(2020-01-06). 'National shame': Unions slam 'fat cat' wages as UK CEOs paid more than typical worker's annual salary for just 33 hours work. rt.com 
New figures showing senior executives in the UK's top 100 companies take just 33 hours to pocket more money than a 'typical' worker does in a whole year have been widely condemned by union bosses. | The data released by the High Pay Centre think tank reveals that the average FTSE 100 chief executive is paid 117 times more than the median worker, at £3.46m a year. By 5pm BST on January 6, bosses of the UK's biggest companies will have hoovered up more than the &…
(2020-01-06). 'Innocent mistake'? CNBC replaces Andrew Yang and Tulsi Gabbard with generic Asian man, white senator. rt.com 
CNBC has poured gasoline on the theory MSM is deliberately marginalizing certain 2020 Democratic candidates, swapping photos of businessman Andrew Yang and Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard with bizarre substitutes. | The candidates got an unwitting makeover during the network's "Squawk Box" program on Monday, as the show was covering fourth-quarter fundraising totals. Yang's face was replaced with a similarly-named Asian businessman, founding partner of Redpoint Ventures Geoff Yang. Gabbard was replaced, even more confusingly, by New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand — once a primary candidate herself, until she d…
(2020-01-06). Naomi Klein: Climate Solutions That Neglect Inequality Are Doomed to Fail. truthout.org California has warmed by approximately 3 degrees Fahrenheit (3 ∞F) over the last century. Heat waves are more common and increase the risk of wildfires in the state. What does climate justice look like, therefore, and for whom? Will cities grappling with environmental disasters consider the racial and economic inequalities that intersect with climate change action? Author and activist Naomi Klein has a few thoughts. | Laura Flanders: It's been a year since the Camp Fire. You went back th…
(2020-01-06). Is California's Climate Progress Going Up in Smoke? indybay.org The Commonwealth Club, 110 The Embarcadero, Taube Family Auditorium, San Francisco 94105…
(2020-01-06). SPLC Statement on the Detainment of Iranians and Iranian Americans. splcenter.org The following statement is by Southern Poverty Law Center Interim President and CEO Karen Baynes-Dunning following reports that Iranians and Iranian Americans are being detained and questioned at U.S. ports of entry:…
(2020-01-06). Turkey's tourism shoots for the stars with $120 billion goal. yenisafak.com Turkey may host 104 million tourists and earn $119 billion as of 2033, according to a new report.The report — prepared by the Turkish Tourism Investors Association (TTYD) and the Turkish Industry and Business Association (TUSIAD) — included scenarios of tourism diversification and increasing tourism revenue per person.Oya Narin, the head of TTYD, said tourism has the potential to be a driving force for the country's development.Turkey's tourism revenue can reach $119 billion and the unemployment rate would drop to 7.6%, Narin said, adding the additional tourism revenue can raise the country's GDP by 1.6 percent…
(2020-01-05). Stealing the wealth of nations. mronline.org 
The international 'wealth protection industry' has outgrown the ability of legislation to control it. Assisted by the digital world, money can now be rapidly moved around the world to the most favourable jurisdiction. This tax competition undermines the economies of many countries to the detriment of social services. | Source
(2020-01-05). Here's What Workers of the Global South Endure to Create Corporate Wealth. truthout.org In recent decades, as U.S. corporations shipped millions of jobs overseas to save money on wages, GM, H&M, Apple and dozens of other companies established elaborate supply chains in Asia, Mexico and Latin America, where workers earn pennies per hour. These chains are geographically expansive networks organized by foreign companies to produce semi-finished goods in different places before final assembly for huge global corporations. | Abuses abound. One typical example: An Indonesian factory that…
(2020-01-04). Media Leave Yang Out of Candidate Conversations. fair.org 
by Julie Hollar | The Democratic primary field may be narrowing, but Andrew Yang still can't get the media's attention. According to the New York Times ( 12/19/19), which breaks down the debates by speaking minutes, Yang, polling at fifth of the seven participating candidates, with an average of 3.5%, came in last in the December debate at 10…
(2020-01-04). A Federal Job Guarantee Is a Crucial Tool to Fight Inequality. commondreams.org The Great Depression: Unemployed men queued outside a soup kitchen in Chicago. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/soupline-955px.jpg …
(2019-12-27). The Top 5 Mainstream Media Myths That Perpetuate Income Inequality. therealnews.com 
The Real News takes aim at the top 5 mainstream myths that bolster income inequality and tout the ultra-rich.
(2019-12-10). The Case for a Green New Deal. zcomm.org Interview on the case for a Green New Deal that tackles the causes and impacts of climate change while confronting racial and economic inequality…
(2019-12-06). Anti-Imperialism As An Intellectual Trap. zcomm.org The US-led economic sanctions have caused a great deal of death and destruction in Iranian society, and the IMF policies in Iran, similar to other developing countries, have resulted in a widening of the class gap, poverty, severe marginalization of the peripheries, and a lowering of living standards. Yet, the US sanctions together with IMF Read more…