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Tag: Corporations

U.S. companies make a killing off prison labor

December 1, 2015 Madonna Gauding Capitalism, Prison, Privatization 7 comments

In 1865, the 13th amendment abolished slavery, but there was a loophole. Prisoners were exempt. Since the passage of the amendment, prisons and businesses

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The case for closing our overseas military bases

October 26, 2015 Madonna Gauding Media, Military, Politics 2 comments

The most popular post, over the years, on Occasional Planet is: “Military Mystery: how many bases does the US have, anyway?”  American University anthropology

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Noam Chomsky: On capitalism and why electing Bernie isn’t enough

October 25, 2015 Madonna Gauding 2016 Election, Activism, Banks, Climate Change, Corporations, Corruption, Democrats, Environment, Hillary Clinton, Obama Leave a comment

    In a recent interview in Jacobin, linguist, philosopher, and political activist Noam Chomsky gave an interesting answer to a question about the American capitalist system. He basically said

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How corporate greed got my daughter fired

September 3, 2015 Susan Cunningham Corporations, Employment, Missouri region Leave a comment

My 49-year-old daughter has limited abilities, but has worked since finishing high school and has lived independently all these years. In fact, she just

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Elizabeth Warren: Change will happen when enough people say “I’m mad as hell”

June 17, 2015 Madonna Gauding 2016 Election, Corruption, Democrats One comment

At a recent conference of media and tech influencers, a member of the audience asked Elizabeth Warren a simple question. Her spontaneous and passionate

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Joe Stiglitz wants to rewrite the rules of the American economy

May 18, 2015 Madonna Gauding 2016 Election, Economy, Financial reform, Hillary Clinton Leave a comment

The time is ripe for genuine progressive ideas to take hold because, for once, they have a chance to resonate with people across the political spectrum. Bernie Sanders and Joe Stiglitz, together, offer real solutions to an economy, and a country, gone off the rails.

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Obama and TPP

TPP: What Obama’s secret trade deal means for you

April 24, 2015 Madonna Gauding Banks, Corporations, Obama Leave a comment

Since 2009, the Obama administration has been negotiating the Trans-Pacific Parnership (TPP) trade agreement in secret. Only lawyers and advisors representing banks and corporations,

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Scott Walker anti-union

Obama’s indifference to labor allowed the rise of Scott Walker

April 2, 2015 Madonna Gauding Labor and unions, Obama Leave a comment

  My Obamaphile friends may object, but it’s time to consider an uncomfortable fact about Obama: His indifference to the plight of labor unions in Wisconsin led to the

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Ukrainians refusing to fight in U.S. proxy war with Russia

February 11, 2015 Madonna Gauding Corporations, Foreign Policy, War One comment

In case you haven’t noticed, U.S. mainstream media has been spewing out anti-Russian, anti-Putin propaganda since the U.S. backed coup in Kiev last year.

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Keystone pipeline vote: corporate money trumps public good

February 6, 2015 Madonna Gauding Climate Change, Congress, Energy, Environment, Obama Leave a comment

The fossil-fuel industry is reaping the rewards of its three-quarters of a billion dollar investment to secure a Republican controlled congress. But they weren’t just buying

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