Politics & environs articles - May 18, 2018

[umbertino]

European parliament bloc set to consider ejecting Viktor Orbán

 

Hungarian PM’s anti-EU attitude is alienating centre-right European People’s party

 

 

Jennifer Rankin in Brussels

Wed 27 Feb 2019 05.00 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/feb/27/european-parliament-bloc-set-to-consider-ejecting-viktor-orban

 

 

He got a scholarship from George Soros when he was young.....He ( fascist  and human & political rights crusher Orban) didn't deserve it one bit obviously....Soros should have known better.......

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

‘I had to submit to being exoticised by white women. If I didn’t, I was punished’

 

I support the movement to address misogyny and patriarchy in our society, but it’s time for an honest discussion about how some women use white privilege to oppress black men

 

 

Courttia Newland

Wed 27 Feb 2019 10.00 GMT Last modified on Wed 27 Feb 2019 15.47 GMT

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/feb/27/white-privilege-is-used-by-women-against-black-men-as-a-tool-of-oppression

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thousands of migrant children allegedly sexually abused in US custody

 

Allegations ranged from adult staff members having relationships with minors to forcible touching, HHS documents show

 

 

Hazar Kilani in New York and agencies

Wed 27 Feb 2019 16.18 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/feb/27/migrant-children-sexual-abuse-complaints-filed-documents-hhs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It’s not enough to defend democracy – now is the time to advance it

 

If democracy is to recapture the world’s imagination, it will have to show it can deliver a better way of life than the autocrats

 

 

Wed 27 Feb 2019 11.00 GMT Last modified on Wed 27 Feb 2019 14.15 GMT

Nathan Schneider

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/feb/27/its-not-enough-to-defend-democracy-now-is-the-time-to-advance-it

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The left needs to get radical on big tech – moderate solutions won't cut it

 

Radical democratic transformation seeks to empower those that have been excluded from the leading roles in the digital economy

 

 

Wed 27 Feb 2019 11.00 GMT Last modified on Wed 27 Feb 2019 11.02 GMT

Evgeny Morozov

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/feb/27/left-radical-big-tech-moderate-solutions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Not so special agent: FBI struggles to attract new recruits

 

Report says sharp decline in number of applicants continued last year from a peak of 68,500 in 2009 to a mere 11,500 in 2018

 

 

Luke O'Neil

Wed 27 Feb 2019 06.00 GMT Last modified on Wed 27 Feb 2019 15.15 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/feb/27/fbi-struggles-to-attract-new-recruits

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Donald Trump 'a racist, a conman' who committed crimes as president – Cohen

• Cohen says Trump had prior knowledge of WikiLeaks release
• Trump had ‘criminal scheme to violate campaign finance laws’
• Trump Jr drawn into hush money payment to Stormy Daniels

 

Sabrina Siddiqui in Washington and Jon Swaine New York

Wed 27 Feb 2019 16.36 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/feb/27/donald-trump-jr-stormy-daniels-payment-michael-cohen-testimony-hearing-latest

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ocasio-Cortez – 'who actually worked for wages' - rebukes Ivanka Trump

 

Congresswoman condemns first daughter’s comments to Fox News on Green New Deal’s living wage guarantee

 

 

Vivian Ho

Wed 27 Feb 2019 02.39 GMT First published on Wed 27 Feb 2019 02.13 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/feb/26/ocasio-cortez-rebukes-ivanka-trump-on-jobs-as-a-person-who-actually-worked

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To beat fascism, you need an alternative: Lessons from the 1930s

 

February 27, 2019 9:17 AM CST By David Rosenberg

 

 

 

Sir Oswald Mosley salutes while inspecting the British Union of Fascist ranks, Oct. 4, 1936 in London, England. Their march through the East End had to be abandoned due to massive counter demonstrations organized largely by the Communist Party and Jewish organizations.| AP

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/to-beat-fascism-you-need-an-alternative-lessons-from-the-1930s/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Poor People’s Campaign: Trump wall is “monument to white supremacy”

 

February 26, 2019 9:36 AM CST By Special to PeoplesWorld.org

 

 

 

 

The Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II, center, and Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis, left, co-chairs of the Poor People's Campaign. | Mark Humphrey / AP

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/poor-peoples-campaign-launches-poverty-tour-calls-trump-wall-monument-to-white-supremacy/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As Trojan Horse “humanitarian aid” ploy fizzles, Venezuela faces new attacks

 

February 27, 2019 10:49 AM CST By Emile Schepers

 

 

 

 

Bolivarian National Guard troops man a barricade at the Francisco De Paula Santander international bridge in Urena, Venezuela, on the border with Colombia, Saturday, Feb. 23. Opposition leader Juan Guaido vowed to bring U.S. "humanitarian aid" totaling a paltry $20 million into the country over objections from President Nicolas Maduro. The stunt failed. | Fernando Llano / AP

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/as-trojan-horse-humanitarian-aid-ploy-fizzles-venezuela-faces-new-attacks/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mobilizing workers: The route to women’s emancipation in China

 

February 22, 2019 10:35 AM CST By Bennett Guillaume

 

 

 

 

Chinese women work at Rapoo Technology factory in the southern Chinese industrial boomtown of Shenzhen. | Vincent Yu / AP

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/mobilizing-workers-the-route-to-womens-emancipation-in-china/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New Haven residents to Yale University: Fulfill your jobs promise

 

February 22, 2019 12:54 PM CST By Chauncey K. Robinson

 

 

 

New Haven residents assemble at City Hall on Thursday, Feb. 21, to hear the report from Yale University on its progress in meeting the targets of a 2015 job creation promise. | Chauncey K. Robinson / PW

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/new-haven-residents-to-yale-university-fulfill-your-jobs-promise/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Despite roadblocks Wisconsin Gov. Evers pushes forward

 

February 26, 2019 12:19 PM CST By Dominique Paul Noth

 

 

 

 

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers interviewed at the National Governors Association meeting in Washington, Feb. 23. Evers wants to cap enrollment in Wisconsin's private voucher school program, ending expansions that Republicans have enacted over the past eight years. The proposal will be a part of Evers' two-year state budget that he releases on Feb. 28. AP /Jose Luis Magana

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/despite-roadblocks-wisconsin-gov-evers-pushes-forward/

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With wide backing, progressive lawmakers formally unveil Medicare For All

 

February 27, 2019 2:08 PM CST By Mark Gruenberg

 

 

 

 

This photo of nurses calling for Medicare for All was used by the NNU on flyers calling for a kick off rally at the Capitol yesterday in support of the cause. | NNU

 

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/with-wide-backing-progressive-lawmakers-formally-unveil-medicare-for-all/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Congress gets proof Trump broke the law after he became president

 

February 27, 2019 1:24 PM CST By John Wojcik

 

 

 

Illegal check signed by Trump months into his term as president was presented to Congress today as evidence of presidential criminality by the president's former "fixer."

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/congress-gets-proof-trump-broke-the-law-after-he-became-president/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Misunderestimating” Venezuela

 

February 25, 2019 12:43 PM CST By Chris Gilbert

 

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/u-s-imperialism-is-still-misunderestimating-venezuela/

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The dark side of Italian politics — Italy's swing to the right could see a more extremist agenda

Published 3:41 AM ET Thu, 1 March 2018 Updated 7:46 AM ET Thu, 1 March 2018 (3 days before last year general elections)

Holly Hellyatt

 

 

 

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/01/italy-election-darker-side-politics-far-right.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Football, fascism and fandom in modern Italy

 

5 September 2018

• Simon Martin

 

 

https://www.eurozine.com/football-fascism-fandom-modern-italy/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

How Italy's Separatist Northern League went National

 

 

24 Oct.2018

By David Broder

 

 

 

https://www.newstatesman.com/world/2018/10/how-italy-s-separatist-northern-league-went-national

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Dangerous New Face of Salvini's Italy

 

Shots fired at foreigners, assaults on minorities, neo-fascist marches: Italy's extreme right wing feels emboldened by the country's new leadership. Many are pointing fingers at Interior Minister Matteo Salvini. But is he to blame?

 

 

By Walter Mayr

December 12, 2018  01:55 PM

 

 

 

 

http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/matteo-salvini-has-emboldened-fascists-in-italy-a-1243164.html

 

[umbertino]

 

He is to blame in that he (with his speeches and things he will say and being an important political figure .....Vice Prime minister and minister of Interior affairs...unfortunately) keeps day by day clearing racism & fascism in this Country....

 

Problem being that many ignorant Folks do follow suit in a number of ways and behaviors

[umbertino]

 

We had already in the past 20 plus years of fascist dictatorship ( I wasn't born yet...But I was told by old folks, including my beloved Dad and also read a lot about it) in this Country...

 

 

I do not want that monster to raise its ugly face again...

 

Many People died fighting in order to defeat Fascism ( Partisans) and the Italian Constitution was written by some of those People and one of its most important values is Anti-Fascism....Obviously

 

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

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Italy_under_Fascism_(1922–1943)

 

 

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

Edited February 28, 2019 by umbertino

[umbertino]

US in virtual tie with Russia on global confidence, poll finds

 

Gallup poll measuring opinion in 133 countries and areas in 2018 found 31% approved of US leadership and 30% for Russia

 

 

Erin Durkin in New York

Thu 28 Feb 2019 05.01 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/feb/28/global-confidence-us-russia-gallup-poll-report-tie

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trump-Kim summit in Hanoi collapses after negotiations fail

 

US president says North Korea wanted all sanctions lifted for only partial denuclearisation

 

 

Julian Borger in Hanoi

Thu 28 Feb 2019 11.46 GMT

 

 

 

Vid

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/feb/28/vietnam-summittrump-and-kim-play-down-hopes-of-quick-results-nuclear-talks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Migration from non-EU countries reach highest level in 15 years

 

 

Office for National Statistics data show EU net migration almost halved year-on-year

 

 

Press Association

Thu 28 Feb 2019 10.39 GMT Last modified on Thu 28 Feb 2019 11.42 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/feb/28/migration-from-non-eu-countries-reach-highest-level-in-15-years

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

How violent American vigilantes at the border led to Trump’s wall

 

From the 80s onwards, the borderlands were rife with paramilitary cruelty and racism. But the president’s rhetoric has thrown fuel on the fire

 

 

Thu 28 Feb 2019 06.00 GMT

By Greg Grandin

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/feb/28/how-violent-american-vigilantes-at-the-border-led-to-trumps-wall

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Algerian protesters plan more action and call for regime change

 

Democracy movement Mouwatana opposes president Bouteflika’s bid for a fifth term

 

 

Ruth Michaelson

Thu 28 Feb 2019 11.14 GMT Last modified on Thu 28 Feb 2019 11.56 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/feb/28/algerian-protesters-plan-more-action-and-call-for-regime-change

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

UN says Israel's killings at Gaza protests may amount to war crimes

 

Inquiry accuses army of killing demonstrators ‘who were not posing an imminent threat’

 

 

Oliver Holmes in Jerusalem

Thu 28 Feb 2019 11.37 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/feb/28/gaza-israel-un-inquiry-killings-protest-war-crimes-army

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Venezuela blocks off second bridge to Colombia as Guaidó flies to Brazil

 

• Shipping containers positioned across Simón Bolívar bridge
• Guaidó travels to Brazil to try to ramp up pressure on Maduro

 

 

Joe Parkin Daniels in Bogotá and Clavel Rangel in Puerto Ordaz

Wed 27 Feb 2019 23.05 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/feb/27/venezuela-bridge-simon-bolivar-colombia-maduro

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jim Jordan: Congress's bully-in-chief set Republican tone at Cohen hearing

 

Belligerent and dismissive, the ranking member of the House oversight committee took on a Trump-like role

 

 

Ed Pilkington in New York

Thu 28 Feb 2019 12.00 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/feb/28/jim-jordan-congresss-michael-cohen-testimony

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NRA: the 'growing storm' challenging group's legendary clout and power

 

The NRA currently faces a bevy of political, regulatory and financial headaches, say gun analysts and NRA veterans

 

 

Peter Stone in Washington DC

Thu 28 Feb 2019 10.00 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/feb/28/nra-the-growing-storm-challenging-groups-legendary-clout-and-power

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loyalty to Trump cost Michael Cohen everything. Republicans pay heed

 

Trump’s Republicans need to ask themselves how long they are planning to protect the unprotectable

 

 

Thu 28 Feb 2019 00.02 GMT Last modified on Thu 28 Feb 2019 09.53 GMT

Richard Wolffe

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/feb/27/loyalty-trump-cost-michael-cohen-republicans

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

House passes first major gun control legislation in nearly quarter of a century

 

Members of Congress approved measure requiring federal background checks for all firearms sales by vote of 240-190

 

 

David Smith in Washington

Wed 27 Feb 2019 22.08 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/feb/27/house-gun-control-legislation-passed

 

 

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Netanyahu to be indicted on corruption charges, Israeli attorney general says

 

Decision could severely damage Israeli PM’s chances in April’s general election

 

 

Oliver Holmes in Jerusalem

Thu 28 Feb 2019 18.40 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/feb/28/benjamin-netanyahu-corruption-charges-decision-expected-today

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The walls fall: prototypes for Trump's southern border barrier come down

 

Demolition comes the same week that the House voted to block Trump’s national emergency declaration

 

 

Hazar Kilani in New York

Thu 28 Feb 2019 21.28 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/feb/28/trump-border-wall-mexico-prototypes-demolition

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Arizona town apologises to preteen reporter after threat to arrest her

 

Hilde Lysiak was chasing down story in Patagonia, Arizona, when police officer stopper her and threatened to put her in ‘juvey’

 

 

Erin Durkin in New York

Thu 28 Feb 2019 16.37 GMT

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/feb/28/arizona-patagonia-hilde-lysiak-police-threat-arrest

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Donald Trump has a new fixer: House Republicans

 

How long will the Republican party continue to do Donald Trump’s bidding?

 

 

Fri 1 Mar 2019 13.47 GMT Last modified on Fri 1 Mar 2019 13.48 GMT

Wajahat Ali

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/mar/01/michael-cohen-hearing-republicans-trump

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Explained: the case that could bring down Canada's Justin Trudeau

 

The prime minister is facing his first major scandal, with claims of political pressure to prosecutions

 

 

Leyland Cecco in Toronto

Fri 1 Mar 2019 02.19 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/01/explained-the-case-that-could-bring-down-canadas-justin-trudeau

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Global war on drugs could harm efforts to abolish death sentences - study

 

Iran reforms drive 90% fall in death penalty worldwide, but report warns hardline approach to minor cases violates human rights

 

 

Mattha Busby

Fri 1 Mar 2019 14.36 GMT Last modified on Fri 1 Mar 2019 14.38 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/mar/01/global-war-on-drugs-could-harm-efforts-to-abolish-death-sentences-study

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assad can still be brought to justice – and Europe’s role is crucial

 

Some very motivated lawyers are working hard to put Syrian war criminals in the dock, and we can all play a part

 

 

Fri 1 Mar 2019 06.00 GMT Last modified on Fri 1 Mar 2019 12.00 GMT

Natalie Nougayrède

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/mar/01/assad-europe-lawyers-syrian-war-criminals

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spain’s Watergate: inside the corruption scandal that changed a nation

 

The Gürtel case began with one Madrid mogul. Over the next decade, it grew into the biggest corruption investigation in Spain’s recent history, sweeping up hundreds of corrupt politicians and businessmen – and shattering its political system

 

 

Fri 1 Mar 2019 05.59 GMT

By  Sam Edwards

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2019/mar/01/spain-watergate-corruption-scandal-politics-gurtel-case

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sentenced to prison without committing a crime: lawsuit may end protested practice

 

After 30 years, a New Hampshire man’s case could change practice of transferring non-criminal psychiatric patients to prison

 

 

Josh Wood in Concord, New Hampshire

Fri 1 Mar 2019 10.00 GMT

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/01/sentenced-to-prison-without-committing-a-lawsuit-may-end-protested-practice

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

'Trump will win, 100%': conservatives on socialism, Bernie Sanders and 2020

 

Once deeply resistant to the president, the annual CPAC convention is now like a religious gathering full of Trump idolatry

 

 

David Smith in Oxon Hill, Maryland

Fri 1 Mar 2019 06.00 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/feb/28/cpac-trump-2020-conservatives-democrats-bernie-sanders

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NRA in crisis: how the gun group became ensnared in the Russia inquiry

 

The Russia ties of NRA bigwigs are political and legal headaches that won’t go away

 

 

Peter Stone in Washington DC

Fri 1 Mar 2019 10.00 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/01/nra-russia-investigations-gun-lobby

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The art of no deal: how Trump and Kim misread each other

 

North Korean despot and US president’s wildly different perceptions exposed in Hanoi

 

 

Julian Borger in Hanoi

Thu 28 Feb 2019 14.01 GMT

 

 

 

Vid

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/feb/28/how-donald-trump-kim-jong-un-misread-each-other-hanoi-summit

 

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Age of Surveillance Capitalism: “We Thought We Were Searching Google, But Google Was Searching Us”

 

March 01, 2019

 

 

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2019/3/1/age_of_surveillance_capitalism_we_thought

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Only six countries in the world give women and men equal legal work rights

 

Sweden and France among states found by the World Bank to enshrine gender equality in laws, but implementation haphazard

 

 

Lucy Lamble

Fri 1 Mar 2019 16.49 GMT Last modified on Fri 1 Mar 2019 18.35 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/mar/01/only-six-countries-in-the-world-give-women-and-men-equal-legal-rights

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We now know the great prize of Brexit: becoming Trump’s prey

 

The US would give us a great trade deal, we were told. This week the president has shown how volatile and untrustworthy he is

 

 

Fri 1 Mar 2019 18.00 GMT Last modified on Fri 1 Mar 2019 18.10 GMT

By  Jonathan Freedland

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/mar/01/brexit-trump-trade-hanoi

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

China bans 23m from buying travel tickets as part of 'social credit' system

 

People accused of social offences blocked from booking flights and train journeys

 

 

Lily Kuo in Beijing

Fri 1 Mar 2019 13.48 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/01/china-bans-23m-discredited-citizens-from-buying-travel-tickets-social-credit-system

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trump ordered officials to give Kushner top-secret security clearance – report

 

Senior officials were concerned about decision, prompting memos from John Kelly and White House counsel, New York Times says

 

 

Sabrina Siddiqui in Washington and Adam Gabbatt

Fri 1 Mar 2019 13.15 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/feb/28/jared-kushner-donald-trump-security-clearance-report

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

House panel demands White House turn over Kushner documents – live

 

White House given deadline of Monday to comply with committee’s request after reports Trump ordered security clearance for Kushner

 

 

Sabrina Siddiqui in Washington (now) and Adam Gabbatt (earlier)

Fri 1 Mar 2019 21.51 GMT

 

Key events

 

• 16m ago Pro-Gun safety group targets lawmakers who opposed background checks
• 46m ago Donald Trump defends comments on Kim Jong-un and Otto Warmbier
• 1h ago House panel issues White House ultimatum over security clearances
• 5h ago Mike Pence in diatribe against socialism
• 5h ago House oversight committee chair demands documents, witnesses from White House
• 7h ago Otto Warmbier family: Kim Jong-un 'responsible for the death of our son'

 

Live feed

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2019/mar/01/trump-kushner-news-latest-live-updates-us-politics-today-democrats-republicans

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exclusive: video shows Portland officers made deal with far-right group leader

 

Footage obtained by the Guardian shows the officers had probable cause to arrest members of the Patriot Prayer group

 

 

Jason Wilson in Portland, Oregon

Fri 1 Mar 2019 06.00 GMT

 

 

Vid

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/01/exclusive-video-shows-portland-officers-made-deal-with-far-right-group-leader

 

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Bernie Sanders to draw on personal history in 2020 campaign launch

 

The Vermont senator has never forgotten growing up poor and Jewish in Brooklyn in his 40-year career in politics

 

 

Lauren Gambino in New York

Sat 2 Mar 2019 13.55 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/02/bernie-sanders-2020-campaign-launch-personal-history

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Canada approves Huawei extradition process, sparking ire from China

 

China has demanded the release of Meng Wanzhou, the company’s chief financial officer, who is in Vancouver under house arrest

 

 

Reuters

Sat 2 Mar 2019 09.41 GMT First published on Sat 2 Mar 2019 00.35 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/01/huawei-china-extradition-proceedings-approved

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Benny Gantz: can this Israeli general defeat Benjamin Netanyahu?

 

Despite no political experience and vague policies, the former army chief is a serious election contender

 

 

Oliver Holmes Jerusalem

Sat 2 Mar 2019 14.59 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/02/benny-gantz-can-israeli-general-take-down-benjamin-netanyahu

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Candace Owens woos the right as provocative face of Trump youth

 

The Turning Point USA activist’s fans at CPAC have not been deterred by remarks that appeared to defend Hitler

 

 

David Smith in Oxon Hill, Maryland

Sat 2 Mar 2019 15.35 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/02/candace-owens-provocative-face-trump-youth

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

'A model for America': the criminal justice reformer who inspired a generation

 

Jeff Adachi, the San Francisco public defender who died at 59, spent his career fighting for the poor and against abuses

 

 

Vivian Ho in San Francisco

Sat 2 Mar 2019 11.00 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/02/jeff-adachi-public-defender-san-francisco-death-legacy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Democrats: Cohen's testimony will be a map to key witnesses and investigations

 

Trump’s former attorney testified before a House committee for eight hours and raised several issues implicating the president

 

 

Sabrina Siddiqui in Washington

Sat 2 Mar 2019 08.00 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/02/michael-cohen-testimony-donald-trump

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trump is a national security risk – and still Republicans back him

 

The Great Jared Kushner Clearance Caper is just the latest affair to prove this presidency is a danger to America

 

 

Sat 2 Mar 2019 13.19 GMT Last modified on Sat 2 Mar 2019 15.09 GMT

Walter Shapiro

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/mar/02/trump-national-security-risk-republicans

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ocasio-Cortez outrages Republicans by refusing to respect their ignorance

 

The young congresswoman has turned the tables on the Wall Street Journal after it accused her of taking ‘pride in ignorance

 

 

Sat 2 Mar 2019 14.00 GMT Last modified on Sat 2 Mar 2019 14.35 GMT

Arwa Mahdawi

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/02/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-republicans-ignorance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jay Inslee launches 2020 presidential bid with focus on climate change

 

• Washington governor joins crowded Democratic field
• Climate change ‘the most urgent challenge of our time’

 

Lauren Gambino and Sabrina Siddiqui in Washington

Fri 1 Mar 2019 12.06 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/01/jay-inslee-2020-presidential-bid-climate-change-democrats

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kamala Harris takes responsibility for California sexual harassment payouts

 

• Justice department employees also alleged retaliation
• Harris, then state attorney general, was ‘unaware’ of cases

 

 

Associated Press in Los Angeles

Sat 2 Mar 2019 14.27 GMT

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/02/kamala-harris-california-sexual-harassment-payouts

 

 

 

[umbertino]

Bernie Sanders’ Chicago 2020 speech to focus on fight against racism

 

The Vermont senator will conclude a two-part launch in the Windy City, harking back to his student days in the civil rights era

 

Lauren Gambino

Sun 3 Mar 2019 12.37 GMT Last modified on Sun 3 Mar 2019 12.39 GMT

 

 

Bernie Sanders speaks at Brooklyn College in New York City on Saturday

Photograph: UPI/Barcroft Images

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/03/bernie-sanders-chicago-speech-brooklyn-college-2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Democratic oversight is 'bullsxxt': Trump goes off-script at CPAC

 

President slams Russia investigation and Green New Deal

 

 

David Smith in Washington

Sat 2 Mar 2019 21.37 GMT

 

 

Vid

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/02/donald-trump-cpac-speech-democrats-green-new-deal-bullshit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Site of Strasbourg synagogue destroyed by Nazis vandalised

 

Marble slab knocked off plinth at site of synagogue ransacked by Hitler Youth in 1940

 

 

Agence France-Presse in Strasbourg

Sat 2 Mar 2019 16.10 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/02/site-of-strasbourg-synagogue-destroyed-by-nazis-vandalised

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

US and South Korea scrap big military exercises to ease tensions with North

 

Operations involving thousands of troops have always infuriated Pyongyang

 

 

Agence France-Presse

Sun 3 Mar 2019 01.59 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/03/us-and-south-korea-scrap-big-military-exercises-to-ease-tensions-with-north

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Study warns of global rise in autocratic leaders 'hijacking' laws for own ends

 

Poland the worst offender as global justice index identifies decline in checks on government power for second successive year

 

 

Kate Hodal

Thu 28 Feb 2019 13.33 GMT Last modified on Fri 1 Mar 2019 12.29 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/feb/28/study-warns-of-rise-in-autocratic-leaders-hijacking-laws-for-own-ends-world-justice-project-global-justice-index

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The neo-Nazi plot against America is much bigger than we realize

 

Lt Christopher Hasson is the product of traditions in white supremacist circles, and experts say there are ‘thousands like him’

 

 

Vegas Tenold

Sun 3 Mar 2019 05.00 GMT Last modified on Sun 3 Mar 2019 05.01 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/02/christopher-hasson-coast-guard-neo-nazi-far-right

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

How ‘race whisperer’ seized control of a US neo-Nazi group

 

In a story to rival the plot of BlacKkKlansman, James Hart Stern takes leadership of America’s National Socialist Movement

 

 

Mark Townsend

Sat 2 Mar 2019 17.11 GMT Last modified on Sat 2 Mar 2019 21.43 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/02/race-whisperer-seizes-control-american-neo-nazi-group

 

 

 

 

[umbertino]

The caliphate is a hellscape of smoke and fire – Isis has nowhere left to go

 

The US-led coalition is making up for lost time in the fight to drive Isis out of Baghuz, its last stronghold

 

 

Bethan McKernan and Mohammed Rasool in Baghuz, Syria

Sun 3 Mar 2019 18.46 GMT

 

 

 

Smoke rises in the air after shelling hits Baghuz

Photograph: Bülent Kılıç/AFP/Getty Images

 

 

 

More pics

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/03/isis-nowhere-baghouz-last-stronghold-syrian-defence-forces

 

Thanks US and thanks Kurdish fighters ( men & women) who still struggle and fight ISIS even if the have also to watch out for Turkish president Erdogan who calls them "terrorists" and vowed to exterminate them....Erdogan IS the terrorist

[umbertino]

Democrats target Trump Jr, Weisselberg and more as investigations grow

 

Cohen hearing and co-operation turns up heat on Trump

 

Nadler aims at ‘obstruction of justice’ and ‘abuse of power’

 

 

 

Ed Pilkington in New York

Sun 3 Mar 2019 17.40 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/03/democrats-donald-trump-jr-allen-weisselberg-michael-cohen-jerrold-nadler-impeachment

[umbertino]

Anti-Muslim poster linking Ilhan Omar to 9/11 sparks outrage in West Virginia

 

Sign at event sponsored by Republican Party bore an image of the burning World Trade Center juxtaposed with a picture of the Muslim congresswoman

 

 

Associated Press in Charleston, West Virginia

Sun 3 Mar 2019 16.54 GMT

 

 

 

Ilhan Omar wrote on Twitter: ‘The GOP’s anti-Muslim display likening me to a terrorist rocks in state capitols and no one is condemning them!’

Photograph: Joshua Roberts/Getty Images

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/03/anti-muslim-poster-links-ilhan-omar-911-terrorist-attacks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Algerian president announces departure plans after mass protests

 

Spokesman for ailing Abdelaziz Bouteflika says he will stand down after next election

 

 

Ruth Michaelson

Sun 3 Mar 2019 19.30 GMT First published on Sun 3 Mar 2019 17.39 GMT

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/03/algerian-president-sacks-campaign-manager-as-protests-continue

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Estonia election: rise of far right threatens centrist parties

 

Centre-left coalition fighting for survival following backlash from mostly rural voters

 

 

Agence France-Presse in Tallinn

Sun 3 Mar 2019 16.48 GMT

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/03/estonia-election-centrist-parties-far-right

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Censured by Britain, Hezbollah is bigger than ever in Beirut

 

The group has been added to the UK’s terrorist list, but after Assad’s victory in Syria it plays a powerful role in the region

 

 

Sat 2 Mar 2019 19.15 GMT Last modified on Sat 2 Mar 2019 22.47 GMT

By  Martin Chulov

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/02/censured-by-britain-hezbollah-bigger-than-ever-in-beirut

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

'Kim knew': top Republican contradicts Trump over Otto Warmbier's death

 

Kevin McCarthy contradicted Trump who said he believes North Korean leader knew nothing about treatment of US student

 

 

Martin Pengelly in New York

Sun 3 Mar 2019 16.30 GMT

 

 

Vid

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/03/top-republican-contradicts-trump-over-otto-warmbier-death

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If Trump loses, we know what to expect: anger, fear and disruption

 

Michael Cohen says the president will not go quietly if he is beaten in 2020. We should believe him

 

 

Sun 3 Mar 2019 06.00 GMT Last modified on Sun 3 Mar 2019 12.27 GMT

By  Robert Reich

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/mar/03/donald-trump-2020-defeat-michael-cohen

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

‘We will keep fighting’: inside the push to put Democratic women in power for the long haul

 

The 2018 midterm elections saw a record number of women elected to Congress. Now, women are organising to make the ‘moment’ into a movement

 

 

Lauren Gambino in Richmond, Virginia

Sun 3 Mar 2019 06.00 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/mar/03/women-politics-democrats-emerge-america-virginia

[umbertino]

'It is as if I am flying': Egyptian journalist freed from jail after almost six years

 

Photographer Mahmoud Abu Zeid, AKA Shawkan, was jailed in 2013 after covering protests

 

 

Agence France-Presse in Cairo

Mon 4 Mar 2019 12.51 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/04/photographer-mahmoud-abu-zeid-shawkan-journalist-released-egypt

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Guaidó returns to Venezuela as US issues warning to Maduro

 

Washington says Maduro faces ‘strong and significant response’ if Guaidó is detained or threatened after tour of South America

 

 

Tom Phillips Latin America correspondent

Mon 4 Mar 2019 16.46 GMT First published on Mon 4 Mar 2019 13.11 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/04/guaido-venezuela-return-maduro-us-washington

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Can this woman open a new chapter for human rights in Tunisia?

 

Sihem Bensedrine’s explosive report into human rights abuses is written. Now those in power must be persuaded to read it

 

 

Ruth Michaelson in Tunisia

Mon 4 Mar 2019 07.00 GMT

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/mar/04/can-this-woman-open-a-new-chapter-for-human-rights-in-tunisia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Banking leak exposes Russian network with link to Prince Charles

 

Exclusive: investigation reveals how Troika Dialog channelled $4.6bn to Europe and US

 

 

Juliette Garside and Caelainn Barr

Mon 4 Mar 2019 15.00 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/04/banking-leak-exposes-russian-network-link-to-prince-charles-troika-laundromat

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New Zealand's 'bumbling jihadi' Isis recruit caught in Syria

 

Mark Taylor, known for inadvertently tweeting his location while fighting for Isis, reportedly in Kurdish prison

 

 

Australian Associated Press

Mon 4 Mar 2019 05.18 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/04/new-zealands-bumbling-jihadi-isis-recruit-caught-in-syria

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Former Colorado governor John Hickenlooper joins race for president

 

• Hickenlooper, 67, a moderate Democrat who served two terms
• Says he can bring people together in time of ‘crisis’

 

 

Lauren Gambino and Martin Pengelly

Mon 4 Mar 2019 14.34 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/04/john-hickenlooper-2020-democrats-president-election

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trump sons among 81 figures hit with document requests from Democrats – live

 

House judiciary committee chair requested documents

 

McConnell: Senate will pass resolution to block emergency declaration

 

 

Erin Durkin in New York

Mon 4 Mar 2019 16.53 GMT

 

 

Key events

 

• 27m ago Senate will pass resolution to block Trump’s emergency declaration, McConnell says
• 40m ago House Democrats send requests for documents to more than 60 Trump associates
• 4h ago Hickenlooper announces bid for president
• 3h ago House Democrats expand Russia probe
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Live feed

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2019/mar/04/democrats-president-2020-trump-latest-news-live

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trump blames Cohen testimony for collapse of summit with Kim Jong-un

 

US president says the timing of the Cohen hearing, while he was at the talks in Vietnam, was ‘a new low’ in politics

 

 

Guardian staff and agencies

Mon 4 Mar 2019 03.03 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/04/trump-blames-cohen-testimony-for-collapse-of-summit-with-kim-jong-un

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[umbertino]

U.N. Finds Israel Intentionally Shot Children, Journalists & the Disabled During Gaza Protests

 

March 04, 2019

 

 

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2019/3/4/un_finds_israel_intentionally_shot_children

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It Is Time to Indict Israel: Norman Finkelstein on Growing Push for ICC to File War Crimes Charges

 

March 04, 2019

 

 

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2019/3/4/it_is_time_to_indict_israel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Impeachment talk heats up; Nadler points to “abuse of power”

 

March 4, 2019 12:28 PM CST By Mark Gruenberg

 

 

 

 

Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) | J. Scott Applewhite/AP

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/impeachment-talk-heats-up-nadler-points-to-abuse-of-power/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chicago to elect African-American woman mayor on April 2

 

 

February 28, 2019 1:15 PM CST By John Bachtell

 

 

 

 

Mayoral candidates Lori Lightfoot, left, and Toni Preckwinkle | Tyler LaRiviere and Ashlee Rezin/AP

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/chicago-to-elect-african-american-woman-mayor-on-april-2/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Have the rich always laughed stiff tax rates away?

 

March 1, 2019 12:49 PM CST By Sam Pizzigati

 

 

 

 

Mike Groll/AP

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/have-the-rich-always-laughed-stiff-tax-rates-away/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To cheers, Dem-run House OKs gun background checks bill

 

February 28, 2019 12:36 PM CST By Mark Gruenberg

 

 

 

 

The passage of the background checks bill in the House yesterday was the first national legislative success for the masses of young people who participated in the March for Our Lives in the nation's capital. | Jose Luis Magana/AP

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/to-cheers-dem-run-house-oks-gun-background-checks-bill/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oakland teachers share apartments, work second jobs in order to survive

 

March 4, 2019 10:43 AM CST By Sally Ho

 

 

 

 

Oakland Technical High School teacher Cris Bautista pickets in front of the school, Friday, March 1. Bautista teaches high school in Oakland, but to afford to live in the San Francisco Bay Area, he commutes an hour or more to an apartment he shares with another teacher and works weekends at a coffee shop. | Ben Margot / AP

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/oakland-teachers-share-apartments-work-second-jobs-in-order-to-survive/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bolivia introduces health care for all

 

March 4, 2019 2:11 PM CST By Morning Star

 

 

 

 

Bolivia's President Evo Morales waves as he arrives at Congress accompanied by legislators, to give his annual report in La Paz, Bolivia, Tuesday, Jan. 22. Morales' government has just introduced a universal health care system in the country, fulfilling a key promise from his previous election campaign. | Juan Karita / AP

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/bolivia-introduces-health-care-for-all/

 

[umbertino]

Switzerland has a stunningly high rate of gun ownership — here's why it doesn't have mass shootings

 

Hilary Brueck

Dec. 11, 2018, 3:49 PM

 

 

 

https://www.businessinsider.com/switzerland-gun-laws-rates-of-gun-deaths-2018-2?IR=T

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Estimated number of civilian guns per capita by country

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Overview of gun laws by nation

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What European countries have gun laws comparable to the US?

 

5 Answers

 

 

 

 

https://www.quora.com/What-European-countries-have-gun-laws-comparable-to-the-US

 

[umbertino]

Dear Europe, Brexit is a lesson for all of us: it’s time for renewal

 

We can’t let nationalists exploit public anger. I want an ambitious project that lets the people really take back control

 

 

Mon 4 Mar 2019 19.17 GMT Last modified on Tue 5 Mar 2019 12.41 GMT

Emmanuel Macron

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/mar/04/europe-brexit-uk

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

UK: Far right ‘infiltrating children’s charities with anti-Islam agenda’

 

Anti-extremism officials say Ukip is among groups seeking to fuel tension over child abuse

 

Josh Halliday North of England correspondent

Tue 5 Mar 2019 06.00 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/05/far-right-infiltrating-childrens-charities-with-anti-islam-agenda

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Justin Trudeau: second minister resigns from cabinet as scandal deepens

 

Jane Philpott, the treasury head, announced her resignation days after Jody Wilson-Raybould testified officials pressured her

 

 

Leyland Cecco in Toronto

Tue 5 Mar 2019 03.01 GMT

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/04/justin-trudeau-jane-philpott-resigns-minister-political-scandal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EU banks could face panicky trading after no-deal Brexit

 

Bank of England calls for measures to prevent markets raising lending costs

 

 

Phillip Inman

Tue 5 Mar 2019 13.38 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/mar/05/eu-banks-could-face-panicky-trading-after-no-deal-brexit-bank-of-england

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Russian ambassador to the US warns arms control is 'in crisis'

 

Anatoly Antonov said it is ‘impossible to win a nuclear war’ as Russia suspends participation in INF treaty with US

 

 

Julian Borger in Washington

Mon 4 Mar 2019 23.37 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/04/russia-us-nuclear-arms-weapons-control-crisis

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

US surveillance scheme unlikely to be renewed, says key adviser

Programme that followed one exposed by Edward Snowden not used in past six months

 

 

Haroon Siddique

Tue 5 Mar 2019 12.54 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/05/us-surveillance-programme-unlikely-to-be-renewed-says-adviser-edward-snowden

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Donald Trump tells a fake American story. We must tell the real one

 

The Triumphant Individual, the Benevolent Community, the Mob at the Gates, the Rot at the Top. Four narratives define America – true Americans must define them

 

 

Mon 4 Mar 2019 11.00 GMT Last modified on Mon 4 Mar 2019 16.12 GMT

By  Robert Reich

 

 

 

Vid

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/mar/04/donald-trump-american-story-robert-reich

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[umbertino]

At engine plant, corporate greed, merger and pay cut forced strike

 

March 1, 2019 12:07 PM CST By Mark Gruenberg

 

 

 

 

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., has come out in strong support of the UE strikers at Wabtec. | Patrick Semansky/AP

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/at-engine-plant-corporate-greed-merger-and-pay-cut-forced-strike/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

West Virginia judge tosses state GOP’s right to work law – again

 

March 5, 2019 12:18 PM CST By Mark Gruenberg

 

 

 

 

Wisconsin workers protest Right to Work. | AP

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/west-virginia-judge-tosses-state-gops-right-to-work-law-again/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anti-wall activist, Christina Jiminez, links Trump’s racism to anti-unionism

 

February 25, 2019 12:10 PM CST By Mark Gruenberg

 

 

 

 

Demonstrators in Lafayette Park, opposite the White House, demonstrate against the fake national emergency called by President Trump. | People for the American Way Twitter

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/anti-wall-activist-christina-jiminez-links-trumps-racism-to-anti-unionism/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“How to Hide an Empire”: Daniel Immerwahr on the History of the Greater United States

 

March 05, 2019

 

 

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2019/3/5/how_to_hide_an_empire_daniel

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On 3/3/2019 at 8:22 PM, umbertino said:

The caliphate is a hellscape of smoke and fire – Isis has nowhere left to go

 

The US-led coalition is making up for lost time in the fight to drive Isis out of Baghuz, its last stronghold

 

 

Bethan McKernan and Mohammed Rasool in Baghuz, Syria

Sun 3 Mar 2019 18.46 GMT

 

 

 

Smoke rises in the air after shelling hits Baghuz

Photograph: Bülent Kılıç/AFP/Getty Images

 

 

 

More pics

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/03/isis-nowhere-baghouz-last-stronghold-syrian-defence-forces

 

Thanks US and thanks Kurdish fighters ( men & women) who still struggle and fight ISIS even if the have also to watch out for Turkish president Erdogan who calls them "terrorists" and vowed to exterminate them....Erdogan IS the terrorist 

 

 

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Thanks US and thanks Kurdish fighters ( men & women) who still struggle and fight ISIS even if the have also to watch out for Turkish president Erdogan who calls them "terrorists" and vowed to exterminate them....Erdogan IS the terrorist

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Well, mister negger....Even when I write  "Thanks US"  ( and convincingly so) you still neg me...You're most definitely weird, nuts & bananas

 

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Venezuela orders German ambassador to leave

 

Nicolás Maduro’s administration accuses Daniel Kriener of ‘crass’ and ‘unlawful’ meddling in Venezuelan affairs

 

 

Tom Phillips Latin America correspondent

Wed 6 Mar 2019 16.23 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/06/maduro-government-expels-german-ambassador

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Venezuela: US journalist reportedly arrested in early-morning raid

 

• Freelancer Cody Weddle out of contact since 8am, reports say
• Univision anchor Jorge Ramos and crew detained last week

 

Joe Parkin Daniels in Bogotá

Wed 6 Mar 2019 17.59 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/06/venezuela-journalist-cody-weddle-reports-caracas

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Democrats reject Fox News for 2020 debates over Trump relationship – live

 

DNC chairman Tom Perez cited New Yorker exposé on depth of administration’s ‘inappropriate’ ties to news network

 

 

Vivian Ho in Oakland (now) and Sabrina Siddiqui in Washington and Erin Durkin in New York (earlier)

Wed 6 Mar 2019 22.26 GMT

 

Key events

 

• 1h ago Trump was influenced by flattering letter from Mar-a-Lago patron: report
• 1h ago Senate Democrats seek to establish select committee on climate
• 2h ago Republican senator says she was raped by Air Force supervisor
• 3h ago Trump: Civilian casualties to go unreported
• 3h ago House Democrats in dispute over Rep. Ilhan Omar
• 4h ago Democrats reject Fox News for presidential debates
• 4h ago Melania Trump slams media for reporting on 'gossip'
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Live feed

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2019/mar/06/us-politics-donald-trump-democrats-republican-latest-news-live-updates

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A hidden scandal America's school students exposed to water tainted by toxic lead

 

Elevated levels of lead have been found in schools across the US, alarming experts who say it is particularly harmful to children

 

 

Jessica Glenza in Newark, NJ and Oliver Milman in New York

Wed 6 Mar 2019

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2019/mar/06/america-schools-water-lead-crisis

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brazil's Bolsonaro ridiculed after tweeting explicit carnival video

 

Brazilian president tweeted pornographic clip reportedly filmed during carnival in apparent attempt to hit back at criticism

 

 

Tom Phillips Latin America correspondent

Wed 6 Mar 2019 16.38 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/06/bolsonaro-carnival-pornographic-tweet-ridiculed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Britain has cut itself adrift from Europe. I fear we may sink

 

The next phase of Brexit talks will define our future, but we have yet to grasp their scale and complexity

 

 

Wed 6 Mar 2019 18.56 GMT Last modified on Wed 6 Mar 2019 22.16 GMT

By  Martin Kettle

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/mar/06/britain-europe-adrift-brexit-talks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Russia passes law to jail people for 15 days for 'disrespecting' government

 

Law allowing courts to fine or jail offenders is reminiscent of Soviet-era laws used to target dissidents, say critics

 

 

Marc Bennetts in Moscow

Wed 6 Mar 2019 16.36 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/06/russian-parliament-outlaws-online-disrespect

 

Putin has got his own concept of the term "Democracy" and "free speech / expression"

 

He used to be Chief of KGB after all....  So the principle of freedom etc is not exactly in his DNA.....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revealed: the rise and rise of populist rhetoric

 

Major study analysing speeches of leaders from 40 countries over two decades shows surge in populism

 

 

Paul Lewis, Caelainn Barr , Seán Clarke, Antonio Voce , Cath Levett and Pablo Gutiérrez

Wed 6 Mar 2019 14.00 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2019/mar/06/revealed-the-rise-and-rise-of-populist-rhetoric

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Increase in migrant detentions at US border reveals Trump's policy failure

 

Experts say officials have failed to acknowledge violence and instability in Central America and say system of ‘metering’ is not working

 

 

Amanda Holpuch in New York

Wed 6 Mar 2019 18.14 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/06/us-mexico-border-trump-administration-failure

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Why it's too easy to manipulate voters – and steal the EU elections

 

It’s time to act, as personal data is being used to target voters – and the EU commission isn’t doing enough to stop this

 

 

Wed 6 Mar 2019 06.00 GMT Last modified on Wed 6 Mar 2019 12.47 GMT

Eleonora Nestola

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/mar/06/digital-manipulation-eu-elections-personal-information

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Republicans seem to mock gun violence victims by wearing pearls as they testify

 

Advocates said message male lawmakers conveyed at bill hearing was clear: opponents of gun violence were ‘clutching their pearls’

 

 

Luke O'Neil

Wed 6 Mar 2019 17.17 GMT Last modified on Wed 6 Mar 2019 17.30 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/06/new-hampshire-republicans-pearl-necklaces-gun-violence-victims

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trump's tariff war pushes US trade deficit to 10-year high

 

• Trade imbalance rose to $621bn in 2018 despite new tariffs
• Deficit jumped 19% in December alone

 

 

Phillip Inman

Wed 6 Mar 2019 14.31 GMT Last modified on Wed 6 Mar 2019 20.43 GMT

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/mar/06/us-trade-deficit-hits-10-year-high-as-trump-trade-wars-backfire

 

 

 

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How a populist president helped Bolivia's poor – but built himself a palace

 

The link between South American populism and declining inequality is striking – especially in Evo Morales’ landlocked nation

 

 

Oliver Balch in La Paz

Thu 7 Mar 2019 14.00 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/07/how-a-populist-president-helped-bolivias-poor-but-built-himself-a-palace

 

That's very wrong....I used to believe he was much better than that.......

I think that  coherently ( as a leftist & social justice and equality supporter ) he should follow the great example of fmr. Uruguay president Mujica ...JMHO

https://medium.com/swlh/7-valuable-life-lessons-from-the-president-of-uruguay-e91600dcd0fc

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Debunking the myth that anti-Zionism is antisemitic

 

All over the world, it is an alarming time to be Jewish – but conflating anti-Zionism with Jew-hatred is a tragic mistake

 

 

Thu 7 Mar 2019 06.00 GMT

by Peter Beinart

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2019/mar/07/debunking-myth-that-anti-zionism-is-antisemitic

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Macron reached out to all Europeans, and what does he get? Scorn

 

The French president deserves praise, not disdain, for calling on all of us to strengthen the pillars of democracy

 

 

Natalie Nougayrède

Thu 7 Mar 2019 15.17 GMT Last modified on Thu 7 Mar 2019 15.38 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/mar/07/macron-europeans-french-president

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Syrian refugees launch legal bid to try Assad for crimes against humanity

 

International criminal court asked to rule in case brought by 28 people who fled civil war

 

 

Owen Bowcott Legal affairs correspondent

Thu 7 Mar 2019 08.00 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/law/2019/mar/07/syrian-refugees-launch-legal-bid-to-try-assad-for-crimes-against-humanity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Inside America's biggest facility for migrant teens

 

Managers of the Homestead camp in Florida call it a shelter, but activists have decried its ‘prison-like feel’

 

 

Richard Luscombe in Homestead, Florida

Thu 7 Mar 2019 06.00 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/06/immigration-migrant-children-homestead-florida

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Justin Trudeau regrets 'erosion of trust' over political scandal

 

Canadian PM responds to SNC-Lavalin saga for first time, saying no laws have been broken

 

 

Leyland Cecco in Toronto

Thu 7 Mar 2019 13.57 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/07/justin-trudeau-says-erosion-of-trust-at-centre-of-political-scandal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Huawei sues US over government ban on its products

 

Chinese company files lawsuit claiming restriction is unlawful, harms consumers and violates constitution

 

 

Lily Kuo in Beijing

Thu 7 Mar 2019 08.49 GMT First published on Thu 7 Mar 2019 04.39 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/07/huawei-sues-us-over-government-ban-on-its-products

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bones that revealed a Texas town's forgotten racial past deserve respect

 

Last year workers in Sugar Land found remains believed to be black convict laborers. Now activists aim to give these men and women a final resting place

 

 

Thu 7 Mar 2019 07.00 GMT Last modified on Thu 7 Mar 2019 07.02 GMT

By  Morgan Jenkins

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/mar/07/sugar-land-imperial-prison-farm-cemetery-prisoners-remains

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

'I was raped by a superior officer': Senator Martha McSally on serving in air force – video

 

Martha McSally, the Arizona Republican senator, revealed during a Senate hearing on Wednesday that she had been raped by a superior officer while serving in the air force.....

 

 

Source: AP

Thu 7 Mar 2019 08.06 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/society/video/2019/mar/07/i-was-raped-by-a-superior-officer-senator-martha-mcsally-on-serving-in-air-force-video

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Antisemitism debate exposes new fault lines in US politics

 

The fallout from comments by Ilhan Omar spans identity politics, party politics, geopolitics and a generational divide

 

 

David Smith in Washington

Thu 7 Mar 2019 00.08 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/06/antisemitism-ilhan-omar-democrats-us-politics

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The tragedy and horror of Libyan detention centers for passing - thru migrants

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Italian Minister of Interior affairs Matteo Salvini makes deals with the Libyan authorities and the Libyan Coast Guard who takes migrants back and puts them in that hell....SHAME!!!!

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Algerian president issues warning to protesters against his fifth term bid

 

If protesters allow ‘infiltration’ by unspecified forces it may provoke chaos, says Bouteflika, as large demonstration expected

 

Jason Burke Africa correspondent

Fri 8 Mar 2019 13.22 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/07/algerian-president-issues-warning-on-eve-of-protests-chaos-bouteflika

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Venezuela: 'country has stopped' as blackout drags into second day

 

Delcy Rodríguez said schools were closed and workers should stay home after ‘technological attack’ on Guri hydroelectric plant

 

 

Tom Phillips Latin America correspondent and Patricia Torres in Caracas

Fri 8 Mar 2019 14.32 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/08/venezuela-power-outage-maduro-schools-closed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rio carnival turns political as ‘Barbie Fascists’ defend women’s rights

 

Revellers in fancy dress protest against widespread sexism and Brazil’s president, Jair Bolsonaro

 

 

Fri 8 Mar 2019 10.00 GMT

by Dom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/08/rio-carnival-turns-political-as-barbie-fascists-defend-womens-rights

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

'Sick of hiding': the refugee family fleeing the mafia and Canadian authorities

 

An Italian family hoped to find safe haven in Canada from organized crime. Now they’re facing deportation

 

 

Leyland Cecco in Toronto and Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo

Fri 8 Mar 2019 12.00 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/08/refugee-family-italy-mafia-canada

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In Chicago, reparations aren’t just an idea. They’re the law

 

For decades, a gang of Chicago police tortured and forced confessions from people in custody. Now, in a historic move, the city is teaching this shameful history in schools – but not everyone thinks it should

 

 

Fri 8 Mar 2019 06.00 GMT

By Peter C Baker

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2019/mar/08/chicago-reparations-won-police-torture-school-curriculum

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Feminism without socialism will never cure our unequal society

 

Gender inequality is a necessary condition of capitalism, so this International Women’s Day join a trade union

 

 

Fri 8 Mar 2019 12.12 GMT Last modified on Fri 8 Mar 2019 14.35 GMT

Ellie Mae O’Hagan

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/mar/08/celebrate-international-womens-day-why-not-join-union

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

'Homage to evil': Russian activists detained over Stalin protest

 

Activists speaking out against the Soviet ‘executioner’ arrested, while 25% of Russians believe his reign of terror was justified

 

 

Marc Bennetts in Moscow

Fri 8 Mar 2019 05.00 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/08/homage-to-evil-russians-activists-detained-over-stalin-protest

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

'Gardening while black': lawsuit targets white accusers over 'outrageous' claims

Farmer Marc Peeples was accused of joining a drive-by shooting and being a pedophile – leading to a case a judge called ‘ridiculous’

 

Tom Perkins in Detroit

Fri 8 Mar 2019 12.00 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/08/gardening-while-black-lawsuit-marc-peeples

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

'Justice is bought': Paul Manafort sentencing draws accusations of privilege

 

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says justice system ‘broken’ as lawyers compare jail time to that of low-level offenders

 

 

Hannah Ellis-Petersen

Fri 8 Mar 2019 10.31 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/08/scathing-indictment-paul-manafort-sentencing-draws-accusations-of-privilege

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bernie Sanders reignites enthusiasm on 2020 campaign trail

 

Progressive firebrand focused on signature message of economic populism, social justice and sweeping change at Iowa rally

 

 

Eric Lutz in Council Bluffs, Iowa

Fri 8 Mar 2019 03.11 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/07/bernie-sanders-2020-iowa-enthusiasm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stepsister of Anne Frank meets with California teens behind swastika photo

 

Photograph showed the high school students giving Nazi salutes around a swastika formed by drinking cups during a party

 

 

Associated Press

Thu 7 Mar 2019 23.36 GMT Last modified on Fri 8 Mar 2019 01.26 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/07/newport-beach-swastika-anne-frank-stepsister

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trump inauguration took money from shell companies tied to foreigners

 

Creators of firms that donated revealed by Guardian as Indian financier, lobbyist with links to Taiwan and Israeli real estate developer

 

 

Jon Swaine in New York

Fri 8 Mar 2019 08.00 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/08/trump-inauguration-money-shell-companies-revealed