Daily Archives: September 1, 2022

2022-09-01: News Headlines

TeleSUR, gao, SH (2022-09-01). Parte otra caravana migratoria desde el sur mexicano hacia EE.UU. telesurtv.net El grupo intentará llegar a Oaxaca con la esperanza de obtener su permiso temporal de tránsito por territorio mexicano.

TeleSUR- lvm, JL (2022-09-01). Familiares de mineros atrapados firman acuerdo con Gobierno mexicano. telesurtv.net El presidente de México refirió que "vamos nosotros a responsabilizarnos para pagar las indemnizaciones, no sólo lo convencional".

TeleSUR (2022-08-31). Mexican Public-Private Lithium Company to Be Located in Sonora. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) announced that the new state-controlled lithium company will be open to private investment and will be installed in the state of Sonora, bordering the United States. | RELATED: | "We are developing a plan for the generation of renewable, clean energy and also for the production of lithium batteries to boost the automotive industry in Sonora," he said.

TeleSUR (2022-08-31). Migrant Caravan Leaves Tapachula Heading for the United States. telesurenglish.net A new caravan of over 1,000 migrants left southeastern Mexico on Tuesday for the U.S. border. It mainly included people from Latin American countries such as Colombia, Ecuador, Honduras, and the Dominican Republic. | RELATED: | After crossing the border with Guatemala, the migrants stayed for some time in the Mexican city of Tapachula. In the early hours of Tuesday, however, they decided to leave the city because the National Migration Insti…

Jolie McCullough (2022-08-31). Judge in border case uses racist slurs to slander immigrants. peoplesworld.org A prominent judge in Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's border security operation to arrest and jail migrants on trespassing charges has been accused of using a racist slur against Latino defendants. A defense attorney told the State Commission on Judicial Conduct last week that Judge Allen Amos told her the trespassing defendants weren't "your regular wetbacks," according to a …

Frank Talk (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.

WSWS (2022-08-31). Mexico's "Truth Commission" on 43 disappeared Ayotzinapa students—what it does and does not reveal. wsws.org While the government moves against lower ranking state and military officials involved in the killing of the students and its cover-up, those implicated at the top will remain untouched.

Fight Back (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…

Fight Back (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,…

Don Thompson (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 …

Mark Gruenberg (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 …

Fight Back (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…

Fight Back (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…

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