Chile: No votar, una opción política válida

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Chile rebelde: desacato popular, una opción política para la coyuntura

Chile: No votar, una opción política válida

por Guillermo Correa Camiroaga

desde Valparaíso

Construir un camino propio, por complejo y prolongado que este sea, requiere en determinadas circunstancias asumir -como en esta coyuntura marcada por el Acuerdo por la Paz y la Nueva Constitución- posiciones claras, sin ambigüedades, tomar una OPCIÓN POLÍTICA diferente a la fijada por las clases dominantes.

Los sectores que se identifican con la rebeldía popular, que cuestionan la institucionalidad neoliberal sobre la que se sustenta el modelo económico, político, social y cultural chileno, pero que participarán votando en el Plebiscito del 25 de octubre y en la posterior elección de convencionales constituyentes- aún cuando plantean de manera clara y tajante rechazar el “fraudulento” Acuerdo por la Paz y el proceso constituyente elaborado por las élites y la clase política institucional- utilizan los más variados argumentos para justificar dicha opción, resaltando eso sí que se enmarca en una “opción política táctica que la coyuntura no permite obviar.”

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US ‘urges’ countries to withdraw from UN nuke ban treaty to block imminent ratification

By EDITH M. LEDERER today.

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States is ‘urging’ countries that have ratified a U.N. treaty to ban nuclear weapons to withdraw their support as the pact nears the 50 ratifications needed to trigger its entry into force, which 122 countries hope could happen this week.

This image taken with a slow shutter speed on Oct. 2, 2019, and provided by the U.S. Air Force shows an unarmed Minuteman 3 intercontinental ballistic missile test launch at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.

The U.S. letter to signatories, obtained by The Associated Press, says the five original nuclear powers — the U.S., Russia, China, Britain and France — and America’s NATO allies “stand unified in our opposition to the potential repercussions” of the treaty.

It says the treaty “turns back the clock on verification and disarmament and is dangerous” to the half-century-old Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, considered the cornerstone of global nonproliferation efforts.

Fihn dismissed the nuclear powers’ claim that the treaty interferes with the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty as “straightforward lies, to be frank.”

“Although we recognize your sovereign right to ratify or accede to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), we believe that you have made a strategic error and should withdraw your instrument of ratification or accession,” the letter says.

Fihn said there are about 10 countries that are trying very hard to ratify to get to 50, “and we know that there are a few governments that are working towards Friday as the date. … We’re not 100 percent it will happen, but hopefully it will.”

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breaking…Police massacre. Ending police brutality in Nigeria: Lights Festival honors the dead before 24 hr Curfew declared

breaking>…Police massacre at least 70 people when singing Nigerian Anthem.. Resistance ongoing… see..#EndSars #EndPoliceBrutalityinNigeria #GenocideAtLekkiTollGate #CrimesAgainstHumanity

Protestors celebrated but don’t believe Regime promises to disband brutal Special Police killers. As demos continued a 24 hour curfew was declared ..The governor of Lagos state said the curfew would cover the entire city of some 14 million people and surrounding areas. The announcement came after a police station was burned down in the city and two people were shot dead by police. ……………….see report further down.

As protesters demand police reform, they also mourn ..Posted 20 October 2020 2:10 GMT

by Global Voices

Festival of lights to honor those killed by the SARS police unit, Lagos, Nigeria, October 17, 2020. Photo shared widely on Twitter under #EndSARS movement..

As #EndSARS protests continue to erupt across Nigeria, so does police brutality.

The #EndSARS movement began on Twitter as an outcry against the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) of the Nigerian police force, which later spilled onto the streets as Nigerian youth-led protests now enter their 10th day.

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Another Climate disaster. ‘Catastrophic floods’: 105 killed, 5 million affected in Vietnam as New Typhoon Looms.

from Al Jazeera English shared with thanks

At least 178,000 homes submerged, nearly 7,000 hectares of crop impacted and close to 690,000 poultry, livestock killed or swept away.

Rescue workers travel by boat on a swelling river to access a flooded area in Quang Binh province, Vietnam, on October 12, 2020 [Nguyen Van Ty/VNA via AP]

20 Oct 2020

Severe floods and landslides triggered by weeks of heavy rains have killed at least 105 people in central Vietnam and “swamped” five million, according to media reports and an aid agency.

About a third of the dead included soldiers whose barracks were buried under deadly mudslides last week, Reuters news agency reported. Keep Reading

Yet another typhoon, Saudel (Pepito), now crossing the Phillipines, is due to hit central Vietnam Sunday 25th Oct.

At least 27 people are still missing, the agency said. Among them are 15 construction workers who were also hit by a landslide.

At least 178,000 homes have been submerged and nearly 7,000 hectares (17,297 acres) of crops have been impacted.

Close to 690,000 poultry and livestock animals have been killed or swept away.

Amid devastating US fires, experts urge fire prevention rethink

Landslide hits Vietnam army barracks, 22 soldiers missing

State television showed people sitting on the roofs waiting for aid from rescuers in Quang Binh province, where floods have blocked roads and cut power.

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Google Giving ‘Keyword Searches’ of Innocent People to Cops – Court Records

by Zy Marquiez 1 shared with thanks via Matt Agorist at ActivistPost.com

at ActivistPost.com (illustrations added)

How to Permanently Delete Your Google Search History

Everyone reading this knows that there are few things on the internet more revealing than their internet search data. It is for this reason that police must seek out a warrant for an actual suspect in order to obtain said data.

Court Records Show Google Gives Keyword Searches of Innocent People to Cops | #Spying #Privacy #BigTech #SurveillanceState

However, a recently unsealed court document found that government can request such data in reverse order by asking Google to disclose everyone who searched a keyword rather than for information on a known suspect.

To spell it out more clearly, authorities can simply pick a search term and construct a warrant around it without anyone being accused of a crime or being a suspect in a crime, and then Google will simply over their data. What could possibly go wrong?

Google is giving data to police based on search keywords

The court files in question that exposed this Orwellian nightmare are from the arrest of Michael Williams, an associate of singer and accused sex offender R. Kelly, for allegedly setting fire to a witness’ car in Florida.

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