(2021-05-13). From Palestine To Colombia: The End Of The White World Colonial/Capitalist Project? popularresistance.org The world is shocked by the image of an eleven-story residential building in Gaza collapsing from a bomb dropped by the Israeli Defense Force, one of the most advanced armies in the world thanks to U.S. support. But in the U.S., Andrew Yang, former presidential candidate and now candidate for mayor of New York, proudly proclaims that he stands with the heroic people of Israel who are under attack from the vicious, occupied Palestinians who have no army, no rights, and no state. | But as politically and morally contradictory as Yang's sentiments might appear to be for many, the alternative world of Western liberal…
(2021-05-13). Tax on Amazon's pandemic profits could pay to vaccinate 580 million people worldwide: Oxfam. nationofchange.org "A small number of corporate CEOs and wealthy investors have profited in the midst of this pandemic. Even more galling, these same rich companies and wealthy executives have not contributed their fair share in taxes."
(2021-05-13). A Winner Take All System: Inside the Global Money Making Apparatus. counterpunch.org 
For some years, the global financial elite has established a money power apparatus that not just increases the elite's wealth but also acts through lobbying and corruption in the field of political elites. Many top right-wing, populist, neoliberal and simply conservative politicians and especially ex-politicians can count themselves among or close to the HNWIs —
(2021-05-13). CP to host online 'Unemployment Fightback' events on 29 May & 5 June 2021. challenge-magazine.org 
The Communist Party is set to hold two high profile Unemployment Fightback events on 29 May and a week later on 5 June featuring speakers from across the labour movement. | Unemployment has risen by over a million during the pandemic and millions more, disproportionately the young, women and minorities, are expected, as furlough ends. There is obviously a need to build a movement to challenge unemployment and to go further, to demand investment in future well-paid jobs and apprenticeships. Class unity and workplace organisation will be necessary to build this movement which will also need to take on underemployme…
(2021-05-13). GOP Wants Tax on Middle Class Instead of Rich for Infrastructure, Sanders Says. truthout.org 
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) said on Wednesday that Republicans are "insistent" upon taxing the working class in order to pay for the upcoming infrastructure bill in lieu of raising taxes on the wealthy and large corporations. | In an interview on CNN, Sanders said that Republicans' infrastructure pay-fors would disproportionately affect the working class, which has been hit hard by recent economic crises. | "For too, too long, the average American has seen government work for the 1 perce…
(2021-05-13). McConnell Reportedly Assures GOP That He Thinks Sinema Will Kill Biden Tax Hike. truthout.org 
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has privately assured his Republican colleagues that centrist Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., is likely to block President Joe Biden's proposed tax hikes on the wealthy and corporations, according to Biden has introduced a $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan that would be paid for with tax increases on corporations and a $1.8 trillion "American…
(2021-05-13). Corporations Pumped Up CEO Pay While Their Low-Wage Workers Suffered. popularresistance.org During the pandemic, low-wage workers have lost income, jobs, and lives. And yet many of the nation's top-tier corporations have been fixated on protecting their wealthy CEOs, even bending their own rules to pump up executive paychecks. | A new Institute for Policy Studies report finds that 51 of the country's 100 largest low-wage employers moved bonus goalposts or made other rule changes in 2020 to give their CEOs 29 percent average raises while their frontline employees made 2 percent less. | Among these 51 rule-rigging companies, average CEO compensation was $15.3 million in 2020, while median worker pay was $…
(2021-05-13). Sanders Urges Labor Secretary to Protect Jobless Benefits as GOP Governors Race to Cut Them Off. commondreams.org Sen. Bernie Sanders warned that many workers "will be forced into poverty" if the Biden Labor Department allows GOP governors to end emergency unemployment benefits. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/bernie_sanders_labor_secretary.jpg …
(2021-05-13). Wealth Issues in Sonoma County. indybay.org This piece focuses on the issues revolving around the building of the Green Music Center, while Sonoma County is facing a poverty and homelessness crisis.
(2021-05-13). China To Extend Pro-Employment Policies. telesurenglish.net China will extend some of its pro-employment policies until the end of this year, further facilitate flexible employment, and increase financial support for sectors that continue to be impacted by the epidemic, a State Council meeting said. | RELATED: | It also passed a draft regulation on the management of earthquake protection for construction projects. The government will continue to refund unemployment insur…
(2021-05-13). The Big Lie Strategy of the "Global Super-Rich". The Weaknesses of the Human Mind. globalresearch.ca The massive concentration of wealth over the last few years has …
(2021-05-12). Tax on Amazon's Pandemic Profits Could Pay to Vaccinate 580 Million People Worldwide: Oxfam. commondreams.org "This country will never achieve a fair and equitable recovery from Covid-19 if we continue to have a system where corporations and the wealthy get richer while everyone else is left behind," said Oxfam. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/tax_bezos.jpg …
(2021-05-12). Pandemic Hits Women Hardest, Latam Losses Decade-Long Progress. telesurenglish.net The UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) confirmed on Tuesday that women are the hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic as nearly 58 million have been pushed into extreme poverty. | RELATED: | "The pandemic has pushed nearly 58 million women and girls into extreme poverty, dealing a huge blow to poverty reduction…
(2021-05-12). Failed Leadership, Gross Inequality, and History of Ignored Warnings Allowed Pandemic's Deadly Spiral: Global Panel. commondreams.org "The combination of poor strategic choices, unwillingness to tackle inequalities, and an uncoordinated system created a toxic cocktail which allowed the pandemic to turn into a catastrophic human crisis." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/covidfeb2020.jpg …
(2021-05-12). Bosses and Republicans use fake 'labor shortage' to cut unemployment benefits. peoplesworld.org 
The sudden shift from "we love our essential workers" to "they're living off the government dole" seemingly happened overnight. Across the country, local media coverage has been filled with stories of business owners lamenting that they are unable to fill positions as economies reopen. "We are short-staffed. Please be patient with the staff who did …
(2021-05-12). Wealth Issues in Sonoma County. indybay.org This piece focuses on the issues revolving around the building of the Green Music Center, while Sonoma County is facing a poverty and homelessness crisis.
(2021-05-12). Put the Banks Under State Control! dissidentvoice.org In recent years, the ripping off of customers, deceit and even outright fraud practiced by Australian finance sector businesses has gained much attention. Four years ago it was revealed how CommInsure, the insurance arm of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA), had refused to make promised life insurance payments to heart attack survivors. They "justified" …
(2021-05-12). New Polling Shows that US Needs to Move Beyond Racist Insular Cases. latinorebels.com Essentially, the Insular Cases are the U.S. legal framework that justify a colonial relationship with territories like Puerto Rico American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam and the Virgin Islands.