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Category: Absurdity of Capitalism

No Other Leader Politicizes Pandemic Briefings Like Trump

While Donald Trump has made every White House coronavirus briefing about himself, many of the world’s other leaders let medical experts brief the public. Source: No Other Leader Politicizes Pandemic Briefings Like Trump

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It’s Not Socialism. It’s Another Mega Wealth Transfer. – Craig Murray

Amid the COVID-19 panic, it has hardly been noticed that Carphone Warehouse went bust, with 2,900 people losing their jobs. Its co-founder, David Ross, is of course the billionaire that Boris Johnson Source: It’s Not Socialism. It’s Another Mega Wealth Transfer. – Craig Murray

Read More It’s Not Socialism. It’s Another Mega Wealth Transfer. – Craig Murray

The Paradise Papers reveal that the Queen is the worst parasite of them all

Daily Record

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Editorial-The Story so far is getting loud

The meta-narratives of class warfare are the stories behind the stories.  When this is purposeful or propaganda it often reveals  the agenda of the ruling bodies- corporate institutions, state apparatus or press barons.  The struggle for truth is not just determined by agency  ,  wider circumstances  are always in flux from nation to nation.  Latency […]

Read More Editorial-The Story so far is getting loud

Opinion  -America 2019: Even the Wealthy Are Poorer in Everything That Matters

As the super-successful and super-wealthy discover, financial wealth doesn’t translate into well-being, Source: Opinion  -America 2019: Even the Wealthy Are Poorer in Everything That Matters

Read More Opinion  -America 2019: Even the Wealthy Are Poorer in Everything That Matters

How tax haven investors profit from Edinburgh’s empty sick kid’s hospital

Profits from a controversial new children’s hospital in Edinburgh are being channelled through tax havens to offshore investors, we can reveal, prompting criticism of public sector pension fund managers and the Scottish Government. Source: How tax haven investors profit from Edinburgh’s empty sick kid’s hospital

Read More How tax haven investors profit from Edinburgh’s empty sick kid’s hospital

Nestle Says Requirement to Report Use of Slave Labor Would Cost Consumers More Money

https://thefreethoughtproject.com/nestle-anti-slavery-bill-cost/

Read More Nestle Says Requirement to Report Use of Slave Labor Would Cost Consumers More Money

Socialism, Privacy And Charity For The Powerful. – Caitlin Johnstone – Medium

Source: Socialism, Privacy And Charity For The Powerful. – Caitlin Johnstone – Medium

Read More Socialism, Privacy And Charity For The Powerful. – Caitlin Johnstone – Medium

Lucrative Dealing in the Age of Austerity

Source: Lucrative Dealing in the Age of Austerity

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The Rich Are Spending More Money on Art Than Wine for the First Time in Nearly a Decade, Survey Says | artnet News

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