Stop the Wars at Home and Abroad!

The Capitalist Imperative Driving Cruel and Bipartisan Migration Policies

by Daniel Melo, published on Black Agenda Report, February 16, 2022 Capitalism’s need for labor is the determining factor in immigration policy. Its contradictions create a system that is consistently inhumane. President Biden recently reached an agreement with Mexico to reinstate the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), a program instituted by the Trump administration. It requires tens of thousands of migrants[…]

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The U.S.’ Refusal of Entry to Arnold August Is a Dangerous Precedent for All Activists

by Alison Bodine, Published on Council on Hemispheric Affairs, March 29, 2019 On March 16, 2019, more than 1000 activists from across the U.S. gathered in Washington, DC for the “U.S Hands Off Venezuela!” demonstration.  However, Canadian journalist Arnold August was not one of them – earlier in the day he was unjustly denied entry into the United States at[…]

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