Daily Archives: November 16, 2020

2020-11-16: News Headlines

Ralph Nader (2020-11-16). Trump's Ongoing Crime Wave Requires a Special Prosecutor. counterpunch.org There are many reasons why loser Trump refuses to concede. Yes, delusion has been the counterfeit coin of his fantasy realm — "I won this election by a lot" he tweeted with all caps last Saturday. In his fevered mind — nourished by a bullying career — all victories are his triumphs, and all losses are fake due

WSWS (2020-11-16). Migrant workers demand right to return to their homes in New Zealand. wsws.org The Labour Party government's draconian border restrictions have left thousands of people stranded outside New Zealand despite being legally entitled to live in the country.

Brett Wilkins (2020-11-16). ICE deports immigrants who alleged medical abuse at detention facility. salon.com Advocacy groups slam "shameful" deportation of ICE medical abuse survivors…

Alvaro Huerta (2020-11-16). In Memory of the Juan Gómez-Quiñones: Chicano Scholar, Activist and Poet. counterpunch.org "Anti-Mexicanism is a form of nativism practiced by colonialists and their inheritors." — Dr. Juan Gómez-Quiñones (2017) Tuesday, November 11, 2020—marks one of the saddest days of my life. On this day, we—the Mexican people on both sides of la frontera and our allies—lost a legend: the one and only, Dr. Juan Gómez-Quiñones (JGQ). We

Nathaniel Manderson (2020-11-15). Understanding the Trump voters: Here's why nobody is doing it right. salon.com I've been an evangelical pastor and a teacher in an immigrant community. I'm not shocked Trump did better this time…

Rod Driver (2020-11-15). Elephants in the Room: Why Do America and Britain Commit War Crimes? Neoliberalism and Predatory Capitalism. globalresearch.ca "I spent 33 years…being a high class muscle man for Big Business, for Wall Street and the bankers. I helped make Mexico safe for American oil interests in 1914. I helped make Haiti and Cuba a decent place for the …

Staff (2020-11-15). "Campus Reform" Is Funneling Koch Money to Groom Right-Wing "Journalists" truthout.org When Alexia Isais's phone registered a Blue Alert earlier this fall, informing her that there had been an attack on a local police officer, she quickly tweeted her reaction. "They can all go fall into the abyss and society would be better without them," she wrote. | Isais, a political science student at Arizona State University, is known for being outspoken. "As a Mexican American woman, I have a right to object to conditions and institutions that have ruined people's lives," she told Truthout. Amon…

sputniknews (2020-11-14). Source of 'Saint Death' Cult Venerated by Mexican Drug Cartel Members Uncovered, Media Says. sputniknews.com Last year, an altar made by a Mexican gang and dedicated to La Santa Muerte, featuring "satanic masks" and containing "human remains along with skulls covered with blood", was reportedly found during a police raid in the municipality of Cuauhtemoc, Mexico City.

WSWS (2020-11-14). Tropical Storm Eta causes widespread flooding in southeastern US as record-setting hurricane season continues. wsws.org After devastating large swathes of Central America and Southern Mexico last week, the storm system named Eta, the 28th of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season, made two separate landfalls in Florida this week.

Fred Fuentes (2020-11-13). Women of Steel: Check out upcoming screenings near you. greenleft.org.au Denied jobs at Wollongong's steelworks, working-class migrant women refused to accept discrimination. They began a campaign for the right to work that lasted for 14 years. Women of Steel tells their story, writes Kerry Smith.

WSWS (2020-11-13). Immigrant women who accused ICE doctor of forced sterilization deported from the United States. wsws.org One of the women who spoke to federal investigators was told only hours later by ICE that the hold on her deportation had been removed and that her removal was "imminent."

sputniknews (2020-11-13). Reunion Work By Grassroots Groups 'A Godsend' as US DoJ Abandons Separated Migrant Children – Lawyer. sputniknews.com Carlos Castaneda, an attorney who specializes in immigration law, told Political Misfits Friday that years after the end of the "zero tolerance" border policy causing migrant children to be separated from their parents, most of the family reunions have been the work of grassroots groups, not the US Department of Justice.

Peoples Dispatch (2020-11-13). More than 70 migrants die in a shipwreck in the Mediterranean Sea near Libyan coast. peoplesdispatch.org The small dinghy was reportedly carrying over 120 people of whom at least 47 were rescued. Every year, hundreds of migrants are killed in similar accidents while trying to reach Europe from Libya or other countries in the region…

James Goodman (2020-11-13). A New Vision for Immigration. progressive.org Once in office, Joe Biden must immediately work toward a system where immigrants aren't treated as criminals.

Stephen Lendman (2020-11-12). Extrajudicial Regime Change: The American Way at Home and Abroad. globalresearch.ca US imperialism operates domestically and abroad. | Regime change is official policy by both wings of one-party rule. | Things began in the mid-19th century by stealing half of Mexico. | Throughout…

teleSUR (2020-11-12). Joy Marks Evo's Return To Bolivia. telesurenglish.net In a commemorative caravan, Evo Morales began his trip back to Bolivia through the border crossing point La Quiaca in the Argentinean province of Jujuy where Argentina's President Alberto Fernandez warmly bade him farewell. | RELATED: | "A month ago I arrived in Mexico, a brother country that saved our lives, I was sad and devastated. Now I arrived in Argentina, to continue fighting for the humblest and to unite the…