Monday’s news links – Dec. 13, 2021

December 13, 2021 Struggle - La Lucha
Delivery vehicles with the Amazon Prime logo sit parked at a damaged Amazon.com, Inc warehouse as emergency crews respond after a tornado passed through Edwardsville, Illinois, U.S., December 10, 2021 in this still image taken from drone video obtained on December 11, 2021.

Amazon Slammed for Putting Profits Over Safety After 6 Die in Warehouse Collapse Truthout

PICTURED: Five of the six Amazon workers killed after Illinois tornado destroyed warehouse – including Navy vet who died trying to save colleagues – while Bezos throws weekend PARTY at Beverly Hills mansion  Daily Mail

What happened when six workers at a Dollar General in Winsted, Conn., tried to form a union Washington Post

#COVID19

Covid lockdown: for incarcerated Americans, pandemic hardships are unremitting Guardian

The Omicron variant can likely outcompete Delta — and that could worsen the U.S. Covid-19 epidemic STAT

As U.S. Nears 800,000 Virus Deaths, 1 of Every 100 Older Americans Has Perished NYTimes

China

The Xinjiang Atrocity Propaganda Blitz Red Sails

The resumption of diplomatic relations between China and Nicaragua is a blow to imperialism Friends of Socialist China

Why Tariffs On Chinese Solar Panels Failed OilPrice

Ukraine

The Maidan massacre in Ukraine: revelations from trials and investigations Ivan Katchanovski, MR Online

Biden has successfully solved the Ukraine crisis he manufactured Scott Ritter

Vladimir Putin says he drove a taxi after fall of Soviet Union Deutsche Welle

Iran threatens sanctions against US over treatment of Black Americans Al-Monitor

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