(2024-09-12). Tony Wood: Mexico in Flux. newleftreview.org Against the rightward trend of the Old World, countries in Latin America continue to favour governments of the left. The resounding mandate for Claudia Sheinbaum in Mexico's presidential election confirms Morena's hegemony within the new party system. Where exactly on the political map should its project be placed?
(2024-09-12). Mexico: Government receives joint communication from UN independent experts. fidh.org
(2024-09-12). Mexico City police arrest 2 journalists at human rights protest. frontlinedefenders.org
(2024-09-12). Presidente Maduro conversa con mandataria electa de México. telesurtv.net Ambas autoridades ratificaron los lazos de hermandad entre México y Venezuela, así como su disposición en fortalecer la Celac.
(2024-09-12). Shared Heritage, Divided Loyalties: Russian and Ukrainian Immigrants to Israel Face Identity Struggles Amid War. themedialine.org 
(2024-09-12). Aid group MSF protests Italy migrant policy over suspended ship. newarab.com 
(2024-09-12). How A New York Landlord Exploited Anti-Immigrant Propaganda. popularresistance.org For the past few weeks, right-wing media and politicians have been whipped up into a frenzy over the supposed takeover of an Aurora, Colorado apartment building by a Venezuelan gang after a video went viral depicting armed men in The Edge at Lowry complex. Despite the fact that numerous Aurora city officials, including the Aurora City Police chief and the city's mayor have said that the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua has not taken over two troubled apartment complexes in the city, the right-wing media machine continues to spin this narrative and capitalize on anti-immigrant sentiment.
(2024-09-12). Affordable housing increased for migrant workers. ecns.cn Shanghai's target for this year to provide housing for 30,000 migrant workers at affordable prices is expected to be achieved by October, according to local officials.
(2024-09-12). How a New York landlord exploited anti-immigrant propaganda in Aurora, Colorado. mronline.org 
Peoples Dispatch spoke to Aurora community organizer Nate Kassa on CBZ Management's weaponization of anti-migrant rhetoric.
(2024-09-12). Pope warns of AI dangers, urges fair wages for migrants on Singapore visit. aljazeera.com Pope Francis meets local officials and dignitaries in affluent city-state at the end of his Asia Pacific tour.
(2024-09-12). 'When Peaceful Protesters Face Harsher Sentences Than Violent Racists, Something has to Give'. bylinetimes.com We are now in a position where peaceful and non-violent protesters are receiving harsher sentences than those engaged in racist, violent disorder. | In July, five Just Stop Oil protesters were handed sentences of up to five years – the longest in British legal history for peaceful protest – for conspiracy to block the M25. | In contrast, less than a month later, when racist, anti-immigrant and Islamophobic violence erupted across the country, rioters received an average sentence of two years. While these rioters were not convicted under protest legislation, the far harsher sentencing for peaceful protesters s…
(2024-09-11). Donald Trump descends into Simpsons chaos as 'TRANS IMMIGRANTS DO ABORTIONS ON CATS IN FEDERAL PRISONS'. thecanary.co 
Last night, the US presidential election debate took place in Philadelphia and at times it seemed more like a comedy show than a political debate. Kamala Harris's views on Israel's genocide in Gaza fall very short. However, she still wiped the floor with Donald Trump. From the very start, his single brain cell had him […] | By
(2024-09-11). In OtherWords: September 11, 2024. otherwords.org This week, presidential candidates Kamala Harris and Donald Trump met for their first — and potentially only — debate. Along the way, in a moment that's already been memed to death online, Trump desperately repeated a ridiculous, racist, and dangerous lie about Haitian American migrants in Springfield, Ohio. | I grew up not far from Springfield and still live in the state. What's happened in the city, where thousands of Haitian immigrants have reversed decades of population decline in a few short years, is a stunning success story — "a textbook case of how immigration can change a region's luck…
(2024-09-11). Why the Far Right Lies About Immigrants. otherwords.org When my dad moved to southwest Ohio in the early 1970s, the Dayton-Springfield area's second city was home to over 80,000 people. When I was growing up nearby in the 1990s, it was 70,000. Today, Springfield's decline looks like an awful lot of Rust Belt cities and towns. And behind those numbers is a lot of human suffering. | Corporations engineered trade deals that made it cheaper to move jobs abroad, where they could pay workers less and pollute more with impunity. As the region's secure blue collar jobs dried up, so did the…
(2024-09-11). Democracy Now! 2024-09-11 Wednesday. democracynow.org Headlines for September 11, 2024; "They're Eating the Dogs": Trump Touts Anti-Migrant Conspiracy Theory in Debate with Kamala Harris; "Dystopian Vision": Carol Anderson on Trump's Election Denial & Racist Fearmongering; Will Harris Take on Corporate Greed? Ralph Nader & Joe Stiglitz on Debate, Trump's Tariffs & More; Kamala Harris Highlights "Trump Abortion Bans" Across U.S., Vows to Restore Roe v. Wade | Headlines for September 11, 2024; "They're Eating the Dogs": Trump Touts Anti-Migrant Conspiracy Theory in Debate with Kamala Harris; "…
(2024-09-11). Democracy Now! 2024-09-11 Wednesday. democracynow.org Headlines for September 11, 2024; "They're Eating the Dogs": Trump Touts Anti-Migrant Conspiracy Theory in Debate with Kamala Harris; "Dystopian Vision": Carol Anderson on Trump's Election Denial & Racist Fearmongering; Will Harris Take on Corporate Greed? Ralph Nader & Joe Stiglitz on Debate, Trump's Tariffs & More; Kamala Harris Highlights "Trump Abortion Bans" Across U.S., Vows to Restore Roe v. Wade | Headlines for September 11, 2024; "They're Eating the Dogs": Trump Touts Anti-Migrant Conspiracy Theory in Debate with Kamala Harris; "…
(2024-09-11). 'God Will Do the Rest' introduces an idiosyncratic Filipino American immigrant family. peoplesworld.org 
LOS ANGELES — From his clever and wise writing in last year's The Bottoming Process, I could tell Nicholas Pilapil would be one playwright to watch. He returns with this season's opening presentation at the downtown Los Angeles Theatre Center, the Latino Theater Company's world premiere co-production with Artists at Play of God Will Do …
(2024-09-11). Americas: Limited Protection for People Fleeing Venezuela, Haiti. hrw.org SENAFRONT officers coordinate the departure of "piraguas," wooden canoes made from hollowed-out tree trunks, powered by small outboard motors fueled by gasoline, in Canaán Membrillo. Indigenous families use them to transport migrants and asylum seekers. The trip can take around four to six hours, depending on river conditions. | © 2022 Human Rights Watch | Limited and, at times, poor regularization and integration policies in Latin American countries have forced many migrants and asylum seekers into the dangerous Darién Gap.Over the last year and a half, over 700,000 migrants and asylum seekers have cross…