Daily Archives: October 31, 2020

2020-10-31: News Headlines

Peoples Dispatch (2020-10-31). Left-wing in Belgrade counters anti-immigrant vigilantism by Serbian far-right. peoplesdispatch.org On Sunday, October 25, the left-wing sections in Belgrade organized "A Tea of Solidarity" in the park near the Faculty of Economics in the city to counter the far-right vigilantism against migrants in the city. The right-wing anti-migrant group Peoples Patrols had organized a clean-up of the park and chanted anti-migrant, hyper-nationalist slogans at the event. A large contingent of security forces were also present in the park to avert clashes between the groups. | Masina reported that the leader of the right-wing group, Damjan Knezevic, who is the former vice-president of the far-right Zavetnici party, was pres…

Ashley Curtin (2020-10-31). US Fish and Wildlife Service delists gray wolves from Endangered Species Act. nationofchange.org The final rule, which excludes Mexican wolves, will be published in the Federal Register on Nov. 3 and go into effect 60 days later.

Virginia Rodino (2020-10-30). Why I'm Voting Green in 2020. globalresearch.ca Author's note: Kevin and I worked on this article together right before his untimely passing on September 6. I met Kevin during Ralph Nader's 2004 presidential campaign. Throughout the years since, I appreciated seeing his anti-imperialist and eco-socialist arguments strengthen …

Sarah Aziza (2020-10-30). For Persian Gulf Migrant Workers, the Pandemic Has Amplified Systemic Discrimination. thenation.com For Persian Gulf Migrant Workers, the Pandemic Has Amplified Systemic Discrimination…

Manar Waheed (2020-10-30). Moving Forward: Muslims Belong Here. aclu.org Four years ago, an election altered the reality of Muslims in America and all over the globe. As president, Donald Trump made real his promise to

Gil Villagran, MSW (2020-10-30). Beto, El Escritor de las cartas de los Braceros. indybay.org The Bracero Program, based upon a U.S.-Mexico Treaty imported | Mexican laborers for year-long contract during WWII. My father came to the California San Joaquin Valley Southern Pacific RR.

David Bacon (2020-10-30). Building a Cross-Border Culture of Solidarity. zcomm.org Workers in Mexico and the United States face some of the same challenges—and some of the same employers…

news.un (2020-10-29). 2020's deadliest shipwreck so far, sees 140 migrants perish off Senegalese coast. news.un.org In the deadliest shipwreck recorded so far this year, at least 140 people have drowned after a vessel carrying around 200 migrants sank off the Senegalese coast, the UN migration agency confirmed on Thursday.

WSWS (2020-10-29). Johnson government's war on migrants turns English Channel into a "graveyard for children" wsws.org Driven from their homes by British imperialism's wars of aggression across the Middle East, these persecuted people have become the latest victims of the Johnson government's xenophobic "deterrence" regime against immigrants and refugees.

Rayhan Uddin (2020-10-28). Saudi Arabia set to abolish kafala system: Report. middleeasteye.net Saudi Arabia set to abolish kafala system: Report | Riyadh due to announce new contract between migrant workers and their employers, ending controversial sponsorship system | Wed, 10/28/2020 – 11: 38 | Migrant workers working on a construction site in the Saudi capital Riyadh (AFP/File photo) | Saudi Arabia plans to abolish the controversial kafala sponsorship system for migrant workers, according to…