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The People's Budget: A Roadmap for the Resistance FY 2018

Congressional Progressive Caucus Congressional Progressive Caucus
The Congressional Progressive Caucus’s People’s Budget: A Roadmap for the Resistance puts political and economic power back in the hands of the people.

Global Left Saturday - July 28, 2018

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Pakistan's Marxist MP, SE Asians vs. RCEP, Polish Amazon Workers, Open Letter from Mideast Women, So Africa Workers Summit, Post-Election Turkey

Household Debt: How the Bottom Half Bolsters the Booming U.S. Economy

Jonathan Spicer Reuters
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The U.S. economy is booming. But the dramatic increase in jobs isn’t increasing wages and the growth in consumer spending has primarily been fueled by the bottom 60 percent of earners, who are exhausting their savings and piling up serious debt.

Colombia Peace Marches Draw Thousands

By Peter Bolton and Jonathan Watts The Guardian
Tens of thousands of Colombians have taken to the streets of Bogotá in support of peace talks aimed at ending Latin America's longest-running insurgency