Poverty & Social Inequality

America has the greatest inequalities, highest mortality rate, most regressive taxes, and largest public subsidies for bankers and billionaires of any developed capitalist country. One of the most likely sources of billionaire wealth is through tax evasion in all of its guises and forms.
For more than 12 years the WEF has pushed a corporate model in Africa, Latin America and Asia. The “big target” has been India, where resistance to corporate takeover of agriculture has been fierce ever since the failed 1960’s Green Revolution of the Rockefeller Foundation.
62 individuals – 388 in 2010 – now own more wealth than 50% of the world’s population. More shockingly, this share of wealth by half of the world’s people has collapsed by over 40% in the last five years.
The US imperial experience over the past century embodies the trajectory of the rise and fall of empires. During a time of declining empire, living standards of Americans have declined, social programs and safety nets have been scrapped in favor of the war economy.
What Are We Working For? The Economic System is a Labyrinthine Trap By Edward Curtin, January 08, 2019
Video: 13 Year Old Girl Victoria Grant: “Extreme Corruption” is the Cause of “Extreme Poverty” By Victoria Grant, December 29, 2018
Joy to the World Postponed By Stephen Lendman, December 26, 2018
FREXIT? The “Gilets Jaunes” will Not Let Go By Peter Koenig, December 24, 2018
UN “Country-Specific” Human Rights Reports: North Korea, A Grotesque Travesty of Reality By Carla Stea, December 23, 2018
The GMO Issue Reaches Boiling Point in India. The Devastating Impacts of Genetically Modified (GM) Crops By Colin Todhunter and Aruna Rodrigues, December 23, 2018
Hungary’s Victor Orbán’s “Latest Dance” By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, December 23, 2018
Emmanuel Macron and the Air France Experience By Peter Koenig, December 23, 2018
Rising Homelessness in America: The Reality of Life for Workers in a “Booming” US Economy By Genevieve Leigh, December 19, 2018
Iraq: The Slums of Mesopotamia By Bahira al-Sheikhly, December 19, 2018
ANC Prepares for Upcoming Elections in South Africa By Abayomi Azikiwe, December 13, 2018
The Homelessness Crisis Deepens Across North America By John Clarke, December 11, 2018
She Works Hard for the Money By Philip A Farruggio, December 11, 2018
A Two-Pronged Policy Needed to Stem the Flow of Migrants: Poverty Alleviation, Economic and Social Development By Prof. Alon Ben-Meir, December 07, 2018
France: The Next Move! Organize “Independently”. There is no Middle “Progressive” Ideology. By Massoud Nayeri, December 06, 2018
Yellow Vest Protest Movement: Inequality and the Hollowness of the French Regime By Richard Greeman, December 04, 2018
Working for the Man… Not the Masses. The Corporate Predators By Philip A Farruggio, December 04, 2018
The Migrant Caravan: Canadian and US Business Interests Place Profits over People in Central America By Michael Welch and Tyler Shipley, December 02, 2018
Libya: Ten Things About Gaddafi They Don’t Want You to Know By Global Research News, November 30, 2018
Doug Ford’s War on Ontario’s Poor By John Clarke, November 30, 2018
Black Friday Amerika: ‘Shop Till We All Drop’!! By Philip A Farruggio, November 29, 2018
The Refugee Crisis in Greece’s Samos Island: Open Doors Now Open! By Chris Jones, November 27, 2018
Video: Vandana Shiva on GMO and Biodiversity. “Smallholder Farmers Who Feed the World” By Dr. Vandana Shiva, November 20, 2018
Workers Rights, America’s Only Hope: One Big Union By Philip A Farruggio, November 19, 2018
Extreme Poverty and Human Rights in the United Kingdom By Philip Alston, November 18, 2018
Video: Marlon Brando Speaks Truth on the Treatment of American Indians, 1973 By Marlon Brando, November 18, 2018
Happy ThanksGetting Day. Poverty and Social Inequality in America By Philip A Farruggio, November 17, 2018
The Dramatic Situation in Hodeidah, Yemen: Relentless Air Strikes, The Suffering of Millions By Norwegian Refugee Council, November 13, 2018
Poverty and Extreme Poverty: Filming in the Most Depressing City on Earth — Jakarta. By Andre Vltchek, November 12, 2018
Yemeni War Deaths Underestimated by Five to One By Nicolas J. S. Davies, November 09, 2018
Millions in Yemen Are Starving and UK, US and France Are ‘Behind This’: Oxfam Representative By RT News, November 09, 2018
Mouthy Moguls: Our Latest Disappearing Species. Billionaire Bonanza 2018 By Sam Pizzigati, November 05, 2018
True Dimensions of Trump’s $4-5 Trillion Tax Cuts By Dr. Jack Rasmus, November 01, 2018
Libya, Seven Years On: A Shame for the West By Timothy Bancroft-Hinchey, November 01, 2018
Mass Shooting at Pittsburgh Synagogue: Anti-Semitic Violence Erupts in America By Joseph Kishore, October 31, 2018
An Examination of the Politics of White Identity By Adeyinka Makinde, October 31, 2018
Trump ‘Not Welcome in Pittsburgh’ Until He Denounces White Nationalism By Middle East Eye, October 31, 2018
“Class War Conservatism” and Resistance to the Doug Ford Tories in Ontario By Jeff Shantz, October 30, 2018
Why Are Thousands of Hondurans Walking Towards the US Border? By Zoe PC, October 29, 2018
Repeal of Workers’ Rights in Ontario? Ford Government Takes on Bill 148, But There is Resistance By Chloe Rockarts and Gerard Di Trolio, October 26, 2018
The Rule of the Uber-Rich Means Tyranny or Revolution By Chris Hedges, October 25, 2018
International Law
Venezuela under Siege: The West’s Ongoing Campaign against President Maduro By Michael Welch, Yves Engler, and Steve Ellner, October 24, 2018
Erekat: Abduction of Jerusalem Governor a New Step Against Palestinian Presence By IMEMC, October 22, 2018
Green Zone Amerika. The Phony Electoral Scam By Philip A Farruggio, October 22, 2018
France’s President Emmanuel Macron Denounces Inequality as Root Cause of Current Global Crisis. UN General Assembly By Carla Stea, October 22, 2018
Opioids and The Narcotic-fueled Genocide of American Workers By Prof. James Petras, October 20, 2018
Detroit
Exploitation and Dislocation Continues in Detroit By Abayomi Azikiwe, October 19, 2018
IMF
IMF – WB – WTO – Scaremongering Threats on De-Globalization and Tariffs – The Return to Sovereign Nations By Peter Koenig, October 14, 2018
In Upholding the “Muslim Ban”, the Supreme Court Ignored International Law By Prof. Marjorie Cohn, October 07, 2018
The “Housing Question” in Detroit and throughout the United States By Abayomi Azikiwe, October 07, 2018
Food, Justice, Violence and Capitalism By Colin Todhunter, October 07, 2018
Israeli Settlers Flood Khan al-Ahmar with Wastewater By Maan News Agency, October 03, 2018
Gaza
Everyone Washes Their Hands as Gaza’s Economy Goes into Freefall By Jonathan Cook, October 02, 2018
China and the Struggle of Oppressed Nations for Self-Determination, National Liberation and Socialism By Abayomi Azikiwe, October 01, 2018
Amazon
Global Wealth Concentration: The Global Power Elite Drive Amazon Share Value to a Trillion Dollars  By Peter Phillips, September 30, 2018
The War’s Cruel Impact on Yemen’s Children By Ahmed AbdulKareem, September 26, 2018
The BJP and the Rise of Fascism in India. The Suspicious Death of Judge Loya By Michael Welch and Radhika Desai, September 22, 2018
Historic: Too Much Winning. Puerto Rico in Ruins and the Grim Anniversary of Hurricane Maria. No Water, No Homes By Abby Zimet, September 21, 2018
Israeli-Palestinian
The Deal or the Debacle of the Century? By Prof. Alon Ben-Meir, September 21, 2018
ZANU-PF
Zimbabwe Post-Elections Prospects and Challenges By Abayomi Azikiwe, September 21, 2018
Hurricane Flooding Exposes Mass Poverty, Class Oppression in America By Ed Hightower and Barry Grey, September 21, 2018
PLO-UNWRA Meeting: Dr. Ashrawi Meets with UNRWA Commissioner-General Pierre Krähenbühl By The Palestine Liberation Organization, September 17, 2018
Toward ‘Fisheries Justice’? The Global ‘Fisheries Crisis’ and How Small-scale Fishers Are Fighting Back By Elyse Mills, September 13, 2018
Trump Cuts $25m in Aid for Palestinians in East Jerusalem Hospitals By Middle East Eye, September 09, 2018
America
More Jobs Fictions. Payroll Job Reports and Labor Statistics in America By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, September 08, 2018
Will Brexit Drag Britain into Poverty? By True Publica, September 08, 2018
The Gaza Strip: Funding for Emergency Fuel Needed Immediately to Avoid Catastrophic Breakdown in Essential Services By UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, September 06, 2018
Brazil
The Burning Blaze of Neoliberalism in Brazil By Massoud Nayeri, September 06, 2018
Mayor of Jerusalem to Stop UNRWA’s Operations By Middle East Monitor, September 05, 2018
Basra Residents Reeling From Contaminated Drinking Water By Mustafa Saadoun, September 04, 2018
American workers
The Myth of Rising Wages in America By Dr. Jack Rasmus, September 04, 2018
The Audacity of Super Wealth By Philip A Farruggio, September 03, 2018
EU Vows to Keep Backing UNRWA After Trump Scraps US Financial Aid for Palestine Refugees By Middle East Eye, September 03, 2018
The Carnival of Homelessness: How the Filthy Rich React By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, September 01, 2018
The Globalisation of Bad Food and Poor Health: Sustainable Development or Sustainable Profits? By Colin Todhunter, September 01, 2018
Caged! By Philip A Farruggio, August 28, 2018
Dead End Amerika. “Class Divide” in Manhattan By Philip A Farruggio, August 21, 2018
A Baobab Has Fallen: Remembering Samir Amin By Issa Shivji, August 21, 2018
Roots of Aretha Franklin, Proletarian Culture and the Rise of Black Detroit By Abayomi Azikiwe, August 18, 2018
Revolt in Iraq. The Lion of Babylon Roars Again By Dirk Adriaensens, August 18, 2018