Healthcare systems, related sectors unprepared for crisis There was a sense of shock and disbelief when news was released about the death of Thomas Eric Duncan on Oct. 8 at the Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital…
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Abstract This paper starts with summarizing the major theoretical elements in the definition of a global ruling class. It then examines how neoconservatives in the US took power and used regime change to…
You’ve heard about the wave of recent protests calling on fast food chains like McDonald’s and Burger King to raise wages for their employees, who are forced to live on next to nothing….
A worker employed by a contractor at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant died on Friday after being buried by a sudden cave-in of a trench. TEPCO stated it regrets the work of the…
Like ravenous beasts of prey attacking a weakened antelope, the forces of subsidized capital and their mercenaries sunk their fangs into the United Auto Workers (UAW) and its organizing drive at the Volkswagen factory in…
CAGLIARI, Sardinia (Reuters) – Pope Francis made one of his strongest attacks on the global economic system on Sunday, saying it could no longer be based on a “god called money” and urged…
Australia’s handling of prostitution is often cited as a success model, particularly the framework adopted by the State of Victoria. In the 1970s illegal brothels masqueraded as massage parlors and street walkers proliferated the street…
South African workers are continuing their struggle against the bosses with strike actions spreading from the mines, automobile plants, air transport technology stations to construction sites. On September 3, thousands of members of the National…
While developments in Egypt in the aftermath of the military coup and a series of military and police massacres against supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood have dominated the western media, a series of strikes inside…
On July 16, 2013, Goldman Sachs, the fifth largest US bank by assets announced its second quarter profits doubled the previous year to $1.93 billion. J. P. Morgan, the largest bank made $6.1 billion in…