Politics & environs 2023

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‘This was unexpected’: abortion bans blocked in Nebraska and South Carolina

 

Six-week ban blocked in Nebraska while South Carolina senators reject bill that would have banned nearly all abortions in the state

 

Associated Press in Lincoln, Nebraska and Columbia, South Carolina

Fri 28 Apr 2023 13.03 BST











https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/28/this-was-unexpected-abortion-bans-blocked-in-nebraska-and-south-carolina
 

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California’s Hypocritical Failure to Confront Poverty

 

An interview with Matthew Desmond, author of Poverty, by America, on the state’s betrayal of its progressive values

 

By Sasha AbramskyTwitter

Today 11:25 am

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.thenation.com/article/economy/matthew-desmond-california-poverty/

 

 

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The Most Dangerous Game: How Shadow War Over Ukraine Nearly Triggered Nuclear Holocaust

 

Unnoticed among the trove of documents in the Pentagon leak is this account of how a miscommunication between a Russian pilot and his base came perilously close to starting World War III

 

By James Bamford

Yesterday 5:30 am

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.thenation.com/article/world/pentagon-leak-nuclear-war-rivet-joint/

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Brazil's Lula recognizes Indigenous territories halted by Bolsonaro

 

By Anthony Boadle

3 minute readApril 28, 20238:53 PM GMT+2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/brazils-lula-resumes-creation-indigenous-reservations-halted-by-bolsonaro-2023-04-28/

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Colorado passes four gun control bills as state reckons with gun violence history

 

The measures signed into law by the governor aim at quelling suicide rates, youth violence and mass shootings

 

Guardian staff and agencies

Sat 29 Apr 2023 01.28 BST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/apr/28/colorado-gun-control-bills-violence-history

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‘By 7am, I’ve had three sets of guns pointed at me’: a British teacher’s escape from Sudan

 

Zoe Salim says waiting at the border between Sudan and Egypt was the worst part of her family’s journey

 

Aamna Mohdin

Thu 27 Apr 2023 18.27 BST












https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/27/sudan-british-teacher-escape
 

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UN representatives criticise Germany over reparations for colonial crimes in Namibia

 

Rapporteurs also chastise the German and Namibian governments for excluding Herero and Nama minorities from talks dealing with the mass murder of their ancestors

 

Kate Connolly in Berlin

Fri 28 Apr 2023 15.56 BST









https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/apr/28/un-representatives-criticise-germany-over-reparations-for-colonial-crimes-in-namibia














 

A Forgotten Genocide: What Germany Did in Namibia, and What It’s Saying Now

 

The German government agreed to recognize the killings of two ethnic groups in Namibia as genocide. What happened more than 100 years ago, why was it forgotten, and what is Germany doing to atone

 

By Norimitsu Onishi and Melissa Eddy

Published May 28, 2021Updated May 29, 2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/28/world/europe/germany-namibia-genocide.html

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Shuler on Deaths On The Job: ‘This report should not have to exist’

 

April 28, 2023 10:06 AM CDT By Press Associates

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/shuler-on-deaths-on-the-job-this-report-should-not-have-to-exist/

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Israeli communists call for mass May Day mobilisation in face of worsening police repression

 

Raid on Nazareth HQ seized flags and arrested city party secretary, Communist Party of Israel warns

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/w/israeli-communists-call-mass-may-day-mobilisation-face-worsening-police-repression

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Sudanese army blocks Britons from boarding last rescue flights

 

Nearly 1,900 have been evacuated, says UK government, but final flight has yet to leave Khartoum

 

Zeinab Mohammed Salih in Khartoum, Ruth Michaelson and Michael Savage

Sat 29 Apr 2023 21.57 BST









https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/29/sudanese-army-blocks-britons-from-boarding-last-rescue-flights
 

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‘Brothers in arms, a long way from home’: the first Australians to fight fascism overseas

 

The discovery of a rare photo from the Spanish civil war raises questions about why volunteers from Australia are not commemorated

 

Paul Daley

Sat 29 Apr 2023 21.00 BST











https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/apr/30/brothers-in-arms-a-long-way-from-home-the-first-australians-to-fight-fascism-overseas
 

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Thank the Lords someone is worried about AI-controlled weapons systems

 

While politics as usual dominates the Commons, thankfully a few people from the upper chamber are thinking about the big picture

 

Sat 29 Apr 2023 16.00 BST

John Naughton

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/apr/29/thank-the-lords-someone-is-worried-about-ai-controlled-weapons-systems

 

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‘Fearful and trigger happy’: flooded with guns and paranoia, the US reels from shootings

 

Permissive self-defense and gun laws spotlighted by recent shootings in which victims approached gunmen by mistake

 

Ramon Antonio Vargas

Sun 30 Apr 2023 06.00 BST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/30/usa-gun-crime-paranoia-self-defense-gun-laws

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King Charles urged to push for break up of UK’s ‘network of satellite tax havens’

 

Tax Justice Network says monarch can lead push to revamp laws allowing ‘industrial scale avoidance’ totalling £152bn a year

 

Rupert Neate Wealth correspondent

Sun 30 Apr 2023 13.19 BST











https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/apr/30/king-charles-urged-to-push-for-break-up-of-uks-network-of-satellite-tax-havens
 

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Cuba cancels workers’ day parade as severe oil shortages bite

 

President says island is only receiving two-thirds of the petrol it needs as queues outside gas stations stretch miles

 

Ed Augustin in Havana

Sun 30 Apr 2023 09.30 BST












https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/30/cuba-workers-day-parade-cancelled-oil-shortages
 

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New York gun buyback program takes thousands of firearms off the street

 

Participants who turned in guns were given up to $500 for each firearm at nine program locations throughout the state

 

Maya Yang in New York

Mon 1 May 2023 06.00 BST











https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/may/01/new-york-gun-buyback-program-firearms-off-street
 

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Trust, diversity and independence: three key elements for a thriving press

 

Newspapers’ power is being eroded and disinformation is rife – but there is a way forward

 

Mon 1 May 2023 11.08 BST

Kelly Walls

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/may/01/trust-diversity-independence-press-newspapers

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Hollywood writers and studios hold talks as strike deadline looms

 

Writers Guild of America could call stoppage as early as Tuesday if pay agreement is not reached

 

Reuters

Mon 1 May 2023 11.50 BST













https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/may/01/hollywood-writers-studios-hold-talks-strike-deadline-looms
 

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US rail companies grant paid sick days after public pressure in win for unions

 

Leading railroads give four paid sick days after years in which workers weren’t allowed to call in sick the morning of their shift

 

Steven Greenhouse

Mon 1 May 2023 11.00 BST









https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/may/01/railroad-workers-union-win-sick-leave
 

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The last days of death row in California: ‘Your soul is tested here’

 

After decades locked alone in small cages in San Quentin, men sentenced to die brace for sweeping change

 

Mon 1 May 2023 11.00 BST

by Sam Levin in San Quentin, California

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/may/01/san-quentin-death-row-prison-california

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Thousands march against ‘racist’ immigration laws in France

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/w/thousands-march-france-against-racist-immigration-laws

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Why Are So Many Young People Joining Labor Unions?

 

For May Day, we talked to young workers—in tech, retail, food service, and more—about what brought them to the labor movement

 

By Paige Oamek

Today 5:00 am

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/may-day-young-people-gen-z-labor-unions/

 

 

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May 1st: International Workers' Day

 

 

 

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Workers'_Day

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China ‘barring thousands of citizens and foreigners from leaving country’

 

Analysis of Chinese court records shows eightfold increase in cases mentioning exit bans between 2016 and 2022

 

Reuters

Tue 2 May 2023 09.21 BST











https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/02/china-barring-thousands-of-citizens-and-foreigners-from-leaving-country
 

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Many Europeans want climate action – but less so if it changes their lifestyle, shows poll

 

Exclusive: YouGov survey in seven countries tested backing for government and individual action on crisis

 

Jon Henley Europe correspondent

Tue 2 May 2023 06.00 BST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/may/02/many-europeans-want-climate-action-but-less-so-if-it-changes-their-lifestyle-shows-poll