Max Lawson: World’s Richest Doubled Their Wealth While Millions Fell Into Poverty

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goingundergroundRT on Jan 19, 2022

We speak to Max Lawson of Oxfam about the ‘Inequality Kills’ report, which details how while 99% of humanity’s income fell, 160 million were pushed into poverty and 1 person died every 4 seconds over the course of the Coronavirus pandemic…the top 10 richest men saw their wealth more than double from $700 billion to $1.5 trillion dollars, a rate of $1.2 billion a day.

Watch the video on Odysee.

See also:

Inequality Kills, by Oxfam

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As Long as Capitalism Exists, The Threat of Fascism Exists, by Pete Dolack

Eugene Puryear: US in 2021: Crisis at Home, Chaos Warriors Abroad

Chris Hedges: Exploitation

Chris Hedges: The Pathology of the Rich

How To End The Pandemic

The Tragedy of the Worker, by Aragorn Eloff

Working Conditions are Getting Worse in the US, by Pete Dolack

How the Pandemic Laid Bare the Cruelty of Capitalism, by Kenn Orphan

Mystery: How Wealth Creates Poverty in the World by Michael Parenti

The Spirit Level: Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger + How Economic Inequality Harms Societies (must see)

We Are So Poor Because They Are So Rich by Dariel Garner