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US facing PEASANT REVOLT as Americans demand free cash – Max Keiser

Posted on January 13, 2021January 13, 2021By Editor

The hosts of the Keiser Report, Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert, look at demands for free money for the people, which are rising fast and furiously as lockdowns and quantitative easing continue. … Read More >US facing PEASANT REVOLT as Americans demand free cash – Max Keiser

Business

Russia to invest more than $200 billion in fighting poverty

Posted on December 25, 2020December 25, 2020By Editor

The Russian government is to spend a total of 15.3 trillion rubles (nearly $207 billion) over five years to reduce poverty and boost citizens’ real incomes, the country’s Accounts Chamber has said in its latest report. … Read More >Russia to invest more than $200 billion in fighting poverty

Op-ed

UNICEF feeding our children is a humiliation that lays bare a broken system – is the UK a 3rd-world country now?

Posted on December 21, 2020December 21, 2020By Editor

The faux outrage being expressed over the UN agency stepping in to provide for hungry children in London is misplaced. Focus on the problem’s root causes – and bring about real and lasting change to end poverty. … Read More >UNICEF feeding our children is a humiliation that lays bare a broken system – is the UK a 3rd-world country now?

Shows

Best of Redacted Tonight Special

Posted on December 19, 2020December 19, 2020By Editor

In this Best of Redacted Tonight Special episode, Lee Camp and the Redacted Tonight team go back to some of the most exciting stories of the year. Camp starts off on the acceleration of extreme inequality through this pandemic. Levels of wealth and poverty are breaking records. … Read More >Best of Redacted Tonight Special

Business

Putin wants to cut poverty in Russia by half in next decade

Posted on December 18, 2020December 18, 2020By Editor

The goal of reducing the share of Russians with incomes below the subsistence level from 13.5 percent to 6.5 percent by 2030 is ambitious, but realistic, according to Russian President Vladimir Putin. … Read More >Putin wants to cut poverty in Russia by half in next decade

Op-ed

Poverty is rising fast, but it’s part of a decades-long project which the lockdowns of 2020 will only accelerate

Posted on December 15, 2020December 15, 2020By Editor

A new study highlights worrying levels of destitution in Britain, with the situation worsening. But it’s no accident: lockdowns and The Great Reset are the latest stage in an elite-friendly project shovelling wealth ever upwards. … Read More >Poverty is rising fast, but it’s part of a decades-long project which the lockdowns of 2020 will only accelerate

Shows

Coronavirus: ‘Extreme poverty set to rise most in developing countries!’ (UN rapporteur on poverty)

Posted on December 12, 2020December 12, 2020By Editor

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to UN Special Rapporteur on Poverty and Human Rights Olivier de Schutter. He discusses why the coronavirus pandemic is an opportunity for governments to wake up to their responsibilities on poverty alleviation, why a major opportunity has been missed to force corporations to pay fair wages and tackle the climate crisis with green investment … Read More >Coronavirus: ‘Extreme poverty set to rise most in developing countries!’ (UN rapporteur on poverty)

USA

Billionaires’ ‘pandemic profits’ alone could pay for $3K stimulus checks to EVERY American – report

Posted on December 11, 2020December 11, 2020By Editor

American billionaires made so much money during the Covid-19 pandemic that their profits since March are enough to give every US resident a $3,000 check without cutting into their pre-virus wealth, a new report shows. … Read More >Billionaires’ ‘pandemic profits’ alone could pay for $3K stimulus checks to EVERY American – report

2mn UK families at risk of plunging into poverty with lockdowns projected to DOUBLE ‘destitution levels’, study finds

Posted on December 10, 2020December 10, 2020By Editor

Rising poverty in the UK is expected to get far worse due to economy-crippling policies billed as necessary to stop the spread of Covid-19, a new study has found, predicting that two million families will soon lack essentials. … Read More >2mn UK families at risk of plunging into poverty with lockdowns projected to DOUBLE ‘destitution levels’, study finds

Russia

Covid-19-driven recession may see Russian economy contract by 4.5% & a million plunged into poverty, says finance guru Kudrin

Posted on November 29, 2020November 29, 2020By Editor

The economic consequences of Covid-19 are becoming clearer, and they aren’t good. The number of Russians in poverty is projected to grow by about a million by the end of 2020, with the overall economy due to fall as much as 4.5%. … Read More >Covid-19-driven recession may see Russian economy contract by 4.5% & a million plunged into poverty, says finance guru Kudrin