Puerto Rico Forced to Slash Basic Food Aid While Waiting for Washington to Act Truthout
Ilhan Omar Dishes Out Some Harsh Truths About the Obama Administration Splinter
It’s Time to Tell the Truth: Israeli Journalist Gideon Levy Supports Ilhan Omar’s Critique of Israel Democracy Now
Hundreds of Sacramento students walk out, march to Capitol in Stephon Clark protest Sacramento Bee
WATCH: US Man Detained at Gunpoint for Picking Up Trash Outside His Home Sputnik
International Working Women’s Day
‘If We Stop, the World Stops!’: Hundreds of Thousands of Spanish Women Take to Streets for Feminist Strike Common Dreams
Inside Spain’s Radical, Union-Led Women’s Strike Splinter
Women’s Day unites activists, Turkish police break up crowd with tear gas Reuters

A history of International Women’s Day Counterfire
In a World Full of Crisis, the Women’s Movement Prepares to Take the Streets LeftVoice
Venezuela
Venezuelan Government: Blackout Was Preplanned, Reports About Deaths In Hospitals Are Fake News
Venezuelans Go About Their Day as Power Gradually Restored teleSUR
Venezuela will file complaint to UN over attack at power grids — vice president Tass
Venezuela blames sabotage & ‘US electricity war’ after major power outage RT
Venezuela Wins Round One Against the Empire Manuel E. Yepe
Setting the Stage for an Encounter at the Colombia-Venezuela Border Counterpunch
Exclusivo: Pence cruzó reproches con Guaidó en la cumbre de Bogotá
GoogleTranslate version: Exclusive: Pence crossed accusations with Guaidó at Bogotá summit
The Media Is Lying About Construction At Sohae Launch Facility Disobedient media
A series of reports from NBC News claim that “commercial” satellite footage shows that the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) has been engaging in fresh construction at their Sohae Launch Facility in preparation for an alleged missile launch or test.
Chelsea Manning jailed for refusing to testify on WikiLeaks Aljazeera
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the Myth of American Innovation American Prospect
The intrepid New Yorker pulls back the curtain on how private companies profit from taxpayer-funded research
Demographic demise Michael Roberts
There is one outstanding statistical feature of 21st century capitalism. Capitalism is increasingly failing to develop what Marx called the “productive forces” (namely the technology and labour necessary to expand the output of things and services that human society needs or wants). As measured by gross national product in all the economies of the world (or per person), world capitalism is finding it more and more difficult to expand.
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