(2020-07-20). Don't be Fooled: New Mexico Proposal Would Open Door for Toxic Frack Waste Dumping. globalresearch.ca We've highlighted before how Sadly,
(2020-07-20). Essential—and expendable—Mexican labor. mronline.org 
Lear Corporation—one of the world's largest auto parts manufacturers—rose to position 148 on Fortune magazine's famous list of the 500 largest firms in 2018. It operates with roughly 148,000 workers spread across 261 locations.
(2020-07-19). Food goes woke: Trader Joe's bends knee after petition demands removal of its 'racist' food brands. rt.com 
Internet users have expressed bewilderment and amusement over a petition denouncing "racist" Trader Joe brands. The company has already admitted wrongdoing and claims it is in the process of discontinuing its "harmful" packaging. | The Change.org petition calls on the popular grocery chain in the US to remove the labels used for some of its ethnic food, claiming that the "racist" practice "perpetuates harmful stereotypes." | The internet complaint listed "Trader Ming's," which is used to brand the chain's Chinese food, and "Trader José," the label used for Mexican foods, as examples of this purportedly…
(2020-07-17). After Years of Underfunding, Public School Teachers are Now Supposed to Save the Economy? counterpunch.org "After 9/11, New York City police and firefighters were hailed as heroes," said Mary Parr-Sanchez, president of the New Mexico affiliate of the National Education Association, when I spoke with her about how educators have responded to the pandemic in her state. "After this, I hope teachers will be viewed as the community pillars that
(2020-07-17). AMLO Donates 25 Percent Of His Salary To Mexican Hospitals. telesurenglish.net Mexico's President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said on Friday that he would donate 25 percent of his salary to contribute to improving health services in the country amid the COVID-19 pandemic. | RELATED: | During a press conference in the city of Manzanillo, in the state of Colima, the President, also known as AMLO, emphasized that "there can't be a rich government with a poor populace." | The initiative set the exa…
(2020-07-17). Eric the Clapper tells us why he claps. peoplesworld.org 
LOS ANGELES — "Did you clap tonight?" my faraway husband in Mexico asks me almost every evening when we talk. He's stuck there for immigration reasons, and I'm stuck here for coronavirus reasons. We haven't seen each other since early January, except on Facetime. "Oh, yes," I answer, and he always likes to grasp the …
(2020-07-17). Thursday 7/16: Saving Life on Earth: The Wall & Current Ecological Devastation of US-Mexico Borderlands. indybay.org Online…
(2020-07-17). Of Toddlers, Wolves, and Public Lands Ranchers. counterpunch.org 
As I sit here thinking about wolves, my child is now peacefully sleeping in his room. I know he will awake tomorrow and much of his toddler fury will have subsided, creating a time for us to interact with each other positively. I can't help but think of the parallels between some bad-acting livestock producers, grazing on public lands across the West, and my raging pre-bedtime toddler. The evening meltdown ritual is full of entitlement, irrational beliefs, and a lot of whining. It is now in these precious hours of silence that I understand why these tantrums are so familiar. I hear the same chorus from stock grow…
(2020-07-17). More than two hundred Mexican oil workers at PEMEX have died from COVID-19. wsws.org The state-owned oil company reported that 234 family members of workers have also died from coronavirus.
(2020-07-17). Sunday 7/19: LaborFest 2020: Death and Dismissal of Mexican and US Workers. indybay.org This is a free LIVE Zoom based event. You can be anywhere to view and participant. Please visit the LaborFest 2020 website URL to receive a Zoom invitation to the event.
(2020-07-16). 'A Tragic Illusion': Did the Atom Bomb Make the United Nations Obsolete Three Weeks After its Birth? commondreams.org Mushroom cloud seconds after detonation of "the Gadget" by the U.S. military in 1945 at testing range in New Mexico. (Photo: Department of Defense/Public domain) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/trinity_detonation_tb.jpg …
