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In Historic Move At Labor-Skeptic 'Chicago Tribune,' Newsroom Pushes To Form Union

David Folkenflik NPR
One of the nation's oldest and most prestigious regional newspapers, The Chicago Tribune, could soon have a unionized staff. On Wednesday morning, journalists from its newsroom informed management that they are preparing to organize and that they have collected signatures from dozens of colleagues.

The Imperial Intentions of Trump’s Trade War Babble

Andrew M. Fischer Monthly Review
The country-based framing of the international accounts serves to obscure the very resilient and virulent foundations of U.S. power, based in the private corporate sector. Corporate ownership and/or control of trade, income and financial flows have become increasingly internationalised, ...

The Politics of Survival

Fernando Tormos-Aponte Jacobin
Puerto Rico’s left is rebuilding in the wake of two disasters: Hurricane María and a neoliberal onslaught.