‘Basic needs should be met for free’: Turkey’s new communist mayor wants to create a model socialist city
From collective farming to free public transport, the man described as Turkey’s first communist mayor wants to be a model for other socialists around the world
independent.co.uk
India: BJP makes indicted Hindu supremacist terrorist a “star” election candidate
One of the chief accused in a Hindu supremacist terror network that killed scores of Muslims has been named by India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as a “star” candidate in the country’s general elections, which are being held over seven phases this month and next.
wsws.org
UN: Pro-government forces kill more Afghans than insurgents
Afghan and international forces were responsible for more civilian deaths in the first three months of 2019 than the Taliban and other militants, a new U.N. report said Wednesday. It marks the first time in recent years that civilian deaths attributed to government forces and their allies exceeded those blamed on their enemies.
apnews.com
Egypt Approves Constitutional Changes That Could Keep Sissi In Office Until 2030
Egyptian voters have approved sweeping constitutional amendments that allow President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi to remain in office until 2030 and further entrench the power of the military.
npr.org
Pakistan’s Navy fires domestically-made cruise missile in ‘impressive fire power display’
Pakistan showed off its newest domestically-built anti-ship and land-attack cruise missile during a test in the Indian Ocean. The test is part of Islamabad’s ongoing efforts to acquire more “indigenous” weapons.
rt.com
Japan sterilisation law victims get compensation and apology
Tens of thousands of victims of forced sterilisation in Japan are now entitled to compensation.Under a eugenics law which was in effect from 1948 to 1996, people were made to undergo operations to prevent them having children deemed "inferior".
bbc.com
'Umbrella' Protesters Sentenced For 2014 Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Demonstration
A court in Hong Kong has sentenced pro-democracy demonstrators to up to 16 months in jail for their role in the 2014 protests that clogged the city's financial district for months.
npr.org
Saudi Arabia executes 37 citizens over alleged terrorism offences
Saudi Arabia has executed 37 citizens across the country for alleged terrorism-related crimes, publicly pinning one of their headless bodies to a pole as a warning.
theguardian.com
Threat of nuclear war ‘dangerously close’, parliamentary report warns
Lack of meaningful arms control agreements is risking the creation of an arms race and raising the possibility of nuclear weapons being used, according to a parliamentary report.
independent.co.uk
Teachers' Strike Sweeps Poland
A general strike in Poland’s education sector that began on Monday, April 8 continues with no end in sight. According to organizers from the two unions that initiated the strike—the Polish Teachers’ Union (ZNP) and the Trade Union Forum (FZZ)—on the first day of the strike 14,000 schools and kindergartens out of 20,400 such institutions joined the walkout.
labornotes.org
Greenland Is Now Losing Ice Six Times Faster Than It Was in 1980
A new paper published on Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences shows after decades of near equilibrium, Greenland began losing ice in the 1980s and it’s accelerated sixfold since then. That has sped up its contribution to sea level rise and raises concerns about what the future holds.
earther.gizmodo.com
