Philly DA’s Office appeals judge’s ruling on Mumia Abu-Jamal Philly.com
Washington Trained Guatemala’s Killers for Decades. The US Border Patrol played a key role in propping up Latin American dictatorships. The Nation
U.S. Developing Supply Route Along Dangerous Stretch From Djibouti to Somalia. The project is part of a broader military entrenchment in Africa. FP
Venezuela
Emergency rallies #HandsOffVenezuela
Confirming US Orchestration, Report Details Pence’s Key Phone Call to Venezuelan Opposition Leader Common Dreams
“The U.S. had been planning this coup in Venezuela. It was the Trump administration that told the little-known opposition leader Juan Guaidó to declare himself (unelected) ‘president.'”
An Open Letter to the United States: Stop Interfering in Venezuela’s Internal Politics Common Dreams
Venezuela is not alone Granma
The U.S. Coup: New Attempt To Eradicate The Chavista Revolution Stansfield Smith
‘Resistance’ Media Side With Trump to Promote Coup in Venezuela FAIR
Hamas, PLO Slam ‘Blatant US Interference’ in Venezuela Affairs Middle East Monitor
US-Led Efforts to Overthrow Maduro Spurred by Business Interests, Not Democracy What’s Left
Labor and strikes
Will Growers’ Demand for Wage Cuts Get Help From U.S. Government? Capital & Main
Who Needs a Paycheck Anyway? NYTimes
Are federal workers being forced into involuntary servitude? The Conversation
More than 1,000 media jobs lost in one day, with layoffs at Verizon, Buzzfeed and Gannett Axios
Factory workers’ strike in Mexico completes two weeks Peoples Dispatch
The Hidden Automation Agenda of the Davos Elite NYTimes
How Big Firms Keep Wages Low Forbes
LA teachers make the case that charter schools are an existential threat to public education Salon
Second Former L.A. Charter School Official Facing Federal Charges My News LA
Global Economy on the Brink as Davos Crowd Parties On Jack Rasmus
Imperialism and global politics
George Soros says the US and China are in a cold war that ‘threatens to turn into a hot one’ CNBC
2 US warships sail through Taiwan Strait amid tensions with China RT
War Against Iran Becoming Ever More Likely LobeLog
Press TV’s Hashemi vows to speak out against US injustice until her last breath PressTV
The Impact of Brexit on Tax Evasion and Money Laundering TJN
Gilets Jaunes under attack openDemocracy
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