(2025-08-30). New U.S. immigration measures stoking fear and anxiety. america.cgtn.com 
In the U.S., back to school 'jitters' is usually caused by new teachers, new classes, and a little nervous excitement. But for many immigrant and mixed-status families, this year brings a very different kind of anxiety. Across the country, stepped-up immigration raids are replacing the usual first-day nerves with deep fear within communities. | Roza Khan has this report.
(2025-08-30). Why Japan's Rethinking Borders After America's Crackdown. thinktank.pk In a world where borders are blurring faster than ever, Japan—long known for its cautious approach to foreigners—is hitting the reset button on immigration. Just months into 2025, with the U.S. under the Trump administration rolling out aggressive overhauls like mass deportations and tighter visa scrutiny, Tokyo is launching its own deep dive. But why …
(2025-08-30). ICE Carries Out Second Raid On New York Farm As Workers Unionize. popularresistance.org Agents with the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) carried out another raid at Lynn-Ette & Sons Farms in western New York on August 14, detaining seven farmworkers on their way to work. The raid came just months after another ICE raid, where 14 workers were detained. | The United Farm Workers labor union has condemned the raid at the farm that the UFW has been actively organizing in since 2022. Of the 14 workers detained at the May 2 raid, ten were ultimately deported. UFW Secretary Treasurer Armando Elenes labels the raids as "shameful employer complicity in the Trump administration's efforts to e…
(2025-08-30). Trump's Venezuela drug war gambit and the militarization playbook at home. iacenter.org August 29, 2025 Solidarity activist Michelle Ellner takes stock of the Trump administration's escalating rhetoric, militarization and migrant crackdown. This article first appeared in venezuelanalysis.com on Aug. 17, 2025. By Michelle Ellner President Donald Trump has quietly authorized the Pentagon to carry out military operations against what his administration calls "narco-terrorist" networks in Latin America. On paper, it's a counter-narcotics policy. In practice, it serves as a green light for open-ended U.S. military action abroad, bypassing congressional approval, sidestepping international law and stretch…
(2025-08-30). At least 70 killed in capsize of migrant boat off West Africa, says Gambia. geo.tv 
Representational image shows migrants on a capsizing boat off the coast of Libya in this handout picture released by the Italian Marina Militare on May 25, 2016. — ReutersAt least 70 people were killed when a boat carrying migrants capsized off the coast of West Africa, Gambia's…
(2025-08-30). Trump's Immigrant Gulags: A Bonanza For Private Prison Corporations. juancole.com Gainesville, Fl. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) — When it comes to for-profit, private corporate incarceration of immigrants, making lots of money is like drinking salt water, the more they drink, the thirstier they get. Roman proverbs say that the more money a rich man has, the more driven and addicted he becomes to accumulating …
(2025-08-30). Reports Of Uprising At 'Alligator Alcatraz'. popularresistance.org Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport, Everglades, FL — According to reporting by Noticias 23/Univision, an uprising took place on or around Thursday, August 28 at the notorious immigrant detention center called 'Alligator Alcatraz' by some and the 'Everglades Concentration Camp' by others. The site has drawn widespread condemnation due to severe human rights and environmental violations and is in the process of closing. | Noticias 23/Univison reports that three detainees contacted them by phone and that alarms could be heard in the background of calls from the facility. At least four people detained…
(2025-08-30). Three arrested after appeals court ruling on UK migrant hotel. newarab.com 
(2025-08-30). Moving Gold, Moving Economies: The rise of migrant women in Zimbabwe's mining sector. independent.co.ug 
Women are transforming the economic landscape of an entire region, bringing energy, skills, organisation — and a sense of future — to a haphazard, dangerous trade. SPECIAL REPORT | BIRD AGENCY | Faith's hands are calloused, her nails stained with soil and ore. But when she smiles, there's something golden about it, something earned. Each …
(2025-08-30). Labor Day Solidarity Season Opens in DC. indybay.org Kicking off Labor Day weekend on August 28, the "Solidarity Season Rally and March" organized by the Metropolitan Washington Council AFL-CIO demonstrated the importance of workers by reminding everyone that "Workers make DC run and deserve better than mass firings, union busting, deportations, and occupation." They demonstrated their "…support for Federal workers and labor rights, our opposition to union-busting" by highlighting "working-class solidarity over the billionaire ruling class."
(2025-08-30). Australian government moves to axe legal rights for mass deportations to Nauru. wsws.org The Albanese Labor government's measures could see around 350 former detainees quickly rounded up for a new version of indefinite detention—first inside Australian detention facilities and then on the remote island of Nauru.
(2025-08-30). Thousands protest Israel's war on Gaza near Venice Film Festival. newarab.com 
Thousands protested Saturday against Israel's siege of Organised by left-wing political groups in northeast
(2025-08-30). I Agree That He Was Always A Fraud … smoothiex12.blogspot.com albeit Born in the USA should it have been written from the moral and civic position of such people like Roger Waters it would have been a great protest song but it wouldn't be "anti-American", unless this Lewis guy wants to believe that the US went to Vietnam to do humanitarian work and not "to go and kill a yellow man". If Aaron doesn't understand that the US killed millions of Vietnamese civilians and that the US, certainly, deserved this "anti-American" song ⚪ he should have his head examined. But then again ⚪ explaining to people like Lewis what war crimes and crimes against humanity are will be exercise…
(2025-08-30). Microsoft terminations spark outrage over role in Gaza bombing program. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – Microsoft has fired four workers who took part in protests against the company's alleged support of the Israeli military during its ongoing operations in Gaza. There has been a lot of criticism of Microsoft's Azure cloud services lately, and reports say they are being used in military targeting and mass surveillance programs. | Microsoft confirmed on Wednesday that they had fired two employees for "serious violations of company policy," according to CNBC. The company said that going into the office of Brad Smith, Microsoft's Vice Chair and President, during a protest at the company's headquarters was "
(2025-08-30). Philadelphia: Press conference targets Zionist CBS. iacenter.org August 26, 2025 Activists protesting the Israeli military's killing of nearly 270 journalists in Palestine and Gaza over the past two years, including the Aug. 10 intentional assassination of Anas al-Sharif and several other journalists and photographers working for Al-Jazeera, held a press conference and rally outside the offices of CBS broadcasting in Philadelphia on Aug. 21. Press conference targets CBS for its support of Israeli genocide. Philadelphia, Aug. 21, 2025. (Photo: Joe Piette) Speakers targeted corporate media giant CBS because of its recent purchase by Larry Ellison, son of David Ellison, the secon…
(2025-08-30). Well Fargo Closes Branches Amid Accusations of Genocide. indybay.org Multiple coordinated "Stop Billionaires Summer" action protests and street theater at downtown SF Wells Fargo actions…
(2025-08-30). Over 100 Sacramento Jews protest Senator Alex Padilla as part of actions against genocide in Gaza. indybay.org The group said the Israeli military is starving the people of Gaza through a five month total blockade on food, water and medicine, while the Israeli government has announced a plan to forcibly transfer hundreds of thousands of Palestinians into a concentration camp.
(2025-08-30). Recognising Problems in Israel. newarab.com 
This week on The New Arab Voice podcast, we look at the recent decision by Western nations to recognise the State of Palestine. | It came as a surprise to many, although it remains to be seen what it actual means for Palestinians. Either way, it angered Israel. And as Western states were announcing to recognise a Palestinian state, Israel was planning a major new offensive in Gaza, and Israeli citizens were on the streets protesting against the Netanyahu government. | This week, what's Israel doing in Gaza, and why are some Israeli citizens protesting the move? What does the recognition of a state of Palestine…
(2025-08-30). Attack on Nur: Gono Odhikar Parishad to stage nationwide protests. jagonews24.com Gono Odhikar Parishad (GOP) will stage demonstrations across the country on Saturday, August 30, protesting the attack on its President Nurul Haque Nur…
(2025-08-30). Three killed in fire at Indonesian government building blamed on protesters. aljazeera.com At least three people were killed and several injured in a fire blamed on protesters in Sulawesi island.
(2025-08-30). Taiwan's residents reject being Washington's proxy in its war against Socialist China. iacenter.org By Chris Fry August 23, 2025 The Pentagon's war plans against the People's Republic of China (PRC) have hit a snag. On July 27, Taiwan's residents voted to reject the ruling secessionist Democratic Peoples Party's (DPP) bid to recall 24 opposition Kuomintang (KMT) legislators. The KMT, just as pro-capitalist as the DPP, nevertheless favors continuing dialogue and improved relations with the PRC. Protest in Taiwan. And it agrees with the "one China policy" accepted by the vast majority of nations around the world. Its leaders have traveled to mainland China to hold trade and cultural talks with the PRC leadership,…
(2025-08-30). A week of protests in Indonesia fuelled by glaring social inequality. wsws.org Protests erupted on Monday after it was announced that parliamentarians would be given an exorbitant monthly accommodation allowance, highlighting the country's worsening social inequality.
(2025-08-30). Workers' intifada against Microsoft. iacenter.org By Jim McMahan August 28, 2025 As the United Nations' world food crisis authority finally declared a famine in Gaza, direct action demonstrators protested war profiteer Microsoft, whose technology is used to aid the U.S./Israeli war, which is committing genocide in Gaza. No Azure for Apartheid demonstration on Microsoft's campus in Redwood, Washington, Aug. 20, 2025. Photo Credit: No Azure for Apartheid After months of protests in Seattle, on Aug. 20 and 21 worker-led activists took the struggle to Microsoft's vast campus in Redmond, Washington, where No Azure for Apartheid and Bilyad Seattle exposed Microsoft's…
(2025-08-30). Microsoft fires staff for protesting company's ties to Israel. newarab.com 
Tech giant Two of the protesters had taken part in a sit-in at the company's president's office. | According to reports citing the protest group No Azure for Apartheid, both Anna Hattle and Riki Fameli received voicemails from the company informing them that they had been fired.
(2025-08-29). Treaties Like The ECHR Protect Everyone In The UK, Not Just Migrants. menafn.com (MENAFN – The Conversation) | Reform UK has laid out plans for an emergency programme to address illegal immigration. The party argues its plans, which include expanding immigration detention …
(2025-08-29). US: Migrants Face Abuse in Guantánamo. hrw.org Click to expand Image | The first US military aircraft to carry detained migrants to a detention facility at Guantanamo Bay is boarded from an unspecified location in the US, February 4, 2025. | © 2025 DHS/Handout via REUTERS…
(2025-08-29). Western Civilization Is Not Worth Saving. thealtworld.com Western civilization is not worth saving. I think that's been pretty well established by now. | That's one of the silliest things about the way rightists are always babbling about how we need to protect our way of life from immigrants or Islam or "the trans agenda" or whatever. They're beginning with the assumption that this train wreck of a society is worth saving at all. | I am not saying that westerners should die. I am not saying that all the ideals and values that westerners purport to hold are worthless. I am saying that this civilization, as it actually exists, is an indefensible disaster. Clearly. | Our w…
(2025-08-29). The Most Radical Part Of Reform's Deportation Plans. menafn.com (MENAFN – The Conversation) | Speaking to the press in an airport hangar near Oxford on August 26, the leader of Reform UK, Nigel Farage, unveiled his party's new policy on mass deportations. | There …
(2025-08-29). Another jury just found Just Stop Oil protesters not guilty in win for climate protest. thecanary.co Guildford Crown Court has found eight Just Stop Oil supporters not guilty of public nuisance. The trial concerned an August 2022 action in which the group peacefully disrupted the UK's largest petrol station to demand an end to new fossil fuel projects. Just Stop Oil M25: activists not guilty of public nuisance for petrol station […] | By
(2025-08-29). Activists take aim at right-wing dark money think tank Policy Exchange. thecanary.co 
Shut The System (STS) activists smashed windows and sprayed blood-red paint at the offices of the right-wing think-tank, Policy Exchange, on Old Queen Street in Westminster on Friday 29 August. Policy Exchange: activists stick it to right-wing think tank The activists oppose Policy Exchange's advocacy for increasingly authoritarian restrictions on human rights such as the […] | By