(2020-07-21). Bolivia At The Gates Of An Electoral And Political-Military Coup D'état. popularresistance.org Once the coup d'état was consummated in November, a series of devices were put in place in Bolivia aimed at legitimizing a coup president who came to power in an unconstitutional manner and anointed by the military, who were, together with the police, not the architects but the legitimizers of the coup. | A coup d'état that could have been consummated by a bad decision of the direction of the process of change, which made the third person in the chain of succession, the President of the Senate, Adriana Salvatierra (MAS-IPSP), resign once Evo and Alvaro were out of the country and on their way to Mexico, leaving a…
(2020-07-21). Activists Camp At State House For Giving Undocumented Immigrants Driver's Licenses. popularresistance.org Two groups urging state legislators to include a provision that would allow undocumented immigrants to obtain driver's licenses have been encamped outside the State House gates since Friday morning, according to organizers. | "This will put pressure so all the legislators can hear us and pass this bill," said Rolando Oliva, an organizer with Cosecha Massachusetts, in Spanish through a translator as he stood outside the State House late Sunday afternoon. "We have been trying to pass this for 15 years now." | The encampment Sunday afternoon included about 10 tents where activists have been sleeping during the night…
(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). 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). 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). 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.