A Royal Wedding for a Nation Sinking Ever-Deeper into Inequality

With so much inequality in the U.K., the sixth most unequal country in the world, the hefty £32 million price tag for the royal wedding is a slap in the face to U.K. citizens who have seen their standard of living and benefits decline over years of government-imposed austerity.

Whitney Webb
بواسطة Whitney Webb

LONDON – The royal wedding between the U.K.’s Prince Harry and American actress Meghan Markle, due to take place today, has been in the headlines for some time, serving as a convenient distraction from other major events – from the mass shooting of unarmed protesters in Gaza to efforts by certain U.S. officials to sabotage the Korean peace talks.

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Mexico’s Coming Election Could Be The World’s Most Important Referendum on Inequality

Mexico rates as one of the world’s most unequal major nations, and the party of the presidential candidate topping the polls pledges to confront those concentrating the nation’s “economic and political power.

Sam Pizzigati
بواسطة Sam Pizzigati
Andrés Manuel López Obrador

The upcoming presidential election in Mexico — now just eight weeks away — may well prove to be this year’s most significant worldwide referendum on inequality. Mexico, after all, rates as one of the world’s most unequal major nations, and the party of the presidential candidate currently topping the polls — Andrés Manuel López Obrador —

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Karl Marx: The Political Activist We Need More Than Ever

The lessons of Karl Marx show that our tasks are to heighten class conflict by exposing the reality of abhorrent inequality and create new systems to replace failing capitalism.

Kevin Zeese
Margaret Flowers
بواسطة Kevin Zeese
و Margaret Flowers
A bronze statue showing German philosopher Karl Marx is unveiled on occasion of the 200th birthday of Marx in Trier, Germany, Saturday, May 5, 2018. The statue was created by Chinese artist Wu Weishan and is a present of China. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

In 1848, Marx wrote, “philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways; the point, however, is to change it.” On this 200th anniversary of the birth of Karl Marx we focus on Marx as a political activist, rather than what he is best known for, an economist and philosopher who wrote some of the most important analyses explaining

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The US Is One of the Only Countries That Doesn’t Recognize International Workers’ Day

It’s not a coincidence that while most Americans are struggling, just three individuals—Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, and Warren Buffett—together own as much wealth as half of the country combined.

Saurav Sarkar
بواسطة Saurav Sarkar
Protesters march on Wall Street in front of the New York Stock Exchange, Tuesday, May 1, 2018. Workers and activists marked May Day with rallies around the world to demand their government address labor issues. (AP/Mark Lennihan)

Most of the world recognizes May 1—May Day—as International Workers’ Day. Here in one of the few countries that doesn’t, it’s worth pausing to ask how U.S. workers are doing. At an event last December, Fight for $15 organizer Terrence Wise recalled “going to bed at night, ignoring my own stomach’s rumbling, but having to hear my three little

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Report: Women Are 217 Years Away From Equal Pay

In the U.S., African American women earn only 60 cents, Native American women 59 cents and Hispanic women 55 cents for every US$1 that white men earn.

teleSUR
بواسطة teleSUR
Protesters build a wall of signs outside the White House for the Women's March on Washington during the first full day of Donald Trump's presidency in Washington, Jan. 21, 2017. (AP/John Minchillo)

On average, women are paid nearly 23 percent less than men and in countries like Turkey, the gap can be as much as 75 percent. As a response to the staggering gender pay gap revealed in the World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap Report, the U.N. Women agency has adopted the theme of "Press Progress," in 2018 to emphasize how the vast

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Golden State Engulfed In Poverty: California’s Inequality Epidemic

While some are enjoying luxurious $20 avocado toasts, factory-district lofts, and other perks of the booming tech economy, California is now ranked as having the worst quality of life and the highest poverty rate in the entire United States

Elliott Gabriel
بواسطة Elliott Gabriel
Homeless tents are dwarfed by skyscrapers in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

LOS ANGELES -- California is a state with two faces. One face wears a beaming, optimistic smile -- reflecting pride in its sprawling coastline, its natural beauty. Its entertainment industry makes the state a cultural superpower, while its tech sector attracts millennial entrepreneurs and talent from across the world. With its ethnic diversity,

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