Puget Sound Anarchists: **Politicians Squabble, People Starve**
https://pugetsoundanarchists.org/politicians-squabble-people-starve/
anonymous submission – The government shutdown looms large in the minds of the hungry. Two opposing poles of power – both against the…
#Analysis #Uncategorized #Classwar #Governmentshutdown
Chip Butty
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Masks are down.
EU conservatives vote with far right to approve cuts to green rules
The outcome highlights the EPP’s willingness to abandon its traditional centrist coalition allies.
Lawmakers in the European Parliament on Thursday agreed to exempt more companies from green reporting rules after the center-right, right-wing and far-right groups allied to pass the EU's first omnibus simplification package.
The outcome illustrates the EPP's willingness to abandon its traditional centrist allies and press ahead with the support of far-right groups to pass its deregulation agenda, setting a precedent for future lawmaking in Parliament for the rest of the mandate.
https://www.politico.eu/article/epp-votes-with-far-right-to-approve-cuts-to-green-rules/
#fascism #europe #EUPolicy #eu #Climate #ClimateCrisis #greenenergy #capitalism #classwar
Masks are down.
EU conservatives vote with far right to approve cuts to green rules
The outcome highlights the EPP’s willingness to abandon its traditional centrist coalition allies.
Lawmakers in the European Parliament on Thursday agreed to exempt more companies from green reporting rules after the center-right, right-wing and far-right groups allied to pass the EU's first omnibus simplification package.
The outcome illustrates the EPP's willingness to abandon its traditional centrist allies and press ahead with the support of far-right groups to pass its deregulation agenda, setting a precedent for future lawmaking in Parliament for the rest of the mandate.
https://www.politico.eu/article/epp-votes-with-far-right-to-approve-cuts-to-green-rules/
#fascism #europe #EUPolicy #eu #Climate #ClimateCrisis #greenenergy #capitalism #classwar
ProPublica examined months of Fox News’ coverage and reviewed over 700 videos posted on social media.
The network used five-year-old footage, mislabeled other dates and implied footage from elsewhere was in Portland.
https://www.propublica.org/article/portland-protests-national-guard-fox-news-coverage?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Portland #Oregon #NationalGuard #Protest #Fox #Media #Trump #ICE
mkb
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Tinker ☀️
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Local police in at least in 1 California city are boosting patrols to defend corporate grocery chains from shoplifters, as millions of Americans lose SNAP and WIC benefits.
Esther Payne :bisexual_flag:
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"A male who has divested of male privilege, who has embraced feminist politics, is a worthy comrade in struggle, in no way a threat to feminism, whereas a female who remains wedded to sexist thinking and behavior infiltrating feminist movement is a dangerous threat."
- bell hooks, Feminist Is For Everybody: Passionate Politics
"A male who has divested of male privilege, who has embraced feminist politics, is a worthy comrade in struggle, in no way a threat to feminism, whereas a female who remains wedded to sexist thinking and behavior infiltrating feminist movement is a dangerous threat."
- bell hooks, Feminist Is For Everybody: Passionate Politics
Local police in at least in 1 California city are boosting patrols to defend corporate grocery chains from shoplifters, as millions of Americans lose SNAP and WIC benefits.
dch :flantifa: :flan_hacker:
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Tommi 🤯 → 39C3
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Stephen Dioxide :TwinPines:
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Yogthos
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APROPOS OF EVERYTHING
MIT created the mathematical proof we are living in a protracted #classWar waged by the parasitic capitalist classes.
Living Wage Calculator
https://livingwage.mit.edu/
❝ We developed the Living Wage Calculator to… estimate the local wage rate that a full-time worker requires to cover the costs of their family’s basic needs where they live…❞
in Manhattan, a living wage should be $33/hour.
the purpose of a capitalist is to keep us in debt & poverty
a table of the base minimum annually expenses for people without children and up to 3 kids. it includes food, housing, internet, health care, etc.
i’ll focus on the required annual income, AFTER TAXES, needed to live in NYC. this presumes the worker is exposed to the vagaries of housing without rent-control pricing:
0 Children - $56,138
1 Child - $95,156
2 Children - $117,239
3 Children - $145,871
for Manhattan, table of LIVING WAGE (LW) vs POVERTY WAGE (PW) vs MINIMUM WAGE (MW) :
with 0 Children
- LW $32.85
- PW $7.52
- MW $15.50
with 1 Child:
- LW $55.38
- PW $10.17
- MW $15.50
APROPOS OF EVERYTHING
MIT created the mathematical proof we are living in a protracted #classWar waged by the parasitic capitalist classes.
Living Wage Calculator
https://livingwage.mit.edu/
❝ We developed the Living Wage Calculator to… estimate the local wage rate that a full-time worker requires to cover the costs of their family’s basic needs where they live…❞
in Manhattan, a living wage should be $33/hour.
the purpose of a capitalist is to keep us in debt & poverty
a table of the base minimum annually expenses for people without children and up to 3 kids. it includes food, housing, internet, health care, etc.
i’ll focus on the required annual income, AFTER TAXES, needed to live in NYC. this presumes the worker is exposed to the vagaries of housing without rent-control pricing:
0 Children - $56,138
1 Child - $95,156
2 Children - $117,239
3 Children - $145,871
for Manhattan, table of LIVING WAGE (LW) vs POVERTY WAGE (PW) vs MINIMUM WAGE (MW) :
with 0 Children
- LW $32.85
- PW $7.52
- MW $15.50
with 1 Child:
- LW $55.38
- PW $10.17
- MW $15.50
ABOLISH BILLIONAIRES
❝ The Living Wage Calculator’s estimates are based on the costs of eight components, each of which represents a basic need: childcare, civic engagement, food, health care. housing, internet & mobile, transportation, and other necessities… [i͟t͟] d͟o͟e͟s͟ n͟o͟t͟ b͟u͟d͟g͟e͟t͟ f͟o͟r͟ e͟a͟t͟i͟n͟g͟ o͟u͟t͟ a͟t͟ a͟ r͟e͟s͟t͟a͟u͟r͟a͟n͟t͟ o͟r͟ m͟e͟a͟l͟s͟ t͟h͟a͟t͟ a͟r͟e͟n͟’t͟ p͟r͟e͟p͟a͟r͟e͟d͟ a͟t͟ h͟o͟m͟e͟; l͟e͟i͟s͟u͟r͟e͟ t͟i͟m͟e͟, h͟o͟l͟i͟d͟a͟y͟s͟, o͟r͟ u͟n͟p͟a͟i͟d͟ v͟a͟c͟a͟t͟i͟o͟n͟s͟; o͟r͟ s͟a͟v͟i͟n͟g͟s͟, r͟e͟t͟i͟r͟e͟m͟e͟n͟t͟, a͟n͟d͟ o͟t͟h͟e͟r͟ l͟o͟n͟g͟-t͟e͟r͟m͟ f͟i͟n͟a͟n͟c͟i͟a͟l͟ i͟n͟v͟e͟s͟t͟m͟e͟n͟t͟s͟.
APROPOS OF EVERYTHING
MIT created the mathematical proof we are living in a protracted #classWar waged by the parasitic capitalist classes.
Living Wage Calculator
https://livingwage.mit.edu/
❝ We developed the Living Wage Calculator to… estimate the local wage rate that a full-time worker requires to cover the costs of their family’s basic needs where they live…❞
in Manhattan, a living wage should be $33/hour.
the purpose of a capitalist is to keep us in debt & poverty
a table of the base minimum annually expenses for people without children and up to 3 kids. it includes food, housing, internet, health care, etc.
i’ll focus on the required annual income, AFTER TAXES, needed to live in NYC. this presumes the worker is exposed to the vagaries of housing without rent-control pricing:
0 Children - $56,138
1 Child - $95,156
2 Children - $117,239
3 Children - $145,871
for Manhattan, table of LIVING WAGE (LW) vs POVERTY WAGE (PW) vs MINIMUM WAGE (MW) :
with 0 Children
- LW $32.85
- PW $7.52
- MW $15.50
with 1 Child:
- LW $55.38
- PW $10.17
- MW $15.50
PersonalEscrito
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The next time someone tells you that "we don't have money for pensions", remember this report about the tax of the elite:
"Wealth inequality is evident worldwide, including in #Europe. As of early 2025, the wealthiest 5% of the population in the eurozone controlled 45% of net household wealth, while the top 10% held 57.4%, according to the European Central Bank (#ECB).
This concentration of wealth keeps the debate over wealth taxes at the centre of discussions in many countries. Most recently, French billionaire Bernard Arnault strongly opposed a proposed 2% levy on citizens with assets over €100 million, calling it “an offensive that is deadly for our economy”.
Over the past three decades, several countries have repealed individual wealth taxes. The number of #OECD members levying such taxes fell from 12 in 1990 to just 4 in 2017. They are European countries: #Austria (1994), #Denmark (1997), #Germany (1997), the #Netherlands (2001), #Finland, #Iceland, and #Luxembourg (all in 2006), and #Sweden (2007)."
https://www.euronews.com/business/2025/09/29/wealth-taxes-in-europe-who-collects-them-and-how-much-do-they-raise
#EatTheRich #classwar #classgap #bourgeoisie