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The Nasty Truth About the Online Retailers You Probably Used for Your Holiday Shopping

Mac McClelland, Mother Jones Online. December 23, 2011.

The workers who box the stuff we order online are often treated terribly.

Chevron Feels the Heat: Annual Shareholder Meeting Brings Huge Protests For Oil Giant's Abuses Around the World

Tina Gerhardt, AlterNet. May 26, 2011.

"We are the human face of Chevron's operations, armed with the memories of our dead relatives, our neighbors, our sick children," said one woman who traveled from Ecuador.

Is Amazon Evil?

Onnesha Roychoudhuri, Boston Review. December 8, 2010.

Amazon's cheap books are easy on our wallets, but publishers have been deeply undercut by the rise of large retailers and predatory pricing schemes.

How Amazon Kills Books and Makes Us Stupid

Colin Robinson, The Nation. July 19, 2010.

Amazon offers infinite choice and rock-bottom prices: those aren't necessarily good things.

Nestle Stoops to New Low, Launches Barge to Peddle Junk Food on the Amazon River to Brazil's Poor

Michele Simon, AlterNet. July 8, 2010.

Has Big Food already run out of customers in cities and other locales that are more readily accessible by land?

Why Peru's Rainforest Is About to Be Decimated While Across the Border Celebrities Rally to Save Ecuador's Rainforest

David Hill, Survival International. May 7, 2010.

ConocoPhillips, other companies and Peru's government are violating international law and endangering the existence of some of the world's most vulnerable people.

Big Oil Wreaks Havoc in the Amazon, But Communities Are Fighting Back

Kelly Hearn, AlterNet. March 11, 2010.

This time it's not Chevron in Ecuador but Occidental Petroleum in Peru. And the local community has had enough of giveaways to corporate polluters.

Exposed: Chevron's Cover-up of Gross Environmental Abuses in Ecuador

Cameron Scott, AlterNet. March 8, 2010.

Chevron claims it's not responsible for dumping 18 billion gallons of industrial wastewater into the Amazon. A local leader says otherwise.

Is Amazon.com Screwing You Over?

Is Amazon.com Screwing You Over?

Steve Brown, AlterNet. November 25, 2009.

Amazon is charging -- and pocketing -- exorbitant shipping and handling fees, and someone somewhere is getting rich from it.

Chevron Employs Felon and Drug-Trafficker to Derail Trial to Escape Enviro Crimes

Chevron Employs Felon and Drug-Trafficker to Derail Trial to Escape Enviro Crimes

Han Shan, AlterNet. October 30, 2009.

It appears that American oil giant Chevron is employing methods -- and people -- that are as dirty as the toxic waste pits it left scattered across the rainforest floor.

Call Chevron to Account for Its Assault on the Amazonian Ecosystem

Call Chevron to Account for Its Assault on the Amazonian Ecosystem

Byard Duncan, AlterNet. September 2, 2009.

Over the past 28 years, the oil giant has polluted rivers, poisoned the atmosphere and caused immeasurable damage to children.

'Crude': The Film Chevron Doesn't Want You to See

Han Shan, AlterNet. August 26, 2009.

The new film exposes an environmental tragedy experts call the "Amazon Chernobyl," and believe is the worst case of oil-related contamination ever.

News Corp to Charge For Online Newspapers

Agence France Presse August 6, 2009.

Rupert Murdoch broke the news after the global media giant reported that it ended its business year with a net loss of 3.4 billion dollars due to hefty charges of 9.2 billion dollars.

Amazon Issues Lame, Insufficient Apology for Deleting "1984" From Kindles

tristero, Hullabaloo AlterNet: PEEK. July 27, 2009.

As long as it is technically feasible to alter or erase information, these devices are dangerous to a free society.

Peru's Prime Minister Says He Will Resign

Agence France Presse June 16, 2009.

Yehude Simon has been embroiled in a major confrontation between state and indigenous leaders over plans to open the Amazon to development.

Peru Suspends Decrees that Fueled Amazon Violence

Agence France Presse June 10, 2009.

The law sparked clashes between police and indigenous protesters, killing dozens.

The Amazon vs. Big Oil: Chevron Faces Possible $27 Billion Dollar Damages Claim

Sara Miller Llana, Christian Science Monitor. June 3, 2009.

An Ecuadorean court alleges that Texaco, which was acquired by Chevron, knowingly unleashed toxins across an estimated 1,700 square miles.

Even More AmazonFAIL: 'It was the French! Seriously!' How Not to Handle a Social Media Rampage

Deanna Zandt, DeannaZandt.com AlterNet: Media and Technology. April 14, 2009.

Amazon is blaming their PR nightmare on their French brethren.

More on AmazonFAIL: Hackers, Misogyny, Homophobia and You

Deanna Zandt, DeannaZandt.com AlterNet: Sex and Relationships. April 13, 2009.

This is the kind of story that sends me down the rabbit hole of musing for days.

Amazon.com Provokes Online Firestorm Over "Banned" Books

Deanna Zandt, DELETED AlterNet: Sex and Relationships. April 13, 2009.

Using blogs, Facebook and Twitter, angry authors and readers go on attack for apparent censorship -- company claims "glitch."

Why Is Amazon Delisting LGBT Books for Being Too 'Adult'?

Amanda Terkel, ThinkProgress AlterNet: Media and Technology. April 13, 2009.

Yesterday, author Mark R. Probst noticed that Amazon has been pulling the sales rank numbers from many LGBT books.

World Bank Pledges to Save Trees, Then Helps Cut Down Amazon

Daniel Howden, The Independent UK. January 17, 2008.

A month ago it vowed to fight deforestation. Now research reveals it funds the rainforest's biggest threat.

New York City Is One of the Biggest Destroyers of the Amazon Rainforest

Robert Jereski, AlterNet. October 15, 2007.

New York City's parks department is America's biggest destroyer of Amazonian rain forest, and Mayor Bloomberg isn't doing much to stop it.

Exclusive: Selling the Amazon for a Handful of Beads

Kelly Hearn, AlterNet. January 17, 2006.

In the midst of an Amazonian oil boom, classified documents reveal deep links between oil companies and Ecuador's military.

Is Amazon.com\'s Pennsylvania Warehouse a Textbook Sweatshop?

Julianne Escobedo Shepherd, December 31, 1969.


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