Politics & environs 2023

[umbertino]

UN calls for humanitarian ceasefire amid urgent efforts to avoid Gaza famine

 

António Guterres says Palestinian people ‘remain stuck in a non-stop nightmare’ as Israel stands accused of blocking aid

 

Lorenzo Tondo and Jason Burke in Jerusalem

Sat 23 Mar 2024 18.08 CET












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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/23/un-calls-for-humanitarian-ceasefire-in-gaza-amid-urgent-efforts-to-avoid-famine
 

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Top US diplomat warns Israel of global isolation if it attacks Rafah

 

By Humeyra Pamuk and Nidal Al-Mughrabi

March 22, 202411:06 PM GMT+1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-puts-pressure-israel-with-gaza-ceasefire-resolution-qatar-talks-continue-2024-03-21/

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Sixty-five migrants' bodies found in Libya mass grave, IOM says

 

Reuters

March 22, 20246:05 PM GMT+1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/least-65-migrants-bodies-found-mass-grave-southwest-libya-says-iom-2024-03-22/

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Six in 10 in UK poll say descendants of enslaved people owed formal apology

 

Survey finds varying support for apology from government, firms that profited from slavery, and royal family

 

Neha Gohil

Mon 25 Mar 2024 16.03 CET











https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/25/uk-poll-slavery-descendants-caribbean-formal-apology
 

[umbertino]

Senegal’s anti-establishment candidate almost certain to become president

 

Radical change candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye pulls off stunning election win after main rival Amadou Ba concedes defeat

 

Mark Townsend

Mon 25 Mar 2024 17.19 CET











https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/25/radical-change-candidate-ahead-in-senegal-election
 

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‘The time is here’: the ex-government insider shaking up Hungarian politics

 

Péter Magyar was a well-connected figure in the ruling Fidesz party. What prompted his transformation to Orbán critic?

 

Lili Bayer

Mon 25 Mar 2024 12.38 CET











https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/25/the-time-is-here-the-ex-government-insider-shaking-up-hungarian-politics
 

[umbertino]

Israel will no longer approve Unrwa food aid to northern Gaza, agency says

 

Head of agency says military authorities told UN that convoys will no longer be approved amid ‘man-made famine’

 

Agence France-Presse

Mon 25 Mar 2024 02.56 CET












https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/24/israel-reportedly-blocking-un-food-aid-to-northern-gaza-despite-high-famine-risk
 

[umbertino]

In distress, Niger expels U.S. military and resurrects hope

 

On March 16, Amadou Abdramane, spokesperson for Niger’s governing military council, announced that the country was dropping its 12-year-old military cooperation agreement with the United States. Niger’s military council assumed power following the coup in July 2023 that removed Mohamed Bazoum, the elected president.

 

U.S. military intervention in Niger is now a poor fit with grim realities in the western Sahel region of Africa and with the Nigerien people’s needs and aspirations

 

March 25, 2024 9:59 AM CDT

By W. T. Whitney Jr.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/in-distress-niger-expels-u-s-military-and-resurrects-hope/

[umbertino]

The European Union Is Embracing Militarization

 

By  Colin Gannon

03.25.2024

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://jacobin.com/2024/03/european-union-militarization-austerity-defense

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‘Madness’: Netanyahu’s handling of US relations under scrutiny after UN vote

 

Tone in parts of Israeli media borders on contempt, as prime minister’s growing friction with Biden linked to US abstention

 

Peter Beaumont

Tue 26 Mar 2024 14.08 CET













https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/26/benjamin-netanyahu-handling-us-relations-un-israel-gaza-ceasefire-vote
 

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UN rights expert report to call for Israel arms embargo over ‘acts of genocide’

 

Special rapporteur will tell human rights council Israel’s actions ‘reveal an intent to physically destroy Palestinians as a group’

 

Julian Borger in Washington

Mon 25 Mar 2024 21.47 CET













https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/25/israel-gaza-un-rights-expert-arms-embargo-genocide
 

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Ex-U.N. Official Craig Mokhiber: Israel Must Be Held Accountable for Violating Ceasefire Resolution

 

March 26, 2024

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2024/3/26/un_ceasefire_resolution_israel_gaza

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Israeli waiters union founder demands U.S. cut off military aid

 

WASHINGTON—Alon-Lee Green, the founder of Israel’s first union of waiters and bartenders, is demanding the U.S. cut off all military aid to Israel to force its rabidly right-wing Netanyahu government to end its war on Gaza and its civilian population.

 

“In America, demand of your politicians ‘No more of a blank check to the Israeli government,’” Green said at an AFT-sponsored March 21 forum on the many decades-long bitter war between Israel and the Palestinians

 

March 25, 2024 12:17 PM CDT

By Mark Gruenberg

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/israeli-waiters-union-founder-demands-u-s-cut-off-of-military-aid/

[umbertino]

The roots of the Los Angeles housing crisis

 

The Los Angeles housing crisis has reached epic proportions and continues to deteriorate. The city, according to a study by the federal housing agency Freddie Mac, is short 400,000 homes with an estimate of over 75,000 homeless in L.A. County and over 46,000 in LA, a rise of 10% last year. The city also leads the nation in overcrowding with 11% of homes having more than one person per room and with many living in garages and attics

 

March 20, 2024 10:11 AM CDT

By Dennis Broe

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/the-roots-of-the-los-angeles-housing-crisis/

[umbertino]

Senegal’s Elites Wanted to Trash Democracy. Voters Didn’t

 

By  Gregory Valdespino

03.23.2024

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://jacobin.com/2024/03/macky-sall-senegal-elections-democracy

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‘People don’t believe they can win’: apathy abounds ahead of Istanbul’s mayoral election

 

Ekrem Imamoğlu’s 2019 victory was a big moment for Turkey’s opposition – but five turbulent years as Erdoğan’s enemy have taken their toll

 

Ruth Michaelson and Beril Eski

Wed 27 Mar 2024 06.00 CET














https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/27/istanbul-mayoral-election-ekrem-imamoglu-erdogan
 

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‘We are finally free’: Senegal hails new anti-establishment president

 

Bassirou Diomaye Faye promises to overhaul democracy in west African country blighted by corruption

 

Wed 27 Mar 2024 15.25 CET

by Annika Hammerschlag in Dakar

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/27/we-are-finally-free-senegal-hails-new-anti-establishment-president-bassirou-diomaye-faye

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U.S. finally lets ceasefire resolution pass but will not allow enforcement

 

NEW YORK—For months, the world has been telling the United States, “Help us, or get out of the way.” On Monday, the U.S. finally got out of the way. After vetoing every previous attempt to pass a meaningful Gaza ceasefire resolution at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), the U.S. delegation abstained. Every other member of the body voted yes

 

March 26, 2024 11:26 AM CDT

By C.J. Atkins

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/u-s-finally-lets-ceasefire-resolution-pass-but-will-not-allow-enforcement/

[umbertino]

German peace forces have their work cut out for them

 

Watching genteel Bundestag ladies and gentlemen speechifying, often with forceful words and gestures but mostly polite, it is hard to imagine that their topic is war or peace, possibly world war or peace, even atomic war or peace. A key word was Taurus, Latin for “bull”

 

March 26, 2024 10:22 AM CDT

By Victor Grossman

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/german-peace-forces-have-their-work-cut-out-for-them/

[umbertino]

Don’t Believe the Hype—Biden’s Israel Policy Hasn’t Changed

The decision to let a UN cease-fire resolution pass has been hailed as a dramatic turning point. It isn’t

 

March 27, 2024

Aída Chávez

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/biden-un-israel-ceasefire-vote/

 

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Hungary’s support for Israel Exposes Its Fake Pacifism

 

By  Anita Zsurzsán

03.24.2024

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://jacobin.com/2024/03/orban-israel-rafah-ukraine-hypocrisy

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Thousands protest against Hungary's Orban after former insider leaks graft case tape

 

By Reuters

March 27, 202410:04 AM GMT+1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/thousands-protest-against-hungarys-orban-after-former-insider-leaks-graft-case-2024-03-26/

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State department official’s resignation highlights rifts over US Gaza policy

 

Annelle Sheline says ‘I no longer wanted to be affiliated with this administration,’ claiming Biden is flouting US law over Israel

 

Julian Borger in Washington

Wed 27 Mar 2024 23.03 CET














https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/27/state-department-resignation-gaza-biden-policy
 

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Argentina: trans women among victims of ex-officers guilty of dictatorship-era crimes

 

Eleven found guilty of crimes against humanity after trial that heard testimony on torture, rape and forced disappearances

 

Natalie Alcoba in Buenos Aires

Wed 27 Mar 2024 20.01 CET













https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/mar/27/argentina-dictatorship-crimes-humanity-trans-women


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

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Brazil summons Hungarian envoy to explain why Bolsonaro hid in embassy

 

Former Brazil president spent two nights at legation after two close aides were detained in February over alleged coup plot

 

 

Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro

Mon 25 Mar 2024 22.53 CET














https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/25/jair-bolsonaro-hiding-embassy

 

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Edited March 28 by umbertino