U.S. Executive Pay Soars As "The Outrageous Has Become the Everyday"

According to figures released last week, 38% of the top-paid CEOs of U.S. companies over the past two decades were fired or headed companies that were either bailed out by taxpayers or forced to pay significant fraud-related fines.

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Battling India's Monsanto Protection Act, Farmers Demand End to GMO

On August 8, thousands of farmers and activists from across 20 Indian states demonstrated in New Delhi against the Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India (BRAI) Bill, and demanded an end to GMOs in India.

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Tens of Thousands of Greeks Retake the Streets In General Strike Over Job Cuts

Demonstrators poured into Athens' central Syntagma Square on Tuesday as unions, protesting controversial plans to slash 25,000 public sector jobs, brought the country to a standstill in a fourth general strike this year.

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Act Before the Bail-In: Now Is the Moment to Seize Public Banking

As an individual or as a public official, if you have money in one of the big banks, you have essentially given your money to that gambler and now you are a creditor to the gambler.

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Big Depositors Could Suffer in Future Bank Bailouts Under New Law

Big bank depositors could take a hit under planned European Union law if a bank fails.

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Blind Leading the Blind: The Financial Crisis and the Decline of Democracy

In western Europe we are effectively witnessing a growing inability of the ruling elite, who know less and less how to rule.

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In London, Activists Use Theater to Hammer Austerity and Elitism

London activists used satirical theatre to draw attention to an "obscene congregation of wealth and gluttony" ahead of the European international anti-austerity general strike that's shaking Europe.

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