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New Democratic Majority Roils Lobbying Industry
The Democrats' takeover of Congress this month has turned official Washington upside down. Labor and environmental representatives, once also-rans in congressional influence, are meeting frequently with... ...
How Multinational Corporations Avoid Paying Their Taxes
By Peter Rost Drug companies and other multinational companies based in the U.S. systematically avoid paying tax in the U.S. on their profits. The companies elect to realize profits in low-tax countries... ...
The Melbourne Minutes: New Downing Street Memos from Down Under
By David Swanson Over a year before the United States launched an endless war on Iraq in what President George W. Bush told Congress [ http://www.afterdowningstr eet.org/?q=node/611 ] was an urgently... ...
Incestuous corporate boards regularly approve compensation packages for chief executives and others that are out of logic's range
Class Struggle "Incestuous corporate boards regularly approve compensation packages for chief executives and others that are out of logic's range." writes Jim Webb, Democratic senator-elect from Virginia.... ...
Broken Promises: Spoils of Globalization go to Corporations, Countries, not Working Poor
http://www.commondreams.or g/views06/1117-35.htm ...
CORPORATIONS SEEK TO PATENT WILDLIFE IN NATIONAL PARKS
The National Park Service took a giant step in September towards further commercialization of the natural resources in our National Parks. Specifically, the Park Service released an environmental impact... ...
Hype vs. hope
Mother Jones by Bill McKibben 11/06/06 Ten percent of a two-year-old's nouns are brand names; by the time an American child heads to school, he or she can recognize hundreds of logos. Disney is now putting... ...
A Blow Against the Corporate Empire
Monday, October 2, 2006 in The Liberator, the newsletter of ReclaimDemocracy.org California community provides a compelling model for radical change by Jeff Milchen http://www.commondreams. org/views06/1002-31.htm... ...
Do you know what's in that bottle of water?
Do you know what's in that bottle of water sitting in your refrigerator? Probably not, right? Well, that's because bottled water corporations, like Coke, Pepsi and Nestlé, aggressively lobby against legislation... ...
Corporate and Government Looting of the Gulf Coast
"Robin Hood stole from the rich and gave to the poor. On the Gulf Coast, the reverse is happening. Federal state and local governments are teaming up with corporations and developers to systematically... ...