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Harvesting discontent

Harvesting discontent

"I earn R800,00 per month and with this money I have to feed, clothe and fend for my family of eight. We barely survive; I cannot even afford to buy school shoes for the children. I cannot take it any longer"- Gertie Beukes, Ashton farmworker. "We produce the food...

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The end of cheap oil | by Phil Gasper

Capitalism has no solution to the world energy crisis as oil prices reach record highs. BY NOW everyone in the United States knows that world oil prices are going through the roof.  Gas in the U.S. is now over $4 a gallon and the Associated Press reports that there...

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U.S. Jobs, GDP, and the Eurozone | by Jack Rasmus

Friday, June 1, is a date that marks a shift in the public consciousness of the state of the US and global economy.  What was touted for months over the past winter as a rebound taking hold in the US economy and that the US economy was ‘exceptional’ and would not...

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