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If the left wants to build a mass movement that appeals to millions, we first have to address the tiny, vocal minority in our ranks holding all of us back.
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As Inequality Soars With Bloated Executive Pay, U.K. Group Demands "Radical Action"
Reporting that CEOs in the U.K. earn 162 times more than the average worker, the High Pay Centre calls on government to put immediate caps on executive salaries.
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Toying With Climate: Greenpeace Launches Protests to Rid Shell Oil Branding from Legos
The joint Shell/Lego relationship – which involves some 16 million Lego Ferrari-branded toy cars being distributed to kids at Shell stations around the world – is worth about $116 million.
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Anti-Homeless Spikes Stir Outcry In London
More than 600 people quickly signed up on Facebook to attend a protest while a petition on Charge.org calling to end the anti-homeless spikes attracted over 113,000 signatures in a matter of days.
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Absurd Record Costs Of London Commercial Real Estate Reflects Widened Wealth Gap
As office buildings surpass the height of the property boom prices in 2007, London’s extreme commercial property costs are representative of today's outrageous levels of wealth and expenditures.
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Remeasuring the Games, Brazil and England Crash Out Early In the "Inequality World Cup"
In an attempt to highlight the gap between rich and poor in those countries with teams represented, aid agency Oxfam has rebranded this the "Inequality World Cup."
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Ready to Be Heard, 1.5 Million British State Workers Prepare Massive July 10 Strike
Government employees are infuriated by a state pay offer of just £14,000 ($23,500) – a 1% raise that fails to keep pace with the 1.9% rate of inflation which has gripped the country.
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Outrageous Decline in British Healthcare A Result of Cuts and Privatization
How fiscally responsible is it for the government to subsidize big banks with taxpayer money while insisting it has to make billions in cuts to the National Health Service?
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Inequality and Poverty Causing Shocking Number of Child Deaths in Great Britain
Child health experts in the U.K. are now warning that social and economic inequalities have become a matter of life or death.
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Worker Militancy Gaining Momentum As British Firefighters Strike Over Pensions
Firefighters across the U.K. are heading to the picket lines to protest changes to their pensions – the latest unrest in Britain over government austerity measures.
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U.K. Teacher Strikes Reveal Public Sector Unrest As Trade Union Power Grows
A series of teacher strikes over pensions, pay and conditions in England and Wales are the most recent example of larger nationwide resistance to austerity and privatizations.
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The country’s new prime minister, Andy Burnham, has promised a break from the politics of the last 40 years—realizing more broadly that Labour must stand up for the 99% against big business, or the party will become irrelevant.
The tragic shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo is just the latest example of ICE having a fundamental disrespect for human life — further proving why the agency should be stripped of funding and shut down, and its rank-and-file agents and leadership prosecuted.
While the U.S., EU and their allies are enabling Rojava—the strongest force against Islamic State— to fall, it is vital for internationalists to continue to support this beacon of democracy and liberation.
June 23, 2026 may be remembered as the beginning of the end of the Democratic Party establishment.
If the left wants to build a mass movement that appeals to millions, we first have to address the tiny, vocal minority in our ranks holding all of us back.
The current wave of food recalls is a direct byproduct of President Donald Trump’s administration deliberately removing the safeguards put in place aimed at protecting American consumers more than a century ago.
From a pro-democratic perspective, civil society and new media organisations are surging in the aftermath of the Orban regime.
We can still celebrate success while simultaneously putting a cap on net worth.
The country’s new prime minister, Andy Burnham, has promised a break from the politics of the last 40 years—realizing more broadly that Labour must stand up for the 99% against big business, or the party will become irrelevant.
The current wave of food recalls is a direct byproduct of President Donald Trump’s administration deliberately removing the safeguards put in place aimed at protecting American consumers more than a century ago.
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From a pro-democratic perspective, civil society and new media organisations are surging in the aftermath of the Orban regime.
Posted 1 month 1 week ago
If the left wants to build a mass movement that appeals to millions, we first have to address the tiny, vocal minority in our ranks holding all of us back.
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