The BRICS nations (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) are working on a new digital payment system called BRICS Pay.
The goal is to make it easier and cheaper for member countries to trade and travel with each other using their own local currencies or digital versions of them (CBDCs). This would help them do business without always needing to convert everything into US dollars first or go through the traditional SWIFT banking network.
India’s central bank has proposed linking the digital currencies of BRICS countries, and this idea will likely be a big topic at the 2026 BRICS Summit. Some parts of the system are already being tested or expanded.
While this is a real step toward reducing reliance on the US dollar, experts say a full common BRICS currency is still far away.
For now, BRICS Pay is more about creating faster, independent payment options between these growing economies. This development is part of a longer trend of countries looking for alternatives in global finance.
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UNION YES - Did you know that There is a Massive Increase in Labor Union Membership Nationwide. WE Fight Back Against The Super Rich... They Are Destroying Our Country...
Here is An Interesting video by Professor Richard Wolff. All about the coming down fall of the United States and the end of our Empire... His solution to our problems is more labor unions...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XedaCaRbw6A"It's no accident that 71% of Americans have a favorable view of unions - the highest since 1965, while just 36% hold a favorable view of corporations - the lowest since Wall Street crashed the economy in 2008. The American people are sick and tired of corporate greed." - Bernie Sanders
(CNN)Between strikes by nurses, teachers and maybe railroad workers, and new union efforts gaining steam at Starbucks, Amazon, Apple and elsewhere, big labor is having a big moment.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/12/politics/unions-strikes-what-matters/index.html
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Amazon, Starbucks, and other mega-corporations wouldn’t be deploying massive union-busting campaigns if they weren’t terrified of union power. When workers fight back, they win. Solidarity!
The American public is back in love with
labor unions, so why aren’t workers?
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/08/31/why-
soaring-public-support-for-labor-doesnt-
mean-unions-are-winning.html
KEY POINTS:
1. Many top U.S. brands from Apple to Chipotle,
Starbucks and Amazon are facing an increased
effort among front-line and retail employees to unionize.
2. The American public has the workers’ backs, with a
new Gallup poll finding that support for unions has
reached its highest level since 1965.
3. But the Gallup data also shows how difficult it will be to
turn general support into widespread organizing activity,
as the majority of nonunion workers tell Gallup they
have little interest in joining the labor movement.
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