(2023-07-18). What Decades of Social Work Taught Me About Poverty. otherwords.org If my decades of work as a social worker taught me one great lesson, it's this. Poverty is an entrenched system of political choices by self-serving lawmakers, not a personal failing of ordinary people. Poverty is not, and never has been, a crime. | I've worked with many economically struggling people. I grew up in meager circumstances myself and well remember the stigma and shame of having to do without. | And this I can tell you: Not one person I've ever met wants to be poor, sick, disabled, struggling, or on the receiving end of public assistance programs. These programs are vital but often inadequate and diff…
(2023-07-17). En Uruguay la pobreza tiene rostro de niño y niña. globalizacion.ca En Uruguay los niños, niñas y adolescentes son 33% más pobres que los adultos. En el anverso de esta situación, el país figura en los rankings con el Estado de bienestar más desarrollado de la región. Dos caras de una…
(2023-07-18). 7 in 10 Americans Support Passage of Pro-Union PRO Act, Poll Finds. truthout.org With labor activity making headlines across the U.S. and wealth inequality at all-time highs, new polling finds overwhelming support among the public for a slate of pro-worker bills advanced by Sen. Bernie Sanders's (I-Vermont) Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee last month. According to polling by Data for Progress released Tuesday, all three bills passed by the committee last… |
(2023-07-18). Saturday 8/19: Strike Debt Bay Area Book Group: 'End Times' by Peter Turchin. indybay.org Email strike.debt.bay.area@gmail.com a few days beforehand for the online invite.
(2023-07-18). G20 Finance Ministers Focus on Debt, Development and Dismal Economic Outlook in Gandhinaga. indybay.org On Monday, G20 Finance Ministers hold their third meeting hosted in Gandhinagar by the Indian government.
(2023-07-18). Debt is grinding down developing countries but there is no plan for relief. peoplesdispatch.org Two reports which came out last week point out that a large number of developing countries are spending more on repayment of debt than on the development of social sectors such as health and education…
(2023-07-18). Robodebt victims need justice, not platitudes. greenleft.org.au 
(2023-07-17). Next Steps In The Fight For Debt Relief. popularresistance.org The student loan pause offered a safety raft to millions of Americans who are drowning in debt. The Supreme Court's recent 6-3 decision to block student debt relief will devastate these borrowers, many of whom finally experienced what it was like to have money to set aside for the chance to purchase homes, start families and live without constantly worrying about debt. | After having this taste of freedom, Americans are ready to organize to protect what the Biden administration promised them. | Among the groups leading the charge — and continuing to push the Biden administration to exercise all options for…
(2023-07-18). Hollywood executives bring industry to halt rather than pay workers a fair price. nationofchange.org Refusing to negotiate better compensation and fair working conditions for actors and writers, major film and television studios are to blame for the work stoppages afflicting their industry.
(2023-07-18). Activists Are Working to Give the People of Atlanta a Chance to Vote on Cop City. truthout.org When it comes to Atlanta's planned $90 million police training center, widely dubbed "Cop City," the project's nonprofit backer, the Atlanta Police Foundation, has long run a reality deficit, trading on political power to support factually improbable claims while keeping the public in the dark. In 2021, Atlanta City Council approved a lease of public Intrenchment Creek Park land… |
(2023-07-18). Costa Rican workers strike against health care privatization. wsws.org The working class has demonstrated its resolve to resist the decades-long wave of social cuts, but is repeatedly betrayed by the trade union bureaucracy and its pseudo-left apologists.
(2023-07-17). Africa's Path To Socialism. popularresistance.org On Monday, July 17, 200 delegates from progressive organizations, political parties, people's movements, and trade unions across the African continent will gather in Bela-Bela, South Africa for the "Dilemmas of Humanity: Pan African Dialogues to Build Socialism" conference. | Over the course of four days, delegates will interact and deliberate on the myriad challenges that capitalism poses for working class people today, and importantly, advance concrete proposals of action to build socialism "within our lifetime." The event is being held at a critical juncture. "The world is changing, and it is changing very fas…
(2023-07-17). The Commonsverse As A Parallel Polis: Opportunities And Challenges. popularresistance.org The dialogue provoked by this workshop is timely and necessary because so many of the certitudes of political economy and culture are slowly crumbling before our eyes. It's fair to say that so many grand narratives of our time — about citizenship, freedom, property rights, economic growth, and theories of value — have been called into question these days. Existing institutions and categories of thought aren't working so well. | On the one hand, few people want to talk about structural change and necessary alternatives lest it open a Pandora's Box of monsters and chaos.
(2023-07-17). Why Are There No Slums in China? transcend.org 13 Jul 2023 – How the Chinese government deals with homelessness, how this issue relates to socialist construction, and how China confronts the challenges posed by rapid economic development, urbanization, and the migration of recent decades. What are the structural reasons behind it?>
(2023-07-17). Why are there no slums in China? By: Dongsheng. midwesternmarx.com 
With over 20 million inhabitants each, Shanghai and Beijing are among the "hypercities" of the Global South, including Delhi, São Paulo, Dhaka, Cairo, and Mexico City, far surpassing the "megacities" of the Global North like London, Paris, or New York1. Walking the streets in China's cities, you will however, quickly notice one marked difference — the absence of large slums or pervasive homelessness that is so common to most of the rest of …
(2023-07-18). Mayo Clinic Minute: What does a diagnosis of dense breasts mean? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org A recent Food and Drug Administration rule requires healthcare providers to notify people if they have dense breasts. Studies have shown that dense breast tissue can make it more difficult to detect breast cancer early. Dr. Kristin Robinson, a Mayo Clinic breast radiologist, says women with dense breast tissue are at a slightly increased risk of developing breast cancer compared to women without, and that's why early detection is so important. "About 50% of women have…
(2023-07-17). The richest 10% are starting to feel the pinch, but will that change how they think about inequality? nationofchange.org High earners need to come around to the idea that they would benefit from progressive taxes and other policies to create an economy that works for everyone.
(2023-07-18). Puerto Rico: 47% Of Funds for Education Are Not Used. telesurenglish.net The Government of Puerto Rico must return by September 30 the 37% of the Emergency Support Fund for Elementary and Secondary Schools (ESSER) that was not used due to the pandemic. | Related: | The fact was revealed through a letter sent by the Federal Department of Education: | "The department is concerned about the lack of substantial progress by Puerto Rico and the Puerto Rico Education Department (PRDE) in complying with Section II of the specific condi…
(2023-07-18). UN: Food Program for Haiti Reduced by 25%. telesurenglish.net The number of Haitians facing emergency-level food insecurity is the second-highest in the world. They also represent one of the highest levels of chronic food insecurity, with 22 percent of children chronically malnourished. | The UN WFP says it will not be able to provide assistance to 100,000 people in urgent need in Haiti. Jul. 18, 2023.