(2020-12-05). Will the Supreme Court Overrule Farmworker Union Rights? zcomm.org "The federal government has excluded farmworkers from all labor law protections under the National Labor Relations Act for 85 years"
(2020-12-05). La Resistencia protest. progressive.org Immigrant detainees are being punished for refusing to eat.
(2020-12-05). Abshineh Dam Lake of Hamadan Province. en.mehrnews.com HAMADAN, Dec. 05 (MNA) — Located 15 kilometers away from Hamedan Province in Hamedan-Malayer Highway, west-central Iran, Abshineh pond is witnessing the return of migratory birds following the appropriate rainfall in autumn.
(2020-12-04). Migrant workers tell bosses: We're fed up with racism, COVID and exploitation! workers.org 
New York As so-called essential workers fight for their rights on the job, they continue to be the most reliable fighters for COVID safety, PPE and a rational response to the pandemic. New York laundry workers and supporters rally on Nov. 25. (WW Photo: Toni Arenstein) From healthcare workers in . . . |
(2020-12-04). New report condemns Greek government's "inhuman" treatment of refugees. wsws.org A report published by the Council of Europe's anti-torture Committee calls on the Greek government to "change their approach towards immigration detention and to ensure that refugees deprived of their liberty are treated both with dignity and humanity."
(2020-12-04). Peruvian Police Kill Young Man During Farm Workers Protest. telesurenglish.net Peru's National Police officers Thursday shot dead young farmer Jorge Muñoz during a peaceful protest called by farmworkers in Viru city, La Libertad Department. | RELATED: | Muñoz, 20, joined the 8,000 people's march that blocked the Pan-American North Highway, the country's main road, to demand better working conditions and higher wages. | "The police disrupted the march with tear gas and gunshots. My son was hit in the…
(2020-12-04). Extinction Rebellion Brought Love, Police Brought Rage. popularresistance.org Extinction Rebellion WA (XR) hit the streets with a Festival of Love and Rage on November 28 with a message to the Western Australia Premier: act on the climate emergency like you dealt with the COVID-19 pandemic. | Labor Premier Mark McGowan has ignored pressure to open WA's borders, applying a strict quarantine policy. There have been no cases of community spread in several months. | By contrast, the government's response to the climate crisis has been lacking in science. | Since lifting the state's moratorium on fracking in 2018, McGowan has given the go-ahead to several huge shale and tight gas projects throu…
(2020-12-03). Friday 12/4: State & Local Advocacy Strategies During Covid-19 to Aid Immigrants, Undocumented, & DACA. indybay.org Online webniar…
(2020-12-02). Stop ICE's rush to illegally deport families! workers.org 
By Marta Guttenberg Philadelphia Around 50 people, including immigrant community members, Shut Down Berks Coalition activists, and elected Pennsylvania State Representatives Chris Rabb and Joseph Hohenstein, took part in an emergency rally outside Philadelphia's Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office on Nov. 25. Demonstrators tell ICE, "Don't deport the 28," . . . |
(2020-12-02). Neo-Nazi groups targeted by German police raids. peoplesworld.org 
Hundreds of police officers raided homes in three German states Tuesday, Dec. 1, after the government banned the far-right Wolfsbrigade 44 organization. The homes of 11 members of the group were searched in Hesse, Mecklenburg West-Pomerania, and North Rhine-Westphalia to seize funds and neo-Nazi propaganda. Interior Minister Horst Seehofer declared: "Whoever fights against the basic …
(2020-12-02). Separated Families, Death, and Despair — All at the Hands of CBP. We Need Action, Now. aclu.org Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is at the heart of some of the greatest moral horrors of the last four years, personified in stories that we cannot forget: the
(2020-12-01). Russia makes defensive missiles combat ready in Far East as recent border incursion by US forces sparked tensions. rt.com 
Moscow has ordered an advanced air-defense system to be readied for action on the remote Kuril Islands in the Sea of Japan, just days after claiming to have intercepted a US warship that sailed into Russian waters in the region. | Colonel-General Gennady Zhidko, the regional commander of the Air Defense Forces, personally inspected the S-300V4 missile launcher, and praised its operators' "training to act upon detection of any violation of the air borders of the Russian Federation in the Kuril Islands." | The news comes only a week after the country's navy reportedly threatened to ram the USS 'John McCain', a U…
(2020-12-01). "I spoke to impoverished families in 1975 and little has changed since then" dissidentvoice.org 
A British family from the film Smashing Kids, 1975. Photograph: John Garrett John Pilger interviewed Irene Brunsden in Hackney, east London about only being able to feed her two-year-old a plate of cornflakes in 1975. Now he sees nervous women queueing at foodbanks with their children as it's revealed 600,000 more kids are in poverty …
(2020-12-01). With challenges, COVID-19 also saw initiatives helping migrants: Guterres. news.un.org The Global Compact for Migration, adopted by countries in 2018 as a comprehensive framework for cooperation on international migration, is "taking root in promising ways", the UN Secretary General said on Tuesday.
(2020-12-01). UK's Post-Brexit Points-Based Immigration System Comes Into Force. sputniknews.com LONDON, (Sputnik) – The UK government put into force on Tuesday a new points-based immigration system that will privilege "the brightest and the best" people from around the world, bringing to an end the Freedom of Movement Act that allowed European Union citizens to enter the UK regardless of whether or not they had a job there.
(2020-12-01). New Partnership Aims to Intercept Illegal Drugs and Devices. jamanetwork.com The FDA has joined with US Customs and Border Patrol (CPB) and US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Homeland Security Investigations (ICE-HSI) to stop harmful products that threaten the public's health from entering the US through International Mail Facilities.
(2020-11-30). The Questions You Probably THINK You Know the Answer to — But Likely Don't — About ICE Detention. aclu.org What is ICE detention? What is it not?: | Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE — pronounced "ice," like a cube) detention is civil detention. It is not intended to be
(2020-11-30). The defeat of Trump and the road ahead. fightbacknews.org It is a good thing that a decisive majority of voters in the United States rejected Trump in his run for the White House. The massive turnout of youth, African Americans, Chicanos, Latinos, native peoples and other oppressed nationalities was critical in defeating his anti-immigrant, racist, reactionary and misogynist agenda. This defeat provides a more favorable context to fight for and win things people desperately need and for revolutionaries to advance the struggle to end the existing order of things. | We do not have a working crystal ball to predict the future, and Trump has a demonstrated capacity for the…
(2020-11-30). Trump Weakens Migratory Bird Treaty Act for Special Interests. commondreams.org ______________________________…