Sandra Bland’s own video of 2015 Texas traffic stop surfaces AP
May 3 STRIKE! Uber, Lyft, ALL App Drivers on Wed, May 8th, 7AM-9AM!NY Taxi Workers Alliance
Iran
U.S. Officials Raise Alarm of Iranian Threat Targeting American Troops in Iraq NYTimes (in full Pentagon war mode)
Bolton: U.S. sending Navy strike group to Iran to send “clear message” Axios
In The Name of Puerto Rico: Red Sox Manager Alex Cora Will Not Be Going To The White House Dave Zirin
US guided-missle destroyers enter disputed South China Sea in clear warning to Chinese gov’t AMN
Google employees protest retaliation with international sit-in The Verge
Venezuela
Secret Service Blocking Food From Reaching Activists Inside Venezuelan Embassy MPN
Trump’s “Troika of Tyranny” Meddles in Venezuela, Cuba, Nicaragua Truthout
How GMO Seeds and Monsanto/Bayer’s “RoundUp” are Driving US Policy in Venezuela MPN
US State Department Publishes, Then Deletes Sadistic Venezuela Hit List Boasting of Economic Ruin MPN
National Lawyers Guild International Statement on the Venezuelan Embassy and U.S. Sanctions
Fake news: CNN falsely claims US-appointed Venezuelan coup leader Guaidó was ‘elected’
The Atlantic Illustrates Everything That’s Wrong With Media Coverage of Venezuela Sanctions FAIR
Thousands protest against Honduras president France24
Capitalist economy
Black Unemployment Rate for April 90 Percent Higher Than US Rate Overall The Root
The Reality Behind the ‘Surging’ U.S. Economy Inequality
How Accurate Are the US Jobs Numbers? ZNet
Bad Evidence The Intercept
Ten Years After a Landmark Study Blew the Whistle on Junk Science, the Fight Over Forensics Rages On
Elite gathering reveals anxiety over ‘class war’ and ‘revolution’ FT
Jill Martin Ives: A revolutionary who loved people Haiti Liberté
Renewables Are Dead The Automatic Earth
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