Daily Archives: July 2, 2021

2021-07-02: News Headlines

Staff (2021-07-02). Lethal Force Against Pipeline Protests? Documents Reveal South Dakota's Plans. truthout.org Environmental activists conduct a sit-in in front of the construction equipment as police in riot gear line up at the Line 3 pipeline pumping station near the Itasca State Park, Minnesota, on June 7, 2021.Kerem Yucel / AFP via Getty Images | Republican South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem has announced she is deploying 50 members of the South Dakota National Guard to the U.S.-Mexico border at the request of Texas Governor Greg Abbott. In an extraordinary twist, the deployment is being paid for by bi…

Eric A. Gordon (2021-07-02). Fiddler on the sidewalks of New York: What became of Tevye. peoplesworld.org BEVERLY HILLS—The last we saw renowned Yiddish writer Sholem Aleichem's touching character Tevye the Milkman, he was exiting the stage escaping an anti-Semitic pogrom in Russia headed for parts unknown. People like him wound up in France, England, Canada, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, South Africa, Australia. Many found themselves in New York and other American cities …

Judy Greenspan (2021-07-02). DC action demands: 'End Trans ICE Detention!'. workers.org Carrying signs and three brightly painted pink coffins, transgender immigrant rights activists and their supporters marched on the White House June 23 to demand an end to Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention of transgendered and HIV+ people. The coffins symbolized the deaths of three trans women, Roxsana Hernández, Victoria Arellano . . . |

Staff (2021-07-02). Lethal Force Against Pipeline Protests? Documents Reveal Shocking South Dakota Plans for National Guard. democracynow.org Republican South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem has announced she is deploying 50 members of the South Dakota National Guard to the U.S.-Mexico border at the request of Texas Governor Greg Abbott. In an extraordinary twist, the deployment is being paid for by billionaire Republican megadonor Willis Johnson, who lives in Tennessee. Critics say Noem is turning the National Guard into a private mercenary force targeting migrants, but the governor's plans for the National Guard could encompass other activities. Water protector and land back attorney Bruce Ellison has obtained documents that indicate the same force could…

Staff (2021-07-02). US asks Afghanistan's neighbors to shelter its ex-employees who fear Taliban retaliation after troop pullout – media. rt.com Thousands of Afghan citizens eligible for US visas after working for the US government may soon move to a different Central Asian country, where they will presumably be safe from retaliation while their applications are processed. | Afghanistan's neighbors Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, as well as Kazakhstan, may shelter as many as 9,000 Afghans qualified for the so-called Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) program. It is

Staff (2021-07-02). US asks Afghanistan's neighbors to shelter its ex-employees who fear Taliban retaliation after troop pullout – media. rt.com Thousands of Afghan citizens eligible for US visas after working for the US government may soon move to a different Central Asian country, where they will presumably be safe from retaliation while their applications are processed. | Afghanistan's neighbors Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, as well as Kazakhstan, may shelter as many as 9,000 Afghans qualified for the so-called Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) program. It is

Fernando Garcia (2021-07-02). Free the Children. zcomm.org Advocates Demand Biden Close Fort Bliss Detention Center Holding 800 Migrant Kids…

Adriana Cadena (2021-07-02). Getting Out of Poverty Shouldn't Require Luck. counterpunch.org I grew up in a poor, undocumented family. I was lucky — we got our legal residency, I got an education, and now I have a good job. But no one should have to count on luck. Here's my story and what I've learned. My dad came to the U.S. to work through the Bracero

sputniknews (2021-07-01). Mexico to Bottle Up to 20 Mln Doses of Russia's Sputnik V Vaccine Each Month. sputniknews.com On Wednesday, the Mexican laboratory for biological agents and reagents Birmex said that the first batch of the active component of the Russian coronavirus vaccine Sputnik V was delivered to Mexico, and the bottling and packaging of the drug began in the country.

Staff (2021-07-01). Texas Gov. Is Slashing Prison Funding — But He's Doing It to Fund Trump's Wall. truthout.org Border communities pushed back against false narratives pushed by former President Donald Trump and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott during their tour Wednesday of parts of the U.S.-Mexico border where Governor Abbott has vowed to fulfill Trump's campaign promise to complete a border wall. | Trump and Abbott held a briefing with state and law enforcement officials at the Weslaco Department of Public Safety headquarters before heading to Pharr, Texas, just across the river from Reynosa, Mexico, where 19 pe…

Staff (2021-07-01). This Company Got a $10 Million PPP Loan, Then Closed Its Plant and Moved Manufacturing Jobs to Mexico. scheerpost.com sba.gov by Lydia DePillis / ProPublica This story was originally published by ProPublica. ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox.Series: The Pandemic Economy Fiscal Responses to COVID-19 Late last summer, after churning along through the pandemic with only a …

Moderator (2021-07-01). This Company Got a $10 Million PPP Loan, Then Closed Its Plant and Moved Manufacturing Jobs to Mexico. scheerpost.com sba.gov by Lydia DePillis / ProPublica This story was originally published by ProPublica. ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox.Series: The Pandemic Economy Fiscal Responses to COVID-19 Late last summer, after churning along through the pandemic with only a two-week pause… |

WSWS (2021-07-01). Republican governors deploy police and troops against immigrants along US-Mexico border. wsws.org Not only is the deployment an unconstitutional challenge to the federal government, but the South Dakota National Guard is being paid for by a fascist billionaire, not the state government.

Editor2 (2021-07-01). Why Do The Media Hate Daniel Ortega? orinocotribune.com By Gerry Condon — Jun 29, 2021 | Is The U.S. Meddling In The Nicaraguan Election? | When Kamala Harris finally traveled to the U.S./Mexico border last week, she met several young women asylum seekers. The vice president likely saw Hondurans, Salvadorans and Guatemalans who were fleeing from violence and extreme poverty. But she probably did not see any Nicaraguan asylum seekers, who are few and far between. | Nicaragua and Honduras are considered the two poorest nations in Latin America. Honduras is a corrupt, failed, violent country, whose government is backed by the U.S. Nicaragua has free healthcare and e…

CWDYKMB (2021-07-01). Derek Chauvin: Why Did You Kill My Brother? commondreams.org I grew up poor and undocumented. Here's what I've learned.

Denis Rogatyuk (2021-07-01). Mexico's Left Faces a Tough Road Ahead. zcomm.org For enduring social change, Morena has to build a member-led organization rooted in local communities…

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