Friday’s news links – Oct. 4, 2019 – Struggle

Labor

GM Shutters All but Three NA Plants in Face of Sustained UAW Strike Industry Week

Carpenters say prominent developer turns blind eye to abuse allegations Workday Minnesota

Amazon Employees Protest Company’s Firing Of Worker For Spending Extra Hour With Dying Relative Newsweek

Honduras

Day 1: Juan Antonio “Tony” Hernandez’s Trial in New York Aqui Abajo

Trial Context: The Role of the United States and Canada in Supporting a Narco-Government in Honduras

Hong Kong

HK Protesters Gang Up on a Solitary Policeman, Beat Him With Rebar, Then Charge Another, Finally One Gets Shot (VIDEO) ChannelNewsAsia

Some in Hong Kong Feel Frustrated, as Their City is Losing to Mainland China NEO

Hong Kong is losing to Mainland China. Its poverty rates are high, it suffers from corruption and savage capitalism. It is now the most expensive city on earth. People are frustrated, but paradoxically, they are blaming socialist Beijing for their problems, instead of the legacy of British colonialism. ‘Across the line’, Shenzhen, Shanghai, Beijing, Xiang and other cities are leaving Hong Kong behind in almost all fields.

Im/migrants and refugees

ICE told him to come on Thursday. He brought 20 others along. Providence Journal

Yemen

After Aramco, Yemenis Capture 2,000 Saudi Troops and 350 km Land Randi Nord/Geopolitics Alert

Beyond Impeachment: Remove This Regime from Below Counterpunch

Environment

The Delusion and Danger of Infinite Economic Growth New Republic

Saving the Planet Without Self-Loathing Jacobin