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Killers of journalists in Mexico ride a bloodthirsty beast of impunity
The recent killings of five journalists in Mexico cause concern for those who question and write about violence and corruption in Mexico.
Voting rights: ‘The sleeping giant awakens’From the People’s Tribune Editorial Board, our sister publication
For the first time ever, the U.S. was recently added to an international list of backsliding democracies. The point of attack is the rights of people of color, but the object of the attack is all of us, it is democracy itself.
Imagine a New California.. Then Let’s Build It! – Luis J. Rodriguez for Governor
My name is Luis J. Rodriguez. I’m running for governor of California. This is not politics as usual. This is politics with soul, politics with depth.
U.S. Border Patrol uses shadow units to cover wrongdoing
Since at least 1987, the U.S. Border Patrol has been covering up wrongdoing by its agents with specialized teams meant to mitigate civil and criminal liability, and this is illegal.
Farmworkers unable to retire: A case grounded in colonial history
This essay I dedicate to all the juviladas/os (retirees) who cannot stop working. May their lives inspire the rest of us to fight for a more just and humane society that affirms the value and dignity of all work.
Alliance condemns early-morning raid on migrant encampment
The way in which this eviction was carried out caused chaos, psychological and emotional trauma, loss of personal property, and widespread unnecessary fear among the migrant population.
TECH: HUMANS NEED NOT APPLYWAGES DECLINE AS BUSINESS GOES ROBOTIC
Two leading economists have shown that most of the decline in wages over the last 40 years has come from companies replacing assembly-line workers through automation, deskilling even routine tasks.
COVID spreads in Northwest Detention Center, activists blame ICE and GEO
TACOMA, WA – Immigration authorities responsible for the now-infamous Northwest Detention Center (NWDC) have recklessly allowed for COVID to spread among an already-weak population of detained immigrants.
Texas wants to kill Latina woman whom many believe is innocent
Melissa Lucio was convicted of capital murder for the death of her daughter, Mariah. Overwhelming evidence shows that the child’s death was not a crime.
Jason Van Dyke is freed after serving less than half his sentence“That [prison] time that man did, it wasn’t enough.” McDonald’s grandmother said.
Jason Van Dyke is out. The ex-Chicago police officer spent only three years in prison for killing 17-year-old Laquan McDonald with 16 gunshots in October 2014.
Forging of the Puerto Rican People: Class Struggle
As sugar and coffee production grew so did the slave population: 6,537 in 1776, 13,333 in 1802, 18,621 in 1815, 34,240 in 1830, and peaking at 51,265 in 1846 (according to the “official” census). At its peak, slave labor represented 11% of the total labor force. The enslaved people responded to their exploitation and oppression with sabotage, escapes, and rebellion.
56 migrant deaths in Chiapas were due to border crackdown, not an “accident”
Migrants continue to be at the margins of the international order and will remain so until the right to refuge, asylum, sanctuary, solidarity and hospitality is fully recognized throughout the world.
The fascist alliance vs. the battle for democracy
We the people will continue marching in the streets for food, shelter, free health care, education, immigration reform, end of police brutality and the environment until we have the America that can be.
Youth go on a hunger strike for democracy
A massive movement to defend democracy is shaping up in America. Democracy as we have known it is under the greatest assault ever.
Reflections about empires and the international situation in 2022
When empires sense that other nations may be threatening their hegemony, supremacy, or leadership positions, they have no trouble undermining, sabotaging, boycotting, terrorizing, launching hybrid or even military wars against daring contenders.
Puerto Ricans’ fight for freedom—A brief history
At the core of Puerto Ricans’ history is the fight for independence – personal and collective, alongside a commitment to solidarity with the just struggles of people everywhere.
How Latin American feminists shifted global understanding of gender-based violence
Feminist movements in Latin America have a long history and have led to important shifts to understanding gender-based violence at the national, regional and international levels.
Human Rights Watch: US Records show physical, sexual abuse at border
According to an October report by Human Rights Watch there have been over 160 internal reports of misconduct and abuse of asylum seekers at the hands of US officials.
Build Back Better and Voting Rights Bills: Only pressure from below can get it done
Because the billionaires are dictating their agenda, the corporate Democrats and Republicans can’t be relied on to do what the people need done, but there is a massive movement for progressive change that can be relied on.
Celebrating Martin Luther King, Jr.Beyond, ‘I have a Dream’
We can be like King and carry on this vision of his I HAVE A DREAM by doing what is right and just in our communities. By raising our voices when needed and supporting those who can do more than what we are able.
Floaters
Poet Martín Espada recently won the National Book Award for his collection of poetry, Floaters. The book honors asylum seekers who have drowned trying to cross the Rio Grande into Texas.
Happy New Year!
2022 is another year to re-commit ourselves to the fight for a world where no human being is illegal.
Day of the Dead 2021: Honoring 557+ border deaths
The United States needs to end MPP and Title 42. In addition Mexico needs to stop adhering to the U.S. government’s wishes to keep migrants and refugees in Mexico instead of letting them enter the United States.
Indigenous Activist faces prison time for protecting ancestral lands
Amber Ortega’s supporters held a solidarity rally as Ortega awaits a trial verdict for peacefully protesting the construction of the U.S.-Mexico border wall near Quitobaquito Springs.
Austin Said No Way Prop A
Austin voters overwhelmingly rejected the politics of fear and renewed their commitment to a more just public safety system, a more just city budget, and a more just city overall.
Latino farmers and ranchers fight for agricultural justice
Many Latinos are operating small farms and ranches. They along with other black, indigenous and white small farmers are the backbone of America and are the most forgotten.
US has never forgiven Haiti for being a beacon of freedom
We should remember that Haiti was a legal sanctuary of freedom for people across the Americas in the 19th century. Haitians themselves are now in need of similar protections.
Congress: Don’t water down the voting rights billsVoter suppression is a giant step toward open dictatorship
The right to vote is sacred and protecting it is a key part of advancing toward a real democracy. The movement must pressure the Senate to pass strong federal voting rights bills.
The Reimplementation of MPP is a Betrayal of President Biden’s Campaign Promises
There is no humane way to implement MPP. The last two years prove that there is no protection possible through the Migrant Protection Protocols.
America responds to Rittenhouse verdict with revulsion and resolve
The terrible lesson of history is that outright fascism comes to power through a systematic campaign to destroy every democratic right. The resistance needs to continue and to grow.
Police ransacked El Chaparral CampsiteTijuana Baja, California, Mexico
The Mexican government’s shutting down El Chaparral leaves its displaced residents without hope. El Chaparral has been home of approximately 1,000 migrants for over a year.
50th anniversary of Friendship Park / El Parque de la Amistad
The space is an iconic and unique park that provides the opportunity for our communities to see their loved ones on the other side through tiny holes in the border wall.
Four million march to support abortion rights
More than 600 rallies supporting abortion rights took place in all 50 states on October 2 in response to Texas bill banning abortions after the sixth week of pregnancy.
Fourth grade student with a history lesson confronts school district
A pathway opened for a deeper look into our shared history and culture. That will likely generate vigorous community discussion about history, values and ethics.
Chicago Public Schools: Give us the best COVID safety!
Meet Antonio, an 11-year-old Chicago Public School student. He directly reports his personal story of what happened inside his school during the COVID pandemic.
Believe the climate science, this is code red for humanity
Let’s start putting pressure on our government to pass more environmental protection laws and teach our children the importance of taking care of our planet.
The long, hard road of the courageous Haitian migrants
It is wrong-headed to think that deportation is the solution. We must first be humane and smart in responding to this new multilateral migration reality.
The ‘great resignation’, ‘worker uprising’, and ‘Striketober’: What is happening?
The battle to articulate the demands of these movements and shape the vision and program of the broader movement of the working class is increasing in intensity.
By militarizing border communities, migrants are forced to take dangerous routes in hostile terrain.
Thousands of deaths, over two decades, have covered the vast expanse of border counties with scattered unmarked graves because of a deadly border enforcement strategy.
Witness at Tornillo
The following text was pulled from the Carbon Trace Productions website.
Film Synopsis:
One man from Brooklyn sits alone in the West Texas desert, feeling morally compelled to witness the horrors of family separation and child detention on the southern border. His goal is to shut down an American internment camp...
THIS BRIDGE CALLED SOLIDARITY
This zine was created to uplift and center the voices of Black, Indigenous, and Trans migrants in the San Diego-Tijuana region.
‘Strange Fruit’ hanging from trees in Texas
Remains of suspected migrant found hanging from a tree 80 miles from the U.S. Mexico border.
Is the government tracking me?
Some of us out there in America fear that our government has inserted a mini microchip in the COVID vaccine. Is this true?
The Devil is Dancing in Texas
Last night they pushed away hope
The slapped decency in the face
Deep oh deep in the heart of Texas
They opened the door
The Poet Jack Hirschman Sleeps Like a Log
Jack Hirshman (1933-2021). Jack wrote every day, but writing was not his only daily necessity. Rather, with great individual conscientiousness, he incorporated himself in the most prestigious circles of poets in the country.
Louisianans in dire need in Hurricane Ida’s wake
Hurricane Ida: We went through Katrina 16 years ago and here we go again, and it looks like the City of New Orleans and the state of Louisiana learned nothing from Katrina, you know?
Connect with Your Spiritual Home, says Hopi Chief
Take perspective of an eagle who sees everything from above with a wider view. There is a social demand in this crisis, but also a spiritual demand. Both go hand in hand.
DHS Grants Prosecutorial Discretion to Immigrant Organizer Targeted by ICE
Seattle, WA — After four years of being targeted by Immigration Custom Enforcement (ICE) for her work to dismantle the enforcement agency, immigrant rights defender and organizer Maru Mora Villalpando has been granted prosecutorial discretion.
24 COVID-19 Cases in One Week at Tacoma Immigration Detention Center
Tacoma, WA - Since Sept. 1, 29 detainees have tested positive for COVID-19 at the infamous Northwest Detention Center (NWDC)
Celebrate Victory Against CA Recall Which Way Forward
The recall election of Governor Newsom (held on September 14) was part of the continuing strategy of right-wing Republicans to undermine and suppress the vote – a national campaign that has led to laws in 47 states to restrict the ability of people to cast their votes and chose their leaders at every level of government.
Opinion by Sister Norma Pimentel, The Washington Post
Norma Pimentel, a sister of the Missionaries of Jesus, is executive director of Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley send letter to President Biden to appeal on behalf of migrant rights.
Two paths forward: Division, war and misery or Cooperation with one another and harmony with Mother Earth
Times such as these sorely try women’s and men’s souls: Chaos, division, hate, police killings, looming mass evictions, abortion bans, the threat of war, the messy withdrawal from Afghanistan, mass deportations on the southern US border and forced migrations worldwide, all are occurring amid a seemingly never-ending pandemic. Earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, massive wildfires, global warming – once in a hundred-year occurrences – are reported almost daily in the news.
How do we make sense of all this?
Whips, horses and deportations
The images from this week are sickening. Haitians seeking asylum are being whipped and rounded up like cattle by the U.S. Border Patrol to return them back to danger. Let me say this again: Adults and children are being whipped by agents of the United States government. By your government.
Full Blown COVID-19 Outbreak at Tacoma Detention Center
La Resistencia demands congressional action against allowing ICE to continue transferring people through the country and exposing detainees to COVID-19.
Pablo Menéndez testimony: From a peaceful Cuba
Is the question here to analize Cuba’s “problems vs virtues” or actually do something to stop what the world calls genocide against the people of Cuba?
The Constituent Convention of 2021: A window of opportunity for profound change in Chile’s political system
To carry out a political transformation in Chile, it will be necessary to support the difficult work that lies ahead for the Constitutional Convention.
Vengeance was mine, but not anymore. I am against the Death Penalty.
Since I became nonviolent, I learned that love and forgiveness are some strong medicines we all need to take more than once.
With DACA Uncertainty, Southern Border Communities Need Immigration Reform Now
Our elected officials must fight for permanent protection. Not just for Dreamers but also the 11 million undocumented Americans in this country.
Movement to politicians: Step up or step aside!
We can rely on the power of the growing movement to keep the pressure on the government to serve the needs of the people. That fight is well on its way.
New US-Mexico migration agreement violates the right to asylum
Central American families are expelled from US to Mexico-Guatemala border. The governments of the region must clarify terms of agreement.
The Death Walk
We should understand, most migrant families come for a better life and a better way of raising their kids.
Make Juneteenth your Liberation Day
Juneteenth, also called Emancipation Day, or Juneteenth Independence Day, is a holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States.
Migrant children in Fort Bliss
We are hiding children in the desert again. In tents, on the grounds of a fort that once established dominance over the local indigenous peoples.
Children’s Day
June 13 is Children’s Day in the United States. This day is about recognizing the importance of children in society and promoting their wellbeing.
In praise of long lines
Revolution and redemption can be fomented in the long lines of the state. It’s a sweet life in Detroitistan if you know where to look.
We can stop the rise of a police state!
The people have the power to demand that this country’s resources be used to construct a new society that cares for its people, instead of for repression.
During a pandemic housing is a matter of life and death
Tenants in rent-controlled units have been under attack long before COVID-19. The struggle for housing is a struggle for survival and basic needs.
Celebrating Joseph Edwards’ life – April 9, 1968 to April 28, 2021
The issue of homelessness is a part of the landscape in so many communities. The government has to do more to help people who are living on the streets.
E-Verify attacks all workers
Native-born persons and immigrants will suffer racism, humiliation, and job discrimination as a direct result of E-Verify.
Between upheavals and hope: Migrants test Chile’s ethical scaffolding
The Piñera government has become one of the continent’s harshest in its approach to immigration issues.
Zooming to the border for human rights report
This report aims to highlight the voices of 27 grassroots activists, lawyers, social workers, and volunteers who live and work in the region.
Central America: Climate Change Refugees
Global warming is affecting human life worldwide. Climate change has affected migration and created climate refugees.
Voter suppression and Latinos
Although more people than ever before voted in the recent presidential elections, the struggle for democracy and fairness is far from over.
Kamala Harris tells migrants, “Do not come”
One wonders what difference there is between Biden’s policies on immigration and Trump’s extremely restrictive, racist and punitive policies.
The magnitude of Al Rojas’ contribution: A tribute
His voice could be gentle. But there was no mistaking the fury of his love for farmworkers as the most exploited and oppressed of the working class.
We stand with the Asian American community against hate
Violence against Asian American communities is part of a larger system of violence and racism against all communities of color.
Haitian children deported
These deportations were carried out under Title 42, first invoked by the Trump administration after the start of the coronavirus outbreak.
Amid challenges and hopes, asylum seekers wait for the border to open
For the restoration of the asylum system, it is necessary to completely eliminate the MPP program.
Texas Gov. Lies When Saying Migrants Infected with COVID-19
Bus driver says that before crossing into this country migrants are tested for Covid-19. Then, at Catholic Charities RGV, they are tested again.
BNHR Statement on the Biden Administration’s Continuation of Trump-Era Policies & Rhetoric Criminalizing Immigrants & Asylum Seekers
Migrating to the United States to flee persecution and crisis is not a decision that can be postponed until it is convenient for the White House.
Biden’s Immigration Plan
On day one of his presidency, Biden announced his immigration plan titled the U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021.
Rio Grande Valley: How the workers suffered during the frost
Politicians must be replaced with true representatives of the people, who have no ties to the corporations.
Texas grassroots mutual aid response to disaster
We need a system designed to do what we need it to do – ensure the well-being of the people, a cooperative system, not an exploitative one.
TEXAS: Bitter Cold, No Heat, No Water – WHY?
The oil and gas industry run this state and control the GOP that holds most of the political power. The energy market is unregulated.
‘Because I’m from here’
I asked the woman why she was coming here (United States) and she told me she was 28 years old and she had come at age 14 with her father and brothers who were since deported. She explained that she had spent more than half of her life in Detroit. Why? “Porque soy de aquí.”
Hutash Street: A change is coming!
On December 15, 2020, the city of Santa Barbara changed a street name from “Indio Muerto” (Dead Indian) to Hutash, which means Earth mother.
The pandemic and mental health
One of the most obvious effects of the pandemic is the loss of jobs, income, housing/evictions, no healthcare, or food insecurity.
Migrant detainee reaches 100-day mark on hunger strike, state-level proposal to ban private detention passes the House
The hunger strikes are part of broader efforts to shut down NWDC, a goal that now seems closer with the passage of HB 1090 in state of Washington.
Women shoulder the economic crisis due to the pandemic
Women are standing up for their families and their communities. Women are forming new organizations and networks of individuals.
A new dawn
Our world has been transformed. Expressing itself first as practical struggle for a decent standard of living leading to a new struggle for our survival.
The battle against the coronavirus
The battle against the coronavirus is not going to be an easy battle to fight. It’s going to take a lot of sacrifice.
Georgia: Looking for the answer to a victory
For years, their voices were silenced by racism, voter and economic oppression. But this community of color and good progressives, would not lose hope.
Carmelita Torres a strong voice for immigrant rights
America the so- called land of the free and land of opportunity has too often been a nightmare of abuse and disrespect for many immigrants.
The state of immigration detention and deportations in the United States
The fight to end detentions and deportations in our country is not only once again at the forefront, but years of organizing are also now paying off.
Oppose Washington SB 5172
SB 5172 is an attempt by the agricultural industry to avoid paying retroactive overtime for farmworkers.
NDLON calls on Labor Secretary nominee Marty Walsh to re-imagine and rebuild the Labor Department
In response to Biden transition team announcing Marty Walsh as nominee for US Labor Secretary, National Day Laborer Organizing Network issued statements.
IMMIGRATION: The first 100 days of Biden’s administration
Interfaith Immigration Coalition priority recommendations for “Welcoming and Supporting Migrants, Immigrants, Asylum Seekers, and Refugees.”
Big Pharma and the pandemic
Already a highly lucrative endeavor before the pandemic, Big Pharma (the large pharmaceutical companies) has maneuvered itself to seize further advantages.
The fascist alliance vs. the battle for democracy
We must not forget how the Trump era was used by the 1 percent to advance its agenda to expand fascist ideas and ensure control of America and its wealth.
Zero tolerance policy: harmed children with trauma and torture
Thousands of children were separated from their loved ones. Supposedly, this policy was to deter migrants from wanting to come to the United States.
ICE was in the ballot — and lost big in the New South
These results are major wins for immigrants' rights advocates who have long worked to change policies in these jurisdictions.
Coronavirus lays bare the abandonment by those who govern
As we struggle to shake off the nightmare that will not go away, we must continue to be involved. We cannot afford to let our guard down.
Community mourns, seeks justice for David Villalobos, killed by a Border Patrol agent
Villalobos’ death is another tragic incident in a long list of cases involving border agents who are never held accountable for their actions.
Building out the traditional Dia de Los Muertos
Our spiritual side needs a vehicle for expressing our grief and love in a public way. Day of the Dead Al-tars or something similar might be what we need.
Zooming to the border for human rights
Activists, researchers, and journalists, concerned about human rights convened five panels representing different sections of the U.S.-Mexico Border.
Biden’s victory: 80 million voted for change
Biden’s winning the election doesn’t mean that problems will suddenly disappear. For that to happen, we must continue to fight for systematic change.
Anti-Trump sentiment gives Biden the presidency
Workers across America are hurting. U.S. workers are undergoing, a period of anxiety, desperation, uncertainty and a deep divide.
Militarized Border Communities: Documenting the Enforcement Landscape (Border panel #5)
The militarization of border communities is the topic of this panel discussion held on October 14, 2020. It features on-the-ground advocates from San Diego/Tijuana, Tucson, and El Paso, who describe the grim reality of border community militarization. This is the fifth of five US-Mexico Border Fact Finding panels in the Zooming to the Border for Human Rights series sponsored by the People’s Tribune and El Tribuno del Pueblo.
Panelists in this video are Alma Maquitico, co-director of the National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights; Ricardo Favela, an organizer with the Alianza Comunitaria, a coalition of human rights groups based in San Diego's North County that formed to protect communities from the increased presence of local and federal immigration enforcement; Estefania Castañeda Pérez, a doctoral candidate at the UCLA Department of Political Science whose research primarily focuses on the conceptualization and consequences of violence and border politics; Vanessa Ceceña, Human Rights Program Associate for the American Friends Service Committee’s U.S./Mexico Border Program, where she focuses on documenting human and civil rights violations in the border region; and Vicki B. Gaubeca, Director for the Southern Border Communities Coalition. The moderator is Pedro Rios, Director of the AFSC’s U.S./Mexico Border Program.
Housing relief now and ongoing!
The fight to cancel the rent, stop evictions, and house the homeless is a fight for a society where everyone is guaranteed a decent life.
Organize collectively to stop Chicago evictions’
People’s Tribune’s Bob Lee interviewed Antonio Gutiérrez, cofounder of Chicago’s Autonomous Tenants Union (ATU) and a tenant organizer with ATU.
Sixth Anniversary of Mike Brown’s death
Mike, we have not forgotten you. In your memory we keep up the fight for justice and against racism because Black Lives do Matter.
#IamVanessaGuillén
The #IamVanessaGuillén bill would allow active-duty service members to file claims of sexual harassment or assault to a third-party agency.
Ethnic Studies victory in California: ¡Si, Se Puede!
It’s imperative that students unlearn and debunk the Eurocentric master narrative that is taught in our universities/colleges and K-12 schools.
Groups protest court decision to end temporary status of 400,000 immigrants
The reason for the rally was the Ramos vs. Nielsen legal lawsuit against the decision to end TPS.
DACA: Political football with people’s lives
An immigrant should not have to be Harvard educated to be deemed worthy of protection. All 11 million immigrants deserve to feel safe in their homes.
TIME TO MAKE TROUBLE
We must honor John Lewis by doing everything in our power to ensure that this election and the voting procedures are protected.
Wake up brothers and sisters. It’s time to smell the coffee
Everyone wants to make America a better place to live, but how can it be a better place to live if we don’t fix the problems with racism?
We’re still standing
One year ago, on August 3 and August 9, our communities in El Paso, Texas, and across Mississippi were targeted by white nationalist violence.
Staggering number of hysterectomies at ICE facility, whistle-blower says
Several legal advocacy groups accuse a detention center of performing a staggering number of hysterectomies on immigrant women.
Pandemic Adversely impacts Latino Community
There is great distress within the Mexican American community that the pandemic will increasingly have a major adverse impact on our community.
‘Immigration Nation,’ a docuseries worth watching
Tells the true story of America’s immigration system from the perspective of the immigrants and the enforcers. It shows cruelty and inhumanity.
Jacob Blake’s sister: I’m not sad, I’m not sorry — I’m angry
Jacob Blake’s sister, Letetra Widman, speaking to the media in Kenosha on August 25.
NAARPR call for justice for Jacob Blake in Kenosha, WI
We must protest until we have our inalienable democratic demand to determine who polices our communities and how our communities are policed.
The making of Trump trauma
Our call to action is NOW! We must vote, we must write letters to our representatives demanding change, we must demand an end to MPP.
María Estrada for the 63rd Assembly District
María Estrada’s campaign has statewide and national significance in exposing corporate Democrats.
Pomona, California: Vote for Miranda Sheffield, a formidable rival
Voters will have a chance this November to support a candidate with a record of social movement involvement.
The Latinx community and the elections
The current administration of Donald Trump stands for re-election. What does it mean for us?
Vote Trump out! The poor can no longer afford the rich
We must begin to take our country back from Wall Street and the corporatists, whether Democratic or Republican.
Working for Human Rights on Both Sides of the Border (Border Panel #4)
This online panel discussion offers testimony from those working for human rights on both sides of the border in the Mexicali and San Diego/Tijuana regions. This is the fourth of five US-Mexico Border Fact-Finding panels in the Zooming to the Border for Human Rights series sponsored by the People’s Tribune and El Tribuno del Pueblo.
Panelists in this video are Tania Garcia, Coordinator of the Legal Clinic in Espacio Migrante, a binational organization based in Tijuana that provides dignified care and humanitarian assistance to migrant communities and shelter residents; Yolanda Varona Palacios, founder of Dreamers Moms in Tijuana, a group of deported mothers whose children are Dreamers and US citizens; Carolina Cortez, who manages the Student Empowerment Center at Border Kindness in Mexicali, Mexico; Hector Barajas, a U.S. Army veteran who was born in Mexico, raised in L.A., was deported and later founded the Deported Veterans Support House; and Dulce Garcia, Executive Director of Border Angels, a non-profit organization that conducts humanitarian work. The moderator is Magdaleno Leno Rose-Avila, Executive Director of Building Bridges, an innovative program that supports various groups fighting for human rights.
The Deadly Impact of the Southern Border Wall (Border Panel #3)
How border wall construction hurts local communities and ecosystems, and how it contributes to border deaths is the focus of this online panel discussion. It includes organizers from San Diego/Tijuana, Southern Arizona, and the Rio Grande Valley of Texas. This is the third of five US-Mexico Border Fact-Finding panels about the impact of US immigration policies on human rights along the border, part of the Zooming to the Border for Human Rights series sponsored by the People’s Tribune and El Tribuno del Pueblo.
Panelists in this video are Norma Herrera, who coordinates a grassroots coalition working to stop border wall construction in the Rio Grande Valley and supports efforts to free people from ICE detention; Dan Watman, coordinator and founder of the Binational Friendship Garden at the San Diego/Tijuana border; Laiken Jordahl, Borderlands Campaigner with the Center for Biological Diversity; and Alejandro Ortigoza, a co-founder of Armadillos, a group that searches for migrants who get lost in the desert while trying to cross the border. The moderator is Pedro Rios, director of the American Friends Service Committee’s U.S./Mexico Border Program.
Resistance of the Border Working Class in El Paso/Cd. Juarez (US-Mexico Border Panel #2)
This online panel discussion focuses on the El Paso, Texas and Cd. Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico area, and the speakers are activists in that region. This is the second of five US-Mexico Border Fact-Finding panels about the impact of US immigration policies on human rights along the border, part of the Zooming to the Border for Human Rights series sponsored by the People’s Tribune and El Tribuno del Pueblo. Panelists in this video are Hilda Villegas, part of the leadership of Familias Unidas del Chamizal; Rosemary Rojas, board chair of the Border Agricultural Workers Project; Susana Prieto Terrazas, a labor attorney in Mexico; and Fernando Garcia, founding director of the Border Network for Human Rights. The moderator is Carlos Marentes, founder and director of the Border Agricultural Workers Project.
Migrant Protection Protocol (MPP) Destroys Lives on the Southern Border
In this online panel discussion, activists in the Brownsville, Texas and Tamaulipas, Mexico area describe the impact of the Migrant Protection Protocol (MPP), which forces those seeking asylum at the US-Mexico border to wait in miserable and dangerous conditions in Mexico. This is the first of five US-Mexico Border Fact-Finding panels about the impact of US immigration policies on human rights along the border, part of the Zooming to the Border for Human Rights series sponsored by the People’s Tribune and El Tribuno del Pueblo.
Panelists in this video are Sister Norma Pimentel, executive director of Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley; Thelma Garcia, an immigration attorney in Texas; Lilli Rey, founder of Bay Area Border Relief; Jennifer Harbury, an attorney, human rights activist and advocate for farmworker families in the Rio Grande Valley; and Jorge Armando Sanchez Abreu, a Venezuelan national who migrated seeking asylum in the US. The moderator is Dr. Belinda Hernandez Arriaga, who is part of the Bay Area Border Relief team that has been working with asylum seeker families at the southern border since 2018.
Stop the hypocrisy!
Only now are farmworkers needed when before the pandemic they had been expendable and deportable.
Yakima Valley: The strike ended but the fight continues
All the striking workers agreed on their demands - protection from the coronavirus, payment for working in dangerous conditions, and no retaliation.
Holding on to collective solidarity after the coronavirus
Perhaps this pandemic will inoculate us against the plague of division, othering, and scapegoating that we have been suffering from for far too long.
Be wary of the Border Patrol’s presence at protests
Border Patrol to attempt to bill itself as a police force capable of handling the duties of a municipal police department, and we should be wary.
Los Niños (Creating consciousness through art)
What is absent is the personalization of these children. The impact of the generational trauma that our government is creating.
From Ms. Acosta to all her students: Stay safe until we meet again
In quarantine, I think of my students. Their faces, their stories and the love I have for each of them is with me.
When we bless the homies
Some homies dream of a better world to organize for peace. It only takes the blessing of opportunities to activate a homie’s psyches to do good work.
Another life taken by the police: Justice for18 year-old Andres Guardado
Hundreds of protestors gathered in Gardena, California, to demand justice for Andres Guardado - an 18-year-old Latino shot and killed by police.
Rebellion spreads! New awakening!
We are beginning to realize that we can’t depend on our failing political system to fix our problems. We are going to have to do it ourselves.
‘We learned violence from you!’ — Tamika Mallory
America has looted black people. America looted the Native Americans when they first came here. Looting is what you do. We learned it from you.
All lives cannot matter until Black Lives Matter
The rage felt across the country has been building up as a result of hundreds of years of systemic racism, economic oppression, and exploitation.
George Floyd’s murder—oh, yeah, we’re getting back to normal!
We don’t need change—we need a deep and total imaginal, societal and cultural transformation. The answer is right next to every problem, what needs to be born in every crisis.
Jail killer cops! Justice for George Floyd!
We must also demand community oversight that requires police to hold themselves accountable to the people and not the “blue shield” defense of brutality.
The murder of George Floyd by police – the legacy of slavery
Our country was founded on slavery. It was legal to torture and kill slaves because they were treated under the law as property, not as humans.
Activist Tamika Mallory’s speech goes viral: ‘We learned violence from you!’
'Don't talk to us about looting. Ya'll are the looters!' Mallory says in her impassioned remarks at a Minneapolis rally for George Floyd
Sunrise Movement statement
Our country is in a moment of reckoning. As part of the climate movement, it is imperative that we show up for Black lives right now.
Reconcile the past, and build something totally new
Few people will look at the TV and say why. Why are THEY doing that to THEIR community? The officers were fired it’s done. Yet it is not done. People across the country are frustrated.
A Revolutionary Press for Revolutionary Times
Please help us disseminate the truth and the voices of grass root leaders who are fighting, at ground zero.
Perspectives and advice from a veteran fighter
Perspectives and advice from a veteran fighter, Magdaleno Leno Rose-Avila
Stimulus checks for the coronavirus pandemic won’t be sent to my family
The coronavirus does not care if you have U.S. citizenship or not. The coronavirus does not discriminate. Efforts to help us all survive should not either.
Explanation of our decision to postpone the People to People Fact-Finding Delegation to the U.S.-Mexico Border
Now more than ever, given the coronavirus crisis, we’ll redouble our vigilance and attention on these vulnerable populations, migrants and refugees.
Dispatch from Detroit
Detroit is a metaphor. While billionaires get tax abatements, the infrastructure literally crumbles to the ground.
Washington State: Demand immediate protection for farmworkers
This pandemic has found a perfect environment to increase our communities’ risk of fatality if they contract the virus.
Líderes Campesinas
California farmworkers are considered “essential” to the U.S. economy, they are also the most vulnerable link in our nation’s food supply chain.
Capitalist pyramid scheme may come crashing down
One of Europe’s biggest capitalists, industrialist Jacob Wallenberg explained: “There will be no recovery,” he said. “There will be social unrest.”
‘Return to Mexico’ program continues despite coronavirus pandemic
The MPP program has become a fundamental part of the Trump administration’s efforts to gut the U.S. asylum system.
NAARPR statement on COVID-19 crisis
In a few words, our class enemies use this pandemic crisis to maintain the status quo by pumping economic hormones into a dying system.
Border militarization extends to interior communities
This drastic political move is dangerous because it normalizes militarization for immigration enforcement operations.
NWDC: ICE violates Washington state governor’s stay-at-home emergency declaration
ICE’s flagrant disregard for the medical welfare of people in civil detention and broader communities within which people are detained is well-documented.
Mass hunger strike NWDC
Detained people begin mass hunger strike to highlight their plight. 80+ people refuse all food amidst coronavirus exposure fears.
Pueblo Sin Fronteras demands nationwide release of all detainees, inmates and prisoners due to coronavirus
Conditions at jails and prisons across the United States were undignified, unhygienic, and dangerous before the arrival of COVID-19.
Eyewitness account: Migrants tell of fleeing atrocities in Mexico
There has been a sharp rise in Mexicans arriving from Tabasco, Guerrero and Michoacán. Violence there has exploded since last November.
Los Angeles: “Reclaiming our homes’’
Just before spring, something new bloomed. Homeless people and their neighbors in Los Angeles launched a campaign to take over vacant state-owned homes.
Coronavirus: For-profit economy breaks down, humanity first is the demand
The pandemic has created a crisis of unheard-of proportions, massive layoffs of workers, and the near total shutdown of the U.S. capitalist economy.
Environmental racism and psychological trauma
Residents express anger over lead contamination by Exide plant in southeast Los Angeles, California.
Community unites with homeless moms against housing speculators
In Oakland, a concrete battle for housing as a human right has broken out led by Moms4 Housing, a collective of insecurely housed mothers.
Farm Workforce Modernization Act (FWMA)
A bipartisan effort has developed to help agribusiness and farmers of the United States.
Shutting down a detention center, a cage for human beings, in the new decade
The fight to end detentions and deportations is not new. Many have taken on the work of demanding an end to this racist and xenophobic practice.
Bernie Sanders’ program on immigration
Institute a moratorium on deportations, reinstate and expand DACA, reform our immigration enforcement system, and live up to our ideals as a nation.
Why Blacks, Latinos and Southern whites came together
The First Rainbow Coalition tackles the question of what it takes to build trust and solidarity between oppressed groups.
DACA in the Supreme Court: the impact on undocumented youth
Trump’s decision to rescind DACA has left recipients of the program questioning their future in the country more than ever.
Elite tactical ICE unit deployed to sanctuary cities: We must draw the line
President Trump has given orders to deploy the elite tactical ICE unit BORTAC to Sanctuary cities throughout the country.
Growing movement to fight for the America we can be
What characterizes this March issue is the growing movement to right what’s wrong in the country.
What do the 2020 presidential elections mean for Latinos
Recent polls show Sanders as the top Democratic presidential candidate choice among Latino Democrats. He has a particular strength with young Latinos.
Consequences of Trump’s ‘Stay in Mexico’ Policy
Interviews with Carlos Marentes from the Border Agicultural Workers Project and Gabriela Zavala from an asylum seeker network.
Migrants huddle together in makeshift tents awaiting asylum hearings
I accompanied a 17-member congressional fact-finding delegation to visit the refugee camp in the dangerous city of Matamoros, Mexico.
Chile at a crossroads: Mass social movement aims to come out of the shadow of dictatorship
The country faces an opportune moment for societal transformation that can dissipate the dark shadows still cast by dictatorship.
The flu doesn’t respect immigration status Cruelty doesn’t either
Doctors and demonstrators were arrested while protesting the government’s refusal to administer vaccinations to migrants held in detention.
Immigrant worker who warned of safety violations before deadly Hard Rock Hotel collapse is deported
Violating the rights of immigrant workers harms everyone. It is essential that we unite to defend ourselves against abuse, exploitation, and impunity.
In Washington state, a campaign to end official violence against immigrants
Grassroots organization coordinated the launch of a campaign to end immigrant detention in the state of Washington.
Consequences of Trump’s ‘Stay in Mexico’ policy
Excerpts from fighters in Texas who spoke with the People’s Tribune and its sister publication, the Tribuno del Pueblo.
Chile mimics U.S. immigration policy
Open borders had been common in South American nations. In recent years, several countries, including Chile, began a selective immigration practice.
Bernie Sanders’ program on immigration
Bernie believes we must stand up for our values and accept refugees, asylum-seekers, and families who come to the United States.
Victory for women janitors and farm workers
Women have been fighting for equality in the workplace for generations. Much progress has been made, but as we say, the struggle continues.
The march against femicides: We don’t want revenge, we want justice!
Femicide is based on patriarchal justice and on state justice based on class, race and sexist privileges.
EDITORIAL: Zero tolerance policy towards migrants and refugees, now it’s been proposed for the Homeless
Trump administration proposes to round up houseless people and put them in concentration camps or to banish them to the desert.
EDITORIAL: The Impeachment of President Trump
What is at stake is whom government serves. Is it Wall Street and corporations? or is it humanity?
AUSTIN, TX – Organizations at the front of the fight for immigrants’ rights
Members of the Tribuno del Pueblo traveled to Austin, Texas to interview local organizations about their work regarding immigrant rights.
The Mississippi raids
Our government is terrorizing and torturing men, women, and even babies in our name. Who is the criminal when laws are inhumane?
M.A.S.K. leads against poverty and violence
Someone said that such work was “a waste of time.” Maria Pike, a MASK activist and mother who has lost a child to gun violence, reiterated her reply.
‘The unwanted ones’
The rich capitalists blame us for their economic problems by agitating a section society. These are lies meant to divide us, and they continue in power.
Chicago: Unity movement to free the wrongfully convicted confronts the FOP’s ire
With constant pressure and mass presence in the courtroom, the families and supporters of wrongfully convicted have seen some breakthroughs recently.
Alex Sánchez organizing for human rights
Alex has had to fight to stay alive on the difficult streets of both El Salvador and Los Angeles. Now he is a beacon of hope for all who come to know him.
The paradox of immigration in Puerto Rico, U.S.A.
Fighting ignorance fostered through xenophobia, racism, and the immoral and hypocritical anti-immigrant policies promoted by capitalism in Puerto Rico.
“Renuncia Ricky”: A sign of an emerging era in Puerto Rico?
Following the Renuncia Ricky uprising, people’s assemblies are mushrooming in cities and towns across Puerto Rico.
Let’s fight for the America we want
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Let’s fight like hell for the USA we want!
Our country has crossed a point of no return. It is either worsening division, fascist repression and killings or we unite based on what we have in common.
Radio Mojado
Aspirations for my writing is merely to understand the world for myself. My use of poetry is to find truth.
The climate crisis is a direct consequence of capitalism
The recent climate strike, led by young activists sent a very clear message to the world; the youth will hold leaders accountable.
Mental Health: millenials and Gen Z
Mental health has been stigmatized as something that must never be talked about. Millenials and Gen Z are more open about their mental health.
‘This is all wrong,’ Greta Thunberg tells world leaders at U.N. climate session
Climate activist Greta Thunberg, 16, addressed the U.N.'s Climate Action Summit in New York City. Here's the full transcript of Thunberg's speech.
It takes money to grow a movement
Help spread the voices of the pro immigrant/migrant movement far and wide to keep pressuring our politicians to adhere to the demands of the people.
Let’s fight like hell for the USA we want!
Tribuno del Pueblo Statement on the Texas killings and the Mississippi raids
The militarization of the border, the recent Mississippi ICE raids, the shootings at a Wal Mart in El Paso, shootings in the streets of Dayton, Ohio, the shooting at the Gilroy California Garlic Festival, the continuous attacks on...
After 15 years of mass detention in Washington state, resistance grows
As we grow our movement, we ask our community to join us in stopping all deportations across the entire United States.
Lionizing Workers, robotizing vineyard
Vineyard workers will be automated out of their jobs in the near future. Pruning, leafing, thinning, and picking will be done by machine.
A fearful dilemma
Automation and robots will change the face of manufacturing. We will have to wrest control from the capitalist class and manage the transition ourselves.
‘Do not mourn, organize!’
Nativo López was intelligent. He taught me the importance of reading and writing and learning. He had ideas and he struggled to make them come true.
Nativo López: A Warrior of the people
Nativo López, an excellent speaker, was not intimidated by anyone. His greatest virtue was his passion to achieve goals for the benefit of the people.
The unimaginable journey to the southern border
They flock their way, to get to the promised land. They come seeking economic opportunities only to face disdain, hatred and, in many cases, death.
The Etowah Visitation Project: Supporting the needs of ICE detainees
The Etowah Visitation Project is a member group of a national network which visits and monitors approximately 55 immigrant prisons in 23 states.
Proposed law forces fossil fuel companies to pay public fee
Families would have a strong incentive to make cleaner and cheaper purchases while pocketing the extra dividend money each month.
The right to housing vs. profit
Overtaxed homeowners, threatened renters and the homeless unite in common cause. Housing is a human right that all deserve, and it must come first.
Has Obrador and the Mexican government turned its back on migrants?
Collusion with Trump is far too evident. It is incredible that Obrador uses the same tactics of oppression that Trump uses against immigrants here.
Not from here, nor from there
The hype about terror, drugs, national security is catering to the U.S.-born and uninformed persons. It is a blatant disregard of fairness and human life.
‘You pay me, or you die with your daughter!’
‘You pay me, or you die with your daughter!’ ‘No choice but to leave’: Why a mother and her baby fled Guatemala all alone.
‘We’re behaving criminal … violating our laws
We are not only in violation of our own laws, U.S. laws and treaties that say you can’t send them back to danger. We’re behaving criminally.
‘We cannot lose our humanity’
It's important that people see the truth, what we see here at the border. We don't see criminals. We see families, who are in desperate need of help.
I AM THE BAD HOMBRE
I am the Bad Hombre, Not your nightmare, But a friend … an Amigo who, Wants to dream and live in a better world, Alongside of you and all the others.
Mexican autoworkers are not to blame for plant closures
We must support GM workers, whether in the United States and/or in Mexico and the GM workers need to support one another.
The 20/32 movement – the end of labor peace in Mexico
Workers understand that they have no ties to capital or to any political party that wants to take over the movement and take it off its natural course!
Renters Unite in California’s Santa Clara County
Grassroots members and leaders from six Santa Clara County tenants’ unions convened to organize the South Bay Tenants Assembly in mid-March in San Jose.
Chicago election results: People want change!
CHICAGO — The winds of change blowing across America have hit the Windy City with gale force. Chicagoans are sick of the status quo.
Flint, Michigan: Five years after and the water issue is not over
There is currently a health crisis in the city of Flint. This is an environmental genocide. How many years will pass before the real truth is known?
Historic support for community control of the police
Chicagoans usher in a new generation of freedom fighters who understand the time is now to give the people the power to decide how they are policed.
Not one more veteran deported!
Joaquin Sotelo Tarin, a decorated naval veteran of the Iraq, Kuwait and Afghanistan campaigns from 2001 to 2006, avoided deportation in February 2019.
Rap musician 21 Savage targeted by ICE
On February 1, Atlanta rapper 21 Savage released a video for his hit single “a lot” on YouTube. Two days later ICE arrested him.
Hunger strike in detention center in Louisiana
People being held in immigration detention in Louisiana are on a hunger strike to protest their inability to be free while making a case for asylum.
May Day 2019
In 1886, workers were protesting exploitation and demanded an 8-hour workday. Today, workers continue to protest exploitation but in other areas.
What is at stake in America today?
Barriers of borders, gender, race, religion and age don’t mean anything in a society organized around meeting people’s needs.
Testimony: Jennifer Marbury working on the U.S.-Mexico border
Unbearable: Last week I felt like our government reached a point of no return in abusing refugee families.
Which side are you on?
People have the right to migrate and to seek asylum. We must end the militarization of the border and stop the detention and deportation of immigrants.
The Second Cooler
The Second Cooler is a documentary about illegal immigration shot primarily in Alabama, Arizona, and northern Mexico.
Why the exodus from Central America?
The United States has played and still plays an active role in creating the conditions that force people to leave.
Government shutdown impacts immigrants fighting deportation proceedings
“ICE has been a terrorizing force in my family and continues to terrorize immigrant communities across the country.” stated Mora-Villalpando.
Children and parents suffer from physical and emotional trauma from detention
The American Academy of Pediatrics warned that the thousands of children detained for months, will face risks to physical and emotional wellbeing.
Op-ed by a contributor from the Rio Grande Valley
We must not allow for a spokesman for the rich and a fascist to dictate to us what is good for this country.
The whole system is guilty
ICE detention centers are present-day concentration camps. Corporations profit from human suffering.
Interview with Pedro Ríos of AFSC: The wall will fall
Pedro Ríos has worked with American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) for 15 years. He has been the director of the border program for 10 years.
‘Hate words lead to hate actions’
On December 15, Enrique Morones gave a warm welcome and a bit of history to volunteers who were bringing, sorting and loading cars with donations.
‘The only way he’s is coming home is in a body bag or in a coffin.’
We help the guys connect with VA [Veterans Administration] benefits. We connect them with attorneys. We do the advocacy part to push legislation.
‘The migrants are fleeing violence and they’re met with violence’
Estela Jiménez is one of the activists in San Diego, who has been organizing and collecting donations for the migrants in the Benito Juárez Sports Camp.
Love Knows No Borders: A moral call for migrant justice
Interviews with participants in the march to the border. ‘Love Knows No Borders’ of December 10, 2018.
Taking a stand for refugee and and migrant rights
In December I traveled to the San Diego - Tijuana border where I had the honor of participating in “Love Knows No Borders”.
Reverend Dr. Beth Johnson: End the militarization of the border
The Americans who approached the border on December 10, with their pastors, their ministers, their rabbis, imams, and religious leaders – had courage.
Shutdown: Government makes war on workers
This shutdown is about the erosion of American democracy and the subversion of our most basic governmental norms. – Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
The America that can be
Immigrants and U.S. workers face the same enemy: the capitalist class, whose only solution is to ‘divide and conquer.’
Pedro: I left five daughters and my wife
I am from Guatemala – I joined in Chiquimula, both happy and sad. The majority is from Honduras, but also from Guatemala.
Reinero – Fleeing violence
They tried to keep us from leaving Honduras. In México, there were buses. Everywhere is dangerous. Everything smells political to me.
Tania & Sandra: Two migrant women seeking a future for their children
My name is Tania Lisette. I come from Honduras. I'm 22 years old. I'm Sandra and I come from El Salvador. I'm 24 years old.
Ana Gabriel recounts her trek in the caravan
They killed my husband and I was afraid that something will happen to my children. I saw about the caravan on television and I joined it.
Interview with José (Cha-Cha) Jimenez
José Jiménez describes the struggles of the Young Lords in the 1970s and how what they learned then is still timely today for young revolutionaries.
In Memory of Alonzo
May God bless the vulnerable, the disabled, the elderly, the children. May government officials elected by the people provide for peoples' needs.
To all the immigrant parents
We see your hard work, and will never truly understand the things you have been through. But we see it, and we love you.
Resistance is non-stop at Tacoma detention center
At the Northwest Detention Center, detainees continue organizing and resisting, despite threats and retaliation every time they start a hunger strike.
‘Grannies’ put spotlight on government terror against migrants
Grannies Respond is a grassroots organization which seeks to end the inhumane treatment of refugees entering the United States, seeking asylum.
We are all on temporary protected status
We are a country of immigrants. We are human beings who need to unite to defend our right to live. We must prepare for future fights.
“Make Weslaco drain again”
The flood caused devastation to those who are the most vulnerable in our society, the elderly, disabled and the many families.
California burning
The local, state, national power elite is using death and destruction to advance its agenda.
Chicago police ‘gang database’ illegally targets minorities, says lawsuit
The lawsuit states the CPD’s discretion regarding the database is unconstitutional for targeting individuals due to their race and their neighborhoods.
Chicago: the epicenter of the struggle for community control of the police
The people of Chicago have shown their readiness to democratically transform a police accountability system that will not reform itself.
Kavanaugh: women and the fight for democracy
Follow the example of the protesting women and move from this moment of resistance to a political movement for safety, economic security, and justice.
2018 Election: A Wave of Resistance
The 2018 election campaign made what is good in America better and what’s bad in America worse. We have to build on the unity that was forged.
Unnatural disasters
Natural, unnatural, and man-made disasters is being used to paralyze, disarm, displace, and uproot working-class people for private profit.
Migrant caravan
We the workers of the United Sates, a country of immigrants, must fight to keep the gates open for our sisters and brothers.
‘We rise together, homie’ Latino workers walk out on racist boss
Antoine Dangerfield, of Indianapolis, a welder for a construction contractor building a UPS hub, witnessed some old-school labor militancy on August 6.
50th anniversary of the Young Lords Organization
On September 21st – 23rd the history and lasting legacy of the Young Lords Organization will be celebrated in Chicago where it began 50 years ago.
A historic moment in México: the election of López Obrador
The triumph of AMLO is the triumph of social movements, which for the last 30 years have been fighting for change in the country from the left.
Mexico: The people face the future with Lopez Obrador
The Mexican people have taken a first step in the fight for justice and equality. Build new infrastructure and institutions and govern.
Flooding exposes corrupt Politicians
Rio Grande Valley Commissioners have used designated monies for repairs of the drainage system for other purposes instead of fixing the drainage problem.
California Democrats are splitting
The confrontation between big capital the people, over Proposition 10 and the repeal of Costa Hawkins, is being fought in the California Democratic Party.
California votes on rents
Californians go to the polls in November to decide who controls the rents of houses and apartments and the conditions for an eviction.
A call for a Dreamers Club
The club will provide resources for undocumented students such as scholarship opportunities, information regarding DACA renewal, and political updates.
‘We are not mere victims but warriors in struggle,’ says immigrant rights leader
First, they criminalize our presence and thus justify our detention and deportation, then the try to intimidate the community and stop our work.
Rise of the grassroots
Fascism and the breakup of the old political party systems in the United States and Mexico resulting from pitting workers against high-tech robotics.
Fascism or Democracy
Today, fascism is rearing its ugly head once again. This time however, serving the interests of corporations and elected officials.
Abolish ICE, a perspective from the border
The call to abolish ICE has gained popularity as many also disavow the Trump administration’s border policies of family separation and zero tolerance.
Families being tortured; children in cages, corporations raking in millions
Through the government’s terrorizing of immigrants, an intolerable fascism is being rolled out that is affecting more than just migrants.
Poor People’s Campaign launches 40 days of action
On May 13, the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival, launched 40 days of nonviolent direct action across the country to confront systemic racism, poverty, ecological devastation, the war economy and the nation’s distorted moral narrative. Actions involving thousands of people were held in Washington, D.C.,...
Undocumented military veteran granted citizenship
FRESNO, CA — On April 13, Comrade Hector Barajas, a decorated U.S. Army paratrooper, was allowed to return to the United States. He participated in a ceremony that allowed him to become a naturalized U.S. citizen.
After his honorable discharge in 2001, he was later charged with shooting a gun...
The community in solidarity with Pilsen Alliance
Last week, someone smashed the exterior window of the Pilsen Alliance office. We are thankful no community members, staff, or volunteers were in the office at the time of the incident. Although the damage was costly, when placed in the context of a larger system of racial and economic...
Rev. Edward Pinkney wins again
BENTON HARBOR, MI — Let the truth be told. I, Rev. Edward Pinkney was charged in Berrien County, Michigan with five felony counts of election forgery under Michigan Compiled Law (MCL) 937, and six misdemeanor counts of making a false statement in a certificate of recall of a recall...
Californians fight for clean and accesible water
Everyone knows about Flint. But there’s a lesser-known drinking water crisis in rural California which predominantly impacts low-income communities of color. An estimated 1 million Californians in 300 communities are exposed to unsafe levels of contaminants in their drinking water every year. The problem is so extensive that California...
Water for Flint, not Nestlé
FLINT, MI — Claiming that the water is now safe, the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) has launched a surprise attack on the long-suffering residents of Flint, Michigan. When they announced that the state-funded water centers a.k.a. (PODS) where bottled water is distributed would close. Panic and desperation...
‘Big data’ makes enough-for-all economy possible
Most important question — Who will own the robots?
Now for the good news.
Speaking to a Los Angeles policy institute recently, a prominent Chinese legal scholar, Feng Xiang, concluded that artificial intelligence (AI) is “the most momentous challenge” facing society today.
Harvard-trained Feng is a professor at Beijing’s Tsinghua University, China’s...
Half of jobs can be automated now
While the oligarchy debates, el pueblo pays the price
“What are my grandkids going to do?” — David Patterson, winner of 2018 Touring Award.
Even a winner of the year’s top prize in computing worries about oncoming joblessness in a society that rewards only work for pay. Google’s David Patterson hopes...
Milwaukee substitute teachers in a hunger strike
Editor’s note: Alex Brower, Substitute Teacher President, Milwaukee Teachers Education Association (MTEA) is interviewed below by the People’s Tribune/Tribuno del Pueblo on Day 12 of hunger strike. He began his hunger strike on May 3.
People’s Tribune / Tribuno del Pueblo: Alex, tell our readers why you are on a...
