Daily Archives: December 8, 2020

2020-12-08: News Headlines

Media Lens (2020-12-08). Stuck in a Lift with John Pilger: News and How to Use It by Alan Rusbridger. dissidentvoice.org 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 …

Ralph Nader (2020-12-08). Action for Change Starts in Congress. counterpunch.org 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

WSWS (2020-12-08). New Zealand housing crisis worsens under Labour. wsws.org 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,…

Paul Farmer (2020-12-08). Centuries of Inequality in the U.S. Laid Groundwork for Pandemic Devastation. zcomm.org "All the social pathologies of our nation come to the fore during epidemics"

Sasha Abramsky (2020-12-08). We're Now Facing Both a Public Health and a Poverty Catastrophe. thenation.com We're Now Facing Both a Public Health and a Poverty Catastrophe…

William rivers Pitt (2020-12-08). Sick Leave. Housing Aid. Unemployment. Congress Has Our Lives in Its Hands. zcomm.org In the last weeks of the worst year, the worst people are tasked to do mortally important work for a country on the rack. Capitalism will win, of course; the question is how much more we the people will lose…

WSWS (2020-12-08). Tens of millions of Americans struggle to pay rent as unemployment benefits and eviction moratorium near expiration. wsws.org According to Moody's Analytics, 12 million renters will owe an average of $5,850 in back rent and utility payments by January 1.

WSWS (2020-12-08). Poverty in Germany reaches a new record high. wsws.org More than 13 million people in Germany were afflicted by poverty in 2019, pushing the poverty rate to 15.9 percent, the highest since reunification thirty years ago.

David Edwards (2020-12-07). Stuck In A Lift With John Pilger — 'News And How To Use It' by Alan Rusbridger. zcomm.org Pilger tells the unfiltered, uncompromised truth about the foundations of power. His focus is on speaking up for the victims of power, not on serving power…

Kenny Stancil, staff writer (2020-12-07). Argentina Passes "Millionaire's Tax" to Fund Covid-19 Recovery. commondreams.org "We're coming out of this pandemic like countries come out of world wars, with thousands of dead and devastated economies," said one senator. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/argentina_wealth_tax.jpg

Aaron White (2020-12-07). This election can't contain the rage of young Americans. zcomm.org Since May, eight million Americans have fallen into poverty, with minorities and children being hit the hardest. | The crack at the center of America is growing…

WSWS (2020-12-07). Chinese defence minister visits Nepal to boost political and military ties. wsws.org The landlocked and poverty-stricken Himalayan country has become another focal point in the dangerous geo-political rivalry between India and the US on one side, and China on the other.

Adam Briones (2020-12-07). Biden Rebuild Must Include Race. progressive.org Our President-elect seems to genuinely see racism and racial inequality as the moral and economic threat it is.