Poverty & Social Inequality

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Hundreds of poor people waiting outside of a closed grocery store for the possibility of getting the remaining food is not the picture of the “American Dream.” Yet on March 23, outside the Laney Walker Supermarket in Augusta, Ga., that is exactly what happened.

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The cost of living continues to go up and incomes continue to go down. It is truly frightening to think about what this country is going to look like if current trends continue.

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“2.5 million persons were marginally attached to the labor force.” They “wanted and were available for work,” but “they were not counted as unemployed”

The Global 1%: Exposing the Transnational Ruling Class

This study asks: Who are the the world’s One percent power elite? And to what extent do they operate in unison for their own private gains over benefits for the 99 percent?

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South African Mineworkers Union Demands 60 Percent Pay Increase By Abayomi Azikiwe, May 20, 2013
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From Reactive to Proactive: The World Social Forum and the Anti-/Alter-Globalization Movement By Marian Pinsky, May 20, 2013
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Correa’s Re-election in Ecuador: Sweeping Triumph of Socialist Economic Program By Asad Ismi, May 20, 2013
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How Many People Have Lost Their Homes? US Home Foreclosures are Comparable to the Great Depression By Washington's Blog, May 17, 2013
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Challenging the US Economic Power Structure: Popular Resistance Percolates Throughout the Land By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, May 17, 2013
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Global Slump, Continued Stagnation of US Economy. Sharp Increase in Jobless Benefit Claims By Andre Damon, May 17, 2013
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Road to the Riches: Tracking the Journey of the Superwealthy By Global Research News, May 16, 2013
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The Anti-Globalization Movement and the World Social Forum. Is “Another World” Possible? By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, May 15, 2013
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Growing Racism and the Social Crisis in Greece By Sofiane Ait Chalalet and Chris Jones, May 15, 2013
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Recurring “Economic Nightmares”? Wake Up and Take Action By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, May 15, 2013
Canada's Austerity Agenda: Building the Fightback
Social Justice and the Economic Crisis: The Austerity Agenda Targets the Disabled By John Clarke, May 15, 2013
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Growing Labor Unrest in South Africa’s Mining Industry: Anglo American Threatens to Cut 14,000 Jobs By Abayomi Azikiwe, May 13, 2013
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Cuts in Social Security and Medicaid Contribute to Further Impoverishing African Americans By Abayomi Azikiwe, May 13, 2013
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Economic Depression and the New World Order: Global Poverty in the late 20th Century By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, May 12, 2013
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Mass Poverty, Social Inequality and the Thirdworldization of America By Stephen Lendman, May 12, 2013
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On the Anniversary of Martin Luther King’s Poor People’s Campaign: ‘We will March to Ignite the Revolution King Called for’ By Global Research News, May 10, 2013
FINANCIAL MANIPULATION: Unrestrained Stimulus and Draconian Economic Austerity: Two Sides of the Same Coin
Americans Across the Land Say NO to Austerity: Local Struggles against Budget Cuts By Mark Vorpahl, May 08, 2013
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Turning “Mirage Recovery” into a Real Economic Recovery By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, May 08, 2013
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Global Corporations and the Bangladesh Building Collapse By Peter Symonds, May 08, 2013
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Psychopathy in Politics and Finance By Stefan Verstappen and James Corbett, May 06, 2013
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Flooding in Northern Canada. State of Emergency in First Nations Communities By J. B. Gerald, May 06, 2013
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Deepening Economic Crisis: Austerity Policies Heighten National Divisions throughout Europe By Stefan Steinberg, May 06, 2013
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The Global Economic and Social Crisis: Why We Must Fight the New World Order By Devon DB, May 05, 2013
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Detroit’s Economic Crisis and the Role of the Banks: Part of a Global Crisis By Abayomi Azikiwe, May 05, 2013
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The Social Crisis in America. The Myth of an Accelerated Economic Recovery By Andre Damon, May 04, 2013
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Popular Resistance and Protest Movements across America By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, May 04, 2013
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May Day 2013: Workers Rights and the Global Economic Crisis By Ingo Schmidt, May 01, 2013
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Will The New Housing Bubble That Bernanke Is Creating End As Badly As The Last One Did? By The Economic Collapse Blog, April 30, 2013
The Off-Shored Economy: The Ruins of Detroit
Privatizing Detroit: Residents Evicted and Displaced by Corporate Interests By Abayomi Azikiwe, April 30, 2013
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Australia’s Boom is Anything But for its Aboriginal People By John Pilger, April 29, 2013
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84 Million US Adults Lack Adequate Health Care Coverage By Kate Randall, April 29, 2013
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The Bangladesh Factory Collapse, The Global Cheap Labor Economy, Wages at a Dollar a Day By K. Ratnayake, April 28, 2013
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Obamacare: Unaffordable Coverage By Stephen Lendman, April 28, 2013
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Europe’s Economic Crisis: Unemployment hits Record Highs in Spain, France By Alex Lantier, April 26, 2013
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Dance on Thatcher’s Grave, But Remember There Has Been a Coup in Britain By John Pilger, April 25, 2013
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Dramatic Growth in Social Inequality in America. Poverty Increases During an “Economic Recovery” By Ed Hightower, April 25, 2013
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The Bastar Land Grab: The Expropriation of Farmers in India By Justin Podur, April 22, 2013
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The Privatization of Water: Nestlé Denies that Water is a Fundamental Human Right By Global Research News, April 20, 2013
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Saving Detroit: Globalization, the Destruction of Cities and the Rights of African Americans By Abayomi Azikiwe, April 20, 2013
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The EU-India Free Trade Agreement: India up “For Sale” to Western Corporate Capital By Colin Todhunter, April 20, 2013
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Before the Economic Collapse, A Call to Action By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, April 18, 2013
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Child Poverty in America among the Highest in the Developed World By Nick Barrickman, April 18, 2013
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Poverty in America: More than 46 Million below the Official Poverty Level, More than 10 Million “Working Poor” By Kate Randall, April 17, 2013
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New World Order Political Puppets: How Thatcherism Paved the Way for Tony Blair and “New Labour” By Colin Todhunter, April 16, 2013
Job Crisis Denial: The Rising Tide of Unemployment in America
The Unspoken Truth: Mass Unemployment in America By Andre Damon, April 15, 2013
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Israel’s Monopoly over Water Distribution in the West Bank: Supports Illegal Settlers, Impoverishes Palestinians By Philip Weiss, April 15, 2013
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Bail-in and the Confiscation of Bank Deposits: The Birth of the New Financial Order By James Corbett and Prof Michel Chossudovsky, April 13, 2013
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Drastic Austerity Measures under Canada’s 2013 Budget. Bailing out the Banks, Confiscating the Savings of Canadians? By Michael Welch, April 12, 2013
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Obama’s Budget. US Heading Toward a Social Explosion. Millions More People to be Thrown into Poverty By Joseph Kishore, April 12, 2013
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Scrapping the US “Social Safety Net”: Obama Budget Slashes Social Security, Medicare By Andre Damon, April 11, 2013
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Neoliberalism and the War Economy in Britain: Force-Fed Austerity By Stephen Lendman, April 11, 2013
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“Financial Cleansing”: The Cyprus Bail-in Global Banking Template By James Corbett and Prof Michel Chossudovsky, April 11, 2013
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Obama’s War on Social America By Stephen Lendman, April 10, 2013
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The Economic and Social Crisis: Contemporary Capitalism and Class Struggle By Prof. James Petras, April 10, 2013
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The Homeless Tunnel: People Who Live Under The Streets Of America By The Economic Collapse Blog, April 10, 2013
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Secret FDIC Plan to Loot Bank Accounts By Stephen Lendman, April 09, 2013
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Margaret Thatcher and the Triumph of Crony Capitalism: “There is No Alternative” (TINA) By Colin Todhunter, April 09, 2013
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“Strong Economic Medicine” Triggers Poverty: Communities across America Feel Impact of Obama’s Sequestration Cuts By Kate Randall, April 09, 2013
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Obama defends plan to cut Medicare and Social Security By Andre Damon, April 09, 2013
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Chicago Teachers take Action to Oppose the Closure of 61 Public Schools By Global Research News, April 08, 2013
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Who Will Save Social Security and Medicare? By Shamus Cooke, April 08, 2013
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States Fight Back Against MERS Mortgage Fraud By Washington's Blog, April 08, 2013
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Hungry Americans and the American Dream: “Too Big to Fail Too Big to Jail” Banks Trigger Foreclosures, Bankruptcies and Poverty By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, April 07, 2013
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Mounting Unemployment in America, Hundreds of Thousands Drop out of the Workforce By Andre Damon, April 06, 2013
"Sanctions of Mass Destruction" (SMD): US Sponsored Economic Blockade Destroys North Korea's Health Care System
“Sanctions of Mass Destruction” (SMD): US Sponsored Economic Blockade Destroys North Korea’s Health Care System By Stephen Gowans, April 05, 2013
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The South also rises: The Poorer Nations: A History of the Global South By Pepe Escobar, April 05, 2013
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Demise of Britain’s Welfare State: Largest ever Welfare Cuts. Millions of Families Affected By Paul Mitchell, April 04, 2013
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Battleground against Neoliberalism: European Trade Unions and the Struggle for Public Services By Christoph Hermann, April 04, 2013
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Public Banking: A Solution to the Economic Crisis? How to Reverse the Tide of Corruption and Private Enrichment By Stephen Lendman, April 04, 2013
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Britain’s De-industralization and Privatization: The Economic and Social Legacy of Margaret Thatcher, “The Iron Lady” By Colin Todhunter, April 04, 2013
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Avoiding Economic Collapse: A Guide to Complementary Currencies By James Corbett, Paul Glover, and Wayne Walton, April 03, 2013
Economic Lies: Fake Unemployment and Inflation Figures Sustain the Illusion of an Economic Recovery
Worse than the Great Depression: Mass Unemployment, 100 Million Americans Live in Poverty By Fred Magdoff and John Bellamy Foster, April 03, 2013
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The Economic and Social Crisis in Greece: Fighting for a New Future By Chris Jones, April 03, 2013
Destroying Public Education in America
A Curious New York Times Article on Teacher Evaluations By Ann Robertson and Bill Leumer, April 01, 2013
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The Economic and Social Crisis in Britain: Defeating Austerity and the People’s Assembly By Chris Nineham, April 01, 2013
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The Two Sides of America’s “Economic Recovery”: Stock Markets and Food Stamps at Record Highs By Kate Randall, March 30, 2013
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Obama, Republicans Plot Sweeping Attack on Medicare By Fred Mazelis, March 30, 2013
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Ten Potentially Devastating Public Health Threats By Global Research News, March 30, 2013
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Cyprus Postmortems: Financial Manipulation Triggers Poverty and Economic Collapse By Stephen Lendman, March 29, 2013
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Genetic Engineering, Eugenics and the Ideology of the Rich By Colin Todhunter, March 29, 2013