Informative articles that look at how the right to earn profits has overturned the basic legal principle that your rights end when you harm others. Mankind: Death by Corporation, by Dr. Brian Moench – Truthout, 26 June 2013 Death by Corporation, Part II: Companies as Cancer Cells, by Dr. Brian Moench –Truthout, 23 July 2013 Death by Corporation: America's Corporate … [Read more...] about FYI: Corporate Killers
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Greedheads & Natural Resources
What do coal, gold, & natural gas have in common? Or water, petroleum, & uranium? They are all natural resources that mining and other resource-extraction companies take from the ground and sell to others. It seems to be a common pattern for these 'extractive industries' to be ready and willing to harm people and the natural environment in their quests for profits. (I … [Read more...] about Greedheads & Natural Resources
One for One
by Julia Ward Looking down at your feet, you may not notice anything out of the ordinary. You are most likely wearing a pair of shoes, and this pair of shoes may be one of five pairs of shoes that you have, or even ten. A pair of shoes is something that most do not really think about as out of the ordinary. It is actually something that we take for granted. Over the … [Read more...] about One for One
Two Republicans Who Saw the Danger
Among the many Republican presidents, Abraham Lincoln and Dwight Eisenhower anticipated the current self-reinforcing aggregation of wealth and power to corporations and the already-wealthy. In 1864, in a letter to William F. Elkins, Lincoln wrote: “As a result of the war, corporations have been enthroned and an era of corruption in high places will follow, and the money power … [Read more...] about Two Republicans Who Saw the Danger