Labor
Oakland teachers stage unauthorized walkout as contract talks hit impasse SF Chronicle
Denver teachers could begin voting to strike on Saturday Denver Post
L.A. teacher strike may be cutting edge of a revolution against what’s rotten in America Philly.com
Over 40 Maquila Factories on Strike in Mexico LeftVoice
Federal employees who take unemployment benefits during the shutdown will have to pay them back CNBC
Public transport workers win wage hike after nine-day strike in India Peoples Dispatch
670,000 Public-Sector Workers Strike In Tunisia AFL-CIO
Law is on the side of Indigenous group in pipeline dispute, say legal experts StarMetro Vancouver
U.S. Navy chief does not rule out sending aircraft carrier through Taiwan Strait Reuters
Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr., union man The Conversation
Oddly Enough, More Big Pharma Kickbacks for Docs Are Associated With More Opioid Deaths Splinter
Imperialism and global politics
White House Considers Oil Embargo On Venezuela OAN
The White House calls food stamp funds for Puerto Rico ‘excessive and unnecessary’ Grist
The Planetary Health Diet isn’t much use to people living in food poverty openDemocracy
Theresa May, Donald Trump and Emmanuel Macron to skip Davos summit amid problems at home Business Review
Trans people are planning a massive march on Washington LGBTQ Nation
Thierse justifies murder of Liebknecht and Luxemburg (in German) Rote Fahne Google Translate version
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