Politics & environs 2023

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Where Did Our Public Toilets Go?

 

Why the state of a country’s civilization can be judged by its public facilities

 

Yesterday 5:30 am

Katrina vanden Heuvel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/urban-planning-public-services-socialism/

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Gabon officers declare military coup, President Ali Bongo detained

 

By Gerauds Wilfried Obangome

August 30, 20235:51 PM GMT+2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/gabonese-military-officers-announce-they-have-seized-power-2023-08-30/

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Why Gabon’s coup plotters can count on popular support

 

Strong desire for change – even if it comes wearing combat fatigues – is feeding Africa’s series of putsches

 

Wed 30 Aug 2023 16.59 BST

Jason Burke

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/30/why-gabons-coup-plotters-can-count-on-popular-support

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Germany and US trained Saudi forces accused of killing Yemen migrants

 

Training given despite growing concern over scale of human rights abuses in Saudi Arabia

 

Peter Beaumont and Manisha Ganguly, and Julian Borger in Washington

Wed 30 Aug 2023 18.31 BST














https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/30/germany-and-us-trained-saudi-forces-accused-of-killing-yemen-migrants
 

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Chile announces much-anticipated plan to search for Pinochet’s victims

 

Chilean state finally assumes responsibility for finding those executed and forcibly disappeared under dictatorship

 

John Bartlett in Santiago

Wed 30 Aug 2023 18.54 BST












https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/30/chile-announces-much-anticipated-plan-to-search-for-pinochet-victims


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_dictatorship_of_Chile_(1973–1990)
 

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Pressure building in unexpected quarters to end Ukraine war

 

August 30, 2023 10:17 AM CDT By Special to People’s World

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/pressure-building-in-unexpected-quarters-to-end-ukraine-war/

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Gabon's military seize power in bid to end Bongo family's 55-year rule

 

Roger McKenzie

Wednesday, August 30, 2023

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/gabons-military-seize-power-bid-end-bongo-familys-55-year-rule

 

 

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The UAW Is Prepared to Strike, and Bernie Sanders Has Their Back

 

In a fight over the future of work, the labor committee chair recognizes that autoworkers need a fair share of burgeoning profits

 

August 31, 2023

John Nichols

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/uaw-prepared-to-strike-sanders/

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Chile: The Secrets the US Government Continues to Hide

 

Fifty years after the military coup that brought down Salvador Allende and installed the Pinochet dicatorship, there are still top secret documents on the US role that must be declassified

 

August 31, 2023

Peter Kornbluh

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.thenation.com/article/world/chile-coup-classified-documents/

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Former Proud Boys leaders could face longest sentences yet for US Capitol attack

 

By Sarah N. Lynch

August 31, 202312:06 PM GMT+2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.reuters.com/legal/former-proud-boys-leaders-could-face-longest-sentences-yet-us-capitol-attack-2023-08-31/

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Finnish government renounces racism after scandals, staving off collapse

 

By Essi Lehto and Anne Kauranen

August 31, 20232:46 PM GMT+2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/finlands-government-agrees-anti-racism-policy-save-coalition-2023-08-31/

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With Gabon, Africa's coup wave shows little sign of stopping

 

By Edward Mcallister

August 30, 20238:00 PM GMT+2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/with-gabon-africas-coup-wave-shows-little-sign-stopping-2023-08-30/

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The people of Ecuador just made climate justice history. The world can follow

 

Voters won a huge battle with the oil industry – proving that we can’t save the planet without robust democracy

 

Thu 31 Aug 2023 16.15 BST

Steven Donziger

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/31/ecuador-oil-drilling-ban-climate-solution

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Former Proud Boys organizer sentenced to 17 years for Capitol attack

 

Joseph Biggs, who played leading role on January 6, said: ‘I know that I messed up that day but I’m not a terrorist’

 

Associated Press

Thu 31 Aug 2023 18.13 BST












https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/31/joseph-biggs-sentenced-proud-boys-jan-6
 

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African Union to ‘immediately suspend’ Gabon after coup

 

Moves comes in response to Wednesday’s coup after disputed elections in which incumbent president, Ali Bongo, was declared winner

 

Agence France-Presse in Nairobi

Thu 31 Aug 2023 18.40 BST













https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/31/gabon-opposition-urges-coup-leaders-to-recognise-it-won-election


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabon
First published on Thu 31 Aug 2023 17.06 BST

 

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Niger junta orders police to expel French ambassador

 

Reuters

August 31, 20236:59 PM GMT+2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/niger-junta-instructs-police-expel-french-ambassador-2023-08-31/

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‘Death Star law’ to abortion: the new rightwing laws taking effect in Texas

 

Hundreds of new state laws come into effect on 1 September, including attacking trans rights, further limiting abortion and pushing back climate efforts

 

Ed Pilkington

Fri 1 Sep 2023 11.00 BST












https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/sep/01/texas-new-laws-republican-legislature
Last modified on Fri 1 Sep 2023 13.52 BST

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Military Coup in Gabon Seen as Part of Broader Revolt Against France & Neo-Colonialism in Africa

 

August 31, 2023

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2023/8/31/gabon_coup_france

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Exclusive: AFGE’s Kelley uses experience with racism to help others

 

August 30, 2023 10:14 AM CDT By Mark Gruenberg

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/exclusive-afges-kelley-uses-experience-with-racism-to-help-others/

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Another Communist leader, Georgi Buiko, arrested in Ukraine

 

August 29, 2023 10:57 AM CDT By C.J. Atkins

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/another-communist-leader-georgi-buiko-arrested-in-ukraine/

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The Problem With YIMBY Economics

 

By Seth Ackerman

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://jacobin.com/2023/09/yimby-housing-supply-land-monopoly-rent-prices

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The BRICS Expansion Isn’t the End of the World Order — or the End of the World

 

 

By Branko Marcetic

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://jacobin.com/2023/08/brics-summit-expansion-mulitpolar-foreign-relations-china-us-saudi-arabia

 

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US judge to sentence two more Proud Boys for Jan. 6 attack at Capitol

 

By Makini Brice and Sarah N. Lynch

September 1, 202312:09 PM GMT+2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.reuters.com/legal/us-judge-sentence-two-more-proud-boys-jan-6-attack-capitol-2023-09-01/

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Salvaging global democratic politics requires far-reaching economic reforms

 

Resolving economic and political inequality is vital if we want people to reject authoritarianism

 

Fri 1 Sep 2023 15.20 BST

Joseph Stiglitz

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/sep/01/global-democratic-politics-economic-reforms

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Exclusive: U.S. to send its first depleted uranium rounds to Ukraine -sources

 

By Mike Stone

September 1, 202310:34 PM GMT+2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.reuters.com/world/us-send-its-first-depleted-uranium-rounds-ukraine-sources-2023-09-01/