2020-06-21: News Headlines

Vijay Prashad (2020-06-21). Ten-Point Agenda for the Global South after COVID-19. dissidentvoice.org Jorge González Morales (Mexico), Capitalism, 2020 Greetings from the desk of the Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. In 1974, the United Nations General Assembly passed a New International Economic Order (NIEO), which was driven by the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM). The resolution laid out a clear plan for the structural transformation of the world system, which …

Ben Norton (2020-06-21). Leaked Documents Reveal Right-wing Oligarch Plot to Overthrow Mexico's President Lopez Obrador (AMLO). globalresearch.ca Mexico's oligarchs and establishment political parties have united in a secret alliance to try to remove left-wing President López Obrador from power, with help from the media, Washington, and Wall Street. Leaked documents lay out their devious strategy. | *** | Some …

Julia Thomas (2020-06-20). Sowing solidarity: Reflections on Zapatismo from the International Gathering of Women Who Struggle. peoplesdispatch.org At the inauguration of the international gathering of women who struggle, the women members of the Zapatista National Liberation Army welcomed the arrival of thousands of sisters from around the world with a performance in formation, bows and arrows at their sides, on liberated sacred land in Chiapas, Mexico. The attendees traveled from 49 countries — in collectives or movements, as individuals, with their children, in a caravan of buses — to participate in the Encuentro de mujeres from December 26-29, 2019. | The Zapatistas, an autonomous Indigenous movement of armed people that launched their uprisi…

WSWS (2020-06-20). Death of two workers sparks wildcat strike by 3,200 workers at auto parts plant in Matamoros, Mexico. wsws.org When news broke that Luciano Romero Contreras, a 48-year-old janitor at Plant 52, had died the previous day, workers downed tools and began discussions at the facility and on social media.

_____ (2020-06-20). Leaked Documents Reveal Right-Wing Oligarch Plot to overthrow Mexico's AMLO. strategic-culture.org Mexico's oligarchs and establishment political parties have united in a secret alliance to try to remove left-wing President López Obrador from power, with help from the media, Washington, and Wall Street. Leaked documents lay out their devious strategy. | Ben NORTON | Some of the most powerful forces in Mexico are uniting in a campaign to try to topple the country's first left-wing president in decades, Andrés Manuel López Obrador. And they apparently have support in Washington and on Wall Street. | Known popularly as AMLO, the Mexican leader is a progressive nationalist who campaigned on the promise to "end the…

teleSUR (2020-06-19). Mexico: Enforced Disappearances at Anti-Police Brutality Rally. telesurenglish.net Mexico's Jalisco State Human Rights Commission (CEDHJ) Thursday denounced police brutality during protests demanding justice for Giovanni Lopez in early June. | RELATED: | "At least eight minors and four women were arbitrarily and violently deprived of their liberty, besides the kidnappings that have not yet been fully determined," CEDHJ states. | On June 4, the citizens of Guadalajara marched towards the local government's hea…

Mark Gruenberg (2020-06-19). High Court says California can stay a sanctuary state. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—By a 7-2 vote, but without a written decision being issued, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled California can stay a sanctuary state for undocumented people — a position the state's union movement strongly pushed to passage several years ago. Technically, the justices rejected the anti-Hispanic anti-migrant GOP Trump regime's demand the justices hear the …

WSWS (2020-06-18). Mexican autoworkers say General Motors is covering up COVID-19 outbreak at Silao plant. wsws.org The coverup of COVID-19 cases by GM and hundreds of manufacturing companies across Mexico is not only sanctioned by the López Obrador government, it is part of an official policy of under-reporting cases.

Marlee Kokotovic (2020-06-18). New Mexico militia member opens fire on protesters demanding removal of controversial statue. nationofchange.org "This is not the first report of heavily armed civilian militias appearing at protests around New Mexico in recent weeks."

Editor (2020-06-18). 'We are unified as Pueblo on the removal of monuments that glorify murderers'. workers.org Pulling down hated statue of conquistador butcher, Juan de Oñate. The uprising in response to the murder of George Floyd has become a movement against white supremacy. Generations of anger have exploded against settler colonialism and slavery and all white-supremacist historical monuments. In New Mexico, the Pueblo Nations still seethe . . . |

RT (2020-06-18). 'I was ahead of our times': Trump says both he & CHAZ anarchists in Seattle opted for building BORDER WALL first. rt.com US President Donald Trump has pointed out that an anarchist community that has taken over part of Seattle first built a barrier around it, choosing to take that as an endorsement of his wall on the US-Mexico border. | Taking to his social media of choice on Thursday, Trump styled himself as a true visionary as he half-jokingly suggested that the builders of the anarchist utopia (or dystopia, depending on one's point of view) in Seattle might have drawn inspiration from his own mega-project. | "First thing the anarchists did upon taking over Seattle was 'BUILD A WALL.' See, I was ahead of our times!" Trump twee…

teleSUR (2020-06-18). The US Supreme Court Backs the Dreamers' DACA Program. telesurenglish.net With 5 votes in favor and 4 against, the United States Supreme Court Thursday decided to keep the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program in place, which protects hundreds of thousands of undocumented youth known as "the dreamers" from deportation. | RELATED: | The Supreme Court declared illegal President Donald Trump's decision to end the program that for the past eight years has benefited many undocume…

WSWS (2020-06-17). New Mexico protester wounded by far-right shooter. wsws.org Encouraged by President Trump and working in concert with local police departments, far-right elements have been allowed to attack and intimidate peaceful protesters across the country.

RT (2020-06-17). Hispanic Californian man fired over 'racist' OK gesture claims he was only cracking his knuckles, stoking calls to reinstate job. rt.com A Mexican-American man who was fired after being accused of flashing a "white power gesture" says he was merely cracking his knuckles, prompting demands that he be given his job back and a retraction from his accuser. | Emmanuel Cafferty was recently terminated from his position at a San Diego utility company after an encounter with a stranger some two weeks ago. Stopped at an intersection, the stranger snapped a photo showing Cafferty in his truck with an arm hanging out of the window. The picture was promptly shared to Twitter, where it was alleged the man had flashed a symbol some associate with white supre…