Neoliberalism’s Assault on the Veteran’s Administration Continues
An impending IT debacle at the Veteran’s Administration, and a bipartisan effort to privatize it.
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Puerto Rico Update: Forests, Power, Depopulation, and Privatization
Puerto Rico’s situation is causing Naomi Klein to rethink “shock doctrine.”
Read more...Andy Slavitt’s United States of Care: A Second “Undertaking” (and What We Can Expect From It)
@USofCare, accounting control fraud, financial predation, conflict of interest, and abuse of workers.
Read more...Private Equity Firms Turn Up Noses at Trump’s Infrastructure Headfake
A perverse bit of good news: PE firms don’t like Trump’s infrastructure scheme.
Read more...Puerto Rico’s New Power Struggle: Privatization
Puerto Rico announces plans to privatise its public utility, even though many residents still lack power 4 months after Hurricane Maria.
Read more...A Day in the Life of an NHS Nurse – How Our Government Is Failing Both Patients and Nurses
Nurses are leaving the NHS, and that’s no accident.
Read more...Carillion Must Now Also Face Justice for Blacklisting Trade Unionists
More on Carillion’s bad deeds.
Read more...Carillion Collapse Will Leave Taxpayers With Big Bills, Produce Knock-On Failures; Shows Danger of “Public/Private Partnerships”
A first look at the implications of the failure of Carallion, a top UK infrastructure firm and provider of outsourced services to governments
Read more...Net Neutrality: The Congressional Review Act, Supportive Constituencies (and Injunctions)
The tiered Internet, a head count for the CRA, and the constituencies that the abolition of net neutrality will harm (including knitters)
Read more...As the Tourists Return, Half of Puerto Rico Remains Without Power, Thanks to PROMESA, while Workers Leave, and Vulture Capital Circles
The story of the missing telephone poles, the Puerto Rican exodus, and the Aurelius case, where nobody knows anything.
Read more...Why Stopping Tax “Reform” Won’t Stop Inequality
Inequality isn’t driven by taxes—it’s driven by the power of capital in relation to workers.
Read more...The Super Wealthy Oxycontin Family Supports School Privatization With Tactics Similar to Those That Fueled the Opioid Epidemic
How the marketing model the Sackler family developed to promote OxyContin is being applied to one of their pet causes, charter schools.
Read more...The Super Wealthy Oxycontin Family Supports School Privatization With Tactics Similar to Those That Fueled the Opioid Epidemic
A fortune derived from the relentless marketing of painkillers is now being used to expand charter schools.
Read more...Matt Bruenig: Land as Soil and Land as Space
Looking at arguments used to justify original claims on land (meaning private ownership versus common ownership or use).
Read more...LA School Board Ready to Rumble Over Charter Schools
The LA school board is finally cracking down on charter schools’ intransigence.
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