(2021-06-22). Tory government opens negotiations with trans-Pacific trading bloc. challenge-magazine.org The UK government has begun talks to join the trans-Pacific trading bloc, CPTPP, as part of its post-Brexit move to focus on trade outside of Europe. The International Trade Secretary, Liz Truss, opened negotiations on Tuesday morning with Japan's Yasutoshi Nishimura, the current chair of the CPTPP. | The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) is a trade alliance between 11 nations: Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore and Vietnam. The UK formally applied to join the CPTPP in February, as the first non-founding member to…
(2021-06-22). Headlines for June 22, 2021. democracynow.org South African President Blasts Big Pharma for Refusing to Share COVID-19 Vaccine Technology, Cuba Says Abdala Vaccine Shows 92% Efficacy Against COVID-19, Coronavirus Surges in Indonesia; Colombia Death Toll Passes 100,000, White House Falls Behind Goal of Donating 80 Million Vaccine Doses by End of June, Deaths Soared by 32% in U.S. Nursing Homes, Where 4 in 10 Had COVID-19 in 2020, Senate GOP to Filibuster Restoration of Voting Rights Protections, Belarus Hit with New Sanctions as U.N. Rights Chief Decries Torture and Other Abuses, Zapatistas Arrive in Spain, Marking 500 Years Since Cortés's Conquest of Mexico,…
(2021-06-22). It is time to end illegal pushbacks and abolish Frontex. popularresistance.org The European Union's border regime has been rapidly expanding in the past years, especially since the so-called "refugee crisis" of 2015, which put migration at the top of the European political agenda. It seems that there has not been much opposition against this expansion, which ranges from border militarization and the beefing up of the budget and mandate of EU border agency Frontex, to the extensive use of biometric databases, surveillance technologies and the increasing cooperation with non-EU-countries to stop migrants on their way to Europe.
(2021-06-22). Mexico President to Investigate Border Shooting of Innocents. latinorebels.com CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico (AP) — Mexico's president vowed to investigate the border shootings that left 19 dead over the weekend, even as the latest homicide figures showed a rebound in killings nationwide.
(2021-06-21). AMLO Orders Probe Into Reynosa Killings Amid Growing Violence. telesurenglish.net Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador announced on Monday a probe over the killing of innocent people in Reynosa city last weekend, amid growing violence in the country. | RELATED: | "Everything indicates that it was not a confrontation, but it was a command to shoot people who were planned to be confronted. It is a cowardly attack on the lives of innocent people," the president, also known as AMLO, said. | El Gobierno de la Cuarta…
(2021-06-21). Venezuela Includes Foreign Refugees in COVID-19 Mass Vaccination Program. orinocotribune.com The Venezuelan National Commission for Refugees (CONARE), through its office in Guasdualito, Apure state, in coordination with the government, the mayor of the José María Romero Municipality and the Venezuelan Ministry of Health, carried out a COVID-19 mass vaccination day on June 18 for senior citizens in the state. Several refugees of Colombian and Mexican nationalities who live in Venezuela were vaccinated in this session. | Thanks to the cooperation of the governments of the Russian Federation and the People's Republic of China, Venezuela has been able to launch the immunization program against COVID-19 in pr…
(2021-06-21). The Rise and Fall of Netanyahu. counterpunch.org The rise of Benjamin Netanyahu was very like that of Donald Trump. Both won power as populist nationalist leaders exacerbating and exploiting polarisation within their own countries. Netanyahu inflated the threat from the Palestinians in the eyes of Israeli voters. Trump demonised blacks and immigrants.
(2021-06-21). Meet Cathy Rojas, the socialist running for mayor of New York City. liberationnews.org 
On June 18, the Party for Socialism and Liberation announced that Cathy Rojas was running for mayor of New York to fight for a city for all — not the rich. Rojas is a high school history teacher, organizer, Queens native, the daughter of two Colombian immigrants, a New York public schools graduate, and socialist. …
(2021-06-21). Remember to Forget the Alamo. warisacrime.org 
Mexico once had a problem with a local provincial government promoting illegal immigration from the United States into Mexico in order to engage in the illegal slavery of illegally trafficked people. The locality involved was called Texas. For years, Mexico let Texas get away with its lawlessness and immorality, including not paying taxes, and including …
(2021-06-21). Central American Migrants: They're Here Because We Were There. juancole.com Southwest Harbor, Maine (Special to Informed Comment) — Democrats claim to defend an honest rendition of US history, one that will be attentive to the injustices inflicted by slavery and racism. Unfortunately, however, that honesty stops at the water's edge. While the president prepared for and conducted a widely- covered summit that among other things …
(2021-06-21). World Federation of Democratic Youth: imperialism is responsible for more than 80 million refugees globally. challenge-magazine.org The World Federation of Democratic Youth (WFDY) issued a statement yesterday marking World Refugee Day 2021. | The YCL is Britain's affiliate to WFDY, one of over 180 progressive and anti-imperialist youth organisations from more than 100 countries that are members. WFDY organises campaigns as well as solidarity brigades in support of peace, self-determination for all people and social and economic progress. | "This year we face World Refugee Day with the shocking fact that the threshold of 80 million refugees and forced migrants (82.4 million) has been overcome in 2021. | 70% are in countries that restrict th…
(2021-06-21). New Zealand PM announces fraudulent apology for 1970s immigration raids. wsws.org The apology for past crimes is being used as a cover for those being carried out in the present, with Labour seeking to divert growing opposition to its attacks on migrants and other sections of the working class.
(2021-06-21). México — Cuando despertaron, el sargazo estaba allí. globalizacion.ca No es nuevo el grave problema que se vive en la franja costera de Quintana Roo. Saben de él las autoridades y el sector empresarial desde principios de 2015, cuando comenzaron a llegar miles y miles de toneladas de sargazo,…
(2021-06-21). Ambassadors Recalled After Latest Nicaragua Arrest. latinorebels.com MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — Mexico and Argentina recalled their ambassadors to Nicaragua for consultations Monday, a day after President Daniel Ortega's government arrested yet another presidential contender ahead of the November 7 elections.