Daily Archives: October 12, 2019

2019-10-12: News Headlines

CADTM (2019-10-12). Ecuador: Brutal Economic Policies, The IMF "Economic Package" ("Paquetazo"). globalresearch.ca With a stubborn position that borders on political suicide, the government of Lenin Moreno, during the seventh day of massive and combative Popular Unemployment, has preferred to repress thousands of indigenous, students, settlers and workers who have risen throughout the …

The Real News Network (2019-10-12). IRS Audits Poor People Far More Often Than the Wealthy. dissidentvoice.org Republicans gutted the IRS with New Democrat support. It ensured that the wealthy can cheat our nation with impunity, says Bill Black.

The Green Arcade (2019-10-12). The Lie of Global Prosperity: How Neoliberals Distort Data to Mask Poverty and Exploitatio. indybay.org The Green Arcade | 1680 Market Street | San Francisco, CA 94102…

RT (2019-10-12). 16,000 Dead in the UK: the Brexit Connection. dissidentvoice.org Thousands of Britons died last winter because they couldn't afford adequate heating. Former UK MP George Galloway joins Rick Sanchez to explain how poverty and inequality in the UK contributed to the country's decision to leave the EU.

Staff (2019-10-11). IRS Audits Poor People Far More Often Than the Wealthy. therealnews.com Republicans gutted the IRS with New Democrat support. It ensured that the wealthy can cheat our nation with impunity, says Bill Black.

Eds. (2019-10-11). Struggle for climate change is a struggle against capitalism. mronline.org The struggle against inequality and for destruction of capital is innately linked with struggle for man-nature dialectics of the higher order where earth does not remain a commodity to be exploited. | Source

Sam Pizzigati (2019-10-11). Inequality is Literally Killing Us. counterpunch.org What do the folks at the U.S. Census Bureau do between the census they run every 10 years? All sorts of annual surveys, on everything from housing costs to retail sales. The most depressing of these — at least this century — may be the sampling that looks at the incomes average Americans are earning. More

The Canary (2019-10-11). Corbyn to pledge to heal 'held-back' coastal towns and fix 'grotesque inequality'. thecanary.co Jeremy Corbyn will promise to fix the "grotesque inequality" blighting "held-back" coastal communities in an election pitch at a key marginal seat.The Labour leader will blame years of Tory austerity for leaving behind seaside towns in a speech in Hastings, East Sussex, on Saturday.With analysis suggesting workers earn £1,600 less in seaside areas than those inland, Corbyn will hope the pitch to boost wages can overturn the Conservatives' wafer-thin majority there.He is expected to tell a rally: Hastings, like so many other held-back coastal communities, has been blighted by the grotesque inequality and pove…

Mike Konczal (2019-10-11). This One Weird Trick Makes Economies More Fair! thenation.com This One Weird Trick Makes Economies More Fair!

Andre Vltchek (2019-10-11). Some in Hong Kong Feel Frustrated, as Their City Is Losing to Mainland China. globalresearch.ca Hong Kong is losing to Mainland China. Its poverty rates are high, it suffers from corruption and savage capitalism. It is now the most expensive city on earth. People are frustrated, but paradoxically, they are blaming socialist Beijing for their …

Julia Conley, staff writer (2019-10-11). Federal Court Strikes Down Trump's 'Racist Wealth Test' Designed to Punish Low-Income Immigrants. commondreams.org Immigrant rights groups applauded a federal judge's ruling on Friday which struck down President Donald Trump's proposal to put even more barriers in front of immigrants by labeling them "burdens" to the U.S. government. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-1629309491_0_0.jpg

Combined Sources (2019-10-10). Massive protests sweep Iraq; Communist Party calls for emergency government. peoplesworld.org Massive protests have swept Iraq since Oct. 1 in response to widespread anger over high unemployment, especially among youth, enormous corruption, and the inability of the government to deliver essential services like health care, water, and electricity. Protesters are directing their anger at the government of Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mehdi and the political parties …

RT (2019-10-10). Republican donors involved in Trump impeachment inquiry arrested on campaign finance charges. rt.com Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, two wealthy Soviet-born Floridians who allegedly passed information between the government in Kiev and President Donald Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani, have been arrested for campaign finance violations. | Parnas and Fruman were arrested on Wednesday, reportedly while attempting to leave the US from Dulles International Airport outside Washington, DC. | Along with two other men, they were charged with funnelling illegal foreign contributions to Republican PACs in the runup t…

Staff (2019-10-10). Protest Wave Engulfs Iraq, Over 100 Dead, Government Helpless? therealnews.com For over a week now protests have been shaking Iraq, with massive police repression, leading to over 100 dead. The protests are an outgrowth of discontent over corruption, poverty, and an ethnic quota system, says Sabah Alnasseri.

teleSUR (2019-10-10). Indigenous People Lament Killing of Leader in Quito's Protests. telesurenglish.net The body of indigenous leader Inocencio Tucumbi who was killed during demonstrations against government austerity measures, was carried through the streets of Quito, Ecuador on Thursday to a cultural center where indigenous groups amassed for a ceremony to honor the victim. | RELATED: | About 300,000 Ecuadoreans To Fall Into Poverty Due to Fuel Price Hike: CELAG | Gustavo Tucumbi identified the victim as his father, saying while fighting back tears: "The indigenous…

Staff (2019-10-08). How Neo-Liberals Profit off of Poverty. therealnews.com The story of how a millionaire CEO's critique of Squeegee kids led to monetizing their suffering and points to a process that makes neoliberalism an engine for inequality.

Fight Back (2019-10-03). Young Lords remember martyrs and march for the future. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL – A standing room only crowd filled the Holy Covenant United Methodist Church on September 29 to commemorate Reverend Bruce Johnson and Eugenia Johnson. The reverend and his wife Eugenia were remembered for supporting the Young Lords and their role in the struggle against poverty, war and oppression. They were savagely murdered in their own home 50 years ago, stabbed to death, during a U.S. government campaign of repression known as COINTELPRO or the Counterintelligence Program. | Ministers of the United Methodist Church, the Bishop of Chicago's Episcopal Church and leaders from the Presbyterian McCo…

CounterSpin (2019-09-27). Shailly Gupta Barnes, Frances Fox Piven on Defining and Ending Poverty. fair.org Media…

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Ecuador: Brutal Economic Policies, The IMF "Economic Package" ("Paquetazo")
CADTM | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-12
With a stubborn position that borders on political suicide, the government of Lenin Moreno, during the seventh day of massive and combative Popular Unemployment, has preferred to repress thousands of indigenous, students, settlers and workers who have risen throughout the | …
globalresearch.ca/ecuador-brutal-economic-policies-the-imf-economic-package-paquetazo/5691752

IRS Audits Poor People Far More Often Than the Wealthy
The Real News Network | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-10-12
Republicans gutted the IRS with New Democrat support. It ensured that the wealthy can cheat our nation with impunity, says Bill Black.
dissidentvoice.org/2019/10/irs-audits-poor-people-far-more-often-than-the-wealthy/

The Lie of Global Prosperity: How Neoliberals Distort Data to Mask Poverty and Exploitatio
The Green Arcade | indybay.org | 2019-10-12
The Green Arcade | 1680 Market Street | San Francisco, CA 94102…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/10/10/18827194.php

16,000 Dead in the UK: the Brexit Connection
RT | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-10-12
Thousands of Britons died last winter because they couldn't afford adequate heating. Former UK MP George Galloway joins Rick Sanchez to explain how poverty and inequality in the UK contributed to the country's decision to leave the EU.
dissidentvoice.org/2019/10/16000-dead-in-the-uk-the-brexit-connection/

This One Weird Trick Makes Economies More Fair!
Mike Konczal | thenation.com | 2019-10-11
This One Weird Trick Makes Economies More Fair!
thenation.com/article/wealth-tax-bernie-warren/

IRS Audits Poor People Far More Often Than the Wealthy
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-10-11
Republicans gutted the IRS with New Democrat support. It ensured that the wealthy can cheat our nation with impunity, says Bill Black.
therealnews.com/stories/irs-audits-poor-more-often-than-wealthy

Some in Hong Kong Feel Frustrated as Their City is Losing to Mainland China
Andre Vltchek | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-10-11
Hong Kong is losing to Mainland China. Its poverty rates are high, it suffers from corruption and savage capitalism. It is now the most expensive city on earth. People are frustrated, but paradoxically, they are blaming socialist Beijing for their problems, instead of the legacy of British colonialism. 'Across the line', Shenzhen, Shanghai, Beijing, Xian …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/10/some-in-hong-kong-feel-frustrated-as-their-city-is-losing-to-mainland-china/

Some in Hong Kong Feel Frustrated, as Their City Is Losing to Mainland China
Andre Vltchek | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-11
Hong Kong is losing to Mainland China. Its poverty rates are high, it suffers from corruption and savage capitalism. It is now the most expensive city on earth. People are frustrated, but paradoxically, they are blaming socialist Beijing for their …
globalresearch.ca/some-hong-kong-feel-frustrated-city-losing-mainland-china/5691662

Struggle for climate change is a struggle against capitalism
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-10-11
The struggle against inequality and for destruction of capital is innately linked with struggle for man-nature dialectics of the higher order where earth does not remain a commodity to be exploited. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/10/11/struggle-for-climate-change-is-a-struggle-against-capitalism/

Inequality is Literally Killing Us
Sam Pizzigati | counterpunch.org | 2019-10-11
What do the folks at the U.S. Census Bureau do between the census they run every 10 years? All sorts of annual surveys, on everything from housing costs to retail sales. The most depressing of these — at least this century — may be the sampling that looks at the incomes average Americans are earning.
counterpunch.org/2019/10/11/inequality-is-literally-killing-us/

Corbyn to pledge to heal 'held-back' coastal towns and fix 'grotesque inequality'
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-10-11
Jeremy Corbyn will promise to fix the "grotesque inequality" blighting "held-back" coastal communities in an election pitch at a key marginal seat.The Labour leader will blame years of Tory austerity for leaving behind seaside towns in a speech in Hastings, East Sussex, on Saturday.With analysis suggesting workers earn £1,600 less in seaside areas than those inland, Corbyn will hope the pitch to boost wages can overturn the Conservatives' wafer-thin majority there.He is expected to tell a rally: Hastings, like so many other held-back coastal communities, has been blighted by the grotesque inequality and pove…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2019/10/11/corbyn-to-pledge-to-heal-held-back-coastal-towns-and-fix-grotesque-inequality/

Federal Court Strikes Down Trump's 'Racist Wealth Test' Designed to Punish Low-Income Immigrants
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-10-11
Immigrant rights groups applauded a federal judge's ruling on Friday which struck down President Donald Trump's proposal to put even more barriers in front of immigrants by labeling them "burdens" to the U.S. government. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-1629309491_0_0.jpg
commondreams.org/news/2019/10/11/federal-court-strikes-down-trumps-racist-wealth-test-designed-punish-low-income?cd-origin=rss

Massive protests sweep Iraq; Communist Party calls for emergency government
Combined Sources | peoplesworld.org | 2019-10-10
Massive protests have swept Iraq since Oct. 1 in response to widespread anger over high unemployment, especially among youth, enormous corruption, and the inability of the government to deliver essential services like health care, water, and electricity. Protesters are directing their anger at the government of Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mehdi and the political parties …
peoplesworld.org/article/massive-protests-sweep-iraq-communist-party-calls-for-emergency-government/

Protest Wave Engulfs Iraq, Over 100 Dead, Government Helpless?
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-10-10
For over a week now protests have been shaking Iraq, with massive police repression, leading to over 100 dead. The protests are an outgrowth of discontent over corruption, poverty, and an ethnic quota system, says Sabah Alnasseri.
therealnews.com/stories/protest-iraq-100-dead-government-helpless

Indigenous People Lament Killing of Leader in Quito's Protests
telesurenglish.net | 2019-10-10
The body of indigenous leader Inocencio Tucumbi who was killed during demonstrations against government austerity measures, was carried through the streets of Quito, Ecuador on Thursday to a cultural center where indigenous groups amassed for a ceremony to honor the victim. | RELATED: | About 300,000 Ecuadoreans To Fall Into Poverty Due to Fuel Price Hike: CELAG | Gustavo Tucumbi identified the victim as his father, saying while fighting back tears: "The indigenous…
telesurenglish.net/news/Indigenous-People-Lament-Killing-of-Leader-in-Quitos-Protests-20191010-0026.html

Republican donors involved in Trump impeachment inquiry arrested on campaign finance charges
rt.com | 2019-10-10
Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, two wealthy Soviet-born Floridians who allegedly passed information between the government in Kiev and President Donald Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani, have been arrested for campaign finance violations. | Parnas and Fruman were arrested on Wednesday, reportedly while attempting to leave the US from Dulles International Airport outside Washington, DC. | Along with two other men, they were charged with funnelling illegal foreign contributions to Republican PACs in the runup t…
rt.com/usa/470645-giuliani-donors-arrested-ukraine/

How Neo-Liberals Profit off of Poverty
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-10-08
The story of how a millionaire CEO's critique of Squeegee kids led to monetizing their suffering and points to a process that makes neoliberalism an engine for inequality.
therealnews.com/stories/neo-liberals-profit-poverty

Young Lords remember martyrs and march for the future
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-10-03
Chicago, IL – A standing room only crowd filled the Holy Covenant United Methodist Church on September 29 to commemorate Reverend Bruce Johnson and Eugenia Johnson. The reverend and his wife Eugenia were remembered for supporting the Young Lords and their role in the struggle against poverty, war and oppression. They were savagely murdered in their own home 50 years ago, stabbed to death, during a U.S. government campaign of repression known as COINTELPRO or the Counterintelligence Program. | Ministers of the United Methodist Church, the Bishop of Chicago's Episcopal Church and leaders from the Presbyterian McCo…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/10/3/young-lords-remember-martyrs-and-march-future

Shailly Gupta Barnes, Frances Fox Piven on Defining and Ending Poverty
CounterSpin | fair.org | 2019-09-27
Media…
fair.org/home/shailly-gupta-frances-fox-piven-on-defining-and-ending-poverty/