Tag: Corporations

Categories Journalism & Mass media

Backed by AFRICOM, corporations plunder DR Congo for “climate-friendly” materials and blame China

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Cobalt, a key metallic element used in lithium batteries and other “green” technology, is sourced from slave labor in the Democratic Republic of Congo. As the West points the finger at China, the US Africa Command is indirectly policing mining operations that profit US corporations. … Read More >Backed by AFRICOM, corporations plunder DR Congo for “climate-friendly” materials and blame China

Categories Shows

NodeXL scandal revealed

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Sean O’Brien is a cyber security specialist and a member of the team building the PanQuake social media site. He joins Lee Camp to expose a the NodeXL scandal – software being used to track the social media of anyone who supports Julian Assange and other activists. They also discuss the upcoming launch of PanQuake and how the alternative social media site will fight corporate censorship. … Read More >NodeXL scandal revealed

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On Contact: Struggle against industrial agriculture

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On the show, Chris Hedges discusses the struggle against industrial agriculture with author Daniel J. O’Connell. The San Joaquin Valley in California is the most agriculturally productive farmland in the United States, but it is also plagued by high levels of poverty and water pollution, as well as the serious health risks that come with constant exposure to pesticides. … Read More >On Contact: Struggle against industrial agriculture

Categories Business

G20 leaders endorse deal on minimum corporate tax that could make rich states richer, but leave poor ones in the dust

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Leaders of the globe’s 20 biggest economies have embraced a deal on a global minimum corporate tax to stem the decline in tax rates on corporations, but skeptics argue it will only profit the states that are already well-off. … Read More >G20 leaders endorse deal on minimum corporate tax that could make rich states richer, but leave poor ones in the dust

Categories World

LEAKED documents reveal intense ‘lobby activism’ by fossil fuel players to ‘water down’ UN climate change report – media

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Several fossil fuel-reliant nations, including Saudi Arabia, Australia and Japan, are reportedly lobbying to add “policy neutral” language to a UN report that calls for “urgent and accelerated” efforts to tackle climate change. … Read More >LEAKED documents reveal intense ‘lobby activism’ by fossil fuel players to ‘water down’ UN climate change report – media

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Myth of the debt ceiling, virtual learning profits, investing to change the world

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Lee Camp exposes the truth about our ‘debt ceiling’. It’s an arbitrary, completely meaningless ‘limit’ that our government invents. In fact, it’s not even a useful indicator for any economic stressor facing the country. It’s simply a tool used by the rich to enforce austerity that hurts the poor. … Read More >Myth of the debt ceiling, virtual learning profits, investing to change the world

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US political system captured by corporate interests! Pressure building for real change – IPS’ Chuck Collins

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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 … Read More >US political system captured by corporate interests! Pressure building for real change – IPS’ Chuck Collins