” Rhames said.

 

He continued: “Here I am in my own home, alone in some basketball shorts. Just because someone called and said a large black man is breaking in, when I opened up the wooden door a 9mm is pointed at me.”

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jul/28/ving-rhames-police-gunpoint-home

 

 

Racism....A wonderful thing...In any form,  shape

Edited July 29, 2018 by umbertino

[umbertino]

Noam Chomsky: U.S. Must Improve Relations with Russia and Challenge the Expansion of NATO

 

July 30, 2018

 

 

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2018/7/30/noam_chomsky_us_must_improve_relations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Noam Chomsky: Survival of Organized Human Life is at Risk Due to Climate Change & Nuclear Weapons

 

July 30, 2018

 

 

 

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2018/7/30/noam_chomsky_survival_of_organized_human

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Noam Chomsky Condemns Israel’s Shift to Far Right & New “Jewish Nation-State” Law

 

July 30, 2018

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2018/7/30/noam_chomsky_condemns_israel_s_shift

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amid Deadly Israeli Crackdown on Gaza Protests, Chomsky Says U.S. Must End support for “Murderers”

 

July 30, 2018

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2018/7/30/amid_deadly_israeli_crackdown_on_gaza

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It’s possible to be both anti-Trump and anti-NATO

 

July 30, 2018 9:24 AM CDT By Conn Hallinan

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/its-possible-to-be-both-anti-trump-and-anti-nato/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Janus ruling consistent with Trump efforts to re-define equality as inequality

 

July 30, 2018 10:34 AM CDT By Tim Libretti

 

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/janus-ruling-consistent-with-trump-efforts-to-re-define-equality-as-inequality/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Activist and Black Panther co-founder, Elbert ‘Big Man’ Howard, dies at 80

 

July 26, 2018 12:37 PM CDT By Special to People’s World

 

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/activist-and-black-panther-co-founder-elbert-big-man-howard-dies-at-80/