Daily Archives: April 9, 2021

2021-04-09: News Headlines

claudia (2021-04-09). April Dispatch — Fighting for Democracy and Economic Power. dsausa.org Enjoy your April Dispatch! This month we have PRO Act volunteering, a Convention update, and more. Read on to get involved! From Maria: We Won't Be Divided PRO Act Field Team Update — Sign Up to Phonebank Today! Friday 4/9 — RSVP for Organizing Overseas: Migrant Domestic Worker Organizing in the Asia-Pacific Region Your Convention…

José Luis Granados Ceja (2021-04-09). Biden's Policies Won't Address the Roots of the Migrant Crisis — They'll Fuel It. zcomm.org Far from treating the border crisis as a humanitarian issue, the Biden administration has continued to expel the vast majority of adult migrants.

webdev (2021-04-09). Amnesty Int'l: COVID-19 Exacerbates Inequality in Americas as U.S. Policy Drives Refugees to Border. democracynow.org A new Amnesty International report lays out how the pandemic has significantly exacerbated inequality across the Americas over the past year. Over 1.3 million people have died in the region from COVID-19, making the Americas the hardest-hit area in the world. Women, refugees, migrants, underprotected health workers, Indigenous peoples, Black people and other groups historically excluded and neglected by governments have borne the brunt of the pandemic, according to the report, which also points out the rise in gender violence and lethal crackdown on human rights defenders. "It's not a surprise that the Americas h…

_____ (2021-04-09). Western Media Incite Anti-Asian Racism. popularresistance.org Over the past few weeks, the subject of anti-Asian racism has received an unusual degree of Western media attention, ever since a video showing the January 28 killing of Vicha Ratanapakdee, an 84-year-old Thai immigrant in San Francisco, was widely shared on social media. Coverage intensified when gunman Robert Aaron Long targeted three Asian-owned spas on March 6, killing six Asian women among eight victims in Atlanta, Georgia. Local and national media centered the gunman's professed motive of a "sex addiction" and police statements disputing whether the crime was racially motivated, even though gendered racism…

Eduardo Ibarra Aguirre (2021-04-09). México — Montajes televisivos y matrimonios peligrosos. globalizacion.ca La sucinta retransmisión en Palacio Nacional durante la mañanera del día 7 del telemontaje que realizó el Canal 2 de Televisa (Primero Noticias) en diciembre de 2005 sobre la detención de los presuntos secuestradores Israel Vallarta —todavía en prisión y…

Isaac Enríquez Pérez (2021-04-09). México: Sin una nueva Constitución Política persistirá el mismo modelo económico. globalizacion.ca Los intereses creados, arraigados en el fundamentalismo de mercado predominante en las políticas públicas desde la década de los ochenta, se reprodujeron a partir de una estructura jurídica particular, la que instauró directrices y prácticas que se fusionaron con la…

teleSUR (2021-04-08). AMLO Thanks Cuba For Helping Mexico To Fight COVID-19. telesurenglish.net President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) on Thursday thanked Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel for sending 300 doctors to Mexico to fight the second wave of COVID-19 contagions in early 2021. | RELATED: | "Mexico will never forget Diaz-Canel's solidarity gesture. The Cuban doctors arrived at the moment we needed them the most," AMLO recalled. | The Cuban health professionals arrived in Mexico City "when we were about to ina…

teleSUR (2021-04-08). New York Will Give $15K to Undocumented Immigrants as COVID Aid. telesurenglish.net The state dedicated a total of $2.1bn to an Excluded Worker Fund, making one-time payments to undocumented people who lost work during the coronavirus outbreak, which shut down New York City last spring. | This week, the New York legislature passed the measure as part of a larger $212bn budget aimed to jump-start the state's economy. | RELATED: | Undocumented workers are eligible to receive $15,600 if they can prove they are N…

Greta Anderson (2021-04-08). Mexican Wolf Depredation Investigations…Again. counterpunch.org Hey folks, I'm back to reviewing Mexican wolf depredation investigation reports and sifting through another few hundred pages of blood, guts, bones, and grammatical errors, and today I found these two from Apache County, Arizona in May 2020: AC 5-27-20 3, AC 5-27-20 4. Both of the reports are about really young dead calves, estimated to

teleSUR (2021-04-08). Over 20,000 Unaccompanied Migrant Minors Remain In US Centers. telesurenglish.net Currently, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) oversees about 4,200 unaccompanied children and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has custody of over 16,000 children. | RELATED: | To alleviate overcrowding at Border Patrol facilities, President Joe Biden's administration seeks to transfer children to HHS centers. In addition, authorities are seeking to reduce the time it takes to release…

Inge Fryklund (2021-04-08). The US War on Drugs is Driving the Displacement Crisis. counterpunch.org We are torn by images of unaccompanied minors and overcrowded facilities at our southern border, but few in the United States are asking why so many Central American families are so desperate to escape their own countries that they are willing to risk everything — including family separation. These migrants are not fleeing some Act

Taroa Zuniga Silva (2021-04-08). Migrant women are holding society together during this pandemic. peoplesdispatch.org Throughout the past year, as the epidemic has ravaged the world, domestic workers, the bulk of whom are migrant women, have shouldered extremely heavy burdens. At the same time, their working conditions have taken a turn for the worse…

Peoples Dispatch (2021-04-08). After 23-day hunger strike, undocumented workers in New York win USD 2.1 billion in assistance. peoplesdispatch.org The protests, organized by the Fund Excluded Workers campaign, sought to deliver benefits to undocumented workers who had lost their jobs due to the pandemic. The victory has been hailed but activist groups say more needs to be done…

Robert C. Koehler (2021-04-08). The Fate of Those at the US Border Is Our Fate Too. commondreams.org The United States created a hellish world for millions and now demonizes those trying to escape it. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/migrants_0.jpg

Brett Wilkins, staff writer (2021-04-08). New York to Offer Undocumented Migrants Up to $15,600 in Pandemic Relief. commondreams.org "Today, our work today has been recognized," said one undocumented worker and organizer. "Our dignity has been recognized, and our dignity has been lifted by passing this fund." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/migrants_1.jpg

Brett Wilkins, staff writer (2021-04-08). New York to Offer Unemployed Migrants Up to $15,600 in Pandemic Relief. commondreams.org "Today, our work today has been recognized," said one undocumented worker and organizer. "Our dignity has been recognized, and our dignity has been lifted by passing this fund." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/migrants_1.jpg

PAULUS (2021-04-08). COMUNICAZIONE RIGUARDO MISSIVE RICEVUTE DA MEXICO CHIAPAS. indybay.org DICHIARAZIONE COMANDO SUPREMO GABINETTO DI GUERRA RIGUARDI MISSIVE RICEVUTE DA MEXICO…

SUB (2021-04-08). DICHIARAZIONE COMANDO GENERALE ZAPATISTA MEXICO 7-04-2021. indybay.org COMANDACIA GENERAL ZAPATISTA CHIAPAS MEXICO 7-04-2021…

Francisco Colmenares (2021-04-08). Pemex en dos años del gobierno de AMLO. globalizacion.ca México, en el 83 aniversario de la expropiación petrolera decretada por el gobierno del general Lázaro Cárdenas y cuando el precio del barril de la mezcla mexicana está al alza, cotizándose por arriba de 60 dólares, enfrenta retos extraordinarios en…

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