Daily Archives: November 8, 2019

2019-11-08: News Headlines

Julie Hollar (2019-11-08). Throwing the Base Under the Bus—and Other Deep Thoughts From NYT. commondreams.org By "balancing" Edsall's column with three other columns that make no mention of economics, class, wealth, poverty or inequality, the Times seems to be happily going along with the centrist smoke and mirrors. (Photo: Flickr/cc/ ALec Perkins/NYT) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/nyt_0.jpeg

The Canary (2019-11-08). Company director charged over mill explosion which killed four. thecanary.co A wealthy company director and two managers have been charged over a mill explosion which killed four people.George Boden, director of Wood Treat Ltd, which ran Bosley Mill in Cheshire, has been charged with gross negligence manslaughter following the explosion and devastating fire at the mill in July 2015.The firm has been charged as a corporate body with corporate manslaughter and both the firm and Boden have been charged with health and safety offences, along with two other managers.Workers Dorothy Bailey, Derek Barks, Derek Moore, and Jason Shingler were all killed in the disaster, with others left injured af…

Norman Solomon (2019-11-08). The Crass Warfare of Billionaires Against Sanders and Warren. counterpunch.org For many decades, any politician daring to fight for economic justice was liable to be denounced for engaging in "class warfare." It was always a grimly laughable accusation, coming from wealthy elites as well as their functionaries in corporate media and elective office. In the real world, class warfare — or whatever you want to More

Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J. S. Davies (2019-11-08). Neoliberalism's Children Rise Up to Demand Justice in Chile and the World. counterpunch.org Uprisings against the corrupt, generation-long dominance of neoliberal "center-right" and "center-left" governments that benefit the wealthy and multinational corporations at the expense of working people are sweeping country after country all over the world. In this Autumn of Discontent, people from Chile, Haiti and Honduras to Iraq, Egypt and Lebanon are rising up against neoliberalism, More

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2019-11-08). The Globalization of Poverty: What Is Neoliberalism? globalresearch.ca In these unprecedented economic times, the world is experiencing as a whole what most of the so-called "developing" countries have experienced over the past several decades. For a nuanced examination of the intricacies of the global political-economic landscape and the …

Ralph Nader (2019-11-08). America's Streets and Squares Are Waiting, But When Will the People Rise Up to Fill Them? commondreams.org General view as people gather in a massive protest at Plaza Baquedano during the eighth day of protests against President Sebastian Piñera's government on October 25, 2019 in Santiago, Chile. President Sebastian Piñera announced measures to improve social inequality, however unions called for a nationwide strike and massive demonstrations continue as death toll reached 18. Demands behind the protests include issues as health care, pension system, privatization of water, public transport, education, social mobility and corruption. (Photo: Claudio Santana/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites

Staff (2019-11-08). Ralph Nader: The World Is Waiting for America to Rise Up. truthdig.com Student debt is out of control, voter suppression is rampant, and millions are living in poverty. What will it take for us to fight back?

Roger Harris (2019-11-08). Sierra Club Takes a Commendable Turn on Population, Climate Change, and Inequality. counterpunch.org The Sierra Club — long a retrograde proponent of saving the planet by driving a Tesla, eating wild caught salmon, and voting blue — took positive environmental leadership with their end of the year issue of the Sierra magazine. Stating it is "time to fix the population fixation," they examine the interactions of population, climate More

Gary Engler (2019-11-08). Bank Report Reveals Where Ruling Class Lives. dissidentvoice.org While clearly not intended as a tool for the subversion of capitalism, the 2019 Credit Suisse Global Wealth Report provides a fascinating glimpse at the inequality that the neoliberal era has produced, who has benefitted and those who have been left behind. According to the tenth edition of the report, recently released, "The bottom half …

WSWS (2019-11-08). Growing inequality risks social revolution, hedge fund chief warns. wsws.org With one eye clearly on the upsurge in the class struggle around the world over the past months, including in the United States, hedge fund chief Ray Dalio told a business conference the growth of social inequality was a national emergency and urgent steps had to be taken to address it.

Dean Baker (2019-11-08). A Bold Plan to Strengthen and Improve Social Security Is What America Needs. commondreams.org The biggest item on the benefit side is that it guarantees a benefit of at least 125 percent of the poverty level for anyone who has worked for at least 30 years. (Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/expand.jpeg

teleSUR (2019-11-08). Vietnamese Migrants Found Dead in UK Truck Were Fleeing Poverty. telesurenglish.net Vietnam is mourning on Friday, after it was confirmed that the 39 migrants who were recently found dead in a truck in the English county of Essex were Vietnamese, mostly from the Southeast Asian country's poor and rural areas. | RELATED: | Migrants Released Amid Fighting in Libya Seek Refuge With UN | The Vietnamese government confirmed the identity of the victims late on Thursday and expressed its condolences to the families and friends of the migrants, who had paid up to US$40,…

Jason Hickel (2019-11-07). Apartheid in the global governance system. mronline.org In my research I have argued that rising global inequality is driven in large part by power imbalances in the global economy, in that rich countries have disproportionate influence when it comes to setting the rules of international trade and finance. | Source

Jesse Lawrence Anderson (2019-11-07). Attacking the Messenger: Profile of Salvadoran political cartoonist Otto Meza. mronline.org Otto Meza, a calm, bespectacled 46-year-old Salvadoran political cartoonist deals with a whole spectrum of domestic issues. Many of the themes Meza uses to label his cartoons provide a stark overview of the issues facing contemporary El Salvador: "Migration," "Inequality," "Corruption," "Transparency," "Impunity," "Historical Memory." | Source

RT (2019-11-07). Democrats turn on Bill Gates after billionaire hints he's not a fan of Warren's wealth tax. rt.com Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates was eviscerated on social media after balking at some Democratic candidates' wealth tax and hinting he'd vote for whoever is "more professional," which some took as a dog whistle for Trump. | Gates expressed some apprehension about the "wealth tax" proposed by Democrats Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, admitting he'd only be willing to fork over so much of his massive fortune. "I've paid over $10 billion in taxes, I've paid more than anyone in taxes! I'm glad to have—If I had to pay $20 billion, it's fine," he told the New York Times DealBook Conference on Wednesday.

Roger D. Harris (2019-11-07). Sierra Club Takes a Commendable Turn on Population, Climate Change, and Inequality. dissidentvoice.org The Sierra Club — long a retrograde proponent of saving the planet by driving a Tesla, eating wild caught salmon, and voting blue — took positive environmental leadership with their end of the year issue of the Sierra magazine. Stating it is "time to fix the population fixation," they examine the interactions of population, climate …

MBNJSD (2019-11-07). Neoliberalism's Children Rise Up to Demand Justice in Chile and the World. dissidentvoice.org Uprisings against the corrupt, generation-long dominance of neoliberal "center-right" and "center-left" governments that benefit the wealthy and multinational corporations at the expense of working people are sweeping country after country all over the world. In this Autumn of Discontent, people from Chile, Haiti and Honduras to Iraq, Egypt and Lebanon are rising up against neoliberalism, …

Edward Curtin (2019-11-07). What's Joker's Joke? dissidentvoice.org Cause how many times can you wake up in this comic book and plant flowers? — Rodriguez, "Cause" It's not funny, that's for sure. When I went to see Joker, the new Todd Philips' film, there were five other people in the theater in the liberal, up-scale tourist town populated by wealthy second-home owners, exiles …

Fred_F (2019-11-07). Something in the air. greenleft.org.au international solidarity Peter BoyleIssue 1244 AustraliaNovember 7, 2019Looking through a collection of street art shared on social media from the Lebanese rebellion against corruption and inequality, I was reminded of the similar explosion in street art during the Sudanese rebellion, just a few months ago. | A quick online se…

Alan Macleod (2019-11-06). Multi-Millionaire Nancy Pelosi warns "Fellow Leftists": Medicare for All is a Very Bad Idea. mintpressnews.com Pelosi's objections to progressive legislation like a wealth tax or Medicare for All are based not on pragmatic concerns about losing votes (quite the opposite appears to be true) but have more to do with her position as one of America's richest people.

Emily Apple (2019-11-06). Jeremy Corbyn nails just how different his government will be in one sentence. thecanary.co On 6 November, Jeremy Corbyn delivered a speech in Telford. But one line in particular summed up exactly how a Corbyn government would be different: I want to seek power for our party in order to share that power out across the country | No silver spoons here: | Corbyn's speech was blistering. He took aim at the politics that is all about "shouting matches in parliament" and stated that he wanted to share "power and wealth with people who don't have a lot of money, don't have friends in high places". He also highlighted the difference between himself and the Conservative Party elite, saying: I was not born…

Staff (2019-11-05). Protesters in Chile Have Been 'Murdered, Tortured, and Disappeared'. therealnews.com Chile's President Piñera says foreign intervention and a conspiracy are behind the recent protests. But protesters say what's happening is an explosion of long-contained rage against poverty, inequality, and oppression.

Ron Ridenour (2019-11-05). Winding Brook Stories. dissidentvoice.org This series of teacher-student stories, interspersed with journalistic materials and writing, is aimed at showing how thousands of mainly white Europeans and Americans from both continents together with millions of Africans and peoples from India struggle to eradicate, or greatly reduce, poverty by "fighting with the poor". They do so out of "solidarity humanism" by …

Fight Back (2019-11-05). Tallahassee public housing tenants face displacement due to redevelopment. fightbacknews.org Tallahassee, FL – November 5 marked the due date for 2019 applications to the Florida Housing Finance Corporation. This year the city of Tallahassee has submitted two applications along with $1.3 million to secure funding for the redevelopment of Orange Avenue Apartments, currently the largest public housing community in Tallahassee, a 200-unit complex is on Tallahassee's Southside. | The redevelopment effort is being led in part by Purpose Built Communities, an Atlanta non-profit founded by billionaire investors Warren Buffett and Julian Robertson, along with the wealthy Atlanta real estate developer Tom Cousins…

Staff (2019-11-04). A Call For Peace, A Demand for Justice. therealnews.com "These are broken people, in a broken city, in a broken system." Baltimore Ceasefire's Youth Ambassadors remember those who have been killed, and are pushing leaders to address the inequality and trauma that leads to violence.

Staff (2019-11-04). Can Land Value Tax Give Baltimore's Neighborhoods Back To Their Residents? therealnews.com Joshua Vincent of the Center for the Study of Economics talks about how a land value tax could give Baltimore residents relief from the wealth extraction that absentee landlords perpetrate.

Mnar Muhawesh (2019-11-04). Media Backs Billionaire President as Chileans Protest Privatization. mintpressnews.com Chile's right-wing President Sebastian Piñera recently declared war. He wasn't referring to a foreign government, but to his own people. He even ordered tanks and the military to the streets. | An estimated 20 protesters have been killed and over 500 injured. | Since October 14th, millions of Chileans have taken to the streets, rocking what is normally one of Latin America's most stable countries. | Chileans are in an uproar over rising taxes on public transportation, growing income inequality, and a broken pension system. | Many are demanding Piñera's resignation, even after he has tried to appease the protes…

Staff (2019-11-04). Pushed Out, Attacked & Criminalized: San Francisco's Unhoused People Speak Out Amid Housing Crisis. democracynow.org Amid skyrocketing housing prices and rising inequality, the number of unhoused people across California is booming. Homelessness in San Francisco has spiked at least 30% since 2017. In Oakland, it's grown by nearly 50%. As more people have been forced onto the streets, encampments have popped up from Los Angeles to the Bay Area and in other city centers. But while advocates push for more affordable housing solutions, instead city governments have been cracking down on unhoused people with increasingly punitive measures that criminalize homelessness. In a special report, Democracy Now! traveled to San Francisco to…

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

2019-11-08: Social Media Postees

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The Crass Warfare of Billionaires Against Sanders and Warren
Norman Solomon | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-08
For many decades, any politician daring to fight for economic justice was liable to be denounced for engaging in "class warfare." It was always a grimly laughable accusation, coming from wealthy elites as well as their functionaries in corporate media and elective office. In the real world, class warfare — or whatever you want to…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/08/the-crass-warfare-of-billionaires-against-sanders-and-warren/

The Globalization of Poverty: What Is Neoliberalism?
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-08
In these unprecedented economic times, the world is experiencing as a whole what most of the so-called "developing" countries have experienced over the past several decades. For a nuanced examination of the intricacies of the global political-economic landscape and the …
globalresearch.ca/the-globalization-of-poverty-inside-the-new-world-order/5313987

Neoliberalism's Children Rise Up to Demand Justice in Chile and the World
Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J. S. Davies | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-08
Uprisings against the corrupt, generation-long dominance of neoliberal "center-right" and "center-left" governments that benefit the wealthy and multinational corporations at the expense of working people are sweeping country after country all over the world. In this Autumn of Discontent, people from Chile, Haiti and Honduras to Iraq, Egypt and Lebanon are rising up against neoliberalism,…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/08/neoliberalisms-children-rise-up-to-demand-justice-in-chile-and-the-world/

America's Streets and Squares Are Waiting, But When Will the People Rise Up to Fill Them?
Ralph Nader | commondreams.org | 2019-11-08
General view as people gather in a massive protest at Plaza Baquedano during the eighth day of protests against President Sebastian Piñera's government on October 25, 2019 in Santiago, Chile. President Sebastian Piñera announced measures to improve social inequality, however unions called for a nationwide strike and massive demonstrations continue as death toll reached 18. Demands behind the protests include issues as health care, pension system, privatization of water, public transport, education, social mobility and corruption. (Photo: Claudio Santana/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites
commondreams.org/views/2019/11/08/americas-streets-and-squares-are-waiting-when-will-people-rise-fill-them?cd-origin=rss

Ralph Nader: The World Is Waiting for America to Rise Up
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-11-08
Student debt is out of control, voter suppression is rampant, and millions are living in poverty. What will it take for us to fight back?
truthdig.com/articles/ralph-nader-the-world-is-waiting-for-america-to-rise-up/

Sierra Club Takes a Commendable Turn on Population, Climate Change, and Inequality
Roger Harris | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-08
The Sierra Club — long a retrograde proponent of saving the planet by driving a Tesla, eating wild caught salmon, and voting blue — took positive environmental leadership with their end of the year issue of the Sierra magazine. Stating it is "time to fix the population fixation," they examine the interactions of population, climate…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/08/sierra-club-takes-a-commendable-turn-on-population-climate-change-and-inequality/

Bank Report Reveals Where Ruling Class Lives
Gary Engler | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-11-08
While clearly not intended as a tool for the subversion of capitalism, the 2019 Credit Suisse Global Wealth Report provides a fascinating glimpse at the inequality that the neoliberal era has produced, who has benefitted and those who have been left behind. According to the tenth edition of the report, recently released, "The bottom half …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/11/bank-report-reveals-where-ruling-class-lives/

Growing inequality risks social revolution, hedge fund chief warns
wsws.org | 2019-11-08
With one eye clearly on the upsurge in the class struggle around the world over the past months, including in the United States, hedge fund chief Ray Dalio told a business conference the growth of social inequality was a national emergency and urgent steps had to be taken to address it.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/08/dali-n08.html

Throwing the Base Under the Bus—and Other Deep Thoughts From NYT
Julie Hollar | commondreams.org | 2019-11-08
By "balancing" Edsall's column with three other columns that make no mention of economics, class, wealth, poverty or inequality, the Times seems to be happily going along with the centrist smoke and mirrors. (Photo: Flickr/cc/ ALec Perkins/NYT) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/nyt_0.jpeg
commondreams.org/views/2019/11/08/throwing-base-under-bus-and-other-deep-thoughts-nyt?cd-origin=rss

A Bold Plan to Strengthen and Improve Social Security Is What America Needs
Dean Baker | commondreams.org | 2019-11-08
The biggest item on the benefit side is that it guarantees a benefit of at least 125 percent of the poverty level for anyone who has worked for at least 30 years. (Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/expand.jpeg
commondreams.org/views/2019/11/08/bold-plan-strengthen-and-improve-social-security-what-america-needs?cd-origin=rss

Company director charged over mill explosion which killed four
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-11-08
A wealthy company director and two managers have been charged over a mill explosion which killed four people.George Boden, director of Wood Treat Ltd, which ran Bosley Mill in Cheshire, has been charged with gross negligence manslaughter following the explosion and devastating fire at the mill in July 2015.The firm has been charged as a corporate body with corporate manslaughter and both the firm and Boden have been charged with health and safety offences, along with two other managers.Workers Dorothy Bailey, Derek Barks, Derek Moore, and Jason Shingler were all killed in the disaster, with others left injured af…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2019/11/08/company-director-charged-over-mill-explosion-which-killed-four/

Vietnamese Migrants Found Dead in UK Truck Were Fleeing Poverty
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-08
Vietnam is mourning on Friday, after it was confirmed that the 39 migrants who were recently found dead in a truck in the English county of Essex were Vietnamese, mostly from the Southeast Asian country's poor and rural areas. | RELATED: | Migrants Released Amid Fighting in Libya Seek Refuge With UN | The Vietnamese government confirmed the identity of the victims late on Thursday and expressed its condolences to the families and friends of the migrants, who had paid up to US$40,…
telesurenglish.net/news/Vietnamese-Migrants-Found-Dead-in-UK-Truck-Were-Fleeing-Poverty-20191108-0016.html

Sierra Club Takes a Commendable Turn on Population, Climate Change, and Inequality
Roger D. Harris | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-11-07
The Sierra Club — long a retrograde proponent of saving the planet by driving a Tesla, eating wild caught salmon, and voting blue — took positive environmental leadership with their end of the year issue of the Sierra magazine. Stating it is "time to fix the population fixation," they examine the interactions of population, climate …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/11/sierra-club-takes-a-commendable-turn-on-population-climate-change-and-inequality/

Attacking the Messenger: Profile of Salvadoran political cartoonist Otto Meza
Jesse Lawrence Anderson | mronline.org | 2019-11-07
Otto Meza, a calm, bespectacled 46-year-old Salvadoran political cartoonist deals with a whole spectrum of domestic issues. Many of the themes Meza uses to label his cartoons provide a stark overview of the issues facing contemporary El Salvador: "Migration," "Inequality," "Corruption," "Transparency," "Impunity," "Historical Memory." | Source…
mronline.org/2019/11/07/attacking-the-messenger/

Apartheid in the global governance system
Jason Hickel | mronline.org | 2019-11-07
In my research I have argued that rising global inequality is driven in large part by power imbalances in the global economy, in that rich countries have disproportionate influence when it comes to setting the rules of international trade and finance. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/11/07/apartheid-in-the-global-governance-system/

Democrats turn on Bill Gates after billionaire hints he's not a fan of Warren's wealth tax
rt.com | 2019-11-07
Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates was eviscerated on social media after balking at some Democratic candidates' wealth tax and hinting he'd vote for whoever is "more professional," which some took as a dog whistle for Trump. | Gates expressed some apprehension about the "wealth tax" proposed by Democrats Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, admitting he'd only be willing to fork over so much of his massive fortune. "I've paid over $10 billion in taxes, I've paid more than anyone in taxes! I'm glad to have–If I had to pay $20 billion, it's fine," he told the New York Times DealBook Conference on Wednesday.
rt.com/usa/472861-bill-gates-democrats-warren-wealth/

Neoliberalism's Children Rise Up to Demand Justice in Chile and the World
MBNJSD | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-11-07
Uprisings against the corrupt, generation-long dominance of neoliberal "center-right" and "center-left" governments that benefit the wealthy and multinational corporations at the expense of working people are sweeping country after country all over the world. In this Autumn of Discontent, people from Chile, Haiti and Honduras to Iraq, Egypt and Lebanon are rising up against neoliberalism, …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/11/neoliberalisms-children-rise-up-to-demand-justice-in-chile-and-the-world/

What's Joker's Joke?
Edward Curtin | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-11-07
Cause how many times can you wake up in this comic book and plant flowers? — Rodriguez, "Cause" It's not funny, that's for sure. When I went to see Joker, the new Todd Philips' film, there were five other people in the theater in the liberal, up-scale tourist town populated by wealthy second-home owners, exiles …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/11/whats-jokers-joke/

Something in the air
Fred_F | greenleft.org.au | 2019-11-07
international solidarity Peter BoyleIssue 1244 AustraliaNovember 7, 2019Looking through a collection of street art shared on social media from the Lebanese rebellion against corruption and inequality, I was reminded of the similar explosion in street art during the Sudanese rebellion, just a few months ago. | A quick online se…
greenleft.org.au/content/something-air

Multi-Millionaire Nancy Pelosi warns "Fellow Leftists": Medicare for All is a Very Bad Idea
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2019-11-06
Pelosi's objections to progressive legislation like a wealth tax or Medicare for All are based not on pragmatic concerns about losing votes (quite the opposite appears to be true) but have more to do with her position as one of America's richest people.
mintpressnews.com/millionaire-nancy-pelosi-leftists-medicare-for-all/262681/

Jeremy Corbyn nails just how different his government will be in one sentence
Emily Apple | thecanary.co | 2019-11-06
On 6 November, Jeremy Corbyn delivered a speech in Telford. But one line in particular summed up exactly how a Corbyn government would be different: I want to seek power for our party in order to share that power out across the country | No silver spoons here: | Corbyn's speech was blistering. He took aim at the politics that is all about "shouting matches in parliament" and stated that he wanted to share "power and wealth with people who don't have a lot of money, don't have friends in high places". He also highlighted the difference between himself and the Conservative Party elite, saying: I was not born…
thecanary.co/trending/2019/11/06/jeremy-corbyn-nails-just-how-different-his-government-will-be-in-one-sentence/

Protesters in Chile Have Been 'Murdered, Tortured, and Disappeared'
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-11-05
Chile's President Piñera says foreign intervention and a conspiracy are behind the recent protests. But protesters say what's happening is an explosion of long-contained rage against poverty, inequality, and oppression.
therealnews.com/stories/chile-protesters-murdered-tortured-disappeared

Winding Brook Stories
Ron Ridenour | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-11-05
This series of teacher-student stories, interspersed with journalistic materials and writing, is aimed at showing how thousands of mainly white Europeans and Americans from both continents together with millions of Africans and peoples from India struggle to eradicate, or greatly reduce, poverty by "fighting with the poor". They do so out of "solidarity humanism" by …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/11/winding-brook-preface/

Tallahassee public housing tenants face displacement due to redevelopment
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-11-05
Tallahassee, FL – November 5 marked the due date for 2019 applications to the Florida Housing Finance Corporation. This year the city of Tallahassee has submitted two applications along with $1.3 million to secure funding for the redevelopment of Orange Avenue Apartments, currently the largest public housing community in Tallahassee, a 200-unit complex is on Tallahassee's Southside. | The redevelopment effort is being led in part by Purpose Built Communities, an Atlanta non-profit founded by billionaire investors Warren Buffett and Julian Robertson, along with the wealthy Atlanta real estate developer Tom Cousins…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/11/5/tallahassee-public-housing-tenants-face-displacement-due-redevelopment

A Call For Peace, A Demand for Justice
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-11-04
"These are broken people, in a broken city, in a broken system." Baltimore Ceasefire's Youth Ambassadors remember those who have been killed, and are pushing leaders to address the inequality and trauma that leads to violence.
therealnews.com/stories/call-for-peace-demand-justice-baltimore-ceasefire

Media Backs Billionaire President as Chileans Protest Privatization
Mnar Muhawesh | mintpressnews.com | 2019-11-04
Chile's right-wing President Sebastian Piñera recently declared war. He wasn't referring to a foreign government, but to his own people. He even ordered tanks and the military to the streets. | An estimated 20 protesters have been killed and over 500 injured. | Since October 14th, millions of Chileans have taken to the streets, rocking what is normally one of Latin America's most stable countries. | Chileans are in an uproar over rising taxes on public transportation, growing income inequality, and a broken pension system. | Many are demanding Piñera's resignation, even after he has tried to appease the protes…
mintpressnews.com/chile-protests-battling-privatization-corporate-media/262647/

Can Land Value Tax Give Baltimore's Neighborhoods Back To Their Residents?
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-11-04
Joshua Vincent of the Center for the Study of Economics talks about how a land value tax could give Baltimore residents relief from the wealth extraction that absentee landlords perpetrate.
therealnews.com/stories/land-value-tax-baltimore-neighborhoods-back-to-residents

Pushed Out, Attacked & Criminalized: San Francisco's Unhoused People Speak Out Amid Housing Crisis
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-11-04
Amid skyrocketing housing prices and rising inequality, the number of unhoused people across California is booming. Homelessness in San Francisco has spiked at least 30% since 2017. In Oakland, it's grown by nearly 50%. As more people have been forced onto the streets, encampments have popped up from Los Angeles to the Bay Area and in other city centers. But while advocates push for more affordable housing solutions, instead city governments have been cracking down on unhoused people with increasingly punitive measures that criminalize homelessness. In a special report, Democracy Now! traveled to San Francisco to…
www.democracynow.org/2019/11/4/san_francisco_homelessness_crackdown_special_report