Powerful strike movement emerges in the United States
A series of powerful strikes and social protests have broken out across the United States against intolerable social conditions and breathtaking levels of social inequality.
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All parties in Ontario’s provincial election bear responsibility for the province’s disastrous housing crisis
For low-income workers or those in precarious employment who are fortunate enough to have “affordable” housing, a job loss or reduction in employment hours can quickly lead to homelessness.
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Senate passes $28 million bill that does not resolve US baby formula supply crisis
The US Senate passed by unanimous consent the Access to Baby Formula Act on Thursday, but it will not end the shortages in stores that are expected to persist for weeks if not months.
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Inflation surge past 11 percent in UK a disaster for millions
Numerous reports attest to acute social distress, including millions of people suffering soaring levels of hunger.
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Jacob Crosse•
Kelly Taylor•
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Jacob Crosse•
Kevin Reed•
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“Inequality kills”: Capitalism and the COVID-19 pandemic
On Monday, the British charity Oxfam published a report documenting the malignant growth of social inequality during the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Price surge slashes workers’ living standards
Seven percent inflation in 2021 resulted in a real wage reduction of an average 2.4 percent for US workers.
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Winter of death: Two deadly housing fires in less than a week expose the reality of American capitalism
New York City and Philadelphia saw their deadliest housing fires in decades amid a climate of official indifference to death as the COVID-19 pandemic has been allowed to rage out of control.
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How American capitalism profits on death
Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, the correspondence between mass infection and stock prices is well established. The markets fall when they suspect measures will be taken to stop the spread of COVID-19, and they rise when the disease is allowed to spread unchecked.
Andre Damon•
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Jerry White•
David Brown•
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