Austerity

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

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.

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

Kenny Stancil, staff writer

"The people of New York have sacrificed enough during this pandemic—it's depraved to ask them to sacrifice even more to close our state's budget gap while wealthy New Yorkers are richer now than they've ever been."

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

Julia Conley, staff writer

"No one is entitled to their seats," said Medicare for All advocate Cynthia...

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

Kenny Stancil, staff writer

Failing to increase taxes on the rich to support recovery will lead to "...

'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

As Rosselló Resigns, Renewed Protests Demand 'Real and Radical Change' Instead of Continued Austerity and Corruption

UN Expert Warns Inequality and Austerity Intensifying Global Mental Health Crisis

Time for 'New Vision' Clear as UN Expert Gives Blistering Takedown of UK Austerity

Further

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."