Politics & environs 2023

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New York to fine construction firms $500,000 when negligence causes death

 

January 25, 2023 9:54 AM CST By Mark Gruenberg

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/new-york-to-fine-construction-firms-500000-when-negligence-causes-death/

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Israeli forces kill nine Palestinians during West Bank raid

 

About 20 more people injured in four-hour gun battle at Jenin refugee camp, in deadliest day in territory for years

 

 

Bethan McKernan in Ramallah

Thu 26 Jan 2023 16.01 GMT








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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/26/palestinians-say-nine-killed-in-israeli-raid-on-jenin-refugee-camp
 

Edited January 26, 2023 by umbertino

[umbertino]

Madrid exhibition tells story of Spaniards sent to Nazi concentration camp

 

About 7,500 Spanish Republicans who fled to France were deported to Mauthausen camp in Austria

 

Sam Jones in Madrid

Thu 26 Jan 2023 13.50 GMT










https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/26/madrid-exhibition-tells-story-of-spaniards-sent-to-nazi-concentration-camp


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

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UK climate minister received donations from fuel and aviation companies

 

Exclusive: Graham Stuart received £12,000 towards campaign from fuel distributor and aviation consultant

 

Jamie Grierson

Thu 26 Jan 2023 08.00 GMT











https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/jan/26/uk-climate-minister-received-donations-fuel-aviation-companies
 

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Flying shame: the scandalous rise of private jets

 

Last week, Rishi Sunak flew from London to Blackpool – his third private jet trip in 10 days. He’s far from the only one using air travel for short journeys. Just how much damage is this doing?

 

Emine Saner

Thu 26 Jan 2023 06.00 GMT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/26/flying-shame-the-scandalous-rise-of-private-jets

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Bible study and work without pay: the shadowy world of sober living homes

 

In a largely unregulated industry, some residents trying to get sober are made to work 40 hours a week at restaurants – but don’t receive a paycheck

 

This article was first published in Montana Free Press

 

Mara Silvers

Thu 26 Jan 2023 09.00 GMT













https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/26/sober-living-homes-unregulated-montana
 

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Danes ‘furious’ over plan to abolish public holiday to fund defence budget

 

Union leader says cancelling religious holiday dating from 1600s is ‘a threat to the Danish model’

 

AFP in Copenhagen

Thu 26 Jan 2023 15.51 GMT










https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/26/danes-furious-over-plan-to-abolish-public-holiday-to-fund-defence-budget
 

[umbertino]

Azerbaijan sues Armenia for wartime environmental damage

 

Case brought under Bern convention on nature may set precedent for destruction of biodiversity in war

 

Isabella Kaminski

Thu 26 Jan 2023 07.15 GMT











https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/26/azerbaijan-sues-armenia-for-wartime-environmental-damage-bern-convention-biodiversity-aoe
 

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We are all playing Covid roulette. Without clean air, the next infection could permanently disable you

 

As rich people plough money into ventilation to protect themselves, those with long Covid are treated as an embarrassment

 

Thu 26 Jan 2023 12.26 GMT

George Monbiot

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jan/26/covid-roulette-clean-air-ventilation-long-covid

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Counterfeiting, contraband, cocaine: how Panama’s trade hub lost its lustre

 

Colón’s tree trade zone was meant to be hub for the Americas but it has become a byword for drugs, gangs and violence

 

Mat Youkee in Colón

Thu 26 Jan 2023 11.30 GMT











https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/26/colon-panama-counterfeiting-contraband-cocaine
 

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Mexico’s ex-security chief took ‘millions in bribes’ from cartel, US court hears

 

Trial begins in Brooklyn court for Genaro García Luna, who is accused of protecting the violent Sinaloa cartel

 

Oscar Lopez in Mexico City and agencies

Mon 23 Jan 2023 18.59 GMT









https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/23/mexico-genaro-garcia-luna-trial-brooklyn-drug-cartel
 

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Africa has become ‘less safe, secure and democratic’ in past decade, report finds

 

Progress in key areas has stalled because of Covid, conflict and the climate crisis, but peaceful nations are performing better

 

Kaamil Ahmed

Thu 26 Jan 2023 11.15 GMT












https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/jan/26/africa-less-safe-secure-and-democratic-in-past-decade-ibrahim-index
 

[umbertino]

Doomsday Clock Moves Closer to Midnight: Peace Activist Frida Berrigan Demands Nuclear Disarmament

 

January 25, 2023

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2023/1/25/frida_berrigan_doomsday_clock

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Why were there no mass shootings in the now-defunct (East) German Democratic Republic?

 

January 25, 2023 10:03 AM CST By Victor Grossman

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/why-no-mass-shootings-in-the-defunct-east-german-democratic-republic/

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Tyre Nichols video worse than Rodney King footage, Memphis police chief says

 

CJ Davis says department will release ‘alarming’ video of officers, now charged with murder, beating black man who died days later

 

Victoria Bekiempis, Richard Luscombe and agencies

Fri 27 Jan 2023 14.35 GMT













https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/27/tyre-nichols-death-memphis-video-police-rodney-king
 

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Concerns over escalating violence after Israeli forces kill nine Palestinians during West Bank raid

 

Palestinian militants fired rockets from Gaza on Friday morning, to which Israel responded with missile strikes

 

Staff and agencies

Fri 27 Jan 2023 02.53 GMT











https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/27/concerns-over-escalating-violence-after-israeli-forces-kill-nine-palestinians-during-west-bank-raid
 

[umbertino]

‘Brazil was asleep’: as the rains come, hope reawakens for the Amazon

 

While the honeymoon mood created by the new government will run up against political reality, the euphoria is not blind

 

Jonathan Watts in Altamira

Fri 27 Jan 2023 13.13 GMT











https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/27/brazil-amazon-hope
 

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America continues to sacrifice its babies to the altar of guns

 

Why does America allow civilians to amass weapons of war, but not to live free of a constant threat of random violence?

 

Thu 26 Jan 2023 11.15 GMT

Jill Filipovic

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jan/26/nineteen-massacred-in-three-days-in-one-state-when-will-we-say-enough-is-enough

 

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‘I’m just trying to go home’: Tyre Nichols heard pleading in released video

 

The grisly footage, released in four parts, indicates an ambulance did not arrive for more than 20 minutes after the vicious beating

• This article contains descriptions of physical violence

 

Victoria Bekiempis

Sat 28 Jan 2023 04.21 GMT













https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/27/tyre-nichols-video-memphis-police-footage-released

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The killing of Tyre Nichols was heinous and shocking. It was also not an aberration

 

The majority of Americans have resigned themselves to accepting policing as it currently exists. This must change

 

Sat 28 Jan 2023 11.13 GMT

Simon Balto

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jan/28/the-killing-of-tyre-nichols-was-heinous-and-shocking-it-was-also-not-an-aberration

Edited January 28, 2023 by umbertino

[umbertino]

To defeat Putin, we must support the brave Russian journalists telling the truth

 

Despite a Soviet-style clampdown, we can help the exiles who are preserving independent journalism for Russians back home

 

Sat 28 Jan 2023 09.00 GMT

Mark Rice-Oxley

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jan/28/russia-media-independent-journalism-russians

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UK failing to address systemic racism against black people, warn UN experts

 

Working group of experts on people of African descent calls for halt on use of joint enterprise and strip search

 

Aamna Mohdin and Amelia Gentleman

Fri 27 Jan 2023 17.11 GMT









https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/27/uk-government-failing-to-address-systemic-racism-against-black-people-un-working-group-of-experts-on-people-of-african-descent
 

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Air Force general predicts war with China in 2025, tells officers to prep by firing 'a clip' at a target, and 'aim for the head'

 

“I hope I am wrong. My gut tells me will fight in 2025," said Gen. Mike Minihan in a memo sent to the officers he commands and obtained by NBC News

 

Jan. 28, 2023, 12:47 AM CET

By Courtney Kube and Mosheh Gains

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/us-air-force-general-predicts-war-china-2025-memo-rcna67967

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Auschwitz, a poem

 

January 24, 2020 9:36 AM CST By Seymour Joseph

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/auschwitz-a-poem/

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Israel moves to ‘strengthen’ Jewish settlements after shootings

 

Benjamin Netanyahu announces punitive steps against Palestinians in response to attacks that killed seven Israelis

 

Associated Press

Sat 28 Jan 2023 23.27 GMT










https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/28/israel-moves-to-strengthen-jewish-settlements-after-shootings
 

[umbertino]

‘Systemic crisis’: Tyre Nichols beating fuels calls for broad police reforms

 

Officers were not in danger and brutality had no justification, advocates and experts say

 

Victoria Bekiempis in New York

Sun 29 Jan 2023 07.00 GMT










https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/29/systemic-crisis-tyre-nichols-fatal-beating-by-police-condemned-by-legal-experts