Politics & environs 2023

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‘A national scandal’: how US climate funding could make water pollution worse

 

The Inflation Reduction Act was hailed for its climate funding – but some are concerned several provisions will worsen a growing environmental disaster

 

Keith Schneider

Wed 8 Feb 2023 11.00 GMT












https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/feb/08/biden-climate-law-pollution-midwest
 

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‘A terror unlike any that I can describe’: surviving the horror of the earthquake in Idlib

 

Syrian journalist Mohamad Kazmooz was asleep when the 7.8 earthquake hit. He describes scrambling to safety as his apartment building collapsed around him

 

Mohamad Kazmooz as told to Mostafa Rachwani

Wed 8 Feb 2023 04.39 GMT














https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/08/syria-earthquake-survivor-story-idlib

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COINTELPRO 2.0: How the FBI Infiltrated BLM Protests After Police Murder of George Floyd

 

February 07, 2023

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2023/2/7/alphabet_boys_podcast_fbi_subterfuge

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Court decision favoring abusers’ gun access is ‘death sentence for women and families’

 

February 7, 2023 10:12 AM CST By Rebecca Pera

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/court-decision-favoring-abusers-gun-access-is-death-sentence-for-women-and-families/

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‘This is huge’: Nicaragua frees 222 political prisoners and flies them to US

 

Daughter of former foreign minister Francisco Aguirre-Sacasa says he is among detainees released, adding: ‘Everybody is on the plane’

 

Tom Phillips Latin America correspondent

Thu 9 Feb 2023 16.07 GMT











https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/09/nicaragua-frees-222-political-prisoners-flies-to-us
 

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‘I am lucky’: Syrian earthquake survivor tells of dire straits in Aleppo

 

After enduring nearly 12 years of war, destitute Syrian families now huddle for warmth as resources run low

 

As told to Jedidajah Otte

Thu 9 Feb 2023 13.52 GMT












https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/09/syria-earthquake-survivor-tells-of-dire-straits-in-aleppo
 

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Credit Suisse axes top bosses’ bonuses after biggest loss since financial crisis

 

Swiss bank is cutting 9,000 jobs in restructuring programme after series of scandals

 

Kalyeena Makortoff

Thu 9 Feb 2023 08.49 GMT














https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/feb/09/credit-suisse-bonuses-loss-jobs-restructuring

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‘My mother said, I still love the general, but he has to go to jail’: Luis Moreno Ocampo on Argentina 1985

 

The notable former prosecutor in The Hague talks about the courtroom drama showing the legal takedown of Argentina’s bloody military dictatorship, which is tipped for an Oscar

 

Thu 9 Feb 2023 10.30 GMT

Uki Goñi in Buenos Aires

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/feb/09/argentina-1985-luis-moreno-ocampo-oscars-interview

 

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976_Argentine_coup_d'état

 

 

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

 

 

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

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African democracy on the line as ‘bellwether’ Nigeria goes to polls

 

Presidential election comes as fuel shortages and currency woes take toll on continent’s most populous country

 

Jason Burke Africa correspondent

Thu 9 Feb 2023 10.51 GMT











https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/09/african-democracy-nigeria-polls-presidential-election-fuel-shortages-currency
 

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“Continuous Insanity”: Syrian Dissident Yassin al-Haj Saleh on 12 Years of War & Earthquake Relief

 

February 09, 2023

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2023/2/9/yassin_al_haj_saleh_syria_earthquake

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Carrier cost-cutting on railroad caused fiery Ohio wreck

 

February 9, 2023 9:54 AM CST By Mark Gruenberg

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/carrier-cost-cutting-on-rail-road-caused-fiery-ohio-wreck/

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Revealed: the hacking and disinformation team meddling in elections

 

• ‘Team Jorge’ unit exposed by undercover investigation
• Group sells hacking services and access to vast army of fake social media profiles
• Evidence unit behind disinformation campaigns across world
• Mastermind Tal Hanan claims covert involvement in 33 presidential elections

 

Stephanie Kirchgaessner, Manisha Ganguly, David Pegg, Carole Cadwalladr and Jason Burke

Wed 15 Feb 2023 04.00 GMT













https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/15/revealed-disinformation-team-jorge-claim-meddling-elections-tal-hanan
 

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One in 20 US homicides are committed by police – and the numbers aren’t falling

 

Police killings of any sort account for nearly 5% of all homicides, with at least 1,192 people killed by law enforcement in 2022

 

Lois Beckett

Wed 15 Feb 2023 11.00 GMT












https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/15/us-homicides-committed-by-police-gun-violence
 

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US military accused of obstruction over cancer linked to ‘forever chemicals’

 

Families fight for benefits after victims allegedly developed cancer from drinking water tainted by toxic PFAS at New Hampshire base

 

Tom Perkins

Wed 15 Feb 2023 10.00 GMT













https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/15/us-military-toxic-pfas-forever-chemicals
 

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The taboos are falling fast as the EU embraces the far-right racist approach to migration

 

Allowing controversial ‘fortress Europe’ policies to become mainstream puts the EU’s cohesion and world standing at risk

 

Wed 15 Feb 2023 11.00 GMT

Shada Islam

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/commentisfree/2023/feb/15/eu-far-right-migration-fortress-europe

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America has a history of banning Black studies. We can learn from that past

 

Rightwing pundits target knowledge found in critical race theory because they know it leads to action

 

Tue 14 Feb 2023 11.18 GMT

Derecka Purnell

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/feb/14/african-american-studies-history-repression-resistance-republicans

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Is the US going to stand by while Israel becomes an autocracy?

 

There is shockingly little debate about the assaults on democracy happening in Israel right now

 

Tue 14 Feb 2023 11.19 GMT

Jan-Werner Müller

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/feb/14/israel-autocracy-benjamim-netanyahu-joe-biden

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American teenage girls are experiencing high levels of emotional distress. Why?

 

The CDC has found that youth of all genders are suffering at worrying levels, but girls are experiencing far greater levels of distress

 

Thu 16 Feb 2023 11.17 GMT

Moira Donegan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/feb/16/teenage-girls-mental-health-survey

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Pompeo says Israel has biblical claim to Palestine and is ‘not an occupying nation’

 

Trump’s secretary of state makes comments on podcast to defend former administration siding more openly with Israel

 

Chris McGreal in New York

Thu 16 Feb 2023 05.01 GMT










https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/16/mike-pompeo-israel-biblical-claim-palestine-not-occupying

I beg to digress......Even some Jewish members of Israeli parliament stated that Israel is infact an occupying force in Palestine
 

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Nicaragua: Ortega crackdown deepens as 94 opponents stripped of citizenship

 

Some of country’s most celebrated writers and journalists targeted as critics condemn ‘totalitarian drift’ under 77-year-old president

 

Tom Phillips, Latin America correspondent

Thu 16 Feb 2023 14.29 GMT









https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/16/ortega-regime-strips-nicaraguans-citizenship


I have no problem whatsoever in admitting the man got totally and dangerously nuts.......Sad
 

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Africa welcomes western aid. But donors must ask where the money is going

 

Our investigation showed a desire for accountability in countries blighted by repression and corruption

 

Thu 16 Feb 2023 07.00 GMT

Emmanuel Mutaizibwa and Ngina Kirori

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/feb/16/africa-western-aid-accountability-transparency

 

 

Agreed

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Bolsonaro says he will return to Brazil in march to lead opposition - WSJ

By Reuters Staff

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.reuters.com/article/brazil-politics-bolsonaro-idINFWN34U2GN

 

 

Hopefully he will be then tried ( and punished if proven guilty)  for organizing that coup in January

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Iran protests flare in several cities amid continuing unrest

 

Online videos from Tehran and other centres appear to show demonstrations including anti-government chants as execution of protesters commemorated

 

Associated Press

Fri 17 Feb 2023 06.39 GMT











https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/17/iran-protests-flare-in-several-cities-amid-continuing-unrest
 

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US ranking on abuse of power index hurt by inequality and violence

 

Country came near median of 163 countries on Index of Impunity, higher than Hungary and Singapore

 

Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

Fri 17 Feb 2023 05.00 GMT












https://www.theguardian.com/law/2023/feb/17/us-ranking-on-abuse-of-power-index-hurt-by-inequality-and-violence
 

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Corporate Greed and Deregulation Fuel Threat of More Bomb Trains As East Palestine Demands Answers

 

February 17, 2023

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2023/2/17/norfolk_southern_east_palestine_derailment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The story behind the fiery Ohio train wreck worsens by the day

 

February 17, 2023 10:35 AM CST By Mark Gruenberg And John Wojcik

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/the-story-behind-the-fiery-ohio-train-wreck-worsens-by-the-day/