Labor
Teachers strike at 2nd Chicago charter school network SunTimes
Denver teachers say they’ll go on strike Monday Denver Post
Hotel workers union is organizing to win real changes in 2019 Workday Minnesota
Why the Seattle General Strike of 1919 should inspire a new generation of labor activists The Conversation
Marx in Engels’ words Following the attack on Marx’s grave in Highgate, we reprint a transcript of Engels speaking at his graveside on why he is worth remembering
First signs of border wall construction spotted at National Butterfly Center San Antonio Express-News
Indigenous Peoples
His side of the story: Nathan Phillips wants to talk about Covington Guardian
Mexico: Me’phaa Indians Slaughtered in Lust For Resources teleSUR
Venezuela
Venezuela crisis: Pompeo demands air corridor opened BBC
U.S. Southern Command In Colombia Along The Border Activist Post
Venezuela Authorities Discover Cache of US-Made Weapons Amid US’s Slow-Rolling Coup MPN
US ACCELERATING COUP, Washington CAUGHT OUT SMUGGLING Weapons Into Venezuela FRN
Maduro Says To Imperialists: ‘We Will WIN This Battle” FRN
US Media Ignore—and Applaud—Economic War on Venezuela FAIR
Juan Guaidó Promises Oil Deals with US Gas Giants Geopolitics Alert
Red Cross Refuses to Send Venezuela Aid Without State Approval Cuba Inside
Peruvian President Against Military Intervention in Venezuela Cuba Inside
British military presence near Venezuela ‘extremely concerning’ MorningStar
Brooklyn Jail Officials Accused Of Lying About Heat Outages: ‘What The Warden Said Was False’ Gothamist
African-Americans’ economic setbacks from the Great Recession are ongoing – and could be repeated The Conversation
Trump Administration Drills Down on Alaska’s Arctic Refuge Truthout
Haitian Opposition to Mobilize One Million Demonstrators in Protests PrensaLatina
U.S. warns European allies not to use Chinese gear for 5G networks Reuters
The Cold War’s Missing Atom Bombs Spiegel
Leaked Wikileaks Doc Reveals US Military Use of IMF, World Bank as “Unconventional” Weapons
This “U.S. coup manual,” recently highlighted by WikiLeaks, serves as a reminder that the so-called “independence” of such financial institutions as The World Bank and IMF is an illusion and that they are among the many “financial weapons” regularly used by the U.S. government to bend countries to its will.
Here Are The Racist Conspiracy Emails Rotting Right-Wing Billionaire Joe Ricketts’ Brain Splinter
US Troop Count in Syria Jumps by 50 Percent Since Trump’s “Withdrawal” Announcement MPN
Moldova anti-oligarchy fighter calls for boycott of elections, referendum
St. Petersburg, Russia: Anti-Clericalism 2019 defies official obstruction
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