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A healthcare worker prepares a dose of the CoronaVac COVID-19 vaccine in Santiago, Chile
CHILE has passed a Bill to tax the super-rich, whose fortunes have continue to increase while the pay of low and middle-income families has plummeted during the coronavirus pandemic.
The landmark legislation was passed by parliament on Wednesday and the revenue it generates will be used to finance a basic emergency income.
“In our country, 2.3 million middle-class families have become vulnerable, while unemployment increases, income falls and the cost of living increases,” said the Bill’s author, legislator Raul Soto.
Far-right forces are rising across Latin America and the Caribbean, armed with a common agenda of anti-communism, the culture war, and neoliberal economics, writes VIJAY PRASHAD
CAROL WILCOX argues for the proper implementation of the land value tax, which could see unused plots sold off and landlords priced out of landlordism, potentially resolving the housing and planning crises
RICHARD BURGON MP points to the recent relative success of widespread opposition to the Labour leadership’s regressive policies as the blueprint for exacting the changes required to build a fairer society