2021-07-16: News Headlines

_____ (2021-07-16). Dying To Be Regularized: Migrants On Hunger Strike. popularresistance.org Farida is 51 years old. She was born in Belgium. Her entire family has the Belgian nationality. Farida has a steady job. She cleans offices and public buildings, for ‚Ǩ6-8 per hour. Her last application for a regularization of her administrative status got rejected and she has received a state-issued order to leave the territory. | Kiran fled a civil war in Nepal 16 years ago and applied for asylum in Belgium. While his asylum request was still pending, he got a job that paid ‚Ǩ10 an hour. When his asylum claim got rejected, his wage fell to ‚Ǩ2.5 an hour. His…

WSWS (2021-07-16). Leader of Germany's Left Party declares support for Sahra Wagenknecht. wsws.org Wagenknecht's latest book is a Volkish-nationalist diatribe that takes up arms against cosmopolitanism and open-minded people, calls for economic protectionism and a strong state, and denounces immigrants and refugees as wage cutters, strikebreakers and foreign cultural elements.

Binoy Kampmark (2021-07-16). Australia's Hermit Nation Strategy Unravels. counterpunch.org Australia, like other island states, has had spells of isolationist fancy and hermit dispositions. Protected by geography, distant and vast, the country's first bit of legislation in 1901 was the Immigration Restriction Act. This nasty little statute came to be colloquially known as the White Australia Policy. Doors would remain open to Europeans and preferably

sputniknews (2021-07-16). Why Are Taliban Making Gains And What Does It Say About US-Backed Afghan Government? sputniknews.com Pakistan has confirmed the Taliban* are now in control of the key border crossing of Spin Boldak. Why are the Taliban making advances in Afghanistan and what does it say about the quality of the US-trained forces they are facing?

Nicky Reid (2021-07-16). Malicious Aid: The Real Root Cause of the Border Crisis. counterpunch.org Contrary to the gospel of Joy Reid, you really don't have to be a right-wing dick to acknowledge that there is a crisis at the border anymore than you need to be a weatherman to know which way the wind blows. Wave after wave of desperate people are braving the unforgiving desert sun just for

adapted from Damany Fisher, Ph.D (2021-07-16). Afro-Latino Presence in Early California – Negro Bar, Sacramento County. indybay.org Afro-Latinos migrated to California in significant numbers. By 1790, they made up nearly 20 percent of California's population, or one out of every five residents. More importantly, the concept of "race" had far less significance in California than in the United States. While European-born Spaniards controlled California society, Afro-Latinos and mestizos did manage to gain political and economic influence during the Spanish and Mexican periods of California history. Established in 1849, Negro Bar, today's Sacramento County is a singular remnant of a golden legacy.

teleSUR (2021-07-15). Colombian Ex-Officer Got $50,000 to Plan Moise Assassination. telesurenglish.net Germán Rivera García is the name of the Colombian ex-captain who is being held in Haiti and about whom the Colombian authorities declared to have knowledge of his participation in planning and organizing the events that ended the life of the Haitian president in his residence in the capital of the Caribbean country on June 7. | In a press conference, the head of the Colombian Police explained that Rivera García, together with another ex-military officer of that nation, Duberney Capador Giraldo – who was killed on Haitian soil – and a third person still unidentified, went to Haiti last May 10 through a border c…

teleSUR (2021-07-15). US to Evacuate Afghans Who Supported US Military in Late July. telesurenglish.net The United States will launch "Operation Allies Refuge" in late July to evacuate Afghans who helped the U.S. military during the two-decade war, the White House said on Wednesday. | RELATED: | "Flights out of Afghanistan for SIV (Special Immigrant Visa) applicants who are already in the pipeline will begin in the last week of July and will continue," White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki told reporters in a daily briefing…

Zahra Mirzafarjouyan (2021-07-15). Russian fighters escort US bombers over Bering Sea (+VIDEO). en.mehrnews.com The Russian military stated on Thursday that four Russian warplanes had been scrambled to escort three American –í-52–ù bombers spotted near the Russian border.

_____ (2021-07-15). At Schools Named For Robert E. Lee, Students Led The Way Toward Change. popularresistance.org Gertrude "Trude" Lamb, 16, describes herself as a shy person. She never wanted to be the center of attention. But, in the summer of 2020, when Trude became the face of a movement to rename Robert E. Lee High School in Tyler, Texas, she was suddenly in a spotlight she'd never imagined. | A friend nudged her to join a local campaign and send a letter to the school board, but she wasn't sure why. Trude, who emigrated from Ghana in 2014, wasn't familiar with Lee or anything related to the Confederacy. So, she began to research. | "At school, they usually just teach the good part about somebody," she says. "They don't…

Karla Cornejo Villavicencio (2021-07-15). In Utopia, I Never Have to Write About Immigration Again. thenation.com In Utopia, I Never Have to Write About Immigration Again…

Anonymous669 (2021-07-15). Turkish Proxies Destroyed Battle Tank In Southern Idlib, Syrian Army Struck Back (Photos). southfront.org Illustrative image. | Late on July 14, militants of the National Front for Liberation (NFL), Turkey's main proxy in the northwestern Syrian region of Greater Idlib, destroyed a battle tank of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA). | NFL militants targeted the battle tank, which was parked near the town of Kawkabeh in southern Idlib, with an anti-tank guided missile (ATGM). The missile was reportedly a US-made TOW. | The ATGM strike was a blatant violation of the ceasefire in Greater Idlib, which was border by Russia and Turkey on March…

Peoples Dispatch (2021-07-15). Indonesia parliament passes widely opposed Papua Special Autonomy law and other stories. peoplesdispatch.org In today's episode of the Daily Round-up we take a look at the revised Special Autonomy law passed by the Indonesian parliament vis-a-vis the Papua region despite widespread protests, an ongoing hunger strike by hundreds of undocumented migrants in Belgium to demand access to legal rights of residency, social services and work, the end of the over 5 week long strike by workers at the Volvo Trucks plant in the US after the imposition of a tentative agreement by the company, and the impact of existing inequities on Covid-19 vaccine access.

Staff (2021-07-15). Afghan Activist: George W. Bush's Claim U.S. War in Afghanistan Protected Women Is a "Shameless Lie" democracynow.org As the United States continues to withdraw its forces from Afghanistan after 20 years of war and occupation, the Taliban say they now control most Afghan territory, surrounding major population centers and holding more than two-thirds of Afghanistan's border with Tajikistan. Former President George W. Bush made a rare criticism of U.S. policy, saying, "I'm afraid Afghan women and girls are going to suffer unspeakable harm." But a leading Afghan women's rights activist says the plight of women in the country has always served as a "very good excuse" for U.S. military goals, while conditions in the country have bar…

Titlereckoning, Reparations In Afghanistan (2021-07-15). Reckoning and Reparations in Afghanistan. commondreams.org "We urge HHS and the Army to use their authorities to immediately close the migrant detention center at Fort Bliss and prioritize the use of community-based solutions."

Tamara Pearson (2021-07-15). US concern for Cuba, Latin America is spin for intervention. greenleft.org.au The US government says it is going to help Central America fight corruption, combat the "root causes" of migration, and help free the Cuban people. But any help from the US comes with ulterior motives, writes Tamara Pearson.

Andrew Metheven (2021-07-15). Militarism and the police. zcomm.org As institutions like the police and border patrol become increasingly militarized, anti-militarism needs to become a cornerstone of social movements worldwide…

Anonymous007 (2021-07-15). Russian Fighter Jets Intercept B-52H Bombers Near Border For Second Time In July. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | In the early hours of July 15th, Russian MiG-31 and Su-35 fighters were scrambled to intercept US strategic bombers over the Bering Sea, Russia's National Defense Control Center reported."On July 15, 2021, Russian airspace control systems detected three aerial targets over the Bering Sea approaching Russia's state border," the center said. | It noted that MiG-31 and Su-35 fighters had been scrambled to identify the targets and prevent a violation of the Russian state border. "The R…

Peoples Dispatch (2021-07-15). Deaths of migrants crossing the sea to Europe more than doubled in first half of 2021: IOM. peoplesdispatch.org The International Organization of Migration (IOM), a UN agency, claimed that more than 1,146 people drowned while crossing the sea between January and June this year, in comparison to 513 victims in the same period last year…

Rick Rozoff (2021-07-15). NATO's activities near border pose nuclear threat to Russia — official. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATO's activities near border pose nuclear threat to Russia — official "All that shows that the West has actually set a course for military, strategic, political and psychological pressure on the Russian Federation, as well as the deliberate escalation of military tensions near the borders with Russia, which does not contribute to strategic stability." The …

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