Brian Rowe

Long interest in Canadian, American, SE Asian, China and African politics; interest in environment, human rights and women’s issues.🤓

[BBC News (UK) @BBCNews]

Rohingya refugees face fierce new wave of hostility in Malaysia https://t.co/x9fL4d6oG6

[Simon Schama @simon_schama]

love " hydronyms" - that alone is a POTUS-crusher

[Frontier Myanmar @FrontierMM]

AFP | Malaysia has finalised the first phase of a voluntary repatriation programme involving eligible Myanmar nationals, with almost 1,500 individuals expected to return home on September 29, the government said on Thursday.

Read here: https://t.co/R4bNsKk296

[Brian Rowe @browe05]

Solution for Canada’s housing crisis? Postwar designs with a modern twist https://t.co/tnu8y7Mko5 via @NatObserver

[Brian Rowe @browe05]

COP28 verdict: After 28 attempts, governments finally agree to ”transition away” from fossil fuel use https://t.co/Ss2BGawASt via @global_witness

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

Corporate America’s playbook:

1) Exploit workers to maximize profits
2) Use profits to buy Congress
3) Use Congress to pass union-busting laws
4) Use union-busting laws to further exploit workers
5) Rinse and repeat

How we break this cycle? Build back a powerful labor movement.

[Victor Shi @Victorshi2020]

Remember Fiona Hill? She just said about Republicans withholding Ukrainian aid: "They are thinking less about U.S. national security, European security, international security and foreign policy, & much more about how they can humiliate Biden." As always, Fiona is exactly right.

[Brian Rowe @browe05]

What We Need from the Climate Summit https://t.co/YMwoOAlrx2

[Michelle Obama @MichelleObama]

You’ll learn about the powerful stories of leaders like Ulanda and the girls she supports at @AGEAfrica, a program in Malawi that is part of the @GirlsAlliance Network. Their stories moved me deeply, and I know they’ll move you, too: https://t.co/05fr4XWIPg

[Michelle Obama @MichelleObama]

I was recently in Malawi and South Africa with @MelindaGates and Amal Clooney to meet with inspiring girls and leaders who are working to end child marriage and support girls by getting them the education they deserve.

I hope you’ll watch the @BBC100women documentary: https://t.co/XFlVYBbf22

[Brian Rowe @browe05]

via @nytopinion https://t.co/DBIJmNhg4C

[Brian Rowe @browe05]

https://t.co/g4FBTANvTL

[Daily Nation @NationAfrica]

According to a 2021 report by UNICEF, medicalised FGM is growing in Egypt, Sudan, Guinea and Kenya, where it threatens to undo progress made by the East African nation in stamping out the tradition
https://t.co/IfgjHXYoCW

[Brian Rowe @browe05]

https://t.co/ne8lTje5Au

[CBS Mornings @CBSMornings]

In a surprise move, special counsel Jack Smith asked the Supreme Court to step in and decide if former President Donald Trump is immune from federal prosecution for any crimes he allegedly committed during his presidency. @MacFarlaneNews reports.

[Brian Rowe @browe05]

https://t.co/AvNHb8DNP9

[Brian Rowe @browe05]

Alberta’s emissions cap freakout is a tell https://t.co/ExJIkou0yN via @NatObserver

[Theo Moudakis @TheoMoudakis]

Please enjoy my cartoon for Tuesday's @TorontoStar

[Brian Rowe @browe05]

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