Stacy Mitchell, New Rules Project. September 8, 2009. Hoping to capitalize on growing public enthusiasm for all things local, some of the world's biggest corporations are brashly laying claim to the word "local."
Jim Hightower, Creators Syndicate. August 12, 2009. Starbucks is now striving to be the anti-Starbucks, dressing up as funky neighborhood coffeehouses with a cool vibe.
Priyamvada Gopal, Comment Is Free. July 25, 2009. Starbucks' new stealth strategy is de-branding: giving stores different names and more local "community personality".
ZP Heller, Brave New Films AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace. May 27, 2009. Tell Starbucks' CEO Howard Schultz to support his workers' right to unionize.
Isaac Fitzgerald, AlterNet. May 27, 2009. Yesterday's Supreme Court ruling was a big disappointment, but there's no time to mourn: We must turn this anger into momentum.
ZP Heller, Brave New Films AlterNet: PEEK. May 21, 2009. Anti-worker and anti-EFCA, the momentum to Stop Starbucks' problematic anti-labor practices is building.
ZP Heller, Brave New Films AlterNet: Take Action. May 18, 2009. A new campaign exposing Starbucks' history of terminating, harassing, intimidating, and discriminating against employees attempting to unionize.
Beth Schwartzapfel, The Nation. February 13, 2009. From Victoria's Secret to Starbucks, prisoners have long been exploited by companies that cash in on Valentine's Day.
Marie Cocco, Washington Post Writers Group. July 25, 2008. Starbucks is about to close 600 stores. It represents the excess that helped get us into the economic jam we face today.
Max Keiser, Huffington Post AlterNet: PEEK. July 21, 2008. The dollar is crashing and the economy tanking; yet some American's are rallying to "save their Starbucks." Talk about denial.
Liza Featherstone, The Nation. May 21, 2007. When you pay $4 for a cup of coffee-flavored foamy milk at Starbucks, part of what you're buying is an illusion of environmental responsibility. How they treat their workers is a different story.
Anton Foek, CorpWatch. May 16, 2007. Starbucks, the world's largest coffee shop chain, and the Ethiopian government are on the verge of unveiling a deal that the company hopes will end attacks on the company's carefully constructed ethical image.
