Chile, September 11, 1973: The Inauguration of Neoliberalism, "Shock Treatment" and the Instruments of Economic Repression: The Junta's Deadly "Economic Medicine"
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-11
The Junta ordered a hike in the price of bread from 11 to 40 escudos. While food prices had skyrocketed, wages had been frozen. From one day to the next, an entire country had been precipitated into abysmal poverty; in less than a year the price of bread in Chile increased thirty-six fold.
globalresearch.ca/chile-september-11-1973-the-inauguration-of-neoliberalism-shock-treatment-and-the-instruments-of-economic-repression-the-juntas-deadly-economic-medicine/5545802

The Perils of Billionaire Philanthropy
Chuck Collins | thenation.com | 2019-09-11
The Perils of Billionaire Philanthropy…
thenation.com/article/philanthropy-charity-inequality-taxes/

How Israel Steals Palestine's Offshore Oil and Gas Revenues. Outright Theft. Billions of Dollars Stolen
UNCTAD | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-11
Executive summary | "In 2018 and early 2019, the performance of the Palestinian economy and humanitarian conditions reached an all-time low. Per capita income fell, mass unemployment increased, poverty deepened and the environmental toll of occupation has been rising in both …
globalresearch.ca/how-israel-steals-palestines-offshore-oil-and-gas-revenues-outright-theft-billion-of-dollars-stolen/5688791

Ending Poverty Will Require a Movement Led by Poor People
Greg Kaufmann | thenation.com | 2019-09-11
Ending Poverty Will Require a Movement Led by Poor People…
thenation.com/article/poor-peoples-campaign-poverty-census-data/

A response to Noah Smith about global poverty
Jason Hickel | mronline.org | 2019-09-11
During the debate about the global poverty numbers that unfolded earlier this year, the Bloomberg opinion columnist Noah Smith wrote a piece discussing some of my claims. In the months since a number of people have asked me to respond. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/09/11/a-response-to-noah-smith-about-global-poverty/

Oil Tycoon T. Boone Pickens Dies at Age 91
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-09-11
OKLAHOMA CITY — T. Boone Pickens, a brash and quotable oil tycoon who grew even wealthier through corporate takeover attempts, died Wednesday. He was 91. | Pickens was surrounded by friends and family when he died of natural causes under hospice care at his Dallas home, spokesman Jay Rosser said. Pickens suffered a series of strokes in 2017 and was hospitalized that July after what he called a "Texas-sized fall." | An only child who grew up in a small railroad town in Oklahoma, Pickens followed his father into the oil and gas business. After just three years, he formed his own company and built a reputation…
truthdig.com/articles/oil-tycoon-t-boone-pickens-dies-at-age-91/

Joe Biden Is Demanding Financial Transparency While Concealing His Own Wealth
Ryan Grim | theintercept.com | 2019-09-11
Former Vice President Joe Biden is telegraphing that he plans to attack his rivals on the debate stage for a lack of transparency into their finances. Biden is expected to go after Sen. Elizabeth Warren in particular, Bloomberg reported, for failing to disclose details of private income during the 1990s and 2000s from the types of companies that she now lambasts for "rigging the system." | Warren, as a law professor, did consulting work for private companies that involved her bankruptcy ex…
theintercept.com/2019/09/11/joe-biden-financial-disclosure/

Gaddafi vs the West: Two Revolutions on the Wrong Side of History
Garikai Chengu | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-10
Sunday marked half a century since Muammar Gaddafi's Libyan revolution, which led to the overthrow of the American-backed King Irdis. In Libya's 1969 revolution, Muammar Gaddafi inherited one of the poorest nations in Africa; however, by the time he was assassinated, Gaddafi's socialism had turned Libya into Africa's wealthiest nation. Libya had the highest GDP…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/10/gaddafi-vs-the-west-two-revolutions-on-the-wrong-side-of-history/

Climate crisis cries out for social change
Joshua Hanks | workers.org | 2019-09-10
The climate crisis has surged to the forefront of many discussions recently, from mainstream news networks to everyday conversations between individuals concerned about the alarming state of the climate and environment. Massive wildfires are raging in Africa and the Amazon. The latter were likely started by wealthy landowners, backed by . . . | Continue reading Climate crisis cries out for social change at Workers.org…
workers.org/2019/09/10/climate-crisis-cries-out-for-social-change/

Taxpayers Have Been Ordered to Pay Over $2 Million For Discriminating Against LGBTQ People
aclu.org | 2019-08-29
Government officials should know that discrimination comes with a cost to taxpayers. | Last week, a federal appeals court ruled that the Commonwealth of Kentucky was liable for $224,000 for the actions of Kim Davis, who refused to do her job and issue marriage licenses (to same-sex or different-sex couples) as county clerk. | While Davis' story made national headlines, her case isn't the only one in the past year where a court case filed by the ACLU has led to a bill for discriminatio…
aclu.org/blog/lgbt-rights/lgbt-nondiscrimination-protections/taxpayers-have-been-ordered-pay-over-2-million