Daily Archives: October 25, 2019

2019-10-25: News Headlines

Mark Gruenberg (2019-10-25). Trumka: Mexican President faces big obstacles to worker rights drive. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—New Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, better known as AMLO and the first progressive president south of the border in decades, faces big obstacles in his drive for Mexican workers' rights, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka says. The opposition, he explains, is already coming from big business, which exploits Mexican workers, and from Mexico's company …

repost (2019-10-25). Fired Mexico GM Workers Demand Justice-Mesa de Análisis Sobre La Reforma Laboral. indybay.org Fired Mexican GM workers demanded justice at a union labor conference in Mexico City. The "independent" unions are asking Nancy Pelosi to pass USMCA to supposedly help workers in Mexico.

WSWS (2019-10-25). US military allowed to shoot at vehicles at entry ports along southern border. wsws.org Migrants at the US-Mexico border will be treated like suspected terrorists in Iraq and Afghanistan.

James North (2019-10-25). Coffee Prices Have Collapsed, Threatening the Livelihood of Millions Across the Global South. thenation.com Coffee Prices Have Collapsed, Threatening the Livelihood of Millions Across the Global South…

Emile Schepers (2019-10-24). With conviction of president's brother, protest in Honduras reaches boiling point. peoplesworld.org Since the re-election of Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández of the right-wing National Party in 2017, mass protests have been ongoing in the streets of Honduran cities. That election was considered fraudulent by many, but now a court decision in the United States has added to the anger against Hernández, a close ally of the …

Ashoka Mukpo (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,…

RT (2019-10-24). 'Make New Mexico pay for it!' Twitter baffled after Trump vows to build wall in Colorado. rt.com In yet another geography gaffe, President Donald Trump appears to have lost track of the US border, promising to build a "big, beautiful" wall in Colorado, where countless netizens soon reminded him no border exists. | Speaking to a crowd at a rally on Wednesday, the president waxed enthusiastic about his wall project — a 2016 campaign promise — naming all the locations it would eventually pop up. Yet, despite being fully surrounded by other US states, Colorado somehow made it onto his list. | "We're building a wall in Colorado," he said, as hardhat-clad construction workers rose to applaud. "We're b…

repost (2019-10-24). Fired Mexico GM Workers Demand Justice-Mesa de Análisis Sobre La Reforma Laboral. indybay.org Fired Mexican GM workers demanded justice at a union labor conference in Mexico City. The "independent" unions are asking Nancy Pelosi to pass USMCA to supposedly help workers in Mexico.

teleSUR -EF (2019-10-24). Bolivia: Morales Officially Wins Presidency. telesurenglish.net With 99.99 percent of the votes counted in Bolivia, Evo Morales is once again president of the Andean country with 47.07 percent of the votes. | RELATED: | Mexico Condemns OAS Interference in Bolivia's Elections | The Supreme Electoral Court (TSE) published Thursday night that it only has 0.01 percent of ballots left to officially count. | Morales, leader of the Movement to Socialism (MAS) gained 47.07 percent of the nation's popular vote, enou…

Ben Norton (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…

Hugo Turner (2019-10-24). El Salvador: War and Revolution. globalresearch.ca One of the more horrifying chapters in the history of American imperialism took place in the tiny nation of El Salvador in the 1980's. At least 75,000 civilians were killed in order to stop a revolution in an impoverished country. …

John Horning (2019-10-23). Spotted Owls and the National Christmas Tree. counterpunch.org The national Christmas tree this year will come from my home state of New Mexico. It might be the only Christmas tree that comes from a national forest in New Mexico — and if that happens, people are going to blame me. That's because my organization, WildEarth Guardians, won a court ruling halting all timber More

David Myers (2019-10-22). UNM faculty vote to unionize, blowout union-busting administration. liberationnews.org Behind the faculty victory at University of New Mexico.

Paul Dobson (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.

Ryan Cristián (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 …

2019-10-25: Social Media Postees

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Fired Mexico GM Workers Demand Justice-Mesa de Análisis Sobre La Reforma Laboral
repost | indybay.org | 2019-10-25
Fired Mexican GM workers demanded justice at a union labor conference in Mexico City. The "independent" unions are asking Nancy Pelosi to pass USMCA to supposedly help workers in Mexico.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/10/24/18827572.php

Trumka: Mexican President faces big obstacles to worker rights drive
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2019-10-25
WASHINGTON–New Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, better known as AMLO and the first progressive president south of the border in decades, faces big obstacles in his drive for Mexican workers' rights, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka says. The opposition, he explains, is already coming from big business, which exploits Mexican workers, and from Mexico's company …
peoplesworld.org/article/trumka-mexican-president-faces-big-obstacles-to-worker-rights-drive/

Fired Mexico GM Workers Demand Justice-Mesa de Análisis Sobre La Reforma Laboral
repost | indybay.org | 2019-10-25
Fired Mexican GM workers demanded justice at a union labor conference in Mexico City. The "independent" unions are asking Nancy Pelosi to pass USMCA to supposedly help workers in Mexico.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/10/24/18827572.php

Trumka: Mexican President faces big obstacles to worker rights drive
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2019-10-25
WASHINGTON–New Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, better known as AMLO and the first progressive president south of the border in decades, faces big obstacles in his drive for Mexican workers' rights, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka says. The opposition, he explains, is already coming from big business, which exploits Mexican workers, and from Mexico's company …
peoplesworld.org/article/trumka-mexican-president-faces-big-obstacles-to-worker-rights-drive/

US military allowed to shoot at vehicles at entry ports along southern border
wsws.org | 2019-10-25
Migrants at the US-Mexico border will be treated like suspected terrorists in Iraq and Afghanistan.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/10/25/bord-o25.html

Coffee Prices Have Collapsed, Threatening the Livelihood of Millions Across the Global South
James North | thenation.com | 2019-10-25
Coffee Prices Have Collapsed, Threatening the Livelihood of Millions Across the Global South…
thenation.com/article/coffee-starbucks-honduras-fairtrade/

I Went to Mexico to Meet Asylum-Seekers Trapped at the Border. This Is What I Saw
Ashoka Mukpo | aclu.org | 2019-10-24
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,…
aclu.org/news/immigrants-rights/i-went-to-mexico-to-meet-asylum-seekers-trapped-at-the-border-this-is-what-i-saw

Fired Mexico GM Workers Demand Justice-Mesa de Análisis Sobre La Reforma Laboral
repost | indybay.org | 2019-10-24
Fired Mexican GM workers demanded justice at a union labor conference in Mexico City. The "independent" unions are asking Nancy Pelosi to pass USMCA to supposedly help workers in Mexico.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/10/24/18827572.php

'Make New Mexico pay for it!' Twitter baffled after Trump vows to build wall in Colorado
rt.com | 2019-10-24
In yet another geography gaffe, President Donald Trump appears to have lost track of the US border, promising to build a "big, beautiful" wall in Colorado, where countless netizens soon reminded him no border exists. | Speaking to a crowd at a rally on Wednesday, the president waxed enthusiastic about his wall project — a 2016 campaign promise — naming all the locations it would eventually pop up. Yet, despite being fully surrounded by other US states, Colorado somehow made it onto his list. | "We're building a wall in Colorado," he said, as hardhat-clad construction workers rose to applaud. "We're b…
rt.com/usa/471691-trump-border-wall-colorado/

Bolivia: Morales Officially Wins Presidency
teleSUR -EF | telesurenglish.net | 2019-10-24
With 99.99 percent of the votes counted in Bolivia, Evo Morales is once again president of the Andean country with 47.07 percent of the votes. | RELATED: | Mexico Condemns OAS Interference in Bolivia's Elections | The Supreme Electoral Court (TSE) published Thursday night that it only has 0.01 percent of ballots left to officially count. | Morales, leader of the Movement to Socialism (MAS) gained 47.07 percent of the nation's popular vote, enou…
telesurenglish.net/news/Bolivia-Morales-Officially-Wins-Presidency–20191024-0014.html

With conviction of president's brother, protest in Honduras reaches boiling point
Emile Schepers | peoplesworld.org | 2019-10-24
Since the re-election of Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández of the right-wing National Party in 2017, mass protests have been ongoing in the streets of Honduran cities. That election was considered fraudulent by many, but now a court decision in the United States has added to the anger against Hernández, a close ally of the …
peoplesworld.org/article/with-conviction-of-presidents-brother-protest-in-honduras-reaches-boiling-point/

Honduras is ruled by a US-backed drug cartel — and the country's opposition just united to oust it
Ben Norton | thegrayzone.com | 2019-10-24
"The process of uniting the opposition has begun, to oust the DRUG TRAFFICKERS, who rule us with the dictatorship of…
thegrayzone.com/2019/10/24/honduras-us-backed-drug-trafficking-dictatorship-opposition-united/

El Salvador: War and Revolution
Hugo Turner | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-24
One of the more horrifying chapters in the history of American imperialism took place in the tiny nation of El Salvador in the 1980's. At least 75,000 civilians were killed in order to stop a revolution in an impoverished country. …
globalresearch.ca/el-salvador-war-revolution/5692937

Spotted Owls and the National Christmas Tree
John Horning | counterpunch.org | 2019-10-23
The national Christmas tree this year will come from my home state of New Mexico. It might be the only Christmas tree that comes from a national forest in New Mexico — and if that happens, people are going to blame me. That's because my organization, WildEarth Guardians, won a court ruling halting all timber…
counterpunch.org/2019/10/23/spotted-owls-and-the-national-christmas-tree/

UNM faculty vote to unionize, blowout union-busting administration
David Myers | liberationnews.org | 2019-10-22
Behind the faculty victory at University of New Mexico.
liberationnews.org/unm-faculty-vote-to-unionize-blowout-union-busting-administration/

UNM faculty vote to unionize, blowout union-busting administration
David Myers | liberationnews.org | 2019-10-22
Behind the faculty victory at University of New Mexico.
liberationnews.org/unm-faculty-vote-to-unionize-blowout-union-busting-administration/