Tag: corporate power

The basic deal between American corporations and American politicians has been a terrible deal for America.

The resulting power imbalance has spawned near-record inequalities of income and wealth, corruption of democracy by big money, and the abandonment of the working class.

Don’t let big corporations pay hundreds of millions to strip workers of the rights and protections they need.

"The Treasury has the ability to move this money extremely quickly; there's nobody that Secretary Mnuchin has to ask."

People have been fixing stuff ever since stuff was invented. Now big corporations want to change that.

These “real news” stories show that it is possible to build progressive power in cities and the states.

All predatory systems of power seek to mask their ultimate aims. As they become more repressive, they become more deceptive. They silence dissidents and bombard the airwaves with lies. Those who effectively resist have to peel back the layers of deceit to understand the intentions of the elites.

It is time for change. To make this change, a political revolution needs to take a place.

“This 21st Century U.S. government’s achievements are virtually non-existent while its failures are monumental. That’s why I believe that historians of the future will conclude that it is the worst in American history.”

In today's technological day and age it's impossible to build relationships and structures that are vital for civic engagement and resistance to corporate power. Yet, have we been transformed into commodities?