Austerity

Biden Taps Bruce Reed, Deficit Hawk and Longtime Enemy of Social Security, for Deputy Chief of Staff

Joe Biden arrives for a meeting with a bicameral and bipartisan group of legislators with his Chief of Staff Bruce Reed on June 22, 2011 on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

Guatemalan President Reviewing Budget, Which Slashed Healthcare Spending, After Outraged Protesters Set Fire to Legislative Building

Julia Conley, staff writer

"We are outraged by poverty, injustice, the way they have stolen the public's money," a psychology professor who attended the protests told the press.

Social Security Defenders Tell Biden to Keep Austerity-Obsessed Bruce Reed Far Away From the White House

Andrea Germanos, staff writer

"In this time of national crisis with millions struggling to get by, we cannot...

As McConnell Vows No Vote on Major Covid Skinny Relief Bill, GOP Seen as Strategizing for Austerity Under Biden

Andrea Germanos, staff writer

The entrance to the office of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) in the U.S. Capitol on September 28, 2020 in Washington, D.C.

Instead of helping Trump's chances of electoral victory, Republicans appear to...

'Just... Tax the Rich' to Avoid Austerity, Patriotic Millionaires Tells NY Gov. Cuomo After Mayor de Blasio Cuts City Spending

Bernie-Inspired Organizers and Rhode Island Voters Deliver 'Crystal Clear Message' With Progressive Primary Wave

Either Raise Taxes on Wealthy to Fund Recovery or Expect Years of 'Grinding Recession,' Argues Nobel Prize-Winning Economist

'Dangerous Complacency': UN Expert Issues Scathing Report Denouncing Global Failures to Tackle Poverty Even Before Covid Pandemic

'Basic Human Decency' Wins as Judge Blocks 'Cruel to Its Core' Trump Effort to Strip Food Assistance From 700,000 People Amid COVID-19 Crisis

Latest Bid by France's Macron to Quell Protests Over Neoliberal Pension Scheme Fails as Strikes Continue

'Everything Is Not Fine': Nobel Economist Calls on Humanity to End GDP Obsession

'We Cannot Continue to Live Like This': Mass Protests in Colombia Latest in Latin American Uprisings

Mass Uprising Against Austerity and Corruption Forces Lebanon Prime Minister and Cabinet to Resign

In Victory for People's Movement, Ecuador Protests End With Government Capitulation on Fuel Subsidies

Ecuador's President Moves Government From Capital as Protests Over Austerity Measures Continue

'Off by $1 Trillion,' Say Progressives on Two-Year Anniversary of Mnuchin Claim Trump Tax Cuts Would Slash Deficit

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A Real Democracy: Occupation By Irish Rough Sleepers, Activists, Unions and Artists Creates A Collective Home

In a citizens’ "act of defiance" to rescue the homeless from Dublin's cold streets, a radical coalition of homeless people, trade unionists, activists and hundreds of volunteers have claimed an empty building and turned it into housing for 40 people. Organizers say the direct action reflects a re-awakened sense of social justice in a country battered by austerity and inequality - one in which, "People are leading where the Government has failed."