(2023-01-18). Monday 1/16: Close the Wealth Gap CA! MLK Day Reading of PPC Third Reconstruction Agenda to End Poverty. indybay.org Online event…
(2023-01-18). Lula Da Silva's New Term Begins: Will Brazil Shine Again on Global Stage?>. infobrics.org Lula was the first Brazilian president from a working-class origin who helped lift millions of ordinary citizens out of the scourge of poverty…
(2023-01-18). New Institute for Policy Studies Report Finds That an Annual Wealth Tax on the World's Richest Could Raise $1.7 Trillion Globally. ips-dc.org The report includes country-by-country data on wealth inequality and the revenue possibilities of national wealth taxes.
(2023-01-18). Report: "Extreme Wealth: The growing number of people with extreme wealth and what an annual wealth tax could raise" ips-dc.org
(2023-01-18). Ellen Brown: Solving the Debt Crisis the American Way. scheerpost.com 
By Ellen Brown / Original to ScheerPost On Friday, Jan. 13, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen wrote to Congress that the U.S. government will hit its borrowing limit on Jan. 19, forcing the new Congress into negotiations over the debt limit much sooner than expected. She said she will use accounting maneuvers she called "extraordinary measures" …
(2023-01-18). Saturday 2/11: Strike Debt Bay Area Book Group: Cannibal Capitalism. indybay.org We meet via Zoom. Email strike.debt.bay.area@gmail.com a few days beforehand for the online invite.
(2023-01-18). US Department of Education publishes plan to revise income-based student loan payments. wsws.org The proposed plan would reduce monthly payments from 10 percent of discretionary income to 5 percent for undergraduate loans and ease the impact of interest accrual on debt payments. It would not forgive student debt for years, if ever.
(2023-01-18). What is cardiac arrest? A Mayo Clinic heart expert explains. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Cardiac arrest, or sudden cardiac arrest as it is more formally known, is a medical emergency. It happens when an event, usually an electrical disturbance, quickly and unexpectedly causes your heart to stop working. It's not the same as a heart attack and is called sudden because it seems to happen without warning. Dr. Christopher DeSimone, a Mayo cardiac electrophysiologist specializing in abnormal cardiac rhythm, answers questions about cardiac arrest, the differences between cardiac arrest…
(2023-01-18). "I want them to keep on fighting!": University of Illinois faculty begin strike with widespread student support. wsws.org The walkout by hundreds of UIC faculty is part of a growing movement of the working class internationally against an escalating cost-of-living crisis and massive social inequality.
(2023-01-18). Police attack protest by Sri Lankan students against state repression. wsws.org In the struggle to defend their democratic and social rights, students need to turn towards the working class, the only social force that can lead that political struggle.
(2023-01-18). "I want them to keep on fighting!": University of Illinois Chicago faculty begin strike with widespread student support. wsws.org The walkout by hundreds of UIC faculty is part of a growing movement of the working class internationally against an escalating cost-of-living crisis and massive social inequality.
(2023-01-18). Monday 2/20: MLK Day of Service at the Farm. indybay.org Homeless Garden Project Farm | 100-198 Shaffer Rd, Santa Cruz…
(2023-01-18). Stop Felton's Mountain Community Resource Center Driving Homeless Out Into the Rain. indybay.org Charges of cruel, discriminatory, and unnecessary evictions of unhoused folks into survival-threatening weather at Felton's Mountain Community Resource Center have prompted this protest. Two fliers describe the situation and ask the community to respond.
(2023-01-17). Martin Luther King Day Special Encore Program: Restructuring The Edifice That Produces Poverty. popularresistance.org In celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday, Clearing the FOG brought back an interview from ten years ago with Cheri Honkala of the Poor People's Economic and Human Rights Campaign and Robert Pollin of the Political Economy Research Institute. The program is centered on Dr. King's speech before the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in August 1967, "Where Do We Go From Here?" The guests, along with co-host Kevin Zeese discuss the current economic challenges and efforts to bring transformation at the local and national levels. That conversation is relevant today as we continue to face multiple c…
(2023-01-17). Richest 1% made 2/3rds of global wealth since 2020 twice as much as 99% of population earned. geopoliticaleconomy.com 
In 2020 and 2021, the wealthiest 1% of the world's population made nearly two-thirds of all new wealth – six times greater than the wealth made by the poorest 90%. Yet while billionaires get richer, poverty is increasing, Oxfam warns.
(2023-01-17). Sri Lanka Trapped into Debt and IMF Sponsored Poverty. globalresearch.ca
(2023-01-17). Oxfam: Social inequality and poverty soaring in Australia. wsws.org The widening social gulf has been intensified by corporate profiteering on the most basic human necessities—food and energy.
(2023-01-17). Russell Banks, John Brown And The American Soul. popularresistance.org The deep malaise that defines American society — the rage, despair and widespread feelings of betrayal and loss — is rarely captured and almost never explained in the pages of newspapers or on screens. To grasp what has happened to the United States, the savage economic and emotional cost of deindustrialization; the destruction of our democratic institutions; the Neolithic violence that sees us beset with almost daily mass shootings in malls, offices, schools and movie theaters; the rise of the militarized state; and the consolidation of national wealth by a tiny cabal of corrupt bankers and corporati…
(2023-01-17). U.S. Spy Chief Gives His Support to Libya PM As Part of a DEAL OVER LOCKERBIE? strategic-culture.org The greatest cover up since JKF — The Lockerbie bombing — might be coming apart at the seams, Martin Jay writes. | America seems to be getting skittish about its dirty work in Libya and how the greatest cover up since JKF — The Lockerbie bombing — might be coming apart at the seams. | Like Afghanistan, Libya, a country rich in oil wealth and underpopulated, is heading towards being branded another major NATO f***-up as analysts worry that delayed elections, the hilarious farce of now having two rival prime ministers in office and an economy in freefall, could all point to rival factions re…
(2023-01-17). Billionaires Gobbled up 2/3s of New Wealth at $2.7 bn/ day, as 800 million go to bed Hungry: Oxfam. juancole.com 
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) Oxfam , the British charity, has released a new report finding that the global problem of wealth inequality is growing ever more threatening. Of all the new wealth the entire human race has produced in the past two years, the richest 1% gobbled up 66% of it. The less-rich 99% …
(2023-01-17). For Every $1 Gained by a Bottom 90 Percenter Since 2020, a Billionaire Got $1.7M. truthout.org While the vast majority of people were struggling to stay alive and weather economic instability during the first two years of the pandemic, the world's richest 1 percent were thriving as the proportion of new global wealth they were capturing soared to new heights, a report reveals. Over the past decade, the global top 1 percent has taken about half of all new wealth — an already extremely high… |
(2023-01-17). Oxfam report documents "explosion of inequality" during pandemic. wsws.org Despite a slight reduction in overall wealth, billionaires and major corporations became "dramatically richer" in 2022 and were the main driver of global inflation.
(2023-01-17). Rep. Ro Khanna on CA Flooding, Big Oil's Climate Denial, Debt Ceiling, Assange & Possible Senate Bid. democracynow.org 
The death toll from two weeks of flooding in California has reached at least 20. As climate scientists are predicting more extreme weather linked to climate change over the next two years, outrage is growing over how fossil fuel companies were fully aware of the link between fossil fuel emissions and global warming but spent decades obscuring the science in order to make maximum profits. We speak with Democratic California Congressmember Ro Khanna, who recently concluded a congressional investigation into the allegations and says the oil industry needs to be held accountable for the damage it has wrought. Khanna…
(2023-01-17). More Austerity In 2023 Will Fuel Protests. popularresistance.org This week world leaders meet in Davos to discuss cooperation to address multiple crises, from COVID-19 and escalating inflation to slowing economic growth, debt distress and climate shocks. | Only three months earlier, finance ministers had gathered in Washington DC for the same reason. The mood was grim. The need for ambitious actions could not be greater; however, there were no agreements, evidencing the fragility of multilateralism and international cooperation. | Worse, policy makers -advised by the International Monetary Fund- are resorting to old, failed and regressive policies, such as austerity (now calle…
(2023-01-17). SF Reparations Committee proposal demonstrates the greed and unreality behind demands for slavery reparations. americanthinker.com I am grateful to San Francisco's official African American Reparations Advisory Committee for the damage it has done to the notion that the current populace of the United States, none of whom were alive during slavery, owe some kind of debt to African Americans.
(2023-01-17). White House Warns GOP Not to Tie Debt Ceiling to Social Security Cuts. truthout.org Democrats are warning Republicans that they will not negotiate over raising the debt ceiling to avoid economic catastrophe after Republicans spent the last months warning that they may pursue cuts to key social programs by holding debt limit legislation hostage. On Friday, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said that Congress must pass legislation raising the debt ceiling "without… |
(2023-01-17). How Elon Musk Is Aiding the US Empire's Regime Change Operation in Iran. mintpressnews.com 
Elon Musk is working with the US to smuggle hundreds of Starlink communications devices into Iran to aid the US-backed opposition in overthrowing their government.
(2023-01-17). Highlights From Dr. Umar Johnson's Breakfast Club Appearance. moguldom.com The ever-controversial Dr. Umar Johnson visited the popular morning radio show The Breakfast Club. As per usual, Johnson had more than a few eyebrow-raising statements. The interview premiered on Dec 9, 2022. According to his website, Johnson is a doctor of clinical psychology and a certified school psychologist who specializes in working with the parents …
(2023-01-17). 'Becky With The Hands' Raises Over $16,000 After Waffle House Fight Went Viral, Gets Fox News Support. moguldom.com The public has rallied around a former Waffle House cook by donating over $16,000 to a GoFundMe campaign after she was blacklisted from working at the restaurant due to her involvement in a fight with customers. Last year, Halie Booth was employed at an Austin, Texas, location of the popular restaurant chain. She went viral after footage …
(2023-01-17). 38 Percent of Americans Delayed Medical Care Due to Cost in 2022, a Record High. truthout.org New polling finds that the proportion of Americans who have delayed medical treatment due to costs has hit a record high as the pandemic rages on and it becomes harder for the working class to afford regular and emergency costs. According to Gallup, 38 percent of Americans had either put off seeking medical treatment themselves or a member of their families did so in 2022. This is a 12 percent… |
(2023-01-17). Daily Round-Up | Protests continue in Peru and other stories. peoplesdispatch.org In today's episode, we bring you stories of the ongoing protests in Peru, the Oxfam report on inequality, the continuing Israeli atrocities in Palestine, and protests in Tunisia…