Selected Articles: Poverty and Social Inequality
The Winds of a New Economic Recession Gather Force in the United States
By Ariel Noyola Rodríguez, April 01 2016
…inflation has not increased in any significant way and unemployment has been chronic in more than 30 states of the American Union, with this, the dangers of deflation persist and with this a new recession.
Housing Crisis, Bankruptcies, Schools, Water: Michigan Struggles Expose Failure of Ruling Class Policies
By Abayomi Azikiwe, March 30 2016
Members of the Moratorium NOW! Coalition and other community-based organizations held a demonstration outside the Wayne County Treasurer’s Office on March 23 demanding a moratorium on the scheduled 30,000 tax foreclosures set for March 31.
Poverty and Social Inequality in Canada: The Debate on Basic Income and Guaranteed Annual Income (GAI)
By John Clarke, April 01 2016
Both the Trudeau Liberals in Ottawa and the Wynne Government at Queen’s Park in Toronto have been making noises of late on the subject of Basic Income.
French Workers, Youth Defy State of Emergency to Protest Austerity Policies
By Anthony Torres, April 01 2016
Masses of workers and youth, 1.2 million according to union sources and 390,000 according to police, protested Thursday across France against the labour law reform of Labour Minister Myriam El Khomri.
Expensive Weapons of Mass Destruction: As Saudi and Allies Bombard Yemen, US Clocks up $33 Billion Arms Sales in Eleven Months
By Felicity Arbuthnot, April 01 2016
The latest jaw dropper, as Saudi Arabia continues to bombard Yemen with US and UK armaments, dropped by US and UK-made aircraft, is sales worth $33 Billion in just eleven months to the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) according to Defense News.