Climate. Mamdani. West Bank.
Eyes on COP30
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- Here at the UN climate conference in Belém, sentiment is growing that US president Donald Trump’s boycott of these talks is, in fact, a blessing. “I actually think it is a good thing” that the US didn’t send a delegation to COP30, said Christiana Figueres, a key architect of the 2015 Paris Agreement, at a Covering Climate Now press briefing on November 11. If the United States were here, she explained, it would only try to obstruct progress. “I do think they’ll be working through the Saudis [to obstruct behind the scenes],” she said, “but they won’t be able to do their direct bullying.” The Nation
- Google is hosting a Customs and Border Protection (CBP) app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, and tell local cops whether to contact ICE about the person, while simultaneously removing apps designed to warn local communities about the presence of ICE officials. ICE-spotting app developers tell 404 Media the decision to host CBP’s new app, and Google’s description of ICE officials as a vulnerable group in need of protection, shows that Google has made a choice on which side to support during the Trump administration’s violent mass deportation effort. 404 Media
- For decades, Washington has sold the world a deadly lie: that “regime change” brings freedom, that U.S. bombs and blockades can somehow deliver democracy. But every country that has lived through this euphemism knows the truth—it instead brings death, dismemberment, and despair. Now that the same playbook is being dusted off for Venezuela, the parallels with Iraq and other U.S. interventions are an ominous warning of what could follow. CounterPunch
The question scientists and environmentalists are asking remains the same: will we continue to set targets that are not met and announce measures that remain only on paper?
The assaults, often carried out under the protection of the military, have forced over 3,200 Palestinians to leave their homes, causing dozens of deaths.
Mamdani’s success is a clear message to a disoriented European left, still held captive by the technocratic rhetoric of digitalization and green growth. A new reformism must start from everyday experiences: rent, utility bills, commute times.
Analysis
Super-rich taxes would boost revenue and reduce inequality: They keep failing
Roberto CiccarelliItalian economists proposed a tax on financial income and other forms of wealth that are often subject to flat tax rates or benefit from loopholes that reduce their effective tax burden.
Al Sharaa’s trip reflects a strategic shift for the U.S. administration. During his first term, Trump’s position was that the U.S. should get out of Syria and the Middle East. But now Washington has reversed this position.
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