(2020-09-22). 'The Wall of Mexico': A new feature film about construction and deconstruction. peoplesworld.org 
Virtually the entire action of this film takes place on the vast compound belonging to the Aristas, a Mexican-American family of unimaginable wealth and privilege. It has cattle, a vineyard, storied rose gardens, a home and outbuildings worthy of Architectural Digest, I didn't get exactly where but I am guessing borderland California judging from license …
(2020-09-22). Make Corporate Landlords Pay The Bills During The Pandemic. popularresistance.org The Covid-19 crisis has both exposed and exacerbated racial and wealth inequality in the United States. As unemployment skyrockets and tens of millions of Americans struggle with a sudden loss of income, many are unable to pay rents or mortgages and are facing eviction, foreclosure, and possible homelessness. | We've seen this eviction crisis brewing for months, and despite platitudes about racial justice, our elected officials and corporate landlords haven't taken any meaningful action to prevent it from hitting poor people of color hardest.
(2020-09-22). Brazilian President outlines action taken to address COVID-19 pandemic, unemployment. news.un.org Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has highlighted social and economic measures his administration implemented, to address the COVID-19 pandemic and what he views as the politicization of the virus in South America's largest country.
(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). Rebounding Stocks, Surging Wealth for the Haves and 'Widespread Economic Misery' for the Have-Nots During Pandemic. commondreams.org "It's going to get worse because there is nothing for the people we surveyed who earn under $100,000 a year to fall back on." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/two-recoveries.jpg …
(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). Strike by 4,000 University of Illinois at Chicago workers reaching 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). 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 …
(2020-09-21). 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 …
(2020-09-19). 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.