Marines charged with human smuggling
Andrew Emett | nationofchange.org | 2019-09-23
Thirteen U.S. Marines stationed at Camp Pendleton in California were formally charged Friday for various crimes, including human smuggling, endangerment, larceny, and perjury. The investigation was launched after two lance corporals were arrested in July for allegedly smuggling three undocumented immigrants near the U.S.-Mexico border. | "Two of the Marines, Lance Cpl. Byron D. Law and Lance Cpl. David J. Salazar-Quintero, both members of 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division… were arrested by border patrol personnel on July 3, 2019 for allegedly transporting and conspiring to transport und…
nationofchange.org/2019/09/23/marines-charged-with-human-smuggling/

Panama Asks for Help to Halt Destruction of Forests
telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-23
Panamanian Environment Minister Milciades Concepcion warned that just three of his country's 10 provinces have good forest coverage after decades of deforestation that has destroyed at least 50 of the woodlands and jungle. | RELATED: | Amazon Forest: 2 Landowners Arrested for Burning 5,000 Hectares | According to the official estimate, 50 percent of Panama's forests have been lost, as well as the biodiversity they harbored. About 30 percent of the lands that have been deforested…
telesurenglish.net/news/Panama-Asks-for-Help-to-Halt-Destruction-of-Forests-20190923-0009.html

US deal with El Salvador puts new roadblock to asylum seekers
wsws.org | 2019-09-23
The attempt to label El Salvador as a "safe third country" is a deeply sadistic measure to undermine the rights of asylum guaranteed by international asylum law.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/09/23/immi-s23.html

Makwirituni erakuni: "I'd like to introduce you to my family"
Paul Haeder | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-09-23
Juan Garcia helps the family's youngest, Jacob, 9 months, as he fusses during a recent mass at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Central Oregon, Madras, where the ecosystem looks like parts of New Mexico, Arizona, Chihuahua. He introduces me and my colleague, Susy S. — both of us from Family Independence Initiative, a national non-profit …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/09/makwirituni-erakuni-id-like-to-introduce-you-to-my-family/

Zapatistas Summon 'II International Meeting of Women Who Fight'
telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-22
Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN) women in southern Mexico have published Friday a statement to summon the II International Meeting of Women Who Fight which is set to take place from Dec. 26 to 29 in Chiapas. | RELATED: | Thousands Gather in the Rain in Madrid to Protest Femicides | The woman's branch of the EZLN reiterated in their letter add…
telesurenglish.net/news/Zapatistas-Call-II-International-Meeting-of-Women-who-Fight–20190922-0017.html

Mother of assassinated activist Berta Cáceres speaks out against US-backed Honduran dictatorship
Anya Parampil | thegrayzone.com | 2019-09-21
The Grayzone traveled to rural Honduras to visit the home of murdered activist Berta Cáceres. Anya Parampil sat down with…
thegrayzone.com/2019/09/21/interview-mother-berta-caceres-honduran-dictatorship/

San Diego Ends Electricity Monopoly, Aims for 100% Renewables by 2035
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-09-20
San Diego has signed a Community Choice Energy agreement, creating a competitor to San Diego Gas & Electric. Owned by Sempra Energy, SDG&E has shifted toward exporting its natural gas to Mexico and overseas.
therealnews.com/columns/san-diego-ends-electricity-monopoly-aims-for-100-renewables-by-2035

"Young People Have Had Enough": Global Climate Strike Youth Activists on Why They Are Marching Today
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-09-20
Today is the Global Climate Strike, inspired by 16-year-old Swedish activist Greta Thunberg. As people took to the streets in Africa, Asia, Europe and Australia, we host a roundtable discussion with youth activists organizing marches in the United States — in New York City, Washington, D.C., and Minneapolis — ahead of next week's U.N. Climate Action Summit. We are joined by Xiye Bastida, a 17-year-old climate justice activist originally from Mexico who is an organizer with Fridays for Future New York and a student at Beacon High School in New York; Katie Eder, a 19-year-old climate justice activist wh…
www.democracynow.org/2019/9/20/global_climate_strike_new_york_minnesota

Davutoğlu and the AKP, Trump and Mexico, John Bolton
unitedEditor | uwidata.com | 2019-09-17
Davutoƒülu Former Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoƒülu announced his resignation from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) on Friday. The AKP unanimously agreed to raise the question of Davutoglu's expulsion, as well as the head of the parliamentary human rights commission, Ayhan Sefer àústàºn, the deputy from Istanbul Abdullah Ba≈ücƒ±and former Manisa deputy Selàßuk àñzden. A founder …
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