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South Africa: Capital's Insatiable Drive for Profits at the Heart of Wage, Employment Crisis
Cape Town :: South Africa | 12 days ago
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If capital is to be believed, it is the worker who is the main source of South Africa's contemporary social and economic problems. Every time the annual season of wage negotiations is about to begin, as it is now, representatives of capital unleash a
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Global lenders 'linked to Vietnam land grabs'
Phnom Pénh :: Cambodia | 12 days ago
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26 More than 1.2 million hectares of land in Cambodia alone have been leased for rubber plantations [EPA] Global Witness, a group that campaigns on resource issues, has accused Vietnamese rubber firms bankrolled by an arm of the World Bank and
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371 units okayed for construction in Kibbutz Beit Oren
Jerusalem :: Israel | 12 days ago
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The plan includes 371 new housing units to replace those burned during the Carmel fires. According to the Carmel Coast Regional Council, housing units will be used by kibbutz residents whose homes were burned. (Ahiya Raved)
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Ex-Mayor on 'horrendous' meetings
Doncaster :: United Kingdom | 12 days ago
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Peter Davies former Doncaster Mayor Horse racing fan Peter Davies could not have chosen a better venue for his last stand against the powerful Labour political machine in Doncaster. The main stand at the town's famous racecourse was chosen for the
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A Super-Simple Way To Give Everyone An Income That Both Conservatives And Liberals Can Love
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 12 days ago
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Getty Images Here's an idea for stimulating the economy: Free money for everyone, all the time, with no exceptions or conditions ...Writing in Wonkblog over the weekend, Mike Konczal explains the economics of a Universal Basic Income (UBI). The idea
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Who has most low-wage jobs? The feds
Fort Wayne :: IN :: USA | 12 days ago
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Federal taxpayers employ more low-wage workers than Wal-Mart and McDonald's combined, a new study calculates. The report from the consulting firm Demo estimates that taxpayer dollars fund nearly 2 million private-sector jobs that pay $24,000 a year
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Translating the Jubilee manifesto to viable economic growth won't be easy
Nairobi :: Kenya | 13 days ago
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The administration should avoid using direct wage policies such as the recently announced increase in the minimum wage Tax credits could be targeted to encourage firms to hire youth and other marginalised groups. When the National Rainbow Coalition
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Labour launches referendum campaign
Inverness :: United Kingdom | 14 days ago
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Labour is launching its own campaign to keep Scotland in the UK, distancing itself from Better Together colleagues. The party usually works with its opponents inside the pro-Union campaign but said it wanted to put across a "different view" of
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Maritime dispute to be addressed
Hanoi :: Vietnam | 14 days ago
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The two neighbors should effectively control and properly handle disagreements in the South China Sea through negotiation and dialogue mechanisms, and "strengthen maritime cooperation by transferring disparities into opportunities", said State
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Review: Between Friends, By Amos Oz (Trs Sondra Silverston)
Rome :: Italy | 14 days ago
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Kibbutz life is based on principles of economic and social equality. As Amos Oz demonstrates in this engaging collection of eight stories, translated from Hebrew by Sondra Silverston, communal living can be lonely and those that strive for equality
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