(2019-11-19). Record Inequality and Corporate Profits Are What Media Call a 'Strong Economy'. commondreams.org Almost half of US families are unable to afford the basics like rent and food, and 40% can't afford an unexpected $400 expense, with almost 80% of US workers living paycheck to paycheck. (Photo: AP/Craig Ruttle) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/whats-in-your-wallet.jpeg …
(2019-11-19). A wealth tax: because that's where the money is. mronline.org 
The bank robber Willie Sutton, when asked by a reporter why he robbed banks, is reputed to have answered, "Because that's where the money is." Which brings us to a wealth tax. | Source
(2019-11-19). Inequality and the iron law of decaying public services. peoplesworld.org 
Fires are raging everywhere in California these days, and firefighters are having enormous trouble keeping up. Chronically understaffed local fire departments simply don't have the resources to handle Act #1 of what climate change has in store for us. California's wealthy aren't particularly worrying about that lack of resources — because they have more than enough …
(2019-11-19). Does Joe Biden Excite Anybody But Wealthy Donors? truthdig.com The former vice president's first rally in California this election cycle should tell us everything we need to know about his 2020 bid.
(2019-11-19). Joe Biden's AstroTurf Campaign. indybay.org Beelines for wealthy donors…
(2019-11-19). We Asked the 2020 Contenders How They Plan to Tackle Inequality. thenation.com We Asked the 2020 Contenders How They Plan to Tackle Inequality…
(2019-11-19). Prison Is Not Rehabilitation, It Is Modern-Day Slavery. truthout.org Every aspect of modern incarceration has been meticulously engineered to threaten and shatter all sense of self-worth and to drain the mind and soul of all vigor and clarity: every filthy toilet, every rotten apple, every oven-hot cell, every act of control, coercion, violence, isolation. | Prison is punishment. Prison is racism. Prison is vengeance. Prison is the criminalization of poverty, the institutional oppression and enslavement disproportionately and intentionally inflicted upon the descendants of enslav…
(2019-11-19). Record Inequality and Corporate Profits Are What Media Call a 'Strong Economy'. fair.org 
Who are you going to believe, "hard data" or your lying eyes (CNBC, 10/7/19)? | Last month, CNBC ( 10/7/19) reassured us that fears of a potential recession are "overblown," because the "hard data" shows that the "US economy remains strong." | If you've been keeping track of corporate media coverage of the US economy over the past several years, you might have noticed a contradictory pattern. You'll find that corporate…
(2019-11-18). Chuka Umunna trots out an utterly 'disgraceful' lie as massive numbers of kids live in poverty. thecanary.co 
Chuka Umunna quite rightly got slated for making "disgraceful" comments BBC Politics Live on 18 November. Because as new figures showed child poverty and foodbank use have hit horrific highs, he seemed to argue that austerity was over. | "Beyond austerity" — wtaf?!: | Liberal Democrat candidate Umunna claimed: We're beyond austerity now. | Thankfully, economist Grace Blakeley took Umunna down, saying: We are so not beyond austerity. That is a disgraceful thing to say. | "We are so beyond austerity now" — Lib Dem Chuka Umunna | "We are so not beyond austerity now, that's a disgraceful thing to say"
(2019-11-16). Self-described 'moderate Republican' Obama tells Democrats not to wade TOO FAR LEFT, or else… rt.com 
Who's that guy telling the Democratic Party to be conservative about what they wish for from their next president? Wait, isn't that Barack 'Yes, we can' Obama, the media darling that led the country before Trump 'ruined it all?' | The cold shower poured on Friday by the former US president in front of a room full of wealthy donors in Washington was obviously directed at Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, the progressive contenders in the Democratic primary race. The two senators have proposed a number of policies to radically change the way America functions economically and politically — for the benefi…
(2019-11-16). Why aren't Americans Rising up Like the People of Chile and Lebanon? dissidentvoice.org The waves of protests breaking out in country after country around the world beg the question: Why aren't Americans rising up in peaceful protest like our neighbors? We live at the very heart of this neoliberal system that is force-feeding the systemic injustice and inequality of 19th century laissez-faire capitalism to the people of the …
(2019-11-15). "Europe has developed thanks to Africa's wealth" … dissidentvoice.org 
Mamadou Mansaré "You must know a great fighter, he is a personality in his country" — the French worker of North African origin who introduced him to me told me. It was rigorously true. For many years Mamadou Mansaré has embodied the voice of the Guinean workers' movement in the National Confederation of Guinean Workers …
(2019-11-15). A rain of protest as poverty worsens in Haiti. workers.org 
Haiti is devastated. The poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, one of the poorest in the world, is getting poorer. Some 3.67 million people — 35 percent of all Haitians — are food insecure. They don't have enough money to guarantee enough food for their households. This flows from the . . . | Continue reading A rain of protest as poverty worsens in Haiti at Workers.org
(2019-11-15). 'Diversity is a form of wealth, not a factor of division,' UNESCO chief says ahead of International Day for Tolerance. un.org At a time when extremism and fanaticism are too often unleashed, when "the venom of hatred" continues to poison a part of humanity, "tolerance has never been more vital a virtue", the United Nations cultural agency's chief has said in her message on the International Day for Tolerance.
(2019-11-15). Mass protests in Chile slam growing inequality. workers.org 
Mass protest, Santiago, Nov. 8. (Photo: Telesur) Beginning in mid-October, and continuing every Friday since then, hundreds of thousands of Chileans have been demonstrating against government neoliberal policies that have transformed their country into one of the most economically unequal in Latin America. The protests, initiated by youth over increases . . . | Continue reading Mass protests in Chile slam growing inequality at Workers.org
(2019-11-12). SPLC Response to Union Petition. splcenter.org On November 7, 2019, the Southern Poverty Law Center received a notice from the National Labor Relations Board that the Washington-Baltimore Newspaper Guild seeks to represent certain employees through the formation of a union.
(2019-10-16). The Urban Institute Report Did Not Score Medicare for All. peoplespolicyproject.org The Urban Institute and The Commonwealth Fund put out a report today that provided cost estimates for 8 different health care reforms. One of those eight reforms, which is called "Single Payer Enhanced," describes a comprehensive, no-cost-sharing, national health plan similar to Medicare for All (M4A). However, the Urban plan uses hospital reimbursement rates that are 15 percent higher than the rates in the M4A legislation, meaning that its cost estimates are much…
(2019-09-27). Shailly Gupta Barnes, Frances Fox Piven on Defining and Ending Poverty. fair.org 
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