(2021-07-16). Dying To Be Regularized: Migrants On Hunger Strike. popularresistance.org Farida is 51 years old. She was born in Belgium. Her entire family has the Belgian nationality. Farida has a steady job. She cleans offices and public buildings, for ‚Ǩ6-8 per hour. Her last application for a regularization of her administrative status got rejected and she has received a state-issued order to leave the territory. | Kiran fled a civil war in Nepal 16 years ago and applied for asylum in Belgium. While his asylum request was still pending, he got a job that paid ‚Ǩ10 an hour. When his asylum claim got rejected, his wage fell to ‚Ǩ2.5 an hour. His…
(2021-07-16). Leader of Germany's Left Party declares support for Sahra Wagenknecht. wsws.org Wagenknecht's latest book is a Volkish-nationalist diatribe that takes up arms against cosmopolitanism and open-minded people, calls for economic protectionism and a strong state, and denounces immigrants and refugees as wage cutters, strikebreakers and foreign cultural elements.
(2021-07-16). Afro-Latino Presence in Early California – Negro Bar, Sacramento County. indybay.org Afro-Latinos migrated to California in significant numbers. By 1790, they made up nearly 20 percent of California's population, or one out of every five residents. More importantly, the concept of "race" had far less significance in California than in the United States. While European-born Spaniards controlled California society, Afro-Latinos and mestizos did manage to gain political and economic influence during the Spanish and Mexican periods of California history. Established in 1849, Negro Bar, today's Sacramento County is a singular remnant of a golden legacy.
(2021-07-15). Mexico: 28 Environmental, Indigenous Leaders Killed Since 2020. telesurenglish.net The Mexican Center for Environmental Law (CEMDA) denounced that 28 environmental defenders and indigenous leaders have been murdered in this Latin American country since 2020. | RELATED: | "We are facing an alarming situation. In Mexico, there is a structural and generalized violence against those who defend the natural heritage, land and territory," said Gabriela Carreon, the CEMDA human rights officer. | Her environmental organiz…
(2021-07-15). US to Evacuate Afghans Who Supported US Military in Late July. telesurenglish.net The United States will launch "Operation Allies Refuge" in late July to evacuate Afghans who helped the U.S. military during the two-decade war, the White House said on Wednesday. | RELATED: | "Flights out of Afghanistan for SIV (Special Immigrant Visa) applicants who are already in the pipeline will begin in the last week of July and will continue," White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki told reporters in a daily briefing…
(2021-07-15). Reckoning and Reparations in Afghanistan. commondreams.org "We urge HHS and the Army to use their authorities to immediately close the migrant detention center at Fort Bliss and prioritize the use of community-based solutions."
(2021-07-15). Indonesia parliament passes widely opposed Papua Special Autonomy law and other stories. peoplesdispatch.org In today's episode of the Daily Round-up we take a look at the revised Special Autonomy law passed by the Indonesian parliament vis-a-vis the Papua region despite widespread protests, an ongoing hunger strike by hundreds of undocumented migrants in Belgium to demand access to legal rights of residency, social services and work, the end of the over 5 week long strike by workers at the Volvo Trucks plant in the US after the imposition of a tentative agreement by the company, and the impact of existing inequities on Covid-19 vaccine access.
(2021-07-15). Deaths of migrants crossing the sea to Europe more than doubled in first half of 2021: IOM. peoplesdispatch.org 
The International Organization of Migration (IOM), a UN agency, claimed that more than 1,146 people drowned while crossing the sea between January and June this year, in comparison to 513 victims in the same period last year…