Capitalism

'Time to Take to the Streets': Working Class Hold 'Enough Is Enough' Rallies Across UK

01/10/22

Author:

Julia Conley

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Demonstrators protest outside 10 Downing Street in London on September 5, 2022, against the U.K. government's handling of the cost of living crisis as one-in-three British households is predicted to face fuel poverty this winter amid surging energy prices. (Photo: Wiktor Szymanowicz/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Sept. 30, 2022

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Labour - Unions

Protest - Revolt

ClimateNews Rich countries fail to strengthen climate plans ahead of UN deadline

01/10/22

Author:

Saphora Smith

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Earth barreling towards ‘uncharted territory', climate report warns

Sept. 27, 2022

The majority of the G20 failed to submit new or strengthened plans to cut emissions to the UN by September deadline

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Eight Reasons Why There Hasn't Been a Global Climate Revolt Yet

01/10/22

Author:

Tamara Pearson

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Youth activists protest against climate inaction on the sidelines of the COP26 summit in Glasgow, Scotland on November 5, 2021. (Photo: Ben Stansall/AFP via Getty Images)

Web editor: Here is a must read.

Sept. 29 2022

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

Oil - Pipelines

Protest - Revolt

Fed Rate Hikes Won't Stop Profiteering Behind Inflation

26/09/22

Author:

Kenny Stancil

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Nation of Change

money

Sept. 23, 2022

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Poilievre Doesn’t Understand The Central Bank’s Real Problems

24/09/22

Author:

Adam D.K. King

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Screenshot via CTV News video on YouTube.

Sept. 23, 2022

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Labour - Unions

Oil - Pipelines

Reversing the Freight Train - The Case for Degrowth

20/09/22

Author:

Geoff Mann

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London Review of Books

Geoff Mann

Website Editor: Some very interesting points on degrowth issues and more.

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Green New Deal/LEAP

Labour - Unions

Employers — Not Workers — Are to Blame for the Labor Crisis

19/09/22

Author:

David Moscrop

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Canada's "labor crisis" is actually a wage crisis. (Spencer Platt / Getty Images)

09.18.2022

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Labour - Unions

Chile's Rejection of the Draft Constitution

13/09/22

Author:

Camila Vergara

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New Left Review

A Santiago protester holds up a placard reading “Wake Up Chile” on September 5, the day after Chilean voters overwhelmingly rejected the country's new Constitution in a referendum vote. (Photo by Javier Torres / AFP)

Sept. 9. 2022

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Indigenous Peoples

Robots Multiplying--Helping or Replacing Workers?

10/09/22

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Peter S. Goodman

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LocusBots at Locus Robotics, a Massachusetts company that aims to automate warehouses with robots.Credit...Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe via Getty Images

This article reminds me of a cartoon I saw 50+ years ago: Henry Ford and a union leader are overlooking an assembly line. Ford says, "No workers here are going on strike!" The union leader replies, "Nope, and none who will buy Fords either."

-- Gene McGuckin

Sept. 7, 2022

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Labour - Unions

Wall Street Giants Set to Smash Profit Records Off Global Hunger, Energy Crisis

10/09/22

Author:

Jake Johnson

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Farmers in Egypt harvest wheat to increase local production in order to relieve the shortage on May 14, 2022. (Photo: Mohamed Abdel Hamid/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Sept. 9, 2022

"People's misery makes capitalists' superprofit," said one critic as commodity traders make a killing off worldwide food and energy chaos.

Russia's war on Ukraine has wreaked havoc on global commodity markets, driving up energy and food prices and exacerbating hunger emergencies around the world.

"We're in a market where speculators are driving prices up."

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