Corporatism

Spooky Business: U.S. Corporations Enlist Ex-Intelligence Agents to Spy on Nonprofit Groups

November 25, 2013 Staff, www.democracynow.org Educate! Corporatism, Freedom of Speech and Assembly, Surveillance

"A new report details how corporations are increasingly spying on nonprofit groups they regard as potential threats. The corporate watchdog organization Essential Information found a diverse groups of nonprofits have been targeted with espionage, including environmental, antiwar, public interest, consumer safety, pesticide reform, gun control, social justice, animal rights and arms control groups. The corporations carrying out the spying include the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Wal-Mart, Monsanto, Bank of America, Dow Chemical, Kraft, Coca-Cola, Chevron, Burger King, McDonald’s, Shell, BP, and others. According to the report, these corporations employ former CIA, National Security Agency and FBI agents to engage in private surveillance work, which is often illegal in nature but rarely — if ever — prosecuted. We’re joined by Gary Ruskin, author of the report, "Spooky Business: Corporate Espionage Against Nonprofit Organizations," and director of the Center for Corporate Policy, a project of Essential Information"

Tell USTR Stan McCoy To Stop Trading Away Lives For Profits In The TPP

November 24, 2013 Staff, www.popularresistance.org Resist! Corporatism, Health Care, TPP

This week, Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiators have been meeting in Salt Lake City to hash out the final details of the TPP before the end of the year. They have been 'welcomed' with daily creative protests. We understand that the protests are giving negotiators from other countries the courage to stand up to the US. However, word leaked out yesterday that the US negotiators are using outrageous bullying tactics to force other countries to accept exorbitant patent protections that will keep the cost of healthcare and medical treatments high and out of our reach. This hurts everyone! The bullying is being led by Stan McCoy of the Office of the US Trade Representative. As a former employee of Covington and Burling, the world's largest defender of Pharma's profits, McCoy is accustomed to doing whatever it takes to protect his clients profits, even at the expense of human suffering and lives.

Sawant Urges Workers To Seize Factories For Democratic Ownership

November 24, 2013 Winter, www.classwarfareexists.com Create! Corporatism, Worker Rights and Jobs

Kshama Sawant was recently elected as the first socialist city council member in Seattle in more than one hundred years, and within days of her election, this lawmaker is already stirring controversy and drawing condemnation for her radical, truly socialist policies. No private insurance companies in this version of progress! Initially seen as a longshot candidate, Sawant refused to concede the Seattle city council election earlier this month and went on to defeat the 16 year Democratic incumbent Richard Conlin. While her campaign platform was noticeable for pulling no punches with its anti-capitalist, pro-worker bent (the $15 minimum wage is a key part of her message), her successful election has only galvanized her to promote an even more explicitly socialist agenda.

Big Retailers Make Workers Exploited Turkeys On Thanksgiving

November 24, 2013 Mark Karlin, www.truthout.org Educate! Corporatism, Finance and the Economy, Worker Rights and Jobs

Ah Thanksgiving, that quintessential of US holidays when the warmth of family and appreciation for the bounty of our nation are celebrated. The tantalizing and comforting aroma of turkey -- with all the trimmings -- lingers as we give thanks and bask in the warmth of those we love. Some begin the groaning board meal with a prayer; some begin with secular thanks; and some don't have enough money for a proper holiday meal. But this is the day that symbolizes the harvest, the fruit of one's labor, the emotional recognition of the value of work and life and family and friends. Except that the creeping consumerism of American society has been encroaching upon Thanksgiving. Last year some big box stores started "black Friday" by opening up on Thanksgiving eve. That new retailing strategy is continuing in 2013, with K-Mart breaking a new regrettable milestone by throwing open its doors at 6 AM on turkey day.

What Happens When A Pipeline Bursts In Your Town

November 24, 2013 Nora Caplan-Bricker, www.newrepublic.com Educate! Corporatism, Energy, Environment, Health Care, Tar Sands

Mason Thompson used to love fishing in the lake he can see from his window in Mayflower, Arkansas, but these days, when he throws a line out into the water, the lure he reels back is covered in a sour, stinking black tar, the skirt of the jig stuck uselessly together. When he brings the fingers that touched the line up to his nose, he gets a whiff of the same putrid stench that filled the air for weeks after the oil pipeline burst—the smell that still rises out of the ground every time it rains. Thompson hasn’t been fishing much. Ever since Exxon Mobil’s Pegasus pipeline burst in March and spilled an estimated 210,000 gallons of Canadian heavy crude oil two miles from his house, he’s had headaches of preternatural intensity, so bad they wake him up in the middle of the night. He has nosebleeds, and hemorrhoids even though he’s only 36; there’s a rash on his neck that has only gotten worse in the eight months since the spill; and some days he feels so weak that he can hardly get out of bed.

Harvard Students Disrupt Bank of America Recruiting Over Coal

November 24, 2013 Michael McDonald, www.blommberg.com Resist! Climate Change, Corporatism, Energy, Environment

Harvard University students disrupted a Bank of America Corp. (BAC) recruiting event yesterday in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to protest the company’s support of the coal industry. The protest was part of a campaign by the Rainforest Action Network to convince banks to phase out coal investments, which the group says contribute to climate change. Students have disrupted recruiting by Bank of America and Citigroup Inc. (C) at other campuses, according to Alli Welton, a Harvard undergraduate who participated in the protest yesterday. “We simply want jobs that do not create droughts that wipe out our food supplies or strengthen the hurricanes that threaten our homes,” the Harvard students said in a letter delivered to Bank of America representatives, according to a statement today.

Report: US Bullying At TPP Negotiations For Big Pharma Profits

November 23, 2013 Staff, www.PopularResistance.org Educate! Corporatism, Health Care, TPP

A key dispute in the TPP negotiations is the patents on pharmaceutical drugs and medical procedures. Long patents inflate the profits of the pharmaceutical industry by not allowing less expensive generic drugs on the market. This means that people around the world will not be able to afford critical, often life-saving, drugs and medical procedures. It also means that countries like Japan, Australia and New Zealand that have national health care systems will see the cost of healthcare rise to a breaking point, undermining some of the best health systems in the world. To get its way, Stan McCoy, Assistant US Trade Representative for Intellectual Property and Innovation, is chairing the meetings on intellectual properties and medicines. He has been using bullying tactics to force countries to agree to positions that will harm people in the countries negotiating the TPP.

29th Anniversary of Bhopal Gas Disaster In India

November 23, 2013 Reena Shadaan, www.popularresistance.org Educate! Bhopal, Corporatism, Environment

December 2/3 2013 marks the 29th anniversary of the world’s worst industrial disaster –the Bhopal Gas Disaster. The anniversary will mark 29 years since the people of Bhopal, India were exposed to 40 tons of the highly toxic, methyl isocyanate (MIC) due to the negligence of the American-owned Union Carbide Corporation (UCC), which is now owned by the Dow Chemical Company. The Bhopal gas disaster has resulted in 25,000 deaths to date, and currently affects over 500,000 people. Chronic health problems stemming from initial exposure to MIC (including sickness in the respiratory, ocular, neurological, neuromuscular, gynecological and reproductive systems) continue to plague survivors 29 years later.

Popular Resistance Newsletter – Corruption Spurring Global Climate Revolt

November 22, 2013 Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, www.popularresistance.org Newsletter Climate Change, Corporatism, Energy, Environment, Indigenous Rights, TPP

Richard Smith writes in Adbusters: “Today, we are very much living in one of those pivotal world-changing moments in history. Indeed, it is no exaggeration to say that this is the most critical moment in human history.” The world has been rapidly approaching a crossroads not only on climate change but also on mass extinction, destruction of the oceans, poisoning of the air, land and water and deteriorating food quality and security. It is all connected. A global revolt has been building. It is time for a world-wide environmental justice revolt.The United Nations COP 19 climate summit fell apart because it is rooted in deep corruption. The overt domination by polluting industries is highlighted by Michael Klare who wrote :“few governments are as yet prepared to launch the sorts of efforts that might even begin to effectively address the peril of climate change, they will increasingly be seen as obstacles to essential action and so as entities that need to be removed. In short, climate rebellion.”

Governments Fail On Climate Change — Again

November 21, 2013 Dennis Trainor, Jr., www.acronymtv.wordpress.com Educate! Climate Change, Corporatism, Energy, Environment, Video

In what should be another colossal embarrassment for the United States- recently leaked internal documents show how little our government is prepared to take responsibility for the damage done by climate change, the negative effects of which are caused by our hyper capitalist culture of consumption without consequence. There are two things at play here. One is setting limits and playing a chess game over who will pay for the climate change damage that will come – and disproportionally affect less developed countries that have not the means to defend themselves from human induced climate change or contribute to the conditions that will harm or kill them The other thing at play, the Giant Pink Elephant in the room that our world leaders can’t seem to deal with is the reality, as outlined in a study by the Global Carbon Project, of a 4 or 6 degree Celsius increase in global temperatures that could mark a significant and perhaps final chapter in the story of our species.

High Flying Protest Puts Message Before TPP Negotiators

November 21, 2013 Backbone Campaign, www.popularresistance.org Resist! Corporatism, Finance and the Economy, TPP

Protestors outside the Trans-Pacific Partnership meetings in Salt Lake took to the skies to get their message to negotiators this morning. At approximately 10:00 AM organizers with the Backbone Campaign used weather balloons to lift a 75-foot banner reading "TPP: What Are You Hiding?" up the exterior of the Grand American Hotel where negotiations are taking place. "If the Trans Pacific Partnership is really a good deal for Americans why won't the Obama Administration release the details to journalists or even Congress?" Said Bill Moyer, executive director of the Backbone Campaign. "If TPP negotiators were listening to the public or congress instead of their corporate advisors we wouldn't have to go to the trouble of using weather balloons to ask them what they're hiding."

UN Defends Banning Three Activists & Fossil Fuel Firms Sponsoring Climate Talks

November 21, 2013 Amy Goodman, www.democracynow.org Resist! Climate Change, Corporatism, Video

During a press conference, Democracy Now!'s Amy Goodman questioned U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon about whether he would consider banning fossil fuel industry lobbyists from U.N. climate meetings in the same way the World Health Organization has banned tobacco lobbyists from meetings on tobacco regulation. Ban responded: "We need to engage all areas of industry and society in the transition to a low-carbon future, including industries that are presently associated with high greenhouse gas emissions." Goodman also asked Christiana Figueres, the executive secretary of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, whether she would allow three youth activists who protested the influence of corporate lobbyists to be re-admitted to the this year's climate summit after they were stripped of their badges.

Poor Countries Walk Out Of UN Climate Talks

November 20, 2013 John Vidal, www.theguardian.com Resist! Climate Change, Corporatism, Energy, Environment

Representatives of most of the world's poor countries have walked out of increasingly fractious climate negotiations after the EU, Australia, the US and other developed countries insisted that the question of who should pay compensation for extreme climate events be discussed only after 2015. The orchestrated move by the G77 and China bloc of 132 countries came during talks about "loss and damage" – how countries should respond to climate impacts that are difficult or impossible to adapt to, such as typhoon Haiyan. Saleemul Huq, the scientist whose work on loss and damage helped put the issue of recompense on the conference agenda, said: "Discussions were going well in a spirit of co-operation, but at the end of the session on loss and damage Australia put everything agreed into brackets, so the whole debate went to waste."

Coal Industry Tries To Crash Warsaw Climate Talks, Gets Spanked

November 20, 2013 Ben Jervis, www.grist.org Educate! Climate Change, Corporatism, Energy, Environment

The masters of the black-rock industry gathered at the International Coal & Climate Summit in Warsaw this week — strategically hosted just a stone’s throw from the U.N. climate conference (COP19) — and they would like you to believe that coal has a place in a climate-friendly future. At the summit, hosted by the World Coal Association (WCA), industry reps are promoting “high-efficiency” coal plants, carbon capture and storage (CCS), and other, wacky tech “breakthroughs” (gasification, anyone?). The overall theme of the coal summit is that countries can keep burning coal and meet climate targets. They can have their cake and eat it, too.

Fracking Industry Buying Political Power: Politics, Media, Think Tanks

November 20, 2013 Steve Horn, , www.desmogblog.com Educate! Corporatism, Energy, Environment, Fracking

The Nation Magazine's Lee Fang revealed in a recent piece that ANGA gave $1 million in funding to "Truthland," a pro-fracking film released to fend off Josh Fox's "Gasland: Part II." On its website, "Truthland" says it is a project of both industry front group Energy in Depth and the trade association, Independent Petroleum Association of America. The "Truthland" website was originally registered in Chesapeake Energy's office, Little Sis revealed. Fang also revealed ANGA gave $25,000 to "ASGK Strategies, a political consulting firm founded by White House advisor David Axelrod," as well as "$864,673 to Edventures Partners, an education curriculum company that has partnered with ANGA to produce classroom materials that promote the use of natural gas." Fang also points out ANGA has given millions of dollars to Democratic Party-affiliated PR firms, perhaps unsurprising given its new CEO isMartin "Marty" Durbin, nephew of U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL), the U.S. Senate's Majority Whip. "The 990 shows that ANGA paid the Glover Park Group over $2.9 million for 'research/advertising' and Dewey Square Group $738,957 for 'grassroots communications.,'" wrote Fang. "Both firms are run by mostly former Clinton administration officials." ANGA donated another $6,500 to Dewey Square for general operational support.

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