Politics & environs 2023

[umbertino]

‘The cruelty Olympics’: Texas workers condemn elimination of water breaks

 

Outdoor workers express anger and fear of potential repercussions after governor rescinds mandatory breaks amid extreme heat

 

Aliya Uteuova

Wed 2 Aug 2023 11.00 BST












https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/02/texas-construction-worker-water-break-law-heat-exhaustion-abbott
 

[umbertino]

The EU’s fear of migration is back – but a squalid deal with Tunisia is no way to tackle it

 

Europe needs a humane, pragmatic strategy, not this tried-and-failed tactic of doling out cash to authoritarian regimes

 

Wed 2 Aug 2023 09.00 BST

Nathalie Tocci

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/02/eu-migration-deal-tunisia-europe-cash-regimes

 

Agreed

[umbertino]

The Bologna, Italy Train Station Bombing Revisited

 

 

By Priti NaikAugust 2, 2023

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://bnn.network/world/remembering-the-bologna-massacre-a-dark-chapter-in-italys-history/

 

 

 

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

 

 

My university town in those years........

Edited August 2, 2023 by umbertino

[umbertino]

Brazil: at least 45 killed in string of police operations in three states

 

Ten people were killed in Rio favela and 19 people reportedly died in state of Bahia, while death toll rose to 16 in São Paulo region

 

Constance Malleret in Rio de Janeiro

Wed 2 Aug 2023 18.56 BST












https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/02/brazil-police-killings-bahia
 

[umbertino]

White supremacist Robert Rundo extradited from Romania to US to face charges

 

Rise Above Movement co-founder to face charges in Los Angeles in relation to violent clashes with anti-fascist protesters in 2017

 

Ali Winston

Wed 2 Aug 2023 21.41 BST











https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/02/robert-rundo-white-supremacist-extradited-romania-charges-los-angeles
 

[umbertino]

Chemical companies’ PFAS payouts are huge – but the problem is even bigger

 

3M, DuPont, Chemours and Corteva have agreed settlement in the billions for polluting drinking water with ‘forever chemicals’

 

Thu 3 Aug 2023 11.00 BST

Tom Perkins

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/03/chemical-companies-pfas-payouts-forever-chemicals

[umbertino]

US healthcare workers focus on pay and understaffing in fight for new contracts

 

Over 85,000 workers hold pickets at 50 facilities across US as union contracts set to expire on 30 September

 

Michael Sainato

Thu 3 Aug 2023 13.00 BST















https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/03/hospital-workers-strike-kaiser-permanente
 

[umbertino]

Surprise US credit rating downgrade draws White House ire

 

Fitch changed the country’s rating from AAA to AA+, citing fiscal deterioration and down-to-the wire debt ceiling negotiations

 

Reuters

Wed 2 Aug 2023 01.59 BST












https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/01/us-credit-rating-downgraded-fitch-white-house
 

[umbertino]

Imperial disintegration: What’s happening in West Africa?

 

August 2, 2023 9:49 AM CDT By Matthew Hunter

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/imperial-disintegration-whats-happening-in-west-africa/

[umbertino]

US presses for military intervention in Haiti

 

Roger McKenzie

Wednesday, August 2, 2023

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/w/us-presses-for-military-intervention-in-haiti

 

 

[umbertino]

Susan Sarandon on the war in Ukraine: ‘Born out of control’

 

Richard Breaking News about 16 hours ago 30 REPORT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://news.italy24.press/news/745002.html

[umbertino]

‘It’s a racism crisis’: call for action on Qur’an burnings in Sweden

 

As the debate rages about freedom of expression, soundings from Stockholm suggest many feel the limit has been reached

 

Miranda Bryant in Stockholm

Thu 3 Aug 2023 16.41 BST












https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/03/muslims-react-quran-burnings-stockholm-sweden
 

[umbertino]

An inmate on death row killed my mother. I don’t want him to die

 

The 19-year-old who did it has now spent half his life in prison. Executing him won’t make me feel any better

 

Fri 4 Aug 2023 15.00 BST

Brett Malone

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/04/an-inmate-on-death-row-killed-my-mother-i-dont-want-him-to-die

[umbertino]

How a Pinochet ‘death flight’ helicopter became UK gamepark prop

 

Families of the disappeared express revulsion over aircraft where relatives lived their last moments being used for recreation and call for it to be returned to Chile

 

Charis McGowan in Rocas Santo Domingo

Fri 4 Aug 2023 12.00 BST













https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/04/chile-pinochet-death-flights-helicopter-uk-park


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973_Chilean_coup_d'état
 

[umbertino]

‘A nightmare’: Ohio residents tell of lasting toll from toxic train crash

 

Federal and state officials say the air, water and soil is safe – but locals in East Palestine are still suffering damaging symptoms

 

Tom Perkins

Fri 4 Aug 2023 15.00 BST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/04/ohio-train-derailment-east-palestine-health-chemical-symptom

[umbertino]

The far-right financier giving millions to the Republican party to fight ‘woke communists’

 

Thomas Klingenstein has become one of the largest donors to the party and has increasingly used his resources to pursue a hard-edged version of rightwing politics

 

Jason Wilson

Fri 4 Aug 2023 11.00 BST











https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/04/far-right-republican-donor-woke-thomas-klingenstein
 

[umbertino]

Houston volunteers face thousands in fines for feeding homeless

 

Police have issued 44 tickets in a crackdown on food sharing after the mayor vowed to ‘retake’ the downtown public library

 

Michael Sainato

Fri 4 Aug 2023 12.00 BST













https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/04/texas-volunteers-fined-feeding-homeless-heat
 

[umbertino]

Blowback in Africa: U.S.-Trained Officer Overthrows Pro-U.S. Leader in Niger, Site of U.S. Drone Base

 

August 04, 2023

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2023/8/4/niger_ajala_turse

 

[umbertino]

Mass Israel chaos over Netanyahu court coup draws mostly silence in U.S.

 

July 26, 2023 10:05 AM CDT By Mark Gruenberg

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/mass-israel-chaos-over-netanyahu-court-coup-draws-mostly-silence-in-u-s/

[umbertino]

Pope condemns ‘global system of elitism and inequality’ in World Youth Day address

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/w/pope-condemns-global-system-elitism-and-inequality-world-youth-day-address

[umbertino]

Russian court sentences Alexei Navalny to further 19 years in prison

 

Putin critic faces harsh prison regime after being found guilty of charges decried as politically motivated

 

Andrew Roth Moscow correspondent

Fri 4 Aug 2023 16.32 BST












https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/04/russian-court-extends-alexei-navalny-sentence-in-penal-colony
 

[umbertino]

Nigeria-led regional bloc ready to flex its muscle in Niger

 

Coup leaders and Russia are attempting to frame takeover as anti-neocolonialism after misjudging reaction from Ecowas

 

Fri 4 Aug 2023 05.00 BST

Peter Beaumont

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/04/nigeria-ecowas-ready-to-flex-muscle-niger-coup-russia

[umbertino]

UAW’s leader demands wage hikes and an end to two tier wages

 

August 4, 2023 10:20 AM CDT By Press Associates

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/uaws-leader-demands-wage-hikes-and-an-end-to-two-tier-wages/

[umbertino]

Federal agents seek immunity in police killing of Jamarion Robinson in Georgia

 

August 4, 2023 10:37 AM CDT By Erica Meade

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/federal-agents-seek-immunity-in-police-killing-of-jamarion-robinson-in-georgia/

[umbertino]

West African bloc prepares for military action as Niger coup deadline looms

 

Defence chiefs deliver ultimatum for Sunday after mediation fails to reinstate elected president

 

 

Reuters

Sat 5 Aug 2023 11.57 BST











https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/05/west-african-bloc-gives-niger-coup-leaders-until-sunday-to-end-revolt

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Niger crisis shows France’s quasi-empire in Africa is finally crumbling

 

In the aftermath of a coup, the former colony is rejecting French influence, while powers including Russia and China circle

 

Sat 5 Aug 2023 08.00 BST

Nabila Ramdani

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/05/niger-crisis-france-empire-africa-coup-colony

Edited August 5, 2023 by umbertino