Politics & environs 2023

[umbertino]

A key lesson from the Niger crisis: Africans, not global powers, will plot the continent’s path

 

The assumption is that Moscow and Washington will dictate events. Regional leaders don’t accept that, and therein lies hope

 

Mon 14 Aug 2023 06.00 BST

Nesrine Malik

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/14/niger-crisis-africans-continent-moscow-washington

 

 

[umbertino]

Former Mississippi officers plead guilty to state charges for torturing Black men

 

Group of six white Mississippi police officers had tortured two Black men for an hour and a half during a house raid

 

Edwin Rios

Mon 14 Aug 2023 20.30 BST









https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/14/former-mississippi-officers-plead-guilty-state-charges-torturing-black-men
 

[umbertino]

US publisher of pro-fascist books revealed as military veteran

 

Bailey Ross, reported air force reservist and former Coast Guard service member, linked to Agartha Publishing in South Dakota

 

Jason Wilson

Tue 15 Aug 2023 11.00 BST















https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/15/agartha-white-nationalist-book-publishing-military-veteran
 

[umbertino]

Third politician in a month killed in Ecuador

 

Citizen Revolution party’s Pedro Briones fatally shot less than a week after assassination of presidential candidate

 

Associated Press in Quito

Tue 15 Aug 2023 12.36 BST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/15/third-politician-in-a-month-killed-in-ecuador

[umbertino]

‘There’s no police or state’: Haitians helpless as violence and brutality soars

 

Human Rights Watch says country unable to protect citizens from killing and rape by armed gangs, and floats overseas peacekeepers

 

Luke Taylor

Mon 14 Aug 2023 18.43 BST












https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/14/haiti-violence-abuse-killing-human-rights-watch
 

[umbertino]

UK should finally acknowledge role in 1953 Iran coup, says David Owen

 

Former foreign secretary says doing so would benefit both reform movement in country and Britain’s credibility

 

Julian Borger in Washington

Tue 15 Aug 2023 05.02 BST











https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/15/uk-should-finally-acknowledge-role-in-1953-iran-coup-says-david-owen


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

[umbertino]

Democratic Socialism Can Make Liberal Rights Real

 

By Matt McManus

08.14.2023

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://jacobin.com/2023/08/socialism-law-rights-legal-theory

[umbertino]

Outrage as Arkansas tells high schools to drop AP African American course

 

‘Grave concern’ after latest example of conservative lawmakers limiting education on racial history

 

Gloria Oladipo

Tue 15 Aug 2023 19.35 BST














https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/15/arkansas-high-school-african-american-ap-course
 

 

 

 

 

[umbertino]

US Jews urged to condemn Israeli occupation amid Netanyahu censure

 

Open letter calls on Jewish leaders to speak out against ‘ultimate purpose’ of PM’s judicial reforms – upholding ‘regime of apartheid’

 

Chris McGreal in New York

Tue 15 Aug 2023 13.30 BST













https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/15/us-jewish-groups-statement-occupation-israel-palestine-netanyahu
 

[umbertino]

Nato official suggests Ukraine could give up land in exchange for membership

 

Kyiv angrily rejects proposal from secretary general’s chief of staff, saying it would reward Russian aggression

 

Dan Sabbagh in Kyiv

Wed 16 Aug 2023 12.09 BST












https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/16/nato-official-suggests-ukraine-could-give-up-territory-in-exchange-for-membership
 

[umbertino]

Niger coup backers call for mass mobilisation amid military threat from regional bloc

 

As Ecowas chiefs prepare to meet to discuss possible action against junta, civic group says ‘we need to be ready’

 

Peter Beaumont

Wed 16 Aug 2023 12.48 BST














https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/16/niger-coup-backers-call-for-mass-mobilisation-amid-military-threat-from-regional-bloc

[umbertino]

Brazil inquiry into alleged Bolsonaro-era pilfering of official gifts widens

 

Close associates of ex-president – and possibly Bolsonaro himself – have been accused of selling off expensive gifts

 

Tom Phillips in Brasília

Wed 16 Aug 2023 14.11 BST












https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/16/brazil-inquiry-into-alleged-bolsonaro-era-pilfering-of-official-gifts-widens
 

[umbertino]

Florida’s attacks on academic freedom just got even worse

 

Ron DeSantis has put the rightwing activist Christopher Rufo in charge of ‘reforming’ a liberal arts college and remaking it in a rightwing mold

 

Wed 16 Aug 2023 11.13 BST

Moira Donegan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/16/florida-ron-desantis-academic-freedom

[umbertino]

Family of academic detained in Egypt accuse US of breaking pledge to help

 

Salah Soltan, a US green card holder and critic of Abdel-Fatah al-Sisi, claims he faces death in Cairo jail and urges Biden to act

 

Ruth Michaelson

Wed 16 Aug 2023 12.02 BST













https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/16/egypt-academic-salah-soltan-biden-detention
 

[umbertino]

Seattle crowd: ‘Medicare for All! Everybody in, nobody out!’

 

August 15, 2023 9:46 AM CDT By Tim Wheeler

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/seattle-crowd-medicare-for-all-everybody-in-nobody-out/

[umbertino]

My Homeland Is Being Ruled by Terror. The World Must Pay Attention

 

Myanmar’s military junta is committing indiscriminate atrocities. We shouldn’t look away

 

August 16, 2023

Manny Maung

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.thenation.com/article/world/myanmar-military-abuses/

 

[umbertino]

European Authorities Refuse to Save Migrants From Drowning — So Ordinary Citizens Are Doing It Instead

An interview with

Paval

Vatroslav

Yanira

 

08.16.2023

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://jacobin.com/2023/08/european-union-italy-migrants-refugees-sea-eye-4-mediterranean-far-right-human-rights

[umbertino]

The Economic Situation for Millions of Americans Is Still Incredibly Dire

 

 

By Stephen Semler

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://jacobin.com/2023/08/joe-biden-pandemic-relief-economy-poverty

[umbertino]

India not planning to invite Ukraine to G20 summit in September

 

By Ashok Sharma

Published 12:26 PM CEST, June 8, 2023

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://apnews.com/article/india-ukraine-g20-summit-7da6b781ddca801a672d76fe8e530daa

[umbertino]

Russia tests digital ruble in bid to bypass sanctions

 

Moscow (AFP) – Russia began testing its new digital ruble with consumers on Tuesday, in the hope blockchain technology will help it evade sanctions and tighten control over its citizens

 

Issued on: 15/08/2023 - 19:32

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230815-russia-tests-digital-ruble-in-bid-to-bypass-sanctions

[umbertino]

Guatemala's presidential run-off will be 'test for democracy'

 

By Cassandra Garrison

August 16, 202312:13 PM GMT+2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/guatemalas-presidential-run-off-will-be-test-democracy-2023-08-16/

[umbertino]

Right-wing danger grows as crisis in German left continues

 

August 16, 2023 10:43 AM CDT By Victor Grossman

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/right-wing-danger-grows-as-crisis-in-german-left-continues/

[umbertino]

U.S. military is world’s most carbon-intensive institution, and its budget just keeps growing

 

August 10, 2023 11:01 AM CDT By Alliyah Lusuegro

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/u-s-military-is-worlds-most-carbon-intensive-institution-and-its-budget-just-keeps-growing/

[umbertino]

‘Like becoming a refugee again’: They paid for their crimes. The US deported them anyway

 

Hundreds of Cambodians who fled genocide and civil war are being sent back to a country they barely know

 

by Vivian Ho in Phnom Penh and San Francisco

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/17/cambodia-prison-sentence-deportation

 

 

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

[umbertino]

West African bloc prepared for military intervention after Niger coup

 

Ecowas says it is ready to restore democracy and describes president Mohamed Bazoum as a hostage

 

Peter Beaumont

Thu 17 Aug 2023 14.39 BST













https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/17/west-african-bloc-prepared-for-military-intervention-after-niger-coup