Politics & environs 2023

[umbertino]

When I call relatives in Sudan, I don’t know if they will still be alive. The world must not look away

 

Intensive fighting has pushed the country to breaking point. The UK has a duty to lead a campaign of international pressure

 

Thu 20 Apr 2023 14.30 BST

Mohamed Osman

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/apr/20/relatives-sudan-intensive-fighting-uk-duty-international-pressure

[umbertino]

Ending 30-Year Saga, Judge Rules Haitian Activist Targeted by ICE Should Not Face Deportation Again

 

 

April 19, 2023

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2023/4/19/haitian_activist_jean_montrevil

[umbertino]

RJR uses California as test market for skirting upcoming national menthol cigarette ban

 

The tobacco giant launched “cool” and “crisp” cigarettes that use a synthetic coolant instead of menthol — and sales of the products are zooming in the Golden State

 

By Katherine Ellen Foley and Rachel Bluth

04/19/2023 04:30 AM EDT

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/04/19/rjr-uses-california-as-test-market-for-skirting-coming-national-menthol-cigarette-ban-00092432

[umbertino]

Death and taxes: How much of your tax bill goes to the Pentagon?

 

April 20, 2023 10:05 AM CDT By Lindsay Koshgarian

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/death-and-taxes-how-much-of-your-tax-bill-goes-to-the-pentagon/

[umbertino]

Taiwan foreign minister warns of conflict with China in 2027

 

Comments indicate extent to which Taiwan is trying to bolster western support before possible invasion

 

Amy Hawkins

Fri 21 Apr 2023 08.21 BST











https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/21/taiwan-foreign-minister-warns-of-conflict-with-china-in-2027

[umbertino]

Israel: self-proclaimed ‘racist’ politician nominated as New York consul general

 

May Golan has insulted Africans in Israel and disparaged the Reform movement, the largest Jewish denomination in the US

 

Chris McGreal in New York

Thu 20 Apr 2023 22.04 BST











https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/20/may-golan-israel-new-york-consular-role
 

[umbertino]

All Nato members have agreed Ukraine will eventually join, says Stoltenberg

 

Secretary general says countries have agreed Kyiv will join military alliance when war with Russia is over

 

Dan Sabbagh Defence and security editor and Jennifer Rankin in Brussels

Fri 21 Apr 2023 14.22 BST











https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/21/all-nato-members-have-agreed-ukraine-will-eventually-join-says-stoltenberg
 

[umbertino]

‘Nobody is left’: brutal fighting lays waste to wealthy central Khartoum

 

The most sought-after addresses in Sudan’s capital city are now so dangerous that residents cannot wait to flee

 

 

Jason Burke and Zeinab Mohammed Salih in Khartoum

Fri 21 Apr 2023 05.00 BST











https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/21/nobody-is-left-brutal-fighting-lays-waste-to-wealthy-central-khartoum

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

‘Burhan and Hemedti are both genocidaires’: activists despair as Sudan violence surges

 

Sudanese campaigners describe their fears amid escalating clashes between forces loyal to the two generals, as well as their anger over warnings ignored

 

Kaamil Ahmed

Wed 19 Apr 2023 15.20 BST










https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/apr/19/burhan-hemedti-army-rsf-sudan-violence-activists
 

Edited April 21, 2023 by umbertino

[umbertino]

Gun Capitalism: How Lobbyists & GOP Fight Regulation & Push Gun Ownership Despite Deadly Shootings

 

April 21, 2023

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2023/4/21/gun_country_mckevitt

[umbertino]

Yemen: Deadly Stampede at Charity Event Illustrates Desperation in Nation Devastated by Years of War

 

April 21, 2023

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2023/4/21/yemen_stampede_ceasefire

[umbertino]

Thousands in Nashville form miles-long human chain linking arms for gun control

 

April 21, 2023 10:34 AM CDT By Albert Bender

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/thousands-in-nashville-miles-long-human-chain-linking-arms-for-gun-reform/

[umbertino]

Gary Hicks—Mentor, revolutionary, and poet—¡Presente!

 

April 20, 2023 9:43 AM CDT By Sharon Rose And Danny Shaw

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/gary-hicks-mentor-revolutionary-and-poet-presente/

[umbertino]

US supreme court blocks ruling limiting access to abortion pill

 

Federal judge in Texas ruled in early April to suspend FDA-approved mifepristone used in more than half of abortions in US

 

Poppy Noor and agencies

Sat 22 Apr 2023 01.24 BST










https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/21/abortion-pill-ruling-latest-news-supreme-court-decision
 

[umbertino]

MEPs approve plans for long-awaited overhaul to EU asylum system

 

European lawmakers say that after seven years of deadlock it could be the final chance to resolve the issue

 

Jennifer Rankin in Brussels

Thu 20 Apr 2023 16.30 BST










https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/20/meps-approve-plans-for-long-awaited-overhaul-to-eu-asylum-system
 

[umbertino]

US hotel workers face unwelcome guests: union busters hired by bosses

 

Consultants hired by – and staying at – Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn & Spa to suppress workers’ union organizing drive

 

Michael Sainato

Sat 22 Apr 2023 10.00 BST











https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/apr/22/anti-union-consultants-california-fairmont-resort
 

[umbertino]

A California journalist documents the far-right takeover of her town: ‘We’re a test case’

Doni Chamberlain’s been a journalist in Shasta county for nearly 30 years. Now she’s targeted by the extremists who are looking to reshape the region

 

Sat 22 Apr 2023 06.00 BST

by Dani Anguiano

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/apr/21/california-journalist-far-right-takover-shasta-county

[umbertino]

US and UK troops moving close to Sudan for possible evacuation

 

MoD engaged in ‘prudent planning’ as several hundred British citizens are estimated to be in country

 

Dan Sabbagh Defence and security editor, Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor and Julian Borger in Washington

Fri 21 Apr 2023 18.21 BST












https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/21/british-council-staff-freed-from-khartoum-offices-sudan
 

[umbertino]

Brooklyn center fights for immigrant worker injured for life

 

April 21, 2023 9:47 AM CDT By Mark Gruenberg

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/brooklyn-center-fights-for-immigrant-worker-injured-for-life/

[umbertino]

CPUSA condemns white supremacist violence, whether by police or racist front-door vigilantes

 

April 21, 2023 11:03 AM CDT By Special to People’s World

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/cpusa-condemns-white-supremacist-violence-whether-by-police-or-racist-front-door-vigilantes/

[umbertino]

Want to Manufacture Explosives? Soon You Can Hire Teenagers to Do It

The Iowa state Senate recently ratified a bill that would lower age minimums for workers and reduce liability for companies with unsafe working conditions

 

By Chris LehmannTwitter

Yesterday 10:48 am

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/iowa-child-labor/

[umbertino]

UFO sightings are up, but no proof of aliens yet, Pentagon official says

 

The Defense Department is now investigating 650 cases of unknown aerial incursions

 

By Connor O’Brien

04/19/2023 03:50 PM EDT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/04/19/pentagon-ufos-extraterrestrials-00092870

[umbertino]

The seeds of Sudan’s collapse were sown decades ago

 

The bloody conflict in my birth country has its roots in a power struggle that began with the Darfur genocide 20 years ago

 

Sun 23 Apr 2023 16.01 BST

Nesrine Malik

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/apr/23/sudan-conflict-power-struggle-darfur-genocide

[umbertino]

NBC Universal chief Jeff Shell out over inappropriate relationship

 

Media giant parent Comcast says investigation by outside counsel led to departure of executive

 

Reuters in New York

Sun 23 Apr 2023 21.41 BST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/apr/23/nbc-universal-chief-jeff-shell-out-over-inappropriate-relationship

[umbertino]

Body of Spain’s fascist party founder to be removed from basilica

 

Family will rebury José Antonio Primo de Rivera in Madrid cemetery to pre-empt state exhumation

 

Sam Jones in Madrid

Sun 23 Apr 2023 17.28 BST













https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/23/body-of-spains-fascist-party-founder-to-be-removed-from-basilica


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

[umbertino]

Endphase review – searing testimony to one of the last Nazi war crimes

 

Exemplary Austrian documentary chronicles the massacre of more than 200 women, children and older men just days before the end of the second world war

 

Phil Hoad

Mon 24 Apr 2023 13.00 BST












https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/apr/24/endphase-review-searing-testimony-to-one-of-the-last-nazi-war-crimes