France

by Daniel Wortel-London

The daily news regularly features commentary about the outrageous and growing income inequality in the USA. The data support the outrage:

• In 1965, the CEO-to-worker salary ratio at the average U.S. company was 21-to-1. Today that ratio is 344-to-1.
• In 2022, CEO pay at 100 S&P 500 companies averaged $15.3 million, while median worker pay averaged only $31, 672, according to an Institute of Policy Studies analysis.

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“Most mercenaries fighting for Israel now are welcomed based on their religious affiliations and dual citizenships, making their accountability pretty complex” – some of them previously fought in Ukraine along the neo-Nazi military wing Azov Battalion.

The post Globetrotting for Genocide: Foreign Fighters From US, France and India Are Fighting Israel’s War in Gaza appeared first on MintPress News.

by Daniel Wortel-London

Advertising works. A recent study by the Advertising Association finds that every dollar of ad spending drives up sales by $21. Ads get us to recognize brands and hum jingles even if we are annoyed by pop-ups. They are particularly effective in driving the kind of unsustainable consumption that is destroying our planet.

This begs a question: Should advertising be limited for the sake of the environment?

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French co-operation with Armenia in its conflict with Azerbaijan is a welcome step towards ending Russian domination in the region

Little attention has been paid to the possibility that perhaps African countries are fed up with the old apparatus, that of Western-supported wealthy and violent dictators - and supposed 'democrats' - who squander their country's wealth to remain in power.

The post What the Media Is Not Telling Us About West Africa appeared first on MintPress News.

Before a military coup removed Gabon’s hopelessly corrupt President, Ali Bongo, from office, he was courted by Obama and feted from Washington to Davos. The US war on Libya which destabilized the region may not have succeeded without him. When a military junta arrested President Ali Bongo Ondimba on August 30, Gabon became the ninth African nation to depose its government through a military coup. As citizens of Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali did before them, crowds of Gabonese poured […]

The post ‘Obama’s man in Africa’ under house arrest as popular coup rocks Gabon first appeared on The Grayzone.

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Riots swept France in early July after cops shot dead a 17-year-old, Nahel M, and then lied about it.

The post French riots a rebellion against poverty, racism and police appeared first on Solidarity Online.

Residents of rural France have reported that a bunch of angry skinny guys have started riding their bikes around the region. “I don’t know who they are but they could do with a good feed and they seemed really pissed... Read More ›

Winemakers from the Goon region of South Australia are today celebrating after international trademark laws were changed to allow only cask wine from the region to be labelled as “Goon”. “If you want to release a “Goon” style cask wine... Read More ›

Despite the controversy, the French President's economic proposals are far from the 'Anglo Saxon' model. Barnaby Towns argues that, when it comes to addressing inequality, the UK could learn from them