(2024-09-02). 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?
(2024-09-02). Impresionante muestra de apoyo de los mexicanos a presidente López Obrador. radiohc.cu En una impresionante muestra de apoyo se convirtió el sexto y último informe sobre su gobierno presentado por el presidente de México, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, quien entregará en octubre las riendas del país por los próximos seis años a la mandataria electa, Claudia Sheinbaum.
(2024-09-02). 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.
(2024-09-02). Spain's PSOE-Sumar government threatens mass expulsions of migrants and refugees. wsws.org The law and order speech Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez gave in Dakar, Senegal could have been given by any right wing politician.
(2024-09-02). Haryana: Hate crimes against Muslims on rise ahead of polls. ummid.com One Muslim migrant worker from West Bengal was beaten to death and another from Assam was injured by cow vigilantes in Haryana's Charkhi Dadri on August 27, 2024.
(2024-09-02). Greece: Continued judicial harassment of migrants' rights defender Panayote Dimitras. fidh.org The recent summons by the Athens Magistrate marks a new development in Mr Dimitras' long history of judicial harassment, this time also prospecting the criminal prosecution of his wife, constituting a major violation of their right to defend human rights as well as of the recently adopted European Union (EU) anti-SLAPP Directive. The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (FIDH-OMCT) urges the Greek authorities to put an immediate end to this practice of harassment and to (…) | – |
(2024-09-01). Mexico's AMLO defends legacy in final state-of-the-nation speech. aljazeera.com Mexican president says judicial reform plan to elect judges would ensure that courts are 'at the service of the people'.
(2024-09-01). What do teenagers fleeing Russia and Ukraine need? This Israeli project is finding out. haaretz.com The Walks began in 2022 in response to the sudden influx of immigrants after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. What started off small has since made big strides, with spin-off ventures in Barcelona, Paris and New York…
(2024-09-01). Muslim migrant worker 'lynched to death' by cow vigilantes in Haryana; seven arrested. muslimmirror.com By Muslim Mirror Staff A Muslim migrant worker from West Bengal, Sabir Malik, was allegedly beaten to death by members of a cow vigilante group in Haryana's Charkhi Dadri district on August 27, over suspicion that he had consumed beef. Police have arrested seven people, including two minors, in connection with the incident. According to …
(2024-09-01). Muslim migrant worker 'lynched to death' by cow vigilantes in Haryana; seven arrested. muslimmirror.com By Muslim Mirror Staff A Muslim migrant worker from West Bengal, Sabir Malik, was allegedly beaten to death by members of a cow vigilante group in Haryana's Charkhi Dadri district on August 27, over suspicion that he had consumed beef. Police have arrested seven people, including two minors, in connection with the incident. According to …
(2024-09-01). 'Feels like family': Project Libertad supports immigrant youth in suburban Philly schools. whyy.org From Delco to Chesco and Montco to Bucks, what about life in Philly's suburbs do you want WHYY News to cover? A year ago, Yulisa Concepción felt alone. | "Yo no quería hablar a nadie, y siento que no me van a ayudar, no van a hacer nada conmigo", dijo. | "I didn't want to talk to anyone and I was feeling like they weren't going to help me, weren't going to do anything with me," she said. | The 18-year-old from Alta Verapaz, Guatemala, was trying to juggle high school with caring for her infant son, Jess. Yulisa, whose last name has been withheld for her privacy, came to the…
The Chicano Moratorium Committee (NCMC) led a mass movement of Chicanos which protested the racist Vietnam War between 1969 and 1971. The NCMC built a broad-based coalition of activists and Mexican American groups, which was led by Brown Berets student activists. The Moratorium organized in communities throughout the Southwest holding . . . | 
New York City, the city that never sleeps, is also an incredibly hard place to take a break — if your job is jetting across town on a bike delivering takeout and groceries. "As things stand, there isn't a designated place for us to rest while working," Antonio Solis, an app-based delivery worker from Veracruz, Mexico, who moved to New York City five years ago, said in an interview in Spanish. "A lot of workers live in Queens or the Bronx, and they have to go as far as Manhattan for work." Rather than ride the 10 or 20 miles home, they look for small pockets of shade in parks and plazas, or shell out for…
A judge has temporarily blocked new immigration policy allowing undocumented spouses of U.S. citizens to apply for green cards without having to leave the country. The program only started accepting applications last week — but a group of Republican-led states quickly sued — claiming the policy is unconstitutional. The Biden administration has vowed to fight back. This is the latest friction point on what is shaping up to be one of the most important issues in this year's presidential election. Toni Waterman reports.