(2019-10-31). Is capitalism burying Mexico's Day of the Dead? peoplesworld.org 
The marigolds had recently been planted on Paseo de la Reforma when I visited Mexico City in mid-October. The Mexican marigold is called the cempazuchitl, "the flower of the dead." It's symbolism is complex. The flowers are believed to help guide the dead to altars in public burial spaces and private homes where loved ones …
(2019-10-31). US detains record number of child migrants at the southwestern border. wsws.org According to new figures released on Tuesday, the United States has detained over 76,000 minors attempting to make the dangerous crossing at the US-Mexico border. This is a new record, 52 percent more than the detentions last year.
(2019-10-31). WorkWeek On Privatization of Ports & Schools At Oakland Rally & Fire,PG&E & Public. indybay.org WorkWeek looks at a united front rally in Oakland at Mosswood Park against privatization of the port of Oakland, the schools in Oakland and includes the fight in Mexico, Chile and Palestine. | WorkWeek also looks at the role of PG&E in the fires and the issue of public power.
(2019-10-31). From California to El Salvador, Climate-Driven Displacement Is on the Rise. truthout.org As part of the push for a Green New Deal, Democrats in both chambers of Congress have introduced legislation to support international refugees displaced by environmental disasters and climate disruption, and are continuing to challenge the Trump administration's immigration crackdown and ongoing quest to unravel what little progress the government has made on climate. | The bills would create a "global resilience…
(2019-10-29). Migrant Children Trapped in Mexico Are Leaving Their Families and Crossing the Border Alone. theintercept.com 
Children of asylum-seekers, trapped in Mexico by Trump's migrant protection protocols, are slipping away from their families and crossing the border alone.
(2019-10-28). Western progressives and the imperialist Inquisition. mronline.org 
Military curfews or states of siege have been imposed recently in Guatemala, Ecuador and Chile, with the army deployed to control protests. Western powers give these countries' right wing governments the benefit of the doubt despite them being guilty as charged. | Source
(2019-10-27). How Plastic Pollution Is Making Central American Communities Uninhabitable. theintercept.com 
The fishermen stand thigh-deep in the muddy water as our boat pulls up to the shore, grass shushing against the hull. It is a still, cool morning and mist wicks off the river as the sun begins to rise above the trees. Down the beach, a white egret standing in the shallows takes flight in a burst of sound as the fishermen lift their net to reveal its glinting catch. Beside them, half-submerged, a plastic soda bottle noses purposefully past, toward the sea. | As I step onto shore, I notice more bits of plastic lying among the reeds, half-buried in the mud, as well as stained scraps of cloth, bits of packing foam, a…
(2019-10-27). A "Black Vests" Movement Emerges in France to Protest Treatment of Undocumented Migrants. theintercept.com 
The gilets noirs took their name from the gilets jaunes, or yellow vests movement. They won't let migrants be blamed for global inequality.
(2019-10-24). I Went to Mexico to Meet Asylum-Seekers Trapped at the Border. This Is What I Saw. aclu.org 
Two weeks ago, I traveled to northern Mexico along with Mexican photographer Guillermo Arias to meet with asylum-seekers who've been trapped at the southern U.S. border by Trump Administration policies. Neither of us was prepared for what we saw there. | We visited two cities — Ciudad Juarez and Matamoros — to track down people who had been placed into the deceptively misnamed "Migrant Protection Protocols" that have slammed America's door shut to people fleeing persecution and violence in their home countries. Before we arrived, we wondered whether the stories we'd read of kidnappings, assaults,…
(2019-10-24). Honduras is ruled by a US-backed drug cartel — and the country's opposition just united to oust it. thegrayzone.com "The process of uniting the opposition has begun, to oust the DRUG TRAFFICKERS, who rule us with the dictatorship of…
(2019-10-22). UNM faculty vote to unionize, blowout union-busting administration. liberationnews.org 
Behind the faculty victory at University of New Mexico.
(2019-10-14). Venezuela Denies Guatemalan President-Elect Entrance, Congratulates Ecuadorian People on IMF Defeat. venezuelanalysis.com President Nicolas Maduro also called on Chavista forces to prepare to "rescue" the National Assembly in the upcoming elections.
(2019-09-29). CIA Trump Manipulation, Israel Bombs Iraq, UN Venezuela Lies Exposed & US "Less Equal" Than Mexico. thelastamericanvagabond.com Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (9/28/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …