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‘Summer Camp for Billionaires’ returns as America’s richest get together to network and seal deals
The lavish annual event dubbed “Summer Camp for Billionaires” returned to Idaho’s Sun Valley Resort Tuesday, following a 2020 cancellation on account of the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown. … Read the…
Donald Rumsfeld’s press, then and now
ON WEDNESDAY, DONALD RUMSFELD—who, as defense secretary under George W. Bush, was a driving force behind the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq—died. Major outlets wheeled out pre-written obituaries. The AP’s,…
Baby you’re a (super) rich man!
Millionaires, Mega Millionaires and even a few Billionaires run our corporations, our media and of course our politics. … Read the full article at Nation of Change.
Taxing the Wealth of Multibillionaires
Sarah Anderson joins the Bernie Sanders social media team to discuss a wealth tax and ending the stepped up basis loophole. Watch the full video on Sen. Sanders’ social media…
How a Grassroots Campaign Defeated a Big Mining Company in El Salvador
At a time when all caring people are seeking a new way forward out of a year of unimaginable death, destruction and rampant inequality, along comes a book that gives…
CEO pay jumped 16% last year, while workers saw just a 1.8% gain
Many CEOS, at the start of the pandemic, vowed to not take a salary last year to keep layoffs to a minimum. But new preliminary data from the Economic Policy…
Biden backs waiving vaccine patents. Is climate tech next?
The Biden administration earlier this month sent shock waves through the pharmaceutical industry when it expressed support for waiving COVID-19 vaccine patent protections. … Read the full article at E&E…
A ceasefire has ended the Israeli bombardment — but where does this leave Gaza?
An Israel-Gaza ceasefire last week ended 11 days of bombardment that killed 258 Palestinians and 12 Israelis. A massive Israeli police action called Operation Law and Order, targeting Palestinian citizens…
Three Ways Israel Benefits From Their War With Gaza
Phyllis Bennis, director of the New Internationalism Project at the Institute for Policy Studies, joins WPFW’s Morning Morning QB to discuss the latest developments in Israel and Palestine. Specifically, Bennis…
The Israel-Palestine Conflict, U.S. Public Opinion, and Gaza
On this edition of Parallax, although a ceasefire appears to be on the horizon between Israel and Hamas, it still worth discussing the latest developments in the Israel/Palestine for those…
In Wake of HRW Apartheid Report, Israeli Propagandists Launch Global PR Offensive
NEW YORK — A recently released bombshell Human Rights Watch (HRW) report has made waves around the world. For the first time, the New York-based non-governmental organization has categorized Israel…
Israel is not South Africa! is liberal Zionist response to HRW’s ‘apartheid’ charge
We were bound to talk endlessly about the April 27 Human Rights Watch report accusing Israel of the “crime of apartheid” — but the news justifies us being a broken…
The Pandemic Pivot
John Feffer of the Institute for Policy Studies spoke with global policy experts to examine what the world could be like after the COVID-19 pandemic. This virtual event was hosted by Town…
Canadian company believes #Namibia is sitting on the next – and perhaps even the last – giant onshore oil find
A Canadian company believes Namibia is sitting on the next – and perhaps even the last – giant onshore oil find. IPS associate fellow Emira Woods joined CNN’s One World…
Does the U.S. Owe Reparations to Afghanistan, Should U.S. Troops Leave?
Bennis and Wilkerson agree on reparations but disagree on whether the U.S. should withdraw all troops. Phyllis Bennis and Larry Wilkerson join Paul Jay to discuss the pros and cons…
Ending America’s longest war
President Biden has announced that the U.S. will be withdrawing all troops from Afghanistan by September 11th, ending America’s longest war. Today on the show we’ll talk about what military…
Tope Folarin, Morehouse grad, wins prestigious Whiting Award with debut novel
Tope Folarin, the son of Nigerian immigrants and a 2004 graduate of Morehouse College, has won the Whiting Award for fiction. … Read the full article at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
2021 Whiting Awards Honor 10 Soon-To-Be-Big Writers
The winners of this year’s Whiting Awards have been announced; the $50,000 prize is aimed at allowing emerging writers to focus full-time on their work — or to branch off…
Tech billionaires are staying “very, very quiet” on proposals to tax their wealth
Billionaires like Bill Gates have long said that they, theoretically, would be in favor of paying much more money in personal taxes. … Read the full article at Vox.
How Biden’s Infrastructure And Jobs Plan Is Hardly Radical
President Joe Biden is moving full steam ahead with a political agenda that has split the difference between his ambitious campaign platform and his centrist Democratic Party roots. Promoting an…
Phyllis Bennis Discusses Iran Nuclear Talks and the Bombing of a Nuclear Facility in Iran
An update on the rising tensions in the Middle East, as the U.S. is in talks with Iran. Meanwhile, a nuclear facility in Iran was attacked and Iran claims it…
How the ”Wealth Defense Industry” Uses a Wide Range of Trusts, Foundations, Offshore Shell Companies and Fake Losses to Hide Trillions of Dollars
Chuck Collins, author of “The Wealth Hoarders: How Billionaires Pay Millions to Hide Trillions,” discusses economic inequality and how the ”Wealth Defense Industry” uses a wide range of trusts, foundations,…
India’s Farmer Protests Are Also About Climate Change
On March 6, thousands of farmers in India blocked a major six-lane highway bordering the capital city of New Delhi for five hours. The demonstration marked 100 days of one…
How Biden’s Environmental Justice Plan Could Backfire
The Biden administration’s $2.2 trillion infrastructure plan promises to seed a transformation toward a more democratic energy system, but its embrace of “next-generation” technologies may spark environmental justice battles, analysts…
Why Activists Distrust This Plan to Cut Emissions From Cars and Trucks
Life is gray around P.T. Barnum Apartments, a housing complex for low-income residents in Bridgeport, Connecticut, where Monica Jackson grew up and lived until recently. Within just a few minutes’…
Why activists distrust this plan to cut emissions from cars and trucks
Life is gray around P.T. Barnum Apartments, a housing complex for low-income residents in Bridgeport, Connecticut, where Monica Jackson grew up and lived until recently. Within just a few minutes’…
The Rise of Fascism: It’s India’s Turn
Fossil fueled fascism is not limited to the west. The roots of India’s ruling party go back to Mussolini and Nazis. Repressing minorities as they increase wealth and power of…
The shocking ways billionaires, highly profitable companies hide their money
At 60-stories high and 684-feet tall, Boston’s Millennium Tower, a residential luxury high-rise that opened in 2016, is the fourth-tallest building in the city. It is also a virtual ghost…
Childhood in African literature
One of the key experiences of African identities in the millennial age is migration. As previous chapters have demonstrated, contemporary African writers are not only “children of the oil boom”…
Climate divestment activists draw inspiration from South Africa’s anti-apartheid struggle
The global boycott against South Africa’s apartheid regime was the largest of its kind in the second half the 20th century. This divestment movement is credited, in part, for helping…
