Monthly Archives: October 2023

2023-10-03: News Headlines

Editor (2023-10-02). Mexican Auto Parts Workers Face Blacklist After Union Campaign. scheerpost.com By Charlie Saperstein and Dan DiMaggio / Labor Notes In August 2022, auto parts workers at VU Manufacturing won a landmark election to gain recognition for a new independent union, the Mexican Workers' League (La Liga). A year later, after refusing to negotiate a new contract, the company has shut down, leaving 400 workers jobless—and 71 …

ecsorinoco (2023-10-02). Delcy Rodríguez Addresses Puebla Group Regarding US-Led Hybrid Warfare on Venezuela. orinocotribune.com In her speech to the Puebla Group, a collaborative political group of fourteen progressive governments, the vice president spoke of the blockade, sanctions, and lawfare against the country. | This Saturday, Venezuela's Vice President Delcy Rodríguez participated in the ninth meeting of the Puebla Group held in the central Mexican city of Puebla. | Rodríguez spoke about economic sanctions, blockades, legal wars and lawfare, and strategies applied by imperialism to bring the people of the Global South to their knees. | Speaking to the group, Rodríguez exposed the truth about the hybrid war against Venezuela, the ch…

ecsorinoco (2023-10-02). Delcy Rodríguez Addresses Puebla Group Regarding US-Led Hybrid Warfare on Venezuela. orinocotribune.com In her speech to the Puebla Group, the vice president spoke of the blockade, sanctions, and lawfare against the country. | This Saturday, Venezuela's Vice President Delcy Rodríguez participated in the ninth meeting of the Puebla Group held in the central Mexican city of Puebla. | Rodríguez spoke about economic sanctions, blockades, legal wars and lawfare, and strategies applied by imperialism to bring the people of the Global South to their knees. | Rodríguez exposed the truth about the hybrid war against Venezuela, the challenges of the multipolar world, and the need to resume the integration of the peoples of A…

Candice Yanez (2023-10-03). Racist far-right vigilante shoots peaceful activist protesting Spanish conquistador statue in New Mexico. liberationnews.org This shooting in Espanola marks the second time in three years that a right-wing extremist has shot at protesters opposing an Oñate statue. I…

ecns.cn (2023-10-03). (W.E. Talk) Flora Botton: Why should people know about ancient China and modern China as a whole?>. ecns.cn Flora Botton Beja, 90 years old, the founder and leader of Sinology in Mexico and even Latin America, has been engaged in China studies for 60 years and has students all over Latin America. She is now a professor at the Center for Asian and African Studies at the College of Mexico.

Staff (2023-10-03). Gunman Wearing MAGA Hat Shoots Indigenous Activist at New Mexico Protest over Conquistador Statue. democracynow.org In New Mexico, a 23-year-old gunman wearing a red MAGA hat opened fire last week on Jacob Johns and other Indigenous activists opposing plans to reinstall a statue honoring the 16th century conquistador Juan de Oñate, New Mexico's first colonial governor. Johns, the prominent climate activist, was airlifted from Española to an Albuquerque hospital and required emergency surgery. We speak with Malaya Peixinho, who participated in Thursday's gathering, about how the statue of the colonial leader has divided the local community. "It is a really controversial thing to talk about Oñate," says P…

teleSUR, DRL (2023-10-03). Ascienden a 11 los muertos tras derrumbe en iglesia en México. telesurtv.net Dentro del reporte preliminar se contempla que alrededor de 100 personas estaban en el recinto al momento del incidente y se calcula que unas 30 personas están atrapadas.

teleSUR, JGN (2023-10-03). Denuncian represión de marcha por el 2 de octubre en México. telesurtv.net El Comité 68 Pro Libertades Democráticas demandó a las autoridades de la capital de México que aclare "la procedencias y uso de los gases lacrimógenos".

ecns.cn (2023-10-02). (W.E. Talk) Flora Botton: Why should people know about ancient China and modern China as a whole?>. ecns.cn Flora Botton Beja, 90 years old, the founder and leader of Sinology in Mexico and even Latin America, has been engaged in China studies for 60 years and has students all over Latin America. She is now a professor at the Center for Asian and African Studies at the College of Mexico.

Laith Fadel (2023-10-02). Migrants face increase danger along route to U.S. america.cgtn.com The large number of migrants attempting to reach the United States are facing a number of issues. The humanitarian crisis has led to significant concern for those trying to reach the U.S.-Mexico border, but the numbers tell little about the dangers they face on their journey. CGTN's Alasdair Baverstock reports from the U.S.-Mexico border.

Staff (2023-10-02). Headlines for October 2, 2023. democracynow.org Kevin McCarthy Reverses Course, Passes Deal with House Democrats to Avert Gov't Shutdown at 11th Hour, Gavin Newsom Picks EMILY's List President Laphonza Butler to Fill Dianne Feinstein's Senate Seat, Dianne Feinstein, Longest-Serving Woman Senator, Dies at 90 After Months of Declining Health, Record Rains Turn NYC Streets into Rivers as Gov. Hochul Warns Extreme Weather Is "New Normal", Labor News: UAW Ramps Up Strike; Kaiser Permanente Health Workers Inch Closer to Major Strike, Migrants Killed Near U.S. Border; Traffic Deaths Expose Dangers for Migrants Traveling Through Mexico, R…

Tanya Wadhwa, People's Dispatch. (2023-10-02). Government Report On Ayotzinapa 43 Links Ex-President To The Crime. popularresistance.org On September 28, parents of the 43 students of the Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers' College, who disappeared in 2014, lifted the sit-in protests that they had held for eight days in front of the Military Camp No. 1 in the capital Mexico City. The decision came after the presentation of a new report by the Commission for Truth and Access to Justice in the Ayotzinapa case (COVAJ), which revealed that a meeting of authorities had taken place in October 2014 to construct the so-called "historic truth" and that it was attended by the then president Enrique Peña Nieto, among other officials.

teleSUR, lvm, JDO (2023-10-02). Reportan diez migrantes fallecidos tras accidente en México. telesurtv.net Se investigan las causas del hecho, ocurrido a las 05H30 hora local en el estado de Chiapas. Los pasajeros a bordo del vehículo eran de nacionalidad cubana.

teleSUR, rzr, MS (2023-10-02). Al menos siete muertos tras colapsar techo de iglesia en México. telesurtv.net Una presunta falla estructural provocó el colapso de toda la parte superior del recinto religioso donde, según testigos, se celebraba un bautismo.

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-10-02). Cuban president regrets migrant accident in Mexico. plenglish.com Havana, Oct 2 (Prensa Latina) President Miguel Díaz-Canel sent condolences to the victims' families and his best wishes for recovery to those injured in the tragic traffic accident in Chiapas state that claimed the lives of Cuban migrants.

Dan La Botz (2023-10-03). Venezuelan immigrants win victory. internationalviewpoint.org "At present as many 9,000 immigrants are crossing the border each day, coming from dozens of countries and Venezuelans making up a large portion of them." | – | / |

Lee Siu Hin, National Immigrant Solidarity (2023-10-03). Fall 2023 National Immigrant Solidarity Network Immigrant Justice News Alert! indybay.org Biden Against Chinese-American and Immigrants—Except the Rich, are Unacceptable!

Dan La Botz (2023-10-02). Venezuelan immigrants win victory. internationalviewpoint.org "At present as many 9,000 immigrants are crossing the border each day, coming from dozens of countries and Venezuelans making up a large portion of them." | – | / |

John Helmer (2023-10-02). Canada and the NATO Alliance Hunker Down to Defend Race War Against Russia. dissidentvoice.org MOSCOW — North Bay, Ontario, is a small Canadian city of immigrants from Europe, their upwardly mobile children, and their children's children. It's the town where Yaroslav Hunka lives after he left the British prisoner of war camp where he and other Ukrainian soldiers of the SS Waffen Grenadier Galician Division were held after the …

Lee Siu Hin, National Immigrant Solidarity (2023-10-02). Fall 2023 National Immigrant Solidarity Network Immigrant Justice News Alert! indybay.org Biden Against Chinese-American and Immigrants—Except the Rich, are Unacceptable!

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2023-10-01: News Headlines

Alina Ramos Martin (2023-09-30). Mexico exhibits contemporary cinema in Havana. plenglish.com Havana, Sep 30 (Prensa Latina) The Mexican Film Festival continues in the 23 y 12 cinema of this capital with a variety of representative films of the contemporary seventh art in Mexico.

ecns.cn (2023-10-01). (W.E. Talk) Flora Botton: Why should people know about ancient China and modern China as a whole?>. ecns.cn Flora Botton Beja, 90 years old, the founder and leader of Sinology in Mexico and even Latin America, has been engaged in China studies for 60 years and has students all over Latin America. She is now a professor at the Center for Asian and African Studies at the College of Mexico.

Alasdair Baverstock (2023-09-30). U.S.-Mexico border faces migration challenges. america.cgtn.com The migration crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border has seen record numbers of refugees entering the U.S. hoping for asylum. | As American authorities try to deter migration, they may be about to get additional help from Mexico. | CGTN's Alasdair Baverstock reports.

Cristóbal León Campos (2023-09-30). México — Ayotzinapa, espinas y verdad. globalizacion.ca El pasado 26 de septiembre se cumplieron nueve años de la desaparición forzada de los 43 normalistas de Ayotzinapa, y ese mismo día, como cada 26, miles de personas se congregaron en plazas y edificios de Gobierno en el país,…

The Lancet (2023-09-30). Editorial] Immigration reform in the USA: health must come first. thelancet.com The International Organization for Migration's (IOM) Missing Migrant Project found that 2022 was the deadliest year on record for migrants and identified the USA—Mexico border as the most dangerous overland migration route in the world. The perilous journeys migrants are forced to make expose them to a vast array of health risks. Difficulties in reporting along these clandestine routes mean that the true scale of the challenges migrants experience rarely makes headlines, but the USA's consistent focus on deterrence exacerbates the complex health demands of migration and needlessly exposes vulnerable populat…

Alasdair Baverstock (2023-10-01). Surge in migrants overwhelms U.S.-Mexico border. america.cgtn.com The migration crisis at America's southern border is leading local officials to look at ways to handle the record number of people arriving every day. | But many migrants say no matter the measures, they won't stop coming. | CGTN's Alasdair Baverstock reports from the border.

Javier Arana Villasusa (2023-09-30). López Obrador and Antony Blinken to meet in Mexico next week. plenglish.com Mexico City, Sep 30 (Prensa Latina)Next week, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador will receive the U.S. Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, who will arrive in Mexico City on October 3, where he will remain until October 5, in the context of the High-Level Security Dialogue (HLSD).

Peoples Dispatch (2023-10-01). On International Safe Abortion Day, women across Latin America march demanding reproductive rights. peoplesdispatch.org On September 28, hundreds of thousands of women flooded the streets across Latin America to commemorate the International Safe Abortion Day and to demand decriminalization and legalization of abortion in the region. Wearing green scarves, the women campaigned for Legal, Safe and Free Abortion. | Abortion is strictly regulated in the Latin American and the Caribbean region. Of the 33 countries in the region, only Argentina, Colombia, Cuba, Guyana, some states in Mexico, and Uruguay allow elective abortion. Some countries such Chile, Ecuador, and Venezuela allow abortion in circumstances such as rape or health risk…

Lee Siu Hin, National Immigrant Solidarity (2023-10-01). Fall 2023 National Immigrant Solidarity Network Immigrant Justice News Alert! indybay.org Biden Against Chinese-American and Immigrants—Except the Rich, are Unacceptable!

teleSUR, SH (2023-10-01). Denuncian violaciones contra migrantes haitianos en dominicana. telesurtv.net Organizaciones de DD.HH. denunciaron que miles de personas han sido detenidas de manera arbitraria en toda República Dominicana.

Alina Ramos Martin (2023-09-30). German liberals propose prepaid card for immigrants. plenglish.com Berlin, Sep 30 (Prensa Latina) The German Liberal Democratic Party (FDP) proposed the delivery of prepaid cards to immigrants, instead of cash, in the middle of frictions in its government coalition with social democrats and ecologists.

Staff (2023-09-30). 2 October, Berlin: Solidarity with Zaid Abdulnasser. samidoun.net LIVE MUSIC + KàúFA AT KARANFIL, BERLIN Monday, 2 October 7 pm Cafe Karanfil Weisestraàüe 3, 12049 Berlin, Germany organised by: @berlinmigrantstrikers Samidoun's coordinator in Germany and member of the Alternative Palestinian Revolutionary Path (Masar Badil), Zaid Abdulnasser, has been threatened by the German state to have his refugee status revoked due to his activism …

teleSUR, lvm, YSM (2023-09-30). OIM: 2.000 migrantes han muerto cruzando el mar Mediterráneo. telesurtv.net Entre tanto desde Libia el número de personas intentando hacer la misma ruta asciende a 45.000, mientras que el organismo señala que solo 10.600 han sido rescatadas.

Nitza Soledad Perez (2023-10-01). U.S. grants work permits to nearly half a million Venezuelans. america.cgtn.com The U.S. government gave legal migrant status and work permits to almost half a million Venezuelans amid a surge in illegal crossings at the southern border. | The policy, though welcomed by city leaders strained by the wave of new migrants, has others fearing that this will attract more undocumented migrants to the country. | CGTN's Nitza Soledad Perez reports.

teleSUR (2023-09-30). Tunisia: 14 Human Traffickers Arrested in Past 48 Hours. telesurenglish.net On Friday, the Tunisian National Guard announced the arrest of 14 suspects in connection to various immigrant smuggling networks over the past 48 hours. | Related: | The arrests were part of operations conducted in the southeastern province of Sfax aimed at curbing illegal immigration, the Tunisian National Guard said in a statement posted on its Facebook page. | During these operations, National Guard units succe…

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