Daily Archives: August 6, 2021

2021-08-06: News Headlines

Anonymous Contributor (2021-08-06). State/Narco Forces Harass Members of CODEDI in Oaxaca. itsgoingdown.org Communique from the Committee for the Defense of Indigenous Rights (CODEDI), denouncing the recent detention, harassment, and threats carried out against members of the organization in Oaxaca To the People of Oaxaca To the People of Mexico and the World To the Social Organizations To the National and International Human Rights Organizations To the Free…

Staff (2021-08-05). Headlines for August 5, 2021. democracynow.org WHO Calls for Moratorium on Third Doses Amid Stark Global Vaccine Inequity, Amid Soaring Profits, Moderna and Pfizer to Raise COVID-19 Vaccine Prices , Over Half of China's Provinces Log New COVID Cases; Tokyo Olympics Registers Worst Daily Toll, Illinois Issues Mask Mandate for Schools; Arkansas Governor Regrets Signing Anti-Mask Bill, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Bans Mask Mandates, Blames Immigrants & Biden for Record COVID Surge, Landlords Ask Federal Judge to Block Biden CDC's New Eviction Moratorium, Protesters in Lebanon Demand Justice on First Anniversary of Beirut Port Explosion, Unfolding Climate Crisis Fu…

Juan Lopez, Marilyn Bechtel (2021-08-05). øPor qué votar NO a la destitución del gobernador de California, Gavin Newsom? peoplesworld.org Gracias a un esfuerzo lanzado a principios del año pasado por republicanos anti-impuestos y anti-inmigrantes ansiosos por reconstruir su partido fallido en el estado más poblado del país, los votantes de California enfrentan una dura elección el 14 de septiembre: si mantener al gobernador demócrata Newsom en el cargo o para reemplazarlo de un campo …

Parth M.N. (2021-08-05). "We Don't Want to go Back to the City": India's Migrant Workers, Settling for Less Work and Lesser Pay. counterpunch.org Balaji Hattagale was chopping sugarcane one day. The next day he wasn't. His parents wish they knew more. "The uncertainty is killing us," says his father, Babasaheb Hattagale. On an overcast afternoon in July, a dark cloud hangs over his one-room brick home, almost reflecting the despair in Babasaheb's voice when he says: "We just

_____ (2021-08-05). ACLU Sues Over 'Illegal and Inhumane' Migrant Transportation Order in Texas. commondreams.org The labor leader is being remembered as "a relentless champion of workers' rights, workplace safety, worker-centered trade, democracy, and so much more."

Lowkey (2021-08-05). A laboratory of empire with Lowkey & Aamer Rahman. mronline.org In this segment of 'The Watchdog' video podcast, Lowkey is joined by comedian Aamer Rahman to explain how Australia maintains close political ties to the United Kingdom, with British Home Secretary Pritti Patel seeing the country's offshore migrant detention centers, referred to by some as "concentration camps" as a model for the U.K. to follow.

Staff (2021-08-05). Details Emerge about Dialogue between Venezuela's Government & Opposition. orinocotribune.com Little is known about the dialogue that the Venezuelan government will carry out with sectors of the Venezuelan opposition in order to improve the political situation in the Caribbean country. However, it seems that this uncertainty will soon end as more details come to light regarding the talks, that will take place in Mexico. | Both the President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, and representatives of the opposition have confirmed their participation and assured for weeks that the stage is set for talks between the two sectors. | "I believe that all of Venezuela and the world is waiting for the success of these ne…

It's Going Down (2021-08-05). Indigenous Resistance in Guerrero, Mexico: An Interview with a Member of the CIPOG-EZ. itsgoingdown.org Last week, Its Going Down and Radio Zapote carried out a collective interview with a member of the Popular Indigenous Council of Guerrero-Emiliano Zapata (CIPOG-EZ)—an Indigenous organization working from within various communities in the Montaña Baja Region of Guerrero, Mexico, who are struggling for autonomy and self-determination amidst an unbearable climate of capitalist, state, and…

_____ (2021-08-05). Indigenous Resistance In Guerrero, Mexico. popularresistance.org Last week, Its Going Down and Radio Zapote carried out a collective interview with a member of the Popular Indigenous Council of Guerrero-Emiliano Zapata (CIPOG-EZ)—an Indigenous organization working from within various communities in the Montaña Baja Region of Guerrero, Mexico, who are struggling for autonomy and self-determination amidst an unbearable climate of capitalist, state, and narco violence. | The interview covers the history and development of the organization, its organizational forms and political goals, its thoughts on political parties and the state, along with its relationship to other soci…

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