Austerity

'Punitive, Mean-Spirited' Austerity Has Unleashed 'Great Misery' Across UK, Says UN Report

With No Mention of Climate Crisis and More Austerity, Theresa May's UK Budget Decried as "Insult to Our Young People's Future"

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"The government claims austerity has worked so now they can end it. That is absolutely the opposite of the truth—austerity needs to end because it has failed."

As GOP Moves to Cut Medicare and Social Security, 60% of Americans Say Repeal Trump Tax Scam Instead

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"Working families shouldn't have to pay for the GOP tax bill. The rich and big...

'This Election Is Last Chance to Stop Them': Kudlow Confirms Trump and GOP Ready to Gut Safety Net After Midterms

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"Believe them when they say they are coming after Medicare and Social Security."

As Brazil Mourns, Government Neglect and Austerity Blamed for 'Unbearable Catastrophe' of National Museum Fire

Trump's Executive Order on Retirement Accounts Panned as 'Cruel Joke on American Workers'

Ontario's Right-Wing Government Hit With Class-Action Lawsuit for Canceling Basic Income Program

With 'Carefully Calculated Strategy' to Slash Safety Net Underway, White House Claims War on Poverty 'Largely Over'

Sounding Alarm Over Possible #GOPTaxScam 2.0, 130 Groups Warn Lawmakers Against 'Another Massive Tax Cut' for Wealthy

'Catastrophe' for Poor and Vulnerable as Trumpian Doug Ford Wins in Ontario

Police Unleash 'Brutal Attacks' on Anti-Austerity Protesters in Puerto Rico

With Tax Scam Complete, GOP Caucus Unveils Insane Budget Blueprint to Attack Safety Net

Citizen Scientist Who Helped Expose Flint Water Crisis Honored With Goldman Prize

Outrage Over Puerto Rico's Plan to Close Nearly Third of Its Public Schools

Nearly 800 Quebec Doctors Demand Their Pay Raises Go To Nurses, Improving Healthcare Overall

Watch Enraged Jeremy Corbyn Denounce 'Uncaring' Budget, Call Tories Unfit to Govern

Further

We Are Not Greece, Portugal Is Not Cyprus, Or Is It

Calling on "all citizens, with or without party, with or without a job, with or without hope," a coalition of groups across Europe plan a June 1 demonstration, People United Against The Troika!, to protest austerity measures imposed by the troika of all-powerful financial institutions that have led to unemployment, foreclosures, social inequity and cuts in health care and education, all in the name of a debt crisis that "once again privatizes profits and socializes losses, while demanding...