living conditions
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AIDS drug company Abbott Laboratories inflates prices to reap more profits
Breakthroughs in medical research in the mid 1990s provided new hope for people infected with HIV, the virus that causes…
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New Wal-Mart scheduling system increases worker exploitation
Wal-Mart—the largest private retailer in the United States—is about to completely change the system it uses for scheduling workers’ shifts.…
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Preparing for class struggle in the capitalist crises ahead
The following is adapted from a talk given at a public meeting of the Party for Socialism and Liberation in…
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Real estate tycoons gouge New York City tenants
This article was first published in the December 2006 issue of Socialism and Liberation magazine. For millions of workers, paying…
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Navajo elders resist corporate greed, environmental degradation
The four corners area of New Mexico—the only place in the United States where four states come together in one…
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Disaster preparation and the capitalist state
In the early hours of Dec. 14, a vicious storm with hurricane force winds hit the Pacific Northwest causing extensive…
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Andrew Young, Wal-Mart and class unity
From the December 2006 issue of Socialism and Liberation magazine. Many were surprised last February when Andrew Young decided to…
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Richest two percent own half of world’s wealth
"…in proportion as capital accumulates, the lot of the labourer, be his payment high or low, must grow worse." —…
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FEMA battles to eliminate housing for Katrina victims
Two weeks after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast, President Bush stood in Jackson Square in New Orleans and declared,…
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U.S. suburban poor outnumber urban poor
A recent Brookings Institute study exposes the growing rate of poverty throughout the United States. It demonstrates that poverty affects…
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