Racism is a problem, economic inequality is a problem, not enough rock n' roll on the radio is a problem. But all… — Tom Morello Copy Share Image
The coming change can only come through a revolution, because the possessing class will not allow a peaceful change to take place;… — Lucy Parsons Copy Share Image
“An important ethical function of identity politics, in this context, is to highlight that obstacles to the self-development of individuals, and to… — Michael Kenny Copy Share Image
Protecting space for civil society and citizenry is particularly critical in a world marked by rising political and economic inequality. — Winnie Byanyima Copy Share Image
High levels of economic inequality lead to imbalances in political power, as those at the top use their economic weight to shape… — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
The union miner cannot agree to the acceptance of a wage principle which will permit his annual earnings and his living standards… — John L. Lewis Copy Share Image
The greatest country, the richest country, is not that which has the most capitalists, monopolists, immense grabbings, vast fortunes, with its sad,… — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
Only a well-organized movement of young people, educators, workers, parents, religious groups and other concerned citizens will be capable of changing the… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
Let us remember well, however, that whenever food is thrown out it is as if it were stolen from the table of… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
“The corporate system is interconnected and now share a common invested interest, the ability to control through business, the people. It is… — Tom Althouse Copy Share Image
Millions are at the sharp end of globalisation, victims of economic inequality and social injustice, best summed up by the phrase we… — Wes Streeting Copy Share Image
“Thomas Piketty, an economist at the Paris School of Economics, warned in his zeitgeist-shifting book, Capital in the Twenty-First Century, that without… — Jane Mayer Copy Share Image
When you say fiscal responsibility, it seems to me that you really mean rich people keeping their money. — Alice Adams Copy Share Image
A Society that gives to one class all the opportunities for leisure and to another all the burdens of work condemns both… — Lewis Mumford Copy Share Image
“These differing emphases explain a lot—for example, the classical liberal view is that everyone has equal rights to happiness; rightists instead discount… — Robert M. Sapolsky Copy Share Image
The concern that I have is that, as wealth continues to concentrate in the hands of a few, economic inequality grows, and… — Jane Mayer Copy Share Image
“Some economic inequality critics go further and contend that there comes a point at which inequality undermines progress—and, by and large, they… — Don Watkins Copy Share Image
This happens today: if the investments in the banks fall slightly... a tragedy... what can be done? But if people die of… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
“Fear, anxiety, the terror of mortality—it must be a drag being right-wing. But despite that, in a multinational study, rightists were happier… — Robert M. Sapolsky Copy Share Image
A nation will not survive morally or economically when so few have so much and so many have so little. — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
“When Congress instituted the federal income tax, Mellon was one of the wealthiest men in America, with interests in dozens of monopolistic… — Jane Mayer Copy Share Image
Strong responsible unions are essential to industrial fair play. Without them the labor bargain is wholly one-sided. — Louis D. Brandeis Copy Share Image
Unions have long championed measures to reduce social and economic inequality, and efforts to weaken the labor movement at both the state… — Mike Quigley Copy Share Image
Rejecting the notion that democracy and markets are the same, young people are calling for an end to the poverty, grotesque levels… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
I know that there are no limits to which the powers of privilege will not go to keep the workers in slavery — Mother Jones Copy Share Image
