PDF of February 17 issue

Download the PDF. Rehire Memphis Starbucks 7 Also: No new U.S. war Education workers strike back from Oakland to Puerto Rico On the picket line Bezos’ billion$ Editorial: Unite to fight COVID Tear down the walls: Abolition, not reform Caravan targets jails Rodney Reed is innocent Oscar nod for ‘Attica’ World . . .

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Ukraine crisis: who fabricates a war, and how?

By Sergio Rodriguez Gelfenstein The author is a Venezuelan international relations expert, who was previously Director of the International Relations of the Presidency of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, his country’s ambassador to Nicaragua and an advisor for international politics for TELESUR. Translation: United World International, edited by John Catalinotto. . . .

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Puerto Rico: teachers strike against austerity

Teachers in Puerto Rico began staying off the job and protesting Feb. 4, the day of this march. The Puerto Rico Teachers Federation officially called a strike five days later. They demand a raise in their monthly salary, frozen for the past 14 years, and adequate pensions. Teachers’ pensions were . . .

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Starbucks despide a comité organizador y sindicato se extiende a NYC

Manifestantes y organizadores sindicales hacen un piquete frente a la tienda Starbucks Poplar-Highland de Memphis, Tennessee, para protestar por el despido masivo del 8 de febrero. Siete trabajadores de Starbucks en la tienda Starbucks de Poplar y Highland en Memphis, Tennessee, fueron despedidos el 8 de febrero en el acto . . .

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Canadian communists denounce the right-wing ‘Convoy’

The following are edited excerpts from a Feb. 4 statement issued by the Communist Party of Canada and a Jan. 29 statement from the Communist Party of Quebec, a constituent part of the CPC with the right to set its own policies on matters relating to Quebec. Full statements are . . .

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Philadelphia: protest caravan targets jails

WW PHOTO: Joe Piette Incarcerated people in Philadelphia’s jails — 90% awaiting trial while not convicted of any crime — are suffering from horrible jail conditions. In response, family members and community activists drove at least 50 vehicles in a Feb. 12 caravan to highlight this city’s crisis. Organized by . . .

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