(2022-10-02). 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). 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). CA Governor Vetoes 'Mandela Act' To Limit Solitary Confinement, Torture. popularresistance.org Sacramento, California — Opponents of solitary confinement said late this week it's "disappointing" California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed the "Mandela Act," a measure that would prevent "the torture of Black and Brown people in jails, prisons and immigration detention facilities." | AB 2632, the California Mandela Act on Solitary Confinement authored by Assemblymember Chris Holden (D-Pasadena), would have placed "comprehensive limits on the use of solitary confinement in jails and prisons, and is the first bill in the nation to also cover private immigration detention facilities. | The legislation would have…
(2022-10-01). How Undocumented Immigrants Won Driver's Licenses In Massachusetts. popularresistance.org Boston, Massachusetts – On May 5, under a scorching Boston afternoon sun, a motley group of Central American immigrant leaders and their families were strewn across the steps under the towering, ornate cast iron gates of the Massachusetts State House. Joined by mostly younger, non-immigrant allied organizers, the air was charged with nervous anticipation. An eclectic mix of Latin-American music, from traditional mariachi to Bad Bunny, boomed over a mobile PA system. Spontaneous chants of "Que queremos? Licencias! Cuando? Ahora!" or "What do we want? Licenses! When? Now!" broke out amongst ongoing laughter and cha…
(2022-10-01). Democratic Rebellion Throughout Latin America And Caribbean. popularresistance.org Evo Morales, former President of the Plurinational State of Bolivia and President of the Six Federations of the Tropic of Cochabamba, was a special guest of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) during festivities marking the 212th anniversary of Mexico's independence. The other international guests included John and Gabriel Shipton, father and brother of journalist Julian Assange; family of the late farmworker and activist César Chávez; Aleida Guevara, daughter of Che Guevara; and former Uruguayan President "Pepe" Mujica. | On September 15 Morales witnessed President Andrés Manuel López Obrador calling ou…
(2022-10-01). Lebanon Receives U.S. Proposal For Maritime Border With Israel. southfront.org 
On October 1, Lebanese President Michel Aoun has received a letter from U.S. mediator Amos Hochstein including proposals for the demarcation of the maritime border with Israel. | In a statement, the Lebanese presidency office said that U.S. Ambassador in Lebanon Dorothy Shea delivered Hochstein letter to Aoun during a meeting at the presidential palace in Baabda. | Hochstein, a senior adviser for energy security at the U.S. State Department, has been shuttling between Lebanon and Israel in a…
(2022-10-01). Climate Extremes and a Democracy Under Threat. commondreams.org Hurricanes and drought are now displacing millions, driving climate migration that increases anti-immigrant sentiment in Europe and the U.S.
(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.
(2022-10-01). Fuertes críticas a Nancy Pelosi por decir que los inmigrantes ilegales podrían servir para "recoger las cosechas" cubadebate.cu La presidenta de la Cámara de Representantes del Congreso de EE.UU., Nancy Pelosi, es blanco de fuertes críticas en las redes sociales tras declarar que en su país existe escasez de trabajadores y que se debería emplear a los inmigrantes ilegales como mano de obra barata en las cosechas. Afirmó que EE.UU. debería hacer una reforma migratoria integral.
(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 …