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Nevada Culinary Workers Union Member: I Would Trade My Union Healthcare for Medicare for All

 

February 19, 2020

 

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2020/2/19/nevada_caucus_healthcare_culinary_union

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yale Study Says Medicare for All Would Save U.S. $450 Billion, Prevent Nearly 70,000 Deaths a Year

 

February 19, 2020

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

'I like theater, dining and chasing women': Mike Bloomberg in his own words

 

He’s defended stop-and-frisk and made offensive remarks about minorities. What else has the 2020 contender said?

 

Adam Gabbatt

Wed 19 Feb 2020 08.00 GMT Last modified on Wed 19 Feb 2020 15.03 GMT

 
 
 
That statement resembles Berlusconi 1,000%...Impressive.....
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

2019 was worst year for US rural hospital closures in a decade, report finds

 

  • Nineteen rural hospitals shut down last year
  • Southern states fared worst in the past decade

 

Oliver Milman in New York

Wed 19 Feb 2020 16.23 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/feb/19/us-rural-hospital-closures-report

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Group of more than 1,000 judges calls emergency meeting amid Trump concerns

 

Judges will meet to address alarm over the president intervening in politically sensitive cases

 

Guardian staff

Wed 19 Feb 2020 12.55 GMT First published on Tue 18 Feb 2020 15.50 GMT

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Utah senate unanimously moves to decriminalize polygamy

 

Sponsor says bill would help otherwise law-abiding polygamists gain access to critical services, but critics say polygamy is harmful

 

Reuters

Wed 19 Feb 2020 01.07 GMT Last modified on Wed 19 Feb 2020 16.13 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/feb/18/utah-senate-decriminalize-polygamy-bill

 

 
 
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Donald Trump 'offered Julian Assange a pardon if he denied Russia link to hack'

 

  • WikiLeaks published emails damaging to H.illary Clinton in 2016
  • Offer claim made at WikiLeaks founder’s extradition hearing
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Owen Bowcott and Julian Borger

Wed 19 Feb 2020 19.47 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/feb/19/donald-trump-offered-julian-assange-pardon-russia-hack-wikileaks

 

 

 

 

 

 

Leaked document foretold secret corporate campaign to derail Medicare for All

 

February 19, 2020 11:48 AM CST By John Wojcik And Mark Gruenberg

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/leaked-document-foretold-secret-corporate-campaign-to-derail-medicare-for-all/

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nevada: Democratic primary intensifies the debate over class divisions in America

 

February 19, 2020 2:32 PM CST By Eric A. Gordon

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/nevada-democratic-primary-intensifies-the-debate-over-class-divisions-in-america/

 

 

 

 

 

To compete in global economy, Trump says workers’ lives have to get worse

 

February 19, 2020 10:51 AM CST By Tim Libretti

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/to-compete-in-global-economy-trump-says-workers-lives-have-to-get-worse/

 

 

 

 

 

Perversion of justice: Trump pardons more violators of the public trust

 

February 19, 2020 12:28 PM CST By Mark Gruenberg

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/perversion-of-justice-trump-pardons-more-violators-of-the-public-trust/

 

 

 

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German far-right party AfD accused of fuelling hate after Hanau attack

 

Leading politicians say Alternative für Deutschland should face surveillance

 

Kate Connolly in Berlin and Bethan McKernan in Istanbul

Fri 21 Feb 2020 17.37 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/21/german-far-right-party-afd-hanau-attack

 

 

 

 

 

Regent's Park mosque prayer leader returns day after being stabbed

 

Raafat Maglad says he feels sorry for alleged attacker as concerns are raised about security

 

Ben Quinn and Laith Al-Khalaf

Fri 21 Feb 2020 15.53 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/feb/21/regents-park-mosque-prayer-leader-returns-day-after-being-stabbed

 

 

 

 

 

How the American dream died on the world's busiest border

 

It is a place where worlds converge, a vast melting pot of different peoples, all in search of a better life. Yet the US-Mexico border is also, increasingly, a focal point for human suffering

 

Ed Vulliamy in Matamoros

Fri 21 Feb 2020 06.00 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/feb/21/how-the-american-dream-died-on-the-worlds-busiest-border

 

 

 

 

 

 

Debate shows Bernie Sanders could win most votes but be denied nomination

 

The Vermont senator was alone in saying he would back whoever won a plurality of delegates – with others open to superdelegates tipping the balance for another candidate at the convention

 

Adam Gabbatt

Thu 20 Feb 2020 16.19 GMT Last modified on Thu 20 Feb 2020 16.33 GMT

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Germany attack: gunman acted on rightwing, racist motives, says Merkel – video

 

Source: Reuters

Thu 20 Feb 2020 13.43 GMT Last modified on Fri 21 Feb 2020 09.37 GMT

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

The multimillion-dollar Christian group attacking LGBTQ+ rights

 

Alliance Defending Freedom reportedly got $55m in donations in 2018 and has lawyers worldwide working against LGBTQ+ people

 

Jessica Glenza in New York

Fri 21 Feb 2020 07.20 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/20/alliance-defending-freedom-multimillion-dollar-conservative-christian-group-attacking-lgbtq-rights

 

 

 

 

 

EU leaders at odds over filling €75bn ($81.38B) Brexit shortfall

 

Agreement on a final budget deal at summit is unlikely, says Mette Frederiksen, Danish PM

 

Daniel Boffey in Brussels

Fri 21 Feb 2020 11.25 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/21/eu-leaders-at-odds-over-filling-brexit-shortfall

 

 

 

 

 

Rio Carnival takes a stand against Bolsonaro's divisive rhetoric

 

As Rio de Janeiro prepares to kick off Carnival, Mangueira is one of several samba schools using the world’s biggest festival as a platform for protest, with their theme of a Jesus of the favela returning to a land with prophets of intolerance

 

 

Fri 21 Feb 2020 06.00 GMT

by Ana Ionova

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/21/dance-protest-rio-de-janeiro-carnival-parade-against-bolsonaro-intolerance-photo-essay

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

‘It fills us with rage’: Mexican activists protest femicide at presidential palace

 

Demonstration stemmed from outrage over killing of Ingrid Escamilla and publication of photos of her mutilated corpse

 

Staff and agencies in Mexico City

Fri 14 Feb 2020 19.25 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/14/mexico-femicide-protest-ingrid-escamilla

 

 

 

 

 

'We have nothing left': displaced Syrians wait out war in Idlib

 

With the closed Turkish border behind them and Russian-backed forces at the horizon, Syrians have nowhere left to run

 

Martin Chulov Middle East correspondent

Fri 21 Feb 2020 12.52 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/21/we-have-nothing-left-displaced-syrians-wait-out-war-in-idlib

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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‘Can’t Pay? Don’t Pay!’ a madcap anarcho-socialist direct action slapstick sitcom

 

February 21, 2020 9:55 AM CST By Ed Rampell

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/cant-pay-dont-pay-a-madcap-anarcho-socialist-direct-action-slapstick-sitcom/

 

I happened to see many years ago the original theatre play "Non si paga non si paga! " (which inspired this here play) by Nobel laureate Dario Fo  featuring on stage Fo himself and wife Franca Rame....Both deceased

 

 

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

 

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

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'Who is there to protect us?' Far-right murders in Hanau spark anger and fear

 

Many in traditionally diverse area believe security apparatus is not tackling far right with full strength

 

Philip Oltermann in Hanau

Fri 21 Feb 2020 16.25 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/21/who-protect-far-right-murders-hanau-anger-fear

 

 

 

 

 

Brazil sends armed forces to north-east to quell violence from police strike

 

  • Bolsonaro issued a warning: ‘it’s going to get ugly’
  • A local senator was shot after driving into a picket line

 

Sam Cowie in São Paulo

Fri 21 Feb 2020 19.01 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/21/brazil-police-strike-ceara-bolsonaro

 

 

 

 

 

The BBC normalised racism last night, pure and simple

 

Hate crimes have doubled in just five years. Why did our national broadcaster uncritically tweet the vile views of a Question Time audience member?

 

Fri 21 Feb 2020 13.59 GMT Last modified on Fri 21 Feb 2020 22.21 GMT

By  Owen Jones
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Immigration rules post-Brexit could fuel modern slavery, say charities

 

Charities say ban on low-skilled workers could lead to boom in black market

 

Lisa O'Carroll Brexit correspondent

Fri 21 Feb 2020 06.00 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/feb/21/immigration-rules-post-brexit-could-fuel-modern-slavery-say-charities

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gett: Israeli taxi app sued for service used to avoid Arab drivers

 

Gett Jerusalem representative recorded allegedly saying option is for people who only want Jewish drivers

 

Oliver Holmes and Quique Kierszenbaum in Jerusalem

Fri 21 Feb 2020 10.55 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/21/gett-israeli-taxi-app-sued-for-service-used-to-avoid-arab-drivers

 

 

 

 

 

The highway that determines the future for Syria and its citizens

 

900,000 have fled up the M5 in search of safety as Assad tries to regain last rebel stronghold

 

Bethan McKernan Middle East correspondent

Thu 20 Feb 2020 04.49 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/20/the-highway-that-determines-the-future-for-syria-and-its-citizens

 

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Nevada caucuses: Bernie Sanders wins in resounding victory

 

 

Sam Levin in Reno and Maanvi Singh in Las Vegas

Sun 23 Feb 2020 05.26 GMT

 

 

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/feb/22/nevada-caucuses-bernie-sanders-elizabeth-warren-diverse

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Beware the politics of identity. They help legitimise the toxic far right

The vile ideas behind the Hanau attack have moved from the fringe to the mainstream

 

Sun 23 Feb 2020 07.59 GMT

Kenan Malik

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/feb/23/beware-politics-of-identity-they-help-legitimise-toxic-far-right

 

 

 

 

 

Idlib’s despair won’t end bloodshed in Syria. It will provoke a rebel fightback

 

Freed from the need to defend their last stronghold, the jihadists there will be well placed to regroup and take the struggle underground

 

Sun 23 Feb 2020 06.59 GMT

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Exodus: how a movement of black people is reshaping South Carolina politics

 

A reverse migration of black Americans back to the south is reshaping voting blocs and making Democratic races more competitive

 

Kenya Evelyn in Washington

Sun 23 Feb 2020 11.00 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/feb/23/south-carolina-black-voters-2020-politics

 

 

 

 

 
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The American media elite has learned nothing from 2016. It will only get worse

 

The same pundits who helped elect Trump now claim Bernie Sanders is a murderous totalitarian. Have they no shame?

 

Mon 24 Feb 2020 15.03 GMT Last modified on Mon 24 Feb 2020 15.05 GMT

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Behrouz Boochani's book, No Friend But The Mountains, to be made into a film

 

Kurdish Iranian writer says the film will bring more attention to Australia’s brutal immigration detention regime

 

Naaman Zhou

Mon 24 Feb 2020 05.19 GMT Last modified on Mon 24 Feb 2020 05.22 GMT

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

After Bernie Sanders' landslide Nevada win, it's time for Democrats to unite behind him

 

No other Democrats can beat him at this point. Sill, the liberal establishment is still struggling to come to terms with Sanders’ inevitable nomination

 

Sun 23 Feb 2020 15.56 GMT Last modified on Sun 23 Feb 2020 16.03 GMT

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Haiti cancels carnival after gun battle between police and soldiers

 

  • Gunfire reportedly killed one soldier
  • Authorities warned of risk of ‘bloodbath’

 

Peter Beaumont and agencies

Mon 24 Feb 2020 15.59 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/24/haiti-police-soldiers-gun-battle-presidential-palace-carnival

 

 

 

 

Bernie Sanders' plans may be expensive but inaction would cost much more

 

Facing existential challenges, we must spend heavily on a Green New Deal, Medicare for All and similar plans

 

Sun 23 Feb 2020 06.00 GMT Last modified on Sun 23 Feb 2020 14.47 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)
 
 
 

 

 

 

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UN: Rising worldwide income inequality produces political turmoil

 

February 24, 2020 10:41 AM CST By Mark Gruenberg

 

 

 

 
UN: Rising worldwide income inequality produces political turmoil
Source: Inequality in a Rapidly Changing World
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Sanders & Socialism: Debate Between Nobel Laureate Paul Krugman & Socialist Economist Richard Wolff

 

February 24, 2020

 

 

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2020/2/24/paul_krugman_richard_wolff_socialism_debate

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

India Communists: Trump’s economic demands leave country vulnerable to U.S. corporations

 

February 24, 2020 1:05 PM CST By Combined Sources

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/indian-communists-trumps-economic-demands-leave-country-vulnerable-to-u-s-corporations/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Hosni Mubarak, Egyptian president ousted during Arab spring, dies at 91

 

Mubarak ruled Egypt for 30 years until he was deposed following mass protests

 

Ruth Michaelson in Cairo

Tue 25 Feb 2020 11.08 GMT

 

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/25/hosni-mubarak-egyptian-president-ousted-during-arab-spring-dies-at-91

 

Well...He killed and tortured lots of opposers and protesters....More or less what Al-Sisi is doing......

 

 

 

 

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#MeToo Founder Tarana Burke: Harvey Weinsteins of the World Can’t Exist Without “Systems of Power”

 

February 25, 2020

 

 

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2020/2/25/tarana_burke_me_too_systemic_issues

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Red-baiting a key weapon in the war on the Sanders agenda

 

February 25, 2020 2:43 PM CST By John Wojcik

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/red-baiting-a-key-weapon-in-the-war-on-the-sanders-agenda/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Boom for whom? The “zombie idea” of a booming Trump economy

 

February 20, 2020 1:21 PM CST By Albert Bender

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/boom-for-whom-the-zombie-idea-of-a-booming-trump-economy/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

‘Sorry We Missed You’: Not sorry we robbed you!

 

February 25, 2020 11:44 AM CST By Michael Berkowitz

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/sorry-we-missed-you-not-sorry-we-robbed-you/

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Syria: 21 dead as targets including schools and nurseries bombed in Idlib

 

Six schools and two nurseries reported targets of airstrikes by Assad regime and Russia

 

Bethan McKernan in Istanbul

Wed 26 Feb 2020 11.06 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/26/syria-21-dead-targets-including-schools-and-nurseries-bombed-in-idlib

 

 

 

 

 

Evangelical Christians in Brazil resolve to ‘bring Jesus’ to carnival revelers

 

The group played a key role in the election of the country’s far-right president and have become increasingly assertive

 

Dom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro

Wed 26 Feb 2020 09.00 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/26/evangelical-christians-in-brazil-resolve-to-bring-jesus-to-carnival-revelers

 

 

 

 

 

Users would tell Facebook their bank balance for $8.44 a month

 

Study of people across six countries finds German users would charge most for sharing personal data

 

Reuters

Wed 26 Feb 2020 00.40 GMT Last modified on Wed 26 Feb 2020 03.45 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/feb/26/users-would-tell-facebook-their-bank-balance-for-844-a-month

 

 

 

 

 

'Help me!': video shows Florida officer arresting six-year-old after tantrum

 

Body camera footage shows first-grader Kaia Rolle placed in a police car with her wrists bound

 

Kenya Evelyn in New York

Tue 25 Feb 2020 22.39 GMT

 

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/feb/25/florida-six-year-old-arrested-school-tantrum

 

 

 

 

 

Set them free! The judge who liberates Nigerians forgotten in jail

 

Ishaq Usman Bello is shaking the conscience of the courts – and nearly 4,000 wrongly detained prisoners are grateful for it

 

Claire Wilmot

Wed 26 Feb 2020 07.30 GMT Last modified on Wed 26 Feb 2020 12.28 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/feb/26/set-them-free-judge-liberates-nigerians-jail

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Can Bernie Sanders' fight for forgotten California workers propel him to victory?

 

The Democratic frontrunner is teaming up with Latino activists and Amazon warehouse workers in a region where industry is poisoning neighborhoods

 

Sam Levin in San Bernardino

Wed 26 Feb 2020 11.00 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/feb/26/bernie-sanders-california-amazon-latino-activism

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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Right wing violence in Germany is met by determined resistance

 

February 26, 2020 1:48 PM CST By Victor Grossman

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/right-wing-violence-in-germany-is-met-by-determined-resistance/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Like capitalism’s previous calamities, climate change hits the poorest worst

 

February 26, 2020 1:39 PM CST By W. T. Whitney Jr.

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/like-capitalisms-previous-calamities-climate-change-hits-the-poorest-worst/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is the Trump economy actually that good for Black Americans?

 

February 26, 2020 11:28 AM CST By Jamie Buell And Dedrick Asante-Muhammad

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/is-the-trump-economy-actually-that-good-for-black-americans/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Nexhmije Hoxha, widow of Albania's dictator, dies aged 99

 

Opponents of the communist regime under her husband’s rule say an ‘executioner has departed’

 

Reuters in Tirana

Wed 26 Feb 2020 21.41 GMT Last modified on Wed 26 Feb 2020 22.05 GMT

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Outrage as Jair Bolsonaro appears to endorse Brazil anti-democracy protests

 

  • Far-right demonstrations called for 15 March
  • Former president: ‘We must shout while we still have a voice’

 

Tom Phillips Latin America correspondent

Wed 26 Feb 2020 16.47 GMT

 

......Hardcore supporters of Brazil’s far-right president are planning nationwide protests on 15 March and have been flooding social media with propaganda videos and fliers attacking members of Congress – and even proposing a return to military rule under Bolsonaro.......

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/26/jair-bolsonaro-brazil-anti-democracy-protests

 

 

 

 

 

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How Alabama blocked a man from voting because he owed $4

 

Alfonzo Tucker Jr is just one millions of Americans who have been entangled in a racially biased system – and deprived of their democratic right

 

Sam Levine in Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Thu 27 Feb 2020 11.00 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/feb/27/alabama-voting-rights-alfonzo-tucker

 

 

 

 

US neo-Nazis charged with harassing journalists, churches and cabinet member

 

Individuals associated with Atomwaffen Division charged in Virginia and Seattle over alleged bomb threats and intimidation

 

Associated Press

Wed 26 Feb 2020 20.08 GMT Last modified on Wed 26 Feb 2020 21.34 GMT

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/feb/26/us-neo-nazis-charged-atomwaffen-division-harassing-journalists-churches-cabinet-member

 

 

 

 

 

Paraguay still haunted by cataclysmic war that nearly wiped it off the map

 

The country lost two-thirds of its population and much of its territory 150 years ago in the War of the Triple Alliance

 

William Costa in Asunción

Thu 27 Feb 2020 09.00 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/27/paraguay-war-of-the-triple-alliance-anniversary

 

 

 

 

 

Costa Rican indigenous land activist killed by armed mob

 

  • Yehry Rivera, 45, latest to die in spate of violence
  • Brörán community has been trying to reclaim ancestral land

 

Nina Lakhani in Mexico City

Tue 25 Feb 2020 20.51 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/feb/25/costa-rican-indigenous-land-activist-killed-by-armed-mob

 

 

 

 

 

Bloody eye sockets, defaced statues: the visual legacy of Chile's unrest

 

Graffiti, toppled monuments and boarded-up buildings provide enduring reminders of the protests that have rocked the nation

 

Camilo Vergara

Tue 25 Feb 2020 11.00 GMT Last modified on Tue 25 Feb 2020 13.06 GMT

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

'He just wanted dignity': the tragedy that captured the mood of a nation

 

The death of a struggling street vendor whose stock was confiscated by officials has sent shock waves through Jordan and sparked comparisons with the origins of the Arab spring

 

Marta Vidal in Irbid

Thu 27 Feb 2020 07.00 GMT

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Netanyahu announces new settlements days before Israeli election

 

Plan for 3,500 homes in West Bank is seen as barrier to any future Palestinian state

 

Oliver Holmes in Jerusalem

Tue 25 Feb 2020 13.06 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/25/netanyahu-announces-new-settlements-days-before-israeli-election

 

 

 

 

 

As Hay festival opens in the UAE, authors condemn free speech abuses

 

Stephen Fry, Noam Chomsky and more than 40 NGOs say the country’s support for the event is at odds with its record on human rights

 

 

 

 

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Migrants aren’t spreading coronavirus – but nationalists are blaming them anyway

 

Politicians across Europe have been quick to exploit the outbreak by heaping suspicion on the most marginalised

 

Fri 28 Feb 2020 08.00 GMT Last modified on Fri 28 Feb 2020 09.28 GMT

Daniel Trilling

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/feb/28/coronavirus-outbreak-migrants-blamed-italy-matteo-salvini-marine-le-pen

 

Salvini...Mr. Nice guy....He adores Brazil's president Bolsonaro  ( a self-proclaimed fascist)...Nuff said

 
 
 
 
 
 

Bolsonaro Encourages March 15 Protest by Far-Right Groups

 

A protest scheduled for March 15 will Congress and defend the military

 

Feb.26.2020 1:47PM

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
FREAKIN' UNBELIEVABLE......Esp for a country which has already had more than 2 decades of military dictatorship.......
 
 

 

 

 

 
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Refugees head towards Greece as Turkey opens borders over Syria crisis

 

Move appears designed to put pressure on Europe to support Turkish Idlib operation

 

Bethan McKernan, Dan Sabbagh and agencies

Fri 28 Feb 2020 11.10 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/28/tensions-rise-between-turkey-and-russia-after-killing-of-troops-in-syria

 

In 1918 ( if I'm not mistaken) Turkish president Erdogan got  6B euros from EU in order to kee migrants from Syria.......And from time to time he's threaten EWurope of letting out those destitute and desperate  refugees as a form of pressure for his political and economic ends......

 

 

 

 

World Bank's $500m pandemic scheme accused of 'waiting for people to die'

 

Bonds designed to provide fast funding for poor countries branded ‘obscene’ because of complex payout criteria

 

Karen McVeigh

Fri 28 Feb 2020 08.44 GMT First published on Fri 28 Feb 2020 07.00 GMT

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Russia and Turkey's next moves will define the Syrian war's end

 

Neither side can back down from proxy standoff, but Russia holds whip hand in Idlib

 

Martin Chulov Middle East corresponent

Fri 28 Feb 2020 13.12 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/28/russia-and-turkeys-next-moves-will-define-the-syrian-wars-end

 

 

 

 

Grave concern about US plan to resolve Israel-Palestine conflict

 

Donald Trump’s Peace to Prosperity plan for the Middle East envisages an outcome with characteristics similar to apartheid, say 50 former foreign ministers and leaders from across Europe
 

Letters

Thu 27 Feb 2020 03.00 GMT

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Mubarak’s fate haunts Egypt’s leaders, and gives hope to its people

 

The late dictator’s downfall is a cautionary tale for those who seek to obliterate dissent in a country of 100 million people

 

Wed 26 Feb 2020 16.15 GMT Last modified on Wed 26 Feb 2020 21.47 GMT

 

 

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Catastrophic Humanitarian Crisis in Idlib as Syrian Troops Advance & Children Freeze to Death

 

February 28, 2020

 

 

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2020/2/28/idlib_syria_assad_turkey_russia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Doctors Without Borders: Cheap Coronavirus Diagnostic Kits Needed in War-Torn Areas & Refugee Camps

 

February 28, 2020

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

“We Want Democracy!” Mass Protests Continue in Dominican Republic After Local Elections Suspended

 

February 28, 2020

 

 

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2020/2/28/dominican_republic_elections_suspended

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‘Hunters’ review: Amazon’s violent anti-Nazi drama has potential but needs sharper direction

 

February 28, 2020 10:48 AM CST By Chauncey K. Robinson

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/hunters-review-amazons-violent-anti-nazi-drama-has-potential-but-needs-sharper-direction/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Canada says Palestine not a state, ICC can’t investigate Israeli war crimes

 

February 27, 2020 1:31 PM CST By Steve Sweeney

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/canada-says-palestine-not-a-state-icc-cant-investigate-israeli-war-crimes/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Will America’s curiosity about socialism outlive today’s socialist moment?

 

February 28, 2020 1:17 PM CST By C.J. Atkins

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/will-americas-curiosity-about-socialism-outlive-todays-socialist-moment/

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US and Taliban sign Afghanistan peace deal

 

Deal could result in American troops leaving Afghanistan within 14 months

 

Emma Graham-Harrison, Dan Sabbagh and Akhtar Mohammad Makoii

Sat 29 Feb 2020 14.57 GMT

 

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/29/us-taliban-sign-peace-agreement-afghanistan-war

 

 

 

 

 

Erdoğan says border will stay open as Greece tries to repel influ

 

Turkish leader claims 18,000 people have crossed into EU but some are met with teargas

 

Helena Smith in Lesbos and Mattha Busby in London

Sat 29 Feb 2020 15.10 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/29/erdogan-says-border-will-stay-open-as-greece-tries-to-repel-influx

 

 

 

 

 

Former Netanyahu maid seeks damages over 'rage' of prime minister's wife

 

Sara Netanyahu faces fresh allegations of mistreating staff a week before Israeli elections

 

Associated Press in Jerusalem

Thu 27 Feb 2020 14.10 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/27/former-sara-netanyahu-maid-seeks-damages-over-first-ladys-rage

 

 

 

 

New York: college volleyball players kneel during Israeli national anthem

 

Reports surfaced of Brooklyn College players kneeling amid rightwing push to ban criticism of Israel at US public universities

 

 
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Unsealing of Vatican archives will finally reveal truth about ‘Hitler’s pope’

 

Historians can now pore over secret files from the papacy of Pius XII, who has long faced accusations of being a Nazi sympathiser

 

Harriet Sherwood

Sun 1 Mar 2020 06.33 GMT Last modified on Sun 1 Mar 2020 08.17 GMT

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Israel in limbo as weary voters go to polls for third time in year

 

Neither Benjamin Netanyahu nor opponent Benny Gantz are likely to break political deadlock

 

Oliver Holmes

Sun 1 Mar 2020 06.56 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/01/israel-limbo-third-election-twelve-months-netanyahu-gantz

 

 

 

 

'America v socialism': conservatives rage against the left and plot new red scare

 

At the Trump faithful’s annual get-together, there was fresh fearmongering about Democrats in general and Bernie Sanders in particular

 

David Smith in Oxon Hill, Maryland

Sun 1 Mar 2020 06.30 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/mar/01/trump-conservatives-socialism-bernie-sanders-politics

 

 

 

 

Banned Iranian director wins Berlin Golden Bear for death penalty film

 

Mohammad Rasoulof was prevented from attending the festival but won top award for his film There Is No Evil, about capital punishment in Iran

 

Agence France Presse

Sat 29 Feb 2020 23.10 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/feb/29/banned-iranian-director-wins-berlin-golden-bear-for-there-is-no-evil

 

 

 

 

Children as young as eight used to pick coffee beans for Starbucks

 

Nespresso also named in TV exposé of labour scandal in Guatemala
 
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Boris Johnson and Carrie Symonds expecting baby

 

PM and partner, who live together in Downing Street, also announced engagement

 

Mattha Busby

Sat 29 Feb 2020 17.50 GMT Last modified on Sat 29 Feb 2020 23.38 GMT

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‘No evidence of fraud’ in Morales poll victory, say US researchers

 

Researchers enter row over legitimacy of ex-Bolivian president, who quit after violent protests

 

Dan Collyns

Sun 1 Mar 2020 10.54 GMT Last modified on Sun 1 Mar 2020 21.02 GMT

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Erdoğan is reaping what he sowed: Turkey is on the brink of disaster in Syria

 

The Turkish president has gone beyond proxy war to direct confrontation with Assad. And he has alienated all his allies

 

Mon 2 Mar 2020 17.37 GMT Last modified on Mon 2 Mar 2020 17.44 GMT

Simon Tisdall

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/mar/02/erdogan-turkey-syria-assad

 

 

 

 

Israel's third election in a year: all you need to know

 

With Benjamin Netanyahu and Benny Gantz unable to form a coalition, voters are being asked to choose ... again

 

Oliver Holmes in Jerusalem

Mon 2 Mar 2020 05.00 GMT

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/02/israel-third-election-in-a-year-all-you-need-to-know

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