Wet’suwet’en
TUESDAY! RCMP Invasion of Wet’suwet’en land Feb. 11, 2020 Censored News
Canada: Wetʼsuwetʼen activists vow to continue pipeline fight after arrests Guardian
Demonstrators block B.C. Legislature entrances before throne speech set to begin CBC
Protesters block start of spring session at the B.C. legislature Vancouver Sun
Canada: Trains Shutdown in Solidarity with Wet’suwet’en: 200 Trains Halted
Minneapolis NAACP, Black Lives Matter call on Klobuchar to suspend campaign The Hill
Labor
‘We’re Just Getting Started,’ Says Union Leader, as Worker Strike Activity Hits 35-Year High Under Trump Common Dreams
More American Workers Are Going Out On Strike! Labor Press
Lone door led out as fire burned Indian factory of US denim AP
OK, it Gets Sticky: Job Openings Plunge the Most Since the Great Recession Wolf Street
Venezuela
“Traitor! You’re a traitor to the homeland!”
Juan Guaidó arrives in Caracas after his latest regime change lobbying tour and is immediately jeered and confronted by an employee of a Venezuelan airline sanctioned by his US paymasters pic.twitter.com/SxaimDzgKl
— Dan Cohen (@dancohen3000) February 11, 2020
Failed coup frontman Juan Guaido gets a taste of how Venezuelan citizens feel about his circuit through foreign countries trying to drum up support for regime change immediately after landing at Caracas airport pic.twitter.com/yjayHW3O1X
— Alex Rubinstein (@RealAlexRubi) February 11, 2020
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico’s Energy Insurrection The Intercept
Georgia agrees to reform handling of Puerto Rican license seekers after settling discrimination lawsuit Washington Post
Chinese Doctors Are Using Cuban Antivirals Against Coronavirus teleSUR
U.S. war drive
109 U.S. Troops Suffered Brain Injuries In Iran Strike, Pentagon Says NPR
Exclusive: While The Press And Public Focus On Iran, US Military Prepares For War With Russia William Arkin, Newsweek
Bolivia
Bolivia: The Infamy of the Accusations and Imprisonment of Gustavo Torrico Resumen
The Fraud Machine at Work in Bolivia Resumen
Australia bushfires ignite calls for indigenous fire practices AFP
Abby Martin Sues Georgia State Over Law Forcing Loyalty to Israel teleSUR
Stop Blaming History for Your All-White, All-Male Movie Aisha Harris
Movies like “1917,” “The Irishman,” and “Ford v Ferrari” have all used their historical settings as a shield to deflect diversity critiques. But the past had people of color and women, too.
Exclusive: New leaks shatter OPCW’s attacks on Douma whistleblowers Grayzone
Covid-19
Disease caused by the novel coronavirus officially has a name: Covid-19 STAT
Now that the World Health Organization has named it, we have revised our style: COVID-19 is acceptable on first reference for the coronavirus disease that first appeared in late 2019 in Wuhan, China. Explain later in the story.The disease is caused by a virus called 2019-nCoV.
— AP Stylebook (@APStylebook) February 11, 2020
COVID-19 is to 2019-nCoV as AIDS (the disease) is to HIV (the virus).
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