Daily Archives: August 29, 2019

2019-08-29: News Headlines

Anya Parampil (2019-08-29). The Grayzone's Anya Parampil on Fox: US regime change policy fuels migration crisis. thegrayzone.com On Fox News, Anya Parampil explained how the US coup in Honduras and bipartisan support for the corrupt, right-wing President…

LCLAA, UPWA (2019-08-29). Sep 4 Global Day Of Action For Mexican Workers. indybay.org Boycott Driscoll's | Protest at Rockwell Automation in San José | Wed., Sept. 4 @ 10 a.m. | Rockwell Automation Electric Vehicle Innovation Center | 111 North Market, San Jose, CA | Informational Picketing | in San Francisco, CA | Wed., Sept. 4 @ 6 pm | Whole Foods, Noe Valley 3950 – 24th Street, San Francisco | (also boycott picketing across Calif.)…

R.R. (2019-08-29). Emergency Palantir Mass Mobilization to Stop ICE Terror. indybay.org An angry group of activists mobilized on August 23 at the headquarters of Palantir Technologies in Palo Alto. Just 3 days earlier Palantir renewed its ICE Investigative Case Management contract that enables ICE to track the every move of undocumented immigrants until 2022; protesters responded quickly and loudly. | Photos by Jack Owicki, Pro Bono Photo. Please credit the photographer.

teleSUR-EF (2019-08-28). UN to Honduras: State Must Include Citizens in Project Planning. telesurenglish.net The UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights on Wednesday urged the Honduran authorities to "act now" to address the causes of "extreme distrust" on part of the population toward the nation's institutions and ability to promote a "fair and inclusive" economy. | RELATED: | Hondurans Students Demand Resignation of President JOH | People affected by development projects must "have their rights fully respected and protected by the government and companies to avoid conflicts," the U.N.

John Perry (2019-08-25). Counting deaths for dollars: The rise and fall of Nicaragua's 'human rights' organizations. thegrayzone.com In their hunger for US funding, Nicaraguan opposition "human rights" NGOs inflated the death toll during the 2018 coup attempt….

Max Blumenthal (2019-08-22). Nicaragua's Sandinista Revolution is still thriving, after 40 years. thegrayzone.com The Grayzone's Max Blumenthal reports from Managua, Nicaragua on the 40th anniversary of the Sandinista Revolution, which toppled a US-backed…

Staff (2019-08-22). Headlines for August 22, 2019. democracynow.org Trump Administration Proposes Jailing Migrant Families Indefinitely, Federal Budget Deficit to Top $1 Trillion in 2020, Satellite Data Show Brazilian Amazon Burning at Record Pace, Brazilian President Bolsonaro Blames Environmentalists for Amazon Fires, Wildfires Rage in Alaska, Canary Islands, Siberia and Greenland, Gov. Jay Inslee, Champion of Climate Fight, Drops 2020 Presidential Bid, Activists Disrupt Event Honoring House Speaker Pelosi to Demand Trump's Impeachment, Abdalla Hamdok Sworn In as Sudan's Prime Minister, Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Activists Mark Anniversary of Subway Attack, Mexico's Zapatistas Exp…

Staff (2019-08-21). Meet Alvaro Enciso, the Artist Placing Crosses in Sonoran Desert to Memorialize Migrant Deaths. democracynow.org More than 3,000 human remains have been found in the Sonoran Desert, most of them of migrants fleeing their home countries to embark on an uncertain and perilous journey to the United States. On a recent visit to the Arizona borderlands, Democracy Now! accompanied Tucson-based artist Alvaro Enciso into the desert at the site where he placed four unique markers to honor four immigrants killed in a car accident years ago as they fled from Border Patrol. In the past five years, Enciso, who is originally from Colombia, has built and installed over 900 crosses across the treacherous Sonoran Desert in Arizona as part o…

Angela Stuesse (2019-08-20). Workplace Raids Are Not the Answer. progressive.org Criminalizing undocumented workers will not stop people from hiring them. It only makes them more exploitable.

2019-08-29: Social Media Postees

The Grayzone's Anya Parampil on Fox: US regime change policy fuels migration crisis
Anya Parampil | thegrayzone.com | 2019-08-29
On Fox News, Anya Parampil explained how the US coup in Honduras and bipartisan support for the corrupt, right-wing President…
thegrayzone.com/2019/08/29/the-grayzones-anya-parampil-on-fox-us-regime-change-policy-fuels-migration-crisis/

Sep 4 Global Day Of Action For Mexican Workers
LCLAA, UPWA | indybay.org | 2019-08-29
Boycott Driscoll's | Protest at Rockwell Automation in San José | Wed., Sept. 4 @ 10 a.m. | Rockwell Automation Electric Vehicle Innovation Center | 111 North Market, San Jose, CA | Informational Picketing | in San Francisco, CA | Wed., Sept. 4 @ 6 pm | Whole Foods, Noe Valley 3950 – 24th Street, San Francisco | (also boycott picketing across Calif.)…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/08/26/18825730.php

Emergency Palantir Mass Mobilization to Stop ICE Terror
R.R. | indybay.org | 2019-08-29
An angry group of activists mobilized on August 23 at the headquarters of Palantir Technologies in Palo Alto. Just 3 days earlier Palantir renewed its ICE Investigative Case Management contract that enables ICE to track the every move of undocumented immigrants until 2022; protesters responded quickly and loudly. | Photos by Jack Owicki, Pro Bono Photo. Please credit the photographer.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/08/27/18825745.php

UN to Honduras: State Must Include Citizens in Project Planning
teleSUR-EF | telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-28
The UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights on Wednesday urged the Honduran authorities to "act now" to address the causes of "extreme distrust" on part of the population toward the nation's institutions and ability to promote a "fair and inclusive" economy. | RELATED: | Hondurans Students Demand Resignation of President JOH | People affected by development projects must "have their rights fully respected and protected by the government and companies to avoid conflicts," the U.N.
telesurenglish.net/news/UN-to-Honduras-State-Must-Include-Citizens-in-Project-Planning-20190828-0025.html

Counting deaths for dollars: The rise and fall of Nicaragua's 'human rights' organizations
John Perry | thegrayzone.com | 2019-08-25
In their hunger for US funding, Nicaraguan opposition "human rights" NGOs inflated the death toll during the 2018 coup attempt….
thegrayzone.com/2019/08/25/deaths-for-dollars-nicaraguas-human-rights-organizations/

Nicaragua's Sandinista Revolution is still thriving, after 40 years
Max Blumenthal | thegrayzone.com | 2019-08-22
The Grayzone's Max Blumenthal reports from Managua, Nicaragua on the 40th anniversary of the Sandinista Revolution, which toppled a US-backed…
thegrayzone.com/2019/08/22/nicaragua-sandinista-revolution-40th-anniversary/

Meet Alvaro Enciso, the Artist Placing Crosses in Sonoran Desert to Memorialize Migrant Deaths
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-08-21
More than 3,000 human remains have been found in the Sonoran Desert, most of them of migrants fleeing their home countries to embark on an uncertain and perilous journey to the United States. On a recent visit to the Arizona borderlands, Democracy Now! accompanied Tucson-based artist Alvaro Enciso into the desert at the site where he placed four unique markers to honor four immigrants killed in a car accident years ago as they fled from Border Patrol. In the past five years, Enciso, who is originally from Colombia, has built and installed over 900 crosses across the treacherous Sonoran Desert in Arizona as part o…
www.democracynow.org/2019/8/21/alvaro_enciso_unique_crosses_sonoran_desert

Workplace Raids Are Not the Answer
Angela Stuesse | progressive.org | 2019-08-20
Criminalizing undocumented workers will not stop people from hiring them. It only makes them more exploitable.
progressive.org/dispatches/criminalizing-undocumented-workers-harms-all-stuesse-190820/