millionaires tax
US lawmakers gut critically-needed social spending bill
Facing historic inequality and worsening climate disasters, US workers are in desperate need of a greatly improved social safety net
Swiss left groups intensify campaign to save jobs and public services amid pandemic
The Swiss Party of Labor (PST-POP) has initiated a campaign to institute a Corona Solidarity Tax to help people in distress due to the COVID-19 pandemic, while the Swiss Communist Party has sought a parliamentary initiative to legally prohibit layoffs during this period of crisis
Belgian Workers’ Party proposes ‘millionaire tax’ to help combat COVID-19
The Workers Party of Belgium (PTB/PVDA) has called for imposing a 5% one-time tax on the 2% super-rich people in the country. As of March 24, 4,269 people had contracted the Coronavirus in Belgium, with 122 people dead
Ep 89: Abortion rights in Argentina, and more..
We also report on the “March of Anger’ protest in Belgium, and Young India march in New Delhi.
- United Farm Workers union protests ICE arrests of farm laborers involved in union drive
- Trump’s retaliatory sanctions over Netanyahu arrest warrant halt work of International Criminal Court
- Iran reasserts its right to maintain peaceful nuclear program as US talks show new promise
- Protests in Pakistan’s Gilgit-Baltistan demand the release of detained rights activists
- 100,000 march for Palestine in The Hague as Europe marks Nakba Day
