(2025-01-07). Call for Africain and International solidarity | No to the criminalization of solidarity | Freedom for activists defending the rights of migrants and refugees. cadtm.org
(2025-01-07). How Elon Musk is ushering in a new era of global far-right power. newarab.com 
The Nazis first entered regional power in 1930. It was in the Eastern state of Thuringia where the Nazis first held ministerial-level posts. Three years later, Adolf Hitler became chancellor. | Nearly a century on, the far-right in Germany is once again in the ascendancy. Echoing this dark history, last September, on the very date Adolf Hitler invaded Poland, a far-right party won a regional election for the first time in Germany's post-war history. | The anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany (AfD) won
(2025-01-06). How Will Mexico's New President Deal With Trump, Migration and Drug Cartels? counterpunch.org 
In June 2024, Mexicans elected a female president, Claudia Sheinbaum to replace Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. Arguably, Mexico is Washington's most significant foreign policy partner, playing a central role in two issues that Donald Trump manipulated to win the 2024 presidential election: migration and drugs.
(2025-01-06). National Development Plan consultation forums begin in Mexico. plenglish.com Mexico City, Jan 6 (Prensa Latina) Starting today, Mexicans will be able to participate in the consultation forums of the National Development Plan 2025-2030, which will serve as a guide to defining priorities in economic, social and political matters during the six-year period.
(2025-01-06). México presenta Olinia, la primera armadora mexicana de vehículos eléctricos. cubadebate.cu Durante su habitual conferencia, la presidenta mexicana Claudia Sheinbaum presentó el proyecto Olinia con el que su gobierno espera producir, con el apoyo del sector privado, tres modelos de automóviles compactos eléctricos que tendrán un costo entre 90 000 pesos (unos 4 500 dólares) a 150 000 pesos (unos 7 500 dólares). El nuevo automóvil será totalmente mexicano.
(2025-01-06). Biden Permanently Bans Offshore Drilling Across 625M Acres of Coastal Territory. truthout.org Outgoing President Joe Biden on Monday moved to permanently ban offshore oil and gas drilling across more than 625 million acres of U.S. coastal territory, protecting swaths of the East Coast, the eastern Gulf of Mexico, the Pacific, and Alaska's Northern Bering Sea from fossil fuel exploitation just before President-elect Donald Trump is set to retake power. Biden said in a statement that… |
(2025-01-06). Call for Africain and International solidarity | No to the criminalization of solidarity | Freedom for activists defending the rights of migrants and refugees. cadtm.org
(2025-01-06). Unions Get Bigger In Texas. popularresistance.org Texas has long ranked at the top of the list for the best states to run a business and the worst for quality of life and working conditions. Almost one out of every five Texans does not have health insurance. We are the only state in the country that allows private-sector employers to opt out of providing workers' compensation. Despite having a $33 billion surplus to put toward improving life for all Texans, our state lawmakers instead chose to spend the most recent regular legislative session attacking workers' rights, immigrants, public schools, transgender people, voting access, and higher education.
(2025-01-06). Crack-Up Capitalism: How Billionaire Elon Musk's Extremism Is Shaping Trump Admin & Global Politics. democracynow.org 
Billionaire Trump associate Elon Musk's latest disinformation campaign is targeting the U.K. government, which Musk appears to believe is not sufficiently anti-immigrant. Musk, who has already shaped the incoming Trump administration's economic policy by proposing cuts to government spending and tech-oriented privatization of services, signifies a "new era" in American politics, says our guest Quinn Slobodian, who is chronicling right-wing tech billionaires' accelerating attempts to mold the world according to their "destructive" and "nihilist" beliefs. In a f…
(2025-01-06). More than 2,000 refugees, migrants die reaching Europe in 2024, says UN. independent.co.ug 
ROME | Xinhua | More than 2,000 refugees died in 2024 while attempting to reach Europe, according to recent data from the United Nations and Italian sources. At least 2,200 refugees and migrants were reported dead or missing in the Mediterranean Sea last year, the United Nations International Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Wednesday. Regina …
(2025-01-06). Elon Musk's Influence Signifies a "New Era" in US Politics, Scholar Says. truthout.org Billionaire Trump associate Elon Musk's latest disinformation campaign is targeting the U.K. government, which Musk appears to believe is not sufficiently anti-immigrant. Musk, who has already shaped the incoming Trump administration's economic policy by proposing cuts to government spending and tech-oriented privatization of services, signifies a "new era" in American politics… |