Politics & environs 2023

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‘They ransack our village for sport’: one Palestinian farmer’s story of Israeli settler violence

 

As an Israeli minister calls for a Palestinian town to be ‘wiped out’, an olive farmer tells of living with fear in the West Bank

 

Doha Asous

Sun 5 Mar 2023 08.00 GMT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/05/palestinian-farmer-israeli-settlers-west-bank-wiped-out-olive

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‘Furious grief’ and demands for answers as Greece train crash funerals begin

 

Efforts to pin blame for disaster on human error rather than a failed system are set to backfire after union warnings on safety

 

Helena Smith in Athens

Sun 5 Mar 2023 07.00 GMT













https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/05/furious-grief-and-demands-for-answers-as-greece-train-crash-funerals-begin
 

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Simon Schama urges UK Jews to condemn Israel’s ‘horrifying’ shift to far right

 

Historian and TV presenter is among those to speak out as protest grows over settler violence against Palestinians

 

Harriet Sherwood

Sun 5 Mar 2023 07.00 GMT












https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/05/simon-schama-uk-jews-condemn-israel-far-right-violence-palestinians
 

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Iran supreme leader calls suspected schoolgirl poisonings ‘unforgivable’

 

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says culprits should be severely punished, amid signs hundreds of girls have been treated in hospital

 

Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

Mon 6 Mar 2023 13.47 GMT











https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/06/iran-supreme-leader-schoolgirl-poisonings-unforgivable
 

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Tunisia’s authoritarian descent takes new turn with migrant crackdown

 

Immigrants living in terror after president’s racist speech – but many in country welcome strongman’s power grab

 

Simon Speakman Cordall in Tunis

Mon 6 Mar 2023 05.45 GMT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/06/tunisia-authoritarian-descent-takes-new-turn-with-migrant-crackdown

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‘We have to remain vigilant’: Biden warns of ‘hate and extremism’ in the US

 

The president spoke in Selma at the site of ‘Bloody Sunday’ that led to passage of historic voting rights legislation nearly 60 years ago

 

Edward Helmore

Sun 5 Mar 2023 21.43 GMT













https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/mar/05/biden-selma-alabama-visit-voting-rights-bloody-sunday
 

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Evangelical Christians flock to Republicans over support for Israel

 

Powerful voting bloc looking to back pro-Israel politicians in hopes of dictating policy that fits their theological views

 

Chris McGreal

Mon 6 Mar 2023 08.00 GMT













https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/mar/06/evangelical-christians-republicans-2024-israel-palestinians
 

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Documents: DHS has a domestic-intelligence program

 

Collecting information from Americans raises ongoing civil liberties concerns

 

By Betsy Woodruff Swan

03/06/2023 04:30 AM EST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/03/06/dhs-domestic-intelligence-program-00085544

 

 

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Shock, anger, betrayal: Inside the Qatargate-hit Socialist group

 

Behind the united front of the European Parliament’s second-largest faction, mistrust is simmering as elections loom

 

By Eddy Wax and Sarah Wheaton

March 6, 2023 4:00 am CET

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.politico.eu/article/shock-anger-betrayal-qatargate-socialist-group-eu-parliament/

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Israeli military reservists refuse to train in protest at far-right government

 

Growing numbers including from elite air force squadron say they are unwilling to serve ‘dictatorial regime’

 

Bethan McKernan in Jerusalem

Tue 7 Mar 2023 10.51 GMT












https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/07/israeli-military-reservists-refuse-train-protest-far-right-government
 

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Iran makes first arrests over suspected schoolgirl poisonings

 

No details given about suspects as regime cracks down on criticism of its response to alleged school attacks

 

Patrick Wintour

Tue 7 Mar 2023 13.13 GMT










https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/07/iran-makes-first-arrests-over-suspected-schoolgirl-poisonings
 

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Journalists go on trial in Egypt for ‘offending MPs’

 

Mada Masr, Egypt’s only remaining independent news outlet, reported alleged corruption among supporters of President Sisi

 

Ruth Michaelson

Tue 7 Mar 2023 12.17 GMT










https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/07/journalists-go-on-trial-in-egypt-for-offending-mps


Blood-loving dictator and human rights crusher Al-Sisi should be ousted before it's too late.....A real bastard criminal...

Egypt deserves better
 

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China foreign minister warns of potential for conflict with US and hails Russia ties

 

In a bellicose first press conference, Qin Gang rebuked Washington over its Taiwan policy and the balloon incident, while praising Beijing’s relationship with Russia

 

Helen Davidson in Taipei

Tue 7 Mar 2023 04.25 GMT











Vid

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/07/china-foreign-minister-warns-of-potential-for-conflict-with-us-and-hails-russia-ties
 

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Pakistanis are leaving our country in droves due to inflation and job losses – who can blame them?

 

After decades on the edge, Pakistan is now fully in crisis. And a general election later this year is unlikely to bring change

 

Tue 7 Mar 2023 11.14 GMT

Moni Mohsin

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/mar/07/pakistanis-leaving-country-inflation-job-losses-crisis

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My message to Benjamin Netanyahu: stop your coup or we’ll stop the country

 

Plans for the Israeli judicial system are an anti-democratic coup – and will be resisted

 

Tue 7 Mar 2023 09.00 GMT

Yuval Noah Harari

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/mar/07/benjamin-netanyahu-coup-israeli-judicial-system

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Is the US government ready for the rise of artificial intelligence?

 

AI could benefit society, but it could also become a monster. To guide the way, we need leadership and understanding

 

Tue 7 Mar 2023 11.14 GMT

Robert Reich

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/mar/07/us-government-artificial-intelligence-robert-reich

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Protests and disruption in France as transport workers start strikes

 

Road, rail and air services affected in protest over plans to raise pension age from 62 to 64

 

Angelique Chrisafis in Paris

Tue 7 Mar 2023 13.22 GMT













https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/07/france-braced-for-huge-disruption-as-transport-workers-start-rolling-strikes
 

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Spain approves draft law for gender quotas in business and politics

 

Legislation aims to increase number of women in decision-making roles such as in company boardrooms

 

Ashifa Kassam in Madrid

Tue 7 Mar 2023 15.12 GMT













https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/07/spain-approves-draft-law-gender-quotas-business-politics
 

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Ohio rail cleanup workers fall ill as yet another train derails

 

March 6, 2023 10:34 AM CST By Mark Gruenberg

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/ohio-rail-cleanup-workers-fall-ill-as-yet-another-train-derails/

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Bezalel Smotrich, Israel’s self-described ‘fascist homophobe’ finance minister, to visit U.S.

 

March 6, 2023 10:57 AM CST By Combined Sources

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/bezalel-smotrich-israels-self-described-fascist-homophobe-finance-minister-to-visit-u-s/

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Elections in Ecuador unmask Western media dishonesty

 

March 2, 2023 9:47 AM CST By Joe Emersberger

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/elections-in-ecuador-unmask-western-media-dishonesty/

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Intelligence Suggests Pro-Ukrainian Group Sabotaged Pipelines, U.S. Officials Say

 

New intelligence reporting amounts to the first significant known lead about who was responsible for the attack on the Nord Stream pipelines that carried natural gas from Russia to Europe

 

March 7, 2023, 10:26 a.m. ET

By Adam Entous, Julian E. Barnes and Adam Goldman

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/07/us/politics/nord-stream-pipeline-sabotage-ukraine.html

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After the terrifying earthquakes, it’s women and girls in Turkey feeling the aftershocks

 

Stories of abuse are emerging from the rubble. Meanwhile, in a misogynistic society, women’s basic needs are going unmet

 

Wed 8 Mar 2023 13.00 GMT

Elif Shafak

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/mar/08/earthquakes-women-girls-turkey-abuse-misogynist-society

 

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US educational authorities must resist ‘anti-woke’ censorship

 

We are deeply concerned about disinformation campaigns that seek to discredit intersectionality, Black feminism and antiracism

 

Wed 8 Mar 2023 11.17 GMT

Ta-Nehisi Coates, Angela Davis, Nikole Hannah-Jones, Ibram X Kendi, Gloria Steinem, Cornel West and others

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/mar/08/anti-woke-censorship-colleges-open-letter

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‘Punk was my weapon’: the rebel power of culture in siege of Sarajevo

 

Underground community of Sarajevans recall in new documentary the years they spent trapped in their city

 

Kate Connolly in Berlin

Wed 8 Mar 2023 05.00 GMT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/08/punk-rock-vital-power-culture-siege-of-sarajevo-bosnia

 

 

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