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David Graeber, Caustic Critic of Inequality, Is Dead at 59
He wrote about crushing debt, pointless jobs and the negative effects of globalization. And he played a leading role in the Occupy Wall Street movement.
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Green New Deal, Part V: We Must Break the Corporate Bailout 'Logic' to Tackle Covid-19 and Climate
To win the climate argument, advocates must show how Covid-19 bailout funds could be redirected – instead of making similar mistakes as the 2008 financial crisis.
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Britain's Covid-19 Economic Recovery: Looking Beyond Austerity and Johnson’s ‘Big Gesture’ Politics
The most analogous failure to the impending economic turbulence is the financial crisis of 2008, caused, primarily, by the deregulation of the financial industry.
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Amid Backlash and Disillusionment, A Slower Reckoning for the #MeToo Movement In India
Activists are continuing the fight but are exhausted, balancing careers and a movement, that, to most, has become a personal battle.
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How the Pandemic Exposed Faultlines In Capitalism and Failures of Gig Economy
With income streams dissolved due to the crisis, many gig workers are struggling to make ends meet – revealing the core failure of neoliberal capitalism during the pandemic.
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How the Floyd Protests Turned Into a 24-Hour ‘Occupy City Hall’ in N.Y.
Rain or shine, hundreds of protesters have camped outside City Hall around the clock, refusing to leave until the police budget is cut. The encampment is run by a combination of veteran organizers and first-time volunteers, and takes some inspiration from Occupy Wall Street of 2011 at Zuccotti Park.
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Capitalism’s “Dirty Little Secret”: The Threat of Rising Debt During Coronavirus
The economic damage caused by the virus is sure to grow, and as we saw with the 2008 financial crash, forcing people into debt can have catastrophic consequences.
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Pakistan To Hire Pandemic's Unemployed to Plant 10 Billion Trees
The ambitious initiative will translate into an immediate source of income for about 150,000 people left jobless by the pandemic, as it helps reforest Pakistan's drought-plagued countryside.
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Corporations Will Not Save Us: The Sham of Corporate Social Responsibility
The truth is, American corporations are sacrificing workers and communities as never before in order to further boost runaway profits and unprecedented CEO pay.
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New Student-Created Site Crowdsources Global Information About Coronavirus
For all those hunkering down at home, craving more up-to-date resources and verified, trustworthy information on the coronavirus, CoviDB.org may have some answers.
