Politics & environs articles - May 18, 2018

[caz1104]

If its put forth by The Guardian....a lot like CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC, CNBC, PBR, etc take it with a grain of salt

[umbertino]

The Guardian view on the UK and child refugees: unfair, unlawful, inhumane

 

The court of appeal says the Home Office acted unfairly towards unaccompanied children in Calais

 

 

Tue 31 Jul 2018 18.34 BST Last modified on Tue 31 Jul 2018 18.40 BST

Editorial

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jul/31/the-guardian-view-on-the-uk-and-child-refugees-unfair-unlawful-inhumane

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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'I wouldn't waste my time': firearms experts dismiss flimsy 3D-printed guns

 

The plastic weapons require high-end printers and are known to blow up in shooters’ hands – but they could pose a future threat

 

 

Wed 1 Aug 2018 01.54 BST Last modified on Wed 1 Aug 2018 12.00 BST

By  Dan Tynan

 

 

 

 

A software engineer aims a 3D-printed gun. Officials fear the weapons will allow users to work around gun laws

Photograph: Robert Macpherson/AFP/Getty Images

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jul/31/3d-printed-guns-danger-problems-plastic

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

US judge blocks release of blueprints for 3D printed guns

 

Federal judge’s order puts hold on plan to make plans downloadable to print untraceable and undetectable plastic guns

 

 

Associated Press in Seattle

Wed 1 Aug 2018 13.47 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jul/31/seattle-judge-blocks-release-of-blueprints-for-3d-printed-guns

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trump pushes Jeff Sessions to end Mueller's Russia investigation 'right now'

 

President rages on Twitter against ‘terrible situation’ and says attorney general ‘should stop this Rigged Witch Hunt right now’

 

 

Wed 1 Aug 2018 15.36 BST

Tom McCarthy in New York

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/01/donald-trump-russia-latest-news-jeff-sessions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Macron and the west must not play along with Putin’s Syria endgame

 

The French president has made a serious mistake in allowing Russia to distribute French aid

 

 

Wed 1 Aug 2018 06.00 BST Last modified on Wed 1 Aug 2018 10.59 BST

By  Natalie Nougayrède

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/aug/01/emmanuel-macron-vladimir-putin-syria

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Manafort put himself 'above the law' to fund his expensive tastes, court hears

 

Defence in trial of Trump’s former campaign chair claims his deputy, Rick Gates, betrayed him

 

 

Wed 1 Aug 2018 00.44 BST

David Smith in Alexandria, Virginia

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jul/31/paul-manafort-trial-day-one-rick-gates-donald-trump

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trump pushes low-cost short-term healthcare plans critics call 'junk'

 

Policies – derided by Democrats as ‘junk insurance’ – offer limited benefits and do not have to cover existing conditions

 

Associated Press in Washington

Wed 1 Aug 2018 14.12 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/01/us-health-insurance-trump-administration-policy

 

 

 

 

 

Was this the heatwave that finally ended climate denial?

 

The blazing summer of 2018 has led to a shift in tone from some rightwing sceptics who can no longer deny the obvious

 

 

Wed 1 Aug 2018 06.00 BST Last modified on Wed 1 Aug 2018 09.34 BST

By  Michael McCarthy

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/aug/01/heatwave-climate-denial-summer-2018-sceptics

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Memphis police accused of using fake accounts to surveil black activists

 

Documents appear to show police kept dossiers on dozens of Memphis-area activists along with lists of their associates

 

 

Wed 1 Aug 2018 11.00 BST Last modified on Wed 1 Aug 2018 11.01 BST

By  Jamiles Lartey

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/01/memphis-police-black-lives-matter-activists

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Facebook deletes accounts over signs of Russian meddling in US midterms

 

 

Tue 31 Jul 2018 19.55 BST

Olivia Solon in San Francisco

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jul/31/facebook-russia-election-midterms-meddling

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trump offer to meet Iran president Rouhani dismissed by both sides

 

Mike Pompeo and Rouhani adviser unite in adding caveats before any talks could happen

 

 

Staff and agencies

Tue 31 Jul 2018 10.14 BST First published on Tue 31 Jul 2018 03.25 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jul/31/trump-offer-to-meet-iran-president-rouhani-dismissed-by-both-sides

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trump turns against 'total joke' Koch brothers after North Dakota snub

 

Conservative billionaires won’t back Republican in Senate race

 

President: ‘I made them richer. Their network is overrated’

 

 

Tue 31 Jul 2018 14.52 BST

Martin Pengelly and agencies

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jul/31/donald-trump-koch-brothers-total-joke-north-dakota-heitkamp

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No more psychotropic drugs to migrant children without consent, US judge rules

 

Lawsuit alleges migrant children routinely given anti-anxiety and antidepressant drugs after being separated from their parents

 

 

Wed 1 Aug 2018 13.13 BST

Jamiles Lartey in Detroit

 

 

 

 

The court ruled that the medicating, forced or not, was in violation of Texas child welfare law

Photograph: AP

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/01/judge-california-psychotropic-medication-border

 

 

 

 

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Jewish Labor Committee, Weingarten blast undemocratic Israeli law

 

August 1, 2018 10:50 AM CDT By Mark Gruenberg

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/jewish-labor-committee-weingarten-blast-undemocratic-israeli-law/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trumka: Kavanaugh would skew Supreme Court for the elite

 

August 1, 2018 11:36 AM CDT By Mark Gruenberg

 

 

 

 

President Donald Trump with Judge Brett Kavanaugh, his Supreme Court nominee, in the East Room of the White House on July 9. | Alex Brandon/AP

 

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/trumka-kavanaugh-would-skew-the-supreme-court-for-the-elite/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trial of notorious German racist leaves big question unanswered

 

August 1, 2018 9:36 AM CDT By Victor Grossman

 

 

 

 

Racist murderer Beate Zschäpe in courtroom. | AP

 

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/trial-of-notorious-german-racist-leaves-big-question-unanswered/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Congressional Progressive Caucus demands an end to repression in Brazil

 

July 31, 2018 11:53 AM CDT By Ron Boehmer And Geoff Nolan

 

 

 

 

Members of the U.S. Congress are demanding an end to repression and insisting that there be a full investigation of the assassination of Marielle Franco, the city councilperson who was a leading advocate for women and members of Brazil's LGBTQ community. | Mídia NINJA/Flickr CC 2.0

 

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/congressional-progressive-caucus-demands-an-end-to-repression-in-brazil/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The world burns as global warming crisis explodes

 

July 31, 2018 2:10 PM CDT By Eric A. Gordon

 

 

 

 

Wildfire near Idyllwild, San Bernardino County, California. | EPA

 

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/the-world-burns-as-global-warming-crisis-explodes/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A Threat to Global Democracy: How Facebook & Surveillance Capitalism Empower Authoritarianism

 

August 01, 2018

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2018/8/1/a_threat_to_global_democracy_how

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'You're the naive one': youth activist's open letter to a candidate for governor

 

Scott Wagner called a climate campaigner ‘young and naive’. But it’s the young who will pay for his mistakes

 

Victoria Barrett

Thu 2 Aug 2018 12.00 BST Last modified on Thu 2 Aug 2018 20.39 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/02/climate-youth-activism-scott-wagner-naive

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The upside of Trump's election: it inspired my generation to fight back

 

Faced with discrimination, deportations and mass shootings, America’s teenagers are refusing to accept the status quo

 

Qadira Miner

Thu 2 Aug 2018 12.00 BST Last modified on Thu 2 Aug 2018 20.13 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/02/trump-election-generation-z-teenagers-activism

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The crowds still love Donald Trump – but for how long?

 

Although ‘Trump doctrine’ is being copied around the world, it has a possible expiry date: the US midterms in November

 

Fri 3 Aug 2018 11.58 BST Last modified on Fri 3 Aug 2018 15.07 BST

David Shariatmadari

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/aug/03/crowds-love-donald-trump-doctrine-us-midterms-november

 

[caz1104]

If it's from "The Guardian".....the writers were hired away from MAD magazine..............so u know it must be factual, well researched, & totally un-biased.............NAHHHHHH

[umbertino]

How the American left is rediscovering morality

 

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders talk to Sarah Smarsh about knowing what’s right from wrong

 

 

Sat 4 Aug 2018 10.00 BST

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/04/american-left-morality-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-bernie-sanders

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After two decades, the hidden victims of the Kosovo war are finally recognised

 

Women who survived sexual violence in the Kosovo conflict have belatedly become eligible for a war pension

 

Fri 3 Aug 2018 07.30 BST Last modified on Fri 3 Aug 2018 12.45 BST

By  Karen McVeigh

 

 

 

A large memorial bearing 46 names stands before a row of five tombs in the mountain village of Beleg. The site is a memorial to a massacre by Serbian forces during the Kosovo war

Photograph: Majlinda Hoxha for the Guardian

 

 

 

More pics

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2018/aug/03/after-two-decades-the-hidden-victims-of-the-kosovo-war-are-finally-recognised

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revelations of suspected spy at US embassy in Moscow could be tip of the iceberg

 

Intelligence analysts warn that Russian worker believed to have had full access to secret data is unlikely to be an isolated case

 

 

Fri 3 Aug 2018 19.23 BST

By  David Smith in Washington

 

 

 

 

The suspected Russian spy came under suspicion after a routine security sweep by the state department

Photograph: Sergei Petrov/Tass

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/03/suspected-russian-spy-us-embassy-moscow-analysis

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

QAnon: latest Trump-linked conspiracy theory gains steam at president's rallies

 

The internet-driven claims amount to far-right fan fiction, but they could have real-world consequences

 

 

Fri 3 Aug 2018 11.00 BST Last modified on Fri 3 Aug 2018 11.01 BST

By  Tom McCarthy

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/03/qanon-conspiracy-theory-trump-rallies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

'Enemy of the people': Trump's phrase and its echoes of totalitarianism

 

The phrase the president has repeatedly said in his attacks on the media was used by dictators including Stalin and Mao

 

 

Emma Graham-Harrison

Fri 3 Aug 2018 18.47 BST

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/03/trump-enemy-of-the-people-meaning-history#img-1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Indraman]

If Rasmussen Is Right About Black Voters, Trump Has Already Won 2020..

 

 

Indy

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Spain’s right whips up fear as migration surge hits Andalucian shores

 

New rightwing party leaders are convinced that immigration will be a vote-winner, but on the front line in Algeciras there is more frustration than alarm

 

 

Sam Jones in Algeciras

Sun 5 Aug 2018 07.00 BST

 

 

 

Migrants rescued at sea wait to be transferred at the harbour of Algeciras

Photograph: Jorge Guerrero/AFP/Getty Images

 

 

 

More pics

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/05/spain-rightwing-parties-spar-immigration-surge-boats

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trump attacks report that he’s worried about son’s exposure to Mueller inquiry

 

Trump tweeted in the morning in apparent reaction to a CNN report: ‘Fake News reporting, a complete fabrication’

 

Edward Helmore

Sun 5 Aug 2018 15.33 BST Last modified on Sun 5 Aug 2018 16.06 BST

 

 

 

Donald Trump Jr with his father in 2016

Photograph: Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/05/trump-attacks-cnn-report-son-mueller-investigation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Head of alleged Syrian chemical weapons facility dies in bombing

 

Aziz Asber was director of facility western governments claim was a covert installation

 

Agencies

Sun 5 Aug 2018 15.31 BST Last modified on Sun 5 Aug 2018 15.37 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/05/head-of-alleged-syrian-chemical-weapons-facility-dies-in-bombing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Midterm 'Mini-Me': is copying Trump a winning strategy for rightwingers?

 

Republican candidates are nicknaming opponents and tweeting insults in hopes of riding the president’s coattails to victory

 

 

Sun 5 Aug 2018 08.00 BST

By  David Smith in Washington

 

 

 

Copycat tactics ahead of November’s midterm elections include flaunting political incorrectness, courting controversy for its own sake, and railing against “fake news’.

Illustration: Mark Long

 

 

 

More pics

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/05/donald-trump-imitators-us-midterm-elections-2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Into the Hands of the Soldiers review: how democracy failed in Egypt

 

David Kirkpatrick covered the Arab Spring for the New York Times as coup followed coup in Cairo

 

Lloyd Green

Sun 5 Aug 2018 06.00 BST Last modified on Sun 5 Aug 2018 06.04 BST

 

 

 

Security forces interfere as Egyptians protest the coup against Mohamed Morsi

Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/05/into-the-hands-of-the-soldiers-review-democracy-egypt

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Donald Trump’s war with the media has deadly implications

 

The president’s press attacks don’t just threaten truth: they create an atmosphere in which journalists are in real danger

 

 

Sat 4 Aug 2018 18.02 BST Last modified on Sat 4 Aug 2018 21.15 BST

By  Simon Tisdall

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/commentisfree/2018/aug/04/donald-trump-war-with-media-deadly-implications

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

‘We’re a segregated city’: Charlottesville speaks out a year after deadly rally

 

Last August, a gathering of the far right turned deadly in the Virginia town. The Guardian reporter Lois Beckett returns to the scene of the violence to speak with local residents, who say resurgent white supremacism came as little surprise. They vow to continue the fight against it: 'We won't back down'

 

 

Lois Beckett and Tom Silverstone

Sat 4 Aug 2018 11.54 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/video/2018/aug/04/were-a-segregated-city-charlottesville-speaks-out-a-year-after-deadly-rally

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The reporter who has seen over 400 executions: 'The job is to tell the story'

 

Michael Graczyk, a reporter for the Associated Press who witnessed and wrote about more than 400 executions in Texas, retired after 45 years – he will continue working as a freelancer

 

 

Sun 5 Aug 2018 09.00 BST Last modified on Sun 5 Aug 2018 09.01 BST

Tom Dart in Houston

 

 

 

 

Associated Press reporter Michael Graczyk before witnessing the execution of confessed killer Elroy Chester in Huntsville, Texas in June 2013

Photograph: Pat Sullivan/AP

 

 

 

 

More pics

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/05/the-reporter-who-has-seen-over-400-executions-the-job-is-to-tell-the-story

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

'A-plus': jubilant Trump supporters say he's delivering

 

At a rally in Wilkes-Barre, attendees cheer the president’s record on taxes, immigration and ‘putting America first’

 

 

Adam Gabbatt in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania

Sat 4 Aug 2018 15.07 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/04/donald-trump-pennsylvania-rally-supporters

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Donald Trump taunts basketball's LeBron James in late night Twitter rant

 

After star criticizes president on CNN, Trump claims ‘dumb’ host Don Lemon ‘made LeBron look smart, which isn’t easy to do’

 

Pádraig Collins

Sat 4 Aug 2018 16.28 BST

 

 

 

LeBron James criticized Donald Trump in a CNN interview

Photograph: Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/04/donald-trump-taunts-basketballer-lebron-james-in-late-night-twitter-rant

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Trump admits son met Russian in 2016 for information on Clinton

 

Trump’s remarks come as one of his lawyers warns special counsel against trying to force president to be interviewed

 

Edward Helmore

Mon 6 Aug 2018 09.53 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/05/trump-attacks-cnn-report-son-mueller-investigation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

North Korea frustrates US as 'maximum pressure' eases on sanctions

 

Pyongyang appears to be evading curbs with help of lax approach by China and Russia

 

 

Benjamin Haas in Seoul

Mon 6 Aug 2018 10.54 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/06/north-korea-frustrates-us-maximum-pressure-eases-sanctions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rudy Giuliani has turned out to be a dangerous liability for Trump

 

The former New York City mayor was a 9/11 hero. But his last big job, defending the president, is a role too far

 

 

Sun 5 Aug 2018 18.23 BST Last modified on Mon 6 Aug 2018 16.19 BST

By  Jill Abramson

 

 

 

 

Vid

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/aug/05/rudy-giuliani-liability-trump

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maria Butina’s alleged backer linked to Kremlin-financed bank and Putin associates

 

Revealed: Konstantin Nikolaev, who reportedly financed Butina, worked with two banks and two oligarchs who are under US sanctions

 

 

Jon Swaine

Mon 6 Aug 2018 11.00 BST Last modified on Mon 6 Aug 2018 12.13 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/06/maria-butina-charged-spying-putin-russia-kremlin

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Extradition request for Russian suspects has zero chance of success

 

Analysis: Past form and legal wrangling mean Vladimir Putin will refuse point-blank

 

Luke Harding

Mon 6 Aug 2018 16.00 BST Last modified on Mon 6 Aug 2018 16.03 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/aug/06/russian-suspects-salisbury-attack-extradition-request-zero-chance-success

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

'Discourse is not discord': Democrats mostly united at Netroots Nation event

 

The gathering brought together nearly a dozen potential Democratic presidential candidates who rallied around a broadly similar progressive program

 

 

Ben Jacobs and Lauren Gambino in New Orleans

Sun 5 Aug 2018 13.54 BST

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/05/democrats-mostly-united-netroots-nation-event

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pride and prejudice? The Americans who fly the Confederate flag

 

 

A listening tour in Mississippi asks flag supporters why they still support a symbol that represents pain, division and difficult history

 

 

Mon 6 Aug 2018 10.00 BST

by Donna Ladd with pictures by Kate Medley

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/06/pride-and-prejudice-the-americans-who-fly-the-confederate-flag

[caz1104]

On ‎8‎/‎3‎/‎2018 at 6:53 PM, caz1104 said:

If it's from "The Guardian".....the writers were hired away from MAD magazine..............so u know it must be factual, well researched, & totally un-biased.............NAHHHHHH

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[Shabibilicious]

On 7/30/2018 at 5:43 PM, caz1104 said:

If its put forth by The Guardian....a lot like CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC, CNBC, PBR, etc take it with a grain of salt

 

Hiya Caz,

 

It seems FOX is noticeably absent from the above list....or perhaps it's simply considered part of the "etc".  

 

GO RV, then BV

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Progressives urge Democrats to forge more 'multiracial, multicultural' party

 

Activists at Netroots Nation event contend that to win in November, Democrats must mobilize people of color and progressive white voters

 

 

Mon 6 Aug 2018 16.30 BST

Lauren Gambino in New Orleans

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/06/progressives-democrats-multiracial-multicultural-party-netroots-nation-event

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brazil Workers' party selects backup to jailed presidential candidate

 

Workers’ party hopes voters will be drawn to former São Paulo mayor whose campaign will be based on ‘the unwavering defense’ of ex-president Lula da Silva

 

 

Associated Press in São Paulo

Mon 6 Aug 2018 20.13 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/06/brazil-workers-party-backup-jailed-presidential-candidate

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Meet Ahed Tamimi, 17-Year-Old West Bank Activist Jailed for 8 Months for Slapping Israeli Soldier

 

August 06, 2018

 

 

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2018/8/6/meet_ahed_tamimi_17_year_old

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Earth Will Be Annihilated”: On 73rd Anniversary of Hiroshima Bombing, a Warning Against Nuclear War

 

August 06, 2018

 

 

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2018/8/6/earth_will_be_annihilated_on_73rd

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A people’s diplomacy for a dangerous world

 

August 2, 2018 9:26 AM CDT By Communist Party USA

 

 

 

 

Creative Commons 3.0

 

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/a-peoples-diplomacy-for-a-dangerous-world/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reading: By any means necessary

 

August 6, 2018 9:31 AM CDT By Shelby Richardson

 

 

 

 

Jeff Bezos runs a company that is so powerful that almost any organization working to serve the disadvantaged has to enter into some type of business relationship with that company, a company that severely underpays its workers. | AP

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/reading-by-any-means-necessary/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Students bring gun control rally to NRA’s doorstep

 

August 6, 2018 12:36 PM CDT By Mark Gruenberg

 

 

 

 

A protest outside NRA headquarters in Fairfax, Va. | Al Drago / CQ Roll Call via AP

 

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/students-bring-gun-control-rally-to-nras-doorstep/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Netroots: Leadership of Black women seen as key to 2018 Midterms

 

August 3, 2018 10:53 AM CDT By Chauncey K. Robinson

 

 

 

 

Stacey Abrams | AP

 

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/at-netroots-black-women-seen-as-key-to-2018-midterm-victories/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Michigan Dem primary pits progressives vs establishment – again

 

August 6, 2018 2:49 PM CDT By Mark Gruenberg

 

 

 

 

Sen. Bernie Sanders has endorsed Dr. Abdul El Sayed in the Michigan gubernatorial primary. | Jose Luis Magana/AP

 

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/michigan-dem-primary-pits-progressives-vs-establishment-again/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lebron James unveils innovative school in hometown Akron, Ohio

 

August 2, 2018 12:06 PM CDT By Michelle Zacarias

 

 

 

 

LeBron James speaks while holding his daughter, Zhuri. | Eric McLaughlin/The Sandusky Register via AP

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/lebron-james-unveils-innovative-school-in-hometown-akron-ohio/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[umbertino]

Paul Manafort's lawyers to question Rick Gates's credibility after explosive testimony

 

Defence to question Gates’s motives for testifying against former boss and sow doubts in the jury’s mind over whether anything he says can be trusted

 

 

Tue 7 Aug 2018 14.19 BST

David Smith in A

[umbertino]

Paul Manafort's lawyers to question Rick Gates's credibility after explosive testimony

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/07/manafort-trial-latest-rick-gates-defence-lawyers-question

 

 

 

 

Trade with Iran and you won't trade with US, Trump warns

 

‘Most biting ever’ sanctions imposed overnight as President Rouhani dismisses ‘psychological warfare’

 

 

Saeed Kamali Dehghan Iran correspondent and Josie Le Blond in Berlin

Tue 7 Aug 2018 13.19 BST

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/07/iran-braces-for-new-round-of-us-economic-sanctions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bill de Blasio: Murdoch's media empire is behind Trump's election

 

The New York mayor discussed the role Fox News has played in US politics and the progressive shift in the Democratic party

 

 

Tue 7 Aug 2018 11.00 BST Last modified on Tue 7 Aug 2018 12.20 BST

By  Ben Jacobs in New Orleans

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/07/bill-de-blasio-interview-trump-rupert-murdoch

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

'A matter of life and death': Iranians despair as US sanctions bite

 

Poorest will be hardest hit as measures compound country’s economic woes

 

Saeed Kamali Dehghan Iran correspondent

Tue 7 Aug 2018 16.13 BST

 

 

A cleric addresses protesters in Mashhad, Khorasan Razavi province, on 3 August

Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/07/a-matter-of-life-and-death-iranians-despair-as-us-sanctions-bite

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

'I didn't want this to be a taboo': the fight for Kosovan women raped during the war

 

An artist, an activist and a former president have helped secure a landmark victory for thousands of Kosovans, as the state finally agrees to pay them war pensions

 

 

Sat 4 Aug 2018 11.00 BST Last modified on Sat 4 Aug 2018 15.23 BST

By  Karen McVeigh

 

 

 

 

The art installation Thinking Of You, by the Kosovan-born, London-based artist Alketa Mrripa-Xhafa, in Pristina, 2015

Photograph: Hazir Reka/Reuters

 

 

More pics

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2018/aug/04/didnt-want-taboo-fight-kosovan-women-raped-war

 

 

 

 

 

 

Universal basic income hasn’t made me rich. But my life is more enriching

 

Trying out the scheme in Finland pushed me to find better work opportunities. It beats a complicated benefits system

 

 

Tue 7 Aug 2018 11.30 BST Last modified on Tue 7 Aug 2018 14.00 BST

By  Tuomas Muraja

 

 

 

 

‘Atypical employment relationships are on the increase, and our social security system has become outdated.’

Photograph: Maskot/Getty Images/Maskot

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/aug/07/universal-basic-income-rich-finland-work-benefits

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EU acts to protect firms from Donald Trump's sanctions against Iran

 

Companies told to ignore White House demands to drop all business with Iran

 

Daniel Boffey in Brussels, Sabrina Siddiqui in Washington and Saeed Kamali Dehghan

Mon 6 Aug 2018 17.39 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/aug/06/eu-acts-to-protect-firms-from-donald-trumps-sanctions-against-iran

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

American democracy is in crisis, and not just because of Trump

 

Dark money, unchecked presidential power and a politicised supreme court are wrecking the world’s flagship democracy

 

 

Tue 7 Aug 2018 05.59 BST Last modified on Tue 7 Aug 2018 11.51 BST

By  Simon Tisdall

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/aug/07/american-democracy-crisis-trump-supreme-court

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

How journalists should not cover an online conspiracy theory

 

The QAnon narrative shows the need for better practices in reporting on baseless claims and hoaxes. Here’s how the media can take action

 

Whitney Phillips

Mon 6 Aug 2018 23.38 BST Last modified on Tue 7 Aug 2018 02.25 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/aug/06/online-conspiracy-theory-journalism-qanon

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Charlottesville's first black female mayor: 'We’re not a post-racial nation'

 

A year after white supremacists marched through the liberal city, Nikuyah Walker says the left needs less talk and more action

 

 

Tue 7 Aug 2018 11.00 BST Last modified on Tue 7 Aug 2018 11.11 BST

Lois Beckett in Charlottesville, Virginia

 

 

 

 

Nikuyah Walker: ‘You have to be an active participant in a true democracy.’

Photograph: Pat Jarrett for the Guardian

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/07/charlottesville-virginia-nikuyah-walker-interview

 

 

 

 

Trade with Iran and you won't trade with US, Trump warns

 

‘Most biting ever’ sanctions imposed overnight as President Rouhani dismisses ‘psychological warfare’

 

 

Saeed Kamali Dehghan Iran correspondent and Josie Le Blond in Berlin

Tue 7 Aug 2018 13.19 BST

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/07/iran-braces-for-new-round-of-us-economic-sanctions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bill de Blasio: Murdoch's media empire is behind Trump's election

 

The New York mayor discussed the role Fox News has played in US politics and the progressive shift in the Democratic party

 

 

Tue 7 Aug 2018 11.00 BST Last modified on Tue 7 Aug 2018 12.20 BST

By  Ben Jacobs in New Orleans

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/07/bill-de-blasio-interview-trump-rupert-murdoch

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

'A matter of life and death': Iranians despair as US sanctions bite

 

Poorest will be hardest hit as measures compound country’s economic woes

 

Saeed Kamali Dehghan Iran correspondent

Tue 7 Aug 2018 16.13 BST

 

 

A cleric addresses protesters in Mashhad, Khorasan Razavi province, on 3 August

Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/07/a-matter-of-life-and-death-iranians-despair-as-us-sanctions-bite

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

'I didn't want this to be a taboo': the fight for Kosovan women raped during the war

 

An artist, an activist and a former president have helped secure a landmark victory for thousands of Kosovans, as the state finally agrees to pay them war pensions

 

 

Sat 4 Aug 2018 11.00 BST Last modified on Sat 4 Aug 2018 15.23 BST

By  Karen McVeigh

 

 

 

 

The art installation Thinking Of You, by the Kosovan-born, London-based artist Alketa Mrripa-Xhafa, in Pristina, 2015

Photograph: Hazir Reka/Reuters

 

 

More pics

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2018/aug/04/didnt-want-taboo-fight-kosovan-women-raped-war

 

 

 

 

 

 

Universal basic income hasn’t made me rich. But my life is more enriching

 

Trying out the scheme in Finland pushed me to find better work opportunities. It beats a complicated benefits system

 

 

Tue 7 Aug 2018 11.30 BST Last modified on Tue 7 Aug 2018 14.00 BST

By  Tuomas Muraja

 

 

 

 

‘Atypical employment relationships are on the increase, and our social security system has become outdated.’

Photograph: Maskot/Getty Images/Maskot

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/aug/07/universal-basic-income-rich-finland-work-benefits

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EU acts to protect firms from Donald Trump's sanctions against Iran

 

Companies told to ignore White House demands to drop all business with Iran

 

Daniel Boffey in Brussels, Sabrina Siddiqui in Washington and Saeed Kamali Dehghan

Mon 6 Aug 2018 17.39 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/aug/06/eu-acts-to-protect-firms-from-donald-trumps-sanctions-against-iran

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

American democracy is in crisis, and not just because of Trump

 

Dark money, unchecked presidential power and a politicised supreme court are wrecking the world’s flagship democracy

 

 

Tue 7 Aug 2018 05.59 BST Last modified on Tue 7 Aug 2018 11.51 BST

By  Simon Tisdall

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/aug/07/american-democracy-crisis-trump-supreme-court

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

How journalists should not cover an online conspiracy theory

 

The QAnon narrative shows the need for better practices in reporting on baseless claims and hoaxes. Here’s how the media can take action

 

Whitney Phillips

Mon 6 Aug 2018 23.38 BST Last modified on Tue 7 Aug 2018 02.25 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/aug/06/online-conspiracy-theory-journalism-qanon

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Charlottesville's first black female mayor: 'We’re not a post-racial nation'

 

A year after white supremacists marched through the liberal city, Nikuyah Walker says the left needs less talk and more action

 

 

Tue 7 Aug 2018 11.00 BST Last modified on Tue 7 Aug 2018 11.11 BST

Lois Beckett in Charlottesville, Virginia

 

 

 

 

Nikuyah Walker: ‘You have to be an active participant in a true democracy.’

Photograph: Pat Jarrett for the Guardian

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/07/charlottesville-virginia-nikuyah-walker-interview

Edited August 7, 2018 by umbertino

[caz1104]

23 hours ago, Shabibilicious said:

 

Hiya Caz,

 

It seems FOX is noticeably absent from the above list....or perhaps it's simply considered part of the "etc".  

 

GO RV, then BV

LOL....ya noticed that did ya?

[Shabibilicious]

34 minutes ago, caz1104 said:

LOL....ya noticed that did ya?

 

 

GO RV, then BV

[umbertino]

 

I got entangled with the copy & paste of the above articles....Apologies

[umbertino]

Documenting Hate: New Doc Lays Bare the Violent White Supremacy that Exploded in Charlottesville

 

August 07, 2018

 

 

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2018/8/7/documenting_hate_new_doc_lays_bare

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Portland Protest Shows New Far-Right Trend: Multiethnic Groups with Fascist Heroes Like Pinochet

 

August 07, 2018

 

 

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2018/8/7/portland_protest_shows_new_far_right

 

 

Gen. Augusto Pinochet (mass murderer)

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New Charlottesville Doc Exposes Neo-Nazi Leaders & Their Ties to U.S. Military & Weapons Contractors

 

August 07, 2018

 

 

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2018/8/7/new_charlottesville_doc_exposes_neo_nazi

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

D.C. transit union: No special subway cars for white supremacists!

 

August 7, 2018 12:18 PM CDT By Mark Gruenberg

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/d-c-transit-union-no-special-subway-cars-for-white-supremacists/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Laughter and apprehension as Wisconsin’s Walker seeks third term

 

August 7, 2018 11:08 AM CDT By Dominique Paul Noth

 

 

 

Scott Walker | J. Scott Applewhite/AP

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/laughter-and-apprehension-as-wisconsins-walker-seeks-third-term/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brazil’s ex-President Lula in jail; Workers Party nominates him anyway

 

August 7, 2018 1:05 PM CDT By Emile Schepers

 

 

 

 

A child holds up a mask depicting the former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio da Silva during the Lula Free festival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, July 28. Though he sits in prison, the Workers Party has nominated Lula to stand as its candidate for president again. | Leo Correa / AP

 

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/brazils-ex-president-lula-in-jail-workers-party-nominates-him-anyway/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TransCanada pipeline explodes in West Virginia

 

August 2, 2018 12:34 PM CDT By Lorraine Chow

 

 

 

 

Marshall County Homeland Security and Emergency Management, via Facebook

 

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/transcanada-pipeline-explodes-in-west-virginia/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[caz1104]

I WOULD LAUGH...IF THESE ARTICLES WERE'NT SO IDIOTIC. THE ONE'S STIRRING UP HATE ARE THE ONE'S THAT POST SHIITE OR WRITE CRAP LIKE THIS

[umbertino]

Asma al-Assad diagnosed with breast cancer, Syria says

 

Image is issued of president’s wife apparently undergoing treatment

 

Kareem Shaheen in Istanbul

Wed 8 Aug 2018 17.14 BST

 

 

The photo of Asma al-Assad with her husband, Bashar, was included in the announcement via social media

Photograph: SANA/Reuters

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/08/asma-al-assad-diagnosed-with-breast-cancer-syrian-president-treatment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Drama grips court as Manafort lawyers accuse Rick Gates of multiple affairs

 

Defense lawyers bid to damage Gates’s credibility by asking if he failed to disclose four affairs – prompting an instant objection

 

 

David Smith in Alexandria, Virginia

Wed 8 Aug 2018 17.50 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/08/paul-manafort-trial-rick-gates-testimony

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rashida Tlaib set to become first Muslim woman elected to US Congress

 

Former Michigan state lawmaker has won the Democratic nomination to run unopposed for a House seat

 

Agencies

Wed 8 Aug 2018 14.41 BST Last modified on Wed 8 Aug 2018 17.41 BST

 

 

 

Rashida Tlaib’s win means she will be the third Muslim to serve in the US House of Representatives this year

Photograph: Al Goldis/AP

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/08/rashida-tlaib-muslim-woman-elected-us-congress-michigan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Why the days of 'stand your ground' self-defense laws may be numbered

 

Momentum is gathering in Florida to roll back laws after the death of Markeis McGlockton during a parking lot dispute

 

 

Jamiles Lartey in New Orleans

Wed 8 Aug 2018 06.00 BST

 

 

This 19 July 2018 file frame from surveillance video released by the Pinellas county sheriff’s office shows an altercation between Markeis McGlockton and Michael Drejka in Clearwater, Florida

Photograph: AP

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/07/why-the-days-of-stand-your-ground-self-defense-laws-may-be-numbered

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Zimbabwe activists go into hiding as security crackdown intensifies

 

Opposition MDC backers report being harassed, detained and beaten after recent election

 

Jason Burke in Harare

Wed 8 Aug 2018 11.18 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/08/zimbabwe-activists-go-into-hiding-security-crackdown-intensifies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

With the world on fire, we must act now to tackle climate change

 

Kim and Nick Hoare fear for their son’s future after his farm was destroyed by wildfires, and Prof Tom Spencer calls for a much deeper debate about how to deal with rising sea levels

 

Letters

Wed 8 Aug 2018 18.08 BST Last modified on Wed 8 Aug 2018 18.09 BST

 

 

 

A forest fire ravages the Rasmalho area of Monchique, Algarve, southern Portugal, on Tuesday

Photograph: Miguel A Lopes/EPA

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/aug/08/with-the-world-on-fire-we-must-act-now-to-tackle-climate-change

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EU policies to blame for 700 deaths at sea, says Amnesty International

 

Report by human rights group also points to Italy and Malta’s hostility to rescue ships

 

Angela Giuffrida in Rome

Wed 8 Aug 2018 14.16 BST

 

 

Rescue boats in the Mediterranean. Italy blocked one ( umb's comment: blocked many more  by now....) such ship, the Aquarius, forcing it to divert to Spain

Photograph: Juan Medina/Reuters

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/08/eu-policies-to-blame-deaths-at-sea-mediterranean-amnesty-international-report

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sweden’s far right may loom large, but I’m confident it won’t govern

 

Björn Söder’s comments on Jewish and Sami people reveal his party’s disturbing instinct to rank people by origins

 

Wed 8 Aug 2018 06.00 BST Last modified on Wed 8 Aug 2018 09.17 BST

By  Peter Wolodarski

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/aug/08/jews-sami-antisemitism-sweden-democrats-far-right-swedish-general-election

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EU seeking to restrict chemicals in tattoo inks over cancer fears

 

Member states expected to get vote on proposals but UK will not have a say due to Brexit

 

 

Daniel Boffey in Brussels

Tue 7 Aug 2018 17.47 BST

 

 

 

No direct link has been made between tattoos and the development of cancer

Photograph: Sarah Lee/Guardian

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/07/eu-proposals-limit-chemicals-tattoo-inks-cancer-fears

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ex-Irish president: Vatican sought deal to keep church archives closed

 

Mary McAleese says approach came while inquiries into child abuse involving Catholic church were under way

 

Harriet Sherwood Religion correspondent

Tue 7 Aug 2018 18.34 BST

 

 

 

A mass grave for children who died in the Tuam mother and baby home, Galway

Photograph: Niall Carson/PA

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/07/ex-irish-president-vatican-sought-deal-to-keep-church-archives-closed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ohio special election: Republican scrapes ahead in tight race that tests Trump's clout

 

Results show Troy Balderson just ahead of Danny O’Connor, but the tight margin will leave Democrats optimistic ahead of November’s midterms

 

Ben Jacobs in Westerville, Ohio

Wed 8 Aug 2018 10.54 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/07/ohio-special-election-troy-balderson-congress-republicans

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gains for women in US primaries set record, while 'right to work' is defeated

 

Democrat and Republican parties choose candidates in Missouri, Kansas, Michigan and Washington ahead of midterm elections

 

Lauren Gambino in Washington

Wed 8 Aug 2018 16.34 BST

 

 

Gretchen Whitmer has won the Michigan Democratic gubernatorial primary

Photograph: Carlos Osorio/AP

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/08/gains-for-women-in-us-primaries-while-right-to-work-is-defeated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

'Dear Ivanka': celebrities flood Trump's Instagram over family separations

 

Alexa Chung, Amy Schumer and others are using the social media platform to refocus attention on child separation

 

Sam Wolfson

Wed 8 Aug 2018 02.08 BST Last modified on Wed 8 Aug 2018 15.55 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/08/dear-ivanka-trump-instagram-campaign-celebrities

[umbertino]

“Right to work” dead in Missouri, Ohio vote terrifies GOP

 

August 8, 2018 10:30 AM CDT By Mark Gruenberg

 

 

 

These workers who campaigned to defeat so called "right to work" in Missouri had plenty to celebrate last night when the anti worker law went down to defeat by a 2 to 1 margin. | Missouri AFL-CIO

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/right-to-work-dead-in-missouri-ohio-vote-terrifies-gop/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Despite resistance, women of color aim for political power in 2018 and beyond

 

August 7, 2018 2:30 PM CDT By Chauncey K. Robinson

 

 

 

Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, Nina Turner, Lucy Flores, Alida Garcia, Rida Hamida, Jane Kim, and Aimee Allison. | Democracy in Color

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/despite-resistance-women-of-color-aim-for-political-power-in-2018-and-beyond/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

From Katrina to Maria: Disaster capitalism’s playbook for school reform

 

August 8, 2018 9:35 AM CDT By Jonita Davis

 

 

 

Kerialys Aldea de Jesus sits on bottled water at the Jose de Diego Elementary School where residents file FEMA forms for federal aid in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in Las Piedras, Puerto Rico, Oct. 2, 2017. Interviewed by AP, residents on this day said they resented President Donald Trump's tweets about some Puerto Ricans being lazy and ungrateful for federal aid. | Carlos Giusti / AP

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/from-katrina-to-maria-disaster-capitalisms-playbook-for-school-reform/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Standing Rock: Tribes await court ruling due August 10

 

August 8, 2018 12:13 PM CDT By Albert Bender

 

 

 

Heavy equipment at a site where sections of the Dakota Access pipeline were being buried near the town of St. Anthony in Morton County, N.D. in 2016. American Indian tribes who are still fighting the Dakota Access oil pipeline in court are once again awaiting a decision from Judge Boasberg. | Tom Stromme / The Bismarck Tribune via AP

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/standing-rock-tribes-await-court-ruling-due-august-10/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chicago has no “shortage of values,” what it lacks are resources

 

August 8, 2018 12:00 PM CDT By Michelle Zacarias

 

 

 

 

Thousands of anti-violence protesters pour into the inbound lanes of Interstate 94, known as the Dan Ryan Expressway, July 7, in Chicago. The protesters shut down the interstate to draw attention to the city's gun violence and pressure public officials to do more to help neighborhoods hardest hit by it. | Ashlee Rezin / Chicago Sun-Times via AP

 

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/chicago-has-no-shortage-of-values-what-it-lacks-are-resources/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A breakdown in Trump Country

 

August 8, 2018 12:43 PM CDT By Jonita Davis

 

 

 

Shutterstock image

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/a-breakdown-in-trump-country/

[umbertino]

The Democrats must do more than simply oppose Donald Trump

 

For too long, the party has been passive. It needs to stand for something, as well as against the president

 

 

Thu 9 Aug 2018 17.05 BST Last modified on Thu 9 Aug 2018 17.06 BST

By  Gary Younge

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/aug/09/democrats-oppose-trump-republicans-passive

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fahrenheit 11/9: first trailer for Michael Moore's Trump documentary

 

The Oscar-winning film-maker returns to the big screen with a look at life under the ‘last president of the United States’

 

Benjamin Lee

Thu 9 Aug 2018 15.42 BST Last modified on Thu 9 Aug 2018 16.26 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/aug/09/michael-moore-fahrenheit-11-9-trailer-trump-documentary

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Russia blasts new US sanctions as 'theatre of the absurd'

 

Officials vow countermeasures and markets slump after tough measures unveiled over Salisbury attack

 

Andrew Roth in Moscow and Julian Borger in Washington

Thu 9 Aug 2018 11.51 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/09/russia-blasts-new-us-sanctions-as-theatre-of-the-absurd

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revealed: detail of exclusive Russian deal offered to Arron Banks in Brexit run-up

 

Leaked document lays out for first time deal proposed to Leave.EU backer, sparking new questions over Moscow’s role

 

Luke Harding

Thu 9 Aug 2018 14.30 BST Last modified on Thu 9 Aug 2018 16.49 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/aug/09/revealed-detail-of-exclusive-russian-deal-offered-to-arron-banks-in-brexit-run-up

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three dead as Israel and Hamas trade heavy fire across Gaza border

 

Palestinians fire more than 180 rockets and mortars while Israel launches 150 airstrikes

 

Oliver Holmes in Jerusalem and Hazem Balousha in Gaza City

Thu 9 Aug 2018 17.20 BST

 

 

A relative of 23-year-old Palestinian Enas Khammash, who was killed along with her daughter in an Israeli airstrike, inspects their damaged home on Thursday

Photograph: Said Khatib/AFP/Getty Images

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/09/terrifying-night-gaza-israel-hamas-trade-airstrikes-rocket-attacks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Louisiana’s Democratic governor an ally at influential rightwing conference

 

Alec, the organization that links corporate lobbyists with state lawmakers to draft laws, holds its annual meeting in New Orleans

 

 

Thu 9 Aug 2018 14.33 BST

Jamiles Lartey in New Orleans

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/09/louisiana-john-bel-edwards-alec

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fury over asylum application by Rwandan who killed 10 Belgians

 

Former Rwandan major found guilty of manslaughter in 2007 over killing of UN troops

 

Daniel Boffey in Brussels

Thu 9 Aug 2018 15.26 BST

 

 

 

Bernard Ntuyahaga on the last day of this trial in 2007

Photograph: Eric Vidal/EPA

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/09/bernard-ntuyahaga-jailed-over-deaths-of-10-belgian-soldiers-seeks-asylum-in-belgium

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trump’s sanctions against Iran are a clear breach of international law

 

The community of nations has a duty to stand up to lawlessness and contempt for agreed norms, says Tehran’s ambassador to the UN

 

Wed 8 Aug 2018 18.27 BST Last modified on Thu 9 Aug 2018 11.18 BST

Gholamali Khoshroo

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/aug/08/donald-trump-sanctions-iran-international-law

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ohio's tight race shows Democrats are ready to do battle everywhere

 

In special election after special election, Democrats have proven they can win or compete aggressively on turf Republicans are used to dominating

 

 

Wed 8 Aug 2018 14.21 BST Last modified on Wed 8 Aug 2018 22.52 BST

By  Ross Barkan

 

 

 

 

Danny O’Connor meets with volunteers and supporters at his campaign headquarters on 7 Augut in Columbus, Ohio

Photograph: John Minchillo/AP

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/aug/08/ohio-danny-oconnor-democrats-tight-race

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trump team rejects Mueller's interview request but offers sitdown under narrow terms

 

In letter to Mueller, legal team reportedly said they did not want Trump to answer questions about potential obstruction of justice

 

Erin Durkin in New York

Wed 8 Aug 2018 20.43 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/08/trump-lawyers-robert-mueller-interview-russia

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chris Collins: early Trump ally charged with insider trading

 

Republican from upstate New York alleged to have traded on insider information from Australian drugs firm for financial gain

 

Erin Durkin in New York

Wed 8 Aug 2018 17.15 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/08/chris-collins-insider-trading-charges-trump-ally

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Experts: If We Don’t Stop Climate Change, CA Fires “Will Seem Mild In Comparison to What’s Coming”

 

August 09, 2018

 

 

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2018/8/9/experts_if_we_don_t_stop

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$1 An Hour to Fight Largest Fire in CA History: Are Prison Firefighting Programs Slave Labor?

 

August 09, 2018

 

 

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2018/8/9/1_an_hour_to_fight_largest

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

73 Years After U.S. Dropped Atom Bomb on Nagasaki, Survivor Warns About Threat of Nuclear Warfare

 

August 09, 2018

 

 

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2018/8/9/73_years_after_us_dropped_atom

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New York Becomes First Major U.S. City to Make Prison Calls Free

 

Aug 08, 2018

 

 

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2018/8/8/headlines/new_york_becomes_first_major_us_city_to_make_prison_calls_free

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tennessee Democrats Celebrate “Blue Wave” That Swept Shelby County

 

Aug 07, 2018

 

 

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2018/8/7/headlines/tennessee_democrats_celebrate_blue_wave_that_swept_shelby_county

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

How “right to work” went down on the ground in Missouri

 

August 9, 2018 1:08 PM CDT By Al Neal

 

 

 

Al Neal/PW

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/how-right-to-work-went-down-on-the-ground-in-missouri/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jewish nation-state law ends any claim of a democratic Israel

 

August 9, 2018 9:50 AM CDT By Ben Jamal

 

 

 

 

Israeli soldiers place barbed wire during a Palestinian demonstration against the closure of al-Shuhada Street in the West Bank city of Hebron, Sept. 14, 2011. Palestinian activists protested against the closure of al-Shuhada Street after they symbolically renamed it "Apartheid Street". | Nasser Shiyoukhi / AP

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/jewish-nation-state-law-ends-any-claim-of-a-democratic-israel/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Want to create jobs? Reduce fossil fuel use

 

August 9, 2018 11:22 AM CDT By Basav Sen

 

 

 

Workers install solar panels on a new solar energy project being built on Eglin Air Force Base property near Niceville, Fla. | Devon Ravine / Northwest Florida Daily News via AP

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/want-to-create-jobs-reduce-fossil-fuel-use/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Citing Trump threats, News Guild demands safety measures for journalists

 

August 9, 2018 12:36 PM CDT By Mark Gruenberg

 

 

 

In addition to reporters being penned up in the middle of angry crowds at Trump rallies the rallygoers often sport signs or t-shirts, like this one, which calls for the lynching of journalists. | Twitter

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/citing-trump-threats-news-guild-demands-safety-measures-for-journalists/