2021-08-31: News Headlines

Staff (2021-08-31). Headlines for August 31, 2021. democracynow.org Taliban Celebrate as Last U.S. Troops Leave Afghanistan, Over 1 Million in Path of Hurricane Ida Could Remain Without Power for Weeks, Florida Withholds Funds to Schools Defying Gov. DeSantis's Ban on Mask Mandates, Advocates Demand Biden End Deportations to Haiti After Devastating Earthquake, Over 500 Migrants Rescued in Mediterranean; EU Plans to Bar Entry to Afghan Refugees, U.N. Hails End to Worldwide Use of Toxic Leaded Gasoline, Mass Evacuations Ordered for Lake Tahoe Region as Caldor Wildfire Spreads, Federal Court Strikes Down Trump-Era Rule Gutting Clean Water Act, Emergency Petition Asks U.S. Supreme Co…

Ana María Aragonés (2021-08-31). México y Estados Unidos: Ante imposición migratoria, alternativas. globalizacion.ca Nuevamente el gobierno de Estados Unidos rehúye su responsabilidad de proteger a los migrantes en busca de refugio y asilo, y decide que México debe continuar con el programa Quédate en México. La respuesta de Andrés Manuel López Obrador fue…

This Week in Fascism (2021-08-31). This Week in Fascism #118: Anti-Vaxx & Anti-Mask Movement Gets Violent; Communities Confront Proud Boys; Anti-Immigrant Trump Supporter Threatens DC with Bomb. itsgoingdown.org Welcome fellow antifascists! We're back again with another action packed column. We bring you antifascist campaign reports from up and down the west coast and beyond, a roundup of news, analysis, and also a look at how the anti-vaxx and anti-mask movement is accelerating into violence. Plus, new doxxes, a call to action in Eugene,…

Ramzy Baroud (2021-08-31). Stadio Olimpico: Can Sports Heal the World? zcomm.org Amid chaotic politics and anti-immigrant and refugee sentiments, Stadio Olimpico in Rome seemed like an oasis of social and cultural harmony…

teleSUR (2021-08-30). Mexico, Chile, Cuba Para-Athletes Win Gold and Silver Medals. telesurenglish.net On Sunday, Latin American athletes Monica Rodriguez, Francisca Mardones, Leinier Savon, and Leonardo Diaz won gold and silver medals at the Tokyo Paralympics. | RELATED: | The 32-year-old Mexican sprint Rodriguez and her guide Kevin Aguilar won the gold medal in the 1,500-meter competition for the T11 visually impaired category and imposed a world record of 4 min 37 sec and 40 hundredths. | "I have run safe, determined, and strong. My last w…

Staff (2021-08-30). The End of the OAS? Mexico Leads Movement to End Almagro's Term. orinocotribune.com On Saturday, August 28, Marcelo Ebrard, Mexican secretary for foreign affairs, announced that Mexico is creating a body to replace the Organization of American States (OAS). | "What is Mexico's proposal? Goodbye OAS, in its interventionist, hegemonic sense, and let another organization come that we will build politically in agreement with the United States, for the 21st century," explained Ebrard. "It is no longer the 19th century, the 20th century, or the Cold War," he highlighted—in apparent ignorance of the fact that empires do not concede. He made these comments on Saturday during his participation in t…

teleSUR (2021-08-30). Tropical Storm Nora Kills One, Over Five Missings in Mexico. telesurenglish.net Tropical storm Nora dissipated on Monday, causing several floods and landslides and killing one person, although heavy rains and strong winds remain, Mexican authorities reported. | RELATED: | The government of Jalisco state confirmed the death of a Spaniard minor during a flood that collapsed a hotel in Puerto Vallarta town. "This tragedy was caused by the partial collapse of a hotel in downtown Puerto Vallarta, due to the overflow of the Cuale River," g…

Zach El Parece (2021-08-30). The Tamaulipas Project: Blood for Oil. covertactionmagazine.com The U.S. government and state of Texas under the rubric of the War on Drugs have been involved in intimate collaboration with corrupt police and security forces involved in torture and murder. | Breitbart News, however, has touted the corrupt governor of Tamaulipas—who helped open up Mexico's hydrocarbon resources to exploitation by foreign companies—as a hero.

Tamara Pearson (2021-08-30). 'Walmart Land': US chains colonise Mexico, displace local culture. greenleft.org.au More and more US transnationals have opened up in Mexico over the past few decades, taking advantage of unfair trade agreements, super-exploitative labour conditions and cheap utilities, reports Tamara Pearson.

Staff (2021-08-30). Hurricane Ida Hits Oil Industry in Black & Native Communities on Louisiana Coast Amid Climate Crisis. democracynow.org Two-thirds of Louisiana's industrial sites lie in the path of Hurricane Ida, including oil refineries, storage tanks and other infrastructure like oil platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. Louisiana's Gulf Coast is a major oil and gas hub, with 17 oil refineries, two liquefied natural gas export terminals, as well as a nuclear power plant and many Superfund sites. Oil spills and chemical releases due to climate change-intensified storms are a "worsening, consistent problem" in Louisiana's Gulf Coast, says Antonia Juhasz, a longtime oil and energy investigative journalist. Communities of color living on the Gulf Coast…

sputniknews (2021-08-30). Over 20 Dead, Dozens Missing After Vessel Collision in Peru. sputniknews.com MEXICO CITY (Sputnik) – More than 20 people are feared dead while over 50 are missing after two vessels collided on the Huallaga River in the Amazonian region of Loreto in Peru, the radio station RPP has reported.

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