NYC says 1.1M students can skip school for climate strike protest Axios
China Is Cleaning Up Its Act on Climate Change WhoWhatWhy
Just Say No to Fake Action Wrong Kind of Green
Labor
Local UAW Shop Chairman Says Unions Are Prepared for Up to a Year of Striking: ‘As Long as It Takes’ Industry Week
U.S. worker, food-safety advocates sound alarm over new hog slaughter rules Reuters
Cuba
Sowing Hardship and Discouragement: The Failed American Strategy Against Cuba Granma
Venezuela
US imposes New Sanctions Targeting Venezuela’s Food Program Venezuelanalysis
Twitter Has Suspended the Account of Resumen Latinoamericano in English Resumen
Afghanistan
U.S. drone strike kills 30 pine nut farm workers in Afghanistan Reuters
Capitalist crisis
Cramer: FedEx holds ‘most dispiriting call about the economy I’ve heard in a very long time’ CNBC
Brazil
Temer Admits Impeachment of Brazil’s Ex-President Rousseff Was A Coup Fars News
Indigenous Peoples
Indigenous Groups Under Fire in Paraguay Toward Freedom
An Indigenous way of life for these California tribes breaks state laws High Country News
‘We’re targeted:’ Duluth confronts issue of missing Native women as state task force meets MPR News
Houthi rebels overturned the chessboard Pepe Escobar
Iran reinforces partnership with China for economic relief Al-Monitor
In other words, 43% of white Harvard students are receiving some form of affirmative action. https://t.co/xmtFzC1T4z
— Jordan Weissmann (@JHWeissmann) September 20, 2019
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