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Links – May 20, 2019
If a fetus is a person, it should get child support, due process and citizenship Washington Post Labor As Thousands of Taxi Drivers Were Trapped in Loans, Top Officials Counted the Money NYTimes Trump’s NLRB […]
Month: May 2019
Imperialism and global politics
People’s Korea demands return of ship illegally seized by U.S.
‘The United States is indeed a gangster country that does not care at all about international laws’ The U.S. has seized the second largest bulk carrier cargo ship owned by the Democratic People’s Republic of […]
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Links – May 19, 2019
Garner Cops Raided a Black Woman’s Home, Seized Her Phones and Computers, and Charged Her With Loudly Playing Malcolm X Speeches IndyWeek After Standing Rock, protesting pipelines can get you a decade in prison and […]
Imperialism and global politics
Will the U.S. attack Iran to bail out the fracking industry?
Why is the Trump regime threatening war against both Iran and Venezuela? For the only reason capitalists ever do anything: Money, lots of it. Trillions of dollars are at stake. It’s not just greed. It’s […]
Imperialism and global politics
Workers will pay Trump’s tariffs
Trump’s tariffs on goods made in the People’s Republic of China could cost an average four-person family $2,300 per year. That’s a $192 monthly pay cut. That’s because so much of the imports from China […]
Labor and strikes
Bringing back child labor
The capitalist drive to turn back the clock includes bringing back child labor. The wealthy and powerful want to return to the “good old days” when millions of girls and boys were exploited in farms, […]
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Links – May 18, 2019
Venezuela National Mobilization Saturday May 18 at the Venezuelan Embassy in D.C. US orders suspension of all passenger and cargo flights between US and Venezuela, citing unrest and violence around airports SCMP A Day in […]
Venezuela
U.S. gov’t, cops rip up international law, invade Venezuela embassy
On the morning of May 16, multiple Washington, D.C., and federal police agencies broke into Venezuela’s Embassy. Equipped with battering rams, sledgehammers, wrecking bars and an army of police, some in flak jackets, others in […]
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Links – May 17, 2019
NYPD lieutenant texted ‘not a big deal’ after being told of Eric Garner’s death Guardian Venezuela US Illegally Evicts Protectors From Venezuelan Embassy Truthout Who’s Behind the Pro-Guaidó Crowd Besieging Venezuela’s D.C. Embassy? MPN Chelsea […]
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Links – May 16, 2019
LGBTQ2S Trump Administration to LGBT Couples: Your ‘Out of Wedlock’ Kids Aren’t Citizens Daily Beast NYC: Reclaim Pride announces march route, rally details Gay City News How Billionaires Define Socialism Counterpunch Bill Gates says don’t […]