Politics & environs 2022

[umbertino]

Misinformation abounds as Chile prepares to vote on new constitution

 

Chileans will cast ballots on Sunday to approve or reject a progressive document to replace the Pinochet-era constitution

 

John Bartlett in Santiago

Wed 31 Aug 2022 10.00 BST








https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/31/chile-new-constitution-vote-misinformation












 

Bolsonaro under fire over claims family paid for 51 properties in cash

 

Brazilian president must ‘explain the origins of this money’, says reporter behind seven-month investigation

 

Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro

Tue 30 Aug 2022 18.47 BST









https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/30/jair-bolsonaro-brazil-property-payments-cash-allegations
 

[umbertino]

‘Last-chance saloon’: race to wreck the Amazon as prospect of Bolsonaro defeat looms

 

Activists suspect criminals are ramping up destruction in ‘last opportunity to deforest without having to pay the price’

 

Tom Phillips in the Amazon

Fri 2 Sep 2022 12.18 BST











https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/02/images-brazil-amazon-destruction-jair-bolsonaro
 

[umbertino]

The US has a ruling class – and Americans must stand up to it

 

In the year 2022, three multibillionaires own more wealth than the bottom half of American society – 160 million Americans. This is unsustainable

 

Fri 2 Sep 2022 11.15 BST

Bernie Sanders

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/sep/02/the-us-has-a-ruling-class-and-americans-must-stand-up-to-it

[umbertino]

‘A white nationalist pyramid scheme’: how Patriot Front recruits young members

 

The rightwing group’s workings resemble a media production company more than a classic neo-Nazi group, researchers say

 

Mackenzie Ryan

Fri 2 Sep 2022 11.00 BST










https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/sep/02/patriot-front-recruits-members-young-pyramid-scheme
 

[umbertino]

Top corruption prosecutor held in jail as Guatemalan elite bids to purge foes

 

Virginia Laparra detained in conditions ‘bordering on torture’, which critics say is retaliation for her efforts to fight corruption

 

Jody García in Guatemala City and Nina Lakhani in New York

Thu 1 Sep 2022 10.30 BST









https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/01/guatemala-prosecutor-jailed-virginia-laparra-corruption
 

[umbertino]

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner: arrest after attempted shooting of Argentina vice-president

 

Fernández de Kirchner was greeting supporters when man approached her and raised handgun to her face

 

Uki Goñi in Buenos Aires, Tom Phillips and Sam Jones

Fri 2 Sep 2022 16.12 BST









Vid

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/02/cristina-kirchner-argentina-vice-president-man-detained-gun
 

[umbertino]

Mikhail Gorbachev funeral held in Moscow as Putin too busy to attend

 

Hundreds of mourners pay tribute in Russian capital to former Soviet leader credited with helping to end cold war

 

Andrew Roth in Moscow

Sat 3 Sep 2022 15.40 BST










https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/03/mikhail-gorbachev-funeral-moscow-putin-too-busy-to-attend

Politically...One used to be a giant....The other one is just an arrogant  dwarf who thinks he's a giant
 

[umbertino]

Argentinians march for Cristina Kirchner after vice-president survives assassination bid

 

Tens of thousands take to the streets to condemn political violence and show support for vice-president a day after shock attack

 

Uki Goñi and Amy Booth in Buenos Aires

Fri 2 Sep 2022 23.36 BST










https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/02/argentina-cristina-fernandez-de-kirchner-protests-assassination-attempt
 

[umbertino]

‘Good luck enforcing it’: New York debuts Times Square gun-free zone

 

In response to a US supreme court ruling lifting concealed-carry restrictions a state law bans firearms in sensitive areas

 

Victoria Bekiempis in New York

Sat 3 Sep 2022 11.00 BST









https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/sep/03/new-york-times-square-gun-free-zone
 

[umbertino]

Taiwan tycoon to fund 3.3 million-strong army of ‘civilian warriors’ to defend against invasion

 

Robert Tsao, a microchip entrepreneur, pledges $32m to train and equip civil defence force to combat threat of Chinese attack

 

Helen Davidson in Taipei

Fri 2 Sep 2022 06.38 BST










https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/02/taiwan-tycoon-to-fund-33m-strong-army-of-civilian-warriors-to-defend-against-invasion
 

[umbertino]

Sisters of the revolution: the women of the Black Panther party

 

A new photobook recalls the crucial but often overlooked role played by women in the Black Panther party. The photographer Stephen Shames and his co-author Ericka Huggins, the party’s longest-serving female member, look back

 

Sun 4 Sep 2022 13.00 BST

by Sean O’Hagan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/sep/04/sisters-revolution-women-of-black-panther-party

 

 

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

[umbertino]

Vote on world’s most progressive constitution begins in Chile

 

Approval would replace Pinochet-era document, recognizing Chile’s Indigenous peoples and requiring action on the climate crisis

 

John Bartlett in Santiago

Sun 4 Sep 2022 10.00 BST











https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/04/constitution-approve-vote-chile
 

[umbertino]

Hamas authorities in Gaza execute five Palestinians

 

Two of those killed had given Israel information that led to killing of Palestinians and three were convicted of murder, says ministry

 

Agencies

Sun 4 Sep 2022 09.53 BST








https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/04/hamas-authorities-in-gaza-execute-five-palestinians
 

[umbertino]

Don’t take democracy for granted, warns director of Argentine junta film

 

Comments at Venice film festival come after recent failed assassination attempt on Argentina’s vice-president

 

 

Nadia Khomami Arts and culture correspondent

Sat 3 Sep 2022 19.15 BST








https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/03/dont-take-democracy-for-granted-warns-director-of-argentina-military-junta-film

 

 

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

 

 

https://www.ecchr.eu/en/publication/argentine-dictatorship-40-years-on/

Edited September 4, 2022 by umbertino

[umbertino]

Chile votes overwhelmingly to reject new, progressive constitution

 

With 96% of the ballots counted, the rejection camp has 62% and the approve team accept defeat in bid to replace Pinochet-era settlement

 

John Bartlett in Santiago

Mon 5 Sep 2022 03.01 BST






Vid

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/05/chile-votes-overwhelmingly-to-reject-new-progressive-constitution


Appalling to me........True I'm not Chilean......
 

[umbertino]

Cost of living crisis: what governments around the world are doing to help

 

From cancelling student loan debt to raising minimum wage, different strategies aim to reduce effects of soaring prices

 

Mon 5 Sep 2022 11.52 BST

Sam Jones and agency

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/05/cost-of-living-crisis-what-governments-around-the-world-are-doing-to-help

[umbertino]

Israel says soldier probably killed Shireen Abu Aqleh by accident

 

Army official says no one will be punished after investigation into fatal shooting of Al Jazeera journalist

 

Associated Press

Mon 5 Sep 2022 15.19 BST










https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/05/israel-soldier-killing-journalist-shireen-abu-aqleh-investigation

An accident....Yeah right.........
 

[umbertino]

You might think Starbucks is a ‘progressive’ company. You’d be wrong

 

Rarely in modern history have we seen a company that so exquisitely cultivates an image as a caring, progressive employer while actually acting like a bullying, union-busting gangster

 

Mon 5 Sep 2022 11.15 BST

Hamilton Nolan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/sep/05/starbucks-progressive-company-union-firings

[umbertino]

Brazil braces for turbulence on eve of Bolsonaro’s independence day rallies

 

Rightwing glee over president’s beach party contrasts with progressive anger that bicentennial celebration has been hijacked

 

Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro

Tue 6 Sep 2022 11.31 BST










https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/06/brazil-bolsonaro-independence-day-rallies
 

[umbertino]

Bolsonaro's war on the Amazon: examining evidence of crimes against Indigenous people– video

 

A serial denier of human-driven climate breakdown, Jair Bolsonaro has been criticised in the past for failing to protect the Amazon rainforest and its native communities.

Now, with less than a month before Brazilians cast their ballot in the country's presidential elections on 2 October, using architectural techniques and satellite technologies............

 

Omar Ferwati, Maheen Sadiq, Bryony Moore, Monika Cvorak and Katie Lamborn, Source: Forensic Architecture / Guardian

Tue 6 Sep 2022 11.09 BST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2022/sep/06/bolsonaro-war-on-the-amazon-examining-evidence-of-crimes-against-indigenous-people-video

[umbertino]

‘Fat Leonard’, contractor in US navy’s worst corruption scandal, flees house arrest

 

Leonard Francis pleaded guilty in 2015 to offering $500,000 in bribes to navy officers to steer work to his shipyards

 

Rebecca Ratcliffe South-east Asia correspondent

Tue 6 Sep 2022 05.25 BST











https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/sep/06/fat-leonard-contractor-in-us-navys-worst-corruption-scandal-flees-house-arrest
 

[umbertino]

Chileans rejected the new constitution, but they still want progressive reforms

 

This failure is a blow and a thorny path lies ahead, but the will to replace Pinochet’s hated constitution remains strong

 

Tue 6 Sep 2022 15.00 BST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/sep/06/chile-new-constitution-reject-pinochet

 

My thoughts exactly...That's why the new Constitution rejection is difficult to understand to me......

 

 

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

[umbertino]

US senator rejects Israeli army report on killing of Palestinian American reporter

 

Chris Van Hollen calls for independent US inquiry, saying IDF claim Shireen Abu Aqleh died amid gun battle unsupported by evidence

 

Chris McGreal in New York

Wed 7 Sep 2022 06.00 BST










https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/sep/07/shireen-abu-aqleh-us-senator-rejects-israeli-army-report
 

[umbertino]

The wealth divide linked to 370 heat deaths in New York each year

 

Citizen scientists are mapping which neighborhoods shoulder the highest ‘heat burden’

 

Aliya Uteuova with photographs by Desiree Rios

Wed 7 Sep 2022 11.00 BST










https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/sep/07/new-york-heat-deaths-map-inequality

















 

‘Deep roots in racist organisations’: Sweden’s PM Magdalena Andersson on the far-right threat in the election

Andersson says Sweden Democrats entering government would change tone of politics

Wed 7 Sep 2022 05.00 BST

Miranda Bryant in Norrtälje

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/07/magdalena-andersson-interview-far-right-threat-sweden-election

 

[umbertino]

US soldier who posted about killing Black people given top security pass

 

Investigation into Killian Ryan uncovers violent and racist remarks on social media and ties to white supremacist groups

 

Nina Lakhani in New York

Thu 8 Sep 2022 13.49 BST












https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/sep/08/us-military-killian-ryan-racism-social-media