Venezuela and Cuba
Venezuela’s government says it is putting down a small coup attempt of military ‘traitors’ tied to opposition Washington Post
Exclusive: Blackwater founder’s latest sales pitch – mercenaries for Venezuela Reuters
Venezuela’s Juan Guaidó calls for military uprising in new video Axios
New Report Reveals US Sanctions Have Cost 40,000 Venezuelan Lives MPN
Economists Mark Weisbrot and Jeffrey Sachs conclude that US sanctions “would fit the definition of collective punishment.”
Interview with Ambassador Rogelio Polanco: US and the Progressive Revival of Latin America, Balance and Perspectives Internationalist 360°
US Imperialist Domination in Latin America and Europe Resumen
It would be unjust to say that all this comes, like lightning on a serene day, from Trump’s hand. It has distant origins. … the war option was well established in the Clinton Administration’s plans and Madelein Albright was one of its most eloquent spokespersons when she warned Washington and others that the option for multilateralism would be respected “when possible”; otherwise “unilateralism would remain necessary”.
Labor
Amazon workers from around world join forces in Berlin phys.org
Unionized Faculty at Rutgers University Win Historic Victory After Threatening Strike Grit Post
Mumia: Media Joined the “War Against Assange”
50,000 Palestinian Children Imprisoned by Israeli Kangaroo Courts Since 1967 MPN
Indigenous Peoples
Forced to live on roadsides: the dark history of Métis road allowances CBC
From #PineRidge to #PuertoRico, the Trump administration has failed Native News Online
Native Peoples’ Bones Are Not Collectors’ Items. They Must Be Returned. Truthout
How Movement To Free Mumia Abu-Jamal Prevailed Over Obstruction Of A Progressive Prosecutor Shadowproof
Filmmaker John Singleton dies; ‘Boyz n the Hood’ was his own personal L.A. story LATimes
There were nearly a million black farmers in 1920. Why have they disappeared? Guardian
Climate change
North American drilling boom threatens big blow to climate efforts, study finds Guardian
Degrowth is utopian, and that’s a good thing … and it’s scientific, too Uneven Earth
Guantanamo prison chief fired ‘due to loss of confidence’ ahead of term’s end – for trying to improve jail’s conditions RT
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