MPN on the Ground: Global Migrants Converge on Mexico City to Assist Central American Migrant Caravan

MintPress News reports from the migrant caravan in Mexico City and met with members of the International Migrants Alliance, who gathered under the slogan: “Migrants, refugees and peoples of the world unite and fight capitalist exploitation, plunder and war!”

Elliott Gabriel
By Elliott Gabriel
Central America Migrant Caravan

MEXICO CITY, MEXICO – Over the past week, Mexico’s sprawling capital has been transformed into the flashpoint of a global humanitarian crisis of forced migration that is rearing its head in all parts of the globe. The crisis, whose latest focal point is the migrant caravan from Honduras, as well as smaller caravans from Guatemala and El

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Venezuela Fights On!

VA’s Jeanette Charles talks to the International Strategy Center about the recent economic measures in Venezuela, migration, and other matters.

Jeanette Charles
By Jeanette Charles
Venezuela Homeland Card

Jeanette Charles is the international solidarity liaison with Venezuelanalysis. In May 2018, she organized a delegation with Venezuelanalysis and The Intrepid News Fund to observe the presidential elections. During their trip, journalists, activists, lawyers and other participants met with representatives from community-based organizations,

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After the EU Boycotts Russia’s Initiatives to Rebuild Syria, China Steps In

With the EU refusing to engage. China intends to intensify its participation in Syria, and Damascus, with the support of Russia, is working on the return of Idlib, the last stronghold of Islamists.

Evgeny Satanovsky
By Evgeny Satanovsky
A man walks next to damaged buildings in the old town of Homs, Syria, Aug. 15, 2018. The Russian Defense Ministry said it is coordinating efforts to help Syrian refugees return home and rebuild the country's infrastructure destroyed by the civil war. Sergei Grits | AP

The hopes of the Russian diplomats for the US, the EU countries and the UN humanitarian agencies’ participation in the reconstruction of Syria and the return of refugees to its territory were dashed. At the same time, China intends to intensify its participation in the conflict, and Damascus, with the support of the Russian Aerospace Forces, is

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America Bombs, Europe Gets Refugees

The US Government (with France and a few other US allies) bombs Libya, Syria, etc.; and the US regime refuses to accept any of the resulting refugees — the burdens from which are now breaking the EU, and the EU is sinking in economic competition against America’s international corporations.

Eric Zuesse
By Eric Zuesse
refugee crisis

America’s corporations remain blithely unscathed by not only the refugees that are breaking up the EU, but also by the EU’s economic sanctions against Russia, Iran, and other allies of governments that the US regime is trying to overthrow in its constant invasions and coups. The US Government makes proclamations such as “Assad must go!” — but by

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“Nowhere to Run”: Chaotic Exodus as Yemenis Flee Saudi-UAE Bombardment of Hodeida

Thousands of Yemenis have fled the port city of Hodeida amid a deadly Saudi/UAE invasion causing a mass exodus of internally displaced people in the already war

Ahmed Abdulkareem
By Ahmed Abdulkareem
Displaced Yemenis, who fled their homes amid a deadly Saudi/UAE invasion of the port city of Hodeida, sit in a school allocated for IDPs in Sanaa, Yemen, Jun. 23, 2018. Hani Mohammed | AP

HODEIDA, YEMEN -- Mohammed Mousa, 31, has sharp wide eyes. Enthusiastic and angry, he shouts slogans against Yemen’s latest invaders while in the midst of a huge rally in Hodeida. Mousa was one of the thousands of Yemeni residents of the Tihamah region to take to the streets on Friday to protest the U.S.-backed Saudi coalition’s assault on their

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On World Refugee Day, Education Is Under Attack

Where we fail to protect children in education from conflict, we pass an unthinkable decision onto their parents.

Middle East Monitor
By Middle East Monitor
Boys walk around in a classroom at a school damaged by Saudi-led airstrikes in Sanaa, Yemen, Monday, July 20, 2015. The death toll in Yemen from the Shiite rebel shelling of a town near the southern port city of Aden rose on Monday to nearly 100, the head of an international aid group said, describing it as "the worst day" for the city and its surroundings in over three months of fighting. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

There are few places that can be as vibrant as a school, as creative and colourful or as full of energy and youthful enthusiasm. For children growing up in conflict zones, schools should be places in which they can seek refuge from the violence of daily life. The reality, unfortunately, could not be more different. Violent conflicts persist

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