(2021-10-19). Phil Collins drawn into race controversy after 'Battle of the Alamo' museum criticized for ignoring non-white fighters — reports. rt.com 
Phil Collins has been drawn into a race row after a US museum, which will house his memorabilia from the Siege of the Alamo, was accused of "glorifying" white figures while ignoring Latino, Native American and black fighters. | In 2014, the Genesis frontman — who has a longstanding interest in the legendary 1836 battle between less than 200 Texan rebels and approximately 6,000 Mexican soldiers — donated his collection of weapons, clothing, letters and artifacts from the event to the state of Texas. The trove is estimated to be worth £10 million ($13.78 million). | His donation was made on condi…
(2021-10-19). Migrant Farmworkers Are Being Left Out Of Roundup Cancer Compensation. popularresistance.org In 2018, a California school groundskeeper took Monsanto Company to court, alleging that Roundup, one of America's most popular weed killers, caused his Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma cancer. The jury agreed and ordered Monsanto to pay the man $289 million in damages, concluding the world's first Roundup cancer trial. Legal experts say migrant farmworkers, who are at the forefront of pesticide and herbicide exposures—including Roundup—are expected to be left out.
(2021-10-19). Brussels Mulls New Sanctions On Belarus While Migrants Storm EU Borders. southfront.org 
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(2021-10-19). Bannering for 'Legalization for All!' in Minneapolis. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – In the early evening of October 13, a group of about 15 people gathered on the corner of Lake Street and Bloomington Avenue in South Minneapolis and held banners that read: "Legalization for all" and "No militarized border." The action was organized by the Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee (MIRAC). | Over the summer, U.S. Senate Democrats released a budget resolution that would include legalization for millions of undocumented people, including those with DACA or TPS status, as well as many essential workers and farm workers. The bill passed through the first four steps until it reache…
(2021-10-19). "Second Chance": Deported to Haiti, Immigrant Activist Jean Montrevil Returns to U.S. on Special Parole. democracynow.org 
In an exclusive interview, we speak with Jean Montrevil, an immigrant rights leader who was deported to Haiti in 2018. He returned home to New York and reunited with his family Monday on a special 90-day parole. He hopes to stay longer. Montrevil was a founding member of the New Sanctuary Coalition, which worked with Families for Freedom to engage churches in immigrant defense. ICE targeted him for his activism, using a decades-old conviction as pretext to deport him. In his first interview since landing, Montrevil tells Democracy Now! he will continue to speak out and implore the current administration to "take…
(2021-10-19). Deported to Haiti, Activist Jean Montrevil Returns to US on Special Parole. truthout.org 
In an exclusive interview, we speak with Jean Montrevil, an immigrant rights leader who was deported to Haiti in 2018. He returned home to New York and reunited with his family Monday on a special 90-day parole. He hopes to stay longer. Montrevil was a founding member of the New Sanctuary Coalition, which worked with Families for Freedom to engage churches in immigrant defense. ICE targeted him for his activism, using a decades-old conviction as pretext to deport him. In his first interview since l…
(2021-10-19). Week of Solidarity with Loma de Bácum and for the Freedom of Fidencio Aldama. itsgoingdown.org Call out for a week of solidarity with the Indigenous Yaqui community of Loma de Bácum and for the freedom of political prisoner Fidencio Aldama, October 21-27, 2021. Since 2015, the Yaqui people of Loma de Bácum, Sonora, have been resisting the Gasoducto Sonora pipeline project that Sempra Energy is trying to build inside their…