February 29, 2024

February 29, 2024

Statewatch News: Seeing protest as terrorism; Undoing police accountability; Colonial continuities and border security

Protests might be disruptive – indeed, that is often the point – but does that amount to terrorism? The authorities in Spain think so, with terrorism charges laid against 12 protesters who participated in blockades of Barcelona’s airport and a motorway heading towards France, in protest at the jailing of Catalan independence leaders. Continue reading

Europe
February 29, 2024

The Nobodies Are Worth More Than the Bullet That Kills Them: The Ninth Newsletter (2024)

On 20 February, United States Ambassador to the United Nations (UN) Linda Thomas-Greenfield had the terrible job of vetoing Algeria’s resolution for a ceasefire in Gaza. Amar Bendjama, the Algerian Ambassador to the UN, said that the resolution he tabled had been shaped by conversations amongst the 15 members of the UN Security Council. He… Continue reading

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The richest 1% owns more than TWICE as much wealth as 6.9 billion people and the super-rich one percent of the world’s population has accumulated twice as much wealth as the remaining 90 percent, global charity Oxfam said in a newly-released report. The world’s richest 1% emit double the carbon of the poorest 50%, the 2020 Oxfam study found.