(2020-09-21). Popular radicalism in the 1930s. mronline.org 
At a time when unemployment is skyrocketing in the U.S. and millions of out-of-work Americans have been abandoned by the federal government, it may be of interest to consider how an earlier generation responded to an even greater crisis, the Great Depression (1929-1936).
(2020-09-21). Top 1% Responsible for Double the Carbon Emissions of Bottom Half: Oxfam. mintpressnews.com If the wealthiest ten percent of society continue to live as they do, the world's entire carbon budget will be blown by 2033, even if all other emissions drop to zero.
(2020-09-21). Headlines for September 21, 2020. democracynow.org Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Dies at 87, Sparking a Deluge of Tributes and a Fierce Succession Battle, U.S. COVID-19 Death Toll Poised to Top 200,000, U.N. Says 150 Million More Children May Face Poverty as Global Coronavirus Death Toll Nears 1 Million, California Grapples with Evacuations, Toxic Air as Record-Breaking Wildfires Continue to Blaze, Trump Announces $13 Billion for Puerto Rico, as Elections Near and 3 Years After Hurricane Maria, Leaked Docs Show Major Banks Helped Criminals Launder Billions of Dollars, International Community Counters Trump over U.N. Iran Sanctions, Peru's President Survives Impeach…
(2020-09-21). Global March for Universal Basic Income 2020. indybay.org Car Caravan and Demonstration in Oakland…
(2020-09-21). Strike of nearly 5,000 University of Illinois Health nurses and workers reaching a critical juncture. wsws.org The only way for service workers and nurses at UIC and UIH to combat poverty wages and the threat of the pandemic is to take their struggle into their own hands.
(2020-09-21). Turkey supports rural development projects in Lebanon. yenisafak.com Turkey's state-run aid agency is continuing to support projects in Lebanon to end unemployment and poverty caused by economic crisis. | Orhan Aydin, the coordinator of the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) in Lebanon, on Monday said they were providing training and necessary materials such as chickens, feedstuff and medicine for poultry farming to Lebanese housewives. | He said the aid was meant to improve rural development, agriculture and husbandry in the Middle Eastern country. | Aydin said local people have had an opportunity to produce and trade chickens and eggs. | At least 50 people receiv…
(2020-09-21). Highlighting 'Extreme Carbon Inequality,' Oxfam Study Shows World's Richest 1% Emit More Than Twice as Much CO2 as Poorest 50%. commondreams.org www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/emissions_4.jpg …
(2020-09-21). Climate Crisis Fears Growing Across Globe, Study Shows, With Concern Highest Among Most Vulnerable. commondreams.org "This is a year of vulnerability and exacerbation of inequality and those most susceptible to disruption feel the greatest level of seriousness." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/getty-family-flood-bangladesh.jpg …
(2020-09-19). Madrid residents facing localised lockdown doubt curbs will work. yenisafak.com A partial lockdown aimed at stemming a sharp rise in COVID-19 cases is set to begin in some of Madrid's poorer districts next week, but resident's of one of the worst-hit neighbourhood's said on Saturday they doubted the new measures would work.Vallecas, a southern district with a lower average income and higher immigrant population, has one of the highest infection rates in the Spanish capital – almost six times higher than in Chamberi, a wealthier, northern district."These restrictions are completely useless because we have to travel from one area which has a lot of cases to another which has less and we are go…
(2020-09-19). Another Day of COVID, Another Failed Stimulus, Another Thousand Deaths. zcomm.org With an election looming just 47 tiny days away, fury at vicious Republican intransigence has begun to give way to something close to horrified awe…
(2020-09-19). Australian jobs figures show acceleration of "gig economy" wsws.org Governments and employers are exploiting the mass unemployment triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic to bludgeon workers onto reduced wages and conditions.
(2020-09-18). According to Oxfam, Rich Countries Have Already Hoarded Most Future COVID Vaccines. thealtworld.com Oxfam studied five leading COVID-19 vaccine candidates currently under clinical trial and found that rich countries had pumped billions of dollars into securing 51 percent of the promised doses. | MPN— The world's wealthiest nations have already quietly bought up more than half of the potential future supply of the most promising COVID-19 vaccine doses, leaving little for anyone else. International charity Oxfam
(2020-09-18). Myths and Lies About Poverty in America. zcomm.org The recent decision to block action on a second rescue package is a decision to increase the number of Americans in poverty, the number of children who go hungry…
(2020-09-18). Weekly for Six Months, US Unemployment Claims Exceeded One Million. globalresearch.ca The economic state of the US is worse than during the depths of the 1930s Great Depression. | Economic collapse grips the country. Tens of millions of working-age Americans are unemployed, most others way underemployed earning poverty wages. | The Economic Collapse …
(2020-09-18). Historic US job losses continue with another 860,000 unemployment claims. wsws.org Over 61 million unemployment claims have been filed in the last 6 months, with the pandemic plunging the country into a protracted economic crisis not seen since the Great Depression.
(2020-09-18). Milwaukee frontline workers demand extended unemployment benefits, justice. fightbacknews.org Milwaukee, WI – Frontline and essential workers will speak out about working conditions under the pandemic, the need for extended benefits, the fight for racial justice, and the urgency of defeating Trump. | The Milwaukee Area Labor Council's Young Workers Committee is hosting a rally on September 20 at 4 p.m. on 4th Street (Vel Phillips) and Michigan in downtown Milwaukee. | "Working people are struggling to get by while they wait for action from Trump and Congress as the pandemic drags on and nearly 200,000 people have died in the U.S. While we fight COVID, we are also fighting for racial justice, and aga…
(2020-09-18). Latest unemployment insurance report shows economic crisis continues. fightbacknews.org San José, CA – The weekly report on Unemployment Insurance (UI) claims issued on Thursday, September 17 by the U.S. Department of Labor showed that the economy continues to struggle. Seasonally adjusted new claims for regular state unemployment insurance fell by 33,000 to 860,000 for the previous week ending September 12. This number is still about four times the weekly claims number in February, when the recession began. It is also above the high mark for claims before this recession, which dates back to October 1982. | Continuing claims, which measures the number of people receiving regular state unemployment i…
(2020-09-17). Federal data: One of five workers claiming jobless benefits. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON—One of every five U.S. workers—to be precise, 20.37%—are still seeking or claiming state and federal jobless benefits, data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows. Those 29,768,326 jobless workers getting aid included 13.28 million who got regular state aid, and 14.47 million who got federal pandemic unemployment assistance, as of the end of August, …
(2020-09-17). How U.S. Response to COVID-19 Could Precipitate Second Great Depression. Massive Unemployment. globalresearch.ca On
(2020-09-17). COVID pushes millions more children deeper into poverty, finds new study. news.un.org The coronavirus pandemic has pushed an additional 150 million children into multidimensional poverty — deprived of education, health, housing, nutrition, sanitation or water — a new UN study has found.