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Wealth defense industry spends millions to hide trillions
‘Tax haven’ typically conjures images of the Cayman Islands or Switzerland — not South Dakota. MARK GRUENBERG speaks to CHUCK COLLINS about a new report detailing how some of the planet’s wealthiest people hide their riches in the US
DOUG NICHOLLS welcomes a turning point at this year’s Congress, where many motions call for a co-ordinated plan to revive British industry, a perspective outlined in his new book
HOPE VIRGO of campaign Dump the Scales warns MPs voting today they should be alert to the threat legalised assisted death poses to people with eating disorders
The Together Alliance is hosting two summits, North and South, to build power and plan action against the scourge of racism peddled by the right. DANIEL KEBEDE urges mass participation
The drift toward militarisation in Europe is not inevitable, left-wing and peace movements can preserve sovereignty and prevent war, says DÁIRE HUGHES MP
Whatever differences exist among international sympathisers of the Bolivarian revolution about its current trajectory, they should unite against the imperialist power that is the source of an enforced retreat, argues ROGER D HARRIS
Trade unions need to step up and force a turn in the policies of the labour movement to effectively confront the far-right threat, argues NICK WRIGHT
THE United States can lead the fight against corporations and the richest 1 per cent that use shell companies and tax havens, which are located everywhere from the Cayman Islands to South Dakota, says Chuck Collins, a US expert on the issue, but only “if we get our house in order” through a crackdown on them at home.
But it’s going to take a lot to do that, he adds.
“The wealth defence industry says what they’re doing is legal,” including secret tax haven banks and law firms that set up shady accounts for the rich, Collins explains in an interview with People’s World. He’s the director of the Institute for Policy Studies’ Programme on Inequality and the Common Good.
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