(2021-08-14). Climate Crisis and Social Transformation in the Age of Corona. indybay.org The temporary moratorium on economic activity in large parts of the world has done nothing at all to change the fundamental logic of the capitalist mode of production, which is driven by the end-in-itself motion of endlessly reproducing abstract wealth, represented by money.
(2021-08-14). Tax on Billionaires' Pandemic Profits Could Fund Vaccines for World. zcomm.org "The obscene levels of wealth gained from the pandemic by a handful of mega rich individuals should immediately be taxed at 99%―enough to fully vaccinate everyone on Earth and help millions of workers."
(2021-08-14). Trumpite Multimillionaires Push White Ethnic Nationalism. zcomm.org Appealing to aggrieved white Americans and frightened wealthy Americans is a dynamite formula for blowing up our democracy's institutions…
(2021-08-13). Two Years After the Largest Workplace Raid in U.S. History, a Path Forward for Undocumented Workers. inequality.org
(2021-08-13). In Somalia, the US is bombing the very 'terrorists' it created. thegrayzone.com US and British meddling transformed Somalia's al-Shabaab into an extremist group, inflaming the humanitarian crisis that persists throughout the country. This July, the Biden administration picked up where Trump left off and began bombing Somalia, a country with a gross domestic product of less than $6bn and a poverty rate of 70 percent. But why? The official reason provided by the Pentagon was that the Somali National Army needed air support in its operations to counter al-Shabaab. But the actual …
(2021-08-13). Australia sends military to quarantine working-class communities, leaves wealthy areas untouched. peoplesworld.org 
SYDNEY—The response to the pandemic from Australian governments has revealed (perhaps more than any other event in recent history) their contempt for the Australian working class. Lately, it has manifested in the sharp difference between the policing of Western and Eastern Sydney. Last week, the Australian Defence Force (ADF) deployed 300 personnel into working-class and …
(2021-08-13). Scheer Intelligence: Prisons Enable America's Obscene Wealth. popularresistance.org The story of Marshall "Eddie" Conway, a military veteran and former Black Panther who was imprisoned for 43 years for a crime he didn't commit, is one that gets to the heart of systemic racism in the United States. Despite grueling conditions, in prison Conway pursued three college degrees, and was considered an "exemplary" prisoner for starting a prison literacy program and organizing the prison library. On the other hand, his efforts to organize a union among his fellow convict laborers was crushed by the authorities. After being released in 2014 following an appellate court judgment that his jury had been give…
(2021-08-13). Eddie Conway: Prisons Enable America's Obscene Wealth. scheerpost.com Eddie Conway. [J.M. Giordano/City PaperCredits] Click to subscribe on: Apple / Spotify / Google Play The story of Marshall "Eddie" Conway, a military veteran and former Black Panther who was imprisoned for 43 years for a crime he didn't commit, is one that gets to the heart of systemic racism in the United States. Despite grueling conditions, in prison Conway pursued three college degrees… |
(2021-08-13). Less than 2% vaccinated even as COVID-19 cases cross 7.1 million in Africa. peoplesdispatch.org Despite the recently increased supply, the continent suffers a severe shortage of vaccines due to stockpiling by wealthier countries and the credit rating agencies' practice of disproportionately downgrading developing countries during the pandemic…
(2021-08-13). Global Billionaire Pandemic Wealth Surges to $5.5 Trillion. counterpunch.org The world's billionaires have seen their wealth surge by over $5.5 trillion since the beginning of the pandemic in March 2020, a gain of over 68 percent. The world's 2,690 global billionaires saw their combined wealth rise from $8 trillion on March 20, 2020 to $13.5 trillion as of July 31, 2021, drawing on data