(2021-08-11). Ten years after the London riots: More cuts and state repression. wsws.org The riots blew the lid off a society wracked by poverty and inequality and the collapse of any concern for democracy in the ruling class. A decade later, both of Britain's main parties are led by politicians who cut their teeth in the mass repression of working-class youth which followed.
(2021-08-11). Secret IRS Files Reveal How Much the Ultrawealthy Gained by Shaping Trump's "Big, Beautiful Tax Cut" scheerpost.com NASA HQ PHOTO / Flickr) by Justin Elliott and Robert Faturechi / ProPublica This art icle was originally published by ProPublica. ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox.Series: The Secret IRS Files Inside the Tax Records of the .001% In November 2017, with the administration of President… |
(2021-08-11). Remembering John Wesley Powell in a Dry Year. counterpunch.org How could 40 million Californians and the most productive corporate agriculture in the nation be wrong about anything? We have crushed the natural resources of the state or used them and left nothing but a few iconic viewscapes paid for by the government and wealthy land conservancies — some national parks and forests and fragments of pastureland, pretty beaches, mountain lakes, etc. The ecological crisis is now almost beyond description, which is why the press obsesses on the endless stream of grim scientific measurement—quantified data by the mile, the acre-foot, or parts per million of air pollutio…
(2021-08-11). 'Absurd Inequality': Swedish Profs Against Booster Shots, Call to Vaccinate Poor Countries First. sputniknews.com According to Swedish professors, it is important to vaccinate globally both to save lives and to prevent the virus from mutating, as a broad spread is fraught with new strains. At the same time, it was conceded that vaccines are unlikely to provide lifelong protection.
(2021-08-11). Wealthiest Netted Billions From Trump Tax Cut They Helped Write: Report. commondreams.org "This disingenuous appeal should be dismissed by the court and President Biden should take the opportunity to drop these politically motivated charges."
(2021-08-10). Top Ten Reasons Liberals have the High Moral Ground. juancole.com In tumultuous sociopolitical struggles, a frequent pattern is visible: Conservatives often fight to preserve their own wealth or privileges, but liberals battle for causes that don't enrich or benefit themselves personally. This fact is clear in the long crusade to abolish slavery, and in never-ending attempts to aid the poor. Liberals are less driven by …
(2021-08-10). Collective working time reduction is long overdue. indybay.org Full-time employment must be reduced and part-time employment increased. Otherwise, as has been the case in Germany since the mid-1970s, unemployment will not be eliminated and there will be a further decline in labor incomes and more and more precarious workers – especially in many service markets that continue to grow.
(2021-08-10). Jackson Browne still asking questions on Downhill from Everywhere. wsws.org Jackson Browne has released a new album written and recorded before the pandemic where he looks back on his career and asks questions about immigration, the environment, poverty, inequality and the future of democracy.
(2021-08-10). Richard Trumka 1949—2021. indybay.org Trumka, who was installed as AFL-CIO president in 2009, helped enforce a vast transfer of wealth from the working class to the coffers of big business through the virtual elimination of strikes and other forms of class struggle.