Austerity

Postal Banking Once Made Canada Post Profitable

October 6, 2025 Linda McQuaig, Rabble. Create! Austerity, Canada, Postal Banking, Postal Service, Strikes

Mark Carney clearly loves a nation-building project — as long as it’s wildly expensive and is pleasing to corporate interests. That seems to be the takeaway from the prime minister’s decision last week to largely abandon Canada Post, an institution with a vast network of 5,900 outlets across the country that’s been tying Canada together since Confederation. In recent years, Canada Post has lost large amounts of money and is currently in the midst of a strike by postal workers. Carney’s response is to effectively gut it, ending door-to-door mail delivery (where it still exists) and resuming the closure of post offices across the country.

Indigenous-Led Movement Against Austerity Gaining Momentum

October 5, 2025 Michael Fox, Truthout. Resist! Austerity, CONAIE, Daniel Noboa, Ecuador, Fuel Subsidies, Indigenous Resistance, Neoliberalism

The video is shocking. The footage is low quality, shot from above and behind the scene: A group of people run from state security forces up an empty highway at full speed. Four people are carrying a limp body. But under the fire of gunshots, tear gas and police sirens, three of the people drop the body and flee. The other man, in a blue jacket, kneels beside the body, and holds onto him. Two armored vehicles arrive, lights flashing. Two men in green fatigues, helmets and body gear jump out. They point their weapons, and begin to kick and beat the two men on the ground — one alive, though he would end up unconscious and hospitalized, one already dead. The latter’s name was Efraín Fuerez.

As Trump Crushes Climate Efforts, Local Projects Persevere

October 5, 2025 Greg Harman, Portside. Organize! Austerity, climate crisis, Community activism, Fossil Fuels, Trump Administration

Standing before the United Nations last week, U.S. President Donald Trump unleashed long-held animosity for the body dating back decades to when his company was apparently rejected for a renovations gig. Trump swore he would have delivered mahogany walls and marble floors to the tower. And now look at the state of the place, he grumbled. “You walk on terrazzo. Do you notice that?” Something far worse than composite flooring is in store for nations that fail to rally to Trump’s hypernationalism, anti-immigrant fervor, and fawning embrace of fossil fuels. “Your countries are going to hell,” he said, apparently addressing his comments primarily to the “English-speaking world.”

Opening Up Space

October 5, 2025 Gwen Frisbie-Fulton, Working Class Stories. Create! Austerity, Community, Mutual Aid, Public Spaces

“He said ‘just don’t touch my workshop,’” says Sheurle Klingsmith, smiling at her husband, Kirk. “But then one day, he moved his tools out so we could go ahead.” “That’s not exactly how I remember it,” Kirk laughs good-naturedly. Today, Kirk’s tools are pushed back against the wall, and the rest of the space is filled with tables and chairs, art and art supplies. Paintings hang on every wall, and illustrations, beadwork, fabric art, and even chainsaw art are displayed throughout the room. Gesturing to a black bear carved out of a log done by DC Carvings, Sheurle says: “This gentleman was selling his work on the side of the road, so of course I circled back and asked him if he wanted to display some pieces here.” Her eyes scan the room: “There’s a mountain of creativity and talent in this town, but no place to show it.”

Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds Of Food Aid

October 3, 2025 Ruth Talbot and Nicole Santa Cruz, Pro Publica. Educate! Austerity, Donald Trump, Food Banks, Food Security

On a sweltering morning in Vidalia, Louisiana, Shannan Cornwell and Freddie Green got in a long line to wait for food. The couple has struggled to pay for groceries amid soaring prices and health setbacks, they said. She had back surgery. He had undergone cancer treatment. They turned to a local food bank to supplement their diets. Although they’re grateful for the food, lately they’ve noticed changes in what they receive. For months in the spring and summer their pickups did not include any meat, Cornwell said. “You have to learn how to adapt to what you have,” Green said. “Which is hard,” Cornwell added. In the spring, the Trump administration abruptly cut $500 million in deliveries from a program that sends U.S.-produced meat, dairy, eggs and produce to food banks and other organizations across the country — about a quarter of the funding the program received in 2024.

What Is Gen Z 212, The Group Behind The Protests In Morocco?

October 2, 2025 Elodie Farge, Middle East Eye. Organize! Austerity, Corruption, Gen Z, Morocco, Youth Activism

Morocco has been rocked by huge demonstrations since Saturday, calling for better government services and an end to corruption. During the first three days, the rallies, which have been banned and suppressed by the authorities, were largely non-violent - a principle that the organisers have repeatedly insisted on. However, on Tuesday clashes erupted with law enforcement in several cities across the North African kingdom. They continued on Wednesday, leading to the killing of three young men by the police and hundreds of people being injured. Since the start of the protests, authorities have made hundreds of arrests. In Rabat, more than 200 demonstrators were detained during the first three days, and more than 400 people were arrested after the latest violence. Over 130 people are due to stand trial.

What Do You Fear The Far Right Will Do That You Have Not Already Done?

August 29, 2025 Vijay Prashad, Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. Educate! Austerity, Capitalism, Liberal class, Neoliberalism, Right wing extremism, Social Democrats, Wars and Militarism

On 12 August, Samar Abu Elouf, who won the 2025 World Press Photo of the Year for the picture above, posted on her Instagram account that her son’s close friend Sami Shukour had been killed while he ‘went to look for flour to feed himself and his family’. Samar had taken Sami’s graduation photographs just before the genocide began in October 2023. Sami’s family owns one of the most famous companies in Palestine, which made halawa with tahini. ‘Among the best in Gaza’, Samar wrote. Sami, she added, ‘was killed under a hail of bullets; the sound was very terrifying… We are not just numbers; each one of us is a story’. We have now entered the last quarter of 2025, the days galloping rapidly toward another year.

Amid Local Failures And Federal Cuts, Advocates For Unhoused Step Up

August 26, 2025 Olivia Deng, HorizonMass. Educate! Austerity, Boston, Criminalization, Homelessness, Housing

It’s been more than half a year since the state’s Department of Conservation and Recreation spent four days clearing out an encampment near the BU Bridge in Cambridge, and Gemma Byrne has yet to see any of the people who were displaced by what one witness described as “the most inhumane sweep she has seen in her approximately 10 years of being unhoused.” Byrne is an organizer for the material aid and harm reduction program Warm Up Boston, which distributes supplies to encampments and has developed connections with their residents. Homelessness and fringe housing get more attention in the bitter cold months, but the work continues in the heat, as do haunting memories of what came last December.

How Deeply Trump Has Cut Federal Health Agencies

August 21, 2025 Brandon Roberts, Annie Waldman and Pratheek Rebala, Scheer Post. Educate! Austerity, Health Care, Public Health, Regulations, Trump Administration

When the Trump administration announced massive cuts to federal health agencies earlier this year, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he was getting rid of excess administrators who were larding the government with bureaucratic bloat. But a groundbreaking data analysis by ProPublica shows the administration has cut deeper than it has acknowledged. Though Kennedy said he would add scientists to the workforce, agencies have lost thousands of them, along with colleagues who those scientists depended on to dispatch checks, fix computers and order lab supplies, enabling them to do their jobs. Done in the name of government efficiency, these reductions have left departments stretching to perform their basic functions, ProPublica found, according to interviews with more than three dozen former and current federal employees.

Medicaid Cuts Will Devastate People With Disabilities

August 18, 2025 Karina Smith, Inequality.org. Educate! Austerity, Disability Rights, Health Care, Medicaid, Trump Administration

Two months ago, Sloan Meek – a disability rights advocate with cerebral palsy – took the stage at a rally protesting the Medicaid cuts in Trump’s so-called “Big Beautiful Bill.” Meek warned how $1 trillion dollars in Medicaid cuts would have life-threatening consequences for people with disabilities. “My whole life – not just my healthcare – is supported by Medicaid. The way I move around in the world. The way I communicate. The people who help me do all the things I want to do in my life,” Meek said. “Without Medicaid support, I will be forced into a nursing home to spend the rest of my life in a hospital bed.” The Republican budget is a “death threat” to people with disabilities, Meek said.

It Will Take National Single Payer To Save Rural Hospitals

August 13, 2025 Kay Tillow, Counter Punch. Create! Austerity, Health Care, Rural Hospitals, Single payer health care

After 30 years of service to a rural Nebraska community, the Curtis Medical Center will close. Troy Bruntz, CEO of Community Hospital which owns the Center, announced that the cuts to Medicaid in the budget reconciliation act of 2025 were the immediate cause. Those federal budget cuts have “made it impossible for us to continue operating all of our services, many of which have faced significant financial challenges for years,” said Bruntz. The closing of the Curtis Medical Center is just the beginning of the projected damage. About 15 million are expected to lose health care coverage from the Medicaid cuts and other provisions in the budget reconciliation bill passed on July 4.

Argentine Public Universities Stage Nationwide Protest Over Funding Cuts

August 13, 2025 TeleSur. Resist! Argentina, Austerity, Higher Education, Strikes, Worker Rights

More than 50 public universities in Argentina held a 24-hour strike on Monday, combining walkouts with open classes and public forums to demand increased state funding and wage adjustments. The mobilization will continue Tuesday with activities across faculties, institutes, and university hospitals. Organized under the slogan “No more wages below the poverty line,” the action brought together faculty, non-teaching staff, and students. The University of Buenos Aires Teachers’ Association (Aduba), the University of Buenos Aires Staff Association (Apuba), the Federation of University of Buenos Aires Teachers (Feduba), and the University Education Workers’ Union–CTERA coordinated the protest, pressing for salary increases, expanded budget allocations, and the approval of the University Financing Law.

Philadelphia: Hundreds Protest Transit Fare Increases, Service Cuts

August 12, 2025 Joe Piette, Workers World. Resist! Austerity, Philadelphia, Public transportation, SEPTA

Over 300 people rallied outside Philadelphia City Hall on Aug. 6 to demand no cuts in services or fare increases for South East Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) trains, buses and trolleys. Faced with a $213 million deficit, SEPTA plans to cut 45% of its services in the coming year unless the Pennsylvania legislature increases its budget proposal to include $292 million in new funding for public transit statewide. The first 20% cuts in SEPTA services are set to start on Aug. 24. Plans include eliminating 32 bus routes and shortening 16 additional routes, cutting frequency of SEPTA metro and regional rail line service by 20% and raising fares by 21.5% on Sept. 1. Another 18 bus routes would be shut down sometime between Aug. 24 and Jan. 1.

Water Crisis Deepens In Puerto Rico

August 2, 2025 Pablo Meriguet, Peoples Dispatch. Educate! Austerity, Infrastructure, Puerto Rico, Water

The severe drinking water crisis in San Juan, Puerto Rico, is worsening, and is not limited to the old colonial city but also affects other municipalities across the country. However, San Juan has become the focus of public opinion due to the high influx of tourists who come to the city as part of Caribbean cruise itineraries, as well as for summer concerts, such as the upcoming Bad Bunny shows. The water shortage that began on July 24 is not only affecting tourism, but also other types of businesses, many of which have recently decided to temporarily close or reduce their activities, dealing a major blow to an already struggling economy.

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