Daily Archives: October 2, 2019

2019-10-02: News Headlines

RT (2019-10-02). Fake is too mild, new word for media is corrupt, says Trump, lashing out at reports he wants moats with alligators on border. rt.com US President Donald Trump hit back at the "dishonest" and "corrupt media" over reports claiming he wanted an alligator-filled moat, electric fence, and other death traps for migrants built into the Mexican border wall. | "I don't even use fake [news] anymore — I call the fake news, now, corrupt news because fake isn't tough enough," Trump lectured reporters during an Oval Office press conference on Wednesday with Finnish President Sauli Niinisto, slamming the "crazy" story that he had demanded all manner of medieval booby-traps for the wall being constructed along the southern US border. | October 2, 2019…

WSWS (2019-10-02). GM Mexico fires another Silao worker backing US strike and shuts down the plant. wsws.org The firings as well as the shutdown at the GM Silao Complex further demonstrate the common fate of workers across the border and the international character of the working class.

United Nations (2019-10-02). Mexico: Helping refugees go into business, a 'win-win situation', says UNHCR's Grandi. un.org Through an innovative and collaborative scheme, some refugees in Mexico have started their own businesses creating what the UN refugee chief called on Wednesday "a win-win situation" for the local economy.

Allan Fisher (2019-10-02). Honduras water and environmental defender speaks. indybay.org Resource Center for Nonviolence; 612 Ocean Street, Santa Cruz…

Staff (2019-10-02). Airbnb Rentals Are Displacing Mexico City Residents as Rents Surge. truthout.org | | In the neighborhood of Juárez, a vibrant artistic and historic area of Mexico City with LGBTQ bars and restaurants and a large Korean population, long-term renters are losing their homes as apartments are being converted into more profitable day-rate Airbnb rentals. | No studies have been conducted, but former residents say rental prices have more than doubled to prohibitive levels of 20,000 to 30,000 pesos per month. Before, 10,000 pesos (U.S. $520) was the norm, Dario Martínez to…

Christopher Soto (2019-10-01). Undocumented Poets and Writers Are Vital to the Struggle for Migrant Justice. thenation.com Undocumented Poets and Writers Are Vital to the Struggle for Migrant Justice…

Staff (2019-09-27). Millions Fear Loss of Indian Citizenship and Detention. therealnews.com Concern is growing in India's northeastern state of Assam that people excluded from a new citizens' registry could be sent to detention camps under construction across the state. The government says it created the registry to root out undocumented migrants, but almost 2 million people, many of whom have spent their entire lives in India,…

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GM Mexico fires another Silao worker backing US strike and shuts down the plant
wsws.org | 2019-10-02
The firings as well as the shutdown at the GM Silao Complex further demonstrate the common fate of workers across the border and the international character of the working class.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/10/02/fire-o02.html

Mexico: Helping refugees go into business, a 'win-win situation', says UNHCR's Grandi
United Nations | un.org | 2019-10-02
Through an innovative and collaborative scheme, some refugees in Mexico have started their own businesses creating what the UN refugee chief called on Wednesday "a win-win situation" for the local economy.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/10/1048422

Honduras water and environmental defender speaks
Allan Fisher | indybay.org | 2019-10-02
Resource Center for Nonviolence; 612 Ocean Street, Santa Cruz…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/09/30/18826934.php

Fake is too mild, new word for media is corrupt, says Trump, lashing out at reports he wants moats with alligators on border
rt.com | 2019-10-02
US President Donald Trump hit back at the "dishonest" and "corrupt media" over reports claiming he wanted an alligator-filled moat, electric fence, and other death traps for migrants built into the Mexican border wall. | "I don't even use fake [news] anymore — I call the fake news, now, corrupt news because fake isn't tough enough," Trump lectured reporters during an Oval Office press conference on Wednesday with Finnish President Sauli Niinisto, slamming the "crazy" story that he had demanded all manner of medieval booby-traps for the wall being constructed along the southern US border. | October 2, 2019…
rt.com/usa/470073-trump-slams-wapo-alligators-moat/

Airbnb Rentals Are Displacing Mexico City Residents as Rents Surge
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-10-02
| In the neighborhood of Juárez, a vibrant artistic and historic area of Mexico City with LGBTQ bars and restaurants and a large Korean population, long-term renters are losing their homes as apartments are being converted into more profitable day-rate Airbnb rentals. | No studies have been conducted, but former residents say rental prices have more than doubled to prohibitive levels of 20,000 to 30,000 pesos per month. Before, 10,000 pesos (U.S. $520) was the norm, Dario Martínez to…
truthout.org/articles/airbnb-rentals-are-displacing-mexico-city-residents-as-rents-surge/

Undocumented Poets and Writers Are Vital to the Struggle for Migrant Justice
Christopher Soto | thenation.com | 2019-10-01
Undocumented Poets and Writers Are Vital to the Struggle for Migrant Justice…
thenation.com/article/undocumented-writers-immigration/

Millions Fear Loss of Indian Citizenship and Detention
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-09-27
Concern is growing in India's northeastern state of Assam that people excluded from a new citizens' registry could be sent to detention camps under construction across the state. The government says it created the registry to root out undocumented migrants, but almost 2 million people, many of whom have spent their entire lives in India,…
therealnews.com/stories/millions-fear-loss-indian-citizenship-detention