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Richest 1% Took 38% of New Global Wealth Since 1995. The Bottom Half Got Just 2%

08/12/21

Author:

Jake Johnson

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Common Dreams

Richest 1% Took 38% of New Global Wealth Since 1995. The Bottom Half Got Just 2%

Dec. 7, 2021

A new report finds that global inequities in wealth and income are "about as great today as they were at the peak of Western imperialism in the early 20th century."

In the nearly three decades since 1995, members of the global 1% have captured 38% of all new wealth while the poorest half of humanity has benefited from just 2%, a finding that spotlights the stark and worsening gulf between the very rich and everyone else.

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The Left's Response to Capitalism's Death Spiral

06/12/21

Dec. 5, 2021

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U.S.-Russia confrontation over Ukraine threatens to become all-out war — but why?

06/12/21

Author:

Medea Benjamin - Nicolas J.S. Davies

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Salon

Nov. 23, 2021

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How Canada became a vaccine villain

05/12/21

Author:

Nikolas Barry-Shaw

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The Breach

image of masked people, barbed wire, vaccine vials

Dec. 5, 2021

Pharma lobbying nearly doubled before Liberal government moved to block TRIPS waiver

Until recently, nobody could accuse Justin Trudeau of being Big Pharma’s BFF.

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Canada

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Cuba’s Vaccine Could End up Saving Millions of Lives

30/11/21

Author:

Branko Marcetic

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Jacobin

A medical worker displays a dose of Cuba’s Soberana 2 vaccine against COVID-19 at a school in Havana, Cuba. (Joaquin Hernandez / Xinhua via Getty Images)

Nov. 22, 2021

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WHO Seeks New Global Pandemic Treaty

29/11/21

Author:

Jason Beaubien

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National Public Radio

On November 29, the World Health Organization will convene a virtual summit for its member states to consider the handling of future outbreaks. Pictured above: WHO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. Sean Gallup/Getty Images

Nov. 28, 2021

The World Health Organization is convening a special session of its governing body, the World Health Assembly, to start talks on a new global treaty covering pandemics. Representatives of WHO's 194 member states will meet virtually for three days starting on Monday to consider new international rules for handling future outbreaks.

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Thousands of Women March in Chile Against Fascism

29/11/21

Author:

Telesur

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Telesur

Thousands of women participate in a march called by feminist associations in commemoration of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, today in Santiago (Chile) | Photo: EFE / Alberto Valdés

25 November 2021

Young women, adults and girls gathered at dusk in the central Plaza Italia in Santiago to march - amid chants and music - on Alameda Avenue, the main artery of downtown Santiago, which remained blocked for several hours.

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Chilean Lawmakers Approve Equal Marriage Bill

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Big Oil’s Big Lie About Who Caused the Climate Collapse

29/11/21

Author:

Eve Ottenberg

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Counterpunch

Oil pollution in Lago Agrio. Photograph Source: Julien Gomba – CC BY 2.0

Nov. 26, 2021

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'It Was Entirely Avoidable': Rich Countries Blamed as New Covid Variant Sparks Global Alarm

28/11/21

Author:

Jake Johnson

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Common Dreams

A patient with the Covid-19 breaths in oxygen in the Covid-19 ward at Khayelitsha Hospital outside of Cape Town, South Africa. (Photo: Rodger Bosch/AFP via Getty Images)

Nov. 26, 2021

"Allowing new variants to emerge and spread, 13 months into the vaccine era, is a policy choice by the rich world."

The detection of a new, heavily mutated, and potentially vaccine-resistant coronavirus variant in Botswana and other nations is sending shockwaves worldwide as public health officials rush to understand the strain and its possible impact on the global pandemic response.

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Green Future Beyond Capitalism - Varoufakis, Chomsky, Pettifor - Video

23/11/21

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You Tube

Screen Shot Chomsky, Varoufakis, Pettifor

A highly educational hour about capitalism and the power we have to replace it. Some reformism, but... Gene McGuckin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGFdvw8cOR4&list=PL9tZgxsBenc3PIgw8bo7PvBtMq9XLcZoj&index=17

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Global

A new report finds that global inequities in wealth and income are "about as great today as they were at the peak of Western imperialism in the early 20th century."

Pharma lobbying nearly doubled before Liberal government moved to block TRIPS waiver

"Allowing new variants to emerge and spread, 13 months into the vaccine era, is a policy choice by the rich world."

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