2023-10-03: News Headlines

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." | – | / |

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." | – | / |

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…

WSWS (2023-10-02). Behind the stop-gap spending bill: Democrats to agree on border crackdown in exchange for Ukraine war funding. wsws.org The bulk of the mainstream press as well as the Democrats hailed the temporary budget deal as a victory for bipartisanship and a win for "moderate" Republicans over "MAGA extremists." At the same time, they raised the alarm over the absence of funding for the Ukraine war in the bill.

Areeb Ullah (2023-10-03). Cage director accuses France after being refused entry to Poland. middleeasteye.net Cage director accuses France after being refused entry to Poland | Muhammad Rabbani, who has accused the French government of Islamophobia, says border officers at Warsaw airport told him France had placed him on an EU no-entry list | Tue, 10/03/2023 – 13: 35 | Muhammad Rabbani spoke to Middle East Eye about his fight to clear his name after he was arrested for refusing to handover passwords to hi…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-10-02). Open Science: PROINPA Breaks with Seed Dependency. libya360.wordpress.com Chris Gilbert, Cira Pascual Marquina Seed potatoes from CEBISA's hidroponic facilities. (Voces Urgentes) Campesinos in the Venezuelan highlands organize to produce science and seeds. High up in Venezuela's Andes, the township of Mucuchies is home to a campesino-led initiative striving for sustainable agricultural production. Integral Producers of the Highlands [PROINPA, for the organization's Spanish-language initials] is…

WSWS (2023-10-02). UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman calls for overturn of UN refugee convention in fascistic speech. wsws.org Like far-right figures around the world, Braverman's broad political aim is to whip up a frenzied anti-immigration atmosphere to mobilise politically backward sections of the population as a battering ram against a growing movement of the working class.

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!

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!

Marco I. Dávila C. (2023-10-02). Inmigración: arrogancia, incompetencia e hipocresía. globalizacion.ca Suele suceder que los conservadores, en vez de culpar al poderosamente injusto y desigual sistema donde habitan, optan por el camino fácil de echarle la culpa de las desigualdades al más vulnerable. | Por ejemplo, para Donald J. Trump, actual puntero…

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.

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.

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2023-10-01: News Headlines

Medea Benjamin, Nicholas J. S. Davies, Popular Resistance. (2023-10-01). A Global Call For Peace In Ukraine Emerges At UN General Assembly. popularresistance.org As it did last year, the 2023 United Nations General Assembly has been debating what role the United Nations and its members should play in the crisis in Ukraine. The United States and its allies still insist that the UN Charter requires countries to take Ukraine's side in the conflict, "for as long as it takes" to restore Ukraine's pre-2014 internationally recognized borders. | They claim to be enforcing Article 2: 4 of the UN Charter that states "All Members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state, or…

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.

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.

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…

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.

midwesternmarx (2023-09-30). Review of Immanuel Ness's Migration as Economic Imperialism. By: Carlos L. Garrido. midwesternmarx.com This review is adapted from the book launch presentation the author did for Immanuel Ness's Migration as Economic Imperialism, which you can purchase HERE. ​The traditional Marxist critique of ideology has understood both the functional and epistemological dimensions of bourgeois ideologue's claims. This tradition has always emphasized how ideas are both conditioned by the historical conjunctures and class positions of the people and institutions that materially embody …

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.

WSWS (2023-09-30). Mass migration from Nagorno-Karabakh continues as breakaway republic dissolves. wsws.org Azerbaijan's latest offensive, which reportedly killed a total of 400 soldiers on both sides, was a final act in a decades-long fratricidal conflict between the two former Soviet republics.

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