umbertino Posted August 30, 2023 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2023 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/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted August 30, 2023 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2023 Gabon officers declare military coup, President Ali Bongo detained By Gerauds Wilfried Obangome August 30, 20235:51 PM GMT+2 Vid https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/gabonese-military-officers-announce-they-have-seized-power-2023-08-30/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted August 31, 2023 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2023 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted August 31, 2023 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2023 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted August 31, 2023 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2023 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) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted August 31, 2023 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2023 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/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted August 31, 2023 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2023 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted August 31, 2023 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2023 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/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted August 31, 2023 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2023 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/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted August 31, 2023 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2023 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/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted August 31, 2023 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2023 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/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted August 31, 2023 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2023 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/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted August 31, 2023 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2023 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted August 31, 2023 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2023 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted August 31, 2023 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2023 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted August 31, 2023 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2023 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/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted September 1, 2023 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2023 ‘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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted September 1, 2023 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2023 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted September 1, 2023 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2023 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/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted September 1, 2023 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2023 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/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted September 1, 2023 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2023 The Problem With YIMBY Economics By Seth Ackerman https://jacobin.com/2023/09/yimby-housing-supply-land-monopoly-rent-prices Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted September 1, 2023 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2023 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted September 1, 2023 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2023 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/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted September 1, 2023 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2023 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted September 1, 2023 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2023 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/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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