Politics & environs articles 2019

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The Guardian view on Israeli settlements: still illegal

 

The Trump administration’s declaration cannot change international law. But it will be seen as a green light for expansion and annexation

 

Tue 19 Nov 2019 19.10 GMT Last modified on Tue 19 Nov 2019 19.12 GMT

Editorial

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/nov/19/the-guardian-view-on-israeli-settlements-still-illegal

 

 

 

 

 

Bolivian U.N. Ambassador: “Racist Elite” Engineered Coup to Restore Neoliberalism in Bolivia

 

November 19, 2019

 

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2019/11/19/bolivia_un_ambassador_sacha_llorenti_coup

 

 

 

 

 

Iran erupts in protest; over 100 killed in security crackdown

 

November 19, 2019 11:53 AM CST By Jane Green

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/iran-erupts-in-protest-over-100-killed-in-security-crackdown/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Narco country”: AMLO’s battle for Mexico’s north

 

November 18, 2019 2:36 PM CST By Miles Ellingham

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/narco-country-amlos-battle-for-mexicos-north/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New PBS film ‘McCarthy’: Lessons unlearned

 

November 19, 2019 9:51 AM CST By Michael Berkowitz

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/new-pbs-film-mccarthy-lessons-unlearned/

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Police investigating Caruana Galizia murder arrest businessman on yacht

 

Maltese journalist was killed by car bomb on Mediterranean island in 2017

 

Juliette Garside

Wed 20 Nov 2019 11.57 GMT Last modified on Wed 20 Nov 2019 15.51 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/20/daphne-caruana-galizia-police-arrest-businessman-on-yacht

 

 

 

 

 

 

Former UK employee in Hong Kong 'tortured in 15-day China ordeal'

 

Simon Cheng, who worked at consulate, alleges repeated mental and physical abuse

 

Verna Yu in Hong Kong and Patrick Wintour

Wed 20 Nov 2019 12.43 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/20/former-uk-official-simon-cheng-in-hong-kong-tortured-in-15-day-china-ordeal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

More than 1,000 killed in Syria airstrikes since April – monitors

 

Charity says bombardment of rebel-held areas has displaced almost 1 million people

 

Bethan McKernan Middle East correspondent

Wed 20 Nov 2019 14.53 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/20/more-than-1000-dead-and-1-million-displaced-by-syria-bombing

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aung San Suu Kyi to defend Myanmar against genocide charge at The Hague

 

Burmese leader will lead delegation to international court of justice next month

 

Michael Safi

Wed 20 Nov 2019 15.36 GMT Last modified on Wed 20 Nov 2019 15.47 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/20/aung-san-suu-kyi-to-defend-myanmar-against-genocide-charge-at-the-hague

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Migrants detained in Libya for profit, leaked EU report reveals

 

Exclusive: document calls for ‘immediate action’ to save lives after EU renews coastguard deal

 

Daniel Boffey in Brussels

Wed 20 Nov 2019 14.05 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/nov/20/migrants-detained-in-libya-for-profit-leaked-eu-report-reveals

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Son of former German president fatally stabbed in Berlin

 

Man arrested after killing of Fritz von Weizsäcker during medical lecture

 

Kate Connolly in Berlin

Wed 20 Nov 2019 13.10 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/20/son-of-former-german-president-von-weizsacker-fatally-stabbed-in-berlin

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Egyptian exile who sparked protests launches opposition movement

 

Mohamed Ali, whose videos revealed corruption, is to coordinate efforts to force out President Sisi

 

Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

Wed 20 Nov 2019 14.28 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/20/film-maker-mohamed-ali-who-sparked-egypt-protests-launches-opposition-movement

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

France: pregnant woman killed by dogs during hunt with hounds

 

Animal rights activists urge halt to hunting season after body found near Villers-Cotterêts

 

AFP in Lille

Tue 19 Nov 2019 21.11 GMT Last modified on Tue 19 Nov 2019 22.06 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/19/france-pregnant-woman-killed-by-dogs-during-hunt-with-hounds

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The climate science is clear: it's now or never to avert catastrophe

 

Disastrous global heating will soon become irrevocable – but despite politicians’ inaction millions are taking to the streets to fight the planet’s fever

 

Wed 20 Nov 2019 09.00 GMT Last modified on Wed 20 Nov 2019 14.50 GMT

Bill McKibben

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/nov/20/climate-crisis-its-now-or-never-to-avert-catastrophe

 

 

 

 

 

 

Israel opposition leader nears deadline to form coalition government

 

Benny Gantz must strike deal by midnight, but suggests no progress made in negotiations

 

Oliver Holmes in Jerusalem

Wed 20 Nov 2019 09.30 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/20/israel-benny-gantz-opposition-leader-nears-deadline-form-coalition-government

 

 

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Twitter flooded with thousands of fake accounts supporting Bolivia coup

 

November 20, 2019 1:23 PM CST By Morning Star

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/twitter-flooded-with-thousands-of-fake-accounts-supporting-bolivia-coup/

 

 

 

 

 

 

More than Venice: Climate change imperils ancient treasures worldwide

 

November 20, 2019 1:45 PM CST By Kate Yoder

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/more-than-venice-climate-change-imperils-ancient-treasures-worldwide/

 

 

 

 

 

 

Iran: Over 100 Feared Dead in Protest Crackdown as Authorities Impose Internet Blackout

 

November 20, 2019

 

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2019/11/20/iran_fuel_price_protests_internet_shutdown

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The Ocalan case ( Turkey, Italy, Kenya etc)

 

 

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

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/feb/21/kurds1

 

 

https://ahvalnews.com/italy-turkey/ocalan-factor-italian-debate

 

 

https://www.hrw.org/legacy/backgrounder/eca/turkey/

 

 

https://apnews.com/0a816fe797a60548d2913ccb1ad36be8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Sabra and Shatila massacre

 

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

 

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20190916-remembering-the-sabra-and-shatila-massacre/

 

https://www.globalresearch.ca/israeli-crimes-against-humanity-remembering-the-sabra-and-shatila-massacre/5545969

 

https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/remembering-sabra-shatila-massacre-35-years-170916101333726.html

 

https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2018/09/17/sabra-and-shatila-new-revelations/

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Bolsonaro wants to end democracy in Brazil. Here's one way he could do it

 

Brazil’s far right knows it needs protests and chaos to justify a restoration of dictatorship-era measures

 

Thu 21 Nov 2019 10.27 GMT

David Miranda

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/nov/21/bolsonaro-brazil-military-dictatorship-violence

 

 

 

 

My beloved Hong Kong has become a war zone and daily life is full of anxiety

 

As another week of violence grips the city, normal life is on hold - people cannot work, schools are closed, roads are paralysed and children are terrified

 

 

Wed 20 Nov 2019 00.01 GMT

by Verna Yu in Hong Kong

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/nov/20/my-beloved-hong-kong-has-become-a-war-zone-and-daily-life-is-full-of-anxiety

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The US policy shift on Israeli settlements will not stop Palestinians persevering

 

Surrounded by settlers and abandoned by the west, this latest setback will only strengthen support for the Palestinian cause

 

Thu 21 Nov 2019 11.04 GMT Last modified on Thu 21 Nov 2019 11.06 GMT

Raja Shehadeh

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/nov/21/us-policy-shift-israeli-palestinians-settlements-west-bank

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

'What happened was a massacre': grief and rage in Bolivia after day of deadly violence

 

Eight young Bolivians were killed in El Alto on Tuesday, and locals say the interim government of Jeanine Áñez is to blame

 

Tom Phillips in El Alto

Wed 20 Nov 2019 22.38 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/20/bolivia-el-alto-violence-death-protest

 

 

 

 

 

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Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu indicted for bribery and fraud

 

Attorney general announces charges as crisis deepens for longest-serving leader

 

Oliver Holmes in Jerusalem

Thu 21 Nov 2019 16.45 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/21/israeli-prime-minister-benjamin-netanyahu-indicted-for-bribery-and

 

 

 

 

 

 

Syrian regime targets hospital and refugee camp, killing at least 22

 

Civilians killed and dozens more injured after missile attack near Qah, Idlib province

 

Bethan McKernan Middle East correspondent

Thu 21 Nov 2019 16.12 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/21/syrian-regime-targets-hospital-and-refugee-camp-killing-at-least-22

 

 

 

 

 

 

Iran's digital shutdown: other regimes 'will be watching closely'

 

Blackout is part of growing trend of governments shutting citizens off from the world

 

Michael Safi Middle East correspondent

Thu 21 Nov 2019 18.07 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/21/irans-digital-shutdown-other-regimes-will-be-watching-closely

 

 

 

 

German SPD backs down after row over crude typo on memorial wreath

 

Party had suspected extremists of altering the word ‘fascism’, but now blames ‘human error’

 

Kate Connolly in Berlin

Thu 21 Nov 2019 17.25 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/21/german-spd-party-drops-legal-action-over-sabotaged-memorial

 

 

 

 

 

 

Clashes in Colombia as hundreds of thousands protest against government

 

• Teargas fired in Bogotá as protesters battle riot police
• Demonstrators show support for historic peace accord
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Joe Parkin Daniels in Bogotá

Thu 21 Nov 2019 22.02 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/21/colombia-protests-ivan-duque-government

 

 

 

Saudi Arabian oil firm Aramco hires 25 banks to work on flotation

 

Near-record number of banks handling stock market listing reflects size of the IPO

 

Jillian Ambrose

Thu 21 Nov 2019 17.43 GMT Last modified on Thu 21 Nov 2019 20.05 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/21/saudi-arabias-oil-giant-aramco-hires-25-banks-to-work-on-floation

 

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Bolivia coup: Personal memories of an earlier military massacre

 

November 21, 2019 3:08 PM CST By Graham Holton

 

 

 

Police round up backers of President Evo Morales on the outskirts of Cochabamba, Bolivia, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2019. | Juan Karita / AP

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/bolivia-coup-personal-memories-of-an-earlier-military-massacre/

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Exclusive: Bolsonaro is turning back the clock on Brazil, says Lula da Silva

 

The former union leader and two-term president said his mission now was to “battle for democracy”

 

Sam Cowie in São Paulo

Fri 22 Nov 2019 07.30 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/22/exclusive-bolsonaro-is-turning-back-the-clock-on-brazil-says-lula-da-silva

 

 

 

 

We’ve already got a climate crisis – let’s not turn it into a culture war

 

Shouting slogans won’t change anyone’s mind. We activists must engage even with those whose views we find abhorrent

 

Fri 22 Nov 2019 10.01 GMT Last modified on Fri 22 Nov 2019 10.56 GMT

Alice Bell

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/nov/22/climate-crisis-culture-war

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I’m a multimillionaire – and I think the tax system doesn’t serve most Americans

 

As a CEO, it’s clear my peers do not take their tax savings and reinvest it in higher wages and job creation – they tend to keep it all for themselves

 

Stephen Prince

Fri 22 Nov 2019 11.14 GMT Last modified on Fri 22 Nov 2019 12.32 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/nov/22/patriotic-millionaire-us-tax-policy

 

 

 

 

 

How Hong Kong's local elections have become a proxy vote on the protests

 

This weekend the government and protest movement claims of public support will be put to the test at the polling booth

 

Emma Graham-Harrison in Hong Kong

Fri 22 Nov 2019 02.59 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/22/how-hong-kongs-local-elections-have-become-a-proxy-vote-on-the-protests

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

El Salvador: a nation held hostage – a photo essay

 

El Salvador is commonly considered the deadliest place in the world that is not a war zone, but it may as well be one. The defence ministry estimates that as many as 500,000 of the country’s 6.5 million people are involved in gangs

 

 

Fri 22 Nov 2019 07.00 GMT

by Tariq Zaidi

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/22/el-salvador-a-nation-held-hostage-a-photo-essay

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

'This is meant to be a caring country?': refugees battle the cold in Madrid

 

Having fled violence in Venezuela, El Salvador and beyond, migrants are facing a fresh struggle in Spain

 

Sam Jones in Madrid

Fri 22 Nov 2019 11.30 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/22/refugees-battle-cold-madrid-spain-migration-crisis

 

 

 

 

 

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Malta's PM urged to step back from case of murdered journalist

 

Two members of government linked to man arrested over Daphne Caruana Galizia killing

 

Juliette Garside

Fri 22 Nov 2019 17.21 GMT Last modified on Fri 22 Nov 2019 18.10 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/22/maltas-pm-urged-to-step-back-from-investigation-into-journalists-killing

 

 

 

 

University decries professor's 'vile' racism and sexism – but says it can't fire him

 

IU Bloomington says its hand are tied: ‘We cannot fire Professor Rasmusen – the first amendment of the constitution forbids us’

 

Poppy Noor

Fri 22 Nov 2019 15.59 GMT Last modified on Fri 22 Nov 2019 16.04 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/nov/22/indiana-university-bloomington-eric-rasmusen-racist-sexist-tweets

 

 

That's where I stayed for a year in 1980/81 for my volunteer work ....Many memories....Great experience

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bolivia funeral procession turns violent – in pictures

 

Marchers clash with police during the funerals of eight indigenous people killed by security forces in La Paz

 

 

Fri 22 Nov 2019 00.22 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2019/nov/22/bolivia-funeral-procession-turns-violent-in-pictures

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reality of life in the Kafr Aqab district

 

To understand what’s happening in Kafr Aqab, you need to understand what’s happening to Palestinians living in East Jerusalem under Israeli military law, says Waed M Abbas

 

Letters

Fri 22 Nov 2019 17.10 GMT Last modified on Fri 22 Nov 2019 17.15 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/22/reality-of-life-in-the-kafr-aqab-district

 

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Hundreds of Thousands Join National Strike in Colombia in Rebuke to Right-Wing President Iván Duque

 

November 22, 2019

 

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2019/11/22/colombia_protests_ivan_duque

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Big pharma’s new opium war: Exporting the addiction crisis to China

 

November 22, 2019 11:16 AM CST By Donald Donato

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/big-pharmas-new-opium-war-exporting-the-addiction-crisis-to-china/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A 12-year-old girl, online sexual exploitation and lax financial rules

 

The Westpac scandal has brought the role of financial institutions in enabling child sexual abuse into sharp relief

 

Carmela Fonbuena in Manila

Fri 22 Nov 2019 19.00 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/22/a-12-year-old-girl-online-sexual-exploitation-cost-of-australia-lax-financial-rules

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'Drunk on power and boredom': Israeli ex-soldiers depict life in the military

 

In a controversial new photographic exhibition in Tel Aviv, Israeli former soldiers detail abuses they saw – and perpetrated

 

Oliver Holmes in Tel Aviv

Fri 22 Nov 2019 14.12 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2019/nov/22/exposed-israel-photo-exhibition

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Benjamin Netanyahu’s toxic legacy will haunt Israel long after he goes

 

The ‘political thuggery’ of Israel’s right wing and a lack of a persuasive centre-left alternative have pushed the country to the brink

 

Sat 23 Nov 2019 14.15 GMT

Simon Tisdall

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/nov/23/netanyahu-bibi-trump-pact-wrecked-prospects-regional-peace

 

 

 

 

 

Tech giants watch our every move online. Does that violate our human rights?

 

Facebook claims its data collection is inherent to the way the internet works. The internet didn’t have to be this way

 

Sat 23 Nov 2019 11.00 GMT Last modified on Sat 23 Nov 2019 11.02 GMT

Julia Carrie Wong

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/nov/23/facebook-google-human-rights-privacy-data

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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'Life should mean life': Italian activists call for tougher femicide laws

 

Swift judicial processes and more funding for shelters are badly needed, say campaigners

 

Angela Giuffrida

Sun 24 Nov 2019 13.53 GMT Last modified on Sun 24 Nov 2019 15.16 GMT

 

 

Women gather in Rome on International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women

Photograph: Antonio Masiello/Getty Images

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/24/life-should-mean-life-italian-activists-call-for-tougher-femicide-laws

 

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Belgium begins to face brutal colonial legacy of Leopold II

 

A century after millions died in Congo, attitudes (and street names) are changing

 

Daniel Boffey Brussels

Sat 23 Nov 2019 15.35 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/23/belgium-begins-to-face-brutal-colonial-legacy-of-leopold-ii

 

 

 

 

 

 

New Bolivian interior minister vows to jail Evo Morales for rest of his life

 

Rightwing government claims former president is guilty of terrorism and sedition

 

Tom Phillips in La Paz

Sun 24 Nov 2019 12.56 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/24/bolivia-evo-morales-vow-jail-rest-life-arturo-murillo

 

 

 

 

 

 

Royal claims of India’s fake queen exposed as a web of elaborate lies

 

A widow claiming to be descended from royalty was believed, and even given a dilapidated palace to live in

 

Nosheen Iqbal

Sun 24 Nov 2019 09.12 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/24/indian-fake-queen-oudh-dynasty-delhi-palace-lie

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Hong Kong voters deliver landslide victory for pro-democracy campaigners

Poll for relatively toothless district councils becomes proxy referendum for the city’s future after months of protests

 

Emma Graham-Harrison and Verna Yu in Hong Kong

Sun 24 Nov 2019 21.05 GMT First published on Sun 24 Nov 2019 18.03 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/24/hong-kong-residents-turn-up-for-local-elections-in-record-numbers

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sisi’s thugs think they can get away with abducting Shady Zalat. Don’t let them

 

Egypt’s rulers want to silence Mada Masr, its last independent news outlet – but can only do so if the world consents

 

 

Sun 24 Nov 2019 16.15 GMT Last modified on Sun 24 Nov 2019 16.33 GMT

Omar Robert Hamilton

 

Sisi's thugs also murdered Italian Giulio Regeni, a Cambridge University researcher...

 

 

 

 

It's time to retire metrics like GDP. They don't measure everything that matters

 

The way we assess economic performance and social progress is fundamentally wrong, and the climate crisis has brought these concerns to the fore

 

Sun 24 Nov 2019 11.14 GMT Last modified on Sun 24 Nov 2019 18.04 GMT

By  Joseph Stiglitz ( a Nobel laureate in economics and the co-author of Measuring What Counts: The Global Movement for Well-Being )

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/nov/24/metrics-gdp-economic-performance-social-progress

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Uighur man's 10-year sentence shows harsh reality of Chinese repression

 

Court transcript offers insight into nature and extent of crackdown on ethnic minority groups in Xinjiang

 

Emma Graham-Harrison and Juliette Garside

Sun 24 Nov 2019 18.00 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/24/china-cables-uighur-man-10-year-sentence-shows-harsh-reality-of-chinese-repression

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Chile security forces' crackdown leaves toll of death and broken bodies

 

At least 23 people have been killed in anti-government protests and 2,300 injured, with scores blinded by non-lethal projectiles

 

John Bartlett and Liam Miller in Santiago

Mon 25 Nov 2019 09.00 GMT

 

 

Riot police chases demonstrators during a protest against the government in Santiago on 19 November 2019

Photograph: Claudio Reyes/AFP via Getty Images

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/25/chile-protester-killed-mother-army-police-romario-veloz

 

 

 

 

 

 

Black babies die at twice the rate of white babies in the US. One woman wants to change that

 

Christin Farmer is on a mission to address the shocking racial disparity in infant mortality in America. Farmer is one of the inspirational grassroots organisers that are transforming the lives of people in one of America’s most segregated cities

 

 

Mon 25 Nov 2019 09.30 GMT

by Nina Lakhani in Cleveland

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/nov/25/african-american-doula-collective-mothers-toxic-stress-racism-cleveland-infant-mortality-childbirth

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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China issues warning over Hong Kong after election blow

 

Beijing re-emphasises its rule in response to defeat for pro-government candidates

 

Emma Graham-Harrison in Hong Kong

Mon 25 Nov 2019 12.58 GMT Last modified on Mon 25 Nov 2019 13.26 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/25/china-issues-warning-over-hong-kong-after-election-blow

 

 

 

'Israel is joining an ugly club,' says rights group as director expelled

 

Human Rights Watch’s Israel director Omar Shakir leaves for Jordan under 2017 law

 

Oliver Holmes in Jerusalem

Mon 25 Nov 2019 13.04 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/25/israel-expels-director-of-human-rights-watch-for-supporting-boycott

 

 

The other day I went listen to an Italian female photographer who went a few times in the occupied territories for reporting situation through photos ....

 

The last time ( 1 year ago or slightly longer) she was taking pics of Palestinian protesters and Israeli military facing them and all of a sudden she saw an Israeli with  a gun running threatenigly toward her...She turned and started to run  and she got shot in her shoulder...NOT GOOD AT ALL.....Thank God she is still alive....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Evo Morales: 'I have nothing to regret … this is an age-old fight'

 

In interview in Mexico City, ousted Bolivian president says he renounced his candidacy in a future election ‘in the name of peace’

 

Mon 25 Nov 2019 14.47 GMT First published on Mon 25 Nov 2019 05.00 GMT

Jo Tuckman in Mexico City

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/25/evo-morales-refused-to-stand-in-elections-due-to-ethnic-conflict-fears

 

 

 

 

Wexit: Alberta's frustration fuels push for independence from Canada

 

The oil-producing western province has suffered years of recession and now a new party is channeling resentment towards the federal government

 

Leyland Cecco in Edmonton and David Agren in Calgary

Mon 25 Nov 2019 09.30 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/25/wexit-alberta-canada-independence-separatism

 

 

 

 

Three Colombian police killed in bomb blast as Bogotá protests flare again

 

Fatal explosion at police station in south-west also injured 10 officers amid 9pm curfew in capital

 

Reuters in Bogotá

Sat 23 Nov 2019 04.26 GMT First published on Sat 23 Nov 2019 02.34 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/23/colombian-protests-flare-again-as-looting-erupts-in-bogota

 

 

 

 

 

 

Moroccan rapper faces court after track about corruption goes viral

 

Rights groups criticise treatment of Gnawi, whose video has been seen 15m times

 

Michael Safi in Amman

Mon 25 Nov 2019 10.33 GMT

 

Song vid ( w translation)

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/25/moroccan-rapper-gnawi-court-track-corruption-viral

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Central America’s Turbulent Northern Triangle

 

by Amelia Cheatham

Last updated October 1, 2019

 

 

https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/central-americas-turbulent-northern-triangle

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Women in Latin America Are Being Murdered at Record Rates

The deadliest region for men has become perilous for women as well, especially in gang-riddled parts of Central America

By

Juan Forero | Photographs by

Meridith Kohut for The Wall Street Journal

Dec. 19, 2018 11:44 am ET

 

 

 

https://www.wsj.com/articles/it-is-better-not-to-have-a-daughter-here-latin-americas-violence-turns-against-women-11545237843

 

 

 

 

 

 

Police Raid Egypt’s Last Independent News Outlet Mada Masr Amid “Increasingly Hostile” Media Climate

November 25, 2019

 

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2019/11/25/mada_masr_egypt_media_sharif_kouddous

Edited November 25, 2019 by umbertino

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Is Bolivia turning into a rightwing military dictatorship?

 

Events in Bolivia – including the killing of indigenous protesters – contain echoes from Bolivia’s past dictatorships

 

Tue 26 Nov 2019 11.42 GMT Last modified on Tue 26 Nov 2019 11.49 GMT

Nick Estes

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/nov/26/bolivia-rightwing-military-dictatorship

 

Yes...It most certainly is....Same as Brazil and other Countries.....Unfortunately

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maltese PM's aide and minister quit amid turmoil over journalist's murder

 

Keith Schembri and Konrad Mizzi resign, as police continue inquiry into 2017 death of Daphne Caruana Galizia

 

Juliette Garside in Valletta

Tue 26 Nov 2019 15.05 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/26/malta-pm-chief-of-staff-schembri-daphne-caruana-galizia-fenech-muscat

 

 

 

 

 

UK organised crime gangs profit most in Europe from darknet drugs sales – report

 

EU drugs agency estimates UK dark web vendors sold illegal drugs worth more than £24m ($30.86M)

 

Mattha Busby

Tue 26 Nov 2019 15.33 GMT Last modified on Tue 26 Nov 2019 15.51 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/nov/26/uk-organised-gangs-profit-most-in-europe-from-darknet-drugs-sales-report

 

 

 

 

Spain's far-right Vox blocks violence against women declaration

 

Vox refusal to sign joint all-party statement outrages civil rights groups and embarrasses allies

 

Reuters in Madrid

Mon 25 Nov 2019 19.20 GMT First published on Mon 25 Nov 2019 19.19 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/25/spains-far-right-vox-blocks-violence-against-women-declaration

 

Unbelievable...But not really...It resonates with the fascist / macho mentality

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scale of gun violence at US schools revealed by database

 

• A gun is fired on school grounds nearly twice a week
• Incidents include suicides, homicides and accidents

 

Lois Beckett

Tue 26 Nov 2019 16.54 GMT First published on Tue 26 Nov 2019 12.58 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/nov/26/gun-violence-us-schools-database

 

 

 

 

 

 

Home Office reverses attempt to deport Jamaican man 'to Iraq'

 

O’Neil Wallfall was refused leave to remain for failing to show his life would be at risk in country he has never visited

 

Diane Taylor

Tue 26 Nov 2019 07.17 GMT Last modified on Tue 26 Nov 2019 15.15 GMT

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/nov/26/home-office-reverses-attempt-to-deport-jamaican-man-to-iraq

 

 

 

 

Archaeologists fear Bolsonaro agenda will kill Amazon civilisation research

 

Brazil’s president has cut science funding while opening the region to loggers, miners and farmers – putting priceless evidence of ancient cultures at risk

 

Laurence Blair in Floresta Nacional de Tefé, Amazonas

Tue 26 Nov 2019 09.30 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/nov/26/brazil-amazon-archaeologists-bolsonaro-civilisation

 

 

 

 

Jordan and Israel's 25-year peace deal under more strain than ever

 

Unpopular but enduring treaty faces new test in form of Donald Trump’s plan for Middle East

 

Michael Safi in Amman and Oliver Holmes in Jerusalem

Tue 26 Nov 2019 05.00 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/26/jordan-israel-25-year-peace-deal-strain-donald-trump

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chemical weapons watchdog defends Syria report after leaks

 

Whistleblower claims OPCW’s findings misrepresented some facts over 2018 chlorine attack

 

Patrick Wintour Diplomatic Editor

Mon 25 Nov 2019 17.24 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/25/chemical-weapons-watchdog-opcw-defends-syria-report-after-leaks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Nuclear lies and broken promises: Will Turkey get the bomb next?

 

November 26, 2019 11:29 AM CST By Conn Hallinan

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/nuclear-lies-and-broken-promises-will-turkey-get-the-bomb-next/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Turkey's 'safe zone' in northern Syria unsafe for civilians, says report

 

Human Rights Watch says fighters could be guilty of war crimes against local population

 

Bethan McKernan in Istanbul

Wed 27 Nov 2019 14.37 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/27/turkey-safe-zone-northern-syria-unsafe-civilians-human-rights-watch-report

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Daphne Caruana Galizia: police quiz Malta PM's ex-chief of staff

 

Keith Schembri, who resigned this week, is questioned over murder of investigative journalist

 

Juliette Garside

Wed 27 Nov 2019 12.50 GMT Last modified on Wed 27 Nov 2019 13.29 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/27/daphne-caruana-galizia-police-quiz-malta-pms-ex-chief-of-staff

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Archive of blood: how photographer Letizia Battaglia shot the mafia and lived

 

Her shocking pictures told the truth about mafia murders – and earned her death threats. Ahead of a powerful film about her extraordinary life, we meet the woman who dared to confront killers.

 

Warning: contains graphic imagery

 

Sean O’Hagan

Wed 27 Nov 2019 15.07 GMT Last modified on Wed 27 Nov 2019 15.35 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2019/nov/27/archive-of-blood-how-photographer-letizia-battaglia-shot-the-mafia-lived

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

'We can stop our children being poisoned': the fight for a lead-free Cleveland

 

Campaigner Kim Foreman helped drive the creation of historic anti-lead poisoning legislation in the Ohio city earlier this year – and she is not done yet

 

Michael K McIntyre

Wed 27 Nov 2019 11.30 GMT Last modified on Wed 27 Nov 2019 11.32 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/nov/27/we-can-stop-our-children-being-poisoned-the-fight-for-a-lead-free-cleveland

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

African countries a ‘new frontier for child sexual exploitation’, warns report

 

Researchers draw link between weak regulation of travel industry and rising levels of sex tourism and online sexual crime

 

Edna Mohamed

Wed 27 Nov 2019 07.00 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/nov/27/african-countries-a-new-frontier-for-child-sexual-exploitation-warns-report

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The ‘crisis of capitalism’ is not the one Europeans think it is

 

It may feel like capitalism isn’t working because western wages should be higher. But really it has a vice-like grip

 

Wed 27 Nov 2019 06.30 GMT Last modified on Wed 27 Nov 2019 09.58 GMT

Branko Milanović

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/nov/27/crisis-of-capitalism-europeans-gig-economy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Police raid office of Brazil NGO linked to brigade that helped battle Amazon fires

 

Raid and arrests of four volunteer firefighters were a politically-motivated attack, indigenous associations and campaigners say

 

Dom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro

Tue 26 Nov 2019 22.35 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/26/brazil-police-raid-ngo-office-amazon-wildfires

 

 

 

 

 

 

Piñera asks for troops back on Chile's streets despite reports of 'grave' abuses

 

President sends bill to lawmakers to allow military to protect public infrastructure, as protests that have left 26 dead continue

 

Reuters in Santiago

Tue 26 Nov 2019 18.45 GMT Last modified on Tue 26 Nov 2019 18.58 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/26/chile-troops-sebastian-pinera-reports-abuses

 

 

 

'Libya is ground zero': drones on frontline in bloody civil war

 

Civilian casualties are mounting as opposing sides deploy cheap Turkish and Chinese-made aircraft

 

 

Wed 27 Nov 2019 07.00 GMT

by Dan Sabbagh, Jason Burke and Bethan McKernan

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2019/nov/27/libya-is-ground-zero-drones-on-frontline-in-bloody-civil-war

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Kidnap witness testifies in Argentinian army henchman trial in Rome

 

Carlos Luis Malatto accused of murders and forced disappearances during Videla dictatorship

Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo

Thu 28 Nov 2019 16.20 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/28/argentina-carlos-luis-malatto-kidnap-witness-alberto-rivas-testifies-in-army-henchman-trial-in-rome

 

Authorities here  should have investigated much more thoroughly before letting this MF'ing criminal  enter Italy...Fascist bastard murderer...The military regime tortured and killed about 50,000...Can't be forgiven nor forgotten

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976_Argentine_coup_d'état

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

 

 

 

 

'Our house is on fire': EU parliament declares climate emergency

 

Bloc warned against making symbolic gestures not backed up by concrete action

 

Jennifer Rankin in Brussels

Thu 28 Nov 2019 14.38 GMT

 

 

Vid

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/28/eu-parliament-declares-climate-emergency

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I live in a gang town and Simon Bridges' zero-tolerance approach won’t help one bit

 

The ‘war on gangs’ rhetoric may be politically effective, but as a policy it fails, time after time

 

Thu 28 Nov 2019 01.51 GMT Last modified on Thu 28 Nov 2019 02.03 GMT

Morgan Godfery

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/28/i-live-in-a-gang-town-and-simon-bridges-zero-tolerance-approach-wont-help-one-bit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Colombian protesters return to streets as death of teenager fuels rage

 

• Dilan Cruz, 18, died after being hit by police teargas canister
• Protesters rally in second national strike in less than a week
•  

Reuters in Bogotá

Wed 27 Nov 2019 17.32 GMT First published on Wed 27 Nov 2019 16.53 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/27/colombia-national-strike-unions-students-dilan-cruz

 

 

 

 

Refugees being 'starved out' of UN facility in Tripoli

 

Aid worker claims refugees are being denied food to motivate them to leave

 

Sally Hayden

Thu 28 Nov 2019 07.00 GMT Last modified on Thu 28 Nov 2019 15.33 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/nov/28/refugees-being-starved-out-of-un-facility-in-tripoli

 

 

 

 

Lawyer criticises secretive Israeli case against Gaza aid worker

 

Mohammed El Halabi was jailed in 2016 over alleged funding of Hamas but not convicted

 

Oliver Holmes in Jerusalem

Thu 28 Nov 2019 05.00 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/28/lawyer-criticises-secretive-israeli-case-against-gaza-aid-worker

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Guardian view on Iran’s protests: unrest is crushed, unhappiness endures

 

The third outbreak of demonstrations in three years reflects deepening economic woes and a sense of hopelessness

 

Tue 26 Nov 2019 18.51 GMT Last modified on Wed 27 Nov 2019 01.46 GMT

Editorial

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/nov/26/the-guardian-view-on-irans-protests-unrest-is-crushed-unhappiness-endures

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Let Them Tremble: Author Tony Pecinovsky discusses new book on CPUSA

 

November 26, 2019 1:02 PM CST By C.J. Atkins

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/let-them-tremble-author-tony-pecinovsky-discusses-new-book-on-cpusa/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our History Is the Future: Lakota Historian Nick Estes on Thanksgiving & Indigenous Resistance

 

November 28, 2019

 

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2019/11/28/our_history_is_the_future_lakota

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

20 Years After The Battle of Seattle: Vandana Shiva & Lori Wallach on Historic 1999 WTO Protests

 

November 27, 2019

 

 

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2019/11/27/1999_wto_protests_20_years_later

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Don’t Hate the Media, Be the Media”: Reflections on 20 Years of Indymedia, a Radical Media Movement

 

November 27, 2019

 

 

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2019/11/27/indymedia_independent_media_seattle_wto_1999

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Malta's PM expected to quit in crisis over journalist's murder

 

Joseph Muscat faced increasing pressure over handling of Daphne Caruana Galizia case

 

Juliette Garside in Valletta

Fri 29 Nov 2019 17.38 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/29/malta-pm-crisis-journalist-murder-joseph-muscat-daphne-caruana-galizia

 

 

 

 

Macron's criticism of Syria invasion 'sick and shallow', says Erdoğan

 

Dispute between French and Turkish presidents escalates before Nato summit next week

 

Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

Fri 29 Nov 2019 17.24 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/29/macrons-criticism-of-syria-invasion-sick-and-shallow-says-erdogan

 

Erdogan...Bastard dictator and Kurds murderer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Indict Jair Bolsonaro over indigenous rights, international court is urged

 

• Brazil president encourages genocide, campaigners argue
• Rights groups seek action by international criminal court

 

Dom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro

Thu 28 Nov 2019 03.00 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/27/jair-bolsonaro-international-criminal-court-indigenous-rights

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Guardian view on China, Hong Kong and Xinjiang: will the truth hurt?

 

It has been a bad week for Beijing, with new support for pro-democracy protesters and detailed evidence of the repression in the north-western region

 

Thu 28 Nov 2019 18.43 GMT Last modified on Thu 28 Nov 2019 23.06 GMT

Editorial

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/nov/28/the-guardian-view-on-china-hong-kong-and-xinjiang-will-the-truth-hurt