This live blog is now closed, you can find more of our UK political coverage here Ali says Britain is a multiracial, multicultural democracy that needs to protect “everyone’s equal right to belong.” At a time when Britain is facing unprecedented levels of racist violence and intimidation, the country needs leadership. So I’m calling on Andy Burnham to recognise this as a national emergency. Because this is not just a policing problem. It’s a test of whether a diverse democracy can protect the equal right of everyone to belong. People making the journey to the green party because they see we offer a real alternative. He says people are looking for a different kind of politics that recognises how multicultural the UK is. Britain is becoming more diverse, not less. Can we build a country confident enough to live with difference? To protect everyone’s equal right to belong and to make diversity work with us all. Continue reading...
Support such as for white Afrikaners and anti-communism reveals how US is redefining what qualifies as human rights With hours left before the funding expires, the Trump administration is pushing to direct more than $175m of the state department’s flagship human rights fund to a slate of awards that includes a huge $40m grant for an anti-communism fund, support for a group advancing white Afrikaner rights in South Africa, a campaign against Brazil’s supreme court and programs that would reward ideological allies in Europe who protect “western civilizational norms”. On Wednesday, the state department obligated the funds to the grantees hours before the deadline despite congressional concerns and requests not to do so, according to a source familiar with the negotiations. The state department declined to comment on questions from the Guardian specifically on whether it had obligated the funds and had “blown” holds from Congress due to concerns about the money’s use. Continue reading...
Women say nothing has changed since Delhi’s infamous Nirbhaya bus rape case 14 years ago The posters, just like the women holding them, were taking no prisoners. “Girls don’t need curfews, rapists need consequences,” read one. “Lock your dicks rather than your women at home,” read another. As hundreds of women walked from the gates of their university campus into the streets of Delhi – where sexual harassment, assault, catcalling and molestation are a constant, daily threat – they shouted together in a chorus of rage and defiance: “We want justice.” Continue reading...
As outrage grows over cases of sexual violence, activists are demanding a shift from controlling women to confronting men’s behaviour. Plus, Tony Klor’s ‘hella dope’ city vlogs • Don’t get This is India delivered to your inbox? Sign up here As an Indian woman, I often feel myself oscillating between states of anxiety or anger. The anxiety is about doing the mental maths of how to stay safe – thinking about what I’m wearing, where I am going and how I’ll get there, and so on. The anger is at the sheer absurdity of this, and the stories of of sexual violence and harassment I read about every day. I am not the only one. Last week, two particularly enraging incidents captured national attention. First, a video showing a group of men accused of harassing and molesting two teenagers at night in Bihar’s Jamui went viral. Then, a 17-year-old, out with a friend in Delhi, was allegedly gang-raped in a park by men posing as police. After, women in Bihar told Outlook how the incident in Jamui triggers greater controls and pressure on them. In Delhi, authorities curbed access to public parks and a premier women’s college, Lady Shri Ram College (LSR), briefly moved classes online. Continue reading...
Last year, GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia spoke at a white nationalist event organized by Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes that caused Republican leaders to denounce her.
Autoridades do DF foram cúmplices do terror? Qual foi a participação de Bolsonaro no ataque? Quem financiou o ato e o deslocamento da horda golpista? As perguntas sobre o 8 de janeiro que ainda precisam de respostas.
Para cientista política, manifestações bolsonaristas satisfazem o interesse de determinadas elites. Omissão das forças de segurança é grande diferença entre ataque em Brasília e invasão do Capitólio, diz.
A invasão das sedes dos três Poderes por bolsonaristas e a conivência das forças de segurança já eram esperadas. Por mais trágicos que sejam, os atos golpistas em Brasília podem acabar beneficiando Lula.
Invasão em Brasília é um alerta. Extremistas estão prontos para espalhar terror e desfrutam de apoio no aparato de segurança. Influencers e mídia bolsonaristas são cúmplices, diz Philipp Lichterbeck.
Chanceler federal alemão critica "atentado à democracia" e manifesta solidariedade com o governo Lula. Ministra do Exterior alemã fala em "ataque covarde e violento".
Altos representantes do bloco europeu condenam violência bolsonarista em Brasília e reforçam apoio ao governo democraticamente eleito de Lula. "A democracia brasileira vai prevalecer sobre o extremismo e violência"
Invasão das sedes dos Três Poderes por bolsonaristas "antidemocráticos" é manchete de grandes portais da Europa, que traçam paralelos com ataque ao Capitólio e ressaltam que Bolsonaro não reconheceu vitória de Lula.
Turba de extremistas de direita invadiu Congresso Nacional, STF e Palácio do Planalto, deixando rastro de destruição. Lula chama invasores de "fascistas fanáticos" e decreta intervenção na segurança pública do DF.
Diante de "cenário de terra arrasada", equipe de transição de Lula tem entre prioridades recriar MinC e revisar a esvaziada Lei Rouanet. Representantes do setor pedem aplicação imediata de novas leis de fomento.