AFGJ summarizes recent border news under the headline “US Barbarity at the Border: The Monroe Doctrine in Practice” then lists the following recent examples of US policy.
Sign the Petition: No second trial for church volunteer Scott Warren who helped immigrants
Migrants Denounce ‘Psychological Abuse’ in US Detention Centers
US Border Patrol FB Group: Agents Joke About Migrant Deaths, Post Sexist Memes
“No More Deaths” Activist Scott Warren To Be Retried For Helping Migrants
Venezuela Embassy Protectors Defense Fund
Venezuela
Germany moves to restore Diplomatic Relations with Chavista Government
Pompeo vows support for Venezuela’s Guaido ahead of July 5 Opposition march
City Council of Berkeley adopts No War on Venezuela/ No Coups resolution
News Network: U.S. Blockade Kills Venezuelans needing cancer, HIV, diabetes medicines
Real News Network: Venezuelan Community Builds Solidarity Pharmacy to Counter US Sanctions
TeleSur: Venezuela’s Top Prosecutor: Two Intelligence Officials Arrested, Charged over Acosta Death
Corporate Media Disinformation
FAIR: Study Linking US Sanctions to Venezuelan Deaths Buried by Reuters for Over a Month
Grayzone Project: NY Times admits it sends stories to US government for approval before publication
John Kiriakou: Why Is NPR Carrying Water for Trump on Venezuela?
Cuba
Save the Children: Cuba: Safest Country in Latin America to Be a Child and Adolescent
We highlight the article below because the graphic says so much about Trump and his inhumane border policy and how for some the truth is too horrible to tell. KZ
Canadian artist fired after viral Trump cartoon
A publishing company in New Brunswick, Canada, has terminated its contract with cartoonist Michael de Adder after a drawing he did of President Donald Trump standing over the bodies of two drowned migrants went viral on social media.
The drawing, which was posted on de Adder’s Twitter account on June 26, shows Trump standing beside a golf cart, golf club in hand, looking down at the bodies of a father and daughter who drowned in the Rio Grande while trying to cross from Mexico into Texas. Trump asks, “Do you mind if I play through?”
The illustration is based off the searing photo of Óscar Alberto Martínez Ramírez, 25, and his 23-month-old daughter, Angie Valeria, lying face down in the muddy waters of the Rio Grande, which has sparked outrage and become a focal point of the debate over asylum-seekers.
De Adder announced his termination from the newspapers owned by Brunswick News Inc. on Twitter.
“The highs and lows of cartooning,” he wrote. “Today I was just let go from all newspapers in New Brunswick.”
Brunswick News Inc. said in a statement on Sunday it is “entirely incorrect” to suggest the company canceled its freelance contract with de Adder over the cartoon.
I worked on editorial pages for much of my career and this cartoon stopped me in my tracks, in the best way. It’s brutal but incredibly effective: made me think of the jarring disconnects in an administration so cruel, selfish and uncaring. I hope you bounce high and happily.
— John Teets (@suenitosKW) June 30, 2019
“This is a false narrative which has emerged carelessly and recklessly on social media,” the company said. “In fact, BNI was not even offered this cartoon by Mr. de Adder. The decision to bring back reader favorite Greg Perry was made long before this cartoon, and negotiations had been ongoing for weeks.”
De Adder said he was “not a victim” and that this was “a setback not a deathblow.”
The New Brunswick native also said that he was still drawing cartoons for other publications, but was hurt that he would no longer be doing so in his four local outlets.
“I just need to recoup a percentage of my weekly income and get used to the idea I no longer have a voice in my home province,” he wrote.
De Adder, who did not immediately return NBC News’ request for comment, wrote in a tweet Sunday that he would be “off the grid for the day.”
Wes Tyrell, President of the Association of Canadian Cartoonists, claimed de Adder was fired after 17 years with Brunswick News Inc. because Donald Trump was a “taboo subject” for the company.
“Although he has stated there was no reason given for his firing, the timing was no coincidence,” Tyrell said in a lengthy statement on Facebook. “Michael de Adder has drawn many well-documented cartoons on Trump, they have, however, systematically never been seen in the NB papers.”
Previous Trump cartoons by de Adder probably went unnoticed by the company, Tyrell said, but this one went viral thanks to social media celebrities such as George Takei and ultimately led to his contract being terminated.
Tyrell says that, although Brunswick News Inc. is a Canadian company, its business ties within the United States influenced their decision.
“Trade has been an issue since Trump took office,” Tyrell said. “And the President himself is an unknown quantity who punishes those who appear to oppose him.”
Source NBC News