Daily Archives: September 28, 2021

2021-09-28: News Headlines

Labor Video Project (2021-09-28). SF Solidarity With Haitians On US Border & US Out of Haiti Now! indybay.org Community activists rallied against the attacks by US ICE agents on Hatians in Texas.

Anonymous007 (2021-09-28). Kosovo And Serbia Tensions Escalate While EU And NATO Throw Empty Claims. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | NATO troops in Kosovo increased their patrols along the northern border with Serbia, in view of an escalation of tensions in recent days. | Serbia deployed armored vehicles by a border crossing and ethnic Serbs in Kosovo protested a decision by Kosovo's government concerning license plates. | Serbia does not recognize Kosovo nor its license plates and has required drivers from Kosovo to remove them and purchase temporary ones while driving through Serbia. | Likewise, Kosovo opted to impo…

MEE, agencies (2021-09-28). Syria: Unidentified strikes target Iran-backed militias near Iraq border. middleeasteye.net Syria: Unidentified strikes target Iran-backed militias near Iraq border | Over the past year Israeli attacks have concentrated on border areas between Syria and Iraq with heavy presence of Iran militias | Tue, 09/28/2021 – 11: 23 | Syrian soldiers stand guard atop a military vehicle at the border-crossing between Albu Kamal in Syria and Al-Qaim in Iraq on 30 September 2019 (AFP) |

Anonymous007 (2021-09-28). Tensions On Afghanistan-Tajikistan Border Reach Boiling Point. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | As the war within Afghanistan is over, with Taliban as the clear winner, the time has now come for issues outside the country to press forward. | Currently, the situation at the Afghanistan — Tajikistan border is escalating, and the possibility of an armed conflict is increasing. | Both sides are sending troops to the border and it seems as just a matter of time until a stray shot causes a rapid chain reaction that leads to hostilities. | Relations between the t…

_____ (2021-09-28). The US Needs a Deep Reassessment of Its Immigration Policies. commondreams.org "If lawmakers are really concerned about holding the costs of this spending bill, they should get rid of the billions of dollars we waste every year on subsidies to polluters."

Women of the IPA* (2021-09-28). The struggle for reproductive rights is global. peoplesdispatch.org Capitalism's need for the reproduction and care of the labor force was institutionalized during the creation of the modern state, which legislated the biological determinism of women towards the home, motherhood and the private sphere of social reproduction. Since then, the women of the world have been organized, fighting for a concept of citizenship that does not exclude women, migrants, LGTBQ or racialized people. In this struggle, they have widened the path of democracy and brought forth revolutions, as well as broadening the theory and practice that transform the world. | This path has been one of twists and…

Staff (2021-09-28). Chile to Continue Evicting Venezuelan Migrants. orinocotribune.com Police forces of Chile's Sebastian Piñera evicted around 150 families of undocumented Venezuelan immigrants from makeshift camps in the city of Iquique in northern Chile. The next day a crowd of at least 3,000 people joined the eviction with posters and xenophobic insults, while the most radical elements burned the belongings of these Venezuelans migrants in vulnerable conditions. | The Chilean Interior Minister, Rodrigo Delgado, expressed his rejection of the violence of the protest, but assured that the Chilean government will continue "with the evictions in all the public spaces that are required" and also "wi…

Leonardo Castañeda (2021-09-28). Understaffed, Unsanitary ICE Facility in New Mexico Fails Annual Inspection. aclu.org This piece originally appeared on the ACLU of New Mexico's The privately-run ICE detention center in Torrance County, New Mexico failed its government inspection earlier this year, with a newly released report finding severe understaffing, unsanitary food, and visitation rules that were inaccessible to people with no money, among other complaints. | The

Staff (2021-09-28). UN Condemns Xenophobic Attacks on Venezuelan Migrants in Chile. orinocotribune.com The UN and Human Rights Watch (HRW) warned of an increase in xenophobia in Chile due to attacks on Venezuelan migrants in the northern regions of the South American country. | Felipe González, special rapporteur on the human rights of migrants at the United Nations, described the attack on Venezuelan migrants in Iquique, in northern Chile, as "unacceptable humiliation." | "The xenophobic discourse, equating migration with crime, which unfortunately has become more and more frequent in Chile, feeds this kind of barbarism," he said on Sunday through his Twitter account. | In turn, the United Nations Children's Fund…

Cecilia Vergara Mattei (2021-09-28). Xenofóbica violencia contra migrantes venezolanos en Chile. globalizacion.ca Los violentos y xenófobos hechos suscitados el fin de semana en Iquique, en el norte chileno, donde en medio de una manifestación en contra de la migración irregular, un grupo de personas incendiaron las pertenencias de familias, en especial venezolanas,…

Martha Grevatt (2021-09-27). Racist brutality against Haitian migrants sparks outrage. workers.org The whole world has responded with horror and anger at images of Haitian migrants being whipped and terrorized by U.S. Border Patrol agents on horseback. Parallels have been drawn with chattel slavery in the Western Hemisphere, which was first ended in Haiti when enslaved Africans carried out a successful revolution. . . . |

Rick Rozoff (2021-09-27). Belarus alarmed by NATO buildup, possible missiles in Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Close attention should be paid to the Belarusian-Ukrainian border…. Aleksandr Lukashenko said: "Close attention should be paid to the Ukrainian section, to what we are going to do there. You see, they are dragging NATO troops into Ukraine. They are setting up actual bases under the guise of training centers. The United States is setting …

Wendell Griffen (2021-09-27). White Supremacy, Immigration Hypocrisy, and Haiti. counterpunch.org Recent news coverage of U.S. Border Patrol agents on horseback chasing asylum-seekers from Haiti who tried to enter the United States at Del Rio, Texas is disturbing. The images harken back to a time when white slave patrols used horses and dogs to capture enslaved Africans who tried to escape the brutalities suffered from white

Latin America News Dispatch (2021-09-27). US Envoy to Haiti Resigns Over Biden Administration's Handling of Haitian Migrants at the Border. latinorebels.com Daniel Foote stated in a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken that the deportation policy would exacerbate the already dire situation in Haiti and in turn, drive more migrants to the border.

Rick Rozoff (2021-09-27). Iranian MPs warn of danger of Ankara-Baku-Islamabad axis. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Iran Lawmaker Warns Republic Of Azerbaijan Amid Apparent Tensions Fada Hossein Maleki, an Iranian lawmaker and a member of the Iranian parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Committee has warned the neighboring Republic of Azerbaijan for obstructing transit of goods between Iran and Armenia and objected to a joint military exercise at the Iranian border …

Anonymous103 (2021-09-27). U.S.-Led Coalition Expanding Its Military Base In Syria's Al-Hasakah (Photos). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | A large military-logistic convoy of the U.S.-led coalition crossed the Syrian border, coming from Iraq, on September 26th evening. | The rare photographs of the convoy were shared by the local Naher Media agency. Click to see full-size image Click to see full-size image Click to see full-size image | According to the reports by the Syrian Arab News Agency SANA, based on the claims of the local sources, the US convoy consisted of about 50 vehicles, including trucks, refrigerators and tankers. | It reportedly entered the Syrian territory via al-Waleed (al-Tanf) border crossing and was…

Peter Koenig (2021-09-27). COVID Vaxx Certificates — Borderless Genocide. globalresearch.ca Ever since …

Anonymous103 (2021-09-27). U.S.-Led Coalition Expending Its Military Base In Syria's Al-Hasakah (Photos). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | A large military-logistic convoy of the U.S.-led coalition crossed the Syrian border, coming from Iraq, on September 26th evening. | The rare photographs of the convoy were shared by the local Naher Media agency. Click to see full-size image Click to see full-size image Click to see full-size image | According to the reports by the Syrian Arab News Agency SANA, based on the claims of the local sources, the US convoy consisted of about 50 vehicles, including trucks, refrigerators and tankers. | It reportedly entered the Syrian territory via al-Waleed (al-Tanf) border crossing and was…

Anonymous007 (2021-09-27). Sudan's Military Claims It Repelled Incursion By Ethiopian Troops. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On September 26th, Sudan's military claimed that it had repelled an attempted incursion by Ethiopian forces in the border area between the two countries. | ÿπÿßÿ¨ŸÑ | ŸÖÿµÿßÿØÿ± ÿ≠ŸÉŸàŸÖŸäÿ© ÿ•ÿ´ŸäŸàÿ®Ÿäÿ© ŸÑŸÑÿ&u…

The Conversation (2021-09-27). Haitian migrants at the border: An asylum law scholar explains how US skirts its legal and moral duties. juancole.com By Karen Musalo | — The U.S.'s top envoy to Haiti resigned abruptly on Sept. 22, 2021, over the Biden administration's "inhumane" treatment of Haitian migrants crossing the border via Mexico into Texas. The resignation came amid debate over the U.S. decision to deport thousands of Haitians entering the U.S. in search of asylum or …

Caitlin Dickerson (2021-09-27). Democrats' Free Pass on Immigration Is Over. zcomm.org As he extends Trump-era policies, President Biden discovers that many voters are no longer willing to give him the benefit of the doubt…

James Goodman (2021-09-27). A Pathway for Undocumented Immigrants Is Essential. progressive.org A "no" by an unelected Senate parliamentarian should not be the last word.

José Manuel Blanco Diaz (2021-09-27). Xenophobia: Right Wingers Evict Venezuelan Migrants in Chile, Set Fire to Their Belongings — Vuelta a la Patria Activated. orinocotribune.com This Saturday, September 26, a new episode of xenophobic violence occurred in Chile, in the midst of a protest against migrants, mostly of Venezuelan nationality, whose clothes, mattresses, baby strollers, toys and tents were burned. | It is estimated that about 3,000 Chileans participated in the xenophobic protest in the city of Iquique, capital of the northern province of Iquique. The city, a coastal town with resorts and spas on the coast of the Pacific ocean, is a popular tourist destination. They reoccupied . | The protesters occupied a square where undocumented and homeless people live, and the events turne…

teleSUR (2021-09-27). Venezuela Demands Respect for Migrants in Chile. telesurenglish.net On Sunday, President Nicolas Maduro's administration demanded that the Chilean authorities respect the human rights of Venezuelan migrants who were victims of violent acts of discrimination. | RELATED: | "Venezuela repudiates xenophobia and aggressions against its migrants and demands that the Chilean national and subnational authorities respect the physical and psychological integrity of our fellow nationals,"

teleSUR (2021-09-27). Thousands of Haitian Migrants Remain Stranded in Colombia. telesurenglish.net The humanitarian situation is deteriorating in the Necocli Municipality in Colombia, where some 20,000 Haitian migrants are trying to cross to Panama and then head to the United States through Central America. | RELATED: | Over the last weeks, hundreds of asylum seekers have been arriving in this municipality every day. Local media and social organizations have denounced that the situation is deteriorating rapidly a…

Ana María Aragonés (2021-09-27). Éxito de CELAC, faltaron los migrantes. globalizacion.ca Se llevó a cabo, bajo la presidencia pro tempore mexicana, la Cumbre de la Comunidad de Estados Latinoamericanos y Caribeños (Celac), en la que participaron 31 gobiernos de América Latina y el Caribe. Alicia Bárcena, directora de la Comisión Económica…

Ipek S. Burnett (2021-09-27). Gunfighter Nation Meets Haitian Migrants. counterpunch.org The image of a White patrol agent with a cowboy hat, on horseback grabbing a Black migrant, carries echoes of the American Old West, invoking the still lasting power and presence of the Myth of the Frontier. In Gunfighter Nation, cultural historian and scholar Slotkin explores how the Myth of the Frontier has always been inseparable from violence—a violence that was carried out in the name of progress and civilization, while at the same time justifying conquests, imperial ambitions, and endless tyranny.

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