Labor
Despite ‘Relentless’ Assault by Corporate America, Gallup Poll Shows Support for Unions at Near 50-Year High Common Dreams
Wisconsin workers embedded with microchips USA Today
Brexit
The Queen’s Active Role in the Right Wing Coup Craig Murray
Kashmir
Pakistan’s Kashmir Leader Says India Has Built ‘World’s Largest Open Air Prison’ Across Border Newsweek
A Pennsylvania Police Department Is Accused Of Klan Involvement and Discrimination The Appeal
Hungering For The Language Of Class War Vijay Prashad
Environment
Cuba drastically reforms fishing laws to protect coral reef, sharks and rays Guardian
Intellectuals and Artists in Defense of Humanity: LET’S SAVE THE AMAZON! LET’S SAVE THE PLANET!
Amazon’s indigenous warriors take on invading loggers and ranchers Guardian
Colombia
Colombia FARC negotiators say they are taking up arms again AP
Former chief rebel negotiator Luciano Marin, known as Ivan Marquez, said in a video posted online, per AP, “When we signed the accord in Havana we did so with the conviction that it was possible to change the life of the most humble and dispossessed…. But the state hasn’t fulfilled its most important obligations, which is to guarantee the life of its citizens and especially avoid assassinations for political reasons.”
Colombia’s Former FARC Guerrilla Leader Calls for Return to War NYTimes
Last May, the NYTimes reported that Colombia’s military leaders ordered soldiers to prioritize capturing and killing militants — even if it means higher civilian casualties. See: Colombia Army’s New Kill Orders Send Chills Down Ranks
U.S. companies aren’t leaving China for America, despite what Trump says
Indigenous Peoples
Far-right extremists appropriate Indigenous struggles for violent ends High Country News
From Nazi Germany to Norway and El Paso, white nationalists use Indigenous imagery to justify racist violence.
Indigenous Leaders Denounce Amazon Fires As “A Terrifying Plague” NativeNewsOnline
Bolivia’s Amazon Fire Hotspots Reduced by 85% teleSUR
Brazil’s Bolsonaro: ‘Indigenous Territories Hinder Development’ teleSUR
Baxter Leach, key member of Memphis striking sanitation workers, dies Washington Post
Big Pharma paying a small price for opioid crisis Houston Chronicle
The Automation Charade Logic
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