umbertino Posted October 15, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2018 Archbishop Oscar Romero, killed by right-wing assassin in 1980, becomes saint October 15, 2018 12:35 PM CDT By Marcos Aleman In this Oct. 3 photo, pigeons fly in front of a mural of Archbishop Oscar Romero, on a wall of the Metropolitan Cathedral in San Salvador. Romero, who was killed in 1980 by a right-wing death squad during Mass, was canonized in Rome by Pope Francis on this past Sunday. | Salvador Melendez http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/archbishop-oscar-romero-killed-by-right-wing-assassin-in-1980-becomes-saint/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvadoran_Civil_War Racist dog whistles against Andrew Gillum could backfire on Florida GOP October 15, 2018 12:05 PM CDT By John Wojcik Andrew Gillum | Paul Sancya/AP http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/racist-dog-whistles-against-andrew-gillum-could-backfire-on-florida-gop/ Without Medicaid expansion, the poor simply don’t go to the doctor October 15, 2018 8:58 AM CDT By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar Sen. Jeremy McPike, left, addresses a group of protesters holding a "die-in" in support of Medicaid expansion during an event in Capitol Square in Richmond, Va., May 14. | Bob Brown / Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/without-medicaid-expansion-the-poor-simply-dont-go-to-the-doctor/ 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted October 16, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2018 A tale of two houses: how Jared Kushner fuelled the Trump-Saudi love-in Trump’s loyalty to Riyadh amid the Jamal Khashoggi crisis is stretching his credibility to breaking point Julian Borger in Washington Tue 16 Oct 2018 12.12 BST Donald Trump highlights arms sales to Saudi Arabia during a meeting in March with Mohammed bin Salman in Washington Photograph: Evan Vucci/AP More pics https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/oct/16/jared-kushner-trump-saudi-khashoggi-mbs 'It was like hell to work there': hotel workers break their silence Staff at upscale Terranea Resort claim they were subject to repeated sexual harassment as California bill to end abuse stalls Michael Sainato in Los Angeles Tue 16 Oct 2018 12.00 BST Terranea Resort workers Sandra Pezqueda, front seated, and, in back from left to right, Rosa Marina Moreno, Jasmin Sanchez and Sharon Merino Photograph: Antonio Mendoza for the Guardian More pics https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/16/hotel-workers-sexual-assault-harassment-terranea-resort Britain’s magical thinking won’t make the EU accept the impossible Brussels’ Brexit policy has always been clear. We’re in this mess because British politicians never took it seriously Tue 16 Oct 2018 06.00 BST Last modified on Tue 16 Oct 2018 10.09 BST By Rafael Behr ‘Angela Merkel was right. From the moment the article 50 trigger was pulled, the Brexit process has followed an EU timetable on terms defined by EU treaties.’ Photograph: Omer Messinger/EPA https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/oct/16/britain-eu-brussels-brexit Democrats’ chances of seizing Senate rest on two centrist older white men Candidates Joe Manchin and Phil Bredesen are at the center of fight to win back the Senate – and a world away from the slate of diverse candidates running across America for the House Ben Jacobs in Parkersburg, West Virginia Tue 16 Oct 2018 11.00 BST Democratic candidate Phil Bredesen for Senate in Tennessee paints himself as a bipartisan problem solver and deflects any talk of the Democrats taking control of the Senate Photograph: EMG/REX/Shutterstock More pics https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/oct/16/democrats-chances-of-seizing-senate-rest-on-two-centrist-older-white-men 'Mi casa es su casa': the American welcoming migrants into her home Sarah Jackson built a space for newly released detainees to get back on their feet after witnessing their struggles at the border by Olivia Solon in Denver, Colorado Tue 16 Oct 2018 10.00 BST Sarah Jackson looks at a map showing where different Casa de Paz residents have come from Photograph: Chet Strange for the Guardian More pics https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/oct/16/casa-de-paz-denver-immigration-separated-families-zero-tolerance 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted October 17, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2018 Ann Coulter believes the left has 'lost its mind'. Should we listen? The bestselling author has been criticized for dog-whistling to the far right. Now she’s taking aim at the left – can progressives learn anything from their sworn enemy? Wed 17 Oct 2018 10.00 BST by J Oliver Conroy https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/oct/17/ann-coulter-believes-the-left-has-lost-its-mind-should-we-listen Trump's win shredded the election playbook. What will that mean for the midterms? The question in this election is whether liberal enthusiasm or Republican satisfaction will prevail Gary Younge in Racine, Wisconsin Wed 17 Oct 2018 06.00 BST https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/oct/16/trump-midterms-2018-election-win-ripped-up-old-playbook Too poor to vote: how Alabama’s ‘new poll tax’ bars thousands of people from voting In Alabama, money keeps thousands of people away from the ballot box – and the state’s felon disenfranchisement policies are probably unconstitutional This story is published in partnership with AL.com Connor Sheets Wed 4 Oct 2017 12.30 BST Last modified on Sat 6 Oct 2018 23.08 BST Randi Lynn Williams: her debt, known as legal financial obligations, total more than $11,500 Photograph: Connor Sheets https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/oct/04/alabama-voting-poll-tax Donald Trump rains insults on Elizabeth Warren after DNA test President calls claim of Native American ancestry ‘a fraud’ Cherokee Nation criticises use of DNA test as ‘inappropriate’ Jamiles Lartey in New Orleans Tue 16 Oct 2018 16.51 BST Vid https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/oct/16/donald-trump-elizabeth-warren-dna-test 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted October 17, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2018 Jamal Elshayyal: Response to Khashoggi’s Death Will Determine Future of Saudi Arabia & Middle East October 17, 2018 https://www.democracynow.org/2018/10/17/jamal_elshayyal_response_to_khashoggis_death O’Rourke vs Cruz: The results in Texas will depend on turnout October 17, 2018 10:09 AM CDT By Mark Gruenberg Sen. Ted Cruz (left) and Rep. Beto O'Rourke | AP http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/orourke-vs-cruz-the-results-in-texas-will-depend-on-turnout/ Nobody in America should be poor, period October 17, 2018 12:21 PM CDT By Josh Hoxie Working homeless: In this photo taken Oct. 5, 2018, San Francisco native Tracey Mixon stands on a street in the Tenderloin district of San Francisco. Mixon, 47, and her daughter were recently evicted from their two-bedroom home. She hopes San Francisco voters will approve Proposition C on the Nov. 6 ballot, which would levy an extra tax on some businesses to raise $300 million a year for homelessness and mental health services. | Janie Har / AP http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/nobody-in-america-should-be-poor-period/ Corporate lawyer lands top spot in DOJ’s Civil Rights Division October 17, 2018 2:05 PM CDT By Al Neal Eric Dreiband | AP http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/corporate-lawyer-lands-top-spot-in-dojs-civil-rights-division/ Praying for a Blue Wave: Harley Rouda works to flip Orange County October 16, 2018 12:36 PM CDT By Eric A. Gordon Praying for a Blue Wave: Harley Rouda, Democrat running for California's 48th Congressional district seat in Congress, speaks with supporters during his campaign rally in Laguna Beach, Calif., May 20. | Bill Clark / CQ Roll Call via AP http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/praying-for-a-blue-wave-harley-rouda-works-to-flip-orange-county/ Worker advocates urge Labor Department to restore Obama overtime rule October 17, 2018 2:51 PM CDT By Mark Gruenberg Department of Labor in Washington DC | AP http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/worker-advocates-urge-labor-department-to-restore-obama-overtime-rule/ Real reform in Brooklyn’s Democratic Party a daunting task October 16, 2018 1:55 PM CDT By Cameron Orr Photo by meeting participant http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/real-reform-in-brooklyns-democratic-party-a-daunting-task/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted October 18, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2018 Rod Rosenstein's Wall Street Journal interview prompts Republican outrage Republicans attack Rosenstein for ‘making time for interviews’ as they seek to question him over Trump wiretap claims Thu 18 Oct 2018 15.41 BST Jamiles Lartey Rod Rosenstein with his boss Jeff Sessions. Rosenstein oversees the work of the special counsel, Robert Mueller, who is investigating Russian election interference Photograph: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/oct/18/rod-rosenstein-wall-street-journal-interview-republicans Trump threatens to close US-Mexico border over Honduran migrant caravan Trump also threatened to deploy the military to stop caravan which plans to head through Mexico toward the US border Erin Durkin Thu 18 Oct 2018 13.59 BST Last modified on Thu 18 Oct 2018 16.31 BST Honduran migrants take part in a caravan towards the United States in Chiquimula, Guatemala, on 17 October Photograph: Orlando Estrada/AFP/Getty Images https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/oct/18/trump-threatens-to-close-us-mexico-border-over-migrant-caravan Mohammed bin Salman never was a reformer. This has proved it The Saudi crown prince allowed women to drive, but the disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi reveals his true nature Thu 18 Oct 2018 06.00 BST Last modified on Thu 18 Oct 2018 09.18 BST Dilip Hiro Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ‘has already been more despotic than previous rulers’. Photograph: Cliff Owen/AP https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/oct/18/mohammed-bin-salman-brutality-saudi-jamal-khashoggi Georgia: voter suppression claims ramp up in governor’s race as lawsuits are filed Issue has been a flashpoint in the race, which pits Democrat Stacey Abrams against Republican secretary of state, Brian Kemp Erin Durkin Wed 17 Oct 2018 19.47 BST Last modified on Wed 17 Oct 2018 20.09 BST A supporter waits for the arrival of Democratic Georgia gubernatorial nominee Stacey Abrams during a rally in Morrow, Georgia, on 9 October Photograph: John Amis/EPA https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/oct/17/georgia-voter-suppression-allegations-governors-race-lawsuits McConnell blames budget deficit rise on government programs – not Republican tax cuts Independent analyses found tax cuts caused $779bn deficit to balloon but Republican cited health and retirement benefits Sabrina Siddiqui in Washington Wed 17 Oct 2018 14.32 BST Mitch McConnell with Donald Trump at a rally in Kentucky on Saturday. He said: ‘It’s disappointing but it’s not a Republican problem.’ Photograph: Andrew Harnik/AP https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/oct/16/mitch-mcconnell-federal-budget-deficit-tax-cuts Dead brothel owner will win Nevada election, says manager Dennis Hof, 72, who died on Tuesday, will remain on ballot and win state assembly seat, campaign manager predicts Reuters Thu 18 Oct 2018 10.43 BST Last modified on Thu 18 Oct 2018 11.05 BST Dennis Hof was running for a seat in a heavily Republican district and had been favoured to win Photograph: Sylvain Gaboury/StarPix/REX/Shutterstock https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/oct/18/dead-brothel-owner-dennis-hof-will-win-nevada-election-says-manager 'There is no more Republican party': will California’s Orange county swing Democratic? In the affluent area of yachting marinas and country clubs, some Republicans are growing tired of Washington’s rancor Andrew Gumbel in Huntington Beach Thu 18 Oct 2018 09.00 BST Harley Rouda is running for Congress as a Democrat in traditionally Republican Orange county to unseat the 15-term Republican incumbent Dana Rohrabacher Photograph: Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/oct/18/orange-county-turn-blue-republicans-democrats umb's note (merely geographical, mind you) : been to Huntington Beach many years ago while travelling around Southern California.....Liked it.....Surfers' homeland ( or at least one of them....) if I recall correctly...... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted October 18, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2018 'How to stop an out-of-control president': the Trump films that may swing the midterms US elections and awards season have led to documentaries about Trump from both sides of the political divide. But how do we separate the lies from the truth? Steve Rose Thu 18 Oct 2018 16.30 BST Last modified on Thu 18 Oct 2018 16.31 BST 2 vids & pics https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/oct/18/how-to-stop-an-out-of-control-president-the-trump-films-that-may-swing-the-midterms 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted October 19, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 19, 2018 The Guardian view on Theresa May’s Brexit: march to stop the madness In Brussels this week, Brexit fantasy again collided with Brexit reality. This weekend’s march is an opportunity to pull Britain back from the no-deal brink Fri 19 Oct 2018 17.24 BST Last modified on Fri 19 Oct 2018 17.30 BST Editorial ‘The handling of Brexit has been a story of unremitting and nationally humiliating failure.’ Photograph: Emmanuel Dunand/AFP/Getty https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/oct/19/the-guardian-view-on-theresa-mays-brexit-march-to-stop-the-madness As pressure on Saudi Arabia grows, Jamal Khashoggi is achieving his life’s mission This single death has captured more attention than the killing of thousands by the regime. At last, it may be held to account Fri 19 Oct 2018 17.59 BST By Jonathan Freedland https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/oct/19/saudi-arabia-jamal-khashoggi-life-mission-brutal-regime Khashoggi's fate is proof the US-Saudi relationship is over Michael Fuchs says it’s time for the US to take a stand against the destructive bond that Donald Trump has with Saudi Arabia Fri 19 Oct 2018 16.55 BST Last modified on Fri 19 Oct 2018 16.56 BST Michael H Fuchs Donald Trump welcomed the Saudi crown prince, Mohammad bin Salman, to the Oval Office in March 2017 Photograph: Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/oct/19/khashoggi-fate-us-saudi-relationship 'He's my guy': Donald Trump praises Gianforte for assault on Guardian reporter President’s comments at Montana rally in praise of violence against US journalist come amid international outcry over Khashoggi Ed Pilkington in Missoula Fri 19 Oct 2018 15.24 BST 2 vids & pic https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/oct/18/trump-greg-gianforte-assault-guardian-ben-jacobs John Bolton pushing Trump to withdraw from Russian nuclear arms treaty Exclusive: national security adviser recommends ending intermediate-range nuclear forces treaty over alleged Russia violations Julian Borger in Washington Fri 19 Oct 2018 18.46 BST National security adviser John Bolton has issued a recommendation for withdrawal from the 1987 intermediate-range nuclear forces treaty Photograph: Alex Wong/Getty Images https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/oct/19/john-bolton-russia-nuclear-arms-deal-trump-lobbying Democrats wary of 'luxury of hope' in Wisconsin's divided bellwether There are two Racines: a richer, whiter county and a poorer, more diverse city. Which will weigh heavier at the ballot box in crucial midterm elections for House, Senate and governor? Gary Younge in Racine, Wisconsin Fri 19 Oct 2018 15.45 BST The House speaker, Paul Ryan, seen campaigning in Wisconsin in 2016, is stepping down and Democrats have an outside chance of capturing his seat in the midterms Photograph: Anthony Wahl/AP https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/oct/19/wisconsin-midterm-elections-scott-walker-democrats-chances-divided-state Israel Detained This Palestinian-American Student—Now She’s Challenging the State in Court This isn’t the first time Israel has denied entry to a prospective student, but Lara Alqasem is the first to challenge it October 17, 2018 Lara Alqasem appears at the district court in Tel Aviv, Oct. 11, 2018. (Reuters / Amir Cohen) https://www.thenation.com/article/israel-detained-this-palestinian-american-student-now-shes-challenging-the-state-in-court/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted October 19, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 19, 2018 Dissident Saudi Academic Madawi Al-Rasheed on Khashoggi’s Disappearance, U.S.-Saudi Relations & More October 19, 2018 https://www.democracynow.org/2018/10/19/dissident_saudi_academic_madawi_al_rasheed Netanyahu Attacks Israeli Human Rights Group B’Tselem for Criticizing Israeli Occupation at U.N. October 19, 2018 https://www.democracynow.org/2018/10/19/netanyahu_attacks_israeli_human_rights_group Big business—as a class—will put dollars over democracy every time October 19, 2018 9:34 AM CDT By Kevin Ovenden If Bolsonaro ascends to the Brazilian presidency, the danger of Latin America shifting further toward another right-wing era of strongmen increases. Here, a Brazilian soldier stands next to a mural depicting a dove of peace at the Lins Complex of slums in Rio de Janeiro, where the military took control of all security. | Leo Correa / AP http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/big-business-as-a-class-will-put-dollars-over-democracy-every-time/ Hundreds of thousands march in Berlin against the right wing October 19, 2018 10:43 AM CDT By Victor Grossman Hundreds of thousands on the streets o#Berlin for solidarity and against the global far-right Fabian von der Mark/Twitter http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/hundreds-of-thousands-march-in-berlin-against-the-right-wing/ Markey: ‘Trump is waging a regulatory war’ against workers, consumers October 19, 2018 10:16 AM CDT By Mark Gruenberg Sen. Edward Markey | National Consumers League http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/markey-trump-is-waging-a-regulatory-war-against-workers-consumers/ 2018 is likely fourth-hottest year on record October 19, 2018 1:16 PM CDT By Lorraine Chow NOAA http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/2018-is-likely-fourth-hottest-year-on-record/ Trump plan to ramp up fracking, mining in National Forests threatens climate October 18, 2018 12:50 PM CDT By Center for Biological Diversity stateimpact.npr.org http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/trump-plan-to-ramp-up-fracking-mining-in-national-forests-threatens-climate/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted October 20, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2018 People's Vote march: 'more than half a million' rally for new Brexit referendum – live Organisers say at least 670,000 have turned out for what they hope will prove to be the most important anti-Brexit demonstration since the referendum Mattha Busby Sat 20 Oct 2018 16.33 BST Key events 1h ago 1,200 people attend Leave Means Leave rally 1h ago Aerial footage shows thousands of protesters on the march 2h ago Organisers now estimate 670,000 people are marching today 2h ago Sturgeon reiterates that SNP MPs will back people's vote 3h ago More than 500,000 people on march, say organisers 4h ago Young people lead the march to Parliament Square 5h ago Thousands converge on London to demand a final say Live feed Vid https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live/2018/oct/20/peoples-vote-march-london-second-referendum-brexit-live Bloodshed and long queues as Afghans go to polls Voters cast ballots despite attacks, equipment problems and coercion attempts Emma Graham-Harrison in London and Akhtar Mohammad Makoii in Herat Sat 20 Oct 2018 14.17 BST Long queues formed at many polling stations Photograph: Jawad Jalali/EPA More pics https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/20/afghans-go-to-polls-amid-violence-and-corruption-claims Miss Marple would demolish in minutes the Saudi story of a fistfight gone wrong Jamal Khashoggi’s death leaves the crown prince’s reputation in the west in tatters, however much Trump says otherwise Simon Tisdall Sat 20 Oct 2018 14.43 BST First published on Sat 20 Oct 2018 13.59 BST Mike Pompeo, US secretary of state, in Riyadh last week with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Photograph: Bandar Algaloud Handout/EPA https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/20/what-saudi-statement-about-khashoggi-fistfight-reveals No more silence: how our firm helped give Franco’s victims a voice at last Stolen babies, torture, mass graves … Spain’s historic scandals have been hidden by decades of ‘national amnesia’. A new documentary aims to change all that Almudena Carracedo Sat 20 Oct 2018 14.59 BST María Martín sits by the road which covers the mass grave containing her mother’s remains Photograph: Almudena Carracedo More pics https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/oct/20/no-more-silence-my-mission-to-let-franco-victims-be-heard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_Franco GOP candidate improperly purged 340,000 from Georgia voter rolls, investigation claims New analysis is latest voting rights controversy in race pitting secretary of state Brian Kemp against Democrat Stacey Abrams Erin Durkin Fri 19 Oct 2018 19.45 BST Last modified on Fri 19 Oct 2018 19.58 BST The Georgia secretary of state, Brian Kemp, who is running for governor against Stacey Abrams, is alleged to have improperly purged voters from state registration rolls Photograph: John Amis/AP https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/oct/19/georgia-governor-race-voter-suppression-brian-kemp Trump baselessly claims Democrats are behind migrant caravan President said midterms will be ‘an election of the caravan’ at a rally on Thursday, pushing it as a campaign issue for Republicans Erin Durkin in New York Fri 19 Oct 2018 16.36 BST Donald Trump speaks at a rally in Missoula, Montana, on 18 October Photograph: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/oct/19/trump-migrant-caravan-mexico-border-democrat-blame-no-evidence The Fed is ignoring Trump: it knows this is a fight he cannot win The US president has attacked Jerome Powell again, but the central bank is simply dealing with economic reality Thu 18 Oct 2018 18.58 BST Last modified on Thu 18 Oct 2018 20.40 BST By Nils Pratley President Donald Trump looks on as Jerome Powell speaks at the White House in November 2017 Photograph: Carlos Barria/Reuters https://www.theguardian.com/business/nils-pratley-on-finance/2018/oct/18/the-fed-is-ignoring-trump-it-knows-this-is-a-fight-he-cannot-win 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted October 21, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2018 2020 vision: Democratic hopefuls warm up for White House race Biden spars with Trump in Nevada, Booker and Harris are in South Carolina. The field is already crowded Ben Jacobs in Washington Sun 21 Oct 2018 12.58 BST Joe Biden speaks in Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday Photograph: Ethan Miller/Getty Images https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/oct/21/2020-democratic-presidential-candidates-biden-booker-harris-trump 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted October 22, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2018 What Israelis and Palestinians think – uncut interviews from the streets Corey Gil-Shuster puts his followers’ questions to the public, no matter how controversial Roger Hamilton-Martin Mon 22 Oct 2018 09.15 BST Gad and Itamar from Jerusalem, two of Gil-Shuster’s interviewees Photograph: YouTube/Corey Gil-Shuster 3 vids https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/22/what-israelis-and-palestinians-think-uncut-interviews-from-the-streets ‘The next Joe Arpaio’: the Maryland sheriff praised by Fox and Trump Chuck Jenkins’ work with Immigration and Customs Enforcement has turned into a fiscal and political goldmine Daniel Moattar in Frederick county, Maryland Mon 22 Oct 2018 11.00 BST Frederick county sheriff Chuck Jenkins has been called America’s second-toughest sheriff on immigration Photograph: The Washington Post/Getty Images More pics https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/oct/22/frederick-county-chuck-jenkins-donald-trump-immigration-ice Florida: Republican governor candidate flounders over Trump as role model Ron DeSantis replies to question on children by defending Israel embassy move as Democrat Andrew Gillum shows calm in debate Associated Press in Tallahassee Mon 22 Oct 2018 13.34 BST The Florida Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum, right, speaks as his Republican opponent Ron DeSantis looks on during a CNN debate on Sunday in Tampa Photograph: Chris O'Meara/AP https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/oct/22/florida-governor-ron-desantis-andrew-gillum-republican-democrat Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro threatens purge of leftwing 'outlaws' Presidential frontrunner says rivals will ‘go overseas, or to jail’ in video address to supporters Tom Phillips Latin America correspondent Mon 22 Oct 2018 12.59 BST Supporters of the far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro flock to a rally in São Paulo Photograph: Fernando Bizerra Jr/EPA https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/22/brazils-jair-bolsonaro-says-he-would-put-army-on-streets-to-fight Bolsonaro's pledge to return Brazil to past alarms survivors of dictatorship With the country poised to elect a dictator-praising, pro-torture populist, old wounds have been ripped open Lucinda Elliott in São Paulo and Tom Phillips Mon 22 Oct 2018 14.21 BST Jair Bolsonaro is an outspoken admirer of the military dictatorship. ‘We want a Brazil that is similar to the one we had 40, 50 years ago,’ he has said Photograph: Nelson Almeida/AFP/Getty Images More pics https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/22/after-what-i-lived-through-survivors-of-brazils-dictatorship-fear-bolsonaro Hmmm....Not looking good.......Another fascist (open supporter of past military dictatorship) about to be elected President....Hopefully not...... 'Khashoggi’s death cannot go unpunished': Yemeni Nobel laureate Peace prize winner Tawakkol Karman, a friend of murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, says his death will bring change in the region as long as the crown prince is held to account Mon 22 Oct 2018 13.41 BST Jo Griffin in The Hague Nobel peace prize laureate Tawakkol Karman holds a picture of Khashoggi during a demonstration in front of the Saudi consulate on 5 October Photograph: Ozan Köse/AFP/Getty Images https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2018/oct/22/jamal-khashoggi-death-cannot-go-unpunished-yemeni-nobel-laureate-tawakkol-karman How Russia cyber attacks helped Trump to the US presidency It is now incontrovertible: the theft and leaking of Democratic emails were key to Clinton’s election defeat Mon 22 Oct 2018 13.13 BST Last modified on Mon 22 Oct 2018 14.06 BST By Kathleen Hall Jamieson Hillar.y Clinton and Donald Trump during the second presidential debate at Washington University in St Louis on 9 October 2016 Photograph: Rick T Wilking/AP https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/oct/22/russia-cyber-theft-trump-us-election-president-clinton Trump says he has alerted military to 'national emergency' of migrant caravan President blames Mexico for failing to stop caravan and says he will be stopping aid to Central American countries Staff and agencies in Washington Mon 22 Oct 2018 16.04 BST Thousands of mostly Honduran migrants crowded into the Mexican border city of Tapachula over the weekend after trekking on foot from the Guatemalan border Photograph: AFP/Getty Images https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/oct/22/trump-migrant-caravan-central-america-military Pentagon confirms US general shot in Afghanistan Taliban attack Brig Gen Jeffrey Smiley wounded at Kandahar compound Two senior provincial officials assassinated Associated Press in Washington Sun 21 Oct 2018 22.19 BST https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/oct/21/pentagon-us-general-shot-jeffrey-smiley-afghanistan-taliban-attack The women’s wave is coming. Republicans should be worried We are strategic, we are focused, and we are a threat to Trump’s grip on power. We are taking back what Republicans have stolen Linda Sarsour, Winnie Wong and Tamika Mallory Mon 22 Oct 2018 11.00 BST Women gather for a rally and march at Grant Park on 13 October in Chicago, Illinois to inspire voter turnout ahead of midterm elections Photograph: Kamil Krzaczynski/AFP/Getty Images https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/oct/22/womens-wave-2019-republicans-should-be-worried Kavanaugh once lobbied for judge now handling ethics complaints against him Revelation raises concerns about politicization of the supreme court and whether Trump nominee will face disciplinary action Stephanie Kirchgaessner in Washington Mon 22 Oct 2018 06.00 BST Critics, legal experts and senators, have said that Brett Kavanaugh’s testimony, in which he lashed out at Democrats over allegations he committed sexual assault, lacked judicial temperament Photograph: Andrew Harnik/AP https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/oct/22/brett-kavanaugh-supreme-court-tim-tymkovich-ethics-complaints Orwell was right: free speech is important but it is not enough Freedom of expression is a dangerous licence when severed from any commitment to truth, as cyber-thugs reveal daily Sun 21 Oct 2018 06.00 BST By David Dwan https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/oct/21/orwell-free-speech-important-not-enough Black 'reverse migration' driving Atlanta and Georgia towards Democrats Demographic changes could bring success for Democrats and Stacey Abrams - and counter alleged voter suppression against minorities Khushbu Shah in Atlanta Mon 22 Oct 2018 11.00 BST Stacey Abrams, Democratic challenger for Georgia governor in November 2018’s midterm elections at a rally supported by Democratic senator from Massachusetts Elizabeth Warren Photograph: John Amis/EPA https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2018/oct/22/black-reverse-migration-atlanta-brian-kemp-stacey-abrams-governor-midterms-voter-suppression 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted October 22, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2018 “Reminiscent of South Africa’s Grand Apartheid”: Israeli Human Rights Group Slams Israel at U.N. October 22, 2018 https://www.democracynow.org/2018/10/22/reminiscent_of_south_africas_grand_apartheid “Counterproductive and Dangerous”: Nuclear Arms Race Feared as U.S. Quits Key Treaty with Russia October 22, 2018 https://www.democracynow.org/2018/10/22/counterproductive_and_dangerous_nuclear_arms_race Trump Admin Attempts to Erase Existence of Trans People After Years of GOP-Led Attacks on Freedoms October 22, 2018 https://www.democracynow.org/2018/10/22/trump_admin_attempts_to_erase_existence Working-class white evangelical women shifting away from GOP in Texas October 22, 2018 10:27 AM CDT By Ken Estey Many white evangelical women are coming to question the GOP's immoral leadership. Here, Geralyn Johnson, left, and Rose Assad, right, hold paper cut-outs of the face of Beto O'Rourke at the doors of St. Louis Baptist Church in Tyler, Texas where O'Rourke made campaign stop on Aug. 13. | Sarah A. Miller / Tyler Morning Telegraph via AP http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/working-class-white-evangelical-women-shifting-away-from-gop-in-texas/ Deep in the heart of Texas Penny Morales Shaw fights for justice October 22, 2018 11:26 AM CDT By Mark Gruenberg Penny Shaw campaigns at a retirement home where everyone listened intensely. They vote! Bernard Sampson/People's World http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/deep-in-the-heart-of-texas-penny-morales-shaw-fights-for-justice/ KKK leader David Duke endorses Brazil’s Bolsonaro October 22, 2018 12:44 PM CDT By Steve Sweeney Former KKK leader David Duke in his Klan robes at the age of 27, left. Far right Brazilian candidate for the presidency Jair Bolsonaro, left. | AP http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/kkk-leader-david-duke-endorses-brazils-bolsonaro/ The Republican record on Social Security: Getting worse all the time October 22, 2018 9:46 AM CDT By Combined Sources President Donald Trump listens as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. speaks at a rally at Alumni Coliseum in Richmond, Ky., Oct. 13. | Andrew Harnik / AP http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/the-republican-record-on-social-security-getting-worse-all-the-time/ ‘22 July’ displays the danger of right wing extremism October 19, 2018 12:51 PM CDT By Chauncey K. Robinson Scene from "22 July" http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/22-july-displays-the-danger-of-right-wing-extremism/ Marx and Engels a better bet than Governors Walker and Daniels October 17, 2018 1:39 PM CDT By Tim Libretti Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (left) and Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels | Gage Skidmore (left photo) and Rogelio V. Solis/AP http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/marx-and-engels-a-better-bet-than-governors-walker-and-daniels/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted October 23, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2018 Obama attacks Trump at midterm rally without ever naming him – video Former President Barack Obama has delivered a biting critique of Republicans and President Donald Trump during a rally in Nevada. Although Obama never mentioned his successor by name......... Source: AP Tue 23 Oct 2018 07.07 BST Last modified on Tue 23 Oct 2018 10.28 BST https://www.theguardian.com/global/video/2018/oct/23/obama-attacks-trump-at-midterm-rally-without-ever-naming-him-video Palestinian security forces routinely torture critics, rights group says Palestinian Authority and Hamas target each other’s supporters, says Human Rights Watch Oliver Holmes Tue 23 Oct 2018 08.00 BST Last modified on Tue 23 Oct 2018 08.01 BST A member of the Hamas security forces patrols in a street in Gaza City Photograph: Wesam Saleh/AP https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/23/palestinian-authority-hamas-torture-peaceful-critics-rights-group-says Jamal Khashoggi: Erdoğan rejects Saudi account of killing Turkish president calls for ‘highest ranked’ of those responsible to face justice Bethan McKernan in Istanbul Tue 23 Oct 2018 14.33 BST Recep Tayyip Erdoğan addresses parliament in Ankara. He strongly criticised Saudi Arabia’s ‘inconsistent statements’ in the Khashoggi case Photograph: EPA https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/23/turkish-president-erdogan-rejects-saudi-account-of-khashoggi-killing ‘This is evil at work’: how should a small town react to neo-Nazis? Many progressives disagree on how best to fight the far right. This is how one rural Oregon community resisted Jason Wilson in Cottage Grove, Oregon Tue 23 Oct 2018 11.00 BST Pics https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/23/this-is-evil-at-work-how-should-a-small-town-react-to-neo-nazis 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted October 23, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2018 Voter suppression: Not just in the South, not just ID laws October 23, 2018 12:01 PM CDT By Mark Gruenberg Marching in Virginia. Steve Helber | AP http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/voter-suppression-not-just-in-the-south-not-just-id-laws/ Rula Jebreal: My “Secret Interview” with Jamal Khashoggi Before His Brutal Murder by the Saudis October 23, 2018 https://www.democracynow.org/2018/10/23/rula_jebreal_my_secret_interview_with Is Trump leading the country toward fascism? October 23, 2018 1:40 PM CDT By Joe Sims AP photo http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/is-trump-leading-the-country-toward-fascism/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted October 24, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2018 European parties urged to agree Israel boycott tactics are antisemitic Convention backed by Israeli government to propose red lines for prospective MEPs Arthur Neslen Wed 24 Oct 2018 13.10 BST Last modified on Wed 24 Oct 2018 14.33 BST Margrete Auken MEP at a Gaza protest in 2014. ‘I reject the unceasing attempts to amalgamate this Palestinian-led movement with antisemitism.’ Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/24/european-parties-urged-agree-israel-boycott-bds-antisemitic-mep The KKK’s Mount Rushmore: the problem with Stone Mountain It is the biggest Confederate monument in the US – civil war leaders hewn into Atlanta’s Stone Mountain ........... Khushbu Shah in Atlanta, GA. Videography by Tom Silverstone https://www.theguardian.com/cities/ng-interactive/2018/oct/24/stone-mountain-is-it-time-to-remove-americas-biggest-confederate-memorial 'This border is out of control': journalists' murders shock Ecuador The killings show the dangers of reporting on this isolated part of Latin America on the Colombia-Ecuador frontier Jules Giraudat of Forbidden Stories in Mataje Wed 24 Oct 2018 12.00 BST Friends and relatives of Ecuadorean murdered journalist Javier Ortega, photographer Paul Rivas and their driver Efrain Segarra, light candles and pray in Quito on 13 April 2018 Photograph: Rodrigo Buendia/AFP/Getty Images https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/24/ecuador-journalist-safety-colombia-mataje-murders The real danger to Europe? The lost sense of a common cause From Munich to Milan, political narratives are driving citizens into ever more separated mindsets Wed 24 Oct 2018 06.00 BST Natalie Nougayrède ‘People’s perceptions have drifted very far from the European “demos” or public dreamed of by the creators of the EU.’ Illustration: Sébastien Thibault https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/oct/24/true-threat-to-europe-lost-sense-of-common-cause 'It's a poll tax': how New Hampshire became a battlefield for voting rights In two years, the Republican-controlled state government has passed two bills that Democrats argue target the voting rights of the state’s 90,000 college students Oliver Laughland in Hanover, New Hampshire Wed 24 Oct 2018 06.00 BST Garrett Muscatel, a Dartmouth student and a Democratic candidate for the New Hampshire house of representatives, stands outside the campus’s historic library Photograph: Oliver Laughland for the Guardian More pics https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/oct/24/new-hampshire-voter-suppression-midterm-elections Nevada Republican's family blasts his campaign in op-ed: 'It's all fake' Adam Laxalt is the latest candidate to be publicly disowned after his family called his gubernatorial pitch misleading Luke O'Neil Tue 23 Oct 2018 22.20 BST Last modified on Wed 24 Oct 2018 14.51 BST Adam Laxalt at a campaign rally in Las Vegas, Nevada Photograph: David Becker/Reuters https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/oct/23/adam-laxalt-nevada-governor-candidate-family-op-ed 'Beautiful Ted': Trump and Cruz bury the hatchet as midterm anxiety mounts Their bitter 2016 rivalry was all but forgotten at a Houston rally as Trump turns to a narrative of fear and falsehoods to shore up Republican control of Congress Tom Dart in Houston and Ben Jacobs in Washington Tue 23 Oct 2018 15.32 BST How about a hug? Ted Cruz said: ‘God bless Texas, and God bless President Donald Trump.’ Photograph: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images More pics https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/oct/22/donald-trump-ted-cruz-rally-houston-midterms-obama-vegas The socialists are coming! White House sounds alarm at rise of the left As Democrats score on healthcare, the Council of Economic Advisers raises the spectre of Marx, Sanders and Swedish working mothers making you pay more for your pickup truck David Smith in Washington Tue 23 Oct 2018 19.54 BST On Karl Marx’s 200th anniversary, the report breathlessly notes, ‘Detailed policy proposals from self-declared socialists are gaining support in Congress and among much of the electorate.’ Photograph: Alamy Stock Photo https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/oct/23/the-socialists-are-coming-white-house-sounds-alarm-at-rise-of-the-left 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted October 24, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2018 Stacey Abrams Slams Brian Kemp on Suppressing Vote as He Worries Too Many Georgians Will Vote October 24, 2018 https://www.democracynow.org/2018/10/24/stacey_abrams_slams_brian_kemp_on Greg Palast Sues Georgia’s Brian Kemp for Purging 340,000 from Voter Rolls Ahead of Election October 24, 2018 https://www.democracynow.org/2018/10/24/greg_palast_sues_georgias_brian_kemp Trump blasts caravan that poses no danger to the U.S. October 24, 2018 11:10 AM CDT By Emile Schepers And John Wojcik A Central American migrant sits amid a group of sleeping migrants, in Tapachula, Mexico, Monday, Oct. 22. Thousands of Honduran migrants hoping to reach the U.S. stretched out on rain-soaked sidewalks, benches, and public plazas in the southern Mexico city of Tapachula, worn down by another day's march under a blazing sun. | Moises Castillo / AP http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/trump-rails-against-a-caravan-that-poses-no-danger-to-the-u-s/ Marxism vs. Donald Trump on the issue of nationalism October 24, 2018 12:08 PM CDT By Gus Hall Trump is using nationalism and racism to divide people and stoke anti-immigrant hysteria. Marxism exposed nationalism as a tool of the capitalist class http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/marxism-vs-donald-trump-on-the-issue-of-nationalism/ Kalb, Rather: Trump endangers democracy as well as free press October 24, 2018 12:30 PM CDT By Mark Gruenberg Dan Rather | Richard Shotwell/AP http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/kalb-rather-trump-endangers-democracy-as-well-as-free-press/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted October 25, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 25, 2018 Bolsonaro threatens the world, not just Brazil’s fledgling democracy Women and LGBT activists, human rights defenders, environmentalists and indigenous peoples are all at risk from the far-right candidate Noam Chomsky and 14 others Thu 25 Oct 2018 15.57 BST Supporters of Brazilian right-wing presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro Photograph: Daniel Ramalho/AFP/Getty Images https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/oct/25/jair-bolsonaro-brazil-democracy-rights Another proof that fascists will be fascists........ Trump’s words have consequences, and he can no longer deny it After the targeting of politicians and the media in a pipe-bombing campaign, it’s clear where the president’s hostile rhetoric leads Thu 25 Oct 2018 17.17 BST Last modified on Thu 25 Oct 2018 18.25 BST By Gary Younge ‘When pipe bombs are sent to CNN, it should be understood as one of the most violent examples yet of a democracy that has long been under threat.’ Photograph: Sean Rayford/Getty Images https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/oct/25/donald-trump-words-consequences-violent-rhetoric University founded by George Soros 'forced out' of Hungary Central European University plans to move to Vienna next year after moves against it by Hungarian government Shaun Walker Central and eastern Europe correspondent Thu 25 Oct 2018 14.35 BST Central European University is seen as one of the best universities in central and eastern Europe Photograph: Bernadett Szabó/Reuters https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/25/university-founded-by-george-soros-forced-out-of-hungary Once again....Fascists ( namely Viktor Orban) will be fascists......That's only the zillionth proof.....Billions more to come soon....... Tommy Robinson and the far right’s new playbook The former EDL leader is one of a new breed of entrepreneurial activists who are bringing extremist myths into the mainstream – while also claiming they are being silenced Thu 25 Oct 2018 06.00 BST By Daniel Trilling Rightwing groups protest in support of Yaxley-Lennon during his detention Photograph: Penelope Barritt/Rex/Shutterstock More pics https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/25/tommy-robinson-and-the-far-rights-new-playbook Same as above...... Is the US in an 'illegal' immigration crisis? Border patrol data suggests otherwise Illegal border crossings have declined significantly from record highs in the early years of the 21st century Molly Molloy Thu 25 Oct 2018 09.00 BST A border patrol agent on the US-Mexico border on 13 October Photograph: Mario Tama/Getty Images https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/oct/25/us-illegal-border-crossings-analysis-trump-migrants Migrants to Europe 'need to go home', says Czech prime minister Andrej Babiš wants to see crackdown on people traffickers rather than boost in EU border force Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor Thu 25 Oct 2018 10.52 BST The Czech prime minister Andrej Babiš in in London for talks with Theresa May this week Photograph: Matt Dunham/AP https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/25/europe-migrants-need-to-go-home-says-czech-prime-minister He and Hungary's Orban and Bannon and Vladimir Putin...are all Salvini's ( Italian minister of interior affairs and deputy PM) friends / buddies / partners in crime / xxxxxxxs ( can be filled with any word....)....Let's say...Real lovers of DEMOCRACY............ Five of the most bigoted and divisive political ads from the 2018 midterms From calling a Muslim school ‘Terror High’ to claiming Democrats want to ‘lynch black folks’, the upcoming election has seen a large number of race-baiting and prejudiced ads Sam Wolfson Thu 25 Oct 2018 17.10 BST Last modified on Thu 25 Oct 2018 17.49 BST An attack ad against Democratic candidate in Virginia’s seventh district asks: ‘What is Abigail Spanberger hiding?’ Photograph: Congressional Leadership Fund Vids https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/oct/25/midterm-attack-ads-five-most-bigoted-divisive-republicans-democrat-videos 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted October 25, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 25, 2018 California Neo-Nazi Group Members Arrested for Role in Violence at Rallies in CA and Charlottesville October 25, 2018 https://www.democracynow.org/2018/10/25/california_neo_nazi_group_members_arrested Trump Blames Media for Inciting “Anger” After Bombs Sent to CNN & High-Profile Democrats October 25, 2018 https://www.democracynow.org/2018/10/25/trump_blames_media_for_inciting_anger Gustavo Arellano: Could Longtime GOP Stronghold Orange County Go Blue in Midterms? October 25, 2018 https://www.democracynow.org/2018/10/25/gustavo_arellano_could_longtime_gop_stronghold DOJ says transgender discrimination not a violation of federal law October 25, 2018 9:13 AM CDT By Michelle Zacarias The National Center for Transgender Equality, NCTE, and the Human Rights Campaign gather on Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House in Washington, Monday, Oct. 22, for a #WontBeErased rally. | Carolyn Kaster / AP Brazil’s Bolsonaro promises to purge the left if elected October 25, 2018 9:38 AM CDT By Steve Sweeney Presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro, of the right-wing Social Liberal Party. He says he plans to clear the country of "red outlaws" if elected. | Leo Correa / AP http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/brazils-bolsonaro-promises-to-purge-the-left-if-elected/ Springtime for fascism: a global struggle October 25, 2018 2:40 PM CDT By W. Scott Poole http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/springtime-for-fascism-a-global-struggle/ Will even more GOP-held districts flip in Virginia? October 25, 2018 12:12 PM CDT By Emile Schepers U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., who is running for re-election, raises hands amid cheers with Democratic state Senator and U.S. Congressional candidate for Virginia's 10th District Jennifer Wexton during a campaign stop at the Espresso Bar and Cafe in Winchester, Va., July 5. | Jeff Taylor / The Winchester Star via AP http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/will-even-more-gop-held-districts-flip-in-virginia/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted October 26, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2018 Trump backs Italy's hard line on migrants US President says Premier Conte 'will be successful!' Redazione ANSA Rome 26 October 201810:36 News President Trump with Italy's PM Giuseppe Conte ALL RIGHTS RESERVED © Copyright ANSA/EPA http://www.ansa.it/english/news/2018/10/26/trump-backs-italys-hard-line-on-migrants_58683bb1-ac24-4426-ab75-e64bbc9073fb.html 'Our faith compels us': Christian resistance to Trump gathers steam Progressive churchgoers are becoming increasingly vocal about “toxic Christianity” and the “gospel of Trump” while promoting biblical commands to protect the poor Harriet Sherwood in Greensboro, North Carolina Fri 26 Oct 2018 06.00 BST Doug Pagitt, executive director of Vote Common Good, and Cristy Berghoef, CEO of the Institute of Faith, Justice & Dialogue, speak to the crowd at the Vote Common Good rally in Greensboro, North Carolina Photograph: Logan Cyrus for the Guardian More pics https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/26/trump-christian-vote-midterms-resistance-protest-tax-cuts-policies Lean left: is America ready for a wave of Bernie Sanders-inspired socialists? A slew of leftwing Democrats are running in the midterms – but some believe it’s too soon for a full-scale embrace of progressive ideas Adam Gabbatt in New York Fri 26 Oct 2018 06.00 BST Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez beat Joe Crowley in June to win the Democratic nomination. Organizers on the left insist they are at the start of something big Photograph: Brian Snyder/Reuters https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/oct/26/america-midterms-democrats-socialism-bernie-sanders US plans to send 800 troops to border as caravan travels through Mexico Defense secretary expected to sign order as Trump seeks to make fear of immigrants a top election issue Associated Press in Washington Fri 26 Oct 2018 02.40 BST Members of the Arizona national guard listen to instructions in Phoenix. The additional troops would bolster national guard forces already at the border Photograph: Caitlin O’hara/AFP/Getty Images https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/oct/25/us-troops-mexico-border-caravan Bannon holds rally for Republican candidates but none show up Trump’s former strategist touts his role in president’s success before crowd of 200 in upstate New York Adam Gabbatt in Elma, New York Thu 25 Oct 2018 03.27 BST Steve Bannon speaks in Elma, New York Photograph: Jeffrey T Barnes/AP https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/oct/25/steve-bannon-rally-elma-new-york-republicans European populists seem to love him instead......... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted October 26, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2018 Striking Univ. of California patient care workers rally with supporters across the state October 26, 2018 8:50 AM CDT By Marilyn Bechtel Marilyn Bechtel/PW http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/striking-univ-of-california-patient-care-workers-rally-with-supporters-across-the-state/ While Trump Calls Climate Change a Hoax, Hurricane Michael Damaged US Fighter Jets Worth $6 Billion October 26, 2018 https://www.democracynow.org/2018/10/26/while_trump_calls_climate_change_a Federal workers protest Trump’s “impasse” at Health and Human Services October 26, 2018 10:28 AM CDT By Mark Gruenberg NTEU members conducted informational picketing in front of the Department of Health and Human Services headquarters to protest the agency’s bad faith bargaining on a new contract. | NTEU http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/federal-workers-protest-trumps-impasse-at-health-and-human-services/ Trump Admin Opens Up Alaska for Drilling, Threatening Already At-Risk Arctic Biodiversity October 26, 2018 https://www.democracynow.org/2018/10/26/trump_admin_opens_up_alaska_for Socialism under attack from scared White House October 26, 2018 9:43 AM CDT By Ian Goodrum The Trump White House did one thing right in its shoddy report: Interest in socialism and Marxism around the world is increasing http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/socialism-under-attack-from-scared-white-house/ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted October 27, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2018 Barack Obama takes aim at Donald Trump for 'making stuff up' Ex-president joins campaign trail and says ‘the character of our country is on the ballot’ Associated Press Sat 27 Oct 2018 12.06 BST Last modified on Sat 27 Oct 2018 12.29 BST https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/oct/27/barack-obama-takes-aim-at-donald-trump-for-making-stuff-up-us-midterms Tommy Robinson ‘stands to make £1m’ on US speaking tour Anti-fascist campaigners fear former EDL leader could use money to fund UK tour Mark Townsend Home affairs editor Sun 28 Oct 2018 12.00 GMT https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/oct/27/tommy-robinson-edl-stands-to-make-1-million-pounds-on-us-speaking-tour 'Why is that racist?' Trump greets young black leaders with freewheeling rant The president’s speech to African American millennial supporters was rambling and toe-curling. But he and his audience loved it David Smith in Washington Sat 27 Oct 2018 00.01 BST Vid https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/oct/26/trump-young-black-leadership-summit-white-house-east-room What happened when migrants moved into my family’s Sicilian village Refugees are breathing vibrant new life into the dying home town of Lorenzo Tondo’s father-in-law. If only Italy’s ascendant rightwingers saw it that way Sat 27 Oct 2018 14.00 BST Last modified on Sat 27 Oct 2018 15.00 BST https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/27/how-refugees-are-breathing-new-life-into-dying-italian-village UN's outgoing Syria envoy wants regime to stop being obstructive Staffan de Mistura has been frustrated that Syria is resisting the creation of a potentially vital committee Patrick Wintour, Diplomatic editor Sat 27 Oct 2018 07.00 BST https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/27/uns-outgoing-syria-envoy-wants-regime-to-stop-being-obstructive The battle for Brazil – could the far-right populist Bolsonaro still be defeated? Workers’ party candidate Fernando Haddad has been rallying voters and chipping away at Bolsonaro’s advantage Tom Phillips in São Paulo Sat 27 Oct 2018 07.00 BST https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/26/max-benwell-maxbenwellguardiancouk-bolsonaro-win-chances-can-he-lose-brazil-election-vote- Democrats see bright future rooted in Bernie Sanders' impact ‘We’re building the socialist wing of a broader movement’ says organizers of Democratic groups Adam Gabbatt Sat 27 Oct 2018 14.02 BST Last modified on Sat 27 Oct 2018 14.45 BST https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/oct/27/democrats-see-bright-future-rooted-in-bernie-sanders-impact 'He's so openly racist': why does Iowa keep electing Steve King to Congress? The eight-term congressman has Donald Trump’s backing, and looks likely to be re-elected in November’s midterms despite his ties to European far-right Tom McCarthy in Jefferson, Carroll, and Correctionville, Iowa Sat 27 Oct 2018 06.00 BST https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/oct/26/hes-so-openly-racist-why-does-iowa-keep-electing-steve-king-to-congress You can’t value freedom of movement but ignore how the EU treats migrants Holding up the EU as a paragon of liberalism is an insult to the thousands of refugees who have drowned due to its border policy Fri 26 Oct 2018 10.49 BST Last modified on Fri 26 Oct 2018 12.03 BST By Ben Smoke https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/oct/26/freedom-of-movement-eu-migrants-refugees-drowned 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted October 28, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2018 Social media ‘aids oppressors’, says Saudi rights campaigner Manal al-Sharif, a leader in the fight for Saudi women’s right to drive, claims Twitter is used to harass activists Emma Graham-Harrison Sun 28 Oct 2018 08.00 GMT Manal al-Sharif Photograph: Marwan Naamani/AFP/Getty Images https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/28/twitter-facebook-saudi-oppression Dodge City polling place debacle: voter suppression or incompetence? A small Kansas town is caught in the middle of a political gunfight over moving its only polling station Chris McGrealin Dodge City, Kansas Sun 28 Oct 2018 10.00 GMT In Dodge City, Kansas, there is only a single polling place for more than 13,000 registered voters Photograph: Larry W. Smith/EPA https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/oct/28/dodge-city-polling-place-voter-suppression-voting-rights Ousted Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont launches new party A year after secession bid, the separatist tries to rally support from his base in Belgium Agence France-Presse in Barcelona Sat 27 Oct 2018 23.44 BST Former Catalan regional president Carles Puigdemont appears on a screen during the founding convention of the new Catalan separatist party ‘Crida Nacional’ (National Call) Photograph: Josep Lago/AFP/Getty Images https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/27/ousted-catalan-leader-carles-puigdemont-launches-new-party 'Supporting greed over needs': the group taking on big pharma in the midterms Not-for-profit is promoting politicians who have helped lower drug prices and calling out those who haven’t, regardless of party Tom McCarthy in New York Sun 28 Oct 2018 06.00 GMT Republican Bob Hugin, a former pharmaceuticals CEO running for US Senate in New Jersey, was the first target of the political action committee Photograph: Julio Cortez/AP https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/oct/27/big-pharma-midterms-republicans-democrats As Angela Merkel’s star dims, Europe is facing perhaps its biggest challenge since 1930s Pragmatism and brave policies have sustained her so far, but her possible fall could have a dire impact on the whole EU Simon Tisdall Sun 28 Oct 2018 08.00 GMT Last modified on Sun 28 Oct 2018 09.42 GMT Merkel could face a fatal rebuff today, just as the shine comes off Emmanuel Macron’s leadership in France Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/28/angela-merkel-germany-elections-eu-europe David Blight on Frederick Douglass: 'I call him beautifully human' ‘At first I didn’t want to,’ says the author of this magisterial biography of the great abolitionist, ‘it was so daunting’ Sun 28 Oct 2018 05.00 GMT By Martin Pengelly Frederick Douglass, c1866 Photograph: Granger/REX/Shutterstock More pics https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/oct/28/david-blight-on-frederick-douglass-i-call-him-beautifully-human Brazil election: leftwinger Fernando Haddad narrows lead as polls open in runoff But the Workers party candidate suffers blow after he fails to win the backing of key state governor ousted in first-round voting Reuters Sun 28 Oct 2018 03.04 GMT Last modified on Sun 28 Oct 2018 13.02 GMT Fernando Haddad at a rally in São Paulo on Saturday Photograph: Amanda Perobelli/Reuters https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/28/brazil-election-leftwinger-fernando-haddad-narrows-lead-in-polls-ahead-of-runoff Jair Bolsonaro on brink of victory in Brazil as fears for democracy grow Opponents fear far-right candidate will plunge Brazil back into authoritarianism Tom Phillips in São Paulo and Dom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro Sun 28 Oct 2018 15.12 GMT Jair Bolsonaro waves after voting in the presidential election in Rio on Sunday Photograph: Silvia Izquierdo/AP https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/28/jair-bolsonaro-on-brink-of-victory-in-brazil-as-fears-for-democracy-grow ‘Edge of the knife’: Trump drags divided states of America towards his midterms reckoning There are pipe bombs in the mail, racist invective is flying, a synagogue has been attacked. The president feeds the fire David Smith in Washington Sun 28 Oct 2018 11.38 GMT Donald Trump speaks during an election rally in Murphysboro, Illinois Photograph: Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images More pics https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/oct/28/donald-trump-midterms-elections-pipe-bombs-democrats-republicans Pittsburgh shooting extends wave of conspiracy-minded rightwing violence Attack on synagogue is part of long history of white supremacist terror against American Jewish communities Sat 27 Oct 2018 23.36 BST Last modified on Sun 28 Oct 2018 09.35 GMT By Jason Wilson https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/27/pittsburgh-synagogue-shooting-antisemitism-conspiracy-theories The EU’s stand-off with Italy exposes its own failings Demonising migrants isn’t confined to Italian politicians – it’s endemic in Brussels too Sun 28 Oct 2018 08.00 GMT By Kenan Malik Matteo Salvini, architect of Italy’s brutal immigration policy ( umb's note: and not only that....) Photograph: Sergei Bobylev/TASS https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/oct/28/european-union-stand-off-with-italy-exposes-its-own-failing Donald Trump invites Vladimir Putin to Washington It is not clear if Russian leader has accepted offer extended during John Bolton visit Andrew Roth in Moscow Fri 26 Oct 2018 12.27 BST The invitation was extended when John Bolton (R) visited Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin earlier this week Photograph: Maxim Shipenkov/EPA https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/oct/26/donald-trump-invites-vladimir-putin-to-washington Pittsburgh shooting: suspect railed against Jews and Muslims on site used by 'alt-right' Robert Bowers appears to have used the platform Gab to accuse Jews of bringing ‘evil Muslims’ into US Sat 27 Oct 2018 23.49 BST First published on Sat 27 Oct 2018 21.30 BST By Lois Beckett An ambulance arrives at the Tree of Life synagogue where a shooter opened fire Photograph: Gene J Puskar/AP https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/oct/27/pittsburgh-shooting-suspect-antisemitism 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted October 29, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2018 Jair Bolsonaro declared Brazil's next president Controversial admirer of dictators says in video broadcast: ‘We are going to change the destiny of Brazil’ Tom Phillips in São Paulo and Dom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro Mon 29 Oct 2018 10.45 GMT 2 vids & pics https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/28/jair-bolsonaro-wins-brazil-presidential-election Italy's Salvini was one of the first to congratulate him........ German chancellor Angela Merkel will not seek re-election in 2021 Chancellor also tells Christian Democrats she will not seek re-election as party chairwoman in December Josie Le Blond in Berlin Mon 29 Oct 2018 12.32 GMT https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/29/angela-merkel-wont-seek-re-election-as-cdu-party-leader Trump joy over Bolsonaro suggests new rightwing axis in Americas and beyond US president says he will ‘work closely together’ with Brazil’s new hard-right leader while world’s far-right politicians share delight Jonathan Watts Mon 29 Oct 2018 16.27 GMT Last modified on Mon 29 Oct 2018 16.29 GMT A Jair Bolsonaro supporter celebrates in Rio on Monday. Bolsonaro is arguably the most rightwing leader elected anywhere in the world this century Photograph: Sergio Moraes/Reuters https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/29/jair-bolsonaro-brazil-trump-rightwing-axis Trump, 'purveyor of hate speech', not welcome in Pittsburgh, says former synagogue leader Lynette Lederman says she does not want the president to visit Pittsburgh and will rely on local political leadership Mon 29 Oct 2018 15.28 GMT First published on Mon 29 Oct 2018 14.07 GMT By Oliver Laughland Tree of Life Synagogue and memorial of flowers and stars in remembrance of the those killed and injured when a shooter opened fire during services on Saturday Photograph: Gene J Puskar/AP https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/oct/29/pittsburgh-shooting-trump-not-welcome Disillusioned Brazilians swap politics of hope for politics of anger and despair Brazil’s voters followed a trend evident in embattled democracies around the world, and a wholesale rejection of politics-as-usual Simon Tisdall Mon 29 Oct 2018 05.30 GMT Last modified on Mon 29 Oct 2018 15.20 GMT Supporters of far-right presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro show support in front of his condominium of Barra de Tijuca, in Rio de Janeiro, on Sunday Photograph: António Lacerda/EPA https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/29/brazil-jair-bolsonaro-presidential-election Who is Jair Bolsonaro? Brazil's far-right president in his own words Brazil’s new president is a far-right figurehead and ex-paratrooper known for lashing out at women, minorities, and indigenous groups Guardian staff Mon 29 Oct 2018 09.27 GMT First published on Thu 6 Sep 2018 23.48 BST Jair Bolsonaro waves after voting in the presidential runoff election in Rio de Janeiro Photograph: Silvia Izquierdo/AP https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/06/jair-bolsonaro-brazil-tropical-trump-who-hankers-for-days-of-dictatorship Flights could be disrupted after Brexit, Chris Grayling admits Transport secretary says EU would be to blame for any turmoil for not starting talks Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent Mon 29 Oct 2018 15.11 GMT Chris Grayling told an aviation conference disruption was ‘unlikely’ but that talks to secure an aviation agreement had not yet started Photograph: David Moir/REUTERS https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/oct/29/uk-eu-flights-disrupted-brexit-chris-grayling Greece reiterates claim of €288bn ($327.80B) for damages under Nazi occupation Athens says destruction played major part in delaying Greece’s development as modern state Helena Smith in Athens Mon 29 Oct 2018 05.00 GMT A presidential guard raises the historical Greek flag during a ceremony to mark the 74th anniversary of the liberation of Athens from Nazi occupation on 12 October 2018 Photograph: Yannis Kolesidis/EPA https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/29/greece-reiterates-claim-of-288bn-for-damages-under-nazi-occupation-germany US Muslims raise more than $120,000 for families of Pittsburgh shooting victims Groups say drive to raise funds sends ‘united message … that there is no place for this type of hate and violence’ Harriet Sherwood Mon 29 Oct 2018 16.36 GMT Last modified on Mon 29 Oct 2018 16.37 GMT A memorial outside the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh. Eleven people were killed and six injured in the attack on Saturday Photograph: Cathal McNaughton/Reuters https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/oct/29/us-muslims-charity-pittsburgh-synangogue-shooting-victims In about-face, Republicans make fixing Obamacare central to re-election push Republicans wanted to gut Obamacare. Now, a wave of candidates advertise support for the ‘pre-existing conditions’ provision Jessica Glenza in New York Mon 29 Oct 2018 10.00 GMT Protesters before a hearing on repealing Obamacare on Capitol Hill in Washington in September 2017 Photograph: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/oct/29/in-about-face-republicans-make-fixing-obamacare-central-to-re-election-push 'Every vote should count': North Dakota ID law threatens Native Americans’ vote in key Senate race On the tribal reservations, Republicans are accused of trying to suppress a potentially decisive bloc who tend to swing Democratic Oliver Laughland in Standing Rock, North Dakota Mon 29 Oct 2018 11.56 GMT Honorata Defender canvassing in the remote settlement town of Selfridge on Thursday with information on how to vote for Standing Rock tribal members Photograph: Dan Koeck/Getty Images for The Guardian More pics https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/oct/29/north-dakota-id-law-native-americans-vote-senate-race 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted October 29, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2018 Glenn Greenwald on Bolsonaro: Brazil Has Elected “Most Extremist Leader in the Democratic World” October 29, 2018 https://www.democracynow.org/2018/10/29/glenn_greenwald_on_bolsonaro_brazil_has “Migrant caravan”: Why they’re really leaving home and risking it all October 29, 2018 10:31 AM CDT By Rossana Cambron A woman carries a baby affected by tear gas near a barricade erected by supporters of presidential candidate Salvador Nasralla protesting official election results in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Dec. 18. Since Juan Orlando Hernandez became president, he has moved to crush opposition, and his policies have worsened the already desperate economic situation faced by most Hondurans. | Fernando Antonio / AP http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/migrant-caravan-why-theyre-really-leaving-home-and-risking-it-all/ Voter rights propositions look like winners in battleground state of Michigan October 29, 2018 12:38 PM CDT By Roberta Wood Although GOP-controlled legislatures across the country are engaged in massive suppression efforts, Michigan voters are set to possibly strengthen voter rights with a pair of constitutional initiatives. | Promote the Vote http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/voter-rights-propositions-look-like-winners-in-battleground-state-of-michigan/ Florida hurricane victims still waiting: “Where’s the help?” October 26, 2018 10:11 AM CDT By Tamara Lush In this Oct. 23 photo, Ronald Lauricella cradles a kitten in his front yard in Bay County, Fla. | Tamara Lush / AP http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/florida-hurricane-victims-still-waiting-wheres-the-help/ “I Believe in the Bible. I Also Believe in Science”: How One Man Built Florida Home to Survive Storm October 26, 2018 https://www.democracynow.org/2018/10/26/i_believe_in_the_bible_i 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted October 30, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2018 Trump suggests he will end birthright citizenship with executive order President falsely claimed US is ‘the only country in the world’ to endow the right and that he would move to sign order ending it Oliver Laughland in New York Tue 30 Oct 2018 12.47 GMT Donald and Melania Trump hand out Halloween candy to trick-or-treaters at the White House on 28 October Photograph: Joshua Roberts/Reuters https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/oct/30/trump-birthright-citizenship-executive-order-14th-amendment Snitch on a teacher: Bolsonaro win sparks push against 'indoctrination' A lawmaker from the party of ultra-right president-elect is urging students to denounce teachers who complain about his victory Dom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro Tue 30 Oct 2018 06.00 GMT Students in Rio de Janeiro protest against an electoral court order for universities to remove banners containing ‘negative propaganda’ against Jair Bolsonaro Photograph: Léo Corrêa/AP https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/30/bolsonaro-win-students-urged-report-teachers-who-complain-whatsapp Jair Bolsonaro denies he is a fascist and paints himself as a Brazilian Churchill President-elect: ‘It’s the leftwing people … who are fascists’ Bolsonaro refuses to apologise for pro-dictatorship comments Tom Phillips in São Paulo Tue 30 Oct 2018 14.54 GMT Jair Bolsonaro: ‘We are taking over a completely broken Brazil. We’ve never had such a major ethical, moral and economic crisis and we want to get out of this quagmire.’ Photograph: Ricardo Morales/Pool/EPA https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/30/jair-bolsonaro-denies-he-is-a-fascist-brazilian-churchill 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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