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  1. “The lesson of the #EastIndiaCompany is not only that #corporations can behave monstrously abroad. It is that they can flex their powers at home, too. Like the East India Company before them, today’s #giants are using their lobbying dollars and closeness to power to warp our #politics and our #economy as they take on the powers and functions of a #nationstate .”
    #postcapitalism
    nytimes.com/2026/08/28/opinion

  2. 2/🧵If you’re interested in how tech companies are justifying & promoting #AI and #DynamicPricing - what some are calling #SurveillancePricing or #SurveillanceCapitalism - then here’s an article from a retail trade journal that lifts the veil on system providers rationale. A couple of quotes, then the source link 👇

    “…the integration of AI within dynamic pricing offers a constructive promise when applied responsibly across enterprise environments, from manufacturing supply chains to retail management.

    “Rather than squeezing for maximum short-term revenue, AI can help to stabilise operations, augment decision-making and help organisations respond appropriately to volatile market demand.”

    OP notes: Two key words above: “responsibly” in the first paragraph, and “appropriately” in the second. Now…who among you believes that #CorporateGreed won’t dictate the application of AI to retail pricing? Who believes the predatory #corporations will act “responsibly” or “appropriately”?
    aimagazine.com/articles/ifs-cp #retail

  3. #DemocraticSocialism Is the Compromise Position

    Given our scale of #inequality, the #egalitarian reforms of democratic socialism are only the start of what we should strive for.

    Kyle Schmidlin, Jul 31, 2026

    Excerpt: "Reforming the #SecondGildedAge

    "Whether or not one agrees with such ideas, it’s a discussion that free people are within their rights to have. Though we often treat #capitalism as a national religion, there’s nothing sacred about it. Even the US Constitution is surprisingly agnostic on questions of economic organization. It’s not encoded in our DNA—in fact, we are much more naturally inclined toward cooperation than competition. Humans have a virtually infinite number of ways we can arrange society, and we are in desperate need of rethinking ours.

    "Because for the last few decades, the American economy has grown ever more off-balance, to the point where many analysts now say we’re in a second #GildedAge. We recently minted the world’s first trillionaire, while about half of us would be wiped out by any major illness, accident, or job loss. Workers have lost power, essentials like housing and healthcare are increasingly out of reach, and practically all the gains of our productivity have been accumulated at the very top, with #corporations posting record profits. #Billionaires are multiplying their wealth faster than ever, building anti-revolution doomsday bunkers, and plotting to rule their own fiefdoms as #CEOKings.

    "We live in a society that’s obsessed with law and order for things like #shoplifting or overstaying a visa, but largely looks the other way on #CorporateCrimes like #pollution, #WageTheft, and #fraud—not to mention #WarCrimes and #genocide. The president is a convicted felon who wants you to ignore his decades-long friendship with a child sex trafficker and instead fear and hate the immigrant next door.

    "In such a system, elites should feel relieved that people are only demanding, say, a few public options for groceries, rather than revolting. The wealthy surely all took note of the public reaction to #LuigiMangione, who is accused of murdering United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson on the streets of New York City. Mangione became a cultural icon who was openly celebrated in many circles, making clear the rage simmering within America’s dispossessed.

    "There’s a reason the progressive California Rep. #RoKhanna refers to a tax on wealth as an #AntiRevolution tax, or an attempt to save capitalism from itself. Progressive Democrats like Khanna often mediate between capitalist centers of power and the party’s left-wing base, who largely feel fed up with the party’s incremental approach of making small tweaks here and there. Democratic socialism, as practiced in today’s America, is still essentially incrementalism, but they’re much bigger increments.

    "Such a model works well in places like #Finland, #Iceland, and #Denmark. These countries have high taxes, but they get far more out of them than we do. As a result they are consistently ranked as the happiest countries on Earth, with excellent numbers for education, homelessness, poverty, healthcare, life expectancy, and infant mortality—all areas in which the US, with its profit-first approach to every problem, is lagging behind.

    "#HighTaxes and a mixed economy also once worked well in the #UnitedStates. We dug ourselves out of the #GreatDepression with the #NewDeal. Government programs brought electricity to rural areas and established safety nets and Social Security. Our middle class boomed after World War II, when taxes were the highest they’ve ever been.

    "#Republicans and #BigBusiness called that #socialism, too. They even conspired to overthrow President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Now, faced with another socialist menace, they’re playing just as dirty."

    Read more:
    commondreams.org/opinion/democ

    #TaxTheRich #WealthTax #DSA #RedScare #USPol #WorldPol #CorporateColonialism #EpsteinClass

  4. First poster for the ‘Hershey’ biopic, in theatres on Nov. 25

    Do you think they’ll include the child slavery story angle?

    #Corporations #ChildLabour #Slavery #Capitalism #Movies #Cinema #Hollywood #Whitewashing #HumanRights

  5. thenerve.news/p/uki-goni-argen

    'Peter #Thiel, precogs and ‘non-human #corporations’ – welcome to the wild world of #AI #Argentina

    '#President #Milei’s plans to turn my country into an anarcho-capitalist #tech paradise makes him just the latest character in the nation’s long history of chancers and #dictators, writes Uki #Goñi
    Jul 15, 2026

    'South America has long been a honey-trap for world-class charlatans with out-of-the-box ideas to remould society. Elisabeth #Nietzsche ...New Germany in the rainforests of #Paraguay in 1887 ... In 1860 ... some Mapuche leaders accepted Orélie-Antoine de Tounens from Périgueux as Antoine I, King of #Patagonia.'

    '... 4 June 2026, when a former tantric sex coach who has become the world's first elected anarcho-capitalist president announced from the pages of the Financial Times that he would be transforming Argentina, the planet's eighth largest country, into a #tax #haven for "non-human corporations" fully owned by AI entities.

    'Perhaps emboldened by #technobillionaire Peter Thiel setting up residence in Buenos Aires shortly before, President Javier Milei's opinion column – “Argentina invites AI to free itself” – outlined a project utopian enough to rival that of any 19th-century adventurer.

    'Argentina, Milei said, will become the first nation to create "entities operated by AI agents or robots ... #human #shareholders may participate, but are not required". Milei went even further, proposing that such AI-owned corporations would be protected by safeguards from #legal action. "Limited #liability is not a luxury for such entities; it is a precondition for their existence," Milei wrote.

    '... Israeli author Yuval Noah Harari pointed out that [it] could be a first step towards ... legal AI #personhood that could be deployed as protective buffers by the world's tech barons.

    '...Patagonia is ideal for #data centres – far from complaining residents, near fresh Andean #glacier #water and with abundant #energy from #shale #gas on tap ...'

  6. All you Anarcho- #communists or Uber- #socialists or self righteous whatevers who live in countries with a #parliamentary system that allows you to vote for your impotent fringe party WHICH WILL NEVER RULE YOUR COUNTRY, how nice for you. We don't have that luxury (privilege) in the #US. Our system could be better, but not by demolishing it and hoping something idyllic grows out of the ashes. That is a fucking ridiculous pipe dream. If the US quasi- #democracy crumbles completely, it will be replaced by all those #corporations you hate so much, and they will have the US #military at their disposal, and you will be fucked. The ONLY way the USA gets better is by the US #electorate making educated choices. Our system is designed to change slowly, as it should be. It is people who want everything now who are holding us back. Even the best of the Left understand that. Listen to #Mamdani, #OcasioCortez, #Sanders et al. They learned how the system works instead of staying home and whining.

  7. For #Indigenous communities in ‘#Alberta,’ the #OilIndustry has left an ugly stain

    Facing #OilSpills, evacuations and #illness — nations downstream of the #OilSands grieve their way of life, as the #corporations polluting their water get richer

    By Brandi Morin, December 7, 2023

    Excerpt: "The rush of the wind and sprays of water add to the thrill as Jason Castor guides his riverboat through a stretch of #LakeAthabasca near #FortChipewyan, in #Treaty8 territories. If he slows down, his boat could get stuck in the mud or even flip over because the water levels in this spot are remarkably low. He steers around buoys, dodges logs and other debris while accelerating to the mouth of the channel, which he knows should be deep enough to navigate at an average speed.

    "While trawling his boat further down the river, Castor points to odd-looking clusters resembling dirty foam floating by.

    " 'There’s just a slurry of a foam that looks like #oil or some kind of #chemical in there,' says Castor, a 42-year-old father, construction business owner and member of the #AthabascaChipewyan #FirstNation (#ACFN).

    "He’s been a traditional hunter, trapper and fisherman for nearly 20 years and has documented strange changes in the water, the land and animals.

    "Something’s going on in the river, he says.

    " 'They say that it’s natural, well, I know that that’s not natural because I’ve been on the river my whole life,' he explains as he points to brown and #WhiteFoam, #OilSheens and other discoloured formations floating on the river.

    "Nowadays, it’s risky to navigate these waterways because of industrial intakes like the #WACBennettDam to the west in B.C.; the #AlbertaOilSands just up the river and impacts from #ClimateChange.

    "The #PeaceAthabascaDelta is the second-largest #freshwater delta in the world.

    "The #AthabascaRiver, and the larger delta, also sit atop the world’s largest known reservoir of #CrudeBitumen.

    "The industry that has sprung up around it drives Alberta’s and Canada’s economy, employing about 138,000 people. In 2021, crude bitumen production totaled approximately 3.3 million barrels per day. The oil sands energy sector including oil sands, conventional #OilAndGas, mining and quarrying is valued at about $18 billion.

    "But while Canada prospers off the oil sands industry, #Indigenous communities downstream are dealing with its #toxic impacts.

    "Not only are the water levels fluctuating, but the health of the water flowing through the Athabasca River is jeopardized."

    Read more:
    indiginews.com/features/for-in

    #CanPol #CanadaPol #Alberta #TarSands #BigOilAndGas #OilSands #WaterIsLife #Pollution #Environment #Oiligarchy

  8. Make #Gas Giants Pay

    Gas #corporations are making billions from #Australian gas – while the rest of us pay higher energy bills.

    They extract publicly owned gas, sell it overseas at record profits, and pay next to nothing back in #tax. In #Queensland alone, gas companies made $36 billion in a single year and paid ZERO tax.

    getup.to/G2GBD4szCVOBik

    #petition #petitions #australia #ausgov #auspol #tasgov #taspol #politas #classwar #capitalism #fascism #extortion #exploitation #eattherich #psa

  9. @evacide
    One of the many reasons to be against #ageverification software

    It gives the wrong people & companies tons of data, often #biometric ones

    Therefore we transfers #power exactly the wrong people & #corporations

    And as we can know latest since #Edwardsnowden companies do share data with governments

    The cornerstone of the #chinese #surveillance #state is #realnameregistration

    Don't give #biometrics to #evilcorp, especially not for cheap thrills

    Do not hand data to #fascists

    #resist

  10. By contrast, large #corporations in #Minneapolis have been much less vocal about the effects of #immigration enforcement on the city, known as both a bastion of progressive politics in the #US #Midwest & a robust corporate #employer. 17 #Fortune500 companies are based in #Minnesota, including #Target, #UnitedHealth, & #GeneralMills.

    #complicit #economy #business #SmallBusiness #WorkingAmericans #Trump #affordability #CostOfLiving #authoritarianism #kleptocracy #plutocracy #ForMeButNotForThee

  11. "Media Matters, the left-leaning watchdog of right-wing media that has been a staple of blue Twitter for nearly two decades, will cease posting on the site starting tonight [Jan. 14—a direct result of their lengthy legal fight with the company now known as X and its owner, Elon Musk."

    ~ Andrew Egger

    #ElonMusk #Grok #SexualAbuse #women #children #corporations #EconomicElites #Twitter #MediaMatters
    /9

    thebulwark.com/p/media-matters

  12. This is your #reminder to stay away from #corporations as much as you can. If you can afford it, go to the co-op next time you need groceries. Buy gifts this year from artists. #Capitalism isn’t gone yet, but we can still try to flex our limited #freedom to support each other rather than enrich the #oligarchs and the #oppressors.

  13. From 2024: #Louisiana lawmakers pass income and #corporate #TaxCuts, raising statewide #SalesTax to pay for it

    By JACK BROOK
    Updated 8:55 PM EST, November 22, 2024

    BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — "Louisiana’s #GOP-dominated legislature passed tax cuts on personal and corporate income on Friday in exchange for a statewide sales tax increase, giving Gov. Jeff Landry much of what he wanted after his original tax reform package faced mounting resistance from lawmakers and lobbyists.

    "The final passage of the tax measures wrapped up a special legislative session launched Nov. 6 by the governor and his allies. They said their purpose was to make the state’s tax code more business friendly, create jobs and reverse trends of outward migration from the state. It was the third special legislative session called by Landry, a Republican, since he assumed office in January.

    "Critics warned the tax reforms would primarily benefit corporate #shareholders and #wealthy taxpayers while the sales tax increase would exacerbate Louisiana’s regressive tax system where #poorer households pay a higher percentage of their income on taxes."

    Read more:
    apnews.com/article/louisiana-t

    #KillThePoor #TaxBreaksForTheRich
    #TaxTheRich #PayYourFairShare #LouisianaPol #USPol #CEOs #Corporations #Millionaires #Billionaires

  14. From 2024: #Louisiana lawmakers pass income and #corporate #TaxCuts, raising statewide #SalesTax to pay for it

    By JACK BROOK
    Updated 8:55 PM EST, November 22, 2024

    BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — "Louisiana’s #GOP-dominated legislature passed tax cuts on personal and corporate income on Friday in exchange for a statewide sales tax increase, giving Gov. Jeff Landry much of what he wanted after his original tax reform package faced mounting resistance from lawmakers and lobbyists.

    "The final passage of the tax measures wrapped up a special legislative session launched Nov. 6 by the governor and his allies. They said their purpose was to make the state’s tax code more business friendly, create jobs and reverse trends of outward migration from the state. It was the third special legislative session called by Landry, a Republican, since he assumed office in January.

    "Critics warned the tax reforms would primarily benefit corporate #shareholders and #wealthy taxpayers while the sales tax increase would exacerbate Louisiana’s regressive tax system where #poorer households pay a higher percentage of their income on taxes."

    Read more:
    apnews.com/article/louisiana-t

    #KillThePoor #TaxBreaksForTheRich
    #TaxTheRich #PayYourFairShare #LouisianaPol #USPol #CEOs #Corporations #Millionaires #Billionaires

  15. From 2024: #Louisiana lawmakers pass income and #corporate #TaxCuts, raising statewide #SalesTax to pay for it

    By JACK BROOK
    Updated 8:55 PM EST, November 22, 2024

    BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — "Louisiana’s #GOP-dominated legislature passed tax cuts on personal and corporate income on Friday in exchange for a statewide sales tax increase, giving Gov. Jeff Landry much of what he wanted after his original tax reform package faced mounting resistance from lawmakers and lobbyists.

    "The final passage of the tax measures wrapped up a special legislative session launched Nov. 6 by the governor and his allies. They said their purpose was to make the state’s tax code more business friendly, create jobs and reverse trends of outward migration from the state. It was the third special legislative session called by Landry, a Republican, since he assumed office in January.

    "Critics warned the tax reforms would primarily benefit corporate #shareholders and #wealthy taxpayers while the sales tax increase would exacerbate Louisiana’s regressive tax system where #poorer households pay a higher percentage of their income on taxes."

    Read more:
    apnews.com/article/louisiana-t

    #KillThePoor #TaxBreaksForTheRich
    #TaxTheRich #PayYourFairShare #LouisianaPol #USPol #CEOs #Corporations #Millionaires #Billionaires

  16. From 2024: #Louisiana lawmakers pass income and #corporate #TaxCuts, raising statewide #SalesTax to pay for it

    By JACK BROOK
    Updated 8:55 PM EST, November 22, 2024

    BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — "Louisiana’s #GOP-dominated legislature passed tax cuts on personal and corporate income on Friday in exchange for a statewide sales tax increase, giving Gov. Jeff Landry much of what he wanted after his original tax reform package faced mounting resistance from lawmakers and lobbyists.

    "The final passage of the tax measures wrapped up a special legislative session launched Nov. 6 by the governor and his allies. They said their purpose was to make the state’s tax code more business friendly, create jobs and reverse trends of outward migration from the state. It was the third special legislative session called by Landry, a Republican, since he assumed office in January.

    "Critics warned the tax reforms would primarily benefit corporate #shareholders and #wealthy taxpayers while the sales tax increase would exacerbate Louisiana’s regressive tax system where #poorer households pay a higher percentage of their income on taxes."

    Read more:
    apnews.com/article/louisiana-t

    #KillThePoor #TaxBreaksForTheRich
    #TaxTheRich #PayYourFairShare #LouisianaPol #USPol #CEOs #Corporations #Millionaires #Billionaires

  17. From 2024: #Louisiana lawmakers pass income and #corporate #TaxCuts, raising statewide #SalesTax to pay for it

    By JACK BROOK
    Updated 8:55 PM EST, November 22, 2024

    BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — "Louisiana’s #GOP-dominated legislature passed tax cuts on personal and corporate income on Friday in exchange for a statewide sales tax increase, giving Gov. Jeff Landry much of what he wanted after his original tax reform package faced mounting resistance from lawmakers and lobbyists.

    "The final passage of the tax measures wrapped up a special legislative session launched Nov. 6 by the governor and his allies. They said their purpose was to make the state’s tax code more business friendly, create jobs and reverse trends of outward migration from the state. It was the third special legislative session called by Landry, a Republican, since he assumed office in January.

    "Critics warned the tax reforms would primarily benefit corporate #shareholders and #wealthy taxpayers while the sales tax increase would exacerbate Louisiana’s regressive tax system where #poorer households pay a higher percentage of their income on taxes."

    Read more:
    apnews.com/article/louisiana-t

    #KillThePoor #TaxBreaksForTheRich
    #TaxTheRich #PayYourFairShare #LouisianaPol #USPol #CEOs #Corporations #Millionaires #Billionaires

  18. “"AEP, [Australian Energy Producers — peak lobby for #FossilFuelIndustries ] with the support of EY [Consultants to AEP], produced sophisticated disinformation that misled policymakers and influenced the national climate strategy to expand gas production, and delay the energy transition under the guise of credible analysis," said Claire Synder, the director of Climate Integrity.” (Source: ABC News)

    Who would’ve known? The Govt and bureaucrats receiving the AEP’s advice to keep/build Gas Peakers on the electricity grid to support the transition to ‘green energy’ certainly would have seen it coming. They’d have to have been blind and stupid not to. Hence, the conclusion has to be that govt support for continued fossil fuel use (in terms of ‘natural’ - being anything but - gas extraction and combustion) must be intentional and in keeping with the #GasLobby ‘s wishes. Not only is our #Labor govt purposefully inactive on the #ClimateAction and #Environmental left-wing agenda, it is actively funnelling #PublicFunds to #Grifting fossil fuels #Corporations which pay #NoTaxes and piddly #Royalties.

    I’m not a conspiracy theory advocate, but this sure looks like #Corruption, #Collusion and #NestFethering activities if I’ve ever seen any.

    All the while, any ‘new’ gas fields developed in Australia will be exported to fulfil contracted gas futures (which are then re-sold at a profit on the international market by #Japan - a lucrative business all round).

    Read more:

    abc.net.au/news/2025-10-13/cli

  19. Not surprising...😠

    #ApacheStronghold -- Supreme Court Again Declines to Protect Sacred #OakFlat

    By Apache Stronghold, via @bsnorrell.blogspot.com, Oct. 6, 2025

    Apache Stronghold - Supreme Court update

    "This morning, we received word the Supreme Court has decided not to reconsider our case. While this decision is deeply disappointing, the fight to protect Oak Flat is far from over.
    We will continue pressing our case in the lower courts. In addition to our case, three other cases are also seeking to protect Oak Flat, and the Ninth Circuit will hear oral argument in those cases on
    January 7, 2026. We’ll also keep urging Congress, the President, and federal agencies to stop the destruction of Oak Flat and protect our ancestral sacred land.

    Oak Flat deserves the same respect and protection this country has long given to other places of worship.

    Wendsler Nosie Sr. responding to the Supreme Court result, 'First, thank you everyone for all the hard work. You have been a blessing to us all in our country. Most importantly deep within us we
    knew, but now we definitely witness the truth of this country, by the Supreme Court taking no action. What is evil created the unfairness, not just to us human beings but to all of God’s creations. When this country was founded, humans with the heart of #greed worked to mute the voice of the Creator. By this undertaking, we now live with a third entity, who was created to take and destroy every blessed
    gift God gave us through our #MotherEarth. We know this evil as #Corporations, which comes from
    #capitalism which #colonizes people. We must defend what is spiritual, holy and God’s greatest gift to us all, our Mother. Today is a new day for me as I now take the blessings from Usen (God), to walk
    the footsteps of the purpose I was blessed with and no longer be a captive.'

    America has shown us the government’s true intentions, we are unheard and ignored once again. Our judicial system’s voice is muted by capitalism, the ultimate destruction of Mother Earth has been given permission as if they control her, she supplies our lives not the reverse. Such a sad reality.

    We call on all people to pray, to raise their voices, and to join us in defending Mother Earth. Thank you for standing with us."

    Source:
    bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2025/10

    #SanCarlosApache #ChichilBildagoteel #WesternApaches #Fight4OurExistence #SacredLand #ReligiousLiberty #CensoredNews #Apache #ProtectOakFlat
    #CopperMining #CorporateColonialism #SaveOakFlat #ProtectTheSacred #SCOTUS #SCOTUSIsCompromised #TontoNationalForest #ResolutionCopper #RioTinto

  20. The tax benefits may have come in handy in recent years as #SpaceX’s finances have improved, at least by one measure. The company has privately said its earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation & amortization nearly doubled to roughly $5B last year from 2023. That figure, known as #EBITDA, is one way of measuring #corporate #profits but is not the same as the bottom line & does not mean that SpaceX is paying #taxes.

    #law #Trump #Musk #billionaires #corporations #plutocracy #technocracy

  21. As #ExtremeHeat Bakes US, 160+ #Global Groups Demand 'Real' #ClimateAction

    Reject #FalseSolutions, such as #NaturalGas, #MegaDams, #geoengineering, #bioenergy, forest offsets, #CarbonTrading schemes, #NuclearEnergy, biodiversity credits, and #CarbonCapture and storage.

    Jessica Corbett
    Jun 23, 2025

    Excerpt: " 'While #governments and #corporations push us deeper into #ClimateChaos, movements around the world are rising,' she noted. 'From every corner of the Earth, women leaders are coming together with solutions and strategies to defend our planet and our communities. We call on governments and financial institutions to heed their voices and ensure effective and equitable policies—from Bonn to Belém and beyond. We must rise boldly, because climate change is not waiting for politics. Our movements are not bending. We are not breaking. We are defining and building a healthy and just future for all.'

    "The new call to action points out that 'last year, the world breached this threshold with global average temperatures exceeding 1.5ºC above preindustrial levels. This alarming milestone is not yet a permanent breach of the Paris agreement guardrail, which refers to long-term warming, although scientists predict that 2024 will be the first of a 20-year period reaching 1.5ºC warming.'

    " 'Although the pathway is drastically narrowing, the International Energy Agency affirms that the goal of the Paris agreement is still attainable,' the publication continues. 'Scientists assert that limiting global warming to 1.5ºC will require significant and urgent action from governments and financial institutions.'

    "Specifically, the coalition outlined 10 broad actions for governments and financial institutions, beginning with urging both the public and private sectors to end fossil fuel expansion and extraction, and to 'reject false solutions, such as natural gas, mega-dams, geoengineering, bioenergy, forest offsets, carbon trading schemes, nuclear energy, biodiversity credits, and carbon capture and storage.'

    "The collective also called for accelerating a just transition, promoting women's leadership and gender equity, protecting the rights of #IndigenousPeoples, safeguarding #forests and #biodiversity, preserving oceans and freshwater, advancing #FoodSecurity and #sovereignty, implementing the #RightsOfNature, providing robust climate finance, and cutting off financial institutions' support for 'harmful projects and redirecting resources into climate solutions.' "

    Read more:
    commondreams.org/news/climate-

    #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #Klimatkris #WaterIsLife #Heatwaves #NoNukes #CorporateColonialism #CapitalismKills #ClimateSolutions #Greenwashing

  22. #handsoff2025 Protest today!!!!! Join up with others to say #HandsOff our democracy and fight for your freedom!!!! Find Your LOCAL PROTEST HERE; mobilize.us/handsoff/

    #UnplugTrump #PuckFutin #democracy #freedom #freespeech #life_liberty_happiness #betheblizzard #theavalancheofjustice #capitalism #CapitalismIsADeathCult #CapitalismKills #SurveillanceCapitalism #deforestation #DrillBabyDrill #deforestation #DefundDeforestation #DefundExtinction #progressive #TransRights #FreeSpeechTv #america #americans #americana #defiance #truth #TruthToPower #truth2power #protest #protests #theflagisforthepeople #eagle #pollution #corporations #corporations_are_not_your_friends #NoisePollution #ClimatePollution #thereisnoplanetb #fiftyfiftyone #VoteWithYourWallet #boycott #boycottusa #UnplugTrump #ElonMusk #elonmuskisanazi #gofuck_elonmusk #PutinIsAWarCriminal #PutinWarCriminal #putin #enviroment #enviromental #TheEnviromentExcuse #FreeMedicareForAll #peace #PeaceNow #PeaceTalks #PeaceLink #PrayForUkraine #fascism #NoFascism #fascismo #fascisme #Ukraine #UkraineWar #UkraineRussiaWar #_ukraine #Russia #russian #russiaToday #climate #ClimateCrisis #ClimateAction #ClimateChange #greed #CapitalistGreed #PharmaGreed #FearandGreedIndex #bigpharma #peaceonearth #tariffs #tarrif #Tariff #slavery #minimumwage #minimumwageraiseplz #Aristocrat #RunawayAristocrat #aristocrat #HumanRights #HumanRightsDay #media4humanrights #portugal4humanrights #usa #usa2025 #ușa #northcarolina #northcarolina1stcongressionaldistrict #northcarolina8thdistrict #northcarolina1st #DonaldTrump #UkraineIsOurFriend #trump #trumptariffs #newyork #rejectproject2025 #project2025 #project_2025 #project2025cansuckit #2025project #2025reads #election2025 #revision2025 #eatthe1percent #EatTheRich #EatTheRichs #eatREADsleep #bird #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #birding #wildlife #nature #NaturePhotography #NatureLovers #NatureArtist #WildlifePhotography #WildlifeWednesday #WildlifeMurals #mouse #reptiles #MarineReptiles #SquamateReptiles #reptile #ReptileWorld #ReptileLovers #ReptileDatabase #boycott #Boycott4Wildlife #boycott4widlife #BoycottGold4Yanomami #boycott4palestine #ChildLabor #freespeech #freespeech4all #freespeech2 #tree #trees #tree_magic #TreeTime #déforestation #DefundDeforestation #amphibians #amphibian #AmphibiansOfInstagram #instagram #_instagram #facebook #FacebookFeed #FacebookFeed #twitter #TwitterMigration #twitter2 #Hippie #beachHippie #beach #BeachTown #BeachTravel #BeachCamping #google #degoogle #GooglePixel #GooglePlay #GoogleGo #yahoo #exclude_applenews_and_yahoo #degoogling #degooglenow #diversity #BioDiversity #DiversityEquityInclusion #DiversityMatters #censorship #Queer #QueerRights #QueerInkSquad #QueerWriters #NeuroDivergent #NeurodivergentWellbeing #NeurodivergentMood #NeurodivergentThinking #autism #AutismSpectrumDisorder #AutismPride #neurospicy #neurotypical #disabled #DisabledArtist #DisabledMastodon #lgbtq #lgbtqia #LGBTQIA2S #lgbtq_plus #lgbtqAlly #StraightAlly #lgbtqia2 #lgbtqia2a #straight #gardener #GardenJoy #forest #ForestTrails #ForestWhitaker #forest_deepness #forest #foresttherapy #therapy #leaf #leafLitter #sexuality #gender #GenderEquality #GenderPayGap #GenderVerbot #dirt #cloudflare #FascistGOP #gop #native #NativeAmerican #NativeAmericans #NativeBirds #insectpopulationdecline #insect #insects #InsectID #bug #bug2038 #black #peopleofcolor #eatlocal #macdonalds #camp #camping #ElderAbuse #elder #old #OldBuildings #conservation #OceanConservation #science #ScienceMastodon #OpenScience #OpenSource #mastodon #mastodonsocial #MastodonTips #lake #LakeErie #LakeCity #river #HudsonRiver #RiverSoul #river_plate #prairie #PrairieLife #pinetree #oldgrowthtree #ocean #OceanBeach #OceanHealth #flowers #WildFlowers #DailyFlowers #sky #SkyTonight #skype #discord #FuckDiscord #DiscordServer #DisneyboundingDiscord #ubuntu #UbuntuLinux #linux #linuxmint #linux_gaming #linuxgaming #GreenwashingKills #GreenWashing #furry #FurryArtist #furryart #furryfandom #totoabafish #VaquitaCPR #vaquita #fish #fishing #FishArt #FishCrow #MarineMammal #NativeMammal #mammal #StopPrimateShipments #primate #animalrights #NaturesRights #transrightsarehumanrights #TransRightsAreHumanRights #transrightsreadathon #transrights #lesbian #LesbianVisibilityWeek #LesbianArt #SydneyGayandLesbianMardiGras #gay #gayMAN #GayPride #GayMastodon #intersex #IntersexRights #IntersexAwareness #TransAndIntersexPrideDublin #asexual #AsexualPride #pride #asexuality #BoycottExxon #verizon

  23. #DemocracyNow: “What About the Capitalists?”: Autoworkers in U.S., Mexico Call for Solidarity, Not Divisive Tariffs

    Story April 08, 2025

    "As workers brace for uncertainty and fallout from #Trump’s #tariffs, we hear from two #autoworkers, one in #Mexico and one in the United States. Israel Cervantes, founder of the National Independent Union for Workers in the Automotive Industry in Mexico, calls for unions across #NorthAmerica to unite against the tariffs, which have already led to layoffs from auto manufacturers. In the U.S., autoworker and UAW member Sean Crawford joins Democracy Now! on his work break to respond to the rhetoric and impact of the tariffs. 'They are always harping on foreigners, foreigners, foreigners. But what about the #capitalists? says Crawford, who urges international solidarity against #corporations’ attempts to sow division among #exploited #workers. “This nationalistic viewpoint has not been working for us and has resulted in a lot of these layoffs,' he says. 'I want to see us grow together as a #WorkingClass.'"

    Listen / watch / read transcript:
    democracynow.org/2025/4/8/uaw_
    #ViewerSupportedNews #TrumpTariffs #Workers

  24. #CriminalizingDissent: #Greenpeace Ordered to Pay $667M to #DakotaAccessPipeline Firm over #Protests

    #DemocracyNow, March 20, 2025

    "A jury in #NorthDakota has ordered Greenpeace to pay more than $660 million in damages for defaming #EnergyTransferPartners, the corporation behind the Dakota Access Pipeline. The Texas-based pipeline company accused Greenpeace of orchestrating criminal behavior by training and providing funds to the #Indigenous-led protests at #StandingRock. Greenpeace and its supporters, including other #nonprofits and #advocacy groups, argued that the lawsuit is part of a conspicuous attempt by #corporations to destroy the right to #FreeSpeech. Longtime #HumanRights and #environmental lawyer #StevenDonziger, who was part of the independent trial monitoring team observing the trial, says it was purposely held in a region of the country with deep ties to the #FossilFuel industry. Donziger said most of the jurors in the case were connected to the industry and were 'predisposed' to rule in favor of Energy Transfer despite the 'false narratives' presented at the trial. Greenpeace plans to appeal the ruling."

    Watch / listen / read transcript:
    democracynow.org/2025/3/20/gre
    #StandWithStandingRock #NoDAPL #SLAPPs #ViewerSupportedNews #GreenpeaceUSA #SLAPPsLawsuits #CriminalizingDissent #NorthDakota #StandingRockSiouxTribe #StandingRockReservation #CorporateColonialism #BigOilAndGas #EnvironmentalRacism #WaterIsLife #KelcyWarren #ArrestKelcyWarren #ErikPrince #Blackwater #ACAB

  25. A MAGA Trump supporter was left speechless after we dispelled small government big corporation crap.

    A MAGA Trump supporter called to dispute our support for a government big enough that no corporation could attain supremacy. He was left speechless and decided to reevaluate his position.

    #BigGovernment #corporations #KPFT #MAGA #PoliticsDoneRight #smallGovernment

    wp.me/p1OjMZ-nu6

  26. Si nous n'avions pas accepté les efforts de #mondialisation par les #corporations nous aurions un secteur manufacturier beaucoup plus fort au #Canada.
    Mais ils ont décidé d'envoyer ça en Asie afin de baisser les coûts de fabrication et environnementaux sans diminuer les prix des produits. Les #consommateurs paient autant, les compagnies font plus de profit et le Canada perd tout un secteur d'activité et son savoir faire.
    Et là avec ce qui se passe on en aurait eu grandement besoin présentement.

  27. @VeroniqueB99 @TheJen

    I suspect 'most' of the 'people' in 'most' of the states would want into 'New Canada' vs. The Coming #Totalitarianism.

    It's just the #Oligarchs #ChristianTheocrats
    #Fascists and #TransNational #corporations #Nazi #HateMongers who profit from #fascism and division that might drag their feet.

    Well also #canada I suspect may also have some issues with this idea for altogether different reasons.

    🙂

  28. Massive Energy Needs of AI & #Cryptocurrencies Lead #Amazon, #Google & #Microsoft to Embrace #NuclearPower

    #DemocracyNow, November 19, 2024

    "Tech companies are turning to #nuclear to fulfill the skyrocketing energy needs of #ArtificialIntelligence, with major #corporations like #Amazon, #Google and #Microsoft announcing plans to invest in #NuclearPower. But the speed at which energy needs are growing may not align with the construction or revitalization of nuclear infrastructure, says Alex de Vries, who researches the unintended consequences of #AI and #cryptocurrencies. There may be a 'mismatch between the needs of tech companies today' and the future, while nuclear power continues to carry the same #SafetyRisks that led to its phasing out in the first place."

    Watch / listen / read transcript:
    democracynow.org/2024/11/19/co

    #NoNukes #NoNukesForAI #NuclearIsNotCarbonFree #NuclearColonialism #RethinkNotRestart #ViewerSupportedNews #BigTech #Corporatocracy #CorporateColonialism #AISucks

  29. Coast #Salish Water Warriors: Voices for the Water at the #SalishSea Assembly in #Seattle

    By #BrendaNorrell, #CensoredNews at #Indybay, Nov. 8, 2024

    "The defenders are battling the dirty energy #corporations poisoning the land, water and air in western #Canada and #WashingtonState, and the waters of the Salish Sea. The rivers from British Columbia in Canada and Washington State come together in the Salish Sea on their journey to the #PacificOcean.

    "The dead birds floating in the Alberta tar sands #TailingPonds, the #ManCamps linked to missing and murdered Indigenous girls, and the increased oil tankers in the Salish Sea -- are all parts of the dirty oil business of the Trans Mountain pipeline pouring out of Alberta's dirty tar sands in Canada, bound for #OilTankers in the Salish Sea.

    "The destruction, and theft of land, is a continuation of the #genocidal residential school system. Native children were kidnapped, ripped from their families, and incarcerated in the abusive schools operated by Canada and the churches.

    "'We can't drink water from there any more,' said Jean, who lives close to the Alberta tar sands in her homeland. 'I was born into this destruction.

    "'Thousands of birds are dead in the tailing ponds.'"

    bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/11

    #WaterDefenders #LandBack #DefendTheSacred
    #BigOilAndGas #CorporateColonialism
    #ReaderSupportedNews #IndigenousActivists #IndigenousActivism #IndigenousNews #Resistance #MotherEarth #PacificNorthwest #WaterIsLife #PetrolState #PetroState #Oiligarchy #ResidentialSchools #StolenChildren #CulturalGenocide #MMIW #MMIWG

  30. "The entities now controlling prices are big corporations. She wants to prevent them from keeping prices high by restoring competition. She’s exactly right."

    #KamalaHarris #economy #PriceControls #inflation #corporations
    /2

    youtube.com/watch?v=FOTwvEluqX

  31. "Last week, Kamala Harris announced she would go after corporate price gouging. Trump promptly accused her of seeking price controls. Much of the economic establishment — which justifiably believes price controls don’t work — went berserk.

    But Harris is not advocating price controls. She’s advocating just the opposite (see my interview, below)."

    ~ Robert Reich

    #KamalaHarris #economy #PriceControls #inflation #corporations
    /1

    robertreich.substack.com/p/how

  32. Activists ask for help combatting violence against #Nicaragua’s #Indigenous communities

    Maxwell Radwin
    29 Jul 2024

    "Increasing violence in northern Nicaragua this year has displaced rural families and led to calls for more drastic action from the international community, which activists say hasn’t done enough to hold the #Ortega government accountable for human rights abuses.

    "For years, Indigenous communities on Nicaragua’s northern #Caribbean coast have suffered threats, kidnappings, torture and unlawful arrests while defending communal territory from #IllegalSettlements and #mining. This year appears to be as bad as ever, and residents say they are desperate for help.

    "'Urgent measures must be taken to protect these communities,' said Gloria Monique de Mees, the OAS rapporteur on the rights of Afro-descendants and against racial discrimination. 'Failure to address the crisis will only embolden the Nicaraguan government to continue its repressive campaign.'

    "Much of the violence is concentrated within the North Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region (#RACCN), a jurisdiction communally governed and titled by Indigenous communities since the late 1980s. It’s home to #Miskitus, #Mayangnas, #Ulwa, #Ramas, #Creole and #Garífunas peoples, and contains mountain, #rainforest and coastal #ecosystems.

    "The area has attracted non-Indigenous Nicaraguans, known locally as #colonos, looking to set up #farms, #logging operations and artisanal #mines. Massive #gold and #copper deposits have also created opportunities for multinational mining #corporations, with backing from the government.

    "Indigenous communities say they’re worried about losing #AncestralLand as well as traditional farming, hunting and fishing practices as the forest is cleared and mines #pollute local streams and rivers."

    Read more:
    news.mongabay.com/2024/07/acti

    #WaterIsLife #NoMiningWithoutConsent #GoldMining #CopperMining #IndigenousPeople #IndigenousPeoplesDay #LandBack

  33. CW: -uspol

    @MylesRyden @stevendbrewer @pluralistic The specific “corporation” at the root of the 1970s shift in US #HigherEd was #SallieMae, whose #StudentLoans servicing was spun off into #Navient in 2014.

    People often associate #corporations with private #capitalist enterprises, but the federal #government owns dozens, chartered under the theory that incorporating enables more political independence. In practice, they’re all state-sponsored coercive #monopolies.

  34. "you have zero privacy, get over it"

    Marketplace interview about Clearview AI, with NYT reporter Kashmir Hill who wrote a book about her investigation into them and their efforts to stop her ("Your Face Belongs to Us").

    No transcript, but audio of the interview if you click "Listen Now", and an excerpt from the book below that
    marketplace.org/2023/09/19/fac

    #ClearviewAI #KashmirHill #Marketplace #PeterThiel #privacy #corporations #law

  35. #Fortunes result from various factors unrelated to talent.

    Furthermore, fortunes distort the allocation of talent in society, as exceptionall young individuals that could be contributing to climate change or healthcare instead serve the wealthy elite.

    A mass movement for wealth distribution is needed to address this #inequality. Good examples are #ProgressiveTaxation policies and taxing corporate income based on shareholder returns.

    #elitism #wealth #corporations

    znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-t

  36. Let corporations vote? Delaware bill prompts debate :

    Seaford town officials, who approved the charter change in April, say business owners who have invested in the town through entities like LLCs and partnerships should have a say in local affairs.
    #AmericanCivilLibertiesUnion #CommonCause #Corporations #Delaware #property #propertyowners #Seaford #votingrights
    #Miami #news

    kbindependent.org/?p=9700