Daily Archives: October 2, 2020

2020-10-02: News Headlines

teleSUR (2020-10-01). Hundreds of Hondurans Travel in New Caravan Heading To the US. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday night, hundreds of Hondurans set out in a new caravan of migrants that aspires to cross Guatemala and Mexico to enter the United States. | RELATED: | "We are looking for whatever we can find. We are all poor people," a 27-year-old electrical engineer said, adding that "I could not get a job for almost four years." | Yesterday afternoon, at least 1,000 people gathered in San Pedro Sula's central bus station. Gradually, in s…

WSWS (2020-10-01). Trump administration prepares anti-immigrant raids in Democratic Party-led "sanctuary cities" ahead of November election. wsws.org The latest maneuver in Trump's war on immigrants cannot be separated from his effort to carry out a coup d'état and establish a presidential dictatorship.

news.un (2020-10-01). Stranded migrants need safe and dignified return, says independent UN rights panel. news.un.org Governments should immediately address the inhumane conditions in detention faced by migrant workers who are also being blamed for spreading the coronavirus, a UN panel of independent rights experts said on Thursday.

Kenny Stancil, staff writer (2020-10-01). Rights Groups Warn Trump 'Jeopardizes Lives' with Cuts to Refugee Resettlement Program. commondreams.org The Trump administration is "trying to grind our refugee system to a halt and ensure that Black and Brown immigrants don't have refuge here." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/refugees_9.jpg

Laura Paskus (2020-10-01). Fracking's Fall in the San Juan Basin. counterpunch.org Rancher Don Schreiber remembers San Juan County, New Mexico, in the 1950s, when its largest city, Farmington, was a company town. That company, El Paso Natural Gas, ran everything from the wells to the gas stations. It donated money to 4-H and the hospital; it pitched in to build Little League fields and the first

MEE staff (2020-10-01). Trump cuts US refugee admissions for 2021 to record low. middleeasteye.net Trump cuts US refugee admissions for 2021 to record low | Citing Covid-19, Trump administration advises Congress it will accept fewer than 15,000 refugees in 2021 | Thu, 10/01/2020 – 20: 28 | State Department anticipates almost 300,000 asylum and refugee claims in forthcoming year (AFP/File photo) | The Trump administration has informed Congress it intends to accept only 15,000 refugees during fiscal year 2021…

_____ (2020-10-01). Mexico Rising: Atlanticist Media-Hate Overdrive as AMLO Drains the Swamp. strategic-culture.org Mexican President Lopez Obrador is draining the swamp, and Atlanticist media isn't happy about it. In fact, the New York Times and the Washington Post hate him for it. Right now, to carry Mexico's Fourth Transformation forward, AMLO requires an additional mandate beyond the movement that put him in power, and this means a referendum that condemns the corruption of Mexico's past five presidents — Carlos Salinas de Gortari, Ernesto Zedillo, Vicente Fox, Felipe Calderón and Enrique Peña Nieto. Such a move would solidify a type of revolution underway in the country — a condemnation of the socio-economic c…

sputniknews (2020-10-01). Venezuela Calls EU Terms for Sending Election Observers 'Unacceptable'. sputniknews.com MEXICO CITY (Sputnik) – Venezuela considers unacceptable the conditions put forward by the European External Action Service for sending a mission to monitor the country's general election, the Foreign Ministry said on Thursday.

Brigitte Amiri (2020-09-30). Victory: After Three Years of Battling in Court, the Trump Administration Abandons its Policy of Banning Abortion for Unaccompanied Immigrant Minors. aclu.org As a direct result of the immense courage of our clients and three years of litigation, the Trump administration has officially abandoned its policy of preventing young immigrants in its custody from accessing abortion care. Yesterday, the administration adopted a new policy that prohibits Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) staff and staff employed by any ORR-funded shelter from blocking or interfering with unaccompanied pregnant minors' access to abortion. ORR's adoption of this new

Shaw Drake (2020-09-30). CBP Wants to Destroy Records of Misconduct. We Can't Let Them. aclu.org Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the nation's largest federal law enforcement agency, operates with

Maya Manian (2020-09-29). Immigration Detention and Coerced Sterilization: History Tragically Repeats Itself. aclu.org The recent news of a

commondreams (2020-09-29). As a Result of ACLU Litigation, Trump Administration Ends Policy Prohibiting Immigrant Minors From Accessing Abortion. commondreams.org ______________________________…

Peoples Dispatch (2020-09-29). Feminists march in Mexico City to demand legal right to abortion. peoplesdispatch.org Hundreds of women marched on the streets of Mexico City demanding legal rights to abortion all across the country on the occasion of International Safe Abortion Day, on Monday, September 28. Protests were called by a number of feminist groups in the country such as Ciudad Feminista and others. Some of the protesters clashed with the police personnel who were trying to stop the protesters from marching. | The women, dressed in black and carrying green bandanas raised slogans demanding safe and legal right of abortion. They marched from the city's Monument to the Revolution towards Juarez to meet another group of p…

WSWS (2020-09-29). Workers Struggles: The Americas. wsws.org Protesting health care workers in Chile and teachers in Mexico faced police repression while call center workers in Cordoba, Argentina and transit workers in Recife, Brazil have launched strikes.

Peoples Dispatch (2020-09-29). Families continue to demand justice for the disappeared students of Ayotzinapa. peoplesdispatch.org September 26 marked 6 years since the disappearance of 43 students from Ayotzinapa, Mexico. These six years have also marked absence of justice, and have been a reminder of the impunity enjoyed by politicians and security forces involved in this case.

_____ (2020-09-29). Ceremony To Stop A Pipeline. popularresistance.org A group of Secwepemc people held a canoe and kayak ceremony Saturday morning in Kamloops in opposition to the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion project drilling under the Thompson River. | The journey began at Adams Lake and the group kayaked and canoed their way to the Mission Flats area for a potluck dinner and games. | "Families from our Secwepemc Nation came together for the No TMX Canoe and Kayak Journey today to be in ceremony and offer prayers and protection for our clean water and our wild salmon," says Anushka Nagji, a Secwepemc activist.

Kenny Stancil, staff writer (2020-09-29). Trump Tax Schemes an Indictment of System That Allows Him to Pay Less Than Teachers, Nurses, and His Own Undocumented Workers, Critics Say. commondreams.org "What's truly shocking about the returns is what is legal, not what is illegal." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/taxes_0.jpg