by MGx Staff | Dec 29, 2014 | Economy
Published on Monday, December 29, 2014 by Common Dreams by Jon Queally, staff writer “The future has already begun.” That’s what Alexis Tsipras, head of the leftwing Syriza Party in Greece, reportedly said on Monday after parliament failed in its...
by MGx Staff | Nov 6, 2014 | Economy
Published on Thursday, November 06, 2014 by Common Dreams by Jon Queally, staff writer More than 300 global corporations and financial institutions—including well-known names like Pepsi Co., FedEx, JP Morgan Chase, and Amazon—have created complex tax avoidance schemes...
by MGx Staff | Nov 2, 2014 | Economy
Published on Saturday, November 01, 2014 by Common Dreams by Lauren McCauley, staff writer Update 2:20 EST: Protest organizers Right 2 Water estimate that over 150,000 people came out to protest the water charge scheme. In a statement released Saturday afternoon, they...
by MGx Staff | Oct 28, 2014 | Economy
Published on Tuesday, October 28, 2014 by Common Dreams by Sarah Lazare, staff writer Children remain “the most enduring victims” of the recession in the world’s wealthiest nations, where 2.6 million children have fallen below the poverty line since...
by MGx Staff | Oct 14, 2014 | Economy
Published on Tuesday, October 14, 2014 by Common Dreams by Jon Queally, staff writer The top one percent of the wealthiest people on the planet own nearly fifty percent of the world’s assets while the bottom fifty percent of the global population combined own...
by MGx Staff | Oct 13, 2014 | Global
Published on Monday, October 13, 2014 by Common Dreams by Lauren McCauley, staff writer In what is being claimed as a victory for “anti-imperialists,” President Evo Morales on Sunday was elected to his third term as Bolivia’s president. Morales, who...