The financial response to the pandemic lies with the digital giants, the champions of tax evasion, writes Léonce Ndikumana. He also recommends raising taxes on companies benefiting from the virus, such as the pharmaceutical sector.
Category: Labor
Reaching for Guns & Money
The Exploitative System that Traps Nigerian Women as Slaves in Lebanon
Not Just an Orchard, Not Merely a Field
‘USA Political & Economic Collapse’: Hedges Interviews Wolff
U.S. workers, who for long enjoyed a better life than most workers, are being crushed by class war in the midst of a pandemic, and it will only get worse, economist Rick Wolff tells Chris Hedges.
Why Police Unions Are Not Part of the American Labor Movement
Paul F. Clark says the strain between law enforcement and labor goes back to the origins of trade unions in the mid-19th century.
How The Guardian Betrayed Corbyn and the Vestiges of British Democracy
Chris Hedges: America’s Death March
Regardless of the outcome, the U.S. election will not stop the rise of hyper-nationalism, crisis cults and other signs of an empire’s terminal decline, writes Chris Hedges.
COVID-19: Humanity’s Cries Against the Crimes of Death
With millions now infected by the virus, Vijay Prashad presses an agenda to strengthen healthcare systems in capitalist countries.