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A Modest Proposal : Eat the Rich!
Photo by chrisjfry / Flickr.Serve the people!Carve up Wall Street By Alex Knight / The Rag Blog / November 20, 2009 See Amy Goodman’s interview with Robert Scheer on Wall Street and the economy, from Democracy Now!, Below. Yesterday, Democracy … Continue reading
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Tagged Banking, Broadcast Media, Capitalism, Democracy Now, Economy, Obama Administration, Poverty, Wall Street
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Austin Street Scene : ‘CAPITALISM SUX!’
Sign of the times. Photo by Roger Baker / The Rag Blog. Now that hard times are back, I regard this fellow as a reminder that there are smart guys at the bottom who know the score. By Roger Baker … Continue reading
Rabbi Arthur Waskow : Like War? You’ll LOVE Global Scorching
As long as the oil and coal keep pouring CO2 into our planet’s atmosphere, the food will wither, the ice will melt, the oceans will flood, and people will die — and kill. By Rabbi Arthur Waskow / The Rag … Continue reading
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Tagged Global Warming, Judaism, Peace Movement, Poverty, Rabbi Arthur Waskow
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California Homeless : Hundreds March For a Legal Place to Sleep
John Kraintz (top), who is homeless, was part of the procession that began at Loaves & Fishes in Sacramento. Photo by Lezlie Sterling / Sacramento Bee. Karen Hersh (below), a homeless woman, carries her belongings at the tent city in … Continue reading
Haiti Needs More Than Words from the U.S.
Haitian suburb. See video below. Haiti needs U.S. support for democracyBy Ansel Herz / The Rag Blog / May 1, 2009 Secretary of State Hillary Clinton stood on the floor of a textile factory in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti, earlier this month … Continue reading
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Tagged Caribbean, Obama Administration, Poverty, United Nations, World Economy
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Glimpses of Our (North American) Future?
Here’s a cheery holiday story from exotic, picturesque Japan. Mariann Wizard / The Rag Blog An elderly man walks away from a Tokyo grocery store after being observed stealing medicine for an upset stomach. Photo: CNN.Report: More elderly Japanese turn … Continue reading
Hunger: Not Just an Overseas Problem
50 Percent More US Kids Hungry in 2007By Michael J. Sniffen / November 17, 2008 WASHINGTON – Some 691,000 children went hungry in America sometime in 2007, while close to one in eight Americans struggled to feed themselves adequately even … Continue reading
Zwarich: Eradicating Racism Means Eradicating Poverty and Deprivation
People at Mom’s Place, a homeless shelter in Detroit.Photo: Ankur Dholakia / The Detroit News.A Post Racial America?Are we anywhere NEAR there yet?By Zwarich / The Rag Blog / November 15, 2008 A very good article from a young Black … Continue reading
Israel: Murdering Palestinians Through Starvation
The Red Cross says the diets of those living in the impoverished Gaza Strip are deteriorating. Photo: AFP/Getty/Mahmud Hams.Chronic malnutrition in Gaza blamed on IsraelBy Donald Macintyre / November 15, 2008 The Israeli blockade of Gaza has led to a … Continue reading
Hunger: The Real Killer in Afghanistan
Up to 18 million people in Afghanistan live on less than US$2 a day and are considered food-insecure, FAO says. Photo source.Hunger could kill more people in Afghanistan than the TalibanBy AsiaNews / October 31, 2008 At least 8.4 million … Continue reading
World Hunger: Such a Goddamned Nuisance
World Food Day: Global Crises’ Double StandardsBy Ramzy Baroud / October 25, 2008 The 25th annual World Food Day, marked on 16 October, was an occasion whose arrival and passing received little media attention or governmental fanfare. Evidently, much of … Continue reading
Poverty: Governments Can Be Forced to Do Right
More than 116 million people stood against poverty this weekend.© Global Call to Action against PovertyAnti-Poverty Rallies Smash World RecordBy Haider Rizvi / October 23, 2008 UNITED NATIONS – The worldwide anti-poverty mass action that took place last weekend has … Continue reading
