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Are you traveling this summer? The good news is that airline prices are lower today than they were before 2020.
Since the start of the Biden-Harris administration there have been two successful airline merger challenges. Matt Stoller, Publisher of the BIG newsletter on Substack and Author of Goliath: The Hundred Year War Between Monopoly Power and Democracy, says consumers "are starting to feel these positive effects."
Check out our recent episode "Trust-Busting 2024 with Stacy Mitchell & Matt Stoller: A Bipartisan Battle Against Monopoly Power" and hear how people power and government action have brought about a shift in today’s growing anti-monopoly movement.
Find Laura Flanders & Friends on public television and radio, YouTube and podcast platforms.
#Economy #MonopolyPower #AirlinePrices
Are you traveling this summer? The good news is that airline prices are lower today than they were before 2020.
Since the start of the Biden-Harris administration there have been two successful airline merger challenges. Matt Stoller, Publisher of the BIG newsletter on Substack and Author of Goliath: The Hundred Year War Between Monopoly Power and Democracy, says consumers "are starting to feel these positive effects."
Check out our recent episode "Trust-Busting 2024 with Stacy Mitchell & Matt Stoller: A Bipartisan Battle Against Monopoly Power" and hear how people power and government action have brought about a shift in today’s growing anti-monopoly movement.
Find Laura Flanders & Friends on public television and radio, YouTube and podcast platforms.
#Economy #MonopolyPower #AirlinePrices
![UNRWA Funding, Explained: Why the US CUT Donations for Humanitarian Aid in Gaza [WEB EXCLUSIVE]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/4RCRQ3QvRD0/hqdefault.jpg "UNRWA Funding, Explained: Why the US CUT Donations for Humanitarian Aid in Gaza [WEB EXCLUSIVE]
In recent weeks, The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), announced it may have to stop their humanitarian aid operations. Amid a humanitarian crisis, UNRWA is at risk of losing over $665 million dollars in donations.
This came after many countries pulled their funding from the agency amid allegations by Israel that 12 UNRWA staff members were involved in the October 7 Hamas attack.
The United States, Germany, Switzerland, Canada, The Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Italy, Australia and Finland have either suspended or are reviewing their donations to UNRWA.
At the same time, the United States Senate just passed a $95 billion package with aid for Ukraine and Israel.
Why is the United States pouring billions of dollars into Israel’s military operations, and pulling millions out of UNRWA? We need funding for humanitarian aid, not weapons.
Phyllis Bennis is a Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies and is an expert on the war economy. In this bonus conversation, Phyllis and Laura unpack the fate of UNRWA and discuss the United States’ support for Israel’s genocide of Palestinians.
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