Capitalism

Identifying Businesses That Profit From Prison Labor

May 19, 2015 Bob Sloan, www.dailykos.com Educate! Capitalism, Mass Incarceration, Prison Industrial Complex

To demonstrate how difficult involvement in prison industries and the use of inmate labor is to identify, we'll begin with an investment firm involved in many of our 401(k) and retirement accounts. Fidelity Investments (Fidelity). This "financial investment" corporation is involved in holding the retirement and 401(k) accounts of millions of Americans. Many of the largest companies in our country offer Fidelity Investments as the sole source of retirement investing for their employees. Fidelity was previously identified as a funder of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) in an earlir Insourcing blog. ALEC is deeply invested in supporting Corrections Corporation of American (CCA) and Geo Group (Geo) - that are both corporate members of ALEC. ALEC has willingly accepted responsibility for enactment of laws authorizing and increasing the use of inmates in manufacturing of products as well as the housing of those inmates by private corporations such as CCA and Geo.

Targets Matter — Why A Small Action Group Won Vs. Mighty Bank

May 16, 2015 George Lakey, www.wagingnonviolence.org Strategize! Banking, Capitalism, Direct Action

After writing about Earth Quaker Action Team’s recent success in forcing PNC Bank to stop financing mountaintop removal coal mining in Appalachia, I received a number of strong reactions. Mingled with the congratulations, based on my involvement in the campaign, was a tone of surprise: How can a small group take on the seventh-largest bank in the country and win? Underneath that, I sensed the despair that unconsciously dims people’s sense of power in the United States. Americans can express rage or righteousness by protesting, but most don’t really expect to change anything. The reactions made me realize I left out an important part of the story that proves the victory was no fluke and that U.S. activists can actually be producing far more victories in the current political landscape.

Indigenous Group Rejects $1 Billion For Gas Project

May 16, 2015 Ian Austen, www.nytimes.com Resist! Canada, Capitalism, Environment, First Nations, Oil & Gas

A small aboriginal community in British Columbia has rejected a $1 billion payment for a natural gas project, the latest setback for the Canadian energy industry’s effort to bolster exports. A group led by the Malaysian energy company Petronas had offered the money to the Lax Kw’alaams Band, to help push through a plan to build a liquefied natural gas ship terminal near their remote community. It is part of an overall pipeline and gas drilling project that the group, Pacific NorthWest LNG, values at 36 billion Canadian dollars. The community, which has about 3,600 members, has consistently rejected the plan over concerns that it would harm fish habitats, particularly for salmon. After six public meetings over the issue, the band council voted against the payment.

Nike’s Law Enforcement Appreciation Day Triggers Calls For Boycott

May 15, 2015 Demetria Irwin, www.thegrio.com Resist! Capitalism, police brutality

Sneaker and sportswear giant Nike and their subsidiary company Converse had their second annual Law Enforcement Appreciation Day on May 13. Police officers all over the country were able to receive 30% off their purchases at the companies’ retail stores. All the officers had to do was flash their badges at the register. According to a flyer circulating on social media, the initiative was part of National Police Week. There is nothing new about companies offering discounts to military and law enforcement. Multi-billion dollar corporations and mom and pop stores alike have been offering freebies and discounts to the boys in blue (and camouflage) for ages.

You Can’t Read The TPP, But These Huge Corporations Can

May 14, 2015 Alleen Brown, www.firstlook.org Educate! Capitalism, Congress, Free Trade, Law, TPP

The Senate today is holding a key procedural vote that would allow the Trans-Pacific Partnership to be “fast-tracked.” So who can read the text of the TPP? Not you, it’s classified. Even members of Congress can only look at it one section at a time in the Capitol’s basement, without most of their staff or the ability to keep notes. But there’s an exception: if you’re part of one of 28 U.S. government-appointed trade advisory committees providing advice to the U.S. negotiators. The committees with the most access to what’s going on in the negotiations are 16 “Industry Trade Advisory Committees,” whose members include AT&T, General Electric, Apple, Dow Chemical, Nike, Walmart and the American Petroleum Institute.

Farm Worker Advocates Target Ben & Jerry’s

May 13, 2015 Mitch Wertlieb & Melody Bodette , www.digital.vpr.net Resist! Capitalism, Farmworkers, Workers Rights and Jobs

A group of farm workers is targeting ice cream maker Ben & Jerry's, a brand known for its social responsibility, asking the company to take part in a new program to ensure that the workers on Vermont dairy farms are guaranteed fair housing and decent wages. The Milk With Dignity Program is an effort of the group Migrant Justice, which is dedicated to human rights and food justice. Ben & Jerry's buys much of their milk in Vermont from St. Albans Cooperative. Many of the dairy farms that sell their milk to St. Albans use migrant labor on their farms. There are an estimated 1,200 to 1,500 migrant workers on Vermont's 800 dairy farms. "There are many problems that our community faces," said Enrique Balcazar, a 22-year-old who came to Vermont to work on a dairy farm.

Critical Issue: Future Of Global Governance, End Of The Nation State?

May 12, 2015 Margaret Flowers, www.clearingthefogradio.org Educate! Capitalism, Corporatism, Globalization, Nationalism

Clearing the FOG speaks with two guests from the Center for Governance and Sustainability at the University of Massachusetts – Boston about the current direction that global governance is taking. Senior fellow Harris Gleckman authored a response to the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Global Redesign Initiative which was released in 2010. In brief, the direction proposed by the WEF would give a stronger role to multinational corporations and reduce the role of the nation-state. Maria Ivanova, co-director of the Center for Governance and Sustainability, will discuss governance systems with respect to environmental issues around the world that function well and those that do not. The future of global governance is the major question of the century. Maria Ivanova is an international relations and environmental policy scholar specializing in governance and sustainability. Her research and policy work focus on global environmental governance and the performance of international environmental institutions. She has worked on issues such as financing for the environment, US foreign environmental policy, and sustainability on campuses and in organizations.

Walmart Selling Water From Drought Striken Sacramento Public Water Supply

May 12, 2015 Adrienne Moore, www.sacramento.cbslocal.com Educate! California, Capitalism, Walmart, Water

Wal-Mart is facing questions tonight after CBS13 learns the company draws its bottled water from a Sacramento water district during California’s drought. According to the label, the water comes from the Sacramento Municipal Water Supply. This comes on the heels of Starbucks opting to move sourcing and production of its Ethos bottled water from California to Pennsylvania. While the label reads Great Value, the fine print reveals the bottled water is anything but a deal, especially for Sacramento residents. “Either they were unaware, uninformed or unintentionally did this,” said public relations expert Doug Elmets. “It could be all three of those. Whatever it is, it’s a bad move and they need to correct it and they need to do it quickly.” According to its own labeling, the water in the gallon jugs appears to come from Sacramento’s water supply.

Suddenly, Baltimore – Wonder Why?

May 11, 2015 Ralph Nader, www.blog.nader.org Educate! Baltimore, Capitalism, police brutality, Poverty

Suddenly, the mass media is writing about or televising the conditions in West Baltimore. Conditions that Washington Postcolumnist, Eugene Robinson, summarized as decades long “suffocating poverty, dysfunction and despair.” Suddenly, reporters and camera teams are discovering Baltimore’s inner city—crumbling or abandoned housing; mass unemployment; too many merchants gouging the locals (the poor pay more); too many drug dealers; schools, roads and sidewalks in serious disrepair; debris everywhere; lack of municipal services (which are provided to the wealthier areas of the city); and, as always, grinding poverty and its many vicious circle consequences.

John Hopkins, Federal Policies & Slumification

May 9, 2015 Sean Nevins, www.mintpressnews.com Educate! Baltimore, Capitalism, Government, Higher Education, Racial Justice

The world watched last week as protesters stormed the streets of Baltimore to oppose police brutality and demand justice for Freddie Gray, the 25-year-old man, who died of spinal injuries suffered in police custody on April 19. But racist policing policies aren’t the only factor leading police officers to allegedly treat Gray, and others like him, inhumanely and disregard his cries for help inside that police van. Contempt for black life in Baltimore and indeed across the United States is also manifested through a legacy of discriminatory housing policies, which include federally mandated discriminatory housing and lending practices, as well as predatory redevelopment projects which benefit one group of people while displacing and disregarding others.

Comcast Got What It Deserved

May 8, 2015 Mark Plotkin, www.thehill.com Resist! Capitalism, Comcast, FCC, Law, Monopoly

Comcast, the giant cable company, is one of the most reviled companies in America. It is notorious for its terrible and odious customer service. In addition to this infamous reputation, it sought to become ever-bigger and more powerful. Not satisfied with its dominance and near-monopolistic position, it sought to buy Time Warner Cable and become ever more dominant and unmistakably a true monopoly in cable and broadband. To accomplish this goal, it hired legions of lobbyists and public relations flacks. Early on, it looked like it had the clout to win. President Obama made more than one visit to Comcast Vice President David Cohen's home to attend fundraisers. Even more stunning and blatant, the chairman and CEO of the company (and co-founder's son), Brian Roberts, golfed with Obama on Martha's Vineyard, Mass. Talk about being well-connected!

Cancel Nepal’s Debt To Aid Recovery From Earthquake

May 4, 2015 Kanya D'Almeida, www.ipsnews.net Create! Capitalism, Debt, Earthquake, Nepal

The death toll has now passed 3,300, and there is no telling how much farther it will climb. Search and rescue operations in Nepal entered their third day Monday, as the government and international aid agencies scramble to cope with the aftermath of a 7.8-magnitude earthquake that struck this South Asian nation on Apr. 25. Severe aftershocks have this land-locked country of 27.8 million people on edge, with scores missing and countless others feared dead, buried under the rubble. With its epicenter in Lamjung District, located northwest of the capital, Kathmandu, and south of the China border, the massive quake rippled out over the entire country, causing several avalanches in the Himalayas including one that killed over 15 people and injured dozens more at the base camp of Mt. Everest, 200 km away.

Occupy Democracy Fight Corporate Power In 10-Day Spectacle Of Dissent

May 4, 2015 RT, www.rt.com Resist! Capitalism, Corporatism, Occupy Democracy, United Kingdom (UK)

As Britain braces for next week’s general election, political activists, academics and artists will occupy London’s Parliament Square for ten days in an effort to tackle corporate capture, environmental chaos and cronyism. The ten-day affair has been organized by Occupy Democracy, a social and political movement that seeks to address Britain’s democratic deficit, and build a fairer society in the process. Billed as a Festival of Democracy, the ten-day spectacle will feature workshops, artistic performances, creative direct actions and discussions throughout the election period. It will begin on Friday evening with a show from New York-based radical performance group Reverend Billy & The Stop Shopping Choir.

For Profit College Closes 28 Schools After Debt Resistance

April 29, 2015 Danielle Douglas-Gabriel, www.occupy.com Resist! Capitalism, Education, Student Debt

Controversial for-profit giant Corinthian Colleges said Sunday it is closing the doors of its remaining 28 schools, capping the year-long collapse of one of the country’s largest career college chains. The closure will leave some 16,000 students without certificates or degrees but with a good chance of having their federal student loans forgiven. Corinthian said it is working with other schools to find a home for its displaced student body, but those efforts depend on the cooperation of the institutions and the Education Department. “As Corinthian closes its doors for good…department staff will immediately begin outreach to Corinthian students to review all their options, which may include loan discharges for students whose school closed,” Undersecretary of Education Ted Mitchell said in a statement. “What these students have experienced is unacceptable.”

2,009 Orgs Call On Congress To Oppose Fast Track Authority For TPP

April 28, 2015 CTC, www.citizenstrade.org Resist! Capitalism, Free Trade, TPP

An unprecedentedly united movement of labor, environmental, family farm, consumer, faith, Internet freedom and other organizations escalated their campaign to defeat Fast Track trade authority for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) today with a joint 2,009-group letter urging Congress to oppose it. As the TPP text leaks revealed that the pact replicates and expands on the most damaging provisions of past U.S. trade pacts, thousands of organizations nationwide have educated their members about the TPP’s threats to American jobs and wages, food safety, affordable medicines, the environment, financial stability and more.

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