Hunger Strike at River Correctional Facility, Louisiana Perilous
Approximately 150 immigrant detainees at the private prison owned by the LaSalle Management Corporations launched a hunger strike to protest treatment.
Venezuela
Activists Remain In Venezuelan Embassy With Gratitude From Foreign Ministry Popular Resistance
Venezuela’s Embassy: Activists vs. US Government RNN
Report Finds US Sanctions on Venezuela Are Responsible for Tens of Thousands of Deaths Common Dreams
US-Led Bombing Campaign in Syria Killed 1,600 Civilians and Left Raqqa ‘Most Destroyed City in Modern Times’: Study Common Dreams
Labor
How Amazon automatically tracks and fires warehouse workers for ‘productivity’ The Verge
In a 14-month span starting in August 2017, Amazon fired about 300 full-time employees at a single warehouse in Baltimore because of their productivity.
Union-Buster Rick Berman on His Anti-UAW Strategy at VW in Chattanooga Payday Report
Uber drivers plan to strike next week in anticipation of IPO Salon
Boom and then bust? Michael Roberts
Anita Hill: I Talked to Biden—He Isn’t Sorry Daily Beast
Older Americans are twice as likely to work now as in 1985 Investment News
Opinion: Why do Americans pay more for drugs? Marketwatch
Indigenous Peoples
Brazil: indigenous people rally in capital to protest against Bolsonaro onslaught Guardian
Using maps as a weapon to resist extractive industries on Indigenous territories The Conversation
The little-known history of Squamish Nation land in Vancouver CBC
“Even today, we are hostages of states that do not recognize our Mapuche nationality” Peoples Dispatch
Yes, LinkNYC Kiosks Are Giant Data-Harvesting Surveillance Cameras, Obviously Gothamist
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