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.
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
Socialism for the Rich By Mark Taliano, August 17, 2018
Jordan – Staunch Western Ally – Angry and Confused By Andre Vltchek, August 17, 2018
“When Palestine is Free”: Diary Entry From an International Solidarity Volunteer in the West Bank, Northern Jordan Valley By Kristin Foss, August 16, 2018
Ontario: Doug Ford’s New Poor Laws Replace Basic Income, “A Tiny Survival Stipend for All Low Income People” By John Clarke, August 16, 2018
Taking a Meaningful Anti-war Position: Opposing Bipartisan Warmongering Is Defending Human Rights of the Poor and Working Class By Ajamu Baraka, August 15, 2018
The Iraq Protests and Implications for “Political Stability” By Nagapushpa Devendra, August 14, 2018
Samir Amin: The Workings of Contemporary Capitalism: It Is Imperative to Reconstruct the Internationale of Workers and Peoples By Samir Amin, August 14, 2018
Huge Protests Against Racist ‘Apartheid’ Law Rock Tel Aviv By Steve Sweeney, August 13, 2018
Resigned Knesset Member: Jewish Nation-state Law Is ‘Ethnic Cleansing’ By Mustafa Abu Sneineh, August 09, 2018
Children are Dying, Yemen Humanitarian Crisis “Made in America”. No Liberal Rallies for Yemeni Children By Paul Street, August 09, 2018
Yazidi Slavery, Child Trafficking, Death Threats to Journalist: Should Turkey Remain in NATO? By Uzay Bulut, August 09, 2018
The Crisis in Corbyn’s Labour Party Is Over Israel, Not Anti-Semitism By Jonathan Cook, August 09, 2018
Disabled People in UK Lead Fight Against Austerity By John Clarke, August 08, 2018
Settlers Destroy 2,000+ Palestinian-owned Trees and Vines, Backed by Israeli Authorities By B'Tselem, August 06, 2018
Coffee and the “Shock Doctrine” in Puerto Rico By John Vandermeer and Ivette Perfecto, August 06, 2018
South Africa: The Working Class Movement Must be Independent By South African Federation of Trade Unions, August 06, 2018
When Israel Backers Claim to be Anti-racist, One Needs to Ask Questions By Yves Engler, August 06, 2018
Of Course, Medicare For All would increase Federal Spending… By Margaret Flowers, July 31, 2018
Mexico: Violence, Corruption and Inequality – AMLO to the Rescue? By Michael Roberts, July 30, 2018
Each Tomahawk Missile Fired on Syria in April Could Have Fed 1,242 Malnourished US Children for a Whole Year By John Laurits, July 30, 2018
No Matter How Bad You Thought Big-Pharma Was, This Is Worse By Tony Cartalucci, July 29, 2018
Strategy and Conscience: Subverting Elite Power So We End Human Violence By Robert J. Burrowes, July 25, 2018
Corporate Spin: Genetically Modifying the Way to Food Security? By Colin Todhunter, July 24, 2018
Israel: The Ultimate Racist Colony. The Jewish Nation State Law By Dr. Elias Akleh, July 24, 2018
Israeli Parliament Votes to Approve Nation-State Law That Enshrines Jewish Supremacy Over Palestinian Citizens By Adalah, July 23, 2018
Land Allocation in the West Bank – For Israelis Only By Americans for Peace Now., July 20, 2018
Video: From the Freedom Flotilla, Former Israeli Air Force Pilot Calls for a Boycott of Israel By Yonatan Shapira and Dimitri Lascaris, July 19, 2018
Africa: Contradictions between Regional Security and Imperialist Interventions By Abayomi Azikiwe, July 18, 2018
Undocumented Myanmar Migrants in Thailand: Border Capitalism, Disrupted By Prof. Stephen Campbell, July 16, 2018
Haiti Fights On. Rising Fuel Prices Trigger Mass Poverty By Philip Linder, July 13, 2018
The Starving Children of Yemen By Daniel Larison, July 12, 2018
America’s Muslim Ban Is Still Not Enough Bigotry for the Roberts Court By Ryan Suto, July 09, 2018
Reporting Hate Crimes: The Arab American Experience By James J. Zogby, July 09, 2018
Mexico: AMLO to Seek Negotiated Peace in Drug War By Telesur, July 09, 2018
Libya
The Refugee Crisis and the Mediterranean Sea – The Largest Graveyard in Modern History By Peter Koenig, July 07, 2018
The Sports of Kings By Philip A Farruggio, July 05, 2018
Trump Regime v. Affirmative Action By Stephen Lendman, July 04, 2018
The Cooperative Movement: Cooperatives As a Means to Developing Local Economies and Alleviating Poverty By Amy Zhang, July 03, 2018
MEXICO Elections, July 1: Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO), Window of Opportunity Against 40 Years of Neoliberalism in Mexico? By Telesur, July 01, 2018
No Migration Without Economic Exploitation. Why are Thousands of Central Americans Fleeing Violence and Economic Devastation? By Black Alliance for Peace, June 28, 2018
US Freezes Aid Funds to West Bank and Gaza By Maan News Agency, June 28, 2018
As in India, US Farmers Caught in Crushing Agribusiness Debt Trap Turn to Suicide in Spiking Numbers By Whitney Webb, June 28, 2018
Attacking the Rights of Workers: The U.S. Supreme Court Hides Behind the First Amendment By Bill Fletcher Jr., June 28, 2018
Neocolonialism and the “Migrant Crisis” By Manlio Dinucci, June 28, 2018
Anti-Muslim Bigotry Is Now US Law By CJ Werleman, June 27, 2018
On Purpose, In Kabul.”121 Bombs per Day on Afghanistan” By Kathy Kelly, June 27, 2018
The Supreme Court Ignores the Reality of President Trump’s Discriminatory Muslim Ban By Cody Wofsy, June 27, 2018
Mexican Elections: US Media Compares López Obrador to Donald Trump By Gregory Shupak, June 27, 2018