(2019-10-27). A "Black Vests" Movement Emerges in France to Protest Treatment of Undocumented Migrants. theintercept.com 
The gilets noirs took their name from the gilets jaunes, or yellow vests movement. They won't let migrants be blamed for global inequality.
(2019-10-27). Protests in Chile Against Neoliberal "Economic Medicine" globalresearch.ca Neoliberalism is all about serving privileged interests at the expense of ordinary people, exploiting them so the wealthy and powerful can benefit. | It's about dominance over democracy, profits over populism, and private interests over the public welfare — a zero-sum …
(2019-10-27). My Breast Cancer Journey Revealed the Flaws of an Unjust Health System. truthout.org Every weekday for six weeks this fall, I had radiation for early-stage breast cancer. October 9th was my last treatment. This journey has been a lesson in privilege, structural inequality and our broken social and economic systems. | In May, I saw my obstetrician in New York City for pain that I had been experiencing in my right breast. My doctor referred me for a breast ultrasound & mammogram, prescribing scans for the right breast only. The imaging department at the hospital my OB is affiliated w…
(2019-10-26). 350,000 Rally in Barcelona for Release of Separatist Leaders. truthdig.com BARCELONA, Spain—Hundreds of thousands in Spain's restive region of Catalonia protested Saturday in Barcelona against the imprisonment of nine separatist leaders for their roles in an illegal 2017 secession bid. | Barcelona's police say 350,000 people rallied in downtown Barcelona, many waving pro-independence flags for Catalonia. The rally was organized by the main pro-secession grassroots groups who want to create a new state in wealthy northeastern Spain. | "We cannot accept that (the prisoners) have been condemned to terms of nine to 13 years for d…
(2019-10-26). The Pentagon's Map of Afghanistan: An Eldorado of Mineral Wealth and Natural Resources. globalresearch.ca Of relevance to an understanding of America's ongoing military and economic agenda in Afghanistan as well as its confrontation with Russia and China. First published in August 2012 (translated from Russian) | Curious information surfaced in the media [2012] — based …
(2019-10-26). Jeremy Corbyn to pledge that Labour will 'take on the wealthy and powerful'. thecanary.co Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn will pledge that the next Labour government will "take on the wealthy and powerful" when he addresses a trade union conference. | Corbyn will promise to deliver the investment that Scotland needs and build a fairer, more equal and just society in a speech at the Unite conference in Ayr on Sunday. | He will be in Ayrshire after spending Saturday campaigning in marginal seats Motherwell and Wishaw, and Inverclyde. | Corbyn will outline Labour's plans to invest £70bn in public services and infrastructure in Scotland, give over 700,000 workers a pay rise of thousands of pounds, inclu…
(2019-10-26). Millions march for social equality across Chile. wsws.org The floodtide of international working class struggle rose higher as half the adult population of Chile demonstrated against inequality and state violence.
(2019-10-26). New blow for US imperialism as Bolivia re-elects Evo Morales. greenleft.org.au 
anti-imperialism Fiona EdwardsIssue 1243 Bolivia BoliviaOctober 26, 2019Bolivian president Evo Morales, whose government has overseen improving living standards and a dramatic reduction in poverty while in power, has been re-elected. This is yet another blow for the ongoin…
(2019-10-25). Who (besides the rich) actually thinks wealth taxes are a bad idea? peoplesworld.org 
The wealth taxes Democratic presidential candidates Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders have proposed continue to provoke the malice of Wall Street, corporate Democrats, and now even other Democratic candidates running for president. As I have written in People's World (here and here), the intensity of the energy devoted to this criticism, combined with the lack of …
(2019-10-25). All That is Holy is Profaned: Beyond Ruling Class Trumpeachment. counterpunch.org 
Trump is both a policy and a public relations disaster for the American Empire, whose benefits revert to the wealthy Few and whose costs are born by the rest of us. He is hastening the end of the "The American Century." Trump is bad for the brand as well the operations of the Empire. In his small hands and big Twitter feed, the solid and doctrinally mandatory sense that "exceptional" and "good" America "stands taller and sees farther" (former Secretary of State Madeline Albright not long after she went on national television to proclaim that the killing of half a million Iraqi children by U.S.-imposed economic sa…
(2019-10-25). Why Raising the Subway Fare Sparked Chile's Biggest Crisis in Decades. thenation.com Why Raising the Subway Fare Sparked Chile's Biggest Crisis in Decades…
(2019-10-25). The Racial Wealth Divide Hurts the Entire Middle Class. counterpunch.org Americans are more aware than ever that America has a race problem — and, more specifically, a racial wealth divide problem. As researchers from the Institute for Policy Studies and I found earlier this year, median white families are 41 times wealthier than median Black families in the United States. As our country becomes more More
(2019-10-25). Midwest Dispatch: Is Worthington, Minnesota, the Center of the Universe? progressive.org One Midwestern town finds itself in a race war stoked by the gentry to preserve their own wealth. But there is a glimmer of hope here, too.
(2019-10-25). Blame the Economic Policies, Not the Robots. counterpunch.org The claim that automation is responsible for massive job losses has been made in almost every one of the Democratic debates. In the last debate, technology entrepreneur Andrew Yang told of automation closing stores on Main Street and of self-driving trucks that would shortly displace "3.5 million truckers or the 7 million Americans who work More
(2019-10-25). Raise The Rate Drive unveiled at Addison Road Community Centre. greenleft.org.au 
welfare rights Bernadette SmithIssue 1242 Australia Raise the rate MarrickvilleOctober 25, 2019The Addison Road Community Centre in Marrickville, Sydney, has renamed one of its streets to Raise T…
(2019-10-25). House Dems Take Aim at 'Trust Fund Babies' With Estate Tax Designed to Combat Obscene Wealth Inequality. commondreams.org California Congressman Jimmy Gomez on Friday introduced legislation in the Democrat-controlled U.S. House that aims to address "our country's rapidly increasing wealth inequality by strengthening the estate tax and ensuring the wealthiest among us pay their fair share." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/tax_rich_1.jpg …
(2019-10-22). Bolivia's Evo Morales Barely Wins Reelection in First Round; Opposition Calls Foul and Protests. therealnews.com 
Despite a dramatic drop in poverty and increasing per capita income, incumbent president Evo Morales only barely managed to avoid a run-off election in Sunday's vote against ex-president Carlos Mesa. We spoke with Kathryn Ledebur before the results were final to analyze the close outcome.
(2019-10-22). Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor: Bernie Sanders Would "Transform the Lives of Poor and Working-Class People" democracynow.org 
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, an assistant professor at Princeton University, has just published a book about the racial wealth gap and falling rate of homeownership by African Americans. Her book is titled "Race For Profit: How Banks and the Real Estate Industry Undermined Black Home Ownership." Taylor speaks with us about the 2020 presidential candidates' platforms, including Senator Bernie Sanders's proposed wealth tax. She says Sanders's policies bring "to light the connection between the systemic forces that drive inequality and the impact that they have in people's lives."
(2019-10-21). How Land Value Tax Could Narrow the Racial Wealth and Opportunity Gap. therealnews.com 
"Protecting property values" was a canard used to justify racist housing policy in 1910, and continues to be an excuse used today. But what if property wasn't privately owned? Jacqueline Luqman talks to Rich Nymoen about why a land value tax could reduce inequality and address segregation in housing.
(2019-10-21). "We Want Democracy to Be Restored": Protesters in Chile Decry Inequality Amid Military Crackdown. democracynow.org 
In Chile, as many as eight people have died in widespread civil unrest that has brought Santiago to a standstill and sparked a violent police crackdown across the country. The protests began in response to a subway fare hike two weeks ago and have grown into a mass uprising against rising inequality, high cost of living and privatization. President Sebastián Piñera canceled the fee increase on Saturday, but protests are continuing, with a national strike called for today. Over the weekend, Piñera declared a state of emergency in Santiago and five other cities, imposing a curfew and sending the military into the s…
(2019-09-27). Shailly Gupta Barnes, Frances Fox Piven on Defining and Ending Poverty. fair.org 
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