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Ehrenreich: How Corporations and Local Governments Rob the Poor Blind

Barbara Ehrenreich, TomDispatch.com. May 17, 2012.

The trick is to rob them in ways that are systematic, impersonal, and almost impossible to trace to individual perpetrators.

Hedges: How Our Demented Capitalist System Made America Insane

Chris Hedges, Truthdig. May 14, 2012.

When civilizations start to die they go insane. Let the ice sheets in the Arctic melt. Let the temperatures rise. Let the air, soil and water be poisoned. Let the forests die.

How Corporations Like Monsanto Have Hijacked Higher Education

Jill Richardson, AlterNet. May 11, 2012.

Academic research is often dictated by corporations that endow professorships, give money to universities, and put their executives on education boards.

Can There Ever Be Good Corporations?

Marjorie Kelly, YES! Magazine. April 18, 2012.

When the employees own the company, it changes absolutely everything.

It's Time to Stop the Nuclear Energy Welfare Program

Sen. Bernie Sanders, Ryan Alexander, Comment Is Free. April 15, 2012.

After 60 years, the taxpayer should not continue to subsidize multibillion-dollar corporations in the nuclear energy sector.

3 Corporate Myths that Threaten the Wealth of the Nation

William Lazonick, Ken Jacobson, Lynn Parramore, AlterNet. April 5, 2012.

It’s time to restore corporate power to the people by blasting through the myths about how corporations should be run, and for whom.

Whose Corporations? Our Corporations!

Ken Jacobson, AlterNet. April 3, 2012.

The idea that corporations are obligated only to shareholders is a dangerous fad. Law and precedent say they owe a strong duty to the 99%.

Politicians Swallow Pink Slime to Prove Their Allegiance to Corporations

Leo Gerard, AlterNet. April 3, 2012.

Just as in the case of pink slime, the interests of flesh-and-blood people and corporations frequently conflict.

Capitalism's Dirty Secret: Corporations Don't Create Jobs, They Destroy Them

Lynn Parramore, AlterNet. April 3, 2012.

If we want good jobs and long-term career opportunities, we have to tame the wild horses of big business.

How High CEO Pay Hurts the 99 Percent

William Lazonick, AlterNet. April 2, 2012.

Why are top executives making outrageous amounts of money for not doing their jobs? It's time to fight back -- because they work for us.

How American Corporations Transformed from Producers to Predators

William Lazonick, AlterNet. April 1, 2012.

Over the last 30 years, corporations have turned on the 99 percent. Here's how it happened and how to fight back.

5 Things Corporations Are Trying to Hide From You

David Sirota, Salon. March 14, 2012.

These are but a few of many examples of a larger corporate opposition to basic disclosure.

The Rise of the Warrior Corporation: Win or Lose on the Battlefield, Big Business Always Comes Out on Top

Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch.com. February 23, 2012.

There are few clear winners in modern American warfare -- except, that is, defense corporations.

How Privatizing Government Shovels Cash to Parasitic Corporations and Undermines Democracy

Mike Konczal, Salon. February 5, 2012.

From schools to prisons, outsourcing government's works typically ends with cronyism, waste and unaccountability

The 7 Most Irritating Superbowl Halftime Performers of All Time

Julianne Escobedo Shepherd, AlterNet. February 3, 2012.

And you thought this was supposed to be entertaining.

Breasts Yes, Vaginas No? How to Fight Back Against Komen "Race for the Cure" Foundation's Bizarre Capitulation to Right-Wingers

Amanda Marcotte, AlterNet. February 1, 2012.

How the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation put their corporation-friendly image before women’s actual health concerns.

7 Signs the Corporatocracy is Losing its Legitimacy--and 7 Tools to Help Shut it Down

Sarah van Gelder, YES! Magazine. January 29, 2012.

The legitimacy of rule by giant corporations and Wall Street banks is crumbling.

The 5 Most Outrageous Examples of Hidden Charges Companies Pass Off on Consumers -- And How to Fight Back

Lauren Kelley, AlterNet. January 15, 2012.

Americans pay hundreds of dollars each year in hidden fees. Here are the most egregious examples that every consumer should be aware of, plus ideas for fighting back.

7 Reasons America's Mental Health Industry Is a Threat to Our Sanity

Bruce E. Levine, AlterNet. January 6, 2012.

Drug industry corruption, scientifically unreliable diagnoses and pseudoscientific research have compromised the values of the psychiatric profession.

5 Companies That Did Something Good for the World This Year

Lauren Kelley, AlterNet. December 25, 2011.

While no company is perfect, it's good to know that at least a few for-profit entities did some good things for the environment and society this year.

The Health of Children and Consumers Is Threatened by Conservative Push for Corporate Speech Rights

Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet. December 12, 2011.

Some pro-business federal judges have shockingly approved a constitutional right for big companies to avoid revealing product dangers on labels.

Sen. Bernie Sanders: Corporations Are Not People and They Shouldn't Be Allowed to Buy Our Elections

Sen. Bernie Sanders, AlterNet. December 9, 2011.

Bottom line: Corporations should not be able to go into their treasuries and spend millions and millions of dollars on a campaign in order to buy elections.

How Global Capitalism Always Finds Fresh Green Pastures to Exploit and Demolish

Zygmunt Bauman, Comment Is Free. October 20, 2011.

In the face of financial crisis, any hope that the parasite will die when it runs out of food is in vain – capitalism is far too inventive.

How Better Parenting Could Produce Fewer Greedy Bankers and More People Who Care About the Future of the Earth

Toni Nagy, AlterNet. September 28, 2011.

Avoiding the "mommy and daddy" issues that lead to retail therapy and consumerism, changing how we raise our children could nurture a generation that will actualize sustainability.

Controversy and Confusion Over the Latest WikiLeaks Revelations: 8 Things You Really Need to Know

Sarah Jaffe, AlterNet. September 9, 2011.

The latest WikiLeaks release comes with a bunch of accusations and confusion.

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