Inequality
Our house is burning down and we’re blind to it!
SPEECH BY MR JACQUES CHIRAC
PRESIDENT OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC
TO THE PLENARY SESSION
OF THE WORLD SUMMIT ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
JOHANNESBURG
MONDAY 2 SEPTEMBER 2002
Mr President,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Our...
The lie of global prosperity
The Lie of Global Prosperity: How Neoliberals Distort Data to Mask Poverty and Exploitation
by Seth Donnelly
“We’re making headway on global poverty,” trills billionaire philanthropist...
Oxfam: 26 billionaires control as much wealth as poorest half of...
22 January 2019
As members of the world’s financial elite gather today in Davos, Switzerland, for the opening of the annual meeting of the World...
Ces économistes qui valident le sentiment d’iniquité des « gilets jaunes...
December 16, 2018
Si le point de départ du mouvement des « gilets jaunes » a été l’introduction d’une hausse des taxes sur le carburant, on peut...
La baisse des impôts est-elle compatible avec la diminution des inégalités...
December 12, 2018
Aujourd’hui, les « gilets jaunes » réclament à la fois une baisse des impôts et une meilleure redistribution. Mais peut-on avoir les deux à...
Gilets Jaunes Belgique
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Corbyn Calls for Global Movement Against Inequality, Offers Support to Latin...
8 November 2018
With the political landscape in Latin America shifting, particularly in Brazil which has just elected far-right presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro, British leftist...
Becoming Serfs
By Chris Hedges
Aug 26, 2018
You know the statistics. Income inequality in the United States has not been this pronounced in over a century. The...
Rob Nixon: Gov’t Inaction on Climate Change Is “Slow Violence” That...
August 02, 2018
With unprecedented fires, floods and heat waves sweeping the globe, 2018 is on track to be the fourth-hottest year on record. The...
The Opioid Epidemic in America – Killing One Million People
The Triumph of Capital (Creating a Domestic ‘Shithole’)
By James Petras and Robin Eastman-Abaya
The link between capitalism and drugs reaches back to the middle...