(2019-07-18). The exploitation time bomb. nationofchange.org Since reducing inequality became an official goal of the international community, income disparities have widened. This trend, typically blamed on trade liberalization and technological advances that have weakened the bargaining power of labor vis-à -vis capital, has generated a political backlash in many countries, with voters blaming their economic plight on "others" rather than on national policies. And such sentiments of …
(2019-07-18). Presidential Candidates Update Tax Plans, Propose Tax Increases on Wealthy & Corporations. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2019-07-18). Wealth, sex work and sexual abuse. workers.org 
The U.S. Secretary of Labor resigned last week, July 12. Maybe you didn't notice? Just another turnover in the revolving door of scandal that's the Trump administration. The wrongdoing that sent Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta out the door might not, at first glance, seem to be related to labor or . . . | Continue reading Wealth, sex work and sexual abuse at Workers.org
(2019-07-18). Australia needs a 'Green Fair Go'. greenleft.org.au 
RMIT University professor Rob Watts believes Australia needs a "Green Fair Go" — akin to the United States proposal of a "Green New Deal" — that would include a commitment to full employment through jobs linked to combating climate change. To make this a reality would require "people power", he said. | Watts was speaking at a Fair Go For Pensioners conference on July 10, where he provided an overview of the neoliberal policies pursued by Labor and Coalition governments during the past four decades. | He spoke of the decline of the union movement, growing inequality, the abandonment of the goal of full…
(2019-07-17). Global Britain's real climate changers: Big Oil must be taken down. mronline.org 
There is no global social unity in the face of climate disaster. We risk a 'climate apartheid' scenario where the wealthy pay to escape overheating, hunger, and conflict while the rest of the world is left to suffer. | Source
(2019-07-17). Billionaires and American Politics. dissidentvoice.org Is the United States becoming a plutocracy? With the manifestly unqualified but immensely rich Donald Trump serving as the nation's first billionaire president, it's not hard to draw that conclusion. And there are numerous other signs, as well, that great wealth has become a central factor in American politics. Although big money has always played an …
(2019-07-17). Billionaires and American Politics. counterpunch.org Is the United States becoming a plutocracy? With the manifestly unqualified but immensely rich Donald Trump serving as the nation's first billionaire president, it's not hard to draw that conclusion. And there are numerous other signs, as well, that great wealth has become a central factor in American politics. Although big money has always played More
(2019-07-17). Hundreds protest over drowning of refugee schoolgirl in UK. wsws.org In the area surrounding the school just outside Manchester, one-third of all children live in poverty, that is in families whose income is less than 60 percent of the national median income.
(2019-07-17). Free the children, close the camps. liberationnews.org 
Trump's racist statements against Mexicans and Central Americans is intended for one purpose: To stir up hatred of immigrants, to mobilize his base and deflect blame away from millionaires and billionaires, who are the real cause of the economic crisis and unemployment.
(2019-07-15). Rentier Britain: All the Rent Goes to the 1%. dissidentvoice.org There are three fundamental issues that lie at the heart of our current economic malaise: the first is unearned income and wealth from land rent, second the creation of money by privately owned banks, and the third is rent-seeking that is used to juice profits out of intellectual property through copyright and patents. But the …
(2019-07-12). Ousted Honduran President Zelaya: The 2009 U.S.-Backed Coup Helped Cause Today's Migrant Crisis. democracynow.org 
Since the 2009 U.S.-backed military coup in Honduras, extreme poverty and violence has skyrocketed in the country, forcing tens of thousands of Hondurans to flee to the U.S. with the hope of receiving political asylum. We speak with ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya in the capital of Tegucigalpa about the 10th anniversary of the coup in Honduras, U.S. intervention in Central America and its link to today's migration crisis.
(2019-07-12). Bring down the global fences. greenleft.org.au 
As the Titanic sank in 1912, the wealthy were given safety on lifeboats while the poor were left to die, locked in the sinking ship. | Today, the countries of the Global North are taking a similar approach to the climate crisis. | Going full steam ahead, countries such as Australia continue to burn fossil fuels, ignore the warnings of scientists and, when crises hit, turn people away from safety. | There were more than 70 million displaced people around the world last year according to conservative United Nations figures — the highest this figure has ever been. | Many were displaced as a direct or indirec…