The unseen plight of undocumented workers in the US during the pandemic
wsws.org | 2020-12-07
Deemed "essential" workers, but denied legal recognition and financial or medical resources, the undocumented work in high-risk industries where COVID-19 spreads at unrivaled rates.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/12/07/immi-d07.html

Review of Hensman's 'Indefensible'
Dave Markland | zcomm.org | 2020-12-06
Defense of the Easily Defensible By Dave Markland In 2018 Haymarket Books published Rohini Hensman's Indefensible: Democracy, Counter-revolution and Anti-imperialist Rhetoric. Its focus is on left journalists and analysts like John Pilger and the late Edward S. Herman who have committed the inexcusable sin of being overly suspicious of United States foreign policy. Many readers Read…
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Medical workers protest across Mexico as President AMLO continues to downplay pandemic
wsws.org | 2020-12-05
After suffering nearly 150,000 infections and 2,000 deaths, health care workers are demonstrating against unsafe conditions, lack of pay and for other demands.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/12/05/mexi-d05.html

[Obituary] Guillermo Soberón
Andrew Green | thelancet.com | 2020-12-05
Former Mexican Secretary of Health and Rector of UNAM. Born on Dec 29, 1925, in Iguala, Mexico, he died on Oct 12, 2020, of congestive heart failure in Cuernavaca, Mexico, aged 94 years.
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The Road to a More Just Society Runs Through Congress
Ralph Nader | commondreams.org | 2020-12-05
Think about all the dreams for a better world that could come to be realized if our elected officials worked for the big majority of Americans instead of for Big Business interests. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/congress_5.jpg …
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Federal Judge Delivers 'Huge Victory' for Immigrants, Ordering Trump Administration to Fully Restore DACA
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-12-05
"It opens the door for more than a million immigrant youth who have been unfairly denied their chance to apply for DACA," said the director of the Justice Action Center. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-1220880147_1_0.jpg …
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La Resistencia protest
Renée Feltz | progressive.org | 2020-12-05
Immigrant detainees are being punished for refusing to eat.
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Migrant workers tell bosses: We're fed up with racism, COVID and exploitation!
Tony Murphy | workers.org | 2020-12-04
New York As so-called essential workers fight for their rights on the job, they continue to be the most reliable fighters for COVID safety, PPE and a rational response to the pandemic. New York laundry workers and supporters rally on Nov. 25. (WW Photo: Toni Arenstein) From healthcare workers in . . . | Continue reading Migrant workers tell bosses: We're fed up with racism, COVID and exploitation! at Workers.org…
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#17. International Plasma Market Profits from US and Mexico's Poorest
Project Censored | projectcensored.org | 2020-12-01
US hospitals are currently desperate for blood donors: more than 4000 blood drives were canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a March 2020 letter co-signed by the AABB, America's…
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