The Rise of the Corporatocracy
by Graham Vanbergen, via truepublica.org.uk Transnational corporations are wreaking havoc on financial, economic, social and ecological systems in a creeping colonisation of public life where just 147 organisations now...
Britain’s Tax Office, HMRC sold 600 state owned buildings to offshore property company
by Graham Vanbergen There are a number of interesting facts and figures emanating from the various offshore leaks of recent times. One of them involves Britain’s tax office HMRC,...
Freedland: "I, for one, welcome our Corporate American Overlords"
American lawmakers are a global force for good, one for which we should all be grateful…according to the Guardian. Too often, according to Jonathan Freedland, the term “self-appointed global...
How a Candidate’s Mega-Donors Get Served After the Election
by Eric Zuesse An example will be described here of a way in which corrupt Presidential candidates load up their campaigns’ advertising budgets by pushing for policies to increase...
America’s Founding Principles Are in Danger of Corruption
by Gary Hart, former United States Senator, via time.com Welcome to the age of vanity politics and campaigns-for-hire. What would our founders make of this nightmare? Four qualities have...
In the Grip of Corruption
by Vaska According to a Princeton University study, public opinion has “near-zero” impact on U.S. law. One thing that does have an influence? Money. Nearly every issue [Americans] face as a nation is caught in the grip...
