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Why was American capitalism unable to prepare for Hurricane Irma? Hurricane Irma and Harvey before it have revealed a country riven by social inequality, plagued by decaying infrastructure and presided over by a ruling elite that acts with criminal indifference when confronted with the basic needs of society.
Trump calls for $1.7 trillion in social cuts Nothing less than a mass movement of the working class will prevent the destruction of Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security, food stamps, public education and every other social gain won by the working class. But this movement must be completely independent of the Democratic Party, the historic graveyard of social protest in America. That includes left-talking demagogues like Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren.
Neo-Nazi network in German Army Exposed The arrest of a German army officer suspected of plotting the assassination of leftist politicians and high-ranking state officials has exposed the operations of neo-Nazi forces at the highest levels of the German military (Bundeswehr).
CIA torture and the crimes of the state the most pertinent and obvious questions that arise from the CIA Torture Report are not even being raised in the political establishment or the media: Who will be held accountable? Who will be indicted? Who will be prosecuted? The Intelligence Committee Democrats, led by Committee Chairman Dianne Feinstein, do not name a single top Bush administration official, limiting their expose to former high-ranking CIA officials.
A US judge declares Detroit residents have no right to water Judge Steven Rhodes openly stated the operating principle that guides the ruling class the world over.
Why have the media and Obama administration gone silent on MH17? After the murder of the 298 people aboard MH17, in which they played an important if as-yet unexplained role, Western governments and intelligence agencies seized upon the tragedy in a reckless and sinister maneuver to escalate war threats against the Putin regime.
One in five US children do not have enough to eat First under Bush and then Obama, trillions of dollars have been handed to Wall Street in the form of bank bailouts, followed by unending cuts in wages, benefits and social programs. The 400 richest individuals in the US now have a collective wealth of more than $2 trillion, or 400 times the annual budget of Feeding America and more than one billion times the average annual income for an individual on food stamps.
GM expands ignition recall to include another defect it concealed General Motors issued a second recall notice on the 2.6 million compact cars it recalled in February and March because of a faulty ignition switch that has caused at least 13 deaths and 31 crashes. As in the case of the recalled ignition switches, GM knew of serious defects in the ignition lock cylinders in the same models for more than a decade, but failed to report the problem.
The Comcast-Time Warner merger: The case for public ownership - World Socialist Web Site The proposed merger of Comcast and Time Warner Cable is a case in point for the necessity of putting major corporations under public ownership.
Outgoing FBI director uses fear-mongering to defend spying programs FBI Director Robert Mueller alleged that new terrorism threats were emerging in Tunisia, Libya, Mali, Algeria, Syria, and Egypt, as well as in the United States during an interview with cable channel CNN on Thursday. The purpose of Mueller's statement is to stoke fear and apprehension in the American population to justify the police state surveillance programs set up by the government.
Train derails, explodes outside Baltimore, Maryland Roughly 1,000 people in the US die in train accidents every year, while train derailments resulting in chemical spills take place nearly every two weeks. The growing frequency of such incidents points not only to the acutely advanced decay and increasingly hazardous state of US infrastructure, but also to the utter unwillingness of the political establishment to meaningfully address the situation.
International law and the US war drive in Syria The expansion of war in the Middle East is being carried out behind the backs of the American people and against their will. A poll published the same day as Obama's press conference found that 62 percent of the American people oppose intervention in Syria, and only 25 percent support it.
New Report Finds Increase In Social Inequality During US "Recovery" The Pew report found that the poorest 93 percent of US households saw, on average, a four percent decline in their net worth during these two years of stock market boom, while the wealthiest seven percent saw their net worth increase by an average of 28 percent.
US states cut higher education spending by nearly a third The cuts to higher education are of a piece with broad attacks on public education by state governments, and especially the Obama administration's "Race to the Top" program. Under this policy, schools in poor districts are held to the same testing standards as those in affluent areas.
Sequester to Spearhead Historic Assault on US Social Programs the sequester crisis marks a new stage in the ruling class assault on the social conditions of working people in America. It will have a devastating impact on social programs and services at the federal, state and local levels, including education, housing, home heating assistance, health care, nutritional assistance, road repair and air transport.