Chinese Official: Nearly 760 Million Rural People Lifted out of Poverty
CGTN | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-10-01
China has made massive strides ahead in improving the lives of hundreds of millions of people in the countryside. That progress was at the forefront on Friday as officials held a press conference focusing on agriculture and rural affairs, as well as a major ongoing poverty reduction campaign.
dissidentvoice.org/2019/09/chinese-official-nearly-760-million-rural-people-lifted-out-of-poverty/

IMF Deal With Macri on Hold Ahead of Elections
telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-30
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) placed the September aid tranche for Argentina on hold ahead of the South American country's presidential election. | RELATED: | Argentina's Unemployment Highest in 14 Years | In the past week, high-level IMF officials met with Finance Minister Hernan Lacunza in the United States. On Tuesday, Macri met with interim IMF Managing Director David Lipton and IMF Western Hemisphere Department director Alejandro Werner. Two days later, the IMF's new managing directo…
telesurenglish.net/news/IMF-Deal-With-Macri-on-Hold-Ahead-of-Elections-20190930-0017.html

San Francisco is pulling out all the stops to fight homelessness — except actually making housing affordable‚Äã
rt.com | 2019-09-30
San Francisco is one of the wealthiest cities in the US, but its high housing prices and strict zoning have contributed to a homelessness crisis. The city has declared war on its rough sleepers — because housing them is too easy.‚Äã | …
rt.com/usa/469939-san-francisco-homelessness-prevention/

'Maybe It's Time We Broaden What We Mean by "Poor"' – CounterSpin interview with Shailly Gupta Barnes on defining and ending poverty
Janine Jackson | fair.org | 2019-09-30
Janine Jackson interviewed the Kairos Center's Shailly Gupta Barnes about defining and ending poverty for the September 27, 2019, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. | Media…
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SEIU 32BJ members #BuildingJustice
Joe Piette | workers.org | 2019-09-29
Sept. 26 march, Philadelphia Thousands of Service Employees union (SEIU) 32BJ members held a spirited march and rally through Center City Philadelphia for #BuildingJustice on Sept. 26. Three thousand workers, who clean 120 office buildings across the city, are threatening to strike on Oct. 15 unless the wealthy owners of . . . | Continue reading SEIU 32BJ members #BuildingJustice at Workers.org…
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Haitian Foreign Minister calls for development reboot to close 'striking gap' between promises and action on ending poverty
United Nations | un.org | 2019-09-28
The future of humanity hinges on full implementation of the 2030 Agenda, if we don't get there, "we may never see the world that 'we the peoples of the United Nations' have long been calling for," Bocchit Edmond, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Haiti, told the General Assembly, the Organization's top deliberative body.
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Setting the example? Income inequality in the US is at an all-time high
rt.com | 2019-09-27
Last year the income gap between richest and poorest people in the US stood at its highest level since 1967, the first year the Census Bureau started tracking it. DC and New York are among places where the differences are worst. | …
rt.com/usa/469741-us-income-inequality-record/

Shailly Gupta Barnes, Frances Fox Piven on Defining and Ending Poverty
CounterSpin | fair.org | 2019-09-27
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Egypt's Arab Spring Isn't Over
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-09-25
The recent wave of protests against Egypt's President El-Sisi were sparked by anger at corruption, but also because of the growing inequality in Egypt, says Prof. Angela Joya.
therealnews.com/stories/egypt-arab-spring-is-not-over

What Kind of Mayor Does Baltimore Need?
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-09-25
The mayoral primary is just six months away, and it's clear the stakes are higher than ever for the person who wins the job. Record high crime, unrelenting poverty, and flawed housing policies all add up to a city in crisis. But who is best suited to address these issues, and what types of policies…
therealnews.com/stories/what-mayor-does-baltimore-need

Climate change is a crime being perpetrated against us
Fred_F | greenleft.org.au | 2019-09-24
Climate change capitalist inequality Tamara PearsonIssue 1239 AustraliaSeptember 24, 2019A sophisticated greenwashing industry has emerged over the past few decades to not just mask the environmental destruction of corporations while blaming consumers, but…
greenleft.org.au/content/climate-crisis-proves-wrong-people-run-world

50,000 autoworkers stand up to GM's greed in landmark strike
Eugene Puryear | liberationnews.org | 2019-09-16
One of the United States' wealthiest companies, in a profit-soaked industry, is still doing everything possible to reduce the living standards of their workers as their executives and major shareholders live high-off the hog. If workers win at GM it will be a blow against the power of corporations to exploit and oppress however they see fit.
liberationnews.org/50000-autoworkers-stand-up-to-gms-greed-in-landmark-strike/