(2022-08-31). University of Minnesota Teamsters picket, march against poverty wages. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN — More than 300 University of Minnesota (UMN) service workers represented by Teamsters Local 320, along with members AFSCME, students, faculty, and others, protested on the school's campus, August 30, to demand an end to poverty wages and abusive employment practices. | Local 320 represents 1500 workers at UMN who clean buildings, service dormitories, maintain grounds, prepare food, maintain HVAC systems, care for research animals, drive trucks, and perform other activities across the university's five campuses. Many of the workers are Black, including immigrants from Somalia, Ethiopia and…
(2022-08-31). Free and Enslaved Negroes in Spanish, Mexican and US California. indybay.org With entire towns and authentic history unable to find utility in 2022 California State Parks venues, 2022 International Day for People of African Descent begins a new approach. Slave resistance in Mexico is more than just another chapter in the Negroes' long struggle for freedom and justice. In the context of Mexican social history it illustrates the interplay of diverse races and cultures which make that history one of the most complex and fascinating in the New World.
(2022-08-30). San José reacts to Supreme Court threat to overturn DACA. fightbacknews.org San José, CA – "No ban! No wall! Legalization for all!" was heard at San José City Hall as about 20 people showed up on Saturday, August 27, to protest the possibility of the U.S. Supreme Court repealing DACA, which would affect nearly a million undocumented immigrants and their families in the United States. | The protest coincided with the 52nd anniversary of the Chicano Moratorium and came in response to a call from the Legalization for All (L4A) Network. The connection between the struggles of undocumented immigrants, especially from Mexico and other Latin American nations, and the Chicano nation, or Aztlan,…
(2022-08-30). Mexican union activists report progress, but highlight obstacles to independent unions. peoplesworld.org 
GUADALAJARA, Mexico—Long-oppressed Mexican workers have new opportunities for free, fair, and pro-worker unionization and union elections south of the U.S. border, a panel of female union reform-oriented activists says. Thanks to Mexican legal and structural reforms the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement mandates, the group reports progress in that cause, despite several big roadblocks, from male machismo to …
(2022-08-30). California weighs rules giving fast food workers more power. peoplesworld.org 
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Since she came to California from Mexico 24 years ago, Maria Bernal has been supporting her family by often working two jobs at fast food restaurants. But she says she wound up living in a small Kia with her two youngest children, then ages 3 and 15, for six months after …
(2022-08-30). Candidate for UAW President Will Lehman: "For a united struggle of US, Mexican and Canadian workers!" wsws.org Our struggle against the corrupt, gangster-ridden unions or charros on either side of the border depends on organizing internationally and mustering our combined forces through the International Workers Alliance of Rank-and File Committees (IWA-RFC).
(2022-08-30). New Zealand Labour government to expand exploitative migrant labour schemes. wsws.org While tight restrictions remain on permanent residency for immigrants, the Labour government is expanding exploitative and low-paid temporary work schemes.
(2022-08-30). México: Activistas sindicales informan avances pero destacan obstáculos para sindicatos independientes. peoplesworld.org GUADALAJARA, México—Los trabajadores mexicanos oprimidos durante mucho tiempo tienen nuevas oportunidades para la sindicalización y las elecciones sindicales libres, justas y a favor de los trabajadores al sur de la frontera con los EE. UU., dice un panel de mujeres activistas orientadas a la reforma sindical. Gracias a las reformas legales y estructurales mexicanas que …
(2022-08-30). México AMLO y el crecimiento del sector público. globalizacion.ca La principal característica del gobierno de López Obrador es el repudio y abandono de la ideología y las políticas neoliberales, es decir, el repudio y abandono de las privatizaciones de los bienes públicos. | Pero no sólo las privatizaciones descaradas, sino…
(2022-08-30). Chapeando: Cuando la emigración cubana entra en la agenda electorera (+ Podcast). cubadebate.cu El vía crucis de los emigrantes cubanos hacia Estados Unidos parece haber entrado en la agenda electorera del sur de la Florida, a juzgar por la manera en que están abordando el tema quienes hasta hace poco tiempo insultaban a los emigrantes y pedían cerrarle puertas.
(2022-08-30). Presidente mexicano enfatiza que no habrá impunidad por Ayotzinapa. telesurtv.net "El caso de Ayotzinapa es otro de estos casos lamentables, este de abuso de autoridad, de mal gobierno, de asociación delictuosa y desde luego de injusticias", dijo AMLO.
(2022-08-30). Dos masacres dejan al menos siete muertos en Veracruz, México. telesurtv.net Las autoridades de Veracruz indicaron que los dos ataques armados se registraron en los municipios de Tlalixcoyan y de San Andrés Tuxtla.
(2022-08-30). New Orleans protest demands hurricane relief for all immigrants, defends DACA. fightbacknews.org New Orleans, LA – Dozens of protesters rallied at the statue of Benito Juarez on August 27 to demand hurricane relief funds for all immigrants, regardless of legal status. The rally also came in response to national call to action by the Legalization for All Network to defend DACA against legal attacks and to commemorate the Chicano Moratorium. | The rally was planned to coincide with the anniversaries of Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Ida, which both made landfall in Louisiana on August 29. Although it was largely the labor of immigrant workers that rebuilt New Orleans after both disasters, many immigrants face…
(2022-08-30). Immigrant rights protest makes noise in support of DACA outside Minnesota Twins game. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – On Sunday, August 28, dozens of protesters gathered with signs, noisemakers and flyers across the street from Target Field in downtown Minneapolis. The demonstration was organized by the Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee (MIRAC) and is also part of a national call to action for DACA by the Legalization for All Network, coinciding with the 52nd anniversary of the historic Chicano Moratorium in Los Angeles, California. | Protesters gathered in support of DACA, or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, marking ten years since the program was implemented in 2012. | DACA is a temporary pro…