Labor
Wabtec Workers Claim Strike Victory Common Dreams
Four Kentucky school districts forced to close as teachers call out sick in protest The Hill
Production to cease at Ohio GM plant operating for more than 50 years The Hill
Billionaire Elon Musk Has Quietly Laid Off 8,000 Tesla Workers Since Last Year GritPost
U.S. officials made list of reporters, lawyers, activists to question at border NBC
March 8, International Working Women’s Day
Venezuela
Heavily Armed Soldiers Aborted a Plan to Enter Venezuela by Force Bloomberg
Report from Bloomberg on why U.S. and Colombian officials aborted a plan by a ragtag group of soldiers led by an exiled Venezuelan general to “invade” Venezuela last month. Remembering the Bay of Pigs?
Venezuela – Guaidó Planned To Use Arms – Frustration Over Stalemate Sets In Moon of Alabama
US threatens ‘secondary sanctions’ against those who refuse to back its Venezuela coup RT
Family Dollar was once considered “Amazon-proof.” Now it’s closing hundreds of stores. Vox
US households see biggest decline in net worth since the financial crisis CNBC
471 parents were deported from US without their children during family separations CNN
A 60 Minutes story about gender equality accidentally proved the persistence of patriarchy Quartz
Indigenous Peoples
An Indigenous Critique of the Green New Deal PacificStandard
‘Our History Is The Future’ Puts Standing Rock In Broader Native American Story NPR
Qallunaat! Why White People Are Funny NFB
Cheyenne River Sioux Chairman Rejects South Dakota Govenor’s Call To Stop Protests NativeNewsOnline
The forgotten murders of the Osage people for the oil beneath their land PBS
‘We are fighting’: Brazil’s indigenous groups unite to protect their land Guardian
Semites, Anti-Semites, Zionists and Anti-Zionists Verso
Heroic wager: The decision to form the Communist International John Riddell
LeBron passes Jordan
LeBron James moved past Michael Jordan for fourth place on the NBA career scoring list. With 32,293 points, LeBron now trails only Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (38,387 points), Karl Malone (36,928) and Kobe Bryant (33,643). Video: Relive the night in 1 minute.
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