India: Economic Growth and Increasing Poverty
People at the bottom of Indian society exist in extreme poverty. The Global Hunger Index published its annual ratings last week. India has fallen for the third year running and…
Race and climate inequality inextricably linked
Race and climate inequality are linked. The poor suffer more from climate change. And if you are Black, you are more likely to be poor.
Deep-rooted racism in Australia
Farmers argued that the standards applied to European employees were out of place when dealing with Aboriginal workers. Some weren't paid, or paid very little and treated poorly.
Rich Pickings
The astonishing wealth of the truly rich Popular British newspapers habitually quote footballers’ salaries as a weekly wage, and fans are encouraged to gasp when the top ones are on…
And So This is Christmas
Christmas is extraordinary. It is full of contradictions and confusions. There are some who claim it as the Festival of Yuletide, others the Birth of the Sun and, for Christians,…
The poor just keep getting poorer
I AM always angry at the levels of poverty and inequality, not just in the UK but throughout the world, but became even more so last week when I saw…
Billions in profit while millions die – the cost of COVID
WHILE the news of the emergence of a new COVID 19 variant, Omicron, does not bode well for the health of people the world over, pharmaceutical companies must be rubbing…
Inequality Causes ‘Adverse Birth Outcomes’
A REPORT from a national study into the negative effects of poverty, racism and discrimination on childbirth has been published by The Lancet. The data, compiled by the National Maternity…
Are the Tories really the party of working people?
What is Boris Johnson selling? Boris Johnson’s attempt at rebranding himself as a ‘populist’ is seemingly still ongoing. The larger project of gaslighting and duping the UK into believing the…
Stealth austerity is a smash and grab
Austerity measures were inevitable. The government is to introduce a regressive tax to pay for their terrible record on the NHS and social services. At the same time, they will…