On AlterNet: general motors

Enter your email to subscribe to the ( general motors ) newsletter.
Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "general motors"

Michael Moore: Profits Are Way Up at General Motors ... So Why Aren't They Hiring?

Michael Moore, MichaelMoore.com. August 18, 2010.

"If we want a life worth living for ourselves and our kids, we have to go get it ourselves. We can’t keep waiting for the cavalry to come. That’s because we’re the cavalry."

Thanks to GM, People Are Being Displaced So Their Forests Can Become Offsets for SUVs

Thanks to GM, People Are Being Displaced So Their Forests Can Become Offsets for SUVs

Mark Schapiro, Mother Jones. November 18, 2009.

Should we focus on industries paying to preserve distant trees rather than reducing emissions closer to home? It's the question of the day in Washington and Copenhagen.

U.S. Car Buyers Still Want Gas Guzzlers: GM Executive

Agence France Presse August 6, 2009.

"It remains a fact that the American public buys big, high consumption cars," GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz said this week, adding it's "wrong to hope that Americans will massively rush to economical vehicles."

Bankrupt GM Begins Slashing Jobs

Harry Hanbury, American News Project. June 24, 2009.

Despite the government's efforts to keep GM afloat, the company is hemorrhaging jobs.

Poll: Americans Oppose Obama on GM, Guantanamo

Agence France Presse June 17, 2009.

President Obama's popularity is slipping; his overall approval rating slid from 61 percent to 56 percent.

Once Laughable, the Obama = Socialist Meme Has Gone Viral

Betsy Reed, TheNation.com. June 15, 2009.

If the Right succeeds in rebranding corporate-friendly Dems as the revolutionary vanguard, Obama and the Dems could give socialism a bad name.

How Obama's 'Car Czar' Steve Rattner Is Bankrupting GM

Greg Palast, GregPalast.com. June 4, 2009.

Stevie the Rat has a sinister plan for GM: grab its worker pension funds to pay off $6 billion in loans to the likes of JP Morgan and Citibank.

Michael Moore: 10 Steps Obama Should Take for the Future of GM

Michael Moore, MichaelMoore.com. June 1, 2009.

The President -- and the United Auto Workers -- must seize this moment and create a big batch of lemonade from this very sour and sad lemon.

George W. Bush = Modern-Day Nero

Booman, Booman Tribune. December 6, 2008.

Bush says he is concerned that the automakers will not survive, but he is totally unwilling to take any action.

Union-Busters Want GM to File for Bankruptcy

Jane Hamsher, Firedoglake. November 13, 2008.

Let's call a horse a horse folks.

Who's Subsidizing the Electric Car?

Phil Mattera, Clawback. September 9, 2008.

Flint ... General Motors ... electric car ... subsidies -- where to begin?

[ page served from web 2 ]