Politics & environs 2023

[umbertino]

Israel’s far right hits ground running, and ripple effects are already being felt

 

Ultranationalist religious rulers sworn in last week have made explicit what was previously obscured: annexation

 

Sat 7 Jan 2023 08.00 GMT

Oliver Holmes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/07/israel-far-right-ultranationalist-hits-ground-running-and-ripple-effects-are-being-felt

[umbertino]

‘This is no way to live’: Mississippians cope with another water crisis

 

Jackson is suffering from its third water outage in two years, but neighbors and family lend one another a helping hand

 

Sat 7 Jan 2023 08.00 GMT

by Oliver Laughland in Jackson with photographs by Rory Doyle

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/07/jackson-mississippi-water-outage-neighbors-helping

[umbertino]

Federal agency wants to put $300 billion in workers’ pockets by banning non-competes

 

January 6, 2023 9:50 AM CST By Mark Gruenberg And C.J. Atkins

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/federal-agency-wants-to-put-300-billion-in-workers-pockets-by-banning-non-competes/

[umbertino]

US releases top Cuba spy Ana Belén Montes after 20 years in prison

 

Former Defense Intelligence Agency analyst, 65, freed after being found guilty of espionage in 2002

 

Reuters

Sun 8 Jan 2023 11.20 GMT











https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/08/us-releases-top-cuba-spy-ana-belen-montes-after-20-years-in-prison
 

[umbertino]

The US should break up monopolies – not punish working Americans for rising prices

 

The Fed is putting people out of work to reduce workers’ bargaining power and reduce inflation. They’ve got it all wrong

 

Sun 8 Jan 2023 11.19 GMT

Robert Reich

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jan/08/us-monopolies-inflation-unemployment-rising-prices-federal-reserve

[umbertino]

World leaders condemn scenes as Bolsonaro supporters attack political buildings – live

 

Attack has been compared to 6 January invasion of the US Capitol by followers of Donald Trump

 

Allan Glen

Sun 8 Jan 2023 21.30 GMT











https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2023/jan/08/brazils-presidential-palace-and-supreme-court-stormed-by-pro-bolsonaro-supporters-live


 

[umbertino]

Brazil protests: Lula vows to punish ‘neo-fascists’ after Bolsonaro supporters storm congress

 

President tours scene of riot and orders federal government to take control of policing in capital Brasília as extremists refuse to accept his presidency

 

Tom Phillips in Brasília and Andrew Downie

Mon 9 Jan 2023 04.32 GMT












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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/08/jair-bolsonaro-supporters-storm-brazils-presidential-palace-and-supreme-court
 

[umbertino]

Israel security minister bans Palestinian flag-flying in public

 

Itamar Ben-Gvir’s order follows series of punitive steps against Palestinians since Israel’s hardline government took office

 

Associated Press in Tel Aviv

Mon 9 Jan 2023 09.49 GMT








https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/09/israel-security-minister-bans-palestinian-flag-flying-in-public
 

[umbertino]

The pro-Bolsonaro ‘insurrection’ was pathetic – and, for now, has made President Lula stronger

 

The real threat from Brazil’s radical right is not from showy coup attempts, but from less deluded ultra-conservatives playing the long game

 

Mon 9 Jan 2023 14.40 GMT

Richard Lapper

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jan/09/bolsonaro-insurrection-lula-brazil-right-coup

 

[umbertino]

‘Lack of respect’: outcry over Amazon employee’s death on warehouse floor

 

Work carried on as usual in the facility as workers were not informed of colleague’s death even as the body lay on the floor

 

Michael Sainato

Mon 9 Jan 2023 08.00 GMT










https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/jan/09/amazon-employee-death-warehouse-floor-colorado
 

[umbertino]

Congress must listen to working families and overhaul healthcare, minimum wage and education

 

Americans are united on some of the most important issues facing our country and they want government to address them

 

Mon 9 Jan 2023 11.00 GMT

Bernie Sanders

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jan/09/congress-healthcare-minimum-wage-education-us-families

[umbertino]

‘Brazil is greater than those terrorists’: readers on Brasília democracy attack

 

Six readers in Brazil share their reaction to the storming of government buildings by Bolsonaro supporters

 

Clea Skopeliti

Tue 10 Jan 2023 13.03 GMT










https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/10/i-thought-it-was-fake-news-readers-on-the-attack-on-brazils-democracy
 

[umbertino]

The many similarities between Brazilian politics and the United States

 

Politics watchers tend to look at Europe for analogies to our history, but our hemispheric neighbors share more of our foundational pathologies

 

Tue 10 Jan 2023 11.00 GMT

Moira Donegan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jan/10/brazil-us-politics-similarities-riots-bolsonaro-trump

[umbertino]

I once ran Human Rights Watch. Harvard blocked my fellowship over Israel

 

I was told that my fellowship at the Kennedy School was vetoed over my and Human Rights Watch’s criticism of Israel

 

Tue 10 Jan 2023 11.08 GMT

Kenneth Roth

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jan/10/kenneth-roth-human-rights-watch-harvard-israel

[umbertino]

Bolsonaro may have to leave US within weeks, amid diplomatic fallout from Brasilia attack

 

The former Brazilian president has taken up residence in Florida, and some Democrats are calling for his visa to be revoked

 

Julian Borger World affairs editor

Mon 9 Jan 2023 18.44 GMT













https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/09/brazil-capital-attack-bolsonaro-us-relationship-florida
 

[umbertino]

I survived Guantánamo. Why is it still open 21 years later?

 

A generation was born and came of age since the prison opened. Four US presidents have served. Yet 35 men remain there

 

Wed 11 Jan 2023 10.45 GMT

Mansoor Adayfi

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jan/11/i-survived-guantanamo-why-is-it-still-open-21-years-later

[umbertino]

Haiti left with no elected government officials as it spirals towards anarchy

 

Last 10 remaining senators leave office, with gangs controlling much of capital, a malnutrition crisis and a cholera outbreak

 

Luke Taylor

Tue 10 Jan 2023 19.08 GMT











https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/10/haiti-no-elected-officials-anarchy-failed-state
 

[umbertino]

Brazil’s attempted coup was thwarted by Lula’s decisive action, minister says

 

Alexandre Padilha says insurrection by Bolsonaro supporters was well-organized ‘act of terrorism’ aimed at toppling government

 

 

Tom Phillips in Brasília

Tue 10 Jan 2023 22.46 GMT










https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/10/brazil-insurrection-lula-bolsonaro-alexandre-padilha

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tuesday briefing: Why the former Brazil president is responsible for the riots

 

In today’s newsletter: For years Jair Bolsonaro set the anti-democratic tone that fomented Sunday’s attacks. Our Latin America correspondent explains how

 

Archie Bland

Tue 10 Jan 2023 06.58 GMT










https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/10/tuesday-briefing-why-former-brazil-president-jair-bolsonaro-is-responsible-for-the-riots
 

Edited January 11, 2023 by umbertino

[umbertino]

Rosewood Massacre: Families Mark 100 Years Since White Mob Razed Black Town & Killed Black Residents

 

January 10, 2023

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2023/1/10/rosewood_massacre_100th_anniversary_racial_killings

 

 

[umbertino]

Teacher and cousin of Black Lives Matter founder ‘Tased to death’ by LAPD

 

‘He needed help and was killed,’ says Patrisse Cullors, as police are seen repeatedly using stun gun on him after traffic accident

 

Sam Levin in Los Angeles

Thu 12 Jan 2023 06.00 GMT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/11/black-lives-matter-co-founder-cousin-killed-los-angeles-police

[umbertino]

Exclusive: more than 70 US and Brazilian lawmakers condemn Trump-Bolsonaro alliance

 

Congresswoman Ilhan Omar leads joint statement focused on Sunday’s riots in Brasília and January 6 insurrection

 

Julian Borger

Wed 11 Jan 2023 22.04 GMT









https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/11/brazil-attack-jair-bolsonaro-donald-trump-us-congress
 

[umbertino]

The FTC is back to being the activist US agency progressives sought in 1914

 

Last week, under its Biden-appointed chair, the Federal Trade Commission proposed a new rule banning non-compete agreements – and it’s a big deal

 

Thu 12 Jan 2023 11.00 GMT

Robert Reich

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jan/12/ftc-non-compete-agreements-biden-chair

[umbertino]

Genocide investigation opened against Peru president after protest deaths

 

Forty people have been killed during a month of protests, with the UN Human Rights office calling for impartial investigations into the deaths

 

Agence France-Presse

Wed 11 Jan 2023 02.30 GMT











https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/11/genocide-investigation-opened-against-peru-president-after-protest-deaths
 

[umbertino]

Saudi Arabia jails two Wikipedia staff in ‘bid to control content’

 

Administrators jailed for 32 years, and eight years, as activists warn of ploy to infiltrate website

 

AFP in Dubai

Thu 5 Jan 2023 20.40 GMT









https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/jan/05/saudi-arabia-jails-two-wikipedia-staff-in-bid-to-control-content
 

[umbertino]

So William and Harry rowed over whose ‘thing’ Africa is. Now tell me the colonial mindset is dead

 

If princes squabbling about jurisdiction over a continent’s people and wildlife seems crazy here, imagine how it seems there

 

Wed 11 Jan 2023 17.00 GMT

Nels Abbey

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jan/11/william-harry-africa-colonial-princes-continent