People's Vaccine: Calls Grow for Equal Access to Coronavirus Vaccine as Rich Countries Hoard Supply
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-12-09
While the United States, Britain and other wealthy countries race to vaccinate their populations against the coronavirus, a new report finds that as much as 90% of the population in dozens of poorer countries could be forced to wait until at least 2022 because wealthy countries are hoarding so much of the vaccine supply. A growing movement is calling for the development of a people's vaccine and the suspension of intellectual property rights to expand access. We speak with Dr. Mohga Kamal-Yanni, a policy adviser to the People's Vaccine Alliance, and Achal Prabhala, a public health advocate and coordinator of the…
www.democracynow.org/2020/12/9/coronavirus_vaccine_access
Wednesday 12/9: Book Talk: Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City" w/ author Matthew Desmond
Multiple community partners | indybay.org | 2020-12-09
Online event (FREE)…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/12/09/18838866.php
Poor people don't have to pay for the pandemic. A one-off 'wealth tax' would raise £260bn
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-12-09
A one-off "wealth tax" should be implemented in preference to increasing general taxes on work or spending, a report has recommended. | This should happen if the government decides to raise taxes as part of its response to the coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis, the Wealth Tax Commission, a body made up of academics, policymakers, and tax practitioners said. | Inequality: | There have already been indications that the coronavirus crisis has exacerbated existing financial inequalities. | People in professional or managerial jobs may have found it easier to continue their work from home during the pandemic than…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/12/09/poor-people-dont-have-to-pay-for-the-pandemic-a-one-off-wealth-tax-would-raise-260bn/
Black Dirt Farm Collective: Building a Self-Sufficient Community
Kayla Soren | counterpunch.org | 2020-12-09
The Black Dirt Farm Collective is currently funded by grants, donations, and income from their training programs, but they are working toward building an Afroecological village that is self-sustaining and autonomous from wealthy donors. This interview with the Maryland-based collective's shakara tyler and Blain Snipstal is the second in a series highlighting grassroots organizations working,…
counterpunch.org/2020/12/09/black-dirt-farm-collective-building-a-self-sufficient-community/
Don't Withhold Hazard Pay
Andrew Moss | zcomm.org | 2020-12-09
The effort to secure just compensation for millions more, along with the dignity and respect that goes with it, will require substantial, continued struggle — and a much deeper public understanding of the profound inequality affecting us all…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/dont-withhold-hazard-pay/
Some Countries May Not Have COVID Vaccine Until 2022 as Richer Ones Hoard Supply
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-12-09
While the United States, Britain and other wealthy countries race to vaccinate their populations against the coronavirus, a new report finds that as much as 90% of the population in dozens of poorer countries could be forced to wait until at least 2022 because wealthy countries are hoarding so much of the vaccine supply. A growing movement is calling for the development of a people's vaccine and the suspension of intellectual property rights to expand access. We speak with Dr. Mohga Kamal-Ya…
truthout.org/video/some-countries-may-not-have-covid-vaccine-until-2022-as-richer-ones-hoard-supply/
A Black Agrarian Collective is Working To Build a Self-Sufficient Community
Black Dirt Farm Collective | zcomm.org | 2020-12-09
The Maryland-based initiative targets people who have historically helped to build the wealth of this society but had no real participation in that wealth…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/a-black-agrarian-collective-is-working-to-build-a-self-sufficient-community/
Stuck in a Lift with John Pilger: News and How to Use It by Alan Rusbridger
Media Lens | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-12-08
Noticing the way journalists seemed unable to resist commenting on our work, even if it was just to slag us off, Glenn Greenwald tweeted us in 2012: 'You are really deeper in the heads of the British establishment-serving commentariat than anyone else — congrats.' ((Greenwald, Twitter, 12 September 2012.)) If that was true then, our relationship …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/12/stuck-in-a-lift-with-john-pilger-news-and-how-to-use-it-by-alan-rusbridger/
Action for Change Starts in Congress
Ralph Nader | counterpunch.org | 2020-12-08
We know their names! We've given immense power to Five Hundred and Thirty-Five People to do good or bad. One Hundred Senators and Four Hundred and Thirty-Five Representatives. Unfortunately, some 1500 corporations control most Members of Congress. Think about all the dreams for a better world that could come to be realized if our elected officials…
counterpunch.org/2020/12/08/action-for-change-starts-in-congress/
Tens of millions of Americans struggle to pay rent as unemployment benefits and eviction moratorium near expiration
wsws.org | 2020-12-08
According to Moody's Analytics, 12 million renters will owe an average of $5,850 in back rent and utility payments by January 1.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/12/08/rent-d08.html
New Zealand housing crisis worsens under Labour
wsws.org | 2020-12-08
The housing crisis, exacerbating the massive transfer of wealth from the working class to the rich, further exposes the pro-business agenda of the Ardern-led government,…
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/12/08/hous-d08.html
We're Now Facing Both a Public Health and a Poverty Catastrophe
Sasha Abramsky | thenation.com | 2020-12-08
We're Now Facing Both a Public Health and a Poverty Catastrophe…
thenation.com/article/society/coronavirus-health-poverty-california/
Poverty in Germany reaches a new record high
wsws.org | 2020-12-08