Trump’s Incoming Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan Pushed Military to Buy Weapons It Didn’t Want Daily Beast
By tapping former Boeing executive Patrick Shanahan to temporarily replace famed former Marine Gen. James Mattis as Secretary of Defense, President Trump may have found a like-minded advocate for the U.S. weapons industry.
Fight racism
The cutting of a teenage wrestler’s hair was a familiar act of violence for black athletes Guardian
2 activists arrested at site of Alabama mall shooting MSN
Imperialism
We can end the U.S. war on Syria PopularResistance
Venezuela navy confronts Exxon oil ship in Guyana border dispute Reuters
Ecuador: Social Movements Mobilize Against Economic Measures Telesur
How the International Monetary Fund Imposes Its Economic Policies on Argentina Alternet
Afghanistan: Negotiations or a US Military Defeat? NEO
John Bolton Says He Wants to Protect Africa from ‘Predatory’ Chinese Behavior. What About Washington’s? Foreign Policy in Focus
Im/migrants and refugees
Girl Who Died on US Border Goes Home, But Family’s Not There Newser
France
France’s streets flooded with protest three days before Christmas Counterfire
Capitalism
Almost 80% of US workers live from paycheck to paycheck. Guardian
Wall Street Quietly Shelves Its Bitcoin Dreams Bloomberg
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