Daily Archives: November 4, 2021

2021-11-04: News Headlines

Rick Rozoff (2021-11-04). Poland prepares for armed clashes on Belarusian border. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com 'Another provocation against Polish soldiers' at Belarus border: defence ministry Poland's defence ministry on Thursday accused Belarus of staging "another provocation" against Polish troops helping protect the European Union's external border, saying that Belarusian soldiers guarding migrants threatened to open fire on Polish soldiers. *** The foreign ministry in Warsaw said in a statement on …

Staff (2021-11-04). 60 reported dead after attack on villagers in southwestern Niger. rt.com At least 60 people are reported to have been killed in what appears to have been an attack by jihadists affiliated with Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) in a remote area in the southwest of the country. | The incident occurred earlier this week in a remote region bordering Burkina Faso and Mali, but the news apparently emerged only recently. "Heavily armed" members of a local IS affiliate had attacked a local defense force known as the Vigilance Committees, news agencies reported on Thursday, citing Niger officials. | The group had been led by the mayor of the village of Banibangou, who is among the 60 dead.

Rick Rozoff (2021-11-04). NATO targets Belarus in favor of members Poland, Latvia and Lithuania. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Nato calls on Belarus to observe international law Nato headquarters in Brussels told PAP [Polish Press Agency] on Wednesday the alliance was concerned about the escalation on the Polish-Belarusian border and called on Minsk to observe international law. Nato HQ's press office told PAP the alliance had observed a wave of migrants trying to enter …

National Domestic Workers Alliance (2021-11-04). Thursday 11/4: The Essential Funding of Homecare, Immigration, and Community Services w/ NDWA. indybay.org Online event…

Staff (2021-11-04). For Migrant Families, COVID-19 Made Precarious Housing Much Worse. shadowproof.com As the national lockdown went into effect in March 2020, Susana, a Latina woman in her early 60s, was living alone on the Northside of Minneapolis. She had been getting by as a childcare provider for an affluent family. But when her employer began working from home, that source of income became impromptu at best—and, …

sputniknews (2021-11-04). US Homeland Security Chief Says Hopes to Roll Out New Asylum Rule Before End of Year. sputniknews.com WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – US Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said during remarks at the annual Aspen Security Forum that his department hopes to roll out a new asylum rule for US-bound migrants before the end of the year.

teleSUR, yart, JDO (2021-11-04). Caravana de migrantes se enfrenta a la Guardia Nacional de México. telesurtv.net Ante la amenaza de avance de la fuerza antimotines, los migrantes comenzaron a lanzar palos y piedras a los oficiales.

Jim McMahan (2021-11-03). Prisoners win minimum wage victory. workers.org Incarcerated workers on strike against horrific conditions at the Northwest Detention Center were supported by La Resistencia, Dec. 15, 2020. Seattle After years of hunger strikes, immigrant workers detained at the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, Wash., have won the right to be paid for their labor at the same . . . |

Joris Leverink (2021-11-03). Defund the global climate wall. roarmag.org This essay was originally published at Photo: US border patrol is detaining immigrants from Latin America. Yuma, Arizona. May, 2021. Ringo Chiu / Shutterstock.com | At a National Security Council meeting in September, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken

_____ (2021-11-03). The Situation in Syria Continues to Escalate. journal-neo.org The situation in Syria in the coming days could seriously heat up due to several factors. In the north of the country, this is due to Turkey's active redeployment of hundreds of soldiers and military equipment to the border in recent days, in particular tanks, artillery, multiple rocket launchers, and air defense systems. This military …

MEE, agencies (2021-11-03). Algeria blames Morocco for 'assassinating' three truck drivers near Western Sahara. middleeasteye.net Algeria blames Morocco for 'assassinating' three truck drivers near Western Sahara | Algiers warns the fatal attack 'will not go unpunished' as relations deteriorate between the two countries | Wed, 11/03/2021 – 16: 06 | A United Nations Mil Mi-8 helicopter lands on the Moroccan side of the border crossing between Morocco and Mauritania in Guerguerat, in Western Sahara, on 25 November 2020…

Rick Rozoff (2021-11-03). Ukraine moves armored vehicles, artillery toward Donetsk border. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Ukrainian army deploys 20 tanks and 6 howitzers to railway station on Gorlovka direction Ukrainian armed forces deployed military equipment to a populated area and a railway station on the Gorlovka direction, the DPR [Donetsk People's Republic] deputy chief-of-staff Eduard Basurin said. "In violation of Article 3 of the Additional Measures, 32 pieces of weapons …

Rick Rozoff (2021-11-03). Regional crisis worsens: Poland summons Belarus envoy over "armed intrusions" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Poland summons Belarusian envoy over border intrusion Poland's foreign ministry said on Wednesday it had summoned the Belarusian chargé d'affaires after Belarus staged an armed intrusion into Polish territory in a deliberate escalation of a migrant crisis at the two countries' shared border. The foreign ministry in Warsaw said in a statement that "unidentified uniformed …

WSWS (2021-11-03). Migrant woman drowns in Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego. wsws.org The woman drowned on Friday while trying to cross the US-Mexico border by swimming around the border fence that juts into the Pacific. Her death is a consequence of the Biden administration's criminal anti-immigrant policies.

Melissa Sanchez (2021-11-03). Afghan kids struggle in an ill-equipped US shelter. asiatimes.com This story was originally published by ProPublica, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. Some children who were evacuated from Afghanistan and are being cared for at a Chicago shelter for immigrant minors have hurt themselves, harmed other children or threatened …

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