Monthly Archives: August 2022

2022-08-29: News Headlines

WSWS (2022-08-29). Fish kills in the Oder River: Interaction of climate change and systematic pollution. wsws.org In the past weeks, the public has been shocked by images showing masses of dead fish floating in the Oder River, on the German-Polish border. Recent reports speak of 1 to 200 tons of fish killed.

TeleSUR, HIM (2022-08-29). Venezuela y Colombia restablecen relaciones diplomáticas con el arribo de sus embajadores a Caracas y Bogotá. telesurtv.net Ambos países coinciden en impulsar relaciones bilaterales en cuestiones medulares como comercio, migración y seguridad fronteriza tras tres años de ruptura diplomática.

TeleSUR -HIM (2022-08-29). Rescatan a 82 migrantes hacinados en dos camiones en Chiapas, México. telesurtv.net Entre los 82 migrantes se hallaban 18 mujeres y cuatro menores de edad, quienes viajaban en dos camiones en condiciones de hacinamiento.

TeleSUR, JDO (2022-08-29). Denuncian amenazas de desalojo a campesinos de Guatemala. telesurtv.net Alertan que oligarcas de Alta Verapaz entrenan a grupos para atacar a más de cien familias, incendiar sus casas y desplazarlas.

_____ (2022-08-28). ICE Prison In South Georgia Should Be Shut Down, Not Expanded. popularresistance.org Neal, a Jamaican citizen who owned and operated a yacht servicing company for 25 years in South Florida, spent 17 months in a prison that's been converted into a detention center for immigrants in Georgia. Speaking to us of his experience at the Folkston ICE Processing Center, Neal described a prison that lacks basic safety and care for the people detained there and overall conditions that reveal a jarring lack of regard for human life. | "That place is not for safety or for human beings—it is just for money," said Neal, who wishes to be identified by his first name only. "I thought this government was goin…

Amah Mutsun Tribal Band (2022-08-28). Gilroy City Council Supports Local Tribe by Voting to Oppose Mine on Sacred Lands at Juristac. indybay.org Gilroy, CA, August 16, 2022 — On Monday evening, the Gilroy City Council unanimously voted to take a position opposing the Sargent Quarry Project, a planned 403-acre sand and gravel mining operation that would be located just outside of the City's jurisdiction. The council moved to produce a resolution urging Santa Clara County officials to deny approval of permits for the mine, which threatens open space lands that are held sacred by a local Indigenous tribe and have also been deemed critical for wildlife migration.

Staff (2022-08-28). Iran-Turkmenistan border joint market reopened. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 28 (MNA) — The border joint market of Iran and Turkmenistan has been reopened after 34 months of closure, a local official said.

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2022-08-28: News Headlines

Amah Mutsun Tribal Band (2022-08-28). Gilroy City Council Supports Local Tribe by Voting to Oppose Mine on Sacred Lands at Juristac. indybay.org Gilroy, CA, August 16, 2022 — On Monday evening, the Gilroy City Council unanimously voted to take a position opposing the Sargent Quarry Project, a planned 403-acre sand and gravel mining operation that would be located just outside of the City's jurisdiction. The council moved to produce a resolution urging Santa Clara County officials to deny approval of permits for the mine, which threatens open space lands that are held sacred by a local Indigenous tribe and have also been deemed critical for wildlife migration.

TeleSUR, JDO (2022-08-28). Denuncian amenazas de desalojo a campesinos de Guatemala. telesurtv.net Alertan que oligarcas de Alta Verapaz entrenan a grupos para atacar a más de cien familias, incendiar sus casas y desplazarlas.

WSWS (2022-08-27). Recently-released videos show federal agents assaulting immigrant workers in 2018 raid at Tennessee slaughterhouse. wsws.org Agents carried out their rampage despite not having warrants, deportation orders or any proof of wrongdoing.

Staff (2022-08-27). Iran pursuing situation of Iranian migrants in Greek. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 27 (MNA) — Issuing a statement, the Iranian Foreign Foreign Ministry reacted to the news released about the sinking of a migrant boat off the Greek island which led to the missing of a number of migrants including Iranian nationals.

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