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2021-06-03: Social Media Postees

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AMLO battles corrupt electoral officials and U.S. interference in Mexico midterms
David Raby | peoplesworld.org | 2021-06-03
Ever heard of a country where electoral fraud favors the opposition? Try Mexico, with its corrupt and aberrant Electoral Commission (National Electoral Institute, INE by its Spanish initials). Political polarization has been growing in Mexico over several aspects of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador's "Fourth Transformation"–which has included taking national control of oil and electric power, …
peoplesworld.org/article/amlo-battles-corrupt-electoral-officials-and-u-s-interference-in-mexico-midterms/

Mexico Enters Electoral Silence Ahead of Subnational Polls
telesurenglish.net | 2021-06-03
Mexico's subnational electoral process entered a stage of silence in which no political proselytizing can take place before citizens go to the polls on June 6. | RELATED: | Mexican Students Who Protested Online Exams Released | In compliance with current federal law, the National Electoral Institute (INE) requested candidates, parties, citizens, public officials, and the media not to carry out propaganda actions, publish results of polls on electoral preferences, or disseminate reports o…
telesurenglish.net/news/Mexico-Enters-Electoral-Silence-Ahead-of-Subnational-Polls-20210603-0013.html

Mexican Students Who Protested Online Exams Released
telesurenglish.net | 2021-06-03
On Wednesday, a judge in the Mexican State of Chiapas ordered the release of 19 people who were part of the protests staged by students from the Mactumactza teacher training college last month. | RELATED: | Over 95 Million Mexicans To Cast Ballots in June 6 Election | On May 18, hundreds of students took to the streets in Chiapas to demand on-site entrance exams since a large number of them do not have Internet access. As a result of the riots, 95 people were arrested. | The stud…
telesurenglish.net/news/Mexican-Students-Who-Protested-Online-Exams-Released-20210603-0008.html

You Can Ditch Uber For A Driver-Owned Rideshare App
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-06-03
The thank-you banners are down, but New York City residents have a real opportunity to show their appreciation for a population of low-paid, primarily immigrant frontline workers. New York City residents can help now by ditching Uber and Lyft for a competing driver-owned alternative app called "Co-op Ride," created by the mostly volunteer-run Drivers Cooperative. If Co-op's proposal plays out, drivers could make more money while their passengers, particularly those in underserved communities, could end up paying less for rides.
popularresistance.org/you-can-ditch-uber-for-a-driver-owned-rideshare-app/

Mexico's Central Bank Upgrades 2021 Growth Forecast to 6 Pct
telesurenglish.net | 2021-06-02
The central bank of Mexico (Banxico) on Wednesday upgraded its economic growth forecast for 2021 from 4.8 percent to 6 percent, buoyed in part by the ongoing vaccination drive against COVID-19, which is expected to boost domestic consumption. | RELATED: | Over 95 Million Mexicans To Cast Ballots in June 6 Election | There is even potential to expand gross domestic product (GDP) by up to 7 percent, the governor of Banxico, Alejandro Diaz de Leon, said while presenting the bank's Qu…
telesurenglish.net/news/Mexicos-Central-Bank-Upgrades-2021-Growth-Forecast-to-6-Pct-20210602-0028.html

Elecciones y represión: Un complejo panorama mexicano
Cristóbal León Campos | globalizacion.ca | 2021-06-02
I | Al aproximarse el fin de las campañas políticas en México y el día de la votación (6 de junio 2021), resulta oportuno reflexionar sobre la ausencia de propuestas palpables y sostenibles en términos de la política pública y de…
globalizacion.ca/elecciones-y-represion-un-complejo-panorama-mexicano/

Mexican Cartel Hunts Down Police Officers, Kills Them In Front Of Their Families
Anonymous007 | southfront.org | 2021-06-02
Click to see full-size image | In Mexico, the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) has started its own policy of terror. | The extremely violent organization has begun hunting police officers in their homes, abducting, torturing and ultimately killing them. | The cartel kidnapped several members of an elite police force in the state of Guanajuato, tortured them to obtain names and addresses of fellow officers and is now hunting down and killing police at their homes, on their days off, i…
southfront.org/mexican-cartel-hunts-down-police-officers-kills-them-in-front-of-their-families/

Headlines for June 2, 2021
Staff | democracynow.org | 2021-06-02
Biden Addresses Voting, Racial Wealth Gap as He Visits Tulsa Race Massacre Site on 100th Anniversary, 100+ Scholars Call for Congressional Action to Enact Federal Voting Rights Protections, Biden Ends Contested Trump-Era "Remain in Mexico" Policy, Rights Groups Call for End to Repressive, Invasive Technologies in Immigration Practices, Washington State's Most Populous County Bans Use of Facial Recognition Technology, Biden Administration Suspends Oil & Gas Leases in ANWR But Defends Massive "Willow" Project, Three Bombs Kill 10 People, Disable Electric Grid in Kabul, Sri Lanka Shoreline Coated in Plastic Debris f…
www.democracynow.org/2021/6/2/headlines

Will Cuomo's Meddling Prevent Undocumented Workers From Getting Help?
María Jesús Mora | thenation.com | 2021-06-02
Will Cuomo's Meddling Prevent Undocumented Workers From Getting Help?
thenation.com/article/activism/excluded-workers-fund-new-york/

Violence and rising hunger reported in Tigray as conflict continues and other stories
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2021-06-02
Today we look at the reports of rising violence and hunger in Tigray, protests by normalista students and police repression in Mexico, and…
peoplesdispatch.org/2021/06/02/violence-and-rising-hunger-reported-in-tigray-as-conflict-continues-and-other-stories/

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2021-06-02: News Headlines

Anonymous007 (2021-06-02). Mexican Cartel Hunts Down Police Officers, Kills Them In Front Of Their Families. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | In Mexico, the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) has started its own policy of terror. | The extremely violent organization has begun hunting police officers in their homes, abducting, torturing and ultimately killing them. | The cartel kidnapped several members of an elite police force in the state of Guanajuato, tortured them to obtain names and addresses of fellow officers and is now hunting down and killing police at their homes, on their days off, i…

Staff (2021-06-02). Headlines for June 2, 2021. democracynow.org Biden Addresses Voting, Racial Wealth Gap as He Visits Tulsa Race Massacre Site on 100th Anniversary, 100+ Scholars Call for Congressional Action to Enact Federal Voting Rights Protections, Biden Ends Contested Trump-Era "Remain in Mexico" Policy, Rights Groups Call for End to Repressive, Invasive Technologies in Immigration Practices, Washington State's Most Populous County Bans Use of Facial Recognition Technology, Biden Administration Suspends Oil & Gas Leases in ANWR But Defends Massive "Willow" Project, Three Bombs Kill 10 People, Disable Electric Grid in Kabul, Sri Lanka Shoreline Coated in Plastic Debris f…

María Jesús Mora (2021-06-02). Will Cuomo's Meddling Prevent Undocumented Workers From Getting Help? thenation.com Will Cuomo's Meddling Prevent Undocumented Workers From Getting Help?

Staff (2021-06-01). "There Are Many Others": 215 Bodies Found at Canadian Residential School for Indigenous Children. democracynow.org The Canadian government is facing pressure to declare a national day of mourning after the bodies of 215 children were found in British Columbia on the grounds of a school for Indigenous children who were forcibly separated from their families by the government. The bodies were discovered at the Kamloops Indian Residential School, which opened in 1890 and closed in the late 1970s. Over the span of a century, more than 150,000 Indigenous children were separated from their families and sent to residential schools to rid them of their Native cultures and languages and integrate them into mainstream Canadian society.

Gaiutra Bahadur (2021-06-01). Telling the Story of Undocumented America. thenation.com Using both journalism and visionary vignettes, Karla Cornejo Villavicencio examines undocumented life in contemporary United States.

Sameena Rahman (2021-06-01). Horror, outrage as remains of 200+ Native children found at infamous Canadian "boarding school" liberationnews.org The remains of 215 Indigenous children as young as 3 years old were discovered at the site of Kamloops Indian Residential School in British Columbia, Canada.

Karl Engels (2021-06-01). Grave containing 215 Indigenous children evidence of Canadian residential school genocide. peoplesworld.org TORONTO—Indigenous communities across Canada and throughout North America are reeling following the disclosure last week that the remains of at least 215 children, some as young as 3 years old, have been found buried in a mass unmarked grave on the grounds of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School in British Columbia. A news release …

Brett Wilkins, staff writer (2021-06-01). 'A Huge Victory': Migrant Advocates Cheer End of 'Remain in Mexico' Asylum Policy. commondreams.org "The forced return policy was cruel, depraved, and illegal, and we are glad that it has finally been rescinded," says ACLU attorney Judy Rabinovitz. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/remain-in-mexico.2600×1361.jpg …

Julia Conley, staff writer (2021-06-01). Rights Groups Call on Biden Administration to End 'Digital Prisons' for Immigrants. commondreams.org "The technologies that these programs employ only further entrench the criminalization of immigration and pose barriers to social and economic wellbeing," reads a new report about ICE's "Alternatives to Detention." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/ankle-monitor-immigrant1300x681.jpg …

commondreams (2021-06-01). ACLU Comment on End of Remain in Mexico Program. commondreams.org ______________________________…

_____ (2021-06-01). Kamloops discovery prompts call for framework to investigate mass graves. popularresistance.org The discovery of a mass grave at a former Kamloops residential school highlights the need for a formal, legal and human rights framework to investigate similar sites in Canada, says a B.C. legal scholar and advocate. | Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond heads the University of British Columbia's Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre, and formerly served as the province's advocate for children and youth. | "A mass grave is a crime scene, it is not a historic site or a heritage site," Turpel-Lafond told Global News. | "It is well and past the time that Canada and provinces, they need to stop treating the find…

Latino USA (2021-06-01). Crossing The Border For More Affordable Insulin (A Latino USA Podcast). latinorebels.com In a new episode of "Port of Entry," we continue our series on medical tourism with a story about Salcido and another San Diego woman who went on a journey to find more affordable insulin across the border in Tijuana.

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