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As Colombia Votes for President A Fragile Peace Hangs in the Balance

Emma Shaw Crane NACLA
Colombian Presidential candidate Gustavo Petro.
The failure of Colombia’s peace forces to unite in that country’s June 17 Presidential election could ensure the election of far-rightist candidate Ivan Duque and scuttle the fragile peace agreement that ended the more than 50 year civil war.

Who’s Afraid of Fare-Free Public Transit?

Josh Cohen Next City
Most of the fare-free systems are in Europe, with 21 in Poland, 20 in France and another 15 elsewhere. Estonia’s capital Tallinn, home to about 450,000 people, is the largest city in the world with a fully fare-free transit system.

Book Review: Necessity by D.W.Buffa

The Real Book Spy
A President who cavorts with Russian oligarchs, and presents a threat to democracy is murdered. The arrested Senator pleads that is was necessary to kill him.

Inside the Dismantling of GE

Matt Egan CNN:Money
Starved for cash, an iconic American company takes apart the legacy it spent a century building.

Trumpism Before Trump

Robert Tsai, Calvin TerBeek Boston Review
Well before the 2016 presidential election cycle, these men saw immigration politics as the key to mobilizing a predominantly white electorate around questions of race, status and safety, concerns of cultural degeneration...

Corporate Wage Theft

Branko Marcetic Jacobin
An eye-opening new report has documented billions of dollars of corporate theft from workers. The government is turning a blind eye.

Boy White American

Amy O'Reilly Tar River Poetry Review
Amy O’Reilly’s “Boy White American” puts her finger not so gently on the dangers in a Trumpian universe of gender roles.

Rebooting Poor People’s Campaign 50 Years Later

Russell Contreras Chicago Sun-Times
The new Poor People's Campaign is preparing for 40 days of non-violent "direct action" in about 30 states that will climax with a rally in Washington this June.

Marches Across the U.S. Protest Separation of Migrant Families

Tim Arango and Kayla Cockrel New York Times
Demonstrators in Los Angeles were joined by activists in dozens of other cities across the country on Thursday evening to protest the separation of migrant families under President Trump’s zero-tolerance crackdown on illegal immigration.