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Petition against Gang of 6 debt ceiling bill which cuts Social Security and threatens Medicare and Medicaid: from Dennis Kucinich
The Raw Deal? by Congressman Dennis Kucinich, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 “A Big Deal.” That’s what the White House has been fighting for the past few weeks in negotiations over raising the debt ceiling. It was a search for a … Continue reading
U.S. Consumer Confidence Now Lower Than At Height Of Global Recession
REUTERS LONDON (Susan Fenton) – Global consumer confidence fell in the second quarter to its lowest level in a year and a half as an uncertain economic outlook, a deepening euro zone debt crisis and rising inflation made people more … Continue reading
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NIKE Faces New Worker Abuse Claims In Indonesia
Our only choice is to stay and suffer, or speak out and be fired. HUFFINGTON POST SUKABUMI, Indonesia (AP) — Workers making Converse sneakers in Indonesia say supervisors throw shoes at them, slap them in the face and call them … Continue reading
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Climate Debt Report from the Word Development Movement
Climate loan sharks: how the UK is making developing countries pay twice for climate change In Climate loan sharks, the World Development Movement and the Jubilee Debt Campaign reveal that the UK is pushing $1.1 billion of climate loans, via … Continue reading
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GORE BLASTS OBAMA ON CLIMATE CHANGE
Bowing to political resistance from Republicans and some in his own party, Obama abandoned an effort and a campaign pledge to enact legislation that would put the first-ever limit on greenhouse gases. By Dina Capiello HUFFINGTON POST WASHINGTON — Former … Continue reading
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State Of The Ocean: ‘Shocking’ Report Warns Of Mass Extinction From Current Rate Of Marine Distress
By Travis Donovan HUFFINGTON POST If the current actions contributing to a multifaceted degradation of the world’s oceans aren’t curbed, a mass extinction unlike anything human history has ever seen is coming, an expert panel of scientists warns in an … Continue reading
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Global Commodity Prices Only Getting Higher This Decade: Report
REUTERS PARIS (Gus Trompiz) – World commodity prices will keep up their relentless push higher this decade compared to previous years, supported by burgeoning demand for food and fuel as well as knock-on effects from energy costs, the FAO and … Continue reading
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IMPACT OF WAR & CONFLICT SPENDING ON WOMEN & POVERTY
Panel on Women-Poverty-Crises-Human Rights United Nations Human Rights Council 17 3 June 2011 IMPACT OF WAR & CONFLICT SPENDING ON WOMEN & POVERTY Beatrice Fihn, Reaching Critical Will – WILPF www.reachingcriticalwill.org According to the new report released by Stockholm International … Continue reading
“We are not commodities in the hands of bankers and politicians”: Protests Grow in Greece Over Austerity Measures
“You got the disease, we got the solution — revolution,” read one banner. “We are not commodities in the hands of bankers and politicians.” By George Georgiopoulos REUTERS ATHENS, June 5 (Reuters) – Tens of thousands Greeks rallied in central … Continue reading
Posted in AUSTERITY, CAPITALISM, DEMOCRACY, GLOBALIZATION, INTERNATIONAL, POLICY, PROTESTS, SOLUTIONS
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