Daily Archives: June 14, 2021

2021-06-14: News Headlines

Andrés Jiménez Montoya (2021-06-14). Mexico's MORENA Party consolidates top position in 2021 midterm elections. peoplesworld.org With the announcement of results from the June 6th Mexican midterm elections, the center-left MORENA Party has held onto its federal congressional majorities in the Chamber of Deputies and won state and local elections across the country in 31 states and Mexico City. MORENA (Movimiento Regeneración Nacional) is the party of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (known …

_____ (2021-06-14). Discovery Of Mass Graves Reinforces Need For Truth And Reconciliation. popularresistance.org The victims were uncovered just two weeks after the discovery of a mass grave on the grounds of the Kamloops Indian Residential School in British Columbia, a boarding school where Indigenous children were forcibly sent until the late 1970s. The bodies of 215 children—some as young as three years old—have been uncovered so far.

_____ (2021-06-14). Venezuela conference another example of Liberal hypocrisy. popularresistance.org On the one-year anniversary of Canada's defeat in its bid for a seat on the United Nations Security Council the Trudeau government is hosting an International Donors' Conference in Solidarity with Venezuelan Refugees and Migrants. While it may sound like a humanitarian endeavor, it's the latest phase in Canada's multipronged effort to overthrow Nicolás Maduro's government, which has included plotting with the opposition to anoint an alternative president.

news.un (2021-06-14). Around 1.5 million Lebanese in need, top UN humanitarian official there warns. news.un.org As Lebanon endures one of its worst financial and economic crises ever, the UN estimates that over the next eight months around $300 million is needed to provide vital aid to around 1.5 million Lebanese and 400,000 migrant workers living there.

The Canary (2021-06-14). Fears for migrant children facing 'detention' at Dover. thecanary.co There are fears that unaccompanied child migrants arriving in Dover will be "detained" at a controversial facility, after Kent County Council announced it cannot take in any more. | Large numbers of migrant children travelling to the UK on small boats has led to a repeat of the "unthinkable" situation, where the council says its resources are "significantly overwhelmed". | The announcement came as more people allegedly reached Dover on Monday morning. The high numbers of English Channel crossings in May and June look set continue. | No new resolution: | On Thursday, Kent County council leader Roger Gough…

Greta Anderson (2021-06-14). Cowpies and Potshards: How Arizona's Archaeological Sites are Being Trashed by Cattle Grazing. counterpunch.org The Sonoran Desert National Monument was established in 2001 with very specific terms about how grazing should be managed on these lands. The Proclamation basically said that grazing should be permanently banned from parts of the monument and could only continue on portions of the monument where it was found to be compatible with resource

_____ (2021-06-13). New Jersey Activists Halted Two Deportations. popularresistance.org The Bergen County Jail in Hackensack, New Jersey has been the site of recurring actions in solidarity with detained immigrants. On Tuesday, June 8, one such action ended with cops arresting 14 protesters who were trying to peacefully stop a deportation. | The 14 people arrested had camped out at the Bergen County Jail the previous night to try and stop the deportation of Marvin Jerezano Peña, a father from Red Bank, New Jersey who migrated from Mexico to the United States as a child. He had been arrested by ICE and was being held for marijuana possession, something now fully legal in the state. Nevertheless, ICE…

_____ (2021-06-13). New Jersey Activists Halted Two Deportations. popularresistance.org The 14 people arrested had camped out at the Bergen County Jail the previous night to try and stop the deportation of Marvin Jerezano Peña, a father from Red Bank, New Jersey who migrated from Mexico to the United States as a child. He had been arrested by ICE and was being held for marijuana possession, something now fully legal in the state. Nevertheless, ICE planned to deport Peña.

_____ (2021-06-13). Let's Not Forget The Suffering The United States Has Inflicted On Guatemala. popularresistance.org "I want to be clear to folks in this region who are thinking about making that dangerous trek to the United States-Mexico border," she said at a press conference with Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei on June 7. "Do not come. Do not come. The United States will continue to enforce our laws and secure our border." | Harris's comments drew criticism from organizations advocating for asylum seekers. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D‚ÄëN.Y.) wrote on Twitter that seeking asylum at the U.S. border is "100% legal" and called on the United States to "finally acknowledge its contributions to destab…

_____ (2021-06-13). Let's Not Forget The Suffering The US Has Inflicted On Guatemala. popularresistance.org During her recent visit to Guatemala, Vice President Kamala Harris delivered a frank message to Central Americans hoping to find refuge in the United States. | "I want to be clear to folks in this region who are thinking about making that dangerous trek to the United States-Mexico border," she said at a press conference with Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei on June 7. "Do not come. Do not come. The United States will continue to enforce our laws and secure our border." | Harris's comments drew criticism from organizations advocating for asylum seekers. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D‚ÄëN…

Staff (2021-06-13). Hey Kamala, Here Is a Progressive Way to Address the Root Causes of Migration. truthout.org The recent focus on the rising number of Central American asylum seekers at the U.S.-Mexico border could have one positive result: it creates an opening that activists can use to promote a progressive foreign and domestic agenda. | The two parties are split over how to slow the current rise in migration. Republicans favor the sort of harsh measures that the Trump administration inflicted on migrants; centrist Democrats also support deterrence, but they propose moderating it slightly and spend…

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