Labor
Denver teachers planning first strike in 25 years CBS
Striking charter school teachers accuse cops of trying to ‘bust up’ picket line Chicago Sun-Times
Unions fight back against Kochs and allies since supreme court ‘disaster’ Guardian
The union that ended the last shutdown prepares to protest MSN
Fight racism
Nehanda Abiodun, 68, Black Revolutionary Who Fled to Cuba, Dies NYTimes
21 Savage and the Fight for Black Humanity: A Conversation With UndocuBlack Rewire.news
Sorry Liam Neeson, murderous racism is not a natural or ‘primal’ response – here’s the science The Conversation
Venezuela
Mike Pompeo Claims Terror Threat as Cause for US Action in Venezuela Truthout
Venezuela releases video confession of revolting Colonel admitting ties to CIA coup attempt SouthFront
U.S. in direct contact with Venezuelan military, urging defections – source Reuters
Admiral: US Military Ready to Protect Diplomats in Venezuela VOA
NLG Statement on the Illegal U.S. Interference in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
Interview with former UN special rapporteur to Venezuela, Alfred de Zeyas The Media Coop
Venezuela: Mediation Efforts Splinter as Tensions Build over Colombia Convoy MPN
U.S. Sanctions Are Aimed at Venezuela’s Oil. Its Citizens May Suffer First. NYTimes
Ricardo Hausmann Is Taking Milton Friedman’s Lessons to Venezuela CommonDreams
France and Germany Face Off Over Russian Pipeline FP
China
Confronting the crisis of imperialist globalisation I’Humanite
The Anti-Trump: Xi Jinping’s thought on socialism with Chinese characteristics for a new era
Huawei is Being Targeted Because of the “Tech Arms Race,” Not the “Trade War” Geopolitics Alert
Huawei 5G ban: US dragging Germany into harmful economic war with China, warns industry union head RT
Inside the Secretive US Air Campaign In Somalia The Nation
Many popular iPhone apps secretly record your screen without asking TC
The Green New Deal and changing America Michael Roberts
The Only Green New Deals That Have Ever Worked Were Done With Nuclear, Not Renewables Forbes
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