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Tiger Woods : It’s How You Play the Game
Photo from Reuters.Slave labor and toxic dumping:Tiger Woods and his corporate partners This is business as usual for Woods who would sooner swallow a five-iron than take anything resembling a political stand. By Dave Zirin / December 1, 2009 During … Continue reading
Hot Oil! Narco Pirates Smuggle Mexican Petrol into Texas
Hot oil? Petroleum “pipa” with the mark of the Zetas, the infamous drug cartel branching out into petro-piracy. Photo from NarcoGuerra Times.HOT OIL! Union crooks, drug cartels and U.S. corporations are stealing billions of bucks of Mexican petroleum. By John … Continue reading
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Tagged Corporate Corruption, Houston, Mexico, Oil Companies, Organized Crime, Texas
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FILM / Michael Moore : Anti-Capitalism Goes Mainstream
Capitalism: A love Story… Michael Moore’s new film names the systemAnd presents a radical democratic critique By Alex Knight / The Rag Blog / October 27, 2009 Capitalism: A Love Story, which opened in 962 theaters earlier this month, is … Continue reading
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Tagged Banking, Capitalism, Corporate Corruption, Documentary, Economics, Film, Filmmakers
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Naomi Klein : Michael Moore, America’s Teacher
Filmmaker Michael Moore. Art by Ward Sutton / The Nation.Capitalism: A Love StoryNaomi Klein interviews Michael Moore Well, people want to believe that it’s not the economic system that’s at the core of all this. You know, it’s just a … Continue reading
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Tagged Capitalism, Corporate Corruption, Filmmakers, Independent Film, Interview, Michael Moore
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Wall Street Tycoons : Why Are None Behind Bars?
Royal / Capitalist Banker series / mejuan.Why haven’t any Wall Street tycoons been sent to the slammer? The absence of what many would call justice stands out all the more because past financial crises always had their villains. by Kevin … Continue reading
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Tagged Banking, Corporate Corruption, Criminal Justice, Financial Crisis, Wall Street
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This Is Your Friendly American Banker
Thanks to Leslie Sklar / The Rag Blog
Music Video : Arlo Guthrie is (Still) Changing His Name to Chrysler
I’m Changing My Name to ChryslerPerformed by Arlo Guthrie. Lyrics by Tom Paxton. “Corporate welfare-the enormous and myriad subsidies, bailouts, giveaways, tax loopholes, debt revocations, loan guarantees, discounted insurance and other benefits conferred by government on business-is a function of … Continue reading
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Tagged Arlo Guthrie, Corporate Corruption, Music Video, Musicians, Wall Street Bailout
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Larry Ray : Congressional Kabuki and the Constitution
Graphic by Larry Ray / The Rag Blog. Though none of our elected officials actually got made up in classical white face, their outraged and out sized exaggerations, both facial and verbal would have qualified them for a Kabuki casting … Continue reading
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Tagged AIG, Bank Bailouts, Congress, Corporate Corruption, Economic Recovery
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Blackwater Is Staying in Iraq, Against Iraqi Wishes
Blackwater Chief Executive Officer Erik Prince defends his company’s performance in Iraq before the House oversight committee in 2007. Photo: Associated Press.New Deal for BlackwaterBy Jim McElhatton / March 17, 2009 Days after the Baghdad government decided it no longer … Continue reading
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Tagged Blackwater, Corporate Corruption, Iraq, Obama Administration
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Why Did A.I.G. Pay Goldman Sachs $12.9 Billion?
Hong Kong AIG building. Photo: Chow Meisy.The Gift That Keeps on GivingMarch 16, 2009 After four bailouts totaling some $170 billion, the American International Group has finally answered some of the questions about where the money went. Unfortunately, the answers … Continue reading
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Tagged Bank Bailouts, Corporate Corruption, Financial Crisis, Wall Street Bailout
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The Missing Billions from Iraq Reconstruction: A Story That Won’t Go Away
The missing billions – the story that no one ever really cared to follow to its conclusion. Why? I could probably make a pretty fair case that it’s a function of racism – most of the money wasn’t American taxpayer … Continue reading
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Tagged Corporate Corruption, Iraq, Iraq Occupation, Political Corruption
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Sen. Bernie Sanders : Socialist Strikes a Blow Against Wall Street Greed
Socialist Senator-elect Bernie Sanders (I-VT): Way ahead of the curve on this one. Photo by Brian Snyder / Reuters.Obama backs limit to executive compensation similar to Sanders’ Stop the Greed on Wall Street Act ‘We are on the verge of … Continue reading