Politics & environs 2022

[umbertino]

‘Our friends didn’t die in vain’: Sudan’s activists aim to topple military regime

 

Three years after protests toppled Omar al-Bashir, activists hope to bring down another government with little more than phones, placards and motorbikes

 

Jason Burke & Zeinab Mohammed Salih in Khartoum

Sat 28 May 2022 14.00 BST








https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/28/sudan-resistance-protests-bashir-regime
 

[umbertino]

Congo crisis is tied to western complicity in the Rwandan genocide

 

Dr Noam Schimmel says there should be an honest accounting of the role of the UK, France and others

 

Letters

Fri 27 May 2022 18.30 BST








https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/27/congo-crisis-is-tied-to-western-complicity-in-the-rwandan-genocide
 

[umbertino]

US mass shootings will continue until the majority can overrule the minority

 

Guns symbolize the power of a minority over the majority, and they’ve become the icons of a party that has become a cult seeking minority power

 

Mon 30 May 2022 14.03 BST

Rebecca Solnit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/may/30/us-mass-shootings-will-continue-until-the-majority-can-overrule-the-minority

[nstoolman1]

39 minutes ago, umbertino said:

US mass shootings will continue until the majority can overrule the minority

 

Guns symbolize the power of a minority over the majority, and they’ve become the icons of a party that has become a cult seeking minority power

 

Mon 30 May 2022 14.03 BST

Rebecca Solnit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/may/30/us-mass-shootings-will-continue-until-the-majority-can-overrule-the-minority

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.

[umbertino]

Canada plans complete freeze on handgun ownership

 

It will be illegal to buy, sell, transfer or import handguns anywhere in country, Justin Trudeau says

 

 

Associated Press in Toronto

Tue 31 May 2022 12.22 BST










https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/31/handgun-freeze-in-canada-and-five-round-limit-on-magazines

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Estimated number of civilian guns per capita by country

 

 

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

Edited May 31, 2022 by umbertino

[nstoolman1]

1 minute ago, umbertino said:

Canada plans complete freeze on handgun ownership

 

It will be illegal to buy, sell, transfer or import handguns anywhere in country, Justin Trudeau says

 

 

Associated Press in Toronto

Tue 31 May 2022 12.22 BST










https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/31/handgun-freeze-in-canada-and-five-round-limit-on-magazines
 

Idiot child dictator. 

[umbertino]

How Texas punishes companies who ‘discriminate’ against gun manufacturers

 

A Texas law dictates which firms state agencies can do business with and requires written affirmations to the attorney general

 

Mon 6 Jun 2022 11.23 BST

Robert Reich

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jun/06/how-texas-punishes-companies-who-discriminate-against-gun-manufacturers

[umbertino]

Matthew McConaughey passionately pleads for gun control at White House

 

Actor and gun owner describes ‘window where real change can happen’ as he reflects on his hometown of Uvalde

 

Guardian staff and agencies

Wed 8 Jun 2022 04.00 BST







Vid

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jun/07/matthew-mcconaughey-gun-control-uvalde-white-house












I don’t have much faith that the state will protect me from violence – and I know that gun control laws have historically been used to target Black people, socialists and people who challenge the status quo

Wed 8 Jun 2022 13.59 BST
Akin Olla



https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jun/08/black-gun-owner-gun-control
 

I’m a Black gun owner. I have mixed feelings about gun control




















 

 

[umbertino]

The disappearance of journalist Dom Phillips in Brazil should leave you incandescent with rage

 

Jair Bolsonaro’s dog-whistle politics is risking the lives of Indigenous people and the reporters who tell their stories

 

Thu 9 Jun 2022 13.43 BST

Lucy Jordan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jun/09/the-disappearance-of-journalist-dom-phillips-in-brazil-should-leave-you-incandescent-with-rage

[umbertino]

‘It’s a war on the people’: El Salvador’s mass arrests send thousands into despair

 

At least 38,000 people have been arrested under Nayib Bukele’s draconic state of exemption

 

Wed 8 Jun 2022 23.17 BST

by Tom Phillips in Salcoatitán

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/jun/08/its-a-war-on-the-people-el-salvadora-mass-arrests-send-thousands-into-despair

[umbertino]

There’s a new breed of young, violent, far-right activist in Britain: ‘white jihadists’

 

The neo-Nazi founder of the banned terror group National Action was jailed this week. Sadly, there are more like him

 

Sat 11 Jun 2022 08.00 BST

Matthew Collins

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jun/11/far-right-activists-britain-white-jihadists-neo-nazi-national-action-jailed

[umbertino]

Hopes fade of finding missing men as Brazilian police report finding ‘apparently human’ material

 

Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira, missing for more than five days, had failed to show up in Atalaia do Norte at the end of a reporting trip

 

Andrew Downie in São Paulo

Fri 10 Jun 2022 23.59 BST








https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/10/dom-phillips-bruno-pereira-brazil-police-missing
 

[umbertino]

Bolivian ex-president Jeanine Áñez jailed as leader of ‘coup’

 

Court finds rightwinger defied constitution during chaotic exit of Evo Morales, from whom she took over presidency

 

Reuters in La Paz

Sat 11 Jun 2022 04.05 BST








https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/11/bolivian-ex-president-jeanine-anez-jailed-as-leader-of-coup
 

[umbertino]

‘Enough is enough’: thousands rally across US in gun control protests

 

The March for Our Lives rallies come after mass shootings in Uvalde, Texas and Buffalo, New York

 

Lauren Aratani and Edward Helmore in New York

Sat 11 Jun 2022 20.43 BST








Vid

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jun/11/march-for-our-lives-gun-control-protests-washington
 

[umbertino]

Gun Nation – America’s deadly love affair with firearms

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUpCqBonOFw

 

 

 

 

 

 

[umbertino]

Two bodies found in search for Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira in Brazil

 

Brazilian ambassador to UK tells family bodies discovered tied to a tree in rainforest, but police appear to deny ambassador’s remarks

 

Tom Phillips in Atalaia do Norte

Mon 13 Jun 2022 13.42 BST








https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/13/dom-phillips-bruno-pereira-bodies-found-brazil
 

[umbertino]

Items belonging to Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira found in Amazon

 

Clothing and backpack belonging to the missing British journalist and Indigenous expert found by small but determined search team

 

Tom Phillips on the River Itaquaí

Mon 13 Jun 2022 04.42 BST







Vid

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/13/items-belonging-to-dom-phillips-and-bruno-pereira-found-in-amazon
 

[umbertino]

Bolsonaro says ‘something wicked’ done to Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira

 

Brazil president comments on journalist and Indigenous expert’s fate amid unconfirmed claims bodies have been found in Amazon

 

Tom Phillips in Atalaia do Norte

Mon 13 Jun 2022 19.00 BST









https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/13/dom-phillips-bruno-pereira-bodies-found-brazil
 

[umbertino]

Lost photos from Spanish civil war reveal daily life behind anti-fascist lines

 

Rediscovered work by two Jewish women has gone on display in Madrid for first time

 

Fri 10 Jun 2022 13.00 BST

by Guy Lane

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/10/lost-photos-from-spanish-civil-war-reveal-daily-life-behind-anti-fascist-lines

[umbertino]

Palestinian reporter’s death highlights weakness of Israeli army investigations

 

Fatal shooting of Shireen Abu Aqleh in May raises fresh concerns over military inquiries into deaths of Palestinians

 

 

Bethan McKernan in Jerusalem

Tue 14 Jun 2022 09.38 BST










https://www.theguardian.com/media/2022/jun/14/reporter-death-israeli-army-investigations-shireen-abu-aqleh-dalia-samoudi

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Observer view on Saudi Arabia’s ‘rebel’ golf tournament

 

The brutal regime has got sportswashing down to a tee, and the west is more than willing to be its caddie

 

Sun 12 Jun 2022 06.30 BST

Observer editorial

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jun/12/the-observer-view-on-saudi-arabia-lvi-golf-tour

Edited June 14, 2022 by umbertino

[umbertino]

Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira: Brazil police find two bodies in search for missing men

 

Police chief says one of the men arrested in connection with the pair’s disappearance had confessed to killing them

 

Andrew Downie in São Paulo and Tom Phillips in Atalaia do Norte

Thu 16 Jun 2022 01.56 BST









https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/16/dom-phillips-and-bruno-pereira-police-find-bodies-of-two-men-in-search-for-missing-pair













 

‘Heartbroken’: family pay tribute to Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira

 

Colleagues call for journalist and Indigenous activist’s work to be inspiration to other

 

Daniel Boffey

Thu 16 Jun 2022 13.21 BST









 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/16/dom-phillips-bruno-pereira-families-tributes

[umbertino]

Russian spy caught trying to infiltrate war crimes court, says Netherlands

 

Sergey Vladimirovich Cherkasov spent years building up fake ID and was to take up internship at ICC, says Dutch intelligence

 

Dan Sabbagh Defence and security editor

Thu 16 Jun 2022 15.30 BST









https://www.theguardian.com/law/2022/jun/16/russian-spy-caught-trying-to-infiltrate-war-crimes-court-says-netherlands
 

[umbertino]

John Hinckley gains full freedom 41 years after Ronald Reagan assassination attempt

 

Hinckley, who shot and wounded the president in 1981 but was acquitted by reason of insanity, had decades of mental health supervision

 

Associated Press

Thu 16 Jun 2022 06.47 BST









https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jun/16/john-hinckley-gains-full-freedom-41-years-after-ronald-reagan-assassination-attempt
 

[umbertino]

Mélenchon’s lesson to the left: less socialism, more social democracy

 

From the leader of France’s Nupes coalition to Bernie Sanders, radical left firebands are shifting their focus and style

 

Wed 15 Jun 2022 15.38 BST

Paolo Gerbaudo

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jun/15/melenchon-france-new-left-bernie-sanders

 

 

 

[umbertino]

Colombian mayor who called Hitler ‘great German thinker’ could be country’s next president

 

TikTok using, elite-bashing, Hitler-praising candidate revels in his unruly behavior yet is now tied with his leftist opponent

 

Joe Parkin Daniels

Thu 16 Jun 2022 11.10 BST









https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/16/rodolfo-hernandez-colombia-candidate-election-president