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.
Globalization and Social Destruction: Stealing Wealth and Health in India By Colin Todhunter, February 07, 2013
Breaking the Chains of Debt Peonage By Chris Hedges, February 06, 2013
What does one TRILLION dollars look like? By Pagetutor.com, February 01, 2013
First Nations Rights: Confronting Colonialism in Canada By David Camfield, January 31, 2013
Poverty versus Progress: Comparing the US and Venezuela By Eric Draitser, January 29, 2013
Kerry Confronted: “When are enough people going to be killed?” By GRTV, January 28, 2013
Health Care in Syria before and During the Crisis By Global Research News, January 25, 2013
Idle No More: The Kattawapiskak River Housing Crisis By GRTV, January 23, 2013
Worldwide “Jobless Numbers”: Global Unemployment Hits Record High, Declining Living Standards By Kate Randall, January 23, 2013
The Hundred Richest People in 2012 Earned Enough to End World Poverty Four Times Over By RT, January 22, 2013
Fractured Land: Confronting Big Oil the Ravages of Neocolonialism By Caleb Behn, January 20, 2013
The Lies Of Democracy and the Language Of Deceit By Colin Todhunter, January 18, 2013
Poverty in America: Growing Share of US Workers Forced to Tap Retirement Accounts By Kate Randall, January 16, 2013
Obama’s Cabinet of Austerity and War By Patrick Martin, January 14, 2013
US life expectancy lowest among industrialized countries By Kate Randall, January 12, 2013
“Fiscal Pain”: Austerity Drives Up European Unemployment to Record Levels By Stefan Steinberg, January 09, 2013
Spain’s United Left Coalition against Neoliberalism and Economic Austerity By Dick Nichols, January 08, 2013
Surviving the Fiscal Cliff: America’s Middle Class Has Been “Saved”—Or Has It? By Danny Schechter, January 07, 2013
Following the “Fiscal Cliff” Agreement, Drastic Bi-partisan Spending Cuts By Patrick Martin, January 07, 2013
“Endless Growth” Based on Consumerism. Is there an Alternative to Capitalism and Oligarchy? By Colin Todhunter, January 07, 2013
Stagnation and Recession in America: US Jobs Report Points to an “Economy Mired in Crisis” By Barry Grey, January 05, 2013
Institutionalized Inequality in America: Widening Gap Between Rich and Poor By Stephen Lendman, January 04, 2013
Latvia’s Economic Disaster Heralded as a Neoliberal “Success Story”: A Model for Europe and the US? By Jeffrey Sommers and Prof Michael Hudson, January 03, 2013
The American People are the Big Losers In The Cliff Deal By Washington's Blog, January 03, 2013
Fiscal Cliff Over, Now the Attack on the People Begins By Kevin Zeese, January 02, 2013
What are the Benefits of Going Off “The Fiscal Cliff”? By Devon Douglas-Bowers, December 31, 2012
Responsible Fiscal Cliff Resolution By Stephen Lendman, December 31, 2012
Labour Unrest and a Slowing Economy in China: Unpaid Wages Spark Strikes By John Chan, December 30, 2012
Workers’ Rights in South Africa: Does the Ruling ANC Party Represent the People? By Eric Draitser, December 27, 2012
Obama’s Grand Charade: Say No to the Staged Dismantling of Medicare and Social Security By Margaret Flowers, December 27, 2012
Berlin: A Grim Christmas for Many. Urban Poverty in Germany. Homelessness in the Inner City By Ernst Wolff, December 25, 2012
Massive Growth of Social Inequality across America By World Socialist Web Site, December 25, 2012
Fiscal Cliff Reality By Stephen Lendman, December 22, 2012
Unemployment and Poverty in America: 75 Economic Numbers From 2012 that are Almost too Crazy to Believe… By The Economic Collapse Blog, December 21, 2012
Obama proposes Social Security Cuts By Patrick Martin, December 20, 2012
The Mayan 2012 Prophecy: The Orwellian “End of the World” Doomsday is “Made in America” By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, December 19, 2012
Obama, Republicans move toward deal to slash social programs By Barry Grey, December 18, 2012
Growing Social and Wealth Inequality in America By Prof Rodrigue Tremblay, December 16, 2012
Corporate Tax Breaks and Job Creation in the U.S. By Ann Robertson and Bill Leumer, December 15, 2012
Destructive Macroeconomic Policy: When the “Fiscal Cliff” Hits An Iceberg… By Danny Schechter, December 15, 2012
2012 In Focus: Bankers’ Banquet, Economic Recession and the Social Crisis By Colin Todhunter, December 15, 2012
The Insufferable Human Drama of Evictions in Spain By Jérôme Roos, December 14, 2012
The Great Social Security Robbery By Prof. James Petras, December 14, 2012
Deepening Recession: Economic Austerity, Crisis and Resistance in Portugal By Mark Bergfeld, December 14, 2012
Poverty and Social Exclusion Rising in Greece By Leonidas Oikonomakis, December 13, 2012
Western Sanctions and the War Against Iran’s Public Health By GRTV, December 13, 2012
Quantitative Easing Benefits the Super Rich … And Harms The Little Guy and the American Economy By Washington's Blog, December 13, 2012
Decentralize Big-Retail: How to Uproot Walmart and Bring Jobs Back Home By Tony Cartalucci, December 11, 2012
Living with Austerity: Depression Hangs over Greek Islands’ Economy By Chris Jones, December 10, 2012
“Shadow Statistics”: More Phony Employment Numbers By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, December 10, 2012
The “Fiscal Cliff” and the Dismantling of Medicare By Kate Randall, December 10, 2012
Ireland: The Devastating Social Impact of Economic Austerity Measures By Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin, December 08, 2012
Mexico Rising: “Peña Nieto is not my President!” By Leonidas Oikonomakis, December 03, 2012
Are the Venezuelan People’s Gains `Solely Because of Oil’? By Paul Kellogg, November 30, 2012
The Legal Creation of Race in America By Devon Douglas-Bowers, November 30, 2012
Bangladesh Sweatshop Fire By Stephen Lendman, November 29, 2012
Six Reasons the “Fiscal Cliff” is a Scam: A Mechanism for Rolling Back Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. By Prof. James K Galbraith, November 29, 2012
The Brutal Face of Global Capitalism By Peter Symonds, November 28, 2012
“Austerity”: The 1%’s Global Battle Cry By Mark Vorpahl, November 28, 2012
Lisbon On Strike: Fighting Back Against Austerity By Brandon Jourdan, November 27, 2012
Solidarity or Exclusion? British Columbia Unions and Chinese Mineworkers By David Camfield, November 27, 2012
Four More Years: Into Africa By Conn Hallinan, November 26, 2012
Globalization in India: Social Reality Bites, Hard Labour In Chennai By Colin Todhunter, November 26, 2012
The Social Crisis in the US By Andre Damon, November 25, 2012
The Social Crisis in the US. The Figures are Staggering By Andre Damon, November 24, 2012
West Papua: The Secret War in Asia By GRTV, November 21, 2012
Utopia on the Horizon: Inside the Greek Crisis By Leonidas Oikonomakis and Jérôme Roos, November 20, 2012
Greece: Days of Decline By GRTV, November 19, 2012
Nearly 50 Million Living in Poverty in US By Kate Randall, November 16, 2012
Portugal General Strike: This is What Austerity Looks Like By Brandon Jourdan, November 15, 2012
Sandy: Katrina Redux? By Stephen Lendman, November 14, 2012
Tropical Storm Sandy: Natural or Political Disaster? By Prof. James Petras, November 13, 2012
Congress to Cut Benefits for Veterans? By Michael Prysner, November 13, 2012
Obamacare: Just give us a bill to hype; we don’t care what it is By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, November 12, 2012
Greece Tax Fraud Scandal. Widespread Corruption Linked to Private Swiss Bank Accounts By Tom Burghardt, November 12, 2012
Living and Dying in the Global Economy By Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin, November 11, 2012
Capitalism and Climate Change: When a Natural Disaster Becomes a Social Disaster By Raymond Lotta, November 10, 2012
Haiti’s New Dictatorship and the Legacy of Sandy By Justin Podur, Ken Freedman, Michael Premo, and Michael Welch, November 09, 2012
Obama Wins Second Term, But America Remains More Divided Than Ever By Patrick Henningsen, November 07, 2012
Greece’s Uncertain Future: Social Crisis, Fascism and the Rise of Poverty By Brandon Jourdan and Marianne Maeckelbergh, November 07, 2012