Daily Archives: May 10, 2021

2021-05-10: News Headlines

_____ (2021-05-10). Brooklyn's Waterfront: A Just Transition? popularresistance.org When Aroldo Garcia learned that the operations base for a major offshore wind project was coming to his Brooklyn neighborhood, he thought about the jobs it could provide for his family members and friends who worked as handymen and contractors, and for others who didn't have work at all. | The project promised to bring more than a thousand new jobs to a waterfront site in Sunset Park, a largely immigrant, working-class community where many residents have struggled to keep up with the rising cost of living. It was, he thought, exactly the type of development people had been waiting for. | "These are not service ty…

John Feffer (2021-05-10). Immigrants to the Rescue. counterpunch.org Germany faces a major crisis. The German birth rate is considerably below what's needed to replace the population. German seniors, meanwhile, are living longer and drawing more on state resources for their pensions and health care. There are basically two ways out of this demographic crisis. First of all, Germany could boost its birth rate.

sputniknews (2021-05-10). Texas Sheriff Slams Biden Admin for 'Forcing' National Guard to Clean Up Trash After Immigrants. sputniknews.com As the situation with the surging numbers of immigrants on the US-Mexico border is called "a crisis" by many, neither US President Joe Biden nor his vice president, Kamala Harris, have yet to visit the region, for which both have faced criticism.

sputniknews (2021-05-10). Biden to Meet House GOP Leader This Week to Mend 'Frosty Ties', Report Says. sputniknews.com Kevin McCarthy first called for a meeting with President Joe Biden in a 5 March letter, where the House minority leader focused on the growing surge of unaccompanied migrant children emerging at the US' southern border.

León Bendesky (2021-05-10). México: Muy cerca de Estados Unidos. globalizacion.ca øCrecerá la economía de Estados Unidos? øCuánto tiempo durará la expansión? Estas son las dos preguntas cruciales para la economía mexicana. La recuperación de la actividad productiva, el empleo y los ingresos en México está estrechamente vinculada a la dinámica…

commondreams (2021-05-10). AFL-CIO, SEIU, SNITIS And Public Citizen Announce Filing of First USMCA 'Rapid Response Mechanism' Labor Case to Fight for Mexican Workers Denied Independent Union Representation. commondreams.org ______________________________…

news.un (2021-05-09). 'I am alive, but I feel like I am dead': a migrant grieves the drowning of 3 children. news.un.org Misrah, an undocumented migrant worker, and her family, left their home in Ethiopia hoping for a better life. Instead, her three children are now dead, drowned during a perilous sea crossing across the Gulf of Aden, when the overloaded boat smuggling them into the country capsized.

sputniknews (2021-05-09). Joe Biden Administration Reportedly Awarded Huge 'No-Bid' Shelter Contracts Amid Child Migrant Surge. sputniknews.com The number of unaccompanied children encountered by US border authorities reached nearly 19,000 in March – the highest number on record in the third major surge of families and children arriving from Central America since 2014, with Republicans blaming the Biden Administration for reversing ex-President Donald Trump's immigration policies.

Amy Tahani-Bidmeshki (2021-05-09). A Uniquely Mexican Quarantine. counterpunch.org Checkpoint Zipolite: Quarantine in a Small Place by Belen Fernandez is impossible to put down. Unlike some other travelogues or memoirs by women (pace Elizabeth Gilbert's, Eat Pray Love), Belen Fernandez's candor and self-deprecating humor combined with a deep love and compassion for people and places torn apart by political and social turmoil draws the

Amy Tahani-Bidmeshki (2021-05-09). A Uniquely Mexican Quarantine. counterpunch.org Checkpoint Zipolite: Quarantine in a Small Place by Belen Fernandez is impossible to put down. Unlike some other travelogues or memoirs by women (pace Elizabeth Gilbert's, Eat Pray Love), Belen Fernandez's candor and self-deprecating humor combined with a deep love and compassion for people and places torn apart by political and social turmoil draws the

sputniknews (2021-05-09). 'Narco-Tunnel' Allegedly Linked to Drug Lord 'El Chapo' Found Near Mexican National Guard Base. sputniknews.com Although the tunnel did not lead across the border into US territory, it could have been intended to connected with another underground passage stretching from Tijuana to San Diego.

Hugo Aboites (2021-05-09). Colombia y México; ley de por medio. globalizacion.ca En Colombia, jóvenes desafían cada noche al mortífero gobierno de Duque gritando, nos quitaron la salud, nos quitaron la universidad, y ahora nos quitan el salario y, a pesar del peligro, se organizan para salir a la calle, porque están…

_____ (2021-05-09). To Dismantle A Gas Pipeline And Sell It As Scrap Metal. popularresistance.org Loma de Bácum, Sonora: A gigantic metal pipe can be seen at the bottom of a hole in the earth. The family of Carmen García look into the hole which was dug by the people of Loma de Bácum to remove the gas pipeline. | The people used an excavator they seized from the company IEnova, affiliate of the United States transnational, Sempra Energy. The company was building the gas pipeline without the approval of those who live there. A consultation was never carried out. So, after an assembly, the entire community went to where the pipeline was being laid. There, they excavated and cut out with a blowtorch nearly ten k…

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