Links – May 23, 2019

Thousands rally across US against abortion bans Guardian

Neus Català, Dogged Anti-Fascist and Camp Survivor, Dies at 103 NYTimes

And she was armed. “We women were not assistants,” she wrote in her memoir, “Testimony of a Survivor,” published in 2012, when she was 97. “We were fighters.”

Kenyan Author And LGBTQ Activist Binyavanga Wainaina Dead At 48 Huffpost

Outrage as Texas Senate Passes ‘Unconstitutional’ Bill That Would Hit Pipeline Protestors With Up to 10 Years in Prison Common Dreams

Venezuela

Chavistas March in Caracas to Mark Nicolas Maduro’s Re-election teleSUR

A US Military Veteran and ‘Aid Volunteer’ Sends Death Threat to Venezuela Embassy Defenders MPN

Iran

Has the New York Times declared War on Iran? Common Dreams

Labor

Trump NLRB Cancels UAW Vote at Volkswagen in Chattanooga Payday Report

Elder care homes rake in profits as workers earn a pittance AP

Striking Ohio Hospital Workers Remain United, Head to Bargaining Table Truthout

Blaming Dead Pilots Brought to You by Boeing Corporate Crime Reporter

Internal emails reveal how the chemical lobby fights regulation Guardian

Four in 10 Americans Embrace Some Form of Socialism Gallup

Democrats Cozy Up to Wall Street While Shunning Corporate Cash Bloomberg

Netflix Releases ‘The Wandering Earth’ Without Announcement or Fanfare Bleeding Cool

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