How popular movements can confront corporate power and win
AlterNet
by Michael Marx and Marjorie Kelly
08/29/07
Corporate power lies behind nearly every major problem we face — from stagnant wages and unaffordable health care to overconsumption and global warming. In some cases, it is the cause of the problem; in other cases, corporate power is a barrier to system-wide solutions. This dominance of corporate power is so pervasive, it has come to seem inevitable. We take it so much for granted, we fail to see it. Yet it is preventing solutions to some of the most pressing problems of our time. With global warming a massive threat to our planet and a majority of U.S. citizens wanting action, why is the U.S. government so slow to address it? In large part because corporations use lobbying and campaign finance to constrain meaningful headway...
https://www.alternet.org/workplace/61104/
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=corporate+power
by Michael Marx and Marjorie Kelly
08/29/07
Corporate power lies behind nearly every major problem we face — from stagnant wages and unaffordable health care to overconsumption and global warming. In some cases, it is the cause of the problem; in other cases, corporate power is a barrier to system-wide solutions. This dominance of corporate power is so pervasive, it has come to seem inevitable. We take it so much for granted, we fail to see it. Yet it is preventing solutions to some of the most pressing problems of our time. With global warming a massive threat to our planet and a majority of U.S. citizens wanting action, why is the U.S. government so slow to address it? In large part because corporations use lobbying and campaign finance to constrain meaningful headway...
https://www.alternet.org/workplace/61104/
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=corporate+power
rudkla - 4. Sep, 14:21
