Politics & environs articles 2019

The US special representative for Iran, Brian Hook, outlines a reward of up to $15m for information leading to the disruption of the financial mechanisms of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

Photograph: Shawn Thew/EPA

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/04/us-iran-french-initiative-economic-pressure-brian-hook

British bankers on trial in Germany charged with €447m fraud

UK pair accused of defrauding German state through ‘cum-ex’ share trading scheme

Philip Oltermann in Berlin

Wed 4 Sep 2019 17.29 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/04/british-bankers-on-trial-in-germany-charged-with-447m

Macron hears police officer refuse to help woman in danger

French president’s visit to hotline was supposed to showcase crackdown on domestic violence

Angelique Chrisafis in Paris

Wed 4 Sep 2019 12.39 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/sep/04/macron-hears-police-officer-refuse-to-help-woman-in-danger

Climate apartheid will only lead to more tragedies in the Mediterranean

What I have seen from my ship in the Mediterranean is just a glimpse of what the future holds for millions if we don’t act now

Wed 4 Sep 2019 05.59 BST Last modified on Wed 4 Sep 2019 12.58 BST

By Carola Rackete ( German ship captain who volunteers for the sea rescue organisation Sea-Watch )

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/sep/04/climate-breakdown-mediterranean-migrant-crisis-sea-watch

Don’t learn the wrong lessons from Denmark on nationalism

The Danish centre-left aped the far right to win an election. There’s a better way to deal with people’s fears

Wed 4 Sep 2019 05.59 BST Last modified on Wed 4 Sep 2019 15.33 BST

Umut Özkırımlı

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/sep/04/denmark-nationalism-far-right

Global heating made Hurricane Dorian bigger, wetter – and more deadly

We know that warm waters fuel hurricanes, and Dorian was strengthened by waters well above average temperatures

Michael Mann and Andrew E Dessler

Wed 4 Sep 2019 07.00 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/sep/04/climate-crisis-hurricane-dorian-floods-bahamas

Edited September 4, 2019 by umbertino

umbertino · September 5, 2019

'I thought no one was coming to rescue us': Abaco Islanders flee Dorian's destruction

Hurricane Dorian destroyed most property on the Abaco Islands in the Bahamas, forcing residents to leave everything behind

Oliver Laughland in Nassau, Bahamas

Thu 5 Sep 2019 15.30 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/05/abaco-islanders-flee-hurricane-dorians-destruction

Amazon fires are 'true apocalypse', says Brazilian archbishop

Erwin Kräutler says he expects next month’s papal synod to denounce destruction of rainforest

Harriet Sherwood and Jonathan Watts

Thu 5 Sep 2019 15.05 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/sep/05/amazon-fires-are-true-apocalypse-says-brazilian-archbishop

Erdoğan: I'll let Syrian refugees leave Turkey for west unless safe zone set up

Turkish president threatens to ‘open the gates’ in face of footdragging from US and EU

Peter Beaumont and Helena Smith in Athens

Thu 5 Sep 2019 11.52 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/05/erdogan-ill-let-syrian-refugees-leave-turkey-for-west-unless-safe-zone-set-up

A couple of years ago ( if I remember correctly) EU gave Turkey Gov't 6B Euros in order to stop the incoming wave of immigrants ( esp. Syrians fleeing because of the war) in Europe....But then he kept using that very fact as a sort of blackmail for whatever thing he wanted EU to do for him and Turkey...He's a dictator

Thousands protest in South Africa over rising violence against women

President promises to do more after the most deadly month for violent crimes against women country has ever seen

Robin-Lee Francke

Thu 5 Sep 2019 16.56 BST Last modified on Thu 5 Sep 2019 17.02 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/05/thousands-protest-in-south-africa-over-rising-violence-against-women

Pride flags greet Mike Pence on arrival in Iceland

Iceland’s president also pictured wearing rainbow bracelet to meet US vice-president

Amy Walker

Thu 5 Sep 2019 16.56 BST Last modified on Thu 5 Sep 2019 18.07 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/05/mike-pence-greeted-by-pride-flags-on-visit-to-iceland

‘I love the theatrics’: meet the tourists traveling to see the 2020 US election unfold

Some vacationers ‘too depressed by UK politics’ are heading to Iowa, the state with an outsized importance in the nominee process, to witness the primary elections

Adam Gabbattin Des Moines, Iowa

Thu 5 Sep 2019 07.00 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/sep/05/iowa-2020-primary-elections-vacation

America's lost street kids: the scapegoating of troubled youths

In an extract from her book Those Who Wander, Vivian Ho explores the brutal experiences that led to a tragedy

Vivian Ho

Thu 5 Sep 2019 06.00 BST Last modified on Thu 5 Sep 2019 15.29 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/sep/04/san-francisco-homelessness-haze-lampley-street-kids

Vaping is risky. Do not do it if you care about your lungs

The best way to protect your lung health is to not smoke or vape

Thu 5 Sep 2019 07.00 BST Last modified on Thu 5 Sep 2019 16.35 BST

Thomas Eissenberg

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/sep/05/vaping-risk-regulation-lungs

America's 'democratic experiment' is inextricably tied to the history of slavery

The year 1619 laid out rough boundaries of citizenship, freedom, and democracy that are still being policed

Thu 5 Sep 2019 15.10 BST

Peniel E Joseph

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/sep/05/slavery-america-jamestown-peniel-joseph

'Nothing to lose': how Trump has energized America's women

In the third part of our series on the American left we examine how Hillar.y Clinton’s radicalised women in a way that her campaign did not

Gary Younge

Thu 5 Sep 2019 07.00 BST Last modified on Thu 5 Sep 2019 15.33 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/sep/05/american-left-progressives-women-inspiration-drive-trump

umbertino · September 5, 2019

An (almost) death in the family, and the cost left behind

September 4, 2019 11:36 AM CDT By Al Neal

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/an-almost-death-in-the-family-and-the-cost-left-behind/

Miners’ union president Cecil Roberts talks climate change, pensions, and more in D.C.

September 5, 2019 12:46 PM CDT By Mark Gruenberg

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/miners-union-president-cecil-roberts-talks-climate-change-pensions-and-more-in-d-c/

EPI report: Forced arbitration to cover 80% of private sector workers by 2024

September 4, 2019 10:06 AM CDT By St. Louis Labor Tribune And PAI

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/epi-report-forced-arbitration-to-cover-80-of-private-sector-workers-by-2024/

Millennial workers who question capitalism are on to something

September 5, 2019 11:26 AM CDT By PAI

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/millennial-workers-who-question-capitalism-are-on-to-something/

Bayer adds Monsanto’s toxic legacy to its own

September 5, 2019 2:43 PM CDT By Nadya Williams

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/bayer-adds-monsantos-toxic-legacy-to-its-own/

Prison documentary Stateville Calling: What if rehabilitation was a human right?

September 4, 2019 2:29 PM CDT By Michelle Zacarias

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/prison-documentary-stateville-calling-what-if-rehabilitation-was-a-human-right/

UN: ‘Both sides responsible’ for war crimes in Yemen

September 4, 2019 1:19 PM CDT By Mark Gruenberg

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/un-both-sides-responsible-for-war-crimes-in-yemen/

umbertino · September 6, 2019

Criticism grows over Johnson's use of police for political speech

Prime minister accused of abusing impartiality of officers by using them as backdrop

Matthew Weaver, Kate Proctor and Peter Walker

Fri 6 Sep 2019 08.39 BST

Vid

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/sep/06/criticism-grows-boris-johnson-use-police-officers-political-speech

American charged with human trafficking after trying to carry baby out of Philippines in a bag

Jennifer Erin Talbot arrested at Manila airport after hiding six-day-old baby in a sling bag

Associated Press in Manila

Thu 5 Sep 2019 23.44 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/05/american-philippines-baby-human-trafficking-charge

German tourist sued for complaints about hotel's Nazi portraits

Visitor posted on Booking.com and Tripadvisor about disgust at pictures in Austria

Philip Oltermann in Berlin

Fri 6 Sep 2019 05.00 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/06/german-tourist-sued-complaints-hotel-nazi-portraits-austria

Socialism used to be a dirty word. Is America now ready to embrace the ideology?

Voters’ feelings on socialism have shifted with half of those under 40 saying they would prefer to live in a socialist country

Gary Younge

Fri 6 Sep 2019 07.00 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/sep/06/socialism-used-to-be-a-dirty-word-is-america-now-ready-to-embrace-the-ideology

Robert Mugabe, former Zimbabwe president, dies aged 95

Final years in power were characterised by financial collapse, violent intimidation and vicious power struggle

Jason Burke and David Smith

Fri 6 Sep 2019 08.57 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/06/robert-mugabe-former-zimbabwean-president-dies-aged-95

From mind control to murder? How a deadly fall revealed the CIA’s darkest secrets

Frank Olson died in 1953, but, because of clandestine US government experiments, it took decades for his family to get closer to the truth

Fri 6 Sep 2019 06.00 BST

By Stephen Kinzer

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/sep/06/from-mind-control-to-murder-how-a-deadly-fall-revealed-the-cias-darkest-secrets

Houston man becomes first charged for violating new bump stock ban – as it happened

Ajay Dhingra drew authorities’ attention after calling the George Bush Foundation and leaving a concerning message

Maanvi Singh in San Francisco (now) and Joan E Greve in Washington (earlier)

Fri 6 Sep 2019 01.03 BST

Key events

Live feed

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2019/sep/05/trump-news-live-latest-updates-today-border-wall-democrats-2020-election

Mike Pence accused of humiliating hosts in Ireland: 'He sxxt on the carpet'

The vice-president’s comments on Brexit while visiting Ireland and his stay at his boss’s golf course did not go down well

Edward Helmore

Thu 5 Sep 2019 16.26 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/sep/05/mike-pence-ireland-shat-on-the-carpet

Is it time to switch income tax with a sales tax?

With wealth inequality rising the case for raising revenue via a consumption tax is compelling

Thu 5 Sep 2019 12.03 BST Last modified on Thu 5 Sep 2019 12.58 BST

By Kenneth Rogoff

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/sep/05/is-it-time-to-switch-income-tax-with-a-sales-tax

'Sharpiegate': Trump insists Dorian was forecast to 'hit or graze' Alabama

James Comey among critics, saying ‘America deserves better’

Martin Pengelly

Thu 5 Sep 2019 16.25 BST First published on Thu 5 Sep 2019 13.36 BST

Vid

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/sep/05/trump-hurricane-dorian-alabama-map-sharpiegate

umbertino · September 6, 2019

Norway issues rightwing terror warning for year ahead

Heightened assessment based on extremists expressing backing for recent attacks

AP in Copenhagen

Fri 6 Sep 2019 15.34 BST Last modified on Fri 6 Sep 2019 16.25 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/06/norway-issues-rightwing-terror-warning-for-year-ahead

Swedish mountain loses highest peak title due to global heating

Glacier at Kebnekaise’s summit has shrunk amid soaring Arctic temperatures, say scientists

Jon Henley

Fri 6 Sep 2019 13.52 BST Last modified on Fri 6 Sep 2019 15.45 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/06/sweden-kebnekaise-mountain-loses-highest-peak-title-global-heating

Trump meets senators to discuss gun control but gives little clarity – live

Trump discusses range of gun control measures but position remains unclear, while Howard Schultz says he won’t run for president

Joan E Greve in Washington

Fri 6 Sep 2019 17.50 BST

Key events

Live feed

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2019/sep/06/trump-news-today-live-howard-schultz-democrats-2020-latest-updates

Hundreds of clergy facing hardship despite vast C of E wealth

Exclusive: Some vicars are tens of thousands of pounds in debt and reliant on charity handouts

Simon Murphy and Harriet Sherwood

Fri 6 Sep 2019 15.12 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/06/clergy-hardship-church-of-england-wealth

Viktor Orbán trumpets Hungary's 'procreation, not immigration' policy

Hungarian PM invokes far-right ‘great replacement’ theory at Budapest demography summit

Shaun Walker in Budapest

Fri 6 Sep 2019 05.00 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/06/viktor-orban-trumpets-far-right-procreation-anti-immigration-policy

Exactly the same stuff Mussolini and Hitler loved preaching to their People..........

German city offers €1m for proof it doesn’t exist

Bielefeld’s marketing office aims to exploit ‘conspiracy theory’ spawned by joke in 1994

Kate Connolly in Berlin

Thu 5 Sep 2019 18.20 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/05/german-city-bielefeld-offers-1m-for-proof-it-doesnt-exist

Kushner's Middle East peace plan drifts further astray as envoy resigns

The ‘ultimate deal’ for resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is due to come out after the Israeli elections on 17 September

Julian Borger in Washington

Thu 5 Sep 2019 20.21 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/05/kushner-middle-east-peace-plan-jason-greenblatt-envoy-resign

Democrats must go to war with fossil fuel industry to take on the climate crisis

Any climate plan that doesn’t challenge the gargantuan power of the industry head-on is flatly denying several realities about our energy system

Fri 6 Sep 2019 14.02 BST Last modified on Fri 6 Sep 2019 14.15 BST

Kate Aronoff

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/sep/06/democrats-climate-plans-fossil-fuel-industry

umbertino · September 7, 2019

From liberator to tyrant: the life and legacy of Robert Mugabe – video obituary

Robert Mugabe, a hero of Africa’s independence struggle whose long rule in Zimbabwe descended into tyranny..........

Monika Cvorak, Source: Reuters, AP, Getty

Fri 6 Sep 2019 15.51 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2019/sep/06/from-liberator-to-tyrant-the-life-and-legacy-of-robert-mugabe-video-obituary

I visited Zimbabwe for the 1st time in 1986, a mere 7 years after the Black revolution ( which lasted for quite long) won....People appeared to be happy and situation looked great...No violence, a real feeling of safety, people were kind even if you were white ( not so common in a Country where the local population was under apartheid regime for a long time)

umbertino · September 7, 2019

In my comment above I meant "the black struggle"(which lasted for quite long) won

umbertino · September 7, 2019

“We Are on the Frontline”: Despite Tiny Carbon Footprint, Bahamas Is Ground Zero of Climate Crisis

September 06, 2019

https://www.democracynow.org/2019/9/6/dorian_bahamas_climate_crisis

Shut It Down: Veteran Organizer Lisa Fithian Offers a Guide to Resistance in Era of Climate Crisis

September 06, 2019

https://www.democracynow.org/2019/9/6/lisa_fithian_activism_shut_it_down

Rating the presidential hopefuls: Only a few support unions in public

September 6, 2019 10:03 AM CDT By Mark Gruenberg

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/rating-the-presidential-hopefuls-only-a-few-support-unions-in-public/

Funerals for glaciers: Is it too late for Europe’s Green New Deal?

September 6, 2019 10:55 AM CDT By Conn Hallinan

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/funerals-for-glaciers-is-it-too-late-for-europes-green-new-deal/

Disastrous Alaskan wildfires could permanently alter forest composition

August 28, 2019 10:42 AM CDT By Madison Dapcevich

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/disastrous-alaskan-wildfires-could-permanently-alter-forest-composition/

Cleanup workers left sick and dying after coal ash spill

August 28, 2019 9:24 AM CDT By Travis Loller

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/cleanup-workers-left-sick-and-dying-after-coal-ash-spill/

umbertino · September 7, 2019

Congress investigating Trump over US military trips to Scotland

Conflict of interest concerns over military spending at Prestwick airport and discount offers at president’s resort

Mattha Busby

Sat 7 Sep 2019 14.24 BST Last modified on Sat 7 Sep 2019 18.44 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/sep/07/congress-investigating-trump-over-us-military-trips-to-scotland

Mexican man shot while fleeing immigration agents is 'recovering'

Man shot in Nashville, Tennessee, did not immediately go to the hospital because he was frightened

Associated Press

Sat 7 Sep 2019 18.08 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/sep/07/mexican-man-shot-while-fleeing-immigration-agents-is-recovering

Amazon fires are a shameful indictment of our lust for excess

The flames engulfing the world’s biggest rainforest are a human tragedy as well as an environmental one. We are all to blame

Fri 6 Sep 2019 09.00 BST Last modified on Fri 6 Sep 2019 09.02 BST

Rowan Williams

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/sep/06/amazon-fires-shameful-indictment-of-our-lust-for-excess

Racism is spreading beyond the football stands. It’s time to kick it out for good

Taunts against black players are symptomatic of a rising tide of prejudice in society, fostered across Europe by the far right

Sat 7 Sep 2019 15.45 BST Last modified on Sat 7 Sep 2019 18.55 BST

By Simon Tisdall

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/07/europe-football-racism-discrimination-increasing-as-populism-grows

Pentagon seeks 'ethicist' to oversee military artificial intelligence

General says ‘We are thinking deeply about the ethical, safe and lawful use of AI’ as US seeks to catch up with China’s early lead

David Smith in Washington

Sat 7 Sep 2019 07.00 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/sep/07/pentagon-military-artificial-intelligence-ethicist

‘Enemy of the people’: Trump’s war on the media is a page from Nixon’s playbook

But where the former president only talked about exposing journalists, the current leader is putting that plan into action

David Smith in Washington

Sat 7 Sep 2019 07.00 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/sep/07/donald-trump-war-on-the-media-oppo-research

'I refuse to die in here': the marine who survived two tours and is now fighting deportation

In his 21 months of detention, Jose Segovia Benitez says he’s been denied critical treatment for his PTSD and heart condition

by Sam Levin in Adelanto, California

Sat 7 Sep 2019 06.00 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/sep/06/i-refuse-to-die-in-here-the-marine-who-survived-two-tours-and-is-now-fighting-deportation

US sends pregnant migrant having contractions back to Mexico

Woman was sent back under a Trump policy after being detained by US border patrol and given medication to halt contractions

Associated Press in Matamoros

Fri 6 Sep 2019 19.32 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/sep/06/us-immigration-pregnant-woman-mexico-trump-policy

Put it away: Texas passes law banning xxxk pics

The Lone Star state is leading the way with a cyber-flashing act outlawing unsolicited penis pictures

Sat 7 Sep 2019 14.00 BST

Arwa Mahdawi

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/sep/07/texas-passes-law-against-****-pics-week-in-patriarchy

We scientists must rise up to prevent the climate crisis. Words aren’t enough

Our profession has been great at raising awareness. But this alone won’t succeed against the might of the oil and gas lobbyists

Charlie Gardner and Claire Wordley

Fri 6 Sep 2019 06.00 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/sep/06/scientists-climate-crisis-activism-extinction-rebellion

umbertino · September 8, 2019

Republicans and Democrats denounce Trump's shock Taliban talks revelation

Amy Klobuchar: ‘This isn’t a gameshow. These are terrorists’
Liz Cheney says Taliban should never visit Camp David

Victoria Bekiempis in New York

Sun 8 Sep 2019 17.29 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/sep/08/trump-taliban-afghanistan-republicans-democrats-reaction

Brazil paper publishes *** kiss illustration in censorship row

Folha de S.Paulo aims dig at evangelical Rio mayor after he tried to ban a Marvel comic

Dom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro

Sun 8 Sep 2019 18.16 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/08/brazils-biggest-paper-publishes-illustration-***-kiss-front-page

Viktor Orbán’s choice for EU commissioner faces 'rough ride'

As justice minister, László Trócsányi oversaw laws that put Hungary and EU in conflict

Jennifer Rankin in Brussels

Sun 8 Sep 2019 11.13 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/08/viktor-orban-eu-commissioner-rough-ride-laszlo-trocsanyi-hungary

Paraguay investigates human remains found on ex-dictator's former property

Bones of an estimated four people found under bathroom of house that once belonged to Alfredo Stroessner

William Costa in Asunción

Sun 8 Sep 2019 08.01 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/08/paraguay-alfredo-stroessner-human-remains

Alfredo Stroessner...Another bastard fascist dictator

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

Robert Mugabe left millions of us in poverty and despair

The man who brought freedom to Zimbabwe was once a hero to many – but he died a tyrant who will not be mourned

Sun 8 Sep 2019 09.00 BST Last modified on Sun 8 Sep 2019 11.06 BST

Hopewell Chin’ono

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/08/robert-mugabe-death-hero-tyrant-zimbabwe-hopewell-chinono

The Observer view on Putin’s ongoing corruption of democracy

The Kremlin’s underhand scheming in municipal voting is a warning to Britain to protect a forthcoming election

Sun 8 Sep 2019 06.00 BST

Observer editorial

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/sep/08/the-observer-view-on-russia-subversion-of-democracy

Ex-governor Mark Sanford to launch 2020 Republican challenge to Trump

Former South Carolina governor: ‘I am going to get in’
Trump and Sanford are longstanding political foes

Joanna Walters and Victoria Bekiempis in New York

Sun 8 Sep 2019 18.14 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/sep/08/mark-sanford-2020-republican-challenge-trump

Is Congress finally ready to pass gun control legislation?

Retailers such as Walmart have taken a lead and public opinion appears in favour of new curbs but that may still count for little

Lauren Gambino in Washington

Sun 8 Sep 2019 07.00 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/sep/08/is-congress-finally-ready-to-pass-gun-control-legislation

Yang Gang: meet the fans of the 2020 hopeful who wants to give Americans $1,000 a month

Tech entrepreneur Andrew Yang is in many ways the dark horse of the Democratic race

Dominic Rushe in New Orleans

Sun 8 Sep 2019 07.00 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/sep/07/andrew-yang-yang-gang-2020-freedom-dividends

It may feel like the world's ending – but America has reason to hope

Inequality, the climate crisis, and Trump in the White House may cause despair. But the country is poised to bounce back

Sun 8 Sep 2019 06.00 BST Last modified on Sun 8 Sep 2019 15.26 BST

By Robert Reich ( former US secretary of labor, is professor of public policy at the University of California at Berkeley and the author of Saving Capitalism: For the Many, Not the Few and The Common Good. He is also a columnist for Guardian US )

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/sep/07/it-may-feel-like-the-worlds-ending-but-america-has-reason-to-hope

The Epstein scandal at MIT shows the moral bankruptcy of techno-elites

The MIT-Epstein debacle shows ‘the prostitution of intellectual activity’. Time for a radical agenda: close the Media Lab, disband Ted Talks and refuse tech billionaires money

Sat 7 Sep 2019 21.21 BST Last modified on Sun 8 Sep 2019 15.02 BST

Evgeny Morozov

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/sep/07/jeffrey-epstein-mit-funding-tech-intellectuals

It's now easier than ever for US small businesses to go bankrupt

Reorganizing under chapter 11 of the bankruptcy code has been too onerous and expensive a task – but the Small Business Reorganization Act provides relief

Sun 8 Sep 2019 11.00 BST

Gene Marks

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/sep/08/us-small-businesses-bankruptcy-trump-reorganization-act

umbertino · September 8, 2019

Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch decries lack of access to justice for many Americans

Richard Wolf USA TODAY

Published 1:23 PM EDT Sep 8, 2019

https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/09/08/supreme-court-justice-neil-gorsuch-justice-system-falling-short/2214805001/

What a multi-million dollar 'bribe' for oil supertanker says about Trump’s Iran policy

Deirdre Shesgreen and Kim Hjelmgaard USA TODAY

Published 9:24 AM EDT Sep 8, 2019

https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2019/09/08/trump-official-offered-millions-dollars-captain-iranian-ship/2234522001/

America’s unjust war on weed

He’s a prison lifer; today he’d be an entrepreneur

Eileen Rivers
USA TODAY
NEWS | OPINION

http://usatoday.newspaperdirect.com/epaper/viewer.aspx?issue=11522019090600000000001001&page=5&article=a4ca4e20-51b5-4628-bd96-ada7a606992d&key=M7gR21evxRdgu2X5I05pKA==&feed=rss&google=1

umbertino · September 9, 2019

US removed covert source in Russia due to safety concerns under Trump – report

CNN says decision made shortly after 2017 Oval Office meeting
US officials alarmed by Trump’s private meeting with Putin

Martin Pengelly in New York, Luke Harding in London and Shaun Walker in Budapest

Mon 9 Sep 2019 17.00 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/09/us-removed-covert-source-in-russia-due-to-safety-concerns-under-trump

OxyContin maker filing for bankruptcy may shed light on wrongdoings

Purdue Pharma may be forced to file after talks broke down over settlement, allowing public to learn ‘what really happened’

Edward Helmore in New York

Mon 9 Sep 2019 17.08 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/sep/09/oxycontin-maker-purdue-pharma-filing-for-bankruptcy-may-shed-light-on-wrongdoings

Neo-Nazi elected head of council in German village

Seven-member council backs Stefan Jagsch as he was the only person keen on the job

Reuters in Waldsiedlung

Mon 9 Sep 2019 16.41 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/09/neo-nazi-elected-head-of-council-in-german-village

‘Using power builds power’: meet the woman tipped to lead the labor movement

Sara Nelson, the president of the Association of Flight Attendants, has struck a chord with activists calling for her to run for labor’s top job: president of the AFL-CIO

Lauren Gambino in Atlanta

Mon 9 Sep 2019 16.10 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/sep/09/sara-nelson-flight-attendants-union-interview-labor

Angry Schwarzenegger condemns Trump for wrecking clean-air standards

Ex-California governor: administration ‘downright hypocritical’
Officials move to revoke California’s car emissions waiver

Edward Helmore

Mon 9 Sep 2019 13.42 BST Last modified on Mon 9 Sep 2019 17.05 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/sep/09/schwarzenegger-trump-california-clean-air-emissions-climate-crisis

‘The United States is broken as hell’ – the division in politics over race and class

In the final part of our series on the American left we look at how marginalized groups in America are now asserting themselves

Gary Younge

Mon 9 Sep 2019 07.00 BST Last modified on Mon 9 Sep 2019 07.01 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/sep/09/the-united-states-is-broken-as-hell-the-division-in-politics-over-race-and-class

The great breakup of big tech is finally beginning

Google and Facebook are the subject of large antitrust investigations. This is good news for our democracy and a free press

Mon 9 Sep 2019 09.00 BST Last modified on Mon 9 Sep 2019 17.01 BST

Matt Stoller

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/sep/09/the-great-break-up-of-big-tech-is-finally-beginning

Why the left should argue for more immigration – but not open borders

The US needs more immigrants to maintain current levels of economic growth and welfare provision – but that doesn’t mean unlimited migration

Mon 9 Sep 2019 15.11 BST Last modified on Mon 9 Sep 2019 17.10 BST

Carlo Invernizzi-Accetti

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/sep/09/left-immigration-open-borders

umbertino · September 9, 2019

Trump claims CNN 'is bad for the USA' as he praises new AT&T investor

Rebecca Morin USA TODAY

Published 12:01 PM EDT Sep 9, 2019

https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/09/09/trump-praises-new-at-t-investor-continues-criticize-cnn/2262803001/

umbertino · September 9, 2019

Beyond the music: Portugal’s Avante! festival combines culture and Marxist politics

September 9, 2019 10:05 AM CDT By Chauncey K. Robinson

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/beyond-the-music-portugals-avante-festival-combines-culture-and-marxist-politics/

Federal workers continue to defend rights vs. Trump, in Congress and in court

September 9, 2019 1:47 PM CDT By Mark Gruenberg

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/federal-workers-continue-to-defend-rights-vs-trump-in-congress-and-in-court/

Vote for Trump? You paved the way for all-out attack on unions

September 9, 2019 2:12 PM CDT By Frank Christensen

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/vote-for-trump-you-paved-the-way-for-all-out-attack-on-unions/

U.K.: Anti-immigrant leader Nigel Farage offers pact with Conservatives to ‘destroy Labour’

September 9, 2019 1:01 PM CDT By Morning Star

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/u-k-anti-immigrant-leader-nigel-farage-offers-pact-with-conservatives-to-destroy-labour/

Univ. of Chicago Medical Center nurses authorize strike

September 9, 2019 9:56 AM CDT By Mark Gruenberg

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/univ-of-chicago-medical-center-nurses-authorize-strike/

umbertino · September 10, 2019

John Bolton fired as Trump's national security adviser – live news

President tweeted about the firing after reports emerged Bolton opposed Trump plan to hold peace talks with the Taliban at Camp David

Joan E Greve in Washington

Tue 10 Sep 2019 17.48 BST

Key events

Live feed

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2019/sep/10/trump-news-today-latest-economy-north-carolina-republicans-live

Netanyahu vows to annex large parts of occupied West Bank

Israeli PM says he will seek to make move ‘in maximum coordination with Trump’

Oliver Holmes in Jerusalem

Tue 10 Sep 2019 17.51 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/10/netanyahu-vows-annex-large-parts-occupied-west-bank-trump

Argentina's economic crisis is the result of avoidable mistakes

The IMF and others must play a part in preventing another debt default

Tue 10 Sep 2019 15.04 BST Last modified on Tue 10 Sep 2019 15.14 BST

Mohamed El-Erian

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/sep/10/argentina-economic-crisis-imf-debt-default

Israeli TV show puts wall between secular and ultra-Orthodox Jews

‘This is the reality that currently exists in Israel,’ says the creator of Autonomies

Oliver Holmes in Jerusalem

Tue 10 Sep 2019 09.20 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/10/israeli-tv-show-wall-secular-and-ultra-orthodox-jews-autonomies

Number of uninsured Americans up for first time since Obama's election

Census Bureau report finds there was an increase of 1.9 million uninsured people in 2018, up 0.5 percentage points

Associated Press

Tue 10 Sep 2019 17.31 BST Last modified on Tue 10 Sep 2019 18.07 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/sep/10/number-of-uninsured-americans-up-for-first-time-since-obamas-election

The real cost of cheap US chicken? Chlorination is just the start

Concerns about the safety of post-Brexit imports mask a bigger issue: the hyper-intensive American farming model

Tue 10 Sep 2019 06.00 BST Last modified on Tue 10 Sep 2019 10.22 BST

Felicity Lawrence

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/sep/10/chlorination-cheap-us-chicken-brexit

Reject the 'jobs versus environment' narrative – we can do both

Union workers support Green New Deal policies because they know there doesn’t have to be a tradeoff between climate action and good jobs

J Mijin Cha and Jeremy Brecher

Tue 10 Sep 2019 11.00 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/sep/10/jobs-environment-unions-green-new-deal

umbertino · September 10, 2019

From a Lebanese Refugee Camp to Harvard, Ismail Ajjawi Inspires Other Palestinian Students

September 10, 2019

https://www.democracynow.org/2019/9/10/palestinian_student_ismail_ajjawi_harvard

Warren and Sanders revive old social democratic idea to increase worker power

September 10, 2019 2:49 PM CDT By Finn Collom

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/warren-and-sanders-revive-old-social-democratic-idea-to-increase-worker-power/

Jobs numbers conceal real unemployment and underemployment rate of 7.2%

September 6, 2019 3:20 PM CDT By PAI

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/jobs-numbers-conceal-real-unemployment-and-underemployment-rate-of-7-2/

umbertino · September 11, 2019

Outcry as Bolsonaro's son questions value of democracy in Brazil

Carlos Bolsonaro accused of ‘flirting with coup-mongering’
President is an admirer of Brazil’s former military dictatorship

Tom Phillips in Brasília

Wed 11 Sep 2019 16.26 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/11/carlos-bolsonaro-brazil-democracy-dictatorship-jair

He's a natural-born fascist and will live and die a fascist.......

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

Nigeria detained children as young as five over 'Boko Haram links' – report

Human Rights Watch says thousands of children were detained in distressing conditions by military over last six years

Ruth Maclean, west Africa correspondent

Wed 11 Sep 2019 07.00 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/sep/11/nigeria-children-as-young-as-five-boko-haram-links-report

Another crazy-led Country........

Russia investigated disappearance of suspected US spy as possible murder

Oleg Smolenkov hadn’t been seen after he went on holiday in 2017, but Russian authorities concluded he had fled abroad

Marc Bennetts in Moscow, Julian Borger in Washington and Luke Harding in London

Tue 10 Sep 2019 22.16 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/10/us-spy-russia-kremlin-putin-administration-trump

Purdue Pharma agrees $12bn settlement in opioids case, plaintiffs' lawyers say

Offer by company and Sackler family valued at up to $12bn
Company to fight opponents of deal in bankruptcy proceedings

Guardian staff and agencies

Wed 11 Sep 2019 21.14 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/sep/11/purdue-pharma-opioids-settlement-sackler-family

For rural America, Medicare for All is a matter of life or death

Insurance firms are gobbling up airtime in Iowa to attack Medicare for All. They claim it would hurt the very same hospitals their business model has spent years bleeding dry

Barb Kalbach

Wed 11 Sep 2019 11.00 BST Last modified on Wed 11 Sep 2019 12.39 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/sep/11/medicare-for-all-rural-america

Companies deny responsibility for toxic ‘forever chemicals’ contamination

The 3M Company, the Chemours Company and DuPont appeared before lawmakers over PFAS

Emily Holden in Washington

Wed 11 Sep 2019 14.29 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/sep/11/pfas-toxic-forever-chemicals-hearing-3m-dupont-chemours

More than 1,000 US polling sites closed since supreme court ruling, report finds

Top three states for closures were Texas, Arizona and Georgia
Trend has accelerated, with 69% occurring after 2014 midterms

Tom McCarthy

Wed 11 Sep 2019 17.15 BST Last modified on Wed 11 Sep 2019 17.53 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/sep/11/us-polling-sites-closed-report-supreme-court-ruling

umbertino · September 12, 2019

Israel accused of planting spying devices near White House

Surveillance devices planted over past two years, says report citing former US officials

Oliver Holmes in Jerusalem

Thu 12 Sep 2019 13.23 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/12/israel-planted-spying-devices-near-white-house-says-report

Funny as both Nations declare being best friends.........Benjamin trying to play smart.......

Russian police carry out mass raids against opposition activists

Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny says searches show ‘Putin is very angry’ after Moscow polls

Marc Bennetts in Moscow

Thu 12 Sep 2019 15.02 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/12/russian-police-raid-homes-and-offices-of-opposition-activists

Vladimir...An intelligent ( no doubt) dictator but still a dictator.........Fmr. KGB boss.....What would we expect?????

Trump wants to build a legacy, Bolton to break things – something had to give

No one expected Trump to pivot to diplomatic breakthroughs with someone as bellicose as Bolton by his side

Julian Borger in Washington

Tue 10 Sep 2019 20.45 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/sep/10/john-bolton-firing-trump-analysis-us-foreign-policy

Ship of horrors: life and death on the lawless high seas

From bullying and sexual assault to squalid living conditions and forced labour, working at sea can be a grim business – and one deep-sea fishing fleet is particularly notorious

Thu 12 Sep 2019 06.00 BST

By Ian Urbina

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/12/ship-of-horrors-deep-sea-fishing-oyang-70-new-zealand

ECB announces fresh stimulus as eurozone economy falters

Mario Draghi says bank will reboot quantitative easing in month Lagarde succeeds him

Richard Partington Economics correspondent

Thu 12 Sep 2019 15.01 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/sep/12/ecb-announces-fresh-stimulus-as-eurozone-economy-falters

‘This should not be happening’: the whistleblower who exposed MIT’s Epstein scandal

Signe Swenson exposed the story of powerful men and millions of dollars in donations to the school’s Media Lab

Edward Helmore

Thu 12 Sep 2019 07.00 BST Last modified on Thu 12 Sep 2019 16.35 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/sep/11/this-should-not-be-happening-the-whistle-blower-who-exposed-mits-epstein-scandal

Family and nun fight for retrial as man convicted by all-white jury faces death

Supporters of Rodney Reed, scheduled for execution in November, point to racial bias and questionable evidence

Christine Bolaños in Austin

Thu 12 Sep 2019 07.00 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/sep/11/rodney-reed-death-penalty-race-texas-sister-helen-prejean

Supreme court decision to let Trump deny asylum reverses years of US policy

Justices’ order reverses a lower court ruling that blocked the restrictions in some states

Guardian staff and agencies

Thu 12 Sep 2019 00.42 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/sep/11/trump-supreme-court-deny-asylum-immigrants

Adaptation isn’t enough. We’ve got to throw everything at the climate crisis

Jonathan Franzen is the latest figure to preach the gospel of adaptation. But without cutting emissions, it won’t work

Wed 11 Sep 2019 17.02 BST Last modified on Wed 11 Sep 2019 20.31 BST

Fiona Harvey

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/sep/11/adaptaion-climate-disaster-cutting-emissions

John Bolton is finally gone. But can his path of destruction be reversed?

Washington DC’s most famous warmonger might have lost his job, but this probably won’t be the last we hear of Bolton

Wed 11 Sep 2019 14.12 BST Last modified on Thu 12 Sep 2019 02.06 BST

Ben Armbruster

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/sep/11/john-bolton-path-destruction

'I'm never surprised': Mike Pompeo reacts to John Bolton's firing – video

Secretary of state Mike Pompeo was asked if he was caught off guard by the firing of John Bolton, Donald Trump's national security adviser, to which he replied: 'I'm never surprised........

Source: Reuters

Tue 10 Sep 2019 21.44 BST Last modified on Wed 11 Sep 2019 09.48 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/video/2019/sep/10/im-never-surprised-mike-pompeo-reacts-to-john-boltons-firing-video

umbertino · September 13, 2019

Snowden: ‘I was very much a person the most powerful government in the world wanted to go away’

Interview by Ewen MacAskill

Video by Laurence Topham

Fri 13 Sep 2019 17.00 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2019/sep/13/edward-snowden-interview-whistleblowing-russia-ai-permanent-record

Benjamin Netanyahu in close election fight for power in Israel

‘Nastiest, most racist campaign ever’ as Likud shores up vote with divisive pledges

Oliver Holmes in Jerusalem

Fri 13 Sep 2019 17.21 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/13/benjamin-netanyahu-in-close-election-fight-for-power-in-israel

Good ole Benjamin.........Looks like he learned very well the Nazi lesson ( and applied it to the Palestinians)

Greta Thunberg and youth climate activists protest outside White House

Young activists rallied in protest of inadequate government action on the climate crisis, chanting: ‘Protect our future’

Emily Holden in Washington

Fri 13 Sep 2019 17.50 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/sep/13/greta-thunberg-white-house-climate-protest

Trump reportedly calls Egypt's president his 'favorite dictator' – live

President called out ‘Where’s my favorite dictator?’ over a gathering of US and Egyptian officials, Wall Street Journal reports

Sam Levin (now), and Joan E Greve, Jessica Glenza and Joanna Walters (earlier)

Sat 14 Sep 2019 00.14 BST

Key events

Live feed

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2019/sep/13/greta-thunberg-climate-crisis-protest-white-house-donald-trump-live-news

Well...At the very least he acknowledges him as a dictator...It's a start

Democratic debate: the five key takeaways

Biden was Biden but despite a smaller field sparks failed to fly with Warren, while O’Rourke had a good night – as did Obama

Joan E Greve

Fri 13 Sep 2019 05.49 BST Last modified on Fri 13 Sep 2019 12.03 BST

Vid

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/sep/13/democratic-debate-the-five-key-takeaways

Venezuela's Guaidó pictured with members of Colombian gang

Opposition leader plays down images but analysts say they could prove highly damaging

Tom Phillips in Mexico City and Joe Parkin Daniels

Fri 13 Sep 2019 17.12 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/13/juan-guaido-faces-questions-over-links-to-organised-groups

UK: Teenager obsessed with mass shootings jailed for buying gun online

‘Chilling’ research into killings found when officers searched Kyle Davies’s Gloucester home

Steven Morris and agency

Fri 13 Sep 2019 15.39 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/13/teenager-obsessed-with-mass-shootings-jailed-for-buying-gun-online

‘Protecting the European way of life’ from migrants is a gift to the far right

EU technocrats still believe tougher border controls will defang their populist rivals – but they are fuelling a dangerous new nationalism

Fri 13 Sep 2019 06.00 BST

Daniel Trilling

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/sep/13/protecting-europe-migrants-far-right-eu-nationalism

France to block Facebook's Libra cryptocurrency in Europe

Finance minister says governments’ monetary sovereignty could be at risk

Richard Partington and agencies

Thu 12 Sep 2019 18.30 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/sep/12/france-block-development-facebook-libra-cryptocurrency

Sacklers used Swiss bank accounts to hide transfers, court papers show

New York says it has documented $1bn in transfers, including millions from a Purdue parent company to Mortimer DA Sackler

Associated Press

Fri 13 Sep 2019 22.17 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/sep/13/sackler-family-purdue-pharma-oxycontin-opioids-court-filings

Google, Facebook, Amazon and Apple asked to turn over internal documents

House judiciary committee wants records in antitrust inquiry
Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos and Tim Cook names in requests

Dominic Rushe in New York

Fri 13 Sep 2019 16.05 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/sep/13/google-facebook-amazon-apple-big-tech-house-judiciary-committee

Beto O'Rourke on gun control: 'Hell yes, we’re going to take your AR-15' – video

Presidential contender Beto O'Rourke does not shy away from saying he would require citizens to turn in their military-style weapons when asked about gun control during Thursday night's Democratic debate........

Source: ABC

Fri 13 Sep 2019 06.08 BST Last modified on Fri 13 Sep 2019 11.25 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/video/2019/sep/13/beto-orourke-on-gun-control-hell-yes-were-going-to-take-your-ar-15-video

California bans private prisons – including Ice detention centers

Bill removes profit motive from incarceration and marks latest clash in state’s battle with Trump over treatment of immigrants

Darwin BondGraham in San Francisco

Thu 12 Sep 2019 18.58 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/sep/12/california-private-prison-ban-immigration-ice

umbertino · September 15, 2019

Fighters, not rabbis: Torah students who choose the army reveal Israel’s bitter divide

For Haredi Jews exempt from military service, volunteering can mean a family break-up

Oliver Holmes in Jerusalem

Sat 14 Sep 2019 20.33 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/14/fighters-not-rabbis-torah-students-who-chose-the-gun-reveal-israels-bitter-divide

Naomi Klein: 'We are seeing the beginnings of the era of climate barbarism'

The No Logo author talks about solutions to the climate crisis, Greta Thunberg, birth strikes and how she finds hope

Sat 14 Sep 2019 08.01 BST Last modified on Sat 14 Sep 2019 09.03 BST

Natalie Hanman

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/sep/14/naomi-klein-we-are-seeing-the-beginnings-of-the-era-of-climate-barbarism

The prodigy, the dictator’s daughter, the author: Spain’s lost feminists find a voice

An online film project aims to bring the thoughts of Spanish and Latin American female visionaries to a new generation

Sam Jones

Sat 14 Sep 2019 17.13 BST First published on Sat 14 Sep 2019 15.45 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/14/project-brings-silenced-spanish-women-writers-to-life

Republican Trump challengers warn of totalitarian drift in party

Sanford, Walsh and Weld write for Washington Post
Four states cancel nominating contests to give Trump clear run

Martin Pengelly in New York

Sat 14 Sep 2019 15.19 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/sep/14/2020-trump-challengers-say-republican-party-has-taken-a-wrong-turn

Trump’s new world disorder: competitive, chaotic, conflicted

With John Bolton dismissed, Taliban peace talks a fiasco and a trade war with China, US foreign policy is ever more unstable and confrontational

Simon Tisdall

Sat 14 Sep 2019 17.00 BST Last modified on Sat 14 Sep 2019 18.32 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/sep/14/trump-american-foreign-policy-unstable-confrontational

Trump floats possible defense treaty days ahead of Israeli elections

President appears to try to boost Netanyahu before tight poll
PM looks forward to meeting at United Nations in New York

Reuters in Washington

Sat 14 Sep 2019 18.50 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/sep/14/trump-floats-possible-defense-treaty-days-ahead-of-israeli-elections

Judge blocks attempt to remove Charlottesville Confederate statues

Statues of Robert E Lee and Stonewall Jackson will stay
Lee statue was at heart of deadly far-right violence in 2017

Associated Press in Charlottesville, Virginia

Sat 14 Sep 2019 12.55 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/sep/14/judge-blocks-charlottesville-confederate-statues

umbertino · September 15, 2019

EU dismay as Boris Johnson compares himself to Hulk

Breaking ‘manacles’ comments come a day before PM travels for Brexit talks in Luxembourg

Peter Walker, Jennifer Rankin and Daniel Boffey

Sun 15 Sep 2019 22.30 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/sep/15/eu-dismay-boris-johnson-compares-himself-to-hulk

The Man is somehow bizarre........

Democrats try to tempt Trump on guns as Beto beats drum for AR-15 buyback

Pelosi and Schumer speak to president on gun control
Buttigieg and Paul offer criticism of O’Rourke’s rhetoric

Martin Pengelly

Sun 15 Sep 2019 20.31 BST Last modified on Sun 15 Sep 2019 22.50 BST

Vid

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/sep/15/pelosi-schumer-trump-guns-beto-orourke-buyback

Netanyahu holds cabinet meeting in occupied West Bank ahead of election

Government meeting is the first in Palestinian territories for almost two decades

Oliver Holmes in Jerusalem

Sun 15 Sep 2019 17.04 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/15/netanyahu-holds-cabinet-meeting-occupied-west-bank-ahead-election

Another "good" one....NOT

Ex-Google worker fears 'killer robots' could cause mass atrocities

Engineer who quit over military drone project warns AI might also accidentally start a war

Henry McDonald

Sun 15 Sep 2019 15.35 BST Last modified on Sun 15 Sep 2019 18.30 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/sep/15/ex-google-worker-fears-killer-robots-cause-mass-atrocities

Andrew Yang: racist comment by SNL hire 'should be taken in different light'

Presidential candidate says anti-Asian racism ‘very real’ but US has become ‘excessively punitive about remarks people find offensive’

Victoria Bekiempis

Sun 15 Sep 2019 18.22 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/15/andrew-yang-snl-comedian-racist-comment

Trump blasts calls for impeachment of Brett Kavanaugh after new allegations

New York Times details new claims against supreme court judge
Harris, Castro and Sanders lead calls for constitutional action

Martin Pengelly

Sun 15 Sep 2019 21.30 BST First published on Sun 15 Sep 2019 14.41 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/sep/15/brett-kavanaugh-donald-trump-impeachment-supreme-court-justice

Jerry Falwell's Liberty University dogged by growing claims of corruption

Trump ally’s political influence may be on the wane as he calls for investigation at evangelical university

Miranda Bryant

Sun 15 Sep 2019 07.00 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/sep/14/jerry-falwell-liberty-university-corruption-trump

Is Texas, long a Republican stronghold, really in play for the Democrats in 2020?

The state has long eluded Democrats, but significant gains in the 2018 midterms and a series of GOP congressional retirements have raised hopes for change

Lauren Gambino in Houston

Sun 15 Sep 2019 06.00 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/sep/15/texas-republicans-democrats-2020-trump-castro-orourke-cruz

Trump is seriously, frighteningly unstable – the world is in danger

It is almost too late for impeachment. The 25th amendment is untested. The ballot box offers our only remaining hope

Sun 15 Sep 2019 06.00 BST Last modified on Sun 15 Sep 2019 10.25 BST

By Robert Reich ( former US secretary of labor, professor of public policy at the University of California at Berkeley and the author of Saving Capitalism: For the Many, Not the Few and The Common Good. He is also a columnist for Guardian US )

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/sep/15/donald-trump-nuts-impeachment-25th-amendment-2020-election

'Americans are waking up': two thirds say climate crisis must be addressed

Major CBS News poll released as part of Covering Climate Now, a collaboration of more than 250 news outlets around the world to strengthen coverage of the climate story

Oliver Milman in New York

Sun 15 Sep 2019 13.15 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/sep/15/americans-climate-change-crisis-cbs-poll

Bernie Sanders backs United Auto Workers on General Motors strike

49,000 members at GM plants to go on strike on Sunday
Car giant ‘disappointed’ by move which will cripple production

Associated Press in Detroit

Sun 15 Sep 2019 21.32 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/sep/15/general-motors-strike-auto-workers-union

umbertino · September 16, 2019

Johnson humiliated by Luxembourg PM at 'empty chair' press conference

Xavier Bettel gesticulates at empty podium as British PM skips press conference amid loud protests

Daniel Boffey in Luxembourg

Mon 16 Sep 2019 17.06 BST

Vid

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/sep/16/johnson-humiliated-by-luxembourg-pm-at-empty-chair-press-conference

Spain rejects US request to extradite Venezuela's former intelligence chief

Top criminal court instead orders release of Gen Hugo Armando Carvajal, who was sought on drug trafficking charges

AFP in Madrid

Mon 16 Sep 2019 17.38 BST Last modified on Mon 16 Sep 2019 17.42 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/16/spain-rejects-us-request-to-extradite-venezuelas-ex-military-intelligence-chief

AfD politician threatens journalist after Hitler comparison

Björn Höcke halts interview after German state broadcaster draws parallel to Nazi rhetoric

Philip Oltermann in Berlin

Mon 16 Sep 2019 15.42 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/16/afd-politician-threatens-journalist-hitler-comparison-bjorn-hocke

The world ignored the warning signs – and now the Middle East is on the brink

Donald Trump’s hostility towards Iran and support for Saudi Arabia has made a delicate situation explosive

Mon 16 Sep 2019 16.50 BST Last modified on Mon 16 Sep 2019 17.45 BST

By Simon Tisdall

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/sep/16/warning-signs-middle-east-donald-trump-hostility-iran-saudi-arabia

Africa should not be too quick to embrace the fourth industrial revolution

As a new age of technology dawns, cyber attacks in South Africa and beyond underline the need for caution

Karen Allen

Mon 16 Sep 2019 07.00 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/sep/16/africa-should-not-be-too-quick-to-embrace-the-fourth-industrial-revolution

Norway is in denial about the threat of far-right violence

Far from learning from the Breivik atrocity, politicians have pandered to a view that Islamist terror is the greatest danger

Mon 16 Sep 2019 15.33 BST Last modified on Mon 16 Sep 2019 17.26 BST

Sindre Bangstad

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/sep/16/norway-denial-far-right-violence-breivik

Norway is the 2nd Country of Europe where the most violent terrorist act took place

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Norway_attacks

Italy being first (unfortunately) with the fascist terror bomb attack at the Bologna ( my university town) train station on Aug. 2, 1980

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

RIP GOP review: how Democrats can usher fall of the house of Trump

Stanley Greenberg makes key points about Republican decline – but the president’s opponents face tough challenges too

Lloyd Green

Sun 15 Sep 2019 06.00 BST Last modified on Sun 15 Sep 2019 07.00 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/sep/14/rip-gop-review-stanley-greenberg-donald-trump

'He was a bad dude': the strange tale of Biden and the gang leader 'CornPop'

Biden says he faced off gang leader armed with a razor blade in 1962 – a former state president of the NAACP supports his yarn

Adam Gabbatt

Mon 16 Sep 2019 17.01 BST Last modified on Mon 16 Sep 2019 17.28 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/sep/16/corn-pop-joe-biden-story-what-happened-is-it-real-swimming-pool-confrontation

umbertino · September 16, 2019

Saudi Oil Refinery Attack Raises Fears of “Wider Regional War” Involving U.S. & Iran

September 16, 2019

https://www.democracynow.org/2019/9/16/saudi_arabia_oil_supply_attacks

“We in the Media Have Not Been Doing Our Job”: 250+ News Outlets Pledge to Focus on Climate Crisis

September 16, 2019

https://www.democracynow.org/2019/9/16/covering_climate_now_media_project

“Biological Annihilation”: The Danger of Opening Alaska’s ANWR to Oil & Gas Drilling

September 16, 2019

https://www.democracynow.org/2019/9/16/arctic_national_wildlife_refuge_oil_drilling

“Racism in America Is Endemic”: Democratic Candidates Vow to Confront White Supremacy & Legacy of Slavery

September 13, 2019

https://www.democracynow.org/2019/9/13/democratic_debate_white_supremacy_racism

Medicare for All dominates debate; Sanders, Warren defend it against Biden

September 13, 2019 12:29 PM CDT By Mark Gruenberg

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/health-care-dominates-debate-sanders-and-warren-defend-medicare-for-all-against-biden/

Behind Britain’s Brexit mess: A push to destroy workers’ rights

September 11, 2019 10:12 AM CDT By John Wojcik

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/behind-britains-brexit-mess-a-push-to-destroy-workers-rights/

Right-wing gains force Germany’s Left Party to rethink its strategy

September 16, 2019 9:57 AM CDT By John Wojcik

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/right-wing-gains-force-germanys-left-party-to-rethink-its-strategy/

CIA’s favorite newspaper in Chile praises Pinochet dictatorship on coup anniversary

September 16, 2019 2:33 PM CDT By Steve Sweeney

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/cias-favorite-newspaper-in-chile-praises-pinochet-dictatorship-on-coup-anniversary/

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

Recovering from the opioid addiction crisis: Time for progressive strategies?

September 16, 2019 3:05 PM CDT By Brian W. Major

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/recovering-from-the-opioid-addiction-crisis-time-for-progressive-strategies/

Canadian health care getting attention in U.S. election; how about income inequality?

September 13, 2019 1:25 PM CDT By Sam Pizzigati

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/canadian-health-care-getting-attention-in-u-s-election-how-about-income-inequality/

Amazon’s Whole Foods strips part-timers’ insurance; shows need for Medicare for All

September 13, 2019 10:05 AM CDT By C.J. Atkins

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/amazons-whole-foods-strips-part-timers-insurance-shows-need-for-medicare-for-all/

Profits roll in for “corporate vultures” while Amazon rainforest burns

September 13, 2019 1:40 PM CDT By Kelsey Hawkins-Johnson And Negin Owliaei

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/profits-roll-in-for-corporate-vultures-while-amazon-rainforest-burns/

umbertino · September 17, 2019

Greta Thunberg to Congress: ‘You’re not trying hard enough. Sorry’

The Swedish environmentalist was one of several who spoke at a Senate climate crisis task force

Lauren Gambino in Washington

Tue 17 Sep 2019 21.51 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/sep/17/greta-thunberg-to-congress-youre-not-trying-hard-enough-sorry

Israel election: exit polls suggest result too close to call – live news

Vote is country’s second in a year
Both PM Netanyahu and challenger Gantz back annexing Palestinian land
Exit poll at 10pm (8pm BST, 3pm ET)

Kate Lyons (now), Kevin Rawlinson (earlier)

Wed 18 Sep 2019 00.01 BST

Key events

Live feed

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2019/sep/17/israeli-election-close-result-expected-as-netanyahu-seeks-fifth-term-live-news

Would be nice if Benjamin gets sent home for good........

Iran's supreme leader rules out any talks with US officials

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei shuts down speculation about Trump-Rouhani meeting at UN

Michael Safi in Beirut, Patrick Wintour in London and Julian Borger in Washington

Tue 17 Sep 2019 22.01 BST

Vid

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/17/irans-supreme-leader-rules-out-any-talks-with-us-officials-ayatollah-ali-khamenei

Canada’s intelligence service: theft of information is 'potentially devastating'

Theft of classified information by a senior intelligence officer could ‘cause grave injury to Canada’s national interests’

Leyland Cecco in Toronto

Tue 17 Sep 2019 17.59 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/17/canadas-intelligence-service-theft-of-information-is-potentially-devastating

UN hosts drive to suck back carbon and reverse climate change

New York forum aims to ‘restore’ the climate by reducing atmospheric levels of carbon to those of a century ago

Oliver Milman in New York

Tue 17 Sep 2019 14.00 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/17/un-climate-change-carbon-geoengineering-capture-storage-restoration-forum

Trump to block California from setting vehicle emissions rules

Administration will declare that states are pre-empted from setting their own standards in a move that will spark challenge

Vivian Ho and agencies

Tue 17 Sep 2019 23.23 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/sep/17/trump-california-vehicle-emissions-standards-auto-industry

The Sacklers were drug dealers who put money over morality. The Purdue deal is no different

No one should be fooled by Purdue’s attempts to pretend it is putting the welfare of its victims to the fore

Tue 17 Sep 2019 11.00 BST Last modified on Tue 17 Sep 2019 15.35 BST

Chris McGreal

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/sep/17/opioids-crisis-sackler-family-purdue-pharma-deal

White House tells former Trump aides not to testify at House hearing

Corey Lewandowski told to limit his remarks as sole witness at what committee calls first impeachment hearing

Associated Press

Tue 17 Sep 2019 03.33 BST Last modified on Tue 17 Sep 2019 13.33 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/sep/16/house-impeachment-hearing-rob-porter-corey-lewandowski

Hollow boom: why black Americans feel left out of US’s robust economy

Unemployment rate tells a different story about the economy when race is considered, even when job numbers are strong

Lauren Aratani

Tue 17 Sep 2019 07.00 BST Last modified on Tue 17 Sep 2019 18.01 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/sep/17/us-booming-economy-black-americans

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