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The AFL-CIO Aided US Interference in Venezuela, Report Shows

August 9, 2020August 9, 2020 orinocotribune AFL-CIO, Cold War, Froilan Barrios, Hugo Chavez, Human Rights, John Sweeney, Orlando Chirinos, President Maduro, Rodrigo Penso, Socialist Party of Venezuela, US, Venezuela

August 7, 2020.- For two decades, the U.S. has deployed various strategies to overthrow revolutionary governments in Venezuela. The independent

International Opinion

Local Unions Defy AFL-CIO in Push to Oust Police Unions

July 2, 2020January 30, 2021 orinocotribune AFL-CIO, George Floyd, International Union of Police Association, labor movement, Marin Luther King County Labor Council, Police Benevolent Association of New York, Service Employees International Union

Several local unions have moved to oust police unions, despite the federation’s approach that collective bargaining can be used for

International Opinion

The AFL-CIO’s Police Union Problem is Bigger Than You Think

June 22, 2020June 22, 2020 orinocotribune AFL-CIO, George Floyd, labor movement, police brutality, police unions, US decline

Police have a small but politically and ideologically influential presence in some of the country’s largest and most progressive unions

International Opinion

It’s Time to Kick Police Unions Out of the Labor Movement – They Aren’t Allies

June 17, 2020June 17, 2020 orinocotribune AFL-CIO, defound the police, Donald Trump, George Floyd, police unions, Racism, uprising, US decline

Let’s put police unions on a raft and set them adrift. They can reapply for solidarity if they stop abusing

Ideology-Commune-Labor Opinion

What is the AFL-CIO’s Solidarity Center Doing in Venezuela: We Have a Right to Know!

February 8, 2019February 17, 2019 orinocotribune AFL-CIO, coup d’etat, US Imperialism

by James Patrick Jordan The Solidarity Center–the AFL-CIO’s organization for acting around the world–has long been active in Venezuela, and