Billionaires target Social Security for cuts
The campaign was kicked off by Larry Fink, head of the $14 trillion investment fund BlackRock, and Jeff Bezos, the longtime boss of Amazon and owner of the Washington Post.
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Oxfam Canada report reveals record levels of income and wealth inequality in 2025
The richest 1 percent in Canada holds nearly $1.25 trillion in wealth, or almost as much as the bottom 80 percent combined.
Steve Hill•
Governing parties suffer losses in Danish election
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Birmingham bin strike: Labour council leader offers talks with Unite on sellout terms
What has been accepted on a de facto basis by the Unite apparatus—including the axing of the WRCO role—must be challenged by rank-and-file workers to prevent a final sell-out.
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Mike Head•
Marc Wells•
Kate Randall•
Margot Miller•
Paul Mitchell•
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May Day 2022: Finance capital and the deepening crisis of global capitalism
This is the report delivered by Nick Beams to the 2022 International May Day Online Rally held on May 1. Beams is a longstanding leader of the International Committee of the Fourth International and an expert on Marxist economics.
Nick Beams•
Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee: The end of the “New Elizabethan Age”
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The Uvalde massacre and the pathological violence of American life
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David Walsh•
The US baby formula crisis and capitalism’s indifference to the lives of children
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