Rising Resistance And Solidarity In The Americas
Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-07-22
"If there isn't justice for the people, there won't be peace for the governor." Protesters in Old San Juan on Tuesday call for the resignation of Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló, who has vowed to remain in office (Thais Llorca/EFE/Zuma Press) This weekend marks the 40th anniversary of the Sandanista Revolution in Nicaragua. Hundreds of thousands …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/07/rising-resistance-and-solidarity-in-the-americas/

Johns Hopkins Hospital: Union-buster and predatory debt collector
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2019-07-22
BALTIMORE–Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore may have a world-class reputation for medical research and care, but it's anything but world-class in the way it treats its nurses and its neighbors. And that contrast between reputation and reality brought almost 1,000 people to a mass demonstration in front of Hopkins' original building, now its administrative offices, …
peoplesworld.org/article/johns-hopkins-hospital-union-buster-and-predatory-debt-collector/

'US economic terrorism will backfire': Iranian foreign minister calls for unity in Nicaragua
Ben Norton | thegrayzone.com | 2019-07-22
In Nicaragua, Ben Norton and Max Blumenthal asked Iran's Foreign Minister Javad Zarif about US sanctions, Europe's role in the…
thegrayzone.com/2019/07/22/us-economic-terrorism-iranian-foreign-minister-zarif-nicaragua/

Progressive Churches Challenge the Hard-Line Conservative Evangelical Narrative on Immigration
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-07-21
In contrast to the unwavering support that conservative and evangelical religious groups give President Trump, progressive churches and synagogues are fighting on the front lines against the administration's anti-immigrant policies…
therealnews.com/stories/progressive-churches-challenge-the-hard-line-conservative-evangelical-narrative-on-immigration

Venezuela: Trump diverts Central America aid to Guaido as EU threatens more sanctions
susan_p | greenleft.org.au | 2019-07-19
United States President Donald Trump's administration is reportedly diverting more than US$40 million in aid destined for Central America to the Venezuelan opposition. | According to the Los Angeles Times, a memo from the US Agency for International Development (USAID) was handed to Congress on July 11 saying that $41.9 million was being handed to self-proclaimed "Interim President" Juan Guaido and his team. The memo argued that there is an "exigent" crisis involving US "national…
greenleft.org.au/content/venezuela-trump-diverts-central-america-aid-guaido-eu-threatens-more-sanctions

A year after Nicaragua coup attempt, the media's regime-change deceptions are still unraveling
John Perry | thegrayzone.com | 2019-07-16
Corporate media outlets blamed Nicaragua's government for a deadly arson attack during the 2018 coup attempt, but new information raises…
thegrayzone.com/2019/07/15/a-year-after-nicaraguas-coup-the-medias-regime-change-deceptions-are-still-unraveling/