It’s Dangerous to Be a Latino Worker in Texas Texas Observer
Railroad union president criticizes BNSF working conditions wqad.com
Baby Formula Industry Lobbied to Weaken Safety Standards Intercept
Inflation – A Junk Economics Perspective Michael Hudson
Gasoline Tops $4 a Gallon in Every State Bloomberg
Indigenous Peoples
She was sterilized without her consent at 14. Now she wants the practice made a crime CBC
RCMP pushed past a Gidimt’en elder who advised them they don’t have permission to enter a home site on unceded Gidimt’en territory. This is part of their unrelenting campaign to criminalize us.
Watch and share part 1 of 2 live streams#RCMPofftheYintah pic.twitter.com/IwkHva8lCc
— Gidimt’en Checkpoint (@Gidimten) May 18, 2022
Money, money, money
Crypto industry wields its influence in Washington after pouring over $30 million into campaigns CNBC
Supreme Court makes it easier for rich donors to bankroll candidates Axios
The Supreme Court Just Streamlined the Process for Bribing Senators The Nation
Climate
Texas’ grid operator told a power plant to delay repairs ahead of a May heat wave. It was among six that crashed. Texas Tribune
Cuba
Mexican president denounces U.S. blockade of Cuba NBC News
Germany
Cutting Off Russian Gas Would Be “Catastrophic”, German Industry President Warns Tyler Durden
With Scholtz in power, Gemany loses last signs of its independence — Lavrov TASS
The Swiss Connection: How Russia Is Weathering Tough Sanctions OilPrice
U.S./NATO war
Reality:
Mariupol: Azov Nazis taken prisoners after unconditional surrender to Russian forces. https://t.co/VZC3uqD7Vm— Moon of Alabama (@MoonofA) May 17, 2022
NY Times Blasted For Writing Ukrainian Fighters “Evacuated”, Didn’t Surrender At Azovstal Tyler Durden
The “paper of record” managed to completely avoid the reality that some 300 Azov militants surrendered – instead opting to suggest that somehow Ukraine’s forces decided to wind down their “combat mission”. The headline also emphasized they were “being evacuated”.
But then awkwardly, the very first sentence of the Monday Times report indicated after they laid down their arms, the fighters were taken into Russian custody and transferred to pro-Kremlin territory (specifically to Novoazovsk – in the Donestsk People’s Republic).
Azov Battalion Giving Up the Ghost in Avostal Larry C. Johnson
Azov neo-Nazis far more useful as martyrs than as RU POWs, where they can be put on trial & milked for all the propaganda they're worth. Zelensky banked on Azov living up to their PR as willing to die defending "white Europe"—but like Protasevich they caved.
Never trust a Nazi.— Mark Ames (@MarkAmesExiled) May 17, 2022
NATO Pledges Open-Ended Military Support for Ukraine Dave DeCamp
Despite Ukrainian Claims, Russian Navy Support Ship Appears Unharmed Maritime Executive
Ukraine Passes Israel to Become Biggest Recipient of US Military Aid in Matter of Months Sputnik
Russia Derangement Syndrome confounds western thinking Alex Krainer
China, India, Other Rising Powers Won’t Accept West-Imposed Status of Obedient Mutes, Lavrov Says Sputnik
Beijing’s influence is being aligned with Moscow and New Delhi as Washington and Brussels begin to move away Chris Devonshire-Ellis
“All over the world, wherever there are capitalists, freedom of the press means freedom to buy up newspapers, to buy writers, to bribe, buy and fake ‘public opinion’ for the benefit of the bourgeoisie.” — V.I. Lenin
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