Tag: Billionairs
People are waking up, the chemical industry, justice for Prakash
The US’ two-party system is quickly losing support from voters as it becomes more obvious that neither party represent the interests of regular people. The impact of donor money on politics continues to grow, and it is becoming difficult for even the most loyal citizens to ignore. Lee Camp looks into the cause for falling support for the two parties and how this situation compares to the political landscapes of the UK and Germany. …
A More Aggressive Israel Lobby Is Coming in 2022
Those Americans who dare to challenge the strangle-hold that Israel and its friends have over US foreign policy will likely find themselves targeted even more aggressively in the upcoming year. Two weeks ago the American Israeli Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), widely reckoned to be the largest and most powerful component of the Jewish state’s lobby …
Christopher Hitchens revisited
Naomi Karavani sits down with Ben Burgis to discuss the philosophy professor’s latest book, ‘Christopher Hitchens: What He Got Right, How He Went Wrong, and Why He Still Matters’. Hitchens began his intellectual career as a socialist and ended it as a supporter of the War on Terror. Karavani and Burgis look at some of Hitchens’ career highlights such as exposing Bill Clinton, Mother Teresa, and more. …
US political system captured by corporate interests! Pressure building for real change – IPS’ Chuck Collins
On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Chuck Collins, director of the program on inequality and the common good at the Institute for Policy Studies. He discusses the contents of the Pandora Papers which reveal the state of South Dakota to be a $367 billion tax haven, extreme income inequality in the United States and America’s historical tolerance of inequality …