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Inequality and Social Justice

Intellectual Property Monopolies Block Vaccine Access

By Anis Chowdhury and Jomo Kwame Sundaram (*) SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 15 2020 (IPS) – Just before the World Health Assembly (WHA), an 18 May open letter by world leaders and experts urged governments to ensure that all… Continue Reading →

Health, Human Rights, Inequality and Social Justice, Racism

A Vaccine That Was Hijacked by the Rich

By Thalif Deen*                                                 “Vaccinating the world against COVID-19 will be one of the largest mass undertakings in human history, and we will need to move as quickly as the vaccines can be produced”-  Henrietta Fore, UNICEF Executive Director. UNITED… Continue Reading →

Civil rights, Health, Inequality and Social Justice, Science, xenofobia

World Bank Urges Governments to Guarantee Private Profits

By Jomo Kwame Sundaram and Anis Chowdhury (*)     KUALA LUMPUR and SYDNEY, Nov 24 2020 (IPS) – The World Bank has been leading other multilateral development banks (MDBs) and international financial institutions to press developing country governments to ‘de-risk’… Continue Reading →

Civil Society, Economy / Finance, Inequality and Social Justice

Global Poverty Soars– As Incomes of World’s Billionaires Hit New Highs

By Thalif Deen* Addressing poverty eradication last week, just ahead of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty on October 17, UN chief António Guterres warned that the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic are falling “disproportionately on the most… Continue Reading →

Economy / Finance, Health, Inequality and Social Justice, Neo-liberalism

USA 2020: does democracy still exist?

By Roberto Savio* The US is a hopelessly divided, and dysfunctional country Let’s take a look at the American elections which at this moment are important not only for the United States but also for the entire world. The American… Continue Reading →

Democracy, Elections, History, Inequality and Social Justice, Politics

When Quotas Come Up Short

By Marie E. Berry, Milli Lake (*) – Boston Review Some gender equality initiatives help to reinforce exclusion rather than dismantle it. Much has been written about the benefits of electing women to office. Scholars note links between women’s political… Continue Reading →

Inequality and Social Justice, Politics, Women

While Israel celebrates a new peace accord, Palestinians once again lose

By Jonathan Freedland* – The Guardian Netanyahu may have agreed to halt annexation of parts of the West Bank, but the UAE has ensured the occupation itself is normalised Who could be against an announcement of peace between two nations… Continue Reading →

Armed conflicts, Human Rights, Inequality and Social Justice, Politics

Will Anti-Semitism Undermine the Black Lives Matter Movement?

By Khaleda Rahman – Newsweek Black and Jewish activists say charges of anti-Semitism are being used to undermine the Black Lives Matter movement. Concerns about anti-Semitism in the Black community have been fueled by recent comments from Black celebrities, including… Continue Reading →

Civil rights, History, Inequality and Social Justice, Racism

While EU leaders squabble, the Elephant in the Room remains unnoticed

By Yanis Varoufakis* While the media are reporting the news of the deadlocked EU Summit negotiations over the so-called ‘Recovery Fund’, an eerie silence prevails regarding the Elephant in the Room: The huge wave of austerity the Eurozone is sleepwalking… Continue Reading →

Economy / Finance, Health, Inequality and Social Justice, Neo-liberalism, Politics

‘I Got Him,’ Said Fired Atlanta Police Officer Immediately After Shooting Rayshard Brooks

By Khaleda Rahman – Newsweek  “I got him” were the first words uttered by the police officer who shot Rayshard Brooks, according to Fulton County District Attorney Paul L. Howard Jr. The killing of Brooks, a 27-year-old black man, during… Continue Reading →

Human Rights, Inequality and Social Justice, Neo-liberalism, Racism, Violence

Angela Davis on Movement Building, “Defund the Police” & Where We Go from Here

By Amy Goodman – Democracy Now! (*) Guests : Angela Davis world-renowned abolitionist, author, activist and professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz. The uprising against police brutality and anti-Black racism continues to sweep across the United States and… Continue Reading →

Civil rights, History, Human Rights, Inequality and Social Justice, Populism, Racism, Violence

The Guardian view on a green new deal: save jobs and the planet

Editorial   The pandemic is an opportunity to tackle the climate emergency by creating productive green jobs for those made redundant by the crisis Britain needs a green job-filled recovery from the coronavirus crisis. Unlike Germany and South Korea, it… Continue Reading →

Economy / Finance, Environment, Globalization, Health, Inequality and Social Justice, International Cooperation

The Murder of George Floyd Is Normal in an Abnormal Society

By Vijay Prashad* –  Independent Media Institute There is no need to wonder why George Floyd (age 46) was murdered in broad daylight in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on May 25, 2020. The script of his death is written deep in the… Continue Reading →

Civil rights, Inequality and Social Justice, Racism, Violence

Heiner Flassbeck: The Euro Arrangement Is Faulty

By Naked Capitalism – Posted by  Yves Smith Yves here. Regular readers of this site are likely to have encountered previous interviews with Heiner Flassbeck (*), one of the few German economists who has been a consistent and sound critic… Continue Reading →

Economy / Finance, Inequality and Social Justice, Neo-liberalism, Politics

Why Trump and Anti-Lockdown Protesters’ Calls to Return to Normal Are Acts of White Supremacy

By Sonali Kolhatkar* – Independent Media Institute The protests are a form of white privilege in action as the virus disproportionately infects and kills African Americans and people of color. When the coronavirus pandemic was first declared, Americans dutifully stayed… Continue Reading →

Civil rights, Health, Human Rights, Inequality and Social Justice, Populism, Racism

Should we be scared of the coronavirus debt mountain?

Adam Tooze* – The Guardian The pandemic has necessitated huge borrowing – but post-crisis austerity would be the very worst way to deal with it We do not know how this pandemic will end. We do know that we will… Continue Reading →

Economy / Finance, Health, Inequality and Social Justice

Dying for a Better Life – How Rohingya Refugees Risk their Lives to Cross into Malaysia

By Rafiqul Islam  Last week almost 400 Rohingyas were rescued off the coast of Bangladesh after being at sea for two months after their boat failed to reach Malaysia. But the case is not a new one as each month… Continue Reading →

Health, Human Rights, Immigration and Refugees, Inequality and Social Justice, Racism, Religion, Violence, xenofobia

Coronabond debate opens old wounds, Dutch accused of lack of solidarity

DutchNews.nl The Dutch government has been criticised by domestic politicians, MEPs, and Italian mayors and officials for its tough line on EU measures to support countries hard hit by the coronacrisis, and for showing a lack of solidarity to its… Continue Reading →

Economy / Finance, Health, Inequality and Social Justice, Neo-liberalism, xenofobia

Water security for all the inhabitants of the earth

By Riccardo Petrella* Public water. Starting from the universal public security of water, the first world common good for life. It’s evening. Today more than 21,000 children under the age of five have died in the world (7.9 million every… Continue Reading →

Civil Society, Democracy, Environment, Health, Human Rights, Inequality and Social Justice

A COVID-19 VACCINE QUICKLY AND CHEAPLY

By John Scales Avery* The urgent need for a vaccine Public health experts say that if the COVID-19 epidemic is not successfully contained, it could become a global pandemic, perhaps spreading to 80% of the world’s population. With a 1%… Continue Reading →

Health, Human Rights, Inequality and Social Justice, Neo-liberalism, Science

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