March 24th is the anniversary of the first AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP) demonstration on Wall Street-the world’s financial center. Their target: Big pharma profiteering from the AIDS pandemic. […]
Horwitz: Garment Workers Bore the Brunt of COVID Economic Loss
Earnings on garment workers bore the brunt of bad economics during COVID pandemic, according to Jacob Horwitz, Field Director at the Global Labor Justice – International Labor Rights Forum. His […]
Wall street makes a killing on rising food prices
What does Wall Street have to do with rising food prices? Amanda Starbuck, Research Director for Food and Water Watch, says that “swaps”, that is, bets on whether the price […]
Meet the Big Banks Funding the Climate Crisis
For today’s special Earth Day preview show, Thursday host Allen Ruff speaks with local activists Emily Park and Seth Jensen from 350 Wisconsin about the recent “Banking on Climate Chaos” […]
NYSE/IEC works to financialize the Ecosystem for $1000 Trillion
Wall Street, and the newly formed Intrinsic Exchange Group (IEC), is working hard to financialize the ecosystem. Randy Wray, Professor of Economics at Bard College and Co-editor of the Journal […]
Wall street contributed $2.9B to 2020 elections
Wall Street spent at least $2.9 billion on the 2020 elections, equating to $4 million a day, and a billion dollars more than the 2016 elections. Carter Dougherty, Communications Director […]
