Daily Archives: May 26, 2020

2020-05-26: News Headlines

WSWS (2020-05-26). The global pandemic and global war on immigrants and refugees. wsws.org As with attacks on the working class as a whole and the drive to war, capitalist ruling classes the world over have responded to the pandemic by intensifying the brutal assault on migrant workers.

Anthony Pahnke (2020-05-26). Make a Resilient, Localized Food System Part of the Next Stimulus. zcomm.org From wasted food to the exploitation of farmworkers, the COVID-19 pandemic has made it painfully clear that this country's food system must be changed…

WSWS (2020-05-26). Washington state farmworkers fight unsafe conditions as unions move to shut down strikes. wsws.org The conditions in which agricultural workers are forced to live and work have heightened their risk of transmitting the virus that causes COVID-19.

Sue Davis (2020-05-25). Los migrantes lideran la lucha porque la 'reapertura' alimenta la resistencia. workers.org 18 de mayo: El Gerente Ejecutivo, (CEO siglas en inglés), de Ford Motors, Jim Farley, dijo durante una reciente conferencia telefónica: "La industria automotriz es el motor económico [de los EE. UU.]. Reiniciar todo el ecosistema automotor es cómo reiniciamos la economía ". (New York Times, 18 de mayo) Los . . . |

The Commonwealth Club (2020-05-26). Challenges Facing LGBTQ+ Immigrants, Refugees and Asylum Seekers (webinar). indybay.org Online via livestream…

RT (2020-05-26). Spain wants common EU rules for reopening of borders. rt.com Spain on Tuesday urged its European Union partners to set up common rules on cross-border movement and reestablish the freedom-of-travel Schengen area as different national coronavirus lockdowns are phased out. | "We have to work with our European partners to define the common rules that will allow us retake freedom of movement on European territory," Foreign Minister Arancha Gonzalez told Cadena Ser radio station. | EU countries have set different dates for reopening borders, but there must be common principles and rules throughout the Schengen area to open internal borders and establish rules for external bo…

RT (2020-05-26). June 15 will be 'LITTLE D-DAY' for tourism in Europe after Covid-19 lockdowns — Italian FM. rt.com Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio has said Rome is working with its European partners on a plan to reopen tourism and likened June 15 — the day the EU's borders are expected to fully reopen — to a "little D-Day" for the bloc.