disaster capitalism

‘Imagine Having Ability to Do This All Along, and Choosing Not to’: Eli Lilly Cuts Cost of Insulin Amid Covid-19 Outbreak

“A family member showed me her monthly bill for insulin, more than $2,000. To live,” tweeted reporter Joyce Philippe.…..People are dead because Eli Lily refused to lower the cost of insulin all along, instead price gouging us and raising prices year after year for no reason other than greed,” said Seay. “They don’t get a …

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Critics Decry ‘Massive Step in Wrong Direction’ as Big Banks Move to Buy Up Fracking Industry Assets With Coronavirus Bailout Funds

Disaster Capitalism:”For banks to take over the oil and gas companies, economic journalist Doug Henwood told Common Dreams Friday, they will be using assurances of funding from the Federal Reserve included in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act passed in March to combat the COVID-19 outbreak. Henwood said he found it “appalling” that public …

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A Just and Healthy World is Possible: WECAN Advocacy and Solutions Series

“As we face the double crises of COVID-19 and climate disruption, and with much of the world in lockdown, there is a crack, an opening, in the system where we have the possibility to shape a new world, and dismantle the detrimental, institutionalized systems of patriarchy, colonization, racism, and predator capitalism that lie at the root of …

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In cover of the pandemic: Advocates raise questions about proposal to allow some nuclear waste to be disposed in landfills

Trump Administration floats nuclear waste dumps in municipal landfills to save costs for industry…..“NRC’s action could transform most municipal dumps into radioactive repositories, with essentially no safeguards for workers, nearby residents, or adjoining water tables,” he said. “ Advocates raise questions about proposal to allow some nuclear waste to be disposed in landfills By Rachel Frazin …

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“Coronavirus Capitalism”: Naomi Klein’s Case for Transformative Change Amid Coronavirus Pandemic

Watch ‘Coronavirus Capitalism’: Naomi Klein’s Case for Transformative Change Amid Coronavirus Pandemic SIGN THE PETITION: Consumers Want a Regenerative Green New Deal! Democracy Now: “Coronavirus Capitalism”: Naomi Klein’s Case for Transformative Change Amid Coronavirus Pandemic Democracy Now Author, activist and journalist Naomi Klein says the coronavirus crisis, like earlier ones, could be a catalyst to …

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TRUTHOUT Op-Ed| How Capitalism Stokes the Far Right and Climate Catastrophe

“A capitalist system that prioritizes profit and perpetual growth over all else is the mortal enemy of global aspirations for a sustainable economy that satisfies needs rather than stock portfolios. “Green capitalism” was touted as a compromise that could allow humanity to keep the planet and eat it too……… Far too often, efforts to reel …

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