Politics & environs articles 2020

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In Thuringia, Germany, a fascist coup

 

February 7, 2020 10:30 AM CST By Victor Grossman

 

 

 

The LINKE party, banner for anti-fascist protest, NEIN meaning NO. | Die Linke website.

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/in-thuringia-germany-a-fascist-coup/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The facts about Ukraine that no one mentioned during the impeachment trial

 

February 5, 2020 11:13 AM CST By David Cavendish

 

 

 

Volunteers with the right-wing paramilitary Azov National Corps stand to attention during a march in Kiev less than a month before Ukraine's presidential vote, March 2, 2019. | Efrem Lukatsky / AP

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/the-facts-about-ukraine-that-no-one-mentioned-during-the-impeachment-trial/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Inquiry strikes blow to Russian denials of Syria chemical attack

 

UN watchdog’s investigation rebuts claims it manipulated evidence of Douma incident

 

Patrick Wintour and Bethan McKernan

Fri 7 Feb 2020 13.07 GMT

 

 

Douma in April 2018

Photograph: Hassan Ammar/AP

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/07/inquiry-strikes-blow-to-russian-denials-of-syria-chemical-attack

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

His master's voice? Jair Bolsonaro posts video of himself watching Trump rant

 

Brazil’s president was accused of kowtowing with his 73-minute Facebook live stream but some see method in his obsequiousness

 

Tom Phillips Latin America correspondent

Fri 7 Feb 2020 17.56 GMT

 

 

Brazil’s far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, gestures during a video of himself watching Donald Trump during his rambling post-impeachment speech

Photograph: Handout

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/07/jair-bolsonaro-video-watching-trump-rant

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Power is everything – and progressives forget that at their peril

 

As Boris Johnson and Donald Trump know, winning gives you the ability not just to pass laws but to make the weather

 

Fri 7 Feb 2020 17.08 GMT Last modified on Fri 7 Feb 2020 19.45 GMT

Jonathan Freedland

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/feb/07/power-everything-progressives-boris-johnson-donald-trump

 

 

 

 

Democracy and freedom of expression are under threat in Brazil

 

Brazil’s rightwing regime wants to censor textbooks, spy on teachers, and repress minority and LGBTQ+ groups. We need the international community’s support

 

Artists: Chico Buarque, Caetano Veloso, Sebastião Salgado, Arnaldo Antunes, Djamila Ribeiro, Milton Hatoum, Petra Costa and others

Fri 7 Feb 2020 18.52 GMT

 

‘The Bolsonaro administration has also made it clear it will not tolerate deviation from its ultra-conservative politics and worldview.’

Photograph: Carl de Souza/AFP/Getty Images

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/feb/07/democracy-and-freedom-of-expression-are-under-threat-in-brazil

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Netanyahu backtracks on Israeli plan for swift Palestinian land grab

 

Settlers furious that promised annexation of large parts of West Bank will not happen immediately

 

Oliver Holmes in Jerusalem

Wed 5 Feb 2020 16.42 GMT Last modified on Wed 5 Feb 2020 21.36 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/05/netanyahu-backtracks-on-israeli-plan-for-swift-palestinian-land-grab

 

 

 

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‘We’d been denied a personal life’: Northern Ireland’s long road to equal marriage

 

As the first weddings take place, the partner of murdered journalist Lyra McKee and others describe the fight for their rights

 

Colin Crummy

Sat 8 Feb 2020 11.30 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/feb/08/wed-been-denied-a-personal-life-northern-irelands-long-road-to-equal-marriage

 

 

 

 

 

Crime, power cuts, poverty: 30 years on, the townships question Nelson Mandela’s legacy

 

As South Africa marks 30 years since the anti-apartheid leader’s release from prison, some people on the streets where he once lived now see him as a sellout’ rather than a hero

 

Sat 8 Feb 2020 14.35 GMT

by Jason Burke

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/08/nelson--soweto-questions-mandela-legacy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exposing Malta's dark side: ‘Daphne's story is far from over'

 

The story of our collaborative reporting on Daphne Caruana Galizia, the Maltese journalist whose 2017 murder plunged her country into turmoil

 

Juliette Garside interviewed by Sophie Zeldin-O'Neill

Sat 8 Feb 2020 12.00 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/membership/2020/feb/08/malta-daphne-caruana-galizia-murder-journalist-investigation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Syrian forces capture new areas from insurgents

 

Turkey sends in more troops to back rebels as weeks-long offensive displaces 600,000

 

Associated Press in Damascus

Sat 8 Feb 2020 15.22 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/08/syrian-forces-capture-new-areas-from-insurgents

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Moscow’s Munich offer

Did anti-Soviet, or anti-Russian, prejudice block an intervention that could have averted the 1938 Czechoslovakian crisis? And changed the timing of the outbreak of war?

 

by Gabriel Gorodetsky

 

 

https://mondediplo.com/2018/10/05munich

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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For the new right, Hungary is now what Venezuela once was for the left

 

Across the world, conservatives are taking inspiration from Orbán, embracing extremism

 

Sat 8 Feb 2020 18.35 GMT Last modified on Sat 8 Feb 2020 22.25 GMT

Nick Cohen

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/feb/08/hungary-now-for-the-new-right-what-venezuela-once-was-for-the-left

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Michael Bloomberg is trying to buy the presidency – that should set off alarms

 

If the choice comes down to tyrant or oligarch, we must choose the latter. But our democracy would still be in peril

 

Sun 9 Feb 2020 06.00 GMT Last modified on Sun 9 Feb 2020 07.00 GMT

  Robert Reich  ( a 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. His next book, The System: Who Rigged It, How We Fix It, will be out in March. He is a columnist for Guardian US )

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/feb/09/michael-bloomberg-donald-trump-presidential-election

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Turkey threatens to hit back as Assad advances in northern Syria

 

Three million stuck at Turkish border in one of worst humanitarian crises since start of war

 

Bethan McKernan

Sun 9 Feb 2020 09.39 GMT

 

 

Displaced Syrian women and children, who fled north from Idlib, gather around a fire in Afrin

Photograph: Khalil Ashawi/Reuters

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2020/feb/09/syria-turkey-hit-back-assad-idlib-humanitarian-crisis

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Militia strike gold to cast a shadow over Sudan's hopes of prosperity

Supported by wealthy foreign backers, a feared paramilitary outfit controls Sudan’s most lucrative industry, complicating the country’s path to democracy

 

Ruth Michaelson

Mon 10 Feb 2020 07.00 GMT Last modified on Mon 10 Feb 2020 07.04 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/feb/10/militia-strike-gold-to-cast-a-shadow-over-sudans-hopes-of-prosperity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Civilian deaths and atrocities escalate as chaos builds in Sahel

 

Human Rights Watch report describes mounting violence in the region from armed militias and Islamist extremists

 

Jason Burke

Mon 10 Feb 2020 06.10 GMT Last modified on Mon 10 Feb 2020 06.13 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/10/civilian-deaths-and-atrocities-escalate-as-chaos-builds-in-sahel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hitman linked to Marielle Franco's murder killed by police

 

Some suspect Adriano da Nóbrega was ‘key piece’ in discovering who ordered Franco’s killing

 

Dom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro and Sam Cowie in São Paulo

Sun 9 Feb 2020 20.52 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/09/hitman-with-links-to-marielle-francos-killed-by-police

 

 

 

 

Syria: Fall of Saraqeb delivers Assad a strategic and symbolic prize

 

Last week the regime returned to the town, ending eight years of resistance at the nation’s crossroads

 

Bethan McKernan and Hussein Akoush

Mon 10 Feb 2020 05.00 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/10/fall-of-syrian-town-delivers-strategic-and-symbolic-prize-to-assad

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Left-wing “Sinn Féin” wins historic victory in Ireland

 

February 10, 2020 10:46 AM CST By Donald Donato

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/left-wing-sinn-fein-wins-historic-victory-in-ireland/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Meet the candidates taking on Bolivia’s U.S.-backed right-wing government

 

February 10, 2020 9:22 AM CST By Oliver Vargas

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/meet-the-candidates-taking-on-bolivias-u-s-backed-right-wing-government/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sustainable farming keeps Cuba’s rivers clean, says joint U.S.-Cuban study

 

February 10, 2020 12:06 PM CST By Steve Sweeney

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/sustainable-farming-keeps-cubas-rivers-clean-says-joint-u-s-cuban-study/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Russian antifascist group given 'monstrous' jail terms

 

Rights activists criticise trial, saying members of the Network were tortured

 

Andrew Roth in Moscow

Mon 10 Feb 2020 15.24 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/10/russian-anti-fascist-group-network-jail

One of the many  weird things happening in fmr. Soviet Union......

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Trump puts Cuban doctors in firing line as heat turned up on island economy

 

After US allies expel foreign health missions, Havana warns that patients will pay the highest price for campaign against its scheme

 

Peter Beaumont and Ed Agustin in Havana

Tue 11 Feb 2020 07.00 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/feb/11/trump-puts-cuban-doctors-in-firing-line-as-heat-turned-up-on-island-economy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Palestinians shelve plan for UN vote on Trump's Middle East plan

Security council vote was seen as test of support for deal and of Britain’s relations with US

 

Patrick Wintour and Oliver Holmes

Tue 11 Feb 2020 08.04 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/10/tunisia-to-shelve-plan-for-un-vote-on-trumps-middle-east-plan

 

 

 

 

 

'Do not despair of losing so often' – Lea Tsemel, the Israeli lawyer who defends Palestinians

 

She has been called a traitor and the Israeli government tried to block an award-winning new film about her work and spirit. As the BBC screens Advocate, we meet the ‘angry optimist’

 

Rachel Shabi

Mon 10 Feb 2020 17.35 GMT Last modified on Mon 10 Feb 2020 17.38 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/feb/10/advocate-lea-tsemel-israeli-lawyer-defends-palestinians

Edited February 11, 2020 by umbertino

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Bong’s ‘Parasite’ focuses on plight of South Korea’s poor

 

February 11, 2020 11:04 AM CST By Kim Tong-Hyung

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/bongs-parasite-focuses-on-plight-of-south-koreas-poor/

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To me ( umb) a great human being: José Mujica ( Uruguay 40th President)

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

World's 'poorest' ex-president Mujica turns down pension

• 15 August 2018

 

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-45195188

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

José Mujica: is this the world’s most radical president?

 

Uruguay’s José Mujica lives in a tiny house rather than the presidential palace, and gives away 90% of his salary. He’s legalised marijuana and *** marriage. But his greatest legacy is governing without giving up his revolutionary ideals

 

Giles Tremlett

Thu 18 Sep 2014 06.00 BST Last modified on Thu 30 Nov 2017 08.43 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/18/-sp-is-this-worlds-most-radical-president-uruguay-jose-mujica

 

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Erdoğan threatens Assad with retaliation if more troops harmed

 

Turkish president hits out at Syrian regime as fighting intensifies in Idlib province

 

Bethan McKernan Middle East correspondent

Wed 12 Feb 2020 16.21 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/12/erdogan-threatens-assad-with-retaliation-if-more-troops-harmed-syria-turkey

 

It's war between Syria and Turkey at this point

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Utah cuts healthcare costs by flying employees to Mexico for prescriptions

 

Utah’s plan lets people collect medications at a fraction of the US cost, while other states are looking to import drugs from Canada

 

Edward Helmore and agencies

Tue 11 Feb 2020 16.15 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/feb/11/utah-cuts-healthcare-costs-flying-employees-mexico-prescription-drugs

 

 

 

 

White supremacist propaganda in US more than doubled in 2019, report finds

 

Anti-Defamation League reported 2,713 cases of circulated propaganda, compared to 1,214 in 2018

 

Associated Press

Wed 12 Feb 2020 14.11 GMT Last modified on Wed 12 Feb 2020 15.30 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/feb/12/white-supremacist-propaganda-anti-defamation-league-report

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Call for urgent action to end crisis in Idlib

 

Campaigners and MPs urge world leaders to step up their response to the humanitarian disaster in the Syrian city

 

Letters

Wed 12 Feb 2020 17.49 GMT Last modified on Wed 12 Feb 2020 17.52 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/12/call-for-urgent-action-to-end-crisis-in-idlib

Edited February 12, 2020 by umbertino

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Why is Turkey intervening in Libya and elsewhere?

 

February 12, 2020 12:32 PM CST By Conn Hallinan

 

 

Turkey's President Erdogan is surrounded by security guards after his address to his ruling party's legislators, in Ankara, Turkey, Jan. 14. Erdogan said Turkey would closely follow moves in Libya. Burhan Ozbilici | AP

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/why-is-turkey-intervening-in-libya-and-elsewhere/

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UN publishes list of companies with ties to Israeli settlements

 

Palestinian officials welcome report, while Israel condemns it as ‘shameful blacklist’

 

Oliver Holmes in Jerusalem

Wed 12 Feb 2020 18.31 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/weather/2020/feb/12/un-publishes-list-of-companies-with-ties-to-israeli-settlements

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The violence of the French police is not new, but more people are seeing it now

 

Confronted with overwhelming video evidence, the French government has finally been forced to admit there’s a problem

 

Thu 13 Feb 2020 12.30 GMT Last modified on Thu 13 Feb 2020 13.42 GMT

Mathieu Rigouste

 

 

Jerome Rodrigues (L), one of the leading figures of the gilets jaunes movement, and four other protesters who claim to have been injured by police in recent months

Photograph: Lucas Barioulet/AFP via Getty Images

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/feb/13/french-police-violence-gilets-jaunes-victims

 

 

 

 

 

 

Of course there’s a globalisation backlash. It has failed billions of people

 

The era of open markets and open borders is over, its demise hastened by the climate crisis, populism and now coronavirus

 

Thu 13 Feb 2020 07.00 GMT Last modified on Thu 13 Feb 2020 11.52 GMT

Larry Elliott

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/feb/13/globalisation-backlash-open-markets-borders-climate-populism-coronavirus

 

 

 

 

 

 

US, Syrian and Russian forces involved in deadly checkpoint clash

 

• Syrian killed and another wounded after US troops ‘return fire’
• Russian military apparently tries to mediate confrontation

 

Staff and agencies in Damascus

Wed 12 Feb 2020 21.37 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/feb/12/syria-us-convoy-death-russians

 

 

 

 

Deadly clash in Syria a vivid reminder of US troops' ill-defined mission

 

Since Trump abruptly ended his pact with the Kurds, the US presence in the country’s north-east has been stuck in a quagmire

 

Martin Chulov, Middle East correspondent

Thu 13 Feb 2020 14.19 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/13/syria-us-troops-mission-qamishli-quagmire

 

 

 

 

 

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Bolsonaro attacks Pope Francis over pontiff's plea to protect the Amazon

 

• Pope urged Catholics to ‘feel outrage’ over Amazon destruction
• Bolsonaro: ‘What is Greenpeace? Nothing but rubbish’
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Staff and agencies in Brasília

Thu 13 Feb 2020 17.01 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/13/brazil-jair-bolsonaro-pope-francis-amazon

Fascists...You gotta love them.....

 

 

 

European court under fire for backing Spain's express deportations

 

ECHR accused of ‘ignoring reality’ in ruling on men who entered north African enclave

 

Sam Jones in Madrid

Thu 13 Feb 2020 17.58 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/13/european-court-under-fire-backing-spain-express-deportations

 

 

 

 

'What is truly Scandinavian? Nothing' Airline clarifies ad after far-right criticism

 

Anti-immigration groups said campaign was disrespectful of Scandinavian culture

 

Jon Henley Europe correspondent

Thu 13 Feb 2020 13.07 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/13/what-is-truly-scandinavian-nothing-airline-clarifies-ad-after-far-right-criticism

 

 

 

 

Saudi-led coalition starts courts martial against Yemen strikes air crews

 

Proceedings over breaches of international law are first such cases of their kind

 

Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

Wed 12 Feb 2020 19.08 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/12/saudi-led-coalition-starts-courts-martial-against-yemen-strikes-air-crew

 

 

 

 

Netflix documentary leads to review of Malcolm X's murder

 

The Manhattan district attorney has announced it will consider reopening the case after a six-part series detailed potential miscarriages of justice

 

Hannah J Davies

Thu 13 Feb 2020 17.55 GMT Last modified on Thu 13 Feb 2020 17.57 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/feb/13/netflix-documentary-leads-to-review-of-malcolm-x-murder

 

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What is really going on in Nicaragua?

 

February 13, 2020 10:05 AM CST By Louise Richards

 

 

 

Part of the Bosawas Reserve. Rebecca Ore / Creative Commons

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/what-is-really-going-on-in-nicaragua/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The trouble with anti-populism: why the champions of civility keep losing

 

With rightwing demagogues gaining power and public debate getting nastier, many are calling for a return to a more sensible politics. But this approach has its own fatal flaws

 

 

By Benjamin Moffitt

Fri 14 Feb 2020 06.00 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/feb/14/anti-populism-politics-why-champions-of-civility-keep-losing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EU spending tens of millions of euros a year to promote meat eating

 

Campaigns to promote consumption of pork and veal labelled ‘indefensible’ in light of health and climate concerns

 

Daniel Boffey in Brussels

Fri 14 Feb 2020 12.12 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/feb/14/eu-spending-tens-of-millions-of-euros-a-year-to-promote-meat-eating

 

 

 

 

 

Germany's political crisis: how did it start and what comes next?

 

Shock resignation of Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer has laid bare deep divides in CDU party

 

Kate Connolly inBerlin

Fri 14 Feb 2020 05.00 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/14/germany-political-crisis-cdu-annegret-kramp-karrenbauer-how-did-it-start-and-what-comes-next

 

 

 

 

The Americans forced into bankruptcy to pay for prescriptions

 

Millions of Americans can’t afford the prescription drugs they require to survive, forcing them into bankruptcy, trips to Mexico or cutting off utilities

 

Michael Sainato

Fri 14 Feb 2020 09.32 GMT Last modified on Fri 14 Feb 2020 09.42 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/feb/14/americans-bankruptcy-pay-medications-pharmaceutical-industry

 

 

 

 

 

'Why did she have to die?' Mexico's war on women claims young artist

 

Isabel Cabanillas de la Torre was shot as she cycled home last month in the violent border city of Ciudad Juárez. Her friends and comrades have little hope of justice

 

Ed Vulliamy in Ciudad Juárez

Tue 11 Feb 2020 08.00 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/11/mexico-war-on-women-artist-isabel-cabanillas-ciudad-juarez

 

 

 

 

 

How Nepal’s migration ban traps female 'modern day slaves' in the Gulf

 

Rules intended to protect domestic workers have only made them more vulnerable to exploitation and abuse, say activists

 

Katie McQue

Fri 14 Feb 2020 07.00 GMT Last modified on Fri 14 Feb 2020 07.10 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/feb/14/how-nepals-migr

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lebanon's financial crisis leaves its envied media industry in freefall

 

Agenda-setting newspapers and TV stations facing scramble to survive amid state dysfunction

 

Martin Chulov in Beirut

Mon 10 Feb 2020 12.48 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/10/lebanons-financial-crisis-leaves-its-envied-media-industry-in-free-fall

 

 

 

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Don’t believe in class struggle? Read J.P. Morgan’s report to wealthy clients

 

February 14, 2020 9:53 AM CST By Tim Libretti

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/dont-believe-in-class-struggle-read-j-p-morgans-report-to-wealthy-clients/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Irish unification back on agenda after election, but it won’t be simple

 

February 14, 2020 11:01 AM CST By Conn Hallinan

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/irish-unification-back-on-agenda-after-election-but-it-wont-be-simple/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trump brings Keystone XL pipeline back – environmentalists are ready to fight

 

February 14, 2020 12:17 PM CST By Delilah Friedler

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/trump-brings-keystone-xl-pipeline-back-environmentalists-are-ready-to-fight/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Greece’s refugee plan is inhumane and doomed to fail. The EU must step in

 

The government wants to create massive detention centres, but this is being resisted by locals and refugees alike

 

Sun 16 Feb 2020 13.35 GMT

Apostolis Fotiadis

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/feb/16/greece-refugee-plan-eu-detention-centres-refugees

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deportations to Jamaica, the Shamima Begum case and Windrush betray a woeful regard for the notion of citizenship

 

Recent cases highlight the government’s negligence of a basic human right for many of its own citizens

 

Sun 16 Feb 2020 08.00 GMT

Kenan Malik

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/feb/16/citizenship-precious-right-not-to-be-arbitrarily-revoked-by-the-state

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nayib Bukele's military stunt raises alarming memories in El Salvador

 

The country’s popular, social media-savvy president marched troops into the

parliament to demand $109m in security funds

 

David Agren

Sun 16 Feb 2020 10.00 GMT Last modified on Sun 16 Feb 2020 10.02 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/16/el-salvador-nayib-bukele-military-alarming-memories

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Israeli group plan Burning Man-like event in occupied West Bank

 

PLO secretary general criticises invitation for Palestinians to attend as insulting

 

Oliver Holmes and Quique Kierszenbaum

Sun 16 Feb 2020 13.21 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/16/israeli-group-plan-burning-man-like-event-in-occupied-west-bank

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Costa Rica indigenous leader shot amid tensions over land rights

 

• Wounded Mainor Ortiz Delgado, 29, is a leader of Bribri people
• Spate of violence has gone unpunished by authorities
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Nina Lakhani

Mon 17 Feb 2020 10.00 GMT Last modified on Mon 17 Feb 2020 10.03 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/17/costa-rica-indigenous-leader-shot-land-rights

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Italian man, 95, resident in UK for 68 years, told to prove it

 

Antonio Finelli, a UK state pension recipient for 32 years, was asked for proof when he applied to stay post-Brexit

 

Lisa O'Carroll Brexit correspondent

Mon 17 Feb 2020 07.00 GMT

 

Vid

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/feb/17/italian-man-95-resident-in-uk-for-68-years-told-to-prove-it

 

 

 

 

 

German far-right arrests reveal plot to attack multiple mosques

 

Twelve men believed to have been planning simultaneous mass-casualty assaults

 

Agence France-Presse in Berlin

Mon 17 Feb 2020 12.19 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/17/german-far-right-arrests-reveal-multiple-mosque-attacks-plot

 

 

 

 

 

The unwelcome revival of ‘race science’

 

Its defenders claim to be standing up for uncomfortable truths, but race science is still as bogus as ever

 

 

Fri 2 Mar 2018 06.00 GMT

By Gavin Evans

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/mar/02/the-unwelcome-revival-of-race-science

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

'They've abandoned us': Srebrenica survivors still living in camps

 

Families feel forgotten in what were meant to be temporary homes and many struggle for work

 

 

Mon 17 Feb 2020 06.33 GMT

by Lorenzo Tondo in Mihatovići and Banovići

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/17/theyve-abandoned-us-srebenica-survivors-still-living-in-camps

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Little progress since Vatican's sexual abuse summit, say activists

 

Pope yet to implement crucial reforms to canon law one year on from summit

 

Angela Giuffrida in Rome

Mon 17 Feb 2020 16.44 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/17/little-progress-since-vaticans-sexual-abuse-summit-say-activists

 

 

 

 

 

‘We can’t afford healthcare’: US hospital workers fight for higher wages

 

Healthcare workers are launching union drives and organizing protests across the US for better pay and working conditions

 

Michael Sainato

Mon 17 Feb 2020 10.00 GMT Last modified on Mon 17 Feb 2020 10.03 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/feb/17/hospital-healthcare-workers-unions-wages-conditions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unexploded bombs pose rising threat to civilians in Libya

 

Rights groups and UN warn of rapidly accelerating danger as banned cluster weapons are deployed

 

Kaamil Ahmed

Mon 17 Feb 2020 09.00 GMT Last modified on Mon 17 Feb 2020 09.03 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/feb/17/unexploded-bombs-pose-rising-threat-to-civilians-in-libya

 

 

 

 

 

Libya arms embargo is a joke, says UN envoy as ceasefire talks continue

 

Blunt assessment follows Munich meeting to try to mediate between warring sides

 

Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

Sun 16 Feb 2020 13.10 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/16/libya-arms-embargo-is-a-joke-says-un-envoy-as-ceasefire-talks-stall

 

 

 

 

 

 

‘Virginity is an obsession in Morocco’: an extract from Leïla Slimani’s Sex and Lies

 

The author reflects on the challenges faced by young women in the country of her birth, where extramarital sex is a criminal offence

 

Interview with Leïla Slimani: ‘This book is a mirror to make the elite look reality in the face’

 

Leïla Slimani

Sun 16 Feb 2020 07.00 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/feb/16/virginity-obsession-morocco-extract-leila-slimani-sex-and-lies

 

 

 

 

 

 

[umbertino]

‘Naked Revolution: A Socialist Realist Opera’ is a Dadaistic immigrant dream farce

 

February 14, 2020 10:03 AM CST By Eric A. Gordon

 

 

 

George, Vladimir, Isadora and Marcel, by Komar & Melamid / courtesy Ronald Feldman Gallery

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/naked-revolution-a-socialist-realist-opera-is-a-dadaistic-immigrant-dream-farce/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Germany's Muslims call for protection after 'far-right terror plot' arrests

 

Call comes after arrest of 12 men believed to have been plotting attacks on mosques

 

Kate Connolly in Berlin

Mon 17 Feb 2020 17.52 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/17/germanys-muslims-call-for-protection-after-far-right-terror-plot-arrests

Edited February 17, 2020 by umbertino

[umbertino]

Amazon offers free shipping for illegal Israeli settlements, but not Palestinian Territories

 

February 18, 2020 2:06 PM CST By Morning Star

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/amazon-offers-free-shipping-for-illegal-israeli-settlements-but-not-palestinian-territories/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spain risks US ire after approving digital services tax

 

Similar levy on tech firms in France provoked threats of retaliation from Washington

 

Agence France-Presse in Madrid

Tue 18 Feb 2020 18.02 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/18/spain-digital-services-tax

WTF.....Spain is not US territory, mind you....US ire ? That's frickin' arrogance plain and simple

 

 

 

 

 

Science shouldn't be for sale – we need reform to industry-funded studies to keep people safe

 

We must be able to trust the integrity of scientific research as we work to protect our families and our planet

 

Tue 18 Feb 2020 16.55 GMT First published on Tue 18 Feb 2020 16.48 GMT

Carey Gillam

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/feb/18/science-shouldnt-be-for-sale-we-need-reform-industry-funded-studies-monsanto

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kidnappers prey with ‘total impunity’ on migrants waiting for hearings in Mexico

 

Report finds 80% of migrants waiting have been abducted by the mafia and 45% have suffered violence or violation

 

Ed Vulliamy in Nuevo Laredo

Tue 18 Feb 2020 08.00 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/feb/18/mexico-kidnappers-migrants-trump-immigration

 

 

 

 

 

 

Netanyahu trial to begin on 17 March, says Israeli court

 

Prime minister expected to attend initial hearing, where indictment will be read

 

Oliver Holmes in Jerusalem

Tue 18 Feb 2020 16.11 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/18/benjamin-netanyahu-trial-to-begin-on-17-march-says-israel-justice-ministry

 

 

 

 

 

How Sudan's star of the tambour defied death and dictatorship

 

Once lauded as one of Sudan’s finest musicians, Abu Obaida Hassan faded into obscurity under the Bashir regime and was even pronounced dead. Now he is back – to global acclaim

 

Ruth Michaelson

Tue 18 Feb 2020 06.00 GMT Last modified on Tue 18 Feb 2020 09.54 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/feb/18/how-sudans-star-of-the-tambour-defied-death-and-dictatorship

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[umbertino]

Danish social worker jailed for stealing £13m ($16.83M) of government funds

 

Britta Nielsen embezzled funds intended for vulnerable people by creating fictitious projects

 

Philip Oltermann

Tue 18 Feb 2020 17.32 GMT Last modified on Tue 18 Feb 2020 18.10 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/18/danish-social-worker-jailed-britta-nielsen

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Abuse victim Manny Waks wins $800,000 in damages from paedophile David Cyprys

 

Waks, now an advocate for Jewish abuse victims, was one of a number of children Cyprys abused at Melbourne’s Chabad Yeshivah centre

 

Melissa Davey

Wed 19 Feb 2020 02.53 GMT Last modified on Wed 19 Feb 2020 03.00 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/19/abuse-victim-manny-waks-wins-800000-in-damages-from-paedophile-david-cyprys