(2021-08-11). Taliban Shot Down Iranian Drone Over Southwestern Afghanistan (Photos). southfront.org 
File image. | On August 11, the Taliban shot down a drone over the southwestern Afghan province of Farah which shares a long border line with Iran. | The group released photos showing the wreckage of the drone, that was identified as an Iranian-made Qods Mohajer-2N. The drone, which was first presented in 2014, is an upgraded variant of the original Mohajer-2. | Pro
(2021-08-11). Tuesday 8/17: Santa Cruz: Rally & March to Demand DACA & Immigrant Citizenship Pathway Rights Now! indybay.org Town Clock at N. Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, then march to office of Congressman Jimmy Panetta | Wear a mask. Please follow all current COVID safety guidelines: covid19.ca.gov/…
(2021-08-11). Thursday 8/26: Defending the Displaced: Border Justice & Migrant Rights. indybay.org Online event (FREE)…
(2021-08-11). Tuesday 8/17: San Francisco: DACA Is Not Enough! Citizenship for All Immigrants Rally. indybay.org 1 Post Street, San Francisco, CA 94104 | Wear a mask. Please follow all current COVID safety guidelines: covid19.ca.gov/…
(2021-08-11). The Climate Crisis Is Coming For Undocumented Farmworkers First. popularresistance.org The effects of the climate crisis on the more than 1 million agricultural workers in the United States, already severe, have been worsened by profit-driven employers. The increasingly severe heat waves ravaging the country damage some crops, so to protect the market value of their produce, the agricultural industry is accelerating the harvesting season‚Äâ—‚Äâand in many instances forcing longer shifts on workers.
(2021-08-11). Tuesday 8/17: DACA is Not Enough: Citizenship for All Rally in Santa Cruz. indybay.org Town Clock, N. Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz…
(2021-08-11). The Media's Lies, and Lies by Omission, About Migration Out of Nicaragua. orinocotribune.com By Peter Bolton — Aug 8, 2021 | On July 29, an Associated Press (AP) article appeared online titled With turmoil at home, more Nicaraguans flee to the U.S. As is so often the case with media reports these days, the article starts off with a melodramatic anecdote that sets the tone and argumentative thrust for the rest of the piece. Emotionally manipulative rhetoric is, after all, more viscerally effective in pulling at the heart strings than facts and figures could ever hope to be. This particular article tells the tale of one Alan Reyes Picado. Picado, the AP tells us, is "one of the thousands of Nicaraguan…
(2021-08-10). Taliban Claimed Control Over Capital Of Farah Province. southfront.org 
Illustrative Image | On August 10, the Taliban claimed control over the city of Farah, the capital of the province of the same name located in western Afghanistan. | Farah is located on the Farah River, close to the border with Iran and is one of the largest cities of western Afghanistan with the population of 54,000."The Mujahideen of the Islamic Emirate also captured the center of Farah during Operation Conquest. The governor's office and all its attachments in the memorial center were cleansed of the ene…
(2021-08-10). Headlines for August 10, 2021. democracynow.org Pentagon Will Require All Military Personnel to Get Vaccinated Against COVID-19, Florida Reopens Schools, with Masks Optional, as State Becomes Coronavirus Epicenter, Canada Reopens Border to Vaccinated U.S. Travelers, California Officials Warn Record-Shattering Wildfire Could Burn for Weeks, Greek Prime Minister Apologizes Amid Protests over Government's Handling of Wildfires, Germany Sets Up 30 Million Euro Recovery Fund After Devastating Floods, Small Island States Warn Climate Crisis Threatens "Our Very Future", Sixth Afghan Provincial Capital Falls to Taliban , Indigenous Brazilians Seek Genocide Charges Aga…
(2021-08-10). Inauguration Speech of Peru President Pedro Castillo. orinocotribune.com Madam President of the Congress of the Republic Ladies and Gentlemen Congressmen of the Republic, | Presidents of the sister republics of Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, His Highness the King of Spain. | Members of the honorable diplomatic corps. Authorities present. | Women and men of my beloved Peruvian people. | I begin by greeting my brothers and sisters, descendants of the original peoples of pre-Hispanic Peru, my Quechua, Aymara and Amazonian brothers and sisters, Afro-Peruvians and the various communities of migrant descendants, as well as all the dispossessed minorities of the countr…
(2021-08-10). Whistleblowers Step Forward With New Complaints Of Abuses At Site For Immigrant Children. popularresistance.org Today, Government Accountability Project, filed its second complaint with federal oversight agencies detailing abuses at the Fort Bliss, Texas Emergency Intake Site (EIS) for unaccompanied immigrant children. Government Accountability Project's first complaint, dated July 7, 2021, is attached as an exhibit to this second complaint. | The Fort Bliss EIS is run by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS's) Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR). The children are in the custody of ORR. Fort Bliss is one of several EISs holding them, ostensibly on a temporary basis. | The information disclosed in the sec…
(2021-08-10). UK: Johnson government wages dirty war on migrants and asylum seekers. wsws.org The Tory government is advancing an anti-immigration agenda as its flagship policy.
(2021-08-10). Biden Must Reverse Immigration Rule. progressive.org Biden must end the cruel policies of his predecessors.
(2021-08-10). Jackson Browne still asking questions on Downhill from Everywhere. wsws.org Jackson Browne has released a new album written and recorded before the pandemic where he looks back on his career and asks questions about immigration, the environment, poverty, inequality and the future of democracy.
(2021-08-10). Ethiopia At The Crossroads. Or Is It The End Of The Road? southfront.org 
Members of Amhara region militias ride on their truck as they head to face the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), in Sanja, Amhara region near a border with Tigray, Ethiopia November 9, 2020. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri | Written by Daniel Edgar exclusively for South Front | In the absence of an extraordinary event in Ethiopian politics or international diplomacy, both of which appear unlikely in the current circumstances, battlefield developments will determine whether the western area of Tigray Regio…
(2021-08-10). Police Raid The Hub For Fairy Creek Blockaders. popularresistance.org In a major advancement of police activity in the old growth blockades around Fairy Creek on Southern Vancouver Island, RCMP raided the gate to the blockaders' headquarters on Monday. It was the first time police had carried out arrests at the site identified as a communal hub for the movement. | It also signals the likelihood of more confrontation ahead in the biggest direct action fight to protect B.C.'s old growth forests in decades. | "The frontline has been brought to us," Willow, a forest defender who is stationed at blockade headquarters, told The Tyee. | The escalation occurred as blockaders were preparing…
(2021-08-10). Miles de campesinos exigen renuncia del presidente de Guatemala. telesurtv.net La demanda de los campesinos es parte de la ola de protestas contra la corrupción que sacude Guatemala hace varios días.