Politics & environs 2022

[umbertino]

Toronto police chief apologizes to people of color over disproportionate use of force

 

Black people are 2.2 times more likely to have a police interaction and 1.6 times more likely to have force used on them, police statistics show

 

Reuters in Toronto

Wed 15 Jun 2022 19.05 BST








https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/15/toronto-police-people-of-color-face-disproportionate-use-of-force
 

[umbertino]

At least 55 killed by militants in latest attack in Burkina Faso

 

Mounting violence in the north of the country linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group

 

Associated Press in Ouagadougou

Mon 13 Jun 2022 20.33 BST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/13/at-least-55-killed-by-militants-in-latest-attack-in-burkina-faso

[umbertino]

Julian Assange’s extradition from UK to US approved by home secretary

 

Appeal likely after Priti Patel gives green light to extradition of WikiLeaks co-founder

 

Jamie Grierson and Ben Quinn

Fri 17 Jun 2022 12.58 BST










https://www.theguardian.com/media/2022/jun/17/julian-assange-extradition-to-us-approved-by-priti-patel
 

[umbertino]

In his own words: Dom Phillips’ reporting on Brazil and the Amazon

 

Dom Phillips, whose death in the Amazon has shocked many, was a frequent contributor to the Guardian. Here are some of his outstanding pieces of journalism

 

 

Fri 17 Jun 2022 14.15 BST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/17/dom-phillips-reporting-on-brazil-and-the-amazon

[umbertino]

Britain has approved Assange’s extradition – war criminals and murderers, rejoice

 

Priti Patel’s decision to hand over the WikiLeaks co-founder shows the price of investigative journalism anywhere the US holds sway

 

Fri 17 Jun 2022 15.38 BST

Peter Oborne

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jun/17/britain-julian-assange-extradition-priti-patel-us

[umbertino]

Only love can stop war: a Northern Cheyenne chief's call to the world

Our people’s teachings, connecting us to the land and the universe, have enabled us to survive genocide and can point the way to peace – 146 years after the Battle of the Little Bighorn

 

by Heove ve 'keso (Yellowbird), Chief Phillip Whiteman Jr, traditional Northern Cheyenne Chief

Fri 17 Jun 2022 09.00 BST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jun/17/only-love-can-stop-war-a-call-to-the-world-from-a-northern-cheyenne-chief

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[umbertino]

The Guardian view on Julian Assange’s extradition: a bad day for journalism

 

Priti Patel could have turned down the American request. By not doing so she dealt a blow to press freedom

 

Fri 17 Jun 2022 17.34 BST

Editorial

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jun/17/the-guardian-view-on-julian-assanges-extradition-a-bad-day-for-journalism

[umbertino]

UN calls on UAE to release British man imprisoned in Dubai since 2008

 

UN working group rules that Ryan Cornelius has been held arbitrarily and subjected to rights violations

 

Diane Taylor

Fri 17 Jun 2022 18.36 BST









https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/17/un-calls-on-uae-to-release-british-man-ryan-cornelius-imprisoned-in-dubai-since-2008
 

[Charlene]

On 5/30/2022 at 7:13 AM, nstoolman1 said:

She has no clue. There is a good reason the majority can not over rule the minority. It is called a personal protection device. Guns. 

The Jews in Germany probably wish they had had a few when Hitler started rounding them up.

Thank God our Founding Fathers understood (from personal experience and history of other countries) that self defense is a God given right and ensured it was part of the Constitution which is a document to protect citizens from their government.  Rescind the 1990 Gun Free Zone Act NOW!!!

[umbertino]

‘Let’s make history’: Colombia could elect first leftist president in runoff

 

The election is being contested by mayor of Bogotá Gustavo Petro and populist business tycoon Rodolfo Hernández

 

Joe Parkin Daniels

Sun 19 Jun 2022 10.00 BST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/19/colombia-elections-first-left-government-voting

[umbertino]

Skiing on a sacred mountain: Indigenous Americans stand against a resort’s expansion

 

The debate over an Arizona ski resort future has exposed two vastly different visions of the American west: ‘Nuva’tukya’ovi is our Mount Sinai’

 

Sun 19 Jun 2022 11.00 BST
by Annette McGivney in Flagstaff, Arizona with photographs by Tomás Karmelo Amaya












https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/19/indigenous-native-american-ski-resort-sewage-water-arizona

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Belgium to return Patrice Lumumba’s gold tooth in bid to atone for colonial crimes

 

Relic of the murdered Republic of Congo leader will be returned to his family as Brussels confronts its bloody past in Africa

 

Jason Burke Africa correspondent

Sat 18 Jun 2022 15.03 BST











 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/18/belgium-patrice-lumumba-gold-tooth-return

 

 

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

Edited June 19, 2022 by umbertino

[umbertino]

Network of Syria conspiracy theorists identified

 

Campaign disseminating disinformation sent thousands of tweets, often targeting the White Helmets

 

Mark Townsend

Sun 19 Jun 2022 12.10 BST









https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/19/russia-backed-network-of-syria-conspiracy-theorists-identified
 

[umbertino]

The Crypto Crash: all Ponzi schemes topple eventually

 

We’re back to the wild west finances of the 1920s as the crypto industry pours huge money into political campaigns

 

Sun 19 Jun 2022 07.25 BST

Robert Reich

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/commentisfree/2022/jun/19/the-crypto-crash-all-ponzi-schemes-topple-eventually

[umbertino]

‘Bolsonaro’s fingerprints are all over this’: how president’s war on Amazon played part in double killing

 

Brazil’s leader has steadily attacked those defending the region where journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira lost their lives

 

Andrew Downie in São Paulo

Sat 18 Jun 2022 16.00 BST







https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/18/bolsonaro-president-war-amazon-killing-brazil-dom-phillips-bruno-pereira












 

Brazil police arrest third suspect in killings of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira

 

Jefferson da Silva Lima turned himself in to Amazon police as autopsy finds journalist and indigenous expert were shot

 

Associated Press

Sat 18 Jun 2022 18.57 BST








https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/18/brazil-police-arrest-third-suspect-in-killings-of-dom-phillips-and-bruno-pereira
 

[cranman]

Keep up the good work. 

[umbertino]

11 minutes ago, cranman said:

Keep up the good work. 

 

 

Thanks cranman for the kind words...Appreciated

[umbertino]

French PM under pressure after Macron’s alliance loses absolute majority

 

Élisabeth Borne faces calls to resign after legislative election result throws French politics into turmoil

 

Kim Willsher and Angelique Chrisafis in Paris

Mon 20 Jun 2022 11.17 BST








https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/20/france-parliament-election-macron-borne-majority
 

[umbertino]

Former guerrilla Gustavo Petro wins Colombian election to become first leftist president

 

Former fighter in the M-19 militia beat populist business tycoon and fellow political outsider Rodolfo Hernández in runoff on Sunday

 

Joe Parkin Daniels and Edinson Bolaños in Bogotá

Mon 20 Jun 2022 03.14 BST





Vid

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/20/former-guerrilla-gustavo-petro-wins-colombian-election-to-become-first-leftist-president

That's good to hear....Hopefully he'll be a great president for all Colombians
 

[umbertino]

Spain: conservative People’s party wins unprecedented majority in Andalucía

 

Win frees PP from relying on far-right Vox to govern, as leftwing parties take a drubbing

 

Ashifa Kassam in Madrid

Sun 19 Jun 2022 23.31 BST








https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/19/spain-andalucia-vote-regional-election-peoples-party

That's not  good news for me to hear.......And I do love Spain and Andalucia (South)...Visited lots of times.....

 

 

[umbertino]

Five takeaways from the French elections – and what could happen next

 

It was a bad night for the president and a triumphant one for the far right. How long until a return to the polls?

 

Jon Henley in Paris

Mon 20 Jun 2022 13.40 BST








 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/20/french-elections-macron-le-pen-what-next

 

The Italian and French extreme right parties / groups hold close ties........

[umbertino]

‘We all demand justice’: the unsolved murder of the man Bruno Pereira mentored

 

The deaths of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira echo that of Maxciel Pereira dos Santos, the Indigenous protection agent killed in cold blood three years ago

 

Oliver Laughland and Roberto Kaz in Tabatinga, Amazonas

Tue 21 Jun 2022 12.46 BST










https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/21/maxciel-pereira-dos-santos-brazil-indigenous-protection-agent-murder













 

 

The US academic, the hero of the genocide, and the fake plot to topple Rwanda’s president
 

A 2013 meeting at an LA hotel was not a scheme to depose Paul Kagame but an intricate but abortive FBI sting

 

Julian Borger in Washington

Tue 21 Jun 2022 10.15 BST

Last modified on Tue 21 Jun 2022 11.30 BST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/21/rwanda-fbi-los-angeles-hotel-fake-plot-president

[umbertino]

If we want to fight cancer, we should tax the companies that cause it

 

We tax cigarettes and sodas because they’re bad for you. We should tax companies that put carcinogens in the environment

 

Tue 21 Jun 2022 11.21 BST

Jon Whelan and Alexandra Zissu

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jun/21/cancer-tax-joe-biden-health-cigarettes-sugar

[umbertino]

‘The land beyond the road is forbidden’: Israeli settler shepherds displace Palestinians

 

There are 77 Israeli farms and shepherding outposts across the West Bank, part of an explosion in settlement growth in recent years

 

Bethan McKernan and Quique Kierszenbaum in the Jordan Valley

Mon 20 Jun 2022 05.00 BST








https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/20/land-beyond-road-forbidden-israeli-settler-shepherds-displacing-palestinians
 

[umbertino]

Texas shooting: school in Uvalde where 21 were killed will be demolished, says mayor

 

Mayor Don McLaughlin says: ‘You can never ask a child to go back, or teacher to go back, in that school ever’

 

Martin Farrer and Ramon Antonio Vargas

Wed 22 Jun 2022 05.40 BST






https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jun/22/texas-school-shooting-uvalde-robb-elementary-to-be-demolished
 

[umbertino]

Dom Phillips was ‘collateral damage’ in drunken ambush, claims Brazil vice-president

 

Hamilton Mourão’s claim sparked anger from Indigenous communities who believe organised crime was involved

 

Andrew Downie in São Paulo, Oliver Laughland and Roberto Kaz in Atalaia do Norte

Tue 21 Jun 2022 20.51 BST








https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/21/dom-phillips-drunken-ambush-brazil-vice-president












 

Gustavo Petro: first leftist president faces tough challenge in Colombia

 

Despite the election euphoria, Petro has a thin mandate and is viewed with suspicion by many

 

Joe Parkin Daniels

Mon 20 Jun 2022 15.31 BST








https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/20/gustavo-petro-first-leftist-president-tough-challenge-colombia