Category Archives: corporate fascism

Black Friday In The United States Of Walmart

Posted on November 23, 2012 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Black Friday In The United States Of Walmart”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailThe Walton family is incredibly rich. That’s fine; they should have the fruits of their labor. But what fruits belong to the dedicated people who make their company work year … Continue reading →

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Morning Awful: Blacklist

Posted on August 9, 2012 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Morning Awful: Blacklist”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailForty-four UK construction firms paid a “consultant” named Ian Kerr to keep thousands of names on a worker blacklist. While the Information Commissioner broke up the concern in 2009, little has happened since then and … Continue reading →

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Morning Awful: Gasbags Gang Up on Gasland

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Morning Awful: Gasbags Gang Up on Gasland”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailDirector Josh Fox, the breakthrough documentarian whose Gasland brought much-needed attention to the issue of hydraulic gas fracking, was arrested trying to exercise the First Amendment yesterday. Republicans on the House … Continue reading →

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The Truth Is Outsourced

Posted on October 10, 2011 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “The Truth Is Outsourced”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail “Good enough for government work” takes on a new meaning when the government outsources the work. Take, for instance, the US State Department hiring a consultant called Cardno Entrix to handle the entire … Continue reading →

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Corporate Fascism

Posted on October 3, 2011 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Corporate Fascism”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail When the New York Times hurriedly changes factual coverage into propaganda, and JP Morgan Chase can buy the NYPD for a few million, we are in trouble:

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Kentucky Agency Lets Big Coal Poison Kentuckians

Posted on June 30, 2011 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Kentucky Agency Lets Big Coal Poison Kentuckians”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailFor years now, Appalachian Voices has been calling foul on the monthly water contamination reports from below mountaintop removal sites, claiming that industry reports were insufficient. This year, the EPA required … Continue reading →

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The Union Agenda

Posted on June 29, 2011 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “The Union Agenda”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailWho needs card check? The National Labor Relations Board will revamp the rules on union votes: The board’s most recent annual report says 1,619 unionization elections were held in fiscal year 2009, with unions winning … Continue reading →

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Chris Hedges

Posted on May 12, 2011 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Chris Hedges”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailChris Hedges makes a great point here linking our cultural war on empathy to the decline of American journalism and foreign policy. I’ve made much the same point myself, many times, but of course he makes … Continue reading →

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Morning Awful: Working for Oligarchy

Posted on April 25, 2011 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Morning Awful: Working for Oligarchy”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailFrom The Nation, a frightening description of corporate fascism: “Before Citizens United, federal election law allowed a company like Koch Industries to talk to officers and shareholders about whom to vote for, but … Continue reading →

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Atheist Affirmations: Time to Grow Up

Posted on February 20, 2011 by Glen Corvus

Share the post “Atheist Affirmations: Time to Grow Up”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailFrom Glen Corvus Good evening, faithful! I hope the Lord’s Day finds you happy, well-fed and blissfully ignorant of the horrible realities that currently plague our blessed world. For in these troubling … Continue reading →

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What Actual, Real, Not-Imaginary Fascism Looks Like

Posted on November 5, 2010 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “What Actual, Real, Not-Imaginary Fascism Looks Like”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail Corporate fascism is the separation of rights from you and me and the awarding of them to oligarchical collectives. Keith Olbermann has been suspended for quietly giving campaign contributions to … Continue reading →