@SamShepEdwards

Freelance writer and reporter. Seen in The Guardian, Reuters and Politico | DM for Signal | Tweets auto delete -- Find me on Bsky

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This is a story I've been working on for 2+ years. It's about a group of artists and their efforts to rehabilitate violent prisoners and cartel members in Mexico theguardian.com/world/2023/f…

Portrait of a killer: art class in one of Mexico’s most notorious prisons

The long read: In 2016, artist César Aréchiga talked one of Mexico’s most dangerous maximum security prisons into letting him run art classes for its inmates, many of them violent gang members. Could...

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Era casi Batman: la vengadora madre coraje. Artículo publicado hoy por el periodista @SamShepEdwards en @guardian sobre #CasoWallace share.google/EmN2QNuaDquFTsc…

‘She was almost a Batman figure’: Mexico’s avenging Mother Courage

The long read: After her son disappeared, Isabel Miranda de Wallace swore she would bring the culprits to justice. She became a national hero. But did she go too far?

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Salvador Leyva@eseleyva1Jul 21
No se pierdan el artículo de @SamShepEdwards publicado hoy en The Guardian. theguardian.com/news/ng-inte… ‘She was almost a Batman figure’: Mexico’s avenging Mother Courage

‘She was almost a Batman figure’: Mexico’s avenging Mother Courage

The long read: After her son disappeared, Isabel Miranda de Wallace swore she would bring the culprits to justice. She became a national hero. But did she go too far?

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17 years after he went to the police, José Luís Peñas, the whistleblower in the Gürtel corruption case, is pardoned
Angel Galindo@AngelG_A29 Oct 2024
‼️ÚLTIMA HORA ‼️ El Consejo de Ministros ha indultado esta mañana a Josè Luís Peñas, Denunciante del caso Gürtel. Un Indulto MERECIDO. UNANIMIDAD de Jueces y Fiscales del T. Supremo. 17 años después de su denuncia de 2007 y 2 niños pequeños. Gracias Pepe cadenaser.com/nacional/2024/…

El Consejo de Ministros aprueba este martes el indulto para José Luis Peñas, el exconcejal del PP...

El exconcejal de Majadahonda contaba con los informes favorables del Tribunal Supremo y de la Fiscalía

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#Germany A look at the violent attacks on German Green Party politicians campaigning in the European elections in June this year @alessioperonne @darrenloucaides @samshepedwards ow.ly/1iqp50SO9wO

First they came for the Greens - Index on Censorship

A look at the violent attacks being carried out against Germany’s Green Party as politicians standing on an eco-ticket in the European Parliament elections suffered big losses

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Jose Luis Peñas, the whistleblower behind the Gürtel corruption scandal, still hasn't been pardoned by the government, despite the Spain's Supreme Court recommending it three years ago
Angel Galindo@AngelG_A24 Jul 2024
EFECTOS POSITIVOS contra las Tramas de corrupción política‼️La denuncia y las grabaciones del caso GÜRTEL de Josè Luis Peñas que han provocado la revisión del Caso Brugal eldiario.es/comunitat-valenc… Seguimos a la espera del INDULTO informado favorable por el T.Supremo en 2021: 3 años

Las escuchas del 'caso Brugal' eran válidas: por qué el Supremo tumba la absolución de dos exalca...

El alto tribunal se escuda en la jurisprudencia del 'caso Gürtel' que avaló las grabaciones realizadas por José Luis Peñas: "No se aprecia compromiso de derecho fundamental alguno"

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Angel Galindo@AngelG_A24 Jul 2024
EFECTOS POSITIVOS contra las Tramas de corrupción política‼️La denuncia y las grabaciones del caso GÜRTEL de Josè Luis Peñas que han provocado la revisión del Caso Brugal eldiario.es/comunitat-valenc… Seguimos a la espera del INDULTO informado favorable por el T.Supremo en 2021: 3 años

Las escuchas del 'caso Brugal' eran válidas: por qué el Supremo tumba la absolución de dos exalca...

El alto tribunal se escuda en la jurisprudencia del 'caso Gürtel' que avaló las grabaciones realizadas por José Luis Peñas: "No se aprecia compromiso de derecho fundamental alguno"

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Conspiratorial narratives about climate action have entered the mainstream all over Europe rollingstone.com/politics/po…
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Conspiratorial influencers who built large audiences during the Covid-19 pandemic have turned to false and misleading claims about the climate and other topics to keep their audiences engaged. rollingstone.com/politics/po… For @RollingStone with @DarrenLoucaides @alessioperrone

How Europe’s Conspiracy Influencers Went From Covid-19 to the Climate

Conspiratorial narratives about climate action have entered the mainstream all over Europe

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Thanks to @ProseLtd, @DisinfoLab, @SoyMmadrigal
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Across Europe, conspiratorial influencers who amassed big audiences during Covid have turned to the climate + farmers' protests. This is starting to impact elections, including the UK's. My first for @RollingStone with @SamShepEdwards @alessioperrone rollingstone.com/politics/po…
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Ahead of the EU's parliamentary elections, climate disinformation is ramping up, with the far-right looking to benefit. The amount of disinformation had grown substantially in the last 6 months, report @DarrenLoucaides @alessioperrone and @SamShepEdwards: urlday.cc/ghmqo
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Ahead of the EU elections, conspiratorial groups once dedicated to Covid are switching to climate disinfo. New investigation for @euronews euronews.com/green/2024/04/3…
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Paradox of carbon pricing is that while progress is being made on extending and creating new ETS schemes, the majority of the price signal still comes from fuel duties. And a rash of cuts on this (all untargeted) risks weakening the carbon price signal bloomberglaw.com/bloombergla…
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🚨The evidence just keeps on growing Latest research, under review @Nature, conducts systematic review of +2,000 carbon offset projects Result: Only 12% of the total credit volume across these 4 sectors in the #VCM constitute real emissions reductions researchsquare.com/article/r…
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Alors que la journaliste Ariane Lavrilleux est en garde à vue et que son domicile a été perquisitionné, le gouvernement reste silencieux. Interrogé par Mediapart, son porte-parole, Olivier Véran, a préféré éluder la question. 👉 mdpt.fr/46gKg1g

Le gouvernement botte en touche après la garde à vue d'une journaliste

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Spain’s new wealth tax was held up Wednesday in a report prepared for the Greens/EFA political group in the European Parliament, amid wider EU discussion on the topic. news.bloombergtax.com/daily-…

Spain’s New Wealth Tax Beats Revenue Forecast as EU Mulls Stance

Spain’s new temporary wealth tax beat revenue forecasts despite several ongoing legal challenges against it, as tax justice groups push the bloc to consider how it could apply the levies.

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For the 20th anniversary of his death I wrote about the legacy of one of my favorite writers, Roberto Bolaño, and why there isn't yet a big biography of him @lithub: lithub.com/the-complicated-a…

The Complicated Afterlives of Roberto Bolaño

“We never stop reading, although every book comes to an end, just as we never stop living, although death is certain.” This certain death came tragically early for the Chilean poet and novelist Rob…

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Toni Rodon@tonirodon2 Jun 2023
In Spain climate change plays almost no role in electoral campaigns or manifestos, mainly to the lack of attention to the issue by mainstream parties. One explanation is that public mass mobilisation on climate change has not yet occurred ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com…

Mainstream parties and global warming: What determines parties’ engagement in climate protection?

Global warming is not only a serious threat for humanity but increasingly structures political competition in Western Europe. The rise of green (niche) parties and public awareness of the issue...

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As voters go to the polls in Spain amid a historic drought, I looked at why the issue of climate change has had limited impact on elections so far for @euronewsgreen #28MayoElecciones euronews.com/green/2023/05/2…
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