(2021-08-11). Headlines for August 11, 2021. democracynow.org Senate Dems Approve $3.5 Trillion Budget Hours After Passage of Bipartisan Infrastructure Plan, Gov. Andrew Cuomo Resigns, Continues to Faces Ongoing Probes and Possible Impeachment, Cases Spike in Tacoma ICE Jail; TX Counties Can Bypass Mask Mandate Ban as Delta COVID Cases Surge, COVID-19 Surges in Mexico; Bangladesh Launches Rohingya Refugee Vaccination Drive, Taliban Claim More Territory, Seizing Three More Afghan Cities, Ethiopian PM Calls for Citizens to Join Fight Against Tigray Forces as Humanitarian Disaster Grows, U.S. Appeals Ruling That Blocked Julian Assange's Extradition, Algerian Wildfires Kill 42…
(2021-08-11). 'Coercive Measures' Against Venezuela Will Continue, Reaffirms the US. orinocotribune.com New plots against Venezuela are being hatched in the US, as indicated by Juan González, National Security Council Senior Director for the Western Hemisphere in the Joe Biden administration. Ratifying the ongoing interventionist White House stance, González claimed that the US, together with its allies, would continue to exert pressure on Venezuela until "free and fair elections" are held in the country. | These statements come after Mexican President López Obrador's recent announcement that his government will host a negotiation between diverse political sectors of Venezuela, to aid in achieving a possible peacef…
(2021-08-11). Tuesday 8/17: San Francisco: DACA Is Not Enough! Citizenship for All Immigrants Rally. indybay.org 1 Post Street, San Francisco, CA 94104 | Wear a mask. Please follow all current COVID safety guidelines: covid19.ca.gov/…
(2021-08-11). Tuesday 8/17: Santa Cruz: Rally & March to Demand DACA & Immigrant Citizenship Pathway Rights Now! indybay.org Town Clock at N. Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, then march to office of Congressman Jimmy Panetta | Wear a mask. Please follow all current COVID safety guidelines: covid19.ca.gov/…
(2021-08-11). Thursday 8/26: Defending the Displaced: Border Justice & Migrant Rights. indybay.org Online event (FREE)…
(2021-08-11). The Climate Crisis Is Coming For Undocumented Farmworkers First. popularresistance.org The effects of the climate crisis on the more than 1 million agricultural workers in the United States, already severe, have been worsened by profit-driven employers. The increasingly severe heat waves ravaging the country damage some crops, so to protect the market value of their produce, the agricultural industry is accelerating the harvesting season‚Äâ—‚Äâand in many instances forcing longer shifts on workers.
(2021-08-10). Indigenous communities occupy Bonafont bottling plant in Mexico and other stories. peoplesdispatch.org In today's episode of the Daily Round-up we take a look at the ongoing protests by local communities in Mexico's Puebla region against water extraction by the Bonafont company; protests in Thailand against the government's pandemic response and the continued demands for democracy; the new UN IPCC report on global warming; and the surge in Covid-19 cases in the US just as vaccination rates cross 50%.
(2021-08-10). After gov't inaction, community takes Tijuana River Valley cleanup into own hands. liberationnews.org 
The Tijuana River has one of California's most polluted estuaries.
(2021-08-10). Inauguration Speech of Peru President Pedro Castillo. orinocotribune.com Madam President of the Congress of the Republic Ladies and Gentlemen Congressmen of the Republic, | Presidents of the sister republics of Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, His Highness the King of Spain. | Members of the honorable diplomatic corps. Authorities present. | Women and men of my beloved Peruvian people. | I begin by greeting my brothers and sisters, descendants of the original peoples of pre-Hispanic Peru, my Quechua, Aymara and Amazonian brothers and sisters, Afro-Peruvians and the various communities of migrant descendants, as well as all the dispossessed minorities of the countr…
(2021-08-10). Whistleblowers Step Forward With New Complaints Of Abuses At Site For Immigrant Children. popularresistance.org Today, Government Accountability Project, filed its second complaint with federal oversight agencies detailing abuses at the Fort Bliss, Texas Emergency Intake Site (EIS) for unaccompanied immigrant children. Government Accountability Project's first complaint, dated July 7, 2021, is attached as an exhibit to this second complaint. | The Fort Bliss EIS is run by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS's) Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR). The children are in the custody of ORR. Fort Bliss is one of several EISs holding them, ostensibly on a temporary basis. | The information disclosed in the sec…
(2021-08-10). UK: Johnson government wages dirty war on migrants and asylum seekers. wsws.org The Tory government is advancing an anti-immigration agenda as its flagship policy.
(2021-08-10). Mexico: Indigenous Communities Take Over Water-Bottling Plant. popularresistance.org For four months, Indigenous and local communities in Mexico have managed to blockade and shut down the Bonafont plant in Cuanala in Puebla state. Bonafont is a bottled water brand owned by Danone, a Paris-based food corporation. | With large rocks blocking the main entrance, as well as tents, a cooking station and more, the communities have used their permanent blockade as a space to hold workshops, forums and cultural events. | But on Sunday, August 1, they decided it was time to take over the plant and put it to better use. They called a public meeting with state authorities and Bonafont owners for Sunday, Augu…
(2021-08-10). The Red Nation Wants Its Land Back. thenation.com The Red Nation Wants Its Land Back…
(2021-08-10). México — Los plebiscitos son un arma de doble filo. globalizacion.ca El 1 ∫ de agosto se realizó en México una consulta popular, la primera desde que fuera aprobado este mecanismo en la constitución en 2012. | Por motivos legales no se pudieron incluir los nombres de Carlos Salinas de Gortari, Ernesto Zedillo,…