Politics & environs 2023

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Hundreds in Tunisia protest against president’s anti-migrant clampdown

 

March follows Kais Saied’s allegation that undocumented sub-Saharan migrants were part of plot to change country’s culture

 

Simon Speakman Cordall in Tunis

Sat 25 Feb 2023 23.07 GMT










Vid

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/25/hundreds-in-tunisia-protest-against-presidents-anti-migrant-clampdown
 

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Vladimir Putin accuses west of seeking to ‘dismember’ Russia

 

Russian leader’s comments on state TV channel follow first anniversary of invasion of Ukraine

 

Luke Harding in Kyiv

Sun 26 Feb 2023 16.57 GMT











https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/26/vladimir-putin-acccuses-west-of-seeking-to-dismember-russia
 

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Iranian officials to investigate ‘revenge’ poisoning of schoolgirls

 

The attacks on female students – called an act of ‘biological terrorism’ – are thought to be retaliation for protests against hijabs in the country

 

Deepa Parent

Mon 27 Feb 2023 18.26 GMT










https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/feb/27/iranian-authorities-investigate-the-poisoning-of-schoolgirls-said-to-be-revenge-for-hijab-protests
 

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Maidan Revolution

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Ukraine-crisis

 

 

https://www.britannica.com/place/Ukraine/The-Maidan-protest-movement

 

 

https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/explainers/understanding-ukraines-euromaidan-protests

Edited February 27, 2023 by umbertino

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‘Never like this before’: settler violence in West Bank escalates

 

Retaliatory rampage in Palestinian village likened to ‘Kristallnacht in Huwara’ with one dead and 350 injured

 

Bethan McKernan in Huwara, West Bank

Mon 27 Feb 2023 19.01 GMT













https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/27/israeli-settler-violence-in-west-bank-escalates-huwara
 

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Covid-19 likely came from lab leak, says news report citing US energy department

 

Updated finding comes with ‘low confidence’ and is a departure from previous studies on how virus emerged, Wall Street Journal reports

 

Edward Helmore

Sun 26 Feb 2023 17.46 GMT












https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/26/covid-virus-likely-laboratory-leak-us-energy-department
 

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‘Far from justice’: why are nearly half of US murders going unsolved?

 

Homicide ‘clearance rates’ have plummeted over the past four decades, compounding relatives’ trauma

 

Mon 27 Feb 2023 06.00 GMT

by Abené Clayton in Los Angeles

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/26/us-murders-unsolved-homicide-police-san-francisco-brandon-cheese

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The Guardian view on Germany’s economic miracle: it was built on debt relief

 

Cancelling loans put the Wunder into Wirtschaftswunder. Treat poor nations the same today

 

Sun 26 Feb 2023 18.30 GMT

Editorial

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/feb/26/the-guardian-view-on-germanys-economic-miracle-it-was-built-on-debt-relief

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China calls for Ukraine ceasefire and issues 12-point peace plan

 

February 27, 2023 11:14 AM CST By C.J. Atkins And John Wojcik

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/china-calls-for-ukraine-ceasefire-and-issues-12-point-peace-plan/

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‘A war society doesn’t see’: the Brazilian force driving out mining gangs from Indigenous lands

 

An elite unit is on a mission to expel the illegal miners who devastated Yanomami territory during Bolsonaro’s presidency

 

Tue 28 Feb 2023 11.53 GMT

by Tom Phillips in the Yanomami Indigenous territory

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/28/brazilian-force-driving-out-mining-gangs-indigenous-yanomami-territory-bolsonaro

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Rupert Murdoch testified that Fox News hosts ‘endorsed’ stolen election narrative

 

Network owner also admitted in $1.6bn defamation lawsuit deposition that Trump’s claims were ‘damaging to everybody’

 

Dani Anguiano in Los Angeles

Tue 28 Feb 2023 02.00 GMT













https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/feb/27/rupert-murdoch-deposition-dominion-lawsuit-fox-news

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Supreme court to hear challenges to Biden’s student debt relief plan – live

 

Signature policy at risk as conservatives argue president does not have authority to lessen debt burden

 

Chris Stein in Washington

 

Tue 28 Feb 2023 15.40 GMT













https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2023/feb/28/student-debt-relief-supreme-court-biden-china-committee-live
 

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Teen girls are struggling. They need our help

 

Girls and young women report rising rates of suicide, depression and sexual violence in North America – and a lot of it has to do with social media

 

Tue 28 Feb 2023 11.05 GMT

Nancy Jo Sales

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/feb/28/teen-girls-are-struggling-social-media-tiktok-instagram

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UK: Amazon treats me worse than the warehouse robots – that’s why I’m walking out

 

Jeff Bezos is making billions while we are offered an extra 50p an hour for exhausting work, doing long hours on our feet just to make ends meet

 

Tue 28 Feb 2023 07.00 GMT

Darren Westwood

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/feb/28/amazon-warehouse-robots-striking-50p-pay-jeff-bezos

 

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Fossil fuels kill more people than Covid. Why are we so blind to the harms of oil and gas?

 

Were we able to perceive afresh the sheer scale of fossil fuel impact we might be horrified, but because this is an old problem too many don’t see it as a problem

 

Tue 28 Feb 2023 13.59 GMT

Rebecca Solnit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/feb/28/fossil-fuels-kill-more-people-than-covid-why-are-we-so-blind-to-the-harms-of-oil-and-gas

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Dozens of schoolgirls in Iran taken to hospital after poisoning

 

Suspected attack on students in city east of Tehran is latest in spate of incidents over past three months

 

Agence France-Presse in Tehran

Tue 28 Feb 2023 15.29 GMT











https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/28/iran-schoolgirls-hospital-poisoning-pardis-qom
 

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Could Lula Help End the War in Ukraine? Brazil’s President Vows to Pursue Diplomacy, Won’t Arm Kyiv

 

February 28, 2023

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2023/2/28/brazil_lula_diplomacy_war_in_ukraine

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Will the Equal Rights Amendment Finally Be Added to the U.S. Constitution 50 Years After It Passed?

 

February 27, 2023

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2023/2/27/era_hearing

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Myriad questions but no evidence yet for cause of Greece train crash

 

Investigation may uncover signalling or human error, but some are already propounding the role of railway privatisation

 

Wed 1 Mar 2023 12.45 GMT

Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/01/myriad-questions-but-no-evidence-yet-for-cause-of-greece-train-crash

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Drugmaker Eli Lilly says it will cut insulin prices by 70%

 

Move comes amid criticism of healthcare companies over rising costs of insulin, as CEO says cuts ‘should be the new standard’

 

Reuters

Wed 1 Mar 2023 15.29 GMT











https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/mar/01/drugmaker-eli-lilly-cuts-insulin-prices
 

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Outcry after New York mayor dismisses separation of church and state

 

Eric Adams says ‘Don’t tell me about no separation of church and state’ at an interfaith breakfast

 

Martin Pengelly in New York

Wed 1 Mar 2023 14.46 GMT









https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/mar/01/eric-adams-new-york-city-mayor-separation-church-state


Separation of church and state is a pillar for every country which calls itself civilized and modern....JMHO
 

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The Guardian view on mob violence in the West Bank: a new low

 

A shocking attack by settlers in Huwara, hours after Israeli-Palestinian talks concluded, testifies to the dangers ahead

 

Tue 28 Feb 2023 18.44 GMT

Editorial

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/feb/28/the-guardian-view-on-mob-violence-in-the-west-bank-a-new-low

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Israeli settlers on the rampage isn’t a shock – it’s daily life for Palestinians in the West Bank

 

It’s no accident that the Israeli army didn’t stop the violence in Huwara: such intimidation is key to how the state rules over my people

 

Tue 28 Feb 2023 17.40 GMT

Nimer Sultany

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/feb/28/israeli-settlers-rampage-palestinians-west-bank-army-violence

Edited March 1, 2023 by umbertino

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Peace talks on Ukraine war unlikely any time soon

 

February 22, 2023 10:37 AM CST By John Wojcik And C.J. Atkins

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/peace-talks-on-ukraine-war-unlikely-any-time-soon/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thousands flood Berlin to oppose Ukraine war arms shipments

 

February 28, 2023 10:53 AM CST By Roger McKenzie

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/thousands-flood-berlin-to-oppose-ukraine-war-arms-shipments/

Edited March 1, 2023 by umbertino

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US teachers grapple with a growing housing crisis: ‘We can’t afford rent’

 

Educators are struggling with pay disparities and a widening housing and cost-of-living crisis

 

by Edwin Rios in San Francisco

Thu 2 Mar 2023 08.00 GMT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/mar/02/us-teachers-california-salary-disparities

 

 

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‘It’s gamified’: inside America’s blood plasma donation industry

 

In her new book Blood Money, Kathleen McLaughlin uses a personal lens to examine an industry that rewards mass plasma donation

 

David Smith in Washington

Thu 2 Mar 2023 07.21 GMT










https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/mar/02/blood-money-book-kathleen-mclaughlin