Portside Snapshot - February 10, 2015

    
 

 


The U.S. Immigration Battle Intensifies

February 5, 2015
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http://www.equaltimes.org/the-us-immigration-battle?lang=en#.VNPAFWOd5Ky
Equal Times
In an escalating dispute with President Obama, Republican in the United States House of Representatives passed a bill to cut any funding to the Department of Homeland Security for suspending the deportation of undocumented people. This bill rescinds Obama's 2014 orders for DHS to defer the deportation of undocumented immigrants with US-born children (who are US citizens) as well as suspend the deportation of undocumented young people brought to US as children.



Dying Communities

January 30, 2015
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http://www.laprogressive.com/dying-communities/#.VNPIEvpAyoc.email
LA Progressive
California State University Northridge Professor Rudy Acuna relates current campus privatization plans to past and on-going struggles to build and learn from "community" with a challenge to all who resist capital and work for alternatives to institutionalized racism, genocide, Manifest Destiny, urban renewal and privatization.



Refute Military Lies with Your Vietnam Experience

February 5, 2015
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http://www.vietnamfulldisclosure.org/
Veterans for Peace
Veterans For Peace (VFP) invite you to join us as we put together a special Memorial Day 2015 service. 2015 marks the 50th anniversary that some consider the beginning of the American War in Vietnam-- the deployment of the U.S. Marines to DaNang. The Defense Department has mounted a heavily funded initiative to sell to the younger generations that the Vietnam War was a noble enterprise. Join us who see the war as a grievous mistake if not an horrific crime.



How to Get Serious About Ending the ISIS War

February 5, 2015
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http://fpif.org/get-serious-ending-isis-war/
Foreign Policy In Focus
A long-term alternative to war can only be built by popular movements in Iraq and Syria. These movements still matter, and they deserve our solidarity — not our bombs.The expanding U.S.-led war on the so-called Islamic State, or ISIS, has largely fallen off the radar of U.S. social movements. The answer to complexity is not to do nothing. With the great crimes and historic blunders — from Palestine to South Africa to Afghanistan — the task is to figure out what to do.



Beyond Survival: Organizing to End Human Trafficking of Domestic Workers

February 9, 2015
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http://www.domesticworkers.org/
National Domestic Workers Alliance
With survivor stories and data, the Beyond Survival report and campaign paint a stark reality of domestic worker trafficking in the United States. Including clear policy recommendations for domestic and international decision-makers, emphasizing that survivors themselves must lead the way to end labor exploitation, Beyond Survival empowers trafficking survivors through integrated trainings and leadership development to transform work and end human trafficking.


 
 
 
 
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