Poverty | -Poverty and America: The Four Lost Decades-

From an article by the New Yorker's John CassidyThe latest poverty and income figures came out this week, and boy are they disturbing. It’s not so much the headline figures, which have been well covered in the Times and elsewhere: 46 million Americans living under the poverty line in 2010, the highest number since the Commerce Department started collecting [...]

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Poverty | -Does hunger still rule?-

The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were set up by the United Nations in the year 1990 to blueprint the steps needed to eradicate poverty worldwide. The 8 goals, including universal primary education and halting the spread of HIV/AIDS, form a set of unprecedented efforts galvanising international action to help the world’s poorest. With the deadline [...]

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Poverty | -How Food is Being Used as a Weapon-

How food is being used as a weapon. naturalnews.com Originally published August 17 2011 How food is being used as a weapon by Anthony Gucciardi (NaturalNews) When people begin to starve, instinctive primal triggers lead to a desire to do absolutely anything for food. Those with food, whether it is the government or a nearby [...]

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Imagine if Ryanair ran the health system.

… or would that be redundant? The Scotsman – Debt-hit students urged to sell their kidneys: STUDENTS should be able to sell their kidneys for tens of thousands of pounds to pay off university debts, according to a Scots academic; Daily Mail – 'Staff came back TWICE to ask if we had paid': Family's anger [...]

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Scientists find new superbug strain of salmonella.

Reuters – As with many bacteria, multi-drug-resistant, or “superbug,” strains of salmonella infection have developed as the bacteria has found new ways of outfoxing the drugs, and these can spread in food and from person to person. The strain, known as S. Kentucky, has spread internationally with almost 500 cases found in France, Denmark, England [...]

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The Global Economic Crisis: Riots, Rebellion and Revolution.

The Global Economic Crisis: Riots, Rebellion and Revolution When Empire Hits Home, Part 3 Global Research, April 7, 2010 This is Part 3 of the series, "When Empire Hits Home." Part 1: War, Racism and the Empire of Poverty Part 2: Western Civilization and the Economic Crisis: The Impoverishment of the Middle Class As nations [...]

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Outcasts: Tens Of Thousands Of Formerly Middle Class Americans Sleeping In Cars,Tent Cities Or On The Streets.

Economic despair is beginning to spread rapidly in America.  As you read this, there are millions of American families that are just barely hanging on by their fingernails.  For a growing number of Americans, it has become an all-out battle just to be able to afford to sleep under a roof and put a little [...]

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Corrupt economy and fatal diseases.

We live in a democratic, free and capitalist state, right? The European Union is based on a democratic constitution and should guarantee free markets but with tarrif protection we save our own agricultural market while manipulating the prices by influencing buyers. With lies about diseases, for example SARS; BSE or the avian flu! Just like [...]

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