Bolivia coup
Bolivia: Military Operation in Senkata Left 8 Dead, 30 Wounded teleSUR
Hatred of the Indian. By Álvaro García Linera Álvaro García Liner
A letter to intellectuals who deride revolutions in the name of purity Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, Ana Maldonado, Pilar Troya Fernández, and Vijay Prashad
Social Movements and Progressive Governments Marta Harnecker
Elizabeth Warren endorses Trump’s economic war on Venezuela, then soft-pedals far-right Bolivia coup Ben Norton
Bolivia’s De Facto Government Constructs the Internal Enemy Marco Teruggi, Internationalist 360°
Labor
A Rising Tide: Inside the Union Organizing Wave Taking Over Los Angeles Nonprofits Strikewave
How a Gig Worker Revolt Begins NYTimes
Housekeepers Call Out Marriott’s ‘Green Choice’ Program Labor411
Google Hires Firm Known for Anti-Union Efforts NYTimes
Indigenous Peoples
Why Alcatraz Matters to Native Americans NYTimes
Chile
Chile’s Police Suspend Use of Pellets After 270 Eye Injuries teleSUR
Colombia
Colombian Workers Launch General Strike AFL-CIO
Colombia: Workers Denounce Raids on Organizations Before Strike teleSUR
Nine reasons why Colombians are going on strike Peoples Dispatch
Russia’s Putin says shale oil technologies are ‘barbaric’ CNBC
The Roger Stone – Wikileaks – Russia Hoax Craig Murray
Transgender Day of Remembrance
Today is the Trans Day of Remembrance, and 311 Trans people were murdered this year Newsweek
Transgender New Yorkers Rally To End ‘Stop And Frisk For Trans Women’ Gothamist
The Electoral College’s Racist Origins The Atlantic
Science Isn’t Always Perfect—But We Should Still Trust It Time
For several decades, there has been an extensive and organized campaign intended to generate distrust in science, funded by regulated industries and libertarian think-tanks whose interests and ideologies are threatened by the findings of modern science. In response, scientists have tended to stress the success of science. After all, scientists have been right about most things, from the structure of the universe (the Earth does revolve around the sun, rather than the other way around) to the relativity of time and space (relativistic corrections are needed to make global positioning systems work).
The Long-Forgotten Flight That Sent Boeing Off Course Atlantic
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