Politics & environs articles - May 18, 2018

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No 10 slaps down Boris Johnson over Chequers plan criticism

 

Downing Street intervention marks escalation of feud between PM and former foreign secretary

 

Pippa Crerar and Peter Walker

Mon 3 Sep 2018 12.27 BST

 

 

Johnson called on May to return to the argument of her Lancaster House speech of January 2017

Photograph: Thierry Charlier/AP

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/sep/03/we-have-gone-into-battle-with-white-flag-fluttering-boris-attacks-mays-chequers-plan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

'A blow to press freedom': world reacts to jailing of Reuters journalists in Myanmar

 

UN human rights chief calls for the pair’s unconditional release as Aung San Suu Kyi refuses to condemn sentence

 

 

Jacob Goldberg in Yangon, Jamie Fullerton and Patrick Wintour

Mon 3 Sep 2018 16.04 BST

 

 

 

Journalists Kyaw Soe Oo (left) and Wa Lone (right) being escorted by police after their sentencing

Photograph: Ye Aung Thu/AFP/Getty Images

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/03/a-blow-to-press-freedom-world-reacts-to-jailing-of-reuters-journalists-in-myanmar

 

 

One has to wonder what Aung San Suu Syi, the Nobel peace prize winner and now state counsellor, a position akin to prime minister, is doing, if at all...About this and also a lot of other things......What a huge disappointment she turned out to be.....Esp. considering she had in the past experimented herself the brutality of the military regime, of lack of Democracy.....Hmmmm......

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We must protect the European Convention on Human Rights like it protects us

 

The 20th century showed how vulnerable humans are to tyrannical leaders. Today, at 65, the ECHR is as vital as ever

 

 

Mon 3 Sep 2018 15.45 BST

By  Adam Wagner

 

 

 

Nazis in the defendant’s dock during the Nuremberg trials, 1946

Photograph: Sipa Press/REX

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/sep/03/european-convention-human-rights-protect-65

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trump v Trumka: president marks Labor Day with attack on union leader

 

AFL-CIO president criticises Nafta talks, economy on Fox

 

Trump claim of ‘record low’ unemployment is not accurate

 

 

Associated Press in Washington

Mon 3 Sep 2018 16.36 BST

 

 

Richard Trumka, seen in Washington in 2017

Photograph: Alex Brandon/AP

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/sep/03/trump-trumka-labor-day-union-leader

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Texas doctor sorry for saying gender pay gap fair as women 'do not work as hard'

 

Dr Gary Tigges: women’s priorities are ‘family, social, whatever’

 

Studies find growing wage disparities between physicians

 

 

Mon 3 Sep 2018 16.12 BST

By  Martin Pengelly

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/03/texas-doctor-sorry-gender-pay-gap-fair

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Russian TV launches series following Putin's weekly activities

 

Show praises president’s physique, love of children and ability to drive away bears

 

 

Marc Bennetts

Mon 3 Sep 2018 15.42 BST Last modified on Mon 3 Sep 2018 16.04 BST

 

 

 

The programme Moscow. Kremlin. Putin featured footage of the president’s holiday in Tuve

Photograph: Alexei Nikolsky/AP

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/03/russian-tv-launches-series-devoted-vladimir-putins-weekly-activities

 

 

Talk about "Cult of Personality".........

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mollie Tibbetts' father decries 'profoundly racist' politicization of her death

 

Suspect in death of Iowa student may be in US illegally

 

Trump and others have used case to call for immigration reform

 

 

Associated Press in Brooklyn, Iowa

Sun 2 Sep 2018 18.31 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/sep/02/mollie-tibbetts-father-profoundly-racist-trump

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Elizabeth Warren's ancestry not a factor in hiring decision by Harvard – report

 

Critics have accused Warren of advancing her career by claiming Native American heritage, and Trump has repeatedly referred to her as ‘Pocahontas’, mocking her claims

 

 

Associated Press in Boston, Massachusetts

Sun 2 Sep 2018 19.56 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/sep/02/elizabeth-warren-donald-trump-pocahontas

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

'Strange disappearance' of WikiLeaks consultant in Norway

 

WikiLeaks has raised concern after Arjen Kamphuis, an associate of founder Julian Assange, went missing in Norway. The cybersecurity expert was last seen in northern Norway on August 20

 

 

Arjen Kamphuis

 

 

 

https://www.dw.com/en/strange-disappearance-of-wikileaks-consultant-in-norway/a-45328433

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Four Days in Occupied Western Sahara—A Rare Look Inside Africa’s Last Colony

 

August 31, 2018

 

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2018/8/31/four_days_in_occupied_western_sahara

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

From the Grassroots to the Ballot Box: How Gubernatorial Candidate Andrew Gillum Won in Florida

 

August 30, 2018

 

 

 

 https://www.democracynow.org/2018/8/30/from_the_grassroots_to_the_ballot

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2018 Midterms: Stakes for labor couldn’t be higher

 

August 31, 2018 9:35 AM CDT By Mark Gruenberg

 

 

 

 

Labor and its allies have built ground operations through which they plan to turn out record numbers of voters this November to take Congress out of the hands of the GOP. | Butch Dill/AP

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/2018-midterms-stakes-for-labor-couldnt-be-higher/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Appeals courts, rather than SCOTUS, often determine workers’ fate

 

August 31, 2018 9:45 AM CDT By Mark Gruenberg

 

 

 

 

Unions oppose confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court but are also aware that the Appeals courts have often been for Trump reliably anti-worker in their rulings. | AP

 

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/appeals-courts-rather-than-scotus-often-determine-workers-fate/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Brett Kavanaugh supreme court hearing: chairman denies Democrat motion to delay proceedings – live

 

Donald Trump’s pick, who could shift the top decisively to the right, begins his confirmation hearing before the Senate judiciary committee

 

Lauren Gambino in Washington

Tue 4 Sep 2018 15.48 BST

 

• 35m ago Grassley: 'absolutely no reason' to delay Kavanaugh hearing

 

 

Live feed

 

 

Vid

 

https://www.theguardian.com/law/live/2018/sep/04/brett-kavanaugh-supreme-court-senate-confirmation-hearing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

French skinheads go on trial over 2013 death of anti-fascist activist

 

Fatal beating of Clément Méric, 18, led to protests against far-right resurgence in France

 

 

Angelique Chrisafis in Paris

Tue 4 Sep 2018 14.35 BST

 

 

Leftwing activists gathered at Place Saint-Michel in Paris on Monday in memory of Clément Méric, a day before the trial was due to begin

Photograph: Thomas Samson/AFP/Getty Images

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/04/french-skinheads-go-on-trial-over-2013-death-of-anti-fascist-activist-clement-meric

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

UN special envoy on Syria warns against bombing rebel enclave

 

Staffan de Mistura echoes Trump warning against bombing Idlib, which Kremlin labels a ‘nest of terrorists’

 

 

Patrick Wintour Diplomatic Editor

Tue 4 Sep 2018 14.34 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/04/un-special-envoy-on-syria-warns-against-bombing-rebel-enclave-idlib

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

'Everybody fits in': inside the Canadian cities where minorities are the majority

 

In ‘majority-minority’ cities such as Markham and Brampton, diversity isn’t aspirational; it’s a fact. But how does integration work?

 

 

Sadiya Ansari in Markham, Ontario

Tue 4 Sep 2018 13.00 BST

 

 

 

The Foody Mart serves the Chinese population in Markham, Canada’s most diverse city

Photograph: Angela Lewis

 

 

More pics

 

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2018/sep/04/canadian-cities-where-minorities-are-the-majority-markham-brampton

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The end of Atlanticism: has Trump killed the ideology that won the cold war?

 

The foreign policy establishment has been lamenting its death for half a century. But Atlanticism has long been a convenient myth

 

 

 

Tue 4 Sep 2018 06.00 BST

by Madeleine Schwartz

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/sep/04/atlanticism-trump-ideology-cold-war-foreign-policy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The New Yorker has dropped Steve Bannon from its festival – and played right into his hands

 

The magazine’s decision to give the former Trump adviser a platform was irresponsible – but the editor’s non-apology shows it still doesn’t understand why

 

 

Tue 4 Sep 2018 11.10 BST Last modified on Tue 4 Sep 2018 12.43 BST

By  Arwa Mahdawi

 

 

 

 

‘Providing Bannon with the oxygen of publicity pushes him even further into the mainstream.’

Photograph: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/sep/04/new-yorker-steve-bannon-festival

 

 

Steve is friends with Italian Minister of Interior Affairs Matteo Salvini ( the fascist)...Not surprising at all.....I believe he ( Bannon) even mentored him (Salvini) not too long ago......

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Belgian minister calls for religious TV ban after reading on female submission

 

Catholic lay reader read verses calling on women to submit to their husbands in Songs of Praise-style programme

 

 

Daniel Boffey in Brussels

Tue 4 Sep 2018 12.49 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/04/belgian-minister-calls-for-religious-tv-ban-after-reading-on-female-submission

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

'Good job Jeff': Trump blames Sessions as Republicans charged before midterms

 

President says legal actions against ‘very popular’ congressmen have put victories in doubt

 

 

 

Tue 4 Sep 2018 00.16 BST

Martin Pengelly in New York

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/sep/03/jeff-sessions-donald-trump-charges-republican-congressmen

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EU watchdog finds Juncker broke rules to promote political ally

 

European commission criticised over appointment of Martin Selmayr to top job

 

 

Jennifer Rankin in Brussels

Tue 4 Sep 2018 13.04 BST

 

 

 

Martin Selmayr (right) with EU chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier (centre) and commission president Jean-Claude Juncker

Photograph: Virginia Mayo/AP

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/04/eu-watchdog-finds-juncker-broke-rules-to-promote-political-ally

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trump warns Syria, Russia and Iran against 'reckless' attack on Idlib

 

US president says Assad’s allies will make a ‘grave humanitarian mistake’ if they help his forces

 

Guardian staff and agencies

Tue 4 Sep 2018 01.46 BST

 

 

Syrian rebel fighter prepare on Monday for an expected attack by the Assad regime on Idlib province. Donald Trump has warned any assault would be ‘a grave humanitarian mistake’.

Photograph: Nazeer Al-Khatib/AFP/Getty Images

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/sep/04/trump-warns-syria-russia-and-iran-against-reckless-attack-on-idlib

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nancy Pelosi leads Democrats into battle again – while watching her back

 

If it’s the midterms, it must be time for talk about whether the House minority leader must go. Supporters and experts cry foul

 

Sabrina Siddiqui in Washington

Tue 4 Sep 2018 11.00 BST

 

 

Nancy Pelosi speaks during a weekly news briefing on Capitol Hill

Photograph: Alex Wong/Getty Images

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/sep/04/nancy-pelosi-house-minority-leader-democrats-midterms

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brexit is a menace to society in Northern Ireland. Here’s why

 

Once Britain leaves the EU, the underpinning of human rights law vanishes. And that breaks the Good Friday agreement

 

 

Tue 4 Sep 2018 15.14 BST

By  Roy Greenslade

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/sep/04/brexit-northern-ireland-eu-human-rights-law-good-friday-agreement

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Debating the definition of genocide will not save the Rohingya

 

The time for talk is over. The international community has to act, or it could fail in Myanmar just as it failed in Rwanda

 

 

Tue 4 Sep 2018 08.00 BST Last modified on Tue 4 Sep 2018 11.39 BST

By  Charles Petrie

 

 

 

 

‘The accusation of genocide being perpetrated in Myanmar has been raised repeatedly over the last two decades.’ Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, fleeing violence in Myanmar

Photograph: Hannah Mckay/Reuters

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/sep/04/genocide-rohingya-international-community-myanmar-rwanda

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Brazil: Setback for Lula’s presidential candidacy

 

September 4, 2018 10:29 AM CDT By Emile Schepers

 

 

 

 

A supporter of jailed, former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, holds a sign that reads in Portuguese: "Free Lula" at a march in Brasilia, Brazil, Wednesday, Aug. 15. | Eraldo Peres / AP

 

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/brazil-setback-for-lulas-presidential-candidacy/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brazil’s National Museum burns, millions of artifacts reportedly destroyed

 

September 4, 2018 1:57 PM CDT By Peter Prengaman

 

 

 

 

Students and National Museum employees protest outside the institution after it was gutted by an overnight fire in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sept. 3. Recriminations flew over who was responsible for the loss of most of Latin America’s largest archive of historical artifacts, objects and documents. Silvia Izquierdo | AP

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/brazils-national-museum-burns-millions-of-artifacts-reportedly-destroyed/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kaepernick scores big ad deal with Nike though he’s not in NFL

 

September 4, 2018 1:03 PM CDT By Rob Maaddi And Al Neal

 

 

 

 

Colin Kaepernick during an NFL game, Nov. 27, 2016, in Miami Gardens, Fla. | Tom DiPace / AP

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/kaepernick-scores-big-ad-deal-with-nike-though-hes-not-in-nfl/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kaepernick collusion grievance will go to trial

 

August 31, 2018 12:49 PM CDT By Al Neal

 

 

 

Former NFL quarterback and social justice activist Colin Kaepernick leaves after receiving the Amnesty International Ambassador of Conscience Award for 2018 in Amsterdam, April 21. His collusion grievance against the NFL has been cleared to move forward to trial. | Peter Dejong / AP

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/kaepernick-collusion-grievance-will-go-to-trial/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Indigenous Activists Win “David vs. Goliath” Victory as Court Rejects $4.5B Trans Mountain Pipeline

 

September 04, 2018

 

 

 

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2018/9/4/indigenous_activists_win_david_v_goliath

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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One year after White House firing, Steve Bannon clings to controversy

 

Trump’s former chief strategist has suffered a series of losses since separating from the administration

 

 

Tom McCarthy in New York

Wed 5 Sep 2018 12.19 BST

 

 

Steve Bannon was recently dropped from a festival hosted by New Yorker magazine

Photograph: J. Scott Applewhite/AP

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/sep/05/steve-bannon-fired-one-year-later

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I survived the Warsaw ghetto. Here are the lessons I’d like to pass on

 

I’m 93, and, as extremism sweeps across Europe, I fear we are doomed to repeat the mistakes which created the Holocaust

 

 

Wed 5 Sep 2018 06.00 BST Last modified on Wed 5 Sep 2018 13.52 BST

Stanisław Aronson

 

 

 

 

‘The battle to draw the right lessons from that time is in danger of being lost.’ The Warsaw uprising, 1944

Photograph: Universal History Archive/Getty Images

 

 

 

More pics

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/sep/05/survived-warsaw-ghetto-wartime-lessons-extremism-europe

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Parkland father rejects White House excuses after Kavanaugh fails to shake hands

 

Fred Guttenberg tells the Guardian the supreme court nominee made eye contact long enough to recognize him

 

 

Wed 5 Sep 2018 01.37 BST Last modified on Wed 5 Sep 2018 13.02 BST

Lois Beckett

 

 

 

Vid

 

https://www.theguardian.com/law/2018/sep/04/parkland-father-rejects-white-house-excuses-after-kavanaugh-fails-to-shake-hands

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Barack Obama to hit campaign trail for Democrats in Ohio and California

 

Former president will campaign in states where Democrats are hoping for gains against Republican incumbents

 

 

Erin Durkin in New York

Wed 5 Sep 2018 14.16 BST

 

 

Obama speaks during John McCain’s memorial service in Washington DC on 1 September

Photograph: Shawn Thew/EPA

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/sep/05/barack-obama-midterm-elections-ohio-california

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dublin's homelessness crisis jars with narrative of Irish economic boom

 

Ireland is the EU’s star performer, but almost 700 families have become homeless in the capital this year

 

 

Rory Carroll Ireland correspondent

Wed 5 Sep 2018 12.00 BST

 

 

Homelessness in Dublin is ‘virtually an emergency situation’, says Tommy Gordon, who manages a drop-in centre south of the city

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2018/sep/05/dublin-homelessness-crisis-jars-with-narrative-of-irish-economic-boom

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Salisbury poisonings: police name two Russian suspects

 

CPS says there is enough evidence to charge Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov over Wiltshire novichok poisonings

 

 

Vikram Dodd Crime correspondent

Wed 5 Sep 2018 12.54 BST

 

 

 

The two suspects were travelling on Russian passports under the names of Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov

Photograph: Metropolitan Police/EPA

 

 

 

More pics

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/sep/05/salisbury-poisonings-police-name-and-charge-two-suspects

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Erdoğan raises fears of a massacre in Syria as major assault looms

 

Turkey’s president says a ‘very merciless process’ is unfolding in Idlib

 

 

Patrick Wintour and agencies

Wed 5 Sep 2018 08.50 BST

 

 

 

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan says heavy fighting in the north-western region of Idlib would trigger an influx of refugees

Photograph: AP

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/05/erdogan-raises-fears-of-a-massacre-in-syria-as-major-assault-looms

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Philippines: Rodrigo Duterte orders arrest of another key critic

 

Senator Antonio Trillanes forced to camp overnight in senate to avoid arrest

 

 

Carmela Fonbuena in Manila

Wed 5 Sep 2018 07.37 BST

 

 

 

Senator Antonio Trillanes holds court documents during a press conference at the Senate in Manila

Photograph: Ted Aljibe/AFP/Getty Images

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/05/philippies-rodrigo-duterte-orders-arrest-of-another-key-critic

 

Duterte...Another great advocate of Democracy.......

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ayanna Pressley ousts 10-term Massachusetts Democrat in latest primary upset

 

Insurgent challenger will be state’s first black female member of Congress

 

 

Ben Jacobs in Washington and Sarah Betancourt in Boston

Wed 5 Sep 2018 04.02 BST

 

 

 

Vid

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/sep/04/ayanna-pressley-ousts-10-term-massachusetts-democrat-in-latest-primary-upset

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scott Pruitt wasted millions at EPA on security detail, report says

 

Internal watchdog found the agency has no approved procedures to determine how much security the administrator needed

 

 

Emily Holden

Tue 4 Sep 2018 19.14 BST Last modified on Tue 4 Sep 2018 20.10 BST

 

 

 

Scott Pruitt came under fire for spending $43,000 on a soundproof phone booth and for asking his security agents and aides to run errands and do other personal tasks for him

Photograph: Andrew Harnik/AP

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/sep/04/scott-pruitt-wasted-millions-at-epa-on-security-detail-report-says

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mueller to accept written answers from Trump in Russia inquiry, report says

 

Possible interview between president and special counsel has been matter of contention as Trump feared ‘perjury trap’

 

 

Ben Jacobs in Washington

Wed 5 Sep 2018 02.41 BST

 

 

Robert Mueller’s reported letter did not address questioning over whether Donald Trump obstructed justice in trying to obstruct the investigation

Photograph: Yuri Gripas/Reuters

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/sep/04/robert-mueller-russia-inquiry-donald-trump-written-answers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The job Americans won't take: Arizona looks to Philippines to fill teacher shortage

 

College-educated Americans are increasingly uninterested in teaching jobs – so Arizona has begun to recruit from abroad

 

 

Terry Greene Sterling and Jude Joffe-Block

Wed 5 Sep 2018 07.00 BST

 

 

 

Alan Celeridad teaches math at Vista Grande high school in Casa Grande. The need for mathematics, science, and special education teachers is especially dire in poor and rural schools

Photograph: Nick Oza for Guardian US

 

 

 

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/sep/05/arizona-teachers-filipino-schools-low-pay

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As Amazon Hits $1 Trillion in Value, Its Warehouse Workers Denounce “Slavery” Conditions

 

September 05, 2018

 

 

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2018/9/5/as_amazon_hits_1t_in_value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anti-Kavanaugh protesters say he’d push High Court farther to the right

 

September 5, 2018 9:33 AM CDT By Mark Gruenberg

 

 

 

 

Demonstrations against Kavanaugh are continuing around the clock

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/anti-kavanaugh-protesters-say-hed-push-high-court-farther-to-the-right/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Indian supreme court decriminalises homosexuality

 

Cheers from campaigners as colonial-era law is struck down after decades of uncertainty

 

 

Michael Safi in Delhi

Thu 6 Sep 2018 12.25 BST

 

 

Vid

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/06/indian-supreme-court-decriminalises-homosexuality

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

China 'will retaliate' if US imposes new tariffs on $200bn of goods

 

Proposed levies would come on top of existing 25% tariffs on $50bn of Chinese exports

 

 

Julia Kollewe and Graeme Wearden

Thu 6 Sep 2018 15.17 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/sep/06/china-retaliate-us-trump-imposes-new-tariffs-200bn-goods

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Arrest of Syrian 'hero swimmer' puts Lesbos refugees back in spotlight

 

Sara Mardini’s case adds to fears that rescue work is being criminalised and raises questions about NGO

 

 

Helena Smith in Athens

Thu 6 Sep 2018 05.00 BST

 

 

 

Sara Mardini, who with her sister helped save 18 fellow refugees in 2015, has been charged with people smuggling

Photograph: Alamy Stock Photo

 

 

 

More pics

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/06/arrest-of-syrian-hero-swimmer-lesbos-refugees-sara-mardini

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

'We will get it done together,' says Trump on North Korea denuclearisation

 

Kim Jong-un tells South Korean adviser he aims to denuclearise in Trump’s first term in office

 

 

Staff and agencies

Thu 6 Sep 2018 13.32 BST Last modified on Thu 6 Sep 2018 14.24 BST

 

 

 

Kim Jong-un reportedly said his faith in Donald Trump was unchanged

Photograph: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/06/north-korea-will-denuclearise-in-trumps-first-term-reports

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brazil presidential election: candidates on both sides charged with corruption

 

A month before vote, candidates for Workers’ party and PDSB accused of illegal campaign donations in earlier races

 

 

Anna Jean Kaiser in São Paulo

Thu 6 Sep 2018 07.00 BST

 

 

 

Fernando Haddad is running to be vice-president under the incarcerated former president Lula. He is expected to soon take over as a presidential candidate

Photograph: Nelson Almeida/AFP/Getty Images

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/05/brazil-presidential-election-candidates-corruption-allegations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Grande opening: Milan gets Italy's first Starbucks

 

US coffee chain hopes 2,300 sq metre (24,757 sq. ft) flagship will entice Italians to try new coffee experience

 

 

Jon Henley and agencies

Thu 6 Sep 2018 14.35 BST

 

 

An employee prepares a coffee inside the new Starbucks in Milan

Photograph: Stefano Rellandini/Reuters

 

 

 

More pics

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/06/grande-opening-milan-gets-italys-first-starbucks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Novichok attack: Russia 'has no reason' to investigate suspects

 

Putin spokesman calls UK accusations ‘unacceptable’ and denies Kremlin involvement

 

 

Marc Bennetts in Moscow

Thu 6 Sep 2018 14.01 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/sep/06/novichok-attack-russia-putin-has-no-reason-to-investigate-uk-named-suspects

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Putin is responsible for novichok poisoning, says UK minister

 

Ben Wallace says Russian president has ultimate power over military intelligence actions

 

Pippa Crerar Deputy political editor

Thu 6 Sep 2018 09.24 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/06/putin-is-responsible-for-novichok-poisoning-says-uk-minister

 

 

 

 

 

 

Landmines kill almost hourly – let's end their brutal scourge for good

 

More than two decades after Princess Diana braved an Angolan minefield, Britain continues to spearhead clearance efforts

 

 

Penny Mordaunt, secretary of state for international development

Thu 6 Sep 2018 12.35 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2018/sep/06/landmines-kill-almost-hourly-penny-mordaunt-princess-diana

 

 

Unfortunately.....My Country is one of the top world producers of this horror (landmines)...They mostly kill and /or amputate children  ....The most sadistic, wicked, devilish thing about it is that often mines ( made by most producers around the world, I mean) have bright colors on them and obviously children are attracted to them.....It's not tolerable.....As an Italian I feel ashamed because of that...Plants producing them should at least re-convert and do something else...Ethics claims it

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

State control over academic freedom in Hungary threatens all universities

 

The Hungarian government’s clampdown on gender studies and research into migration sets a dangerous precedent

 

Lesley Wilson

Thu 6 Sep 2018 12.04 BST Last modified on Thu 6 Sep 2018 14.02 BST

 

 

 

The Central European University (CEU) has long been seen as a hostile bastion of liberalism by prime minister Viktor Orbán’s right-wing government

Photograph: Attila Kisbenedek/AFP/Getty Images

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/higher-education-network/2018/sep/06/state-control-over-academic-freedom-in-hungary-threatens-all-universities

 

Not surprising at all as Orban is a fascist...And very proud to be, I'd guess.......Only Hungarian People can react to the crumbling of Democracy and all freedoms in their Country...I hope so at least......

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Country pride: what I learned growing up in rural America

 

I was raised on a farm in Kansas, where I’d slopped the hogs and helped harvest the wheat. What did it mean to be ‘country’?

 

 

Thu 6 Sep 2018 11.00 BST

by Sarah Smarsh

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/sep/06/country-pride-kansas-rural-america-sarah-smarsh

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The madness is pouring out of the White House now, for all to see

 

An anonymous New York Times op-ed by a senior Trump administration official and an explosive new book reveal just how bad things are around the US president

 

 

Thu 6 Sep 2018 05.03 BST Last modified on Thu 6 Sep 2018 16.15 BST

By  Richard Wolffe

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/sep/06/white-house-anonymous-nyt-op-ed-woodward

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Why all economists must learn lessons before next US downturn

 

Secular stagnation advocates should agree on outcome if their preferred policies had been implemented

 

 

Thu 6 Sep 2018 12.14 BST Last modified on Thu 6 Sep 2018 12.46 BST

By  Joseph Stiglitz  ( Nobel laureate in economics, university professor at Columbia University and chief economist at the Roosevelt Institute )

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/sep/06/why-all-economists-must-learn-lessons-before-next-us-downturn-secular-stagnation

[umbertino]

Cornered Guatemalan government lashes out against corruption accusers

 

September 6, 2018 12:29 PM CDT By Emile Schepers

 

 

 

 

Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales made the announcement speaking in front of military officials as soldiers surrounded the UN commission's headquarters in Guatemala City. Oliver de Roos | AP

 

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/cornered-guatemalan-government-lashes-out-against-corruption-accusers/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sen Sanders Introduces BEZOS Act, Named for Amazon CEO, as Retailer Impoverishes & Mistreats Workers

 

September 05, 2018

 

 

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2018/9/5/sanders_introduces_the_bezos_act_named

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Storm gathering around White House intensifying daily

 

September 6, 2018 1:15 PM CDT By John Wojcik

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/storm-gathering-around-white-house-intensifying-daily/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Panelists: Kavanaugh ‘would repeal the 20th century’

 

September 6, 2018 4:19 PM CDT By Mark Gruenberg

 

 

 

 

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., addresses an anti-Kavanaugh rally in Washington, D.C. | Cliff Owen/AP

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/panelists-kavanaugh-would-repeal-the-20th-century/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Why must Socialists back Democrats in November elections?

 

September 6, 2018 4:01 PM CDT By Rick Nagin

 

 

 

 

Many progressives and socialists will back a Democratic candidate like Andrew Gillum who is running for governor of Florida. | Lynne Sladky/AP

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/why-must-socialists-back-democrats-in-november-elections/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Demonstrators demand justice for Laquan McDonald, killed by Chicago cop

 

September 6, 2018 3:48 PM CDT By Michelle Zacarias And Earchiel Johnson

 

 

 

 

Michelle Zacarias & Earchiel Johnson/PW

 

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/demonstrators-demand-justice-for-laquan-mcdonald-killed-by-chicago-cop/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[umbertino]

US warns of Idlib chemical attack as Syria summit opens in Tehran

 

Turkey and UN press Russia to back off from assault on last large rebel enclave

 

 

Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

Fri 7 Sep 2018 12.30 BST

 

 

Syrian children at a camp for displaced civilians fleeing from advancing government forces close to a Turkish military observation point near the village of Sarman in Idlib

Photograph: Omar Haj Kadour/AFP/Getty Images

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/07/iran-russia-turkey-leaders-meet-talks-syria-idlib-putin-rouhani-erdogan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aggrieved Kurdish fighters quietly join Syrian regime side in battle for Idlib

 

In the third part of our series looking at the conclusion of the 21st century’s most devastating conflict, we examine the role of Kurdish militants

 

 

Martin Chulov and Mohammed Rasool

Fri 7 Sep 2018 12.06 BST

 

 

Iran’s president, Hassan Rouhani, is meeting Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, and Russian president, Vladimir Putin, in Tehran to discuss the future of Idlib

Photograph: Don Emmert/AFP/Getty Images

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/07/kurds-renew-their-claim-for-idlib-as-final-battle-draws-near

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

America last: Trump has brought US to irrelevance in Syria

 

As Russia, Turkey and Iran discuss Idlib’s fate, the US is left to its impotent ‘anger’

 

Simon Tisdall

Fri 7 Sep 2018 13.02 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/07/america-last-trump-has-brought-us-to-irrelevance-in-syria

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jair Bolsonaro stabbed: knife attack plunges Brazil's election into disarray

 

Rightwing frontrunner Bolsonaro recovering in hospital from what son says was 12cm wound – and could take weeks to recover

 

 

Dom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro

Fri 7 Sep 2018 14.53 BST

 

 

A vigil for Bolsonaro in São Paulo, where he is recovering in hospital. His son Eduardo said it was a ‘miracle’ Bolsonaro was still alive

Photograph: Paulo Whitaker/Reuters

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/07/jair-bolsonaro-brazil-stabbing-knife-attack-election

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Millions of us are trapped in Idlib, facing death. The world must save us

 

I’ve seen things that no human being should ever witness. But while we bleed, world leaders respond with meek platitudes

 

Fri 7 Sep 2018 09.00 BST Last modified on Fri 7 Sep 2018 11.06 BST

By  Anonymous

 

 

 

 

‘We all want an opportunity to live in peace and rebuild our homeland.’

Photograph: Aaref Watad/AFP/Getty Images

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/sep/07/millions-idlib-death-world-platitudes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

‘We’re insubordinate’: the rural towns at forefront of Swedish populist wave

 

Anti-immigration Sweden Democrats could win control of rural areas on path to real influence nationally

 

 

Richard Orange in Hörby

Fri 7 Sep 2018 08.30 BST

 

 

Supporters of the Sweden Democrats in Hörby. The party took 27% of the local vote in 2014

Photograph: Marita Westerström

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/07/were-insubordinate-the-rural-towns-at-forefront-of-swedish-populist-wave

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

'He still has the ability to inspire': Barack Obama returns to campaign for Democrats

 

In contrast to Trump’s rallies, the former president’s message to American voters will focus on the health of the country’s democracy

 

Sabrina Siddiqui in Washington

Fri 7 Sep 2018 11.00 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/sep/07/barack-obama-returns-campaign-democrat-candidates

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trump doubles down on 'treason' accusation after New York Times op-ed

 

At Montana rally, president hails Republican who assaulted Guardian reporter as fighter ‘in more ways than one’

 

Sabrina Siddiqui in Washington and Elliott Woods in Billings, Montana

Fri 7 Sep 2018 03.53 BST

 

Vid

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/sep/06/donald-trump-montana-rally-new-york-times-treason-claim

 

 

 

 

 

 

Imprisoned by algorithms: the dark side of California ending cash bail

 

A groundbreaking law eliminates the controversial practice, but activists fear biases in the new system could expand pre-trial incarceration

 

 

Sam Levin in San Francisco

Fri 7 Sep 2018 15.09 BST

 

 

Amber-Rose Howard, whose family raised money for bail after she was arrested in 2004, warns California’s new law ‘will be totally devastating’.

Photograph: Courtesy Amber-Rose Howard

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/sep/07/imprisoned-by-algorithms-the-dark-side-of-california-ending-cash-bail

 

 

 

 

 

 

Russia asks Britain for help in identifying novichok suspects

 

Moscow reacts after UK announces charges in absentia against pair believed to be GRU officers

 

Marc Bennetts in Moscow

Fri 7 Sep 2018 12.53 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/07/russia-asks-britain-for-help-identifying-novichok-suspects-gru

 

 

 

 

 

Merkel ally hoping to succeed Juncker says European identity is key issue

 

German politician Manfred Weber becomes first to throw his hat into ring to become next European commission president

 

Jennifer Rankin in Brussels

Thu 6 Sep 2018 23.00 BST

 

 

Manfred Weber: ‘Identity will be one of the dominant issues for the campaign.’

Photograph: Hans Punz/AFP/Getty Images

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/06/merkel-ally-manfred-weber-hoping-to-succeed-juncker-says-european-identity-is-key-issue

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

May urged to ignore 'Three Stooges' in Brexit negotiations

 

Don’t be misled by Johnson, Rees-Mogg and Farage, warns Irish EU commissioner

 

Lisa O'Carroll Brexit correspondent

Fri 7 Sep 2018 12.36 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/sep/07/may-urged-ignore-three-stooges-brexit-negotiations-johnson-rees-mogg-farage

 

 

 

 

 

The US spends more on education than other countries. Why is it falling behind?

 

Spending per student exceeds the OECD average but the likes of Finland and South Korea get better results. What are they doing right and what can the US learn from them?

 

 

Dominic Rushe

Fri 7 Sep 2018 11.00 BST Last modified on Fri 7 Sep 2018 11.01 BST

 

 

A teacher at Cantonment primary school gets her pupils to line up on the first day of the school term

Photograph: Caroline Chia/Singapore Press Holdings

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/sep/07/us-education-spending-finland-south-korea

 

 

[umbertino]

How black women are organizing to energize voters this fall

 

September 7, 2018 10:04 AM CDT By Errin Haines Whack

 

 

 

In this Aug. 24, 2018 photo, Cassandra Overton Welchlin, cofounder of the Mississippi Women’s Economic Security, right, gives Betty L. Petty, of the Sunflower County Parents and Students United, a “high five” during a meeting at the MACE headquarters of Mississippi Delta grassroots organizers and the Black Voters Matter Fund field team members, as part of a bus tour of the Delta. The parties interacted in an attempt to raise interest and excitement for the upcoming election, document the campaigning in locales with important upcoming races where black turnout will be key and to expose traveling national media to the work being led by the mostly women grassroots leaders. | Rogelio V. Solis/AP

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/how-black-women-are-organizing-to-energize-voters-this-fall/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

UFCW launches boycott of Rite Aid stores in Southern California

 

September 7, 2018 10:28 AM CDT By Special to PeoplesWorld.org

 

 

 

 

Rite Aid store in Los Angeles. | Eric A. Gordon/PW

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/ufcw-launches-boycott-of-rite-aid-stores-in-southern-california/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sanders and Warren take aim at abuses by U.S. corporations

 

September 7, 2018 11:59 AM CDT By Mark Gruenberg

 

 

 

Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren | AP

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/sanders-and-warren-take-aim-at-abuses-by-u-s-corporations/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wisconsin labor not taking a Randy Bryce victory for granted

 

September 7, 2018 2:22 PM CDT By Dominique Paul Noth

 

 

 

Randy Bryce on the campaign trail | Susan Ruggles

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/wisconsin-labor-not-taking-a-randy-bryce-victory-for-granted/

[umbertino]

Barack Obama: you need to vote because our democracy depends on it

 

In a rare speech on Friday at the University of Illinois, the former president delivered a pointed critique of the Trump presidency. Here is an abridged version of it

 

 

Sat 8 Sep 2018 11.22 BST Last modified on Sat 8 Sep 2018 15.10 BST

By  Barack Obama

 

 

‘Neither party has had a monopoly on wisdom, neither party has been exclusively responsible for us going backwards instead of forwards.’

Photograph: Charles Rex Arbogast/AP

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/sep/08/barack-obama-you-need-to-vote-because-our-democracy-depends-on-it

 

[umbertino]

Swedish election: far right on course for sizeable gains in vote

 

Exit polls suggest Sweden faces uncertain political future, with two main blocs now sitting neck-and-neck

 

Jon Henley in Stockholm

Sun 9 Sep 2018 20.13 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/09/swedish-election-far-right-on-course-for-sizeable-gains-in-vote

 

 

 

 

 

 

'It's all fake': in Trump's heartland, talk of White House chaos rings hollow

 

For some supporters, none of the endless scandals that seem to shake Washington and the media on a weekly basis matter

 

 

Ashton Pittman

Sun 9 Sep 2018 07.00 BST

 

 

 

Douglas Knight: ‘I don’t pay a lot of attention to the news, ’cause they don’t tell you the truth anyway.’

Photograph: Ashton Pittman for the Guardian

 

 

 

More pics

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/sep/09/trump-supporters-mississippi-white-house-op-ed-woodward

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Argentinians formally leave Catholic church over stance on abortion

 

More than 3,700 people submit apostasy requests in protest against anti-abortion campaign

 

 

Uki Goñi in Buenos Aires

Sun 9 Sep 2018 10.00 BST

 

 

 

People sign forms to renounce their religious affiliation to the Catholic church outside the Argentine Episcopal Conference in Buenos Aires on 24 August

Photograph: Eitan Abramovich/AFP/Getty Images

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/09/argentina-catholic-church-legalize-abortion-apostacy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As Putin incites more atrocities in Syria, Europe is exposed as craven

 

Where is the challenge to Russia’s aggression as fear of radical Islam strengthens its power in the Middle East?

 

 

Sun 9 Sep 2018 05.59 BST

Nick Cohen

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/sep/09/putin-pretends-peace-europe-caught-in-trap

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sweden’s shift to the right has been decades in the making

 

As voters go to the polls, demonising the far right hasn’t worked and neither has pandering to its prejudices

 

 

Sun 9 Sep 2018 05.59 BST Last modified on Sun 9 Sep 2018 12.07 BST

By  Kenan Malik

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/sep/09/sweden-elections-far-right-tolerance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cory Booker places staff in Iowa ahead of potential 2020 White House run

 

New Jersey senator places aides with statewide candidates

 

Supreme court hearings also serve to boost national profile

 

 

Ben Jacobs in Washington

Sun 9 Sep 2018 15.56 BST

 

 

Cory Booker speaks before Brett Kavanaugh testifies before the Senate judiciary committee

Photograph: Alex Brandon/AP

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/sep/09/cory-booker-staff-iowa-2020-white-house-run

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Billionaires v teachers: the Koch brothers' plan to starve public education

 

A small group of women have succeeded in putting a state law promoted by Betsy DeVos and billionaire donors which they see as an attack on public education on the ballot in November

 

 

Steven Greenhouse in Phoenix

Fri 7 Sep 2018 11.00 BST

 

 

 

‘The Koch brothers and DeVos are trying to do everything they can to divert money that should go to the public-school system, where 90%-plus of students go,’ according to the Arizona teachers’ union

Photograph: Alamy

 

 

 

More pics

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/sep/07/arizona-fight-koch-brothers-school-vouchers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sheriffs who cheered Trump's attack on press have their own media run-ins

 

A group of sheriffs gave the president a troubling ovation after he called journalists ‘very, very dishonest’. Here is a taste of local media scrutiny of 10 of them

 

 

Jon Swaine

Sat 8 Sep 2018 12.00 BST Last modified on Sat 8 Sep 2018 14.30 BST

 

 

 

Shoulder to shoulder: Donald Trump and Vice-President Mike Pence pose for a picture with a group of sheriffs

Photograph: Rex/Shutterstock

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/sep/08/sheriffs-donald-trump-media-scrutiny

[umbertino]

'They've got to learn to work together': Malmö digests Swedish election result

 

Some are alarmed by rise of far right, others say Sweden Democrats cannot be ignored

 

Richard Orange in Malmö

Mon 10 Sep 2018 13.17 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/10/malmo-digests-swedish-election-result-work-together

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trump blasts Woodward and threatens to 'write real book' on presidency

 

Martin Pengelly in New York

Mon 10 Sep 2018 15.53 BST

 

 

Vid

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/sep/10/trump-threatens-to-write-the-real-book-on-his-presidency

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

'Jail juvenile offenders until middle age', Trump health secretary argued in 1991 memo

 

Alex Azar rejected notion that juvenile who committed a crime was ‘salvageable human’

 

Stephanie Kirchgaessner in Washington

Mon 10 Sep 2018 13.40 BST

 

 

Alex Azar’s memo outlined the legal rationale for a criminal justice policy that favoured reducing crime via mass incarceration

Photograph: Carolyn Kaster/AP

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/sep/10/jail-juvenile-offenders-until-middle-age-trump-health-secretary-alex-azar-argued-in-1991-memo

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trump 'almost sent tweet that North Korea would have seen as warning of attack'

 

Journalist Bob Woodward says moment was most dangerous point of president’s standoff with Pyongyang

 

 

Agence France-Presse

Mon 10 Sep 2018 01.33 BST

 

 

 

Vid

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/sep/10/trump-almost-sent-tweet-north-korea-imminent-attack

[umbertino]

My country is being poisoned by populism. The EU must stand with Hungary

 

I conduct orchestras all over the world, and I know that only if we work together can we have harmony

 

 

Tue 11 Sep 2018 12.53 BST Last modified on Tue 11 Sep 2018 16.20 BST

Ádám Fischer

 

 

 

 

Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán (umb's note: fascist & racist bastard) at an electoral rally south-west of Budapest, April 2018

Photograph: Zsolt Szigetvary/EPA

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/sep/11/populism-eu-hungary-orchestras-conductor

[umbertino]

I'll make a nice juicy steak out of opposition leader, says Putin ally

 

Former presidential bodyguard challenges Alexei Navalny to a duel in bizarre YouTube rant

 

 

Andrew Roth in Moscow

Tue 11 Sep 2018 15.12 BST

 

Vid

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/11/ill-make-nice-juicy-steak-out-of-opposition-leader-putin-alexey-navalny

 

That's what Russian PTB think of Democracy and Pluralism / diversity of ideas / views / opinions.....Wonderful, ain't it....Still a dictatorship

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brazilian presidential candidate Lula abandons race, source says

 

Former president abandons long-running prison-cell campaign to reclaim country’s leadership

 

 

Dom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro

Tue 11 Sep 2018 15.58 BST

 

 

Former Brazilian Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva at a rally in São Leopoldo, Rio Grande do Sul state, in Brazil on 23 March

Photograph: Diego Vara/Reuters

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/11/lula-brazil-presidential-election-candidate-gives-up-race

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sweden: far right gains threaten Europe's most stable political order

 

The Sweden Democrats fail to win power – but could make or break a minority government

 

Jon Henley in Stockholm

Sun 9 Sep 2018 23.56 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/09/despite-making-gains-swedens-far-right-party-remains-out-of-power

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Real story of Sweden's election is not about march of the far right

 

Decline of the main parties is making it harder to form coalitions and pursue policies

 

 

Jon Henley in Stockholm

Mon 10 Sep 2018 15.36 BST

 

 

 

A woman walks past Social Democrat campaign posters in Stockholm before the Swedish elections

Photograph: Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP/Getty Images

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/10/swedish-election-highlights-decline-of-europes-main-parties

 

 

 

 

[umbertino]

Trump Admin Punishes PLO for Trying to Prosecute Alleged Israeli War Crimes in International Court

 

September 11, 2018

 

 

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2018/9/11/trump_admin_punishes_plo_for_trying

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Katie Porter battles right-wing Republican in California’s Orange County

 

September 11, 2018 9:15 AM CDT By Eric A. Gordon

 

 

 

 

Katie Porter | Eric Gordon/PW

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/katie-porter-battles-right-wing-republican-in-californias-orange-county/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tens of thousands march for climate, jobs and justice

 

September 11, 2018 12:27 PM CDT By Marilyn Bechtel

 

 

 

 

Marilyn Bechtel/PW

 

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/tens-of-thousands-march-for-climate-jobs-and-justice/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The White House at war with itself

 

September 10, 2018 11:14 AM CDT By Joe Sims

 

 

 

 

Joe Sims | CPUSA

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/the-white-house-at-war-with-itself/

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Merkel condemns far-right outbreak in passionate address

 

German chancellor tells Bundestag that violence and Nazi slogans are inexcusable

 

Kate Connolly in Berlin

Wed 12 Sep 2018 13.50 BST

 

 

Angela Merkel on Wednesday. She was heckled during the lively Bundestag debate by the head of the anti-immigrant AfD party, Alexander Gauland

Photograph: Hannibal Hanschke/Reuters

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/12/angela-merkel-condemns-germany-far-right-outbreak-passionate-address

 

 

She's understandably afraid that History might repeat itself.........The same way many of us here in Italy are (given the current political situation)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

John Bolton's ICC attack is just a brick in Trump's Fortress America policy

 

Bolton’s speech sent yet another message that under Trump, the US will do whatever it pleases when it comes to foreign affairs

 

 

Wed 12 Sep 2018 14.00 BST

Michael H Fuchs

 

 

 

 

‘Politicians and pundits scratched their heads as Bolton gave his first major speech in his current job ... on an international legal body of which the US is not even a party.’

Photograph: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/sep/12/john-bolton-icc-attack-trump-fortress-america-policy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commission seeks to give European Banking Authority new powers

 

Anti-money laundering moves would allow banks in member states to be sanctioned directly

 

 

Juliette Garside

Wed 12 Sep 2018 14.17 BST Last modified on Wed 12 Sep 2018 14.55 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/sep/12/european-commission-banking-authority-anti-money-laundering-powers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MEPs vote to pursue action against Hungary over Orbán crackdown

 

Parliament votes for first time to trigger article 7 procedure against a member state

 

 

Jennifer Rankin in Brussels

Wed 12 Sep 2018 13.13 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/12/eu-meps-vote-to-pursue-action-against-hungary-over-orban-crackdown

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What became of the G20 leaders who met in 2008 to avert financial crisis?

 

We look at their fortunes and how their countries coped with the worst financial collapse since the 1930s

 

 

Richard Partington Economics correspondent

Wed 12 Sep 2018 07.00 BST

 

 

 

George W Bush hosts summit on financial markets in Washington DC in the wake of the collapse of Lehman Brothers

Photograph: Getty Images

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/sep/12/what-became-of-the-g20-leaders-who-met-in-2008-to-avert-financial-crisis

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Syria conflict: why does Idlib matter and what could happen?

 

Fears of a refugee crisis and ‘killbox’ as rebels prepare for likely last stand against Assad

 

 

Martin Chulov Middle East correspondent

Wed 12 Sep 2018 12.09 BST

 

 

 

Syrian rebel fighters from the recently formed National Liberation Front parade in Idlib province

Photograph: Aaref Watad/AFP/Getty Images

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/12/syria-conflict-why-does-idlib-matter-and-what-could-happen

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Don’t believe the doomsayers. Here is Europe’s good news

 

Not enough attention is paid to young pro-democracy, pro-EU activists. They don’t make headlines, but they matter

 

 

Wed 12 Sep 2018 06.00 BST

Natalie Nougayrède

 

 

 

 

‘Matteo Salvini and his allies are a minority when scrutinised on the scale of a continent.’

Photograph: Luca Bruno/AP

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/commentisfree/2018/sep/12/europe-eu-far-right-democracy

 

 

Italian writer /essayst Roberto Saviano ( local and Int'l mafias expert) defined mr. Salvini  "minister of the underworld"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shootings with semiautomatic rifles more deadly than handguns, study says

 

Shootings in which at least one perpetrator used a semiautomatic rifle left an average of 4.25 people killed and 5.48 wounded

 

 

Tue 11 Sep 2018 16.50 BST Last modified on Tue 11 Sep 2018 21.57 BST

By  Lois Beckett

 

 

 

 

Semiautomatic rifles on a wall in a gun shop in Lynnwood, Washington on 7 November 2017

Photograph: Elaine Thompson/AP

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/sep/11/semiautomatic-rifle-study-most-people-shot-incidents

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jerry Brown: Trump's 'gross ignorance' main obstacle in climate change fight

 

California governor is taking the lead in confronting planet’s ‘existential challenge’ and signs bill for carbon-free power by 2045

 

 

Tue 11 Sep 2018 17.00 BST Last modified on Tue 11 Sep 2018 21.10 BST

By  Oliver Milman

 

 

 

 

Governor Jerry Brown discusses legislation he signed directing California to phase out fossil fuels for electricity by 2045

Photograph: Rich Pedroncelli/AP

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/sep/11/jerry-brown-california-governor-climate-change-trump

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ten years on from the financial crash, we need to get ready for another one

 

The lessons of 2008 have not been fully learned: stop risky lending by banks, address fiscal policy and reduce inequality

 

 

Wed 12 Sep 2018 06.00 BST Last modified on Wed 12 Sep 2018 06.05 BST

By  Robert Skidelsky

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/sep/12/crash-2008-financial-crisis-austerity-inequality

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

American public schools need help. To achieve change, we need to vote

 

By casting their ballots and running for office, determined educators are fighting for change

 

 

Randi Weingarten

Wed 12 Sep 2018 13.14 BST

 

 

Thousands protest for higher teacher pay and school funding on 26 April in Phoenix

Photograph: Ross D. Franklin/AP

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/sep/12/american-public-schools-help-vote

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New Hampshire win makes Molly Kelly 15th woman nominated by major US party

 

Kelly to face governor Sununu as Chris Pappas beats 11 contenders, including son of Bernie Sanders, to become Democratic nominee for congress

 

 

Wed 12 Sep 2018 06.46 BST

Lauren Gambino in Washington

 

 

 

Molly Kelly celebrates victory at her primary night party

Photograph: Elise Amendola/AP

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/sep/12/new-hampshire-molly-kelly-is-democratic-nominee-for-governor

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The tide is turning against Trump and the GOP

 

September 12, 2018 12:30 PM CDT By John Bachtell

 

 

 

 

The resistance to Trump and Trumpism began in the streets of Washington DC and in cities across the nation the day after he was inaugurated. | Wikipedia (CC)

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/energized-voters-and-shifting-sentiments-the-tide-turns-against-trump-and-gop/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Midterm elections on agenda at Congressional Black Caucus conference

 

September 12, 2018 2:57 PM CDT By Mark Gruenberg

 

 

 

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Tex., remarked that many Congressional Black Caucus members represent constituents threatened by super-Hurricane Florence. | J. Scott Applewhite/AP

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/midterm-elections-on-agenda-at-congressional-black-caucus-conference/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Workers at U.S. Steel vote to authorize strike

 

September 12, 2018 12:44 PM CDT By Mark Gruenberg

 

 

 

 

USW locals nationwide approve strike authorization. | Minnesota AFL-CIO/Twitter

 

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/workers-at-u-s-steel-vote-to-authorize-strike/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wisconsin’s Sen. Baldwin gets strong backing of Emily’s List

 

September 12, 2018 1:51 PM CDT By Dominique Paul Noth

 

 

 

 

Tammy Baldwin | AP

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/wisconsins-sen-baldwin-gets-strong-backing-of-emilys-list/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Serena Williams’ treatment resonates among black women

 

September 12, 2018 1:47 PM CDT By Associated Press

 

 

 

 

Serena Williams argues with the chair umpire during a match against Naomi Osaka, of Japan, during the women’s finals of the U.S. Open tennis tournament at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, in New York, on Sept. 8, 2018. | Greg Allen/AP

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/serena-williams-treatment-resonates-among-black-women/

 

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Trump falsely claims Hurricane Maria death toll was made up by Democrats

 

Despite evidence showing nearly 3,000 people were killed, US president tweets that figure is scheme ‘to make me look bad’

 

 

Amanda Holpuch in New York

Thu 13 Sep 2018 14.24 BST

 

 

A woman walks in a flooded street in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, in Toa Baja, Puerto Rico, on 21 September 2017

Photograph: Thais Llorca/EPA

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/sep/13/donald-trump-says-hurricane-maria-death-toll-number-was-made-up-by-democrats

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Turkey raises interest rates to 24% in startling bid to curb inflation

 

Central bank ignores Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s calls for restraint and sees lira recovery

 

 

Phillip Inman

Thu 13 Sep 2018 16.26 BST Last modified on Thu 13 Sep 2018 16.56 BST

 

 

 

Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, addresses the general meeting of Confederation of Turkish Tradesmen and Craftsmen on Thursday. He called interest rates an ‘instrument for exploitation’.

Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/sep/13/turkey-raises-interest-rates-to-24-in-startling-bid-to-curb-inflation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

France admits ‘system’ of torture in Algeria war of independence

 

Emmanuel Macron also recognises role of state in 1957 death of dissident Maurice Audin

 

 

Angelique Chrisafis in Paris

Thu 13 Sep 2018 15.05 BST

 

 

Maurice Audin went missing after being arrested on 11 June 1957

Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/13/france-state-responsible-for-1957-death-of-dissident-maurice-audin-in-algeria-says-macron

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Remove terror content quickly or be fined, EU tells social media firms

 

Non-compliance penalty could be up to 4% of global revenue, says European commission

 

 

Daniel Boffey in Brussels

Thu 13 Sep 2018 14.31 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2018/sep/13/social-media-firms-could-face-huge-fines-over-terrorist-content

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Breitbart leaks video of Google executives' candid reaction to Trump victory

 

Video, in which the company’s top brass seek to reassure employees, was characterized by Breitbart as evidence of bias

 

 

Julia Carrie Wong in San Francisco

Thu 13 Sep 2018 02.09 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/sep/12/breitbart-video-google-trump

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nearly 40% of female suicides occur in India

 

Study indicates early marriage, male violence and patriarchal culture are to blame

 

 

Michael Safi in Delhi

Thu 13 Sep 2018 16.00 BST Last modified on Thu 13 Sep 2018 16.08 BST

 

 

Specialists blamed the trend on early marriage – one-fifth of Indian women still marry before the age of 15 – along with male violence against women and other symptoms of a deeply entrenched patriarchal culture

Photograph: Saumya Khandelwal/Saumya Khandelwal/Recipient of Getty Images Instagram Grant 2017

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/13/nearly-two-out-of-five-women-who-commit-suicide-are-indian

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

'No need for birth control': Tanzanian president's views cause outrage

 

John Magufuli says people who use contraceptives are lazy, and outsiders who promote birth control are giving bad advice

 

 

Rebecca Ratcliffe

Tue 11 Sep 2018 13.33 BST Last modified on Tue 11 Sep 2018 19.50 BST

 

 

 

Campaigners said the views of the president of Tanzania, John Magufuli, could be used to undermine contraceptive rights and would result in unplanned children

Photograph: Emmanuel Herman/Reuters

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2018/sep/11/no-need-for-birth-control-tanzanian-presidents-views-cause-outrage

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ron DeSantis has released an ad indoctrinating his children into Trumpism - video

 

In a new campaign ad Ron DeSantis playfully jokes about the only thing to his candidacy is his close relationship with the president. Trump is everywhere in DeSantis’ campaigning material..........

 

 

Source: Ron DeSantis

Thu 13 Sep 2018 16.35 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/video/2018/sep/13/ron-desantis-has-released-an-ad-indoctrinating-his-children-into-trumpism-video

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spain to proceed with Saudi bomb deal days after halting it

 

Ministers had said €9.2m ($10.74M) sale would be called off over concerns about use in Yemen

 

 

Sam Jones in Madrid

Thu 13 Sep 2018 14.12 BST Last modified on Thu 13 Sep 2018 14.13 BST

 

 

The then Spanish defence minister, María Dolores de Cospedal, with Saudi Arabia’s Mohammed bin Salman in April

Photograph: Paul White/AP

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/13/spain-saudi-arabia-proceed-bomb-deal-yemen-concerns

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brussels plans new money-laundering crackdown

 

European Banking Authority to get powers to directly sanction banks

 

 

Juliette Garside

Thu 13 Sep 2018 09.36 BST First published on Wed 12 Sep 2018 14.17 BST

 

 

The EU wants to beef-up the powers of the European Banking Authority to check money-laundering

Photograph: Miguel Medina/AFP/Getty Images

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/sep/12/european-commission-banking-authority-anti-money-laundering-powers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In punishing tech giants, the EU has made the internet worse for everyone

 

Searches will become more difficult and competitors deterred by these unnecessary changes to copyright law

 

 

Thu 13 Sep 2018 09.00 BST Last modified on Thu 13 Sep 2018 10.52 BST

By  James Ball

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/sep/13/tech-giants-eu-internet-searches-copyright-law

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Indulging Steve Bannon is just a form of liberal narcissism

 

White supremacy and fascist flirtations are not ideas that need to be ‘exposed’. We just need to fight them

 

Thu 13 Sep 2018 06.00 BST Last modified on Thu 13 Sep 2018 11.23 BST

By  Nesrine Malik

 

 

 

Steve Bannon appearing on Good Morning Britain in July 2018

Photograph: Ken McKay/ITV/Rex Features

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/sep/13/indulge-steve-bannon-liberal-narcissism

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Palestinians still live under apartheid in Israel, 25 years after the Oslo accord

 

Benjamin Netanyahu remains determined to create a nation-state for Jews, rather than a Jewish democratic state

 

 

Thu 13 Sep 2018 14.14 BST Last modified on Thu 13 Sep 2018 17.15 BST

By  Avi Shlaim

 

 

 

 

Palestinian schoolgirls wait for buses in the shadow of the Israeli wall, inside the Shua’fat refugee camp near Jerusalem

Photograph: Jim Hollander/EPA

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/sep/13/palestinians-still-face-apartheid-israel-25-years-after-oslo-accord

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jimmy Carter urges Democrats to 'appeal to independents'

 

The 93-year-old former president underscored the complicated calculations for Democrats as they prepare for the midterms

 

Associated Press

Wed 12 Sep 2018 17.16 BST Last modified on Thu 13 Sep 2018 09.01 BST

 

 

 

Jimmy Carter: ‘Independents need to know they can invest their vote in the Democratic party.’

Photograph: John Amis/AP

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/sep/12/jimmy-carter-democrats-midterms-advice-progressives-independents

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rhode Island governor sees off leftwing challenger in Democratic primary

 

Gina Raimondo’s win over Matt Brown reinforces trend of primary season: the strength of Democratic women running for office

 

 

Lauren Gambino in Washington

Thu 13 Sep 2018 04.03 BST

 

 

Gina Raimondo will face Republican Allan Fung in November

Photograph: Steven Senne/AP

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/sep/12/rhode-island-democratic-primary-challenge-matt-brown

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Violence and threats of more: Brazil’s electoral drama gets more bizarre

 

September 13, 2018 9:15 AM CDT By Emile Schepers

 

 

 

National Social Liberal Party presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro flashes thumbs up at passersby in Brasilia's Ceilandia neighborhood, Brazil, Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018. Pedestrians, meanwhile, let him know what they think of his candidacy. | Both photos: Eraldo Peres / AP

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/violence-and-threats-of-more-brazils-electoral-drama-gets-more-bizarre/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

States’ fights are key to controlling Congress and democracy

 

September 10, 2018 1:40 PM CDT By Michael Arney

 

 

 

 

Shannon Faulk of San Antonio, Texas, wears a mask that says "silenced" while protesting with others outside of the Supreme Court in opposition to Ohio's voter roll purges, Jan. 10, in Washington. Jacquelyn Martin | AP

 

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/states-fights-are-key-to-controlling-congress-and-democracy/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Renewed congressional Social Security Caucus expands to 140 members

 

September 13, 2018 1:02 PM CDT By Mark Gruenberg

 

 

 

 

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., (right) is leading a congressional caucus that vows to fight ongoing efforts by Republican Speaker of the House, Paul Ryan (left) to slash Social Security. | Carolyn Kaster (left), Charlie Neibergall/AP

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/renewed-congressional-social-security-caucus-expands-to-140-members/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stop blaming workers for Trump’s right-wing authoritarianism

 

September 13, 2018 11:54 AM CDT By Anita Waters

 

 

 

 

Trump, in the spotlight as the great man to lead the nation, arrives on stage during the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, July 18, 2016. | Bill Clark / CQ Roll Call via AP

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/stop-blaming-workers-for-trumps-right-wing-authoritarianism/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Paul Manafort reportedly close to Mueller plea deal to avoid second trial

 

Reports say Manafort, who was convicted on eight counts of fraud last month, likely to enter guilty plea in court on Friday

 

 

Fri 14 Sep 2018 02.37 BST Last modified on Fri 14 Sep 2018 04.27 BST

By Jon Swaine

 

 

Paul Manafort in April. Special counsel Robert Mueller had been preparing to prosecute him on charges including conspiracy, money laundering and witness tampering

Photograph: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/sep/13/paul-manafort-trump-mueller-plea-deal-reports

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bob Woodward: 'Too many people are emotionally unhinged about Trump'

 

Fri 14 Sep 2018 11.00 BST Last modified on Fri 14 Sep 2018 11.44 BST

David Smith in Washington

 

 

 

 

Bob Woodward on Fear: ‘I would think the most ardent Trump supporter who might read it could not feel comforted.’

Photograph: Christopher Lane for the Guardian

 

 

 

More pics

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/sep/14/bob-woodward-interview-fear-trump-russia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ten years after the crash: have the lessons of Lehman been learned?

 

Our panel of writers considers what has changed – and what still needs to

 

 

Yanis Varoufakis, Ann Pettifor , Mark Littlewood, David Blanchflower, Olli Rehn, Nicky Morgan, and Micah White

Fri 14 Sep 2018 12.04 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/sep/14/the-panel-lehman-brothers-ten-year-anniversary-financial-crash

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

UK lawyers failing to report suspected money laundering, says watchdog

 

National Crime Agency says number of reports from legal firms has fallen by 10%

 

 

Juliette Garside and Nick Hopkins

Fri 14 Sep 2018 11.09 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/sep/14/uk-lawyers-failing-report-suspected-money-laundering-national-crime-agency

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

'I want change': fans of Brazil candidate Jair Bolsonaro ignore the negative

 

Although many are revolted by his racist, sexist and homophobic comments, others are Trump-like in their support for his simple solutions

 

 

Dom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro

Fri 14 Sep 2018 08.30 BST

 

 

Brazil’s far-right presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro is greeted by supporters in Esteio, Rio Grande do Sul state

Photograph: Reuters Photographer/Reuters

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/14/brazil-presidential-candidate-jair-bosonaro

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New York primary: governor Andrew Cuomo defeats Cynthia Nixon

 

Cuomo to face Republican Marc Molinaro in November’s election after seeing off challenge from progressive hopeful Nixon

 

 

Erin Durkin in New York

Fri 14 Sep 2018 04.47 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/sep/13/andrew-cuomo-cynthia-nixon-new-york-primary

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dallas: calls for justice after police officer kills man in his own home

 

Amber Guyger, 30, accused of shooting Botham Jean dead, claiming she thought she was entering her own apartment

 

 

Tom Dart in Houston

Fri 14 Sep 2018 00.33 BST

 

 

Allison Jean, the mother of Botham Jean, stands with Botham’s brother Grant and sister, Alissa Charles-Findley, along with attorneys Monday in Dallas

Photograph: Ryan Tarinelli/AP

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/sep/13/dallas-activists-demand-justice-after-officer-kills-botham-jean-in-his-own-apartment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A new authoritarian axis demands an international progressive front

 

Thu 13 Sep 2018

By  Bernie Sanders

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/ng-interactive/2018/sep/13/bernie-sanders-international-progressive-front

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our new international movement will fight rising fascism and globalists

 

Thu 13 Sep 2018

Yanis Varoufakis (fmr. minister of finance of Greece)

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/ng-interactive/2018/sep/13/our-new-international-movement-will-fight-rising-fascism-and-globalists

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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What happens when the ‘alt-right’ starts believing in climate change?

 

September 14, 2018 9:23 AM CDT By Casey Williams

 

 

 

 

In this Aug. 29, 2016 photo, Italian officers rescue a woman from a crowded wooden boat carrying more than 700 migrants, during a rescue operation in the Mediterranean Sea. Scientists say climate change could dramatically increase the number of people seeking asylum in the Global North. Researchers examined asylum applications in the European Union from 2000 to 2014 and found the number was influenced by temperature anomalies in migrants’ home countries. | Emilio Morenatti / AP

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/what-happens-when-the-alt-right-starts-believing-in-climate-change/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trump-controlled NLRB letting giant McDonald’s off the hook

 

September 14, 2018 12:52 PM CDT By Mark Gruenberg

 

 

 

 

ROC Executive Director and Co-Founder Saru Jayaraman | Eino Sierpe/Flickr

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/trump-controlled-nlrb-letting-giant-mcdonalds-off-the-hook/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chile’s ‘1,000 Days of Revolution’: Communist assessments of the Allende years

 

September 14, 2018 12:19 PM CDT By Kenny Coyle

 

 

 

 

A supporter of Chile's late President Salvador Allende touches a flower arrangement with an image of him during a demonstration outside La Moneda presidential palace in Santiago at an event marking the anniversary of the military coup, lead by former dictator Gen. Augusto Pinochet in 1973, against Allende. | Roberto Candia / AP

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/chiles-1000-days-of-revolution-communist-assessments-of-the-allende-years/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Protests as Bannon defends Europe’s far right at debate

 

Trump’s controversial former top aide was interviewed for festival in London

 

 

Sat 15 Sep 2018 21.26 BST Last modified on Sat 15 Sep 2018 21.35 BST

By  Mark Townsend

 

 

 

 

Steve Bannon: ‘I absolutely do not condemn Orbán or what Salvini is doing.’

Photograph: Moritz Hager/Reuters

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/sep/15/protests-as-bannon-defends-europes-far-right-at-debate

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Russia is mocking us. First the Salisbury attack, then information warfare. Time to wake up

 

Its ambitions are to disrupt Britain’s politics, so why are the government and security services seemingly in denial about the threat?

 

 

Sat 15 Sep 2018 21.00 BST

By  Carole Cadwalladr

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/sep/15/russia-is-mocking-us-first-the-salisbury-attack-then-information-warfare-time-to-act

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

US has no plan for Middle East peace, says senior Palestinian

 

Chief negotiator Saeb Erekat says US is trying to change terms of reference: ‘I don’t think they will ever introduce a plan’

 

 

Reuters in Jericho

Sat 15 Sep 2018 15.43 BST

 

 

 

Saeb Erekat said the US had adopted the Israeli positions on Jerusalem, settlements and the right of return of Palestinian refugees: ‘This is absolutely unacceptable.’

Photograph: Ahmad Gharabli/AFP/Getty Images

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/15/palestine-israel-us-peace-plan-saeb-erekat

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

US Border Patrol agent held on suspicion of killing four women

 

Juan David Ortiz captured after fifth woman escapes

 

DA describes suspect as ‘serial killer’, charges pending

 

 

Associated Press in Laredo, Texas

Sat 15 Sep 2018 21.50 BST

 

 

 

Authorities said four murder charges were likely in the case of Juan David Ortiz

Photograph: John Moore/Getty Images

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/sep/15/us-border-patrol-agent-killing-four-women

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Two skinheads convicted over 2013 death of anti-fascist activist

 

Clement Méric was left brain dead after attack following at a private clothing sale in Paris

 

 

Staff and agencies in Paris

Fri 14 Sep 2018 22.25 BST

 

 

 

Demonstrators hold a banner carrying a picture of Clement Méric at a protest in Paris marking the end of the trial

Photograph: Christophe Archambault/AFP/Getty Images

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/14/two-skinheads-convicted-over-2013-death-of-anti-fascist-activist

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New York progressives find silver lining in primary losses

 

Despite losses from Cynthia Nixon, Jumaane Williams and Zephyr Teachout challengers crushed a group of state senate Democrats further down the ballot

 

 

Erin Durkin

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Cynthia Nixon, the Democratic New York governor candidate, speaks to supporters after conceding the primary, in Brooklyn on 13 September

Photograph: Caitlin Ochs/Reuters

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/sep/15/new-york-progressives-silver-lining

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Barack Obama is back to fire up the base – Democrat and Republican

 

The ex-president is on the trail for the midterms, attacking Donald Trump. Strategists on both sides welcome him

 

 

Lauren Gambino in Washington

Sun 16 Sep 2018 11.55 BST

 

 

Barack Obama speaks during a campaign rally for Richard Cordray in Cleveland, Ohio

Photograph: Angelo Merendino/Getty Images

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/sep/16/barack-obama-donald-trump-democrats-republicans-midterms

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

US Coast Guard worker taken off Florence duty over TV 'white power' hand signal

 

Coast Guard investigates after gesture made in background of TV interview

 

 

Staff and agencies

Sun 16 Sep 2018 04.30 BST Last modified on Sun 16 Sep 2018 10.14 BST

 

 

 

A US Coast Guard worker in the background makes what appears to be a ‘white power’ hand signal during a TV interview about the response to Hurricane Florence

Photograph: MSNBC

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/16/us-coast-guard-worker-taken-off-florence-duty-over-tv-white-power-hand-signal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The EU needs a stability and wellbeing pact, not more growth

 

238 academics call on the European Union and its member states to plan for a post-growth future in which human and ecological wellbeing is prioritised over GDP

 

 

Letters

Sun 16 Sep 2018 16.26 BST Last modified on Sun 16 Sep 2018 16.41 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/sep/16/the-eu-needs-a-stability-and-wellbeing-pact-not-more-growth

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The Guardian view on Egyptian repression: democracy is a mirage

 

The mass trial of survivors of a massacre of pro-democracy protesters shames Egypt. Western powers should understand how autocracy is eating away at the Arab nation

 

 

Sun 16 Sep 2018 17.51 BST Last modified on Sun 16 Sep 2018 20.06 BST

Editorial

 

 

 

 

Egyptian photojournalist Mahmoud Abu Zeid, better known as Shawkan, at his trial in Cairo.

‘His ongoing treatment remains a stain on Egypt.’ Photograph: Mohamed Hossam/EPA

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/sep/16/the-guardian-view-on-egyptian-repression-democracy-is-a-mirage

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Talk of a united Ireland is rife. But is it a fantasy?

 

Brexit has placed Irish unification firmly back on the agenda, but there are still plenty of dissenting voices

 

 

Sun 16 Sep 2018 08.59 BST

By  Rory Carroll

 

 

 

 

The all-Ireland hockey team advances to the World Cup semifinals – casting a feelgood glow over the whole island

Photograph: Tim Ireland/AP

 

 

 

More pics

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/16/united-ireland-brexit-irish-unification-back-on-agenda

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

'Impeachment is hell': Manafort deal increases pressure on Trump

 

Washington ablaze with talk of ultimate move against president

 

 

David Taylor in New York

Sun 16 Sep 2018 17.02 BST

 

 

 

Donald Trump speaks in the East Room of the White House, on Wednesday

Photograph: Susan Walsh/AP

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/sep/16/impeachment-trump-manafort-robert-mueller-deal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The war on poverty begins at the ballot box

 

Voter suppression and gerrymandering have created unfair elections that keep poor people out of the democratic process

 

Reverend William Barber and Dr Liz Theoharis

Sun 16 Sep 2018 15.40 BST

 

 

 

Activists with the Poor People’s Campaign protesting on Capitol Hill in June

Photograph: Imani Khayyam

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/sep/16/the-war-on-poverty-begins-at-the-ballot-box

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Universal healthcare was unthinkable in America, but not any more

 

A single-payer healthcare system appears closer than ever but to make it a reality we must avoid the pitfalls of the past

 

 

Sun 16 Sep 2018 11.00 BST

By  Adam Gaffney

 

 

 

Medicare for all has become a part of mainstream discourse, and public support of the idea has soared

Photograph: Erik McGregor/Pacific/Barcroft

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/sep/16/medicare-for-all-universal-healthcare-democrats