corporate power
Dear Occupy Wall Street
The people demand the fall of corporations. The people demand the fall of Wall Street.
If I Were a Corporation
My predecessors wrote that the pen is mightier than the sword. Truly, no sword could ever destroy you because you were not created by the sword.
Why Democratic Socialism is the Answer (2)
There is nothing wrong with the profit motive in and of itself. We usually do something to gain something, and money is just a unit of exchange for the something we want to gain.
Why Democratic Socialism is the Answer (1)
Government or Corporation? Who is more reliable, effective, trustworthy, and efficient to run our industries?
What public discourse? On corporate political speech
Following the Supreme Court’s ruling overturning political speech restrictions on corporations and unions, a chorus of voices from the Democratic Party has attacked the decision. Notably, President Obama claimed in his State of the Union address that the ruling “will open the floodgates for special interests… to spend without limit in our elections.”
Spirit Airlines Banks on Annoying Race Talk Around Sotomayor Nomination
Spirit Airlines is running a marketing campaign called, “Justice Ochita Suprema,” which means ‘supreme justice eight’ in Spanish. The number refers to the low fares they are selling, as low as $8 each way. The email flier announces, “Justice Ochita Suprema has ruled against high fares and they are now out of appeals.” So apparently, [...]
Hollywood Stars Shun Pro-Israeli Diamond Store
Al-Arabiya reported on the growing movement to boycott pro-Israeli billionaire Lev Leviev’s diamond business. He is linked to settlement expansion in the West Bank and right-wing Zionist causes. The campaign has had several victories recently and convinced high-profile Hollywood stars to disassociate themselves from Leviev. Hollywood stars have called for their pictures to be removed [...]
American Corporate Symbols that Border on Haram
A facebook group opposing the new Apple Store in New York city is growing. Its focus of protest is not on the legions of hipsters and PC-trashing applesnobs that will waste many afternoons there playing with gadgetry, nor on Steve Jobs apparent disinterest in his Syrian ancestry. They are peeved it strongly resembles the kaaba, [...]
An Open Letter to Barack Obama by Ralph Nader
Dear Senator Obama: In your nearly two-year presidential campaign, the words “hope and change,” “change and hope” have been your trademark declarations. Yet there is an asymmetry between those objectives and your political character that succumbs to contrary centers of power that want not “hope and change” but the continuation of the power-entrenched status quo. [...]
Kuffiyah-Spotting: Dunkin’ Zionuts
Wonkette reports that a new Dunkin’ Donuts ad with Rachael Ray sporting a kuffiyeh is pissing off various Zionuts. Though most Americans see the traditional Arab scarf as a harmless, trendy accessory, Palinuts, like myself, see it as a symbol of cultural heritage and political resistance (and also partisanship). Zionuts claim it is a terrorist [...]
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