(2022-10-01). YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: The End Of Super-Pollutants. levernews.com Good things are happening! The U.S. is finally taking action to phase out super-pollutants, New York becomes the next state to phase out gas-powered vehicles, and California is rolling out new policies to transition away from natural gas in homes. Also, a referendum in Cuba has redefined rights for families, while farmworkers have just won historic labor protections.All this and much more in this week's edition of You Love To See It, available below.U.S. Eliminates Super-Pollutants: Last week, the Senate
(2022-10-01). Cancer-Causing Pesticide exceeds State risk levels over the last decade at Monterey County. indybay.org Concerned about the use of the cancer-causing drift-prone pesticide 1,3-dichloropropene (1,3-D), more than pesticide reform advocates, including farmworkers, health professionals, teachers, and their allies held a news conference and rally at the Monterey County Government Center on Tuesday, September 27th — the 60th anniversary of the publication of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring. The group, organized by Safe Ag Safe Schools and the Monterey Bay Central Labor Council, called on the County Ag Commissioner to reduce 1,3-D use and web-post warnings. | The news conference can be seen in its entirety at: https…
(2022-10-01). Calzada de Diez de Octubre. cubadebate.cu El poeta Eliseo Diego aludía a esta calle habanera como "la calzada más bien enorme de Jesús del Monte". Ese fue el nombre de esa vía hasta que en 1918 el Ayuntamiento de La Habana accedió al pedido de la Asociación de Emigrados Revolucionarios Cubanos de darle la nueva denominación en homenaje al día glorioso en que Carlos Manuel de Céspedes dio el grito de Independencia o Muerte.
(2022-09-30). Texan Warden Arrested After Shooting 2 Migrants Near Border. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, a detention center warden and his brother were arrested after opening fire on migrants who stopped to drink water along a farm road in Texas near the U.S.-Mexico border. | RELATED: | One male migrant was killed and a female wounded in the shooting on Tuesday evening near the town of Sierra Blanca. The wounded is recovering at the Del Sol Medical Center in El Paso, informed the Texas Department of Pub…
(2022-09-30). GOP Governors Raising Cash Off Migrant Abuse. levernews.com 
(2022-09-30). Why Black Americans Are Moving to Charlotte, North Carolina: 7 Things to Know. moguldom.com For the last few years, the reverse migration has been in full swing, with Black Americans leaving major cities in the North to move Down South, to cities like Charlotte. During the Great Migration more than 6 million Black Americans moved from the rural South to the cities of the North, Midwest and West from …
(2022-09-30). For Haitian Asylum Seekers, Biden Is The More Effective Evil. popularresistance.org For many 2020 voters of Presidential candidate Joe Biden and Vice-Presidential candidate Kamala Harris, their historic electoral win would symbolize a drastic change from the vituperative language and callous policies that came to define the chaotic and destructive Trump years. Whether it was the Trump administration's criminalization of asylum seekers, separation of mother and child at the border through their cruel "zero tolerance" strategy, reduction in refugee resettlement, or use of xenophobic rhetoric before racializing a viral disease like COVID-19 that would stoke rampant Sinophobia, a more "compassionate…
(2022-09-30). At Least 100 Dead After Lebanese Migrant Boat Sinks off Syria. orinocotribune.com In recent months, thousands of people—mostly Lebanese, Syrians, and Palestinians —have left Lebanon on rafts in an attempt to seek better opportunities in Europe | The death toll of the capsized The most recent reports indicate that at least 100 people have died due to the accident, and Damascus confirmed that there are 20 survivors currently b…
(2022-09-30). Little Amal walks the streets of New York. america.cgtn.com A giant puppet is aiming to bring a message of hope about the challenges of migration by walking the streets of New York. Little Amal has already traveled across the world and this week she is in the 'Big Apple' spreading her message of …
(2022-09-29). Exclusive: Tracking The Flow Of Stolen Syrian Oil Into Iraq. popularresistance.org Although the porous Iraqi-Syrian border stretches for over 600 kilometers, about half of it — in practice — is not subject to the authority of either state. Over the years, this lack of comprehensive border control has given rise to a number of security threats to both nations, not least the persistent presence of ISIS elements in border regions. | From the Iraqi side, there has been a pro-active approach in countering this low-level terrorism with the establishment of two defensive lines by the Joint Operations Command, in addition to concrete barriers and watchtowers. | Smuggling from Syria into Ira…
(2022-09-29). Five Things to Know About the Right to Seek Asylum. aclu.org
(2022-09-29). Marching California farmworkers say 'Sí, se puede! Yes, we can!'. workers.org 
Dolores Huerta, co-founder of United Farm Workers, speaks to marchers in Stockton, California, Aug. 20. Despite a farmworkers' 24-hour vigil going on in Sacramento, California, Gov. Gavin Newsom is still stalling on signing Assembly Bill 2183, passed in May — a pro-farmworker bill that is also pro-union. Instead of an . . . |