Links – Feb. 8, 2019

Arizona city officials want border wall’s razor wire removed AP

Oakland Teachers Vote Overwhelmingly To Authorize Strike CBS

Where does a tip to an Amazon driver go? In some cases, toward the driver’s base pay Los Angeles Times

In Baltimore, money still follows the segregation map BaltimoreBrew

Speculative Detroit home buyers bringing down values freep.com

‘Vicious and Brutal’ – Life Inside a Freezing Federal Prison with No Heat or Power Intercept

Trump Admin Says It’s Too Hard To Reunite Thousands Of Separated Families; Missing Migrant Children Being Funneled Through Christian Adoption Agency Huffington Post

France

Communique from the first “assembly of assemblies” of the #YellowVests

“Yellow Vests”: “The prospect of a reunification of a popular bloc worries politicians” Le Monde GoogleTranslate version

There’s No Good Reason to Trust Blockchain Technology Wired

Venezuela

In Venezuela, White Supremacy Is a Key Driver of the Coup Truthout

Venezuela Seizes US Weapons Destined for Coup Plotters Geopolitics Alert

Venezuela as the pivot for New Internationalism? Michael Hudson

Venezuela: Coup d’Etat or Constitutional Transition? MPN

An Open Letter to the American People from President Nicolas Maduro

Support for Venezuela takes center stage at UNESCO sponsored Cuba Conference MPN

Donald Trump’s War of Recolonization Against Venezuela teleSUR

Gaza Rallies for Caracas: On the West’s Dangerous Game in Venezuela CounterPunch

French fighter jets bomb Chadian rebels in support of Deby’s regime EuroNews

Lost City in South Africa Discovered Hiding Beneath Thick Vegetation LiveScience

Any Western country using Huawei or other Chinese tech makers in major projects will risk consequences, US ambassador warns SCMP

The Conflicted Boeing Executive Running Trump’s Pentagon Consortium News

Could Trump Really Launch a War With Iran? FPIF

The technology behind ICE PTP

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