crimes of capitalism
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Bankers get record bonuses while workers’ wages lag
"If you apply yourself and work hard, anyone can become a millionaire." This is a popular adage in the United…
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Automakers announce layoffs, increase anti-worker attacks
Workers’ benefits come dead last when profits are at stake for the bosses in the auto industry. With the always-unpredictable…
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Cintas worker killed by capitalist greed
In March, 47-year-old Eleazar Torres-Gomez was killed due to unsafe working conditions at his job. His employer knowingly failed to…
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Gentrification plagues New Orleans’ poor after Katrina
Before Hurricane Katrina, 26-year-old Cindy Cole paid $275 a month for a two-bedroom house in the Lower Ninth Ward of…
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Drug giant Pfizer sued for killing Nigerian children
The state government of Kano, Nigeria, filed criminal charges against the U.S. pharmaceutical company Pfizer in July for improper drug…
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A word from globalization’s ‘have-nots’
Proponents of globalization claim it provides answers to many of the world’s economic problems. But while transnational corporate giants rake…
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Banking giant gets $750 million in ‘corporate welfare’
PSLweb.org is launching a new series of articles detailing the many crimes of capitalism. Check our website regularly for more…
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