(2024-01-16). The rich get richer while global poverty deepens in "decade of division" peoplesdispatch.org Wealth accumulation by the rich has risen to the point that the world could see its first trillionaire within a decade. Meanwhile, it will take more than 200 years to end global poverty, a report by Oxfam International has found.
(2024-01-16). Billionaires' wealth skyrockets by 114% amid global poverty surge. nationofchange.org This extraordinary accumulation of wealth comes at a time when nearly 5 billion people globally grapple with the challenges of inflation, war, and the climate crisis, slipping further into poverty.
(2024-01-16). Denuncian la vulneración de derechos fundamentales en Ecuador. telesurtv.net La experta en Derecho Penal denunció que el blanco de las fuerzas militares parecen ser jóvenes afroamericanos de barrios empobrecidos.
(2024-01-17). Poll: 74 Percent of Millionaires in G20 Countries Support Higher Taxes on Wealth. truthout.org Survey results released Tuesday as corporate CEOs, top government officials, and other global elites gathered in Davos, Switzerland show that nearly three-quarters of millionaires in G20 countries support higher taxes on extreme wealth, which they view as an increasingly dire threat to democracy. The poll was conducted by the London-based firm Survation on behalf of the Patriotic Millionaires… |
(2024-01-17). How Redlining's Legacies Demand New Policy Action. counterpunch.org 
"All of the wealthy moved away and left only the poor in a socially disastrous state." When Dr. Emanuel J. Carter talks about redlining, he doesn't mince words. The Associate Professor in SUNY-ESF's Department of Landscape Architecture grew up in a redlined part of Philadelphia during the 1950s and 1960s. Then, as compared to now,
(2024-01-16). World's First Trillionaire Just 10 Years Away as Richest Men Double Their Wealth. scheerpost.com 
(2024-01-16). Sickening Profits: The Global Food System's Poisoned Food and Toxic Wealth. dissidentvoice.org The modern food system is being shaped by the capitalist imperative for profit. Aside from losing their land to global investors and big agribusiness concerns, farmers and ordinary people are being sickened by corporations and a system that thrives on the promotion of 'junk' (ultra-processed) food laced with harmful chemicals and cultivated with the use …
(2024-01-16). Mummy masks and figure of the god of silence discovered in Egypt. pressenza.com Archaeologists in Egypt have uncovered several tombs containing mummy masks and a figure of the local god of silence. | The new find was made in a joint mission by Waseda University (Japan) and the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities. | Scientists have uncovered a rock-cut tomb and a wealth of artefacts spanning different historical periods during their current season of excavations at the Saqqara necropolis, functional from the 1st Dynasty to the Christian era. | In addition, archaeologists have uncovered several tombs dating from around 1800 to 4800 years ago, i.e. from different dynasties of ancient Egypt,…
(2024-01-16). The Richest 1 Percent Own a Greater Share of the Stock Market Than Ever Before. inequality.org New Federal Reserve analysis of stock markets has found that the concentration of ownership of the public equity stock market has hit an all-time high. "The rich now own a record share of stocks," Axios reported on January 10, noting that the top 10 percent hold about 93 percent of U.S. households stock market wealth. …
(2024-01-16). IRS Funding Targeted by GOP Has Allowed Agency to Recover $500M From the Rich. truthout.org An infusion of funding for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has allowed the agency to recover over half a billion dollars in unpaid taxes owed by wealthy individuals over the course of the last year alone, the agency announced last week. The agency said that, due to an effort started last fall to contact 1,600 millionaires about unpaid taxes, the agency has collected $360 million in addition to… |
(2024-01-16). The Richest 1 Percent Now Own a Greater Share of the Stock Market Than Ever Before. inequality.org New Federal Reserve analysis of stock markets has found that the concentration of ownership of the public equity stock market has hit an all-time high. "The rich now own a record share of stocks," Axios reported on January 10, noting that the top 10 percent hold about 93 percent of U.S. households stock market wealth. …
(2024-01-17). The WB assists those in power in a witch-hunting context. cadtm.org In July 2024, the World Bank and the IMF will be 80 years old. 80 years of financial neo-colonialism and the imposition of austerity policies in the name of debt repayment. 80 years is enough! The Bretton Woods institutions must be abolished and replaced by democratic institutions serving an ecological, feminist and anti-racist bifurcation. To mark these 80 years, we are republishing a series of articles every Wednesday until July, looking in detail at the history and damage caused by these (…) | – | / |
(2024-01-16). Saturday 2/10: Strike Debt Bay Area Book Group: How Infrastructure Works. indybay.org Email strike.debt.bay.area@gmail.com a few days beforehand for the online invite.
(2024-01-17). Led by Mississippi, 15 states opt out of children's food program for low-income families. wsws.org While both parties find and justify seemingly unlimited funds for war, social services for the working class fall significantly short.
(2024-01-16). Workers Struggles: The Americas. wsws.org Workers at the Cristaleras Rigolleau glass plant in Berazategui, Argentina claim management negligence in death, while 600 Sun Country flight attendants picketed over substandard pay and working conditions.
(2024-01-16). A Working Class Victory on the Horizon in Colombia. counterpunch.org 
A working-class victory is on the horizon in Colombia. The Seventh Committee of the House of Representatives voted to approve 16 of the 98 articles of the landmark Labor Reform bill right before the start of winter recess. The bill will now advance to a second round of legislative debates that will resume next month.
(2024-01-16). Cypriots protest use of bases by UK in imperialist conflicts. peoplesdispatch.org On Sunday, January 14, anti-imperialist groups in Cyprus protested outside the UK bases in Akrotiri, against the use of bases on the island in the imperialist wars raging in the region. | In the protest called by the Pancyprian Peace Council, activists from various anti-war groups and political parties including the Progressive Party of Working People (AKEL), United Democratic Youth Organization (EDON), and Communist Initiative of Cyprus, among others have participated and called for the ouster of foreign military bases, from the Cypriot soil. Protesters expressed solidarity with people of Palestine who are under…
(2024-01-16). Newsom announces plan to delay highly touted healthcare minimum wage bill. wsws.org The Newsom administration seeks to tie the raises for healthcare workers to the state revenue, effectively allowing…
(2024-01-16). Bombing Gaza Isn't Fighting Sexual Violence. counterpunch.org 
As the human catastrophe in Gaza deepens, Israel and its allies are mobilizing evidence of sexual violence committed by members of Hamas and other Palestinian militant groups on October 7 to justify continued military action. When the Security Council failed to pass a resolution demanding a ceasefire on December 8, Israel government spokesperson Eylon Levy
(2024-01-17). 'Everyone is hungry': UN says Israel destroying Gaza's food system, weaponizing food. presstv.ir United Nations human rights experts have warned that every single person in the Gaza Strip is facing hunger amid Israel's ongoing war and blockade against the besieged enclave.
(2024-01-16). Israeli-Made Famine: Denial of Food Aid Could Kill 22,000 Palestinians This Month, Half of Them Children. scheerpost.com 
By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reports that Israeli airstrikes and ground operations continued over the weekend in Gaza and says, "Between the afternoons of 12 and 14 January, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH) in Gaza, 260 Palestinians were reportedly killed, …
(2024-01-16). Oxfam report: A devastating indictment of monopoly power and inequality. wsws.org Since 2020 the world's five richest men have more than doubled their fortunes, at the rate of $14 million per hour, from $405 billion to $869 billion, while almost 5 billion people have been made poorer.
(2024-01-16). Oxfam report: A devastating indictment of monopoly power and inequality. wsws.org Since 2020, the world's five richest men have more than doubled their fortunes, at the rate of $14 million per hour, from $405 billion to $869 billion, while almost 5 billion people have been made poorer.
(2024-01-17). US expands Middle East war as UN warns "every single person in Gaza is hungry" wsws.org The United States military carried out a new round of illegal attacks on Yemen Tuesday, the third set of bombings in just under a week..