Im/migrants and Refugees

Witness at the prison gates, Karnes Family ‘Detention’ Center

By BLS On May 16, I found the Karnes County Family Residential Center tucked away on a secluded road in…

May 20, 2020

Migrants lead struggle as ‘reopening’ fuels resistance

May 18 — Ford Motors CEO Jim Farley said during a recent conference call, “The auto industry is [the U.S.]…

May 19, 2020

Political Prisoners Teach-In: Mumia, migrant rights and cages

These slightly edited remarks were made April 24 at the “U.S. Empire vs. Political Prisoners” teach-in webinar sponsored by Mobilization4Mumia…

May 12, 2020

In Haiti, ICE is spreading COVID-19

Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the agency charged with deporting people from the United States, scheduled five deportations to Haiti on…

May 11, 2020

May Day 2020: ‘Capitalism is killing us!’

This year’s celebrations of May 1, International Workers’ Day, in the United States reflected the growing coast-to-coast fightback of workers…

May 5, 2020

The jobless crisis and im/migrants

It’s not just COVID-19 that’s racing like wildfire across the U.S. It’s unemployment. The number of newly jobless workers has…

April 29, 2020

Texas statewide protests demand: ‘Shut down ICE detention centers!’

Across the state of Texas on April 19, social distancing protests in the form of car caravans circled detention centers…

April 22, 2020

Prisoners rebel during pandemic

Prioritizing prisons, police and punitive responses to social issues is a public health crisis. These approaches are only aggravated by…

April 14, 2020

Migrants in detention in Texas face COVID-19

Houston, Texas Migrants being held in detention in Texas have been facing abhorrent sanitary conditions in the detention facilities long…

April 7, 2020

Prisoners, workers vs. pandemic profiteers

Seattle Worker actions and organizing to save lives during the coronavirus pandemic have run into conflict with the capitalists’ efforts…

April 3, 2020