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Mapping the Billionaire Winners of the 2024 Election

12.12.2024 1

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Behind UnitedHealthcare’s CEO Is a Larger System of Corporate Rule

The violence of for-profit health care’s megastructure can only be overcome through collective resistance campaigns.

12.12.2024 5

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These Billionaires Subsidize the Israeli Military Through a US Nonprofit

A US nonprofit funnels money from billionaires like Home Depot’s co-founder to effectively subsidize Israeli troops.

02.12.2024 4

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Berkeley Free Speech Movement Forged an Organizing Blueprint That’s Relevant Now

U.S. universities have always been sites of contestation and political struggle. Today, their governing bodies are dominated by representatives of...

30.11.2024 10

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Jewish Anti-Zionist Activist Describes His Arrest Under UK’s Anti-Terror Law

On November 1, author and activist Haim Bresheeth was arrested in London after giving a speech at a pro-Palestine rally outside the home of Tzipi...

23.11.2024 70

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Farmworkers Are Organizing to Resist Trump’s Attacks on Immigrant Workers

Donald Trump rode to reelection on a campaign packed with racist rhetoric that promised mass deportations of immigrants. So far, Trump has appointed...

16.11.2024 30

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Billionaires Who Aim to “Disrupt” Education May Get a Chance Even If Trump Loses

If reelected U.S. president, Donald Trump, echoing other Republicans, has said he would shut down the Department of Education. All signs point toward...

02.11.2024 5

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Legacy of John Brown’s Abolitionist Raid Lives On, 165 Years Later

Activists today can learn from John Brown’s raid on a federal arsenal and from the Black abolitionists who inspired him.

16.10.2024 6

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Campus Organizers Are Using Research to Expose and Oppose the Global War Machine

The explosion of campus protest movements against Israel’s siege of Gaza, especially during the April 2024 encampments, has been historic. These...

29.09.2024 9

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As Florida Floods, Insurance Industry Reaps What It Sowed Backing Fossil Fuels

Hurricane Helene slammed into the Florida coast on Thursday night, bringing pounding rains and “fierce, whipping winds that sounded like jet engines...

27.09.2024 3

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Power Research for Palestine: How Campus Organizers Are Using Research to Oppose the War Machine

(Photo: Gaza Solidarity Encampment at Columbia University, April 2024) The explosion of campus protest movements against Israel’s siege of Gaza,...

26.09.2024 5

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AIPAC Targets Progressive Lawmakers with Record Spending

There has been growing criticism of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), the powerful pro-Israel lobbying operation that is spending...

15.09.2024 20

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Buffalo Medical Residents Are Striking for Fair Pay and Better Conditions

Around 100 picketers stood in front of Buffalo General Hospital on September 4, chanting and talking to reporters under the midday sun. They gripped...

06.09.2024 30

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Top AIPAC Donors Tied to Prominent Cultural Institutions and Universities

05.09.2024 4

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Union Busting in Buffalo Continues — But Restaurant Workers Are Fighting Back

The past few years have seen a wave of unionization among U.S. food service workers, most notably at Starbucks, where Starbucks Workers United has...

02.09.2024 6

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As DNC Kicks Off, Palestine Solidarity Activists Look to 1964 for Inspiration

60 years ago, the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party forced the Democrats to confront Jim Crow within their own party.

19.08.2024 6

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These Billionaires Are Donating Big in 2024 Election to Advance Their Interests

There’s less than three months to go until the U.S. presidential election on November 5, 2024. And like the sun rising, billionaires are...

18.08.2024 8

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These Billionaire Donors Stand To Gain Big From Presidential Election

15.08.2024 8

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Atlanta’s Cop City Is Funded by Some of the Same Billionaires Who Back AIPAC

Donors to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee are underwriting a thin blue line between Israel and Cop City.

31.07.2024 10

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These Powerful Billionaires Disavowed Trump After January 6. Now They Back Him.

Many donors disavowed Trump after the mob attack on the Capitol. Their attitude now? “We’ll get richer if he wins.”

21.06.2024 6

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Some of AIPAC’s Biggest Donors Are Also Financing Attacks Against Labor Rights

In response to Israel’s genocidal siege of Gaza, a new progressive effort, the “Reject AIPAC” coalition, is calling on federal candidates to...

05.06.2024 9

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Who are the Billionaires Trying to Influence the 2024 Presidential Election?

16.05.2024 40

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Anti-UAW Media in Alabama Is Owned by GOP Consultant With Corporate Ties

Last week, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey lambasted the United Auto Workers (UAW) in a social media post on X (formerly Twitter) ahead of a union vote at the...

03.05.2024 9

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Corporate Power Has Long Dominated Alabama. Autoworkers May Change That.

Last week, the United Auto Workers (UAW) notched a historic victory when workers at the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, voted decisively...

24.04.2024 10

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TikTok Exposed Youth to Genocide in Gaza — Is That Why Electeds Want It Banned?

On March 13, the U.S. House of Representatives approved the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act by an overwhelming...

11.04.2024 10

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Six Things Everyone Should Know About the Mountain Valley Pipeline

The Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) is a 303-mile, 42-inch diameter fracked gas pipeline that, if completed, will stretch from northwestern West...

07.04.2024 10

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“Uncommitted” Movement Reaches New York as Democratic Voters Cast Blank Ballots

Voters head to the polls today in several states for the U.S. presidential primaries, including New York, where a growing campaign is hoping that many...

02.04.2024 30

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Six Things Everyone Should Know About the Mountain Valley Pipeline

Photo credit: Mason Cummings The Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) is a 303-mile, 42-inch diameter fracked gas pipeline that, if completed, will stretch...

29.03.2024 10

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Mass Layoffs Are Fueling the Growth of Far Right Authoritarianism

There’s a huge and ubiquitous problem we’re not talking enough about: mass layoffs. The Bureau of Labor Statistics defines mass layoffs as 50 or...

20.03.2024 9

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Dartmouth “Sustainability” Centers Named After Oil Baron Donors

Left: The Irving Institute Building at Dartmouth; Right: Irving Oil’s massive Saint John’s Refinery in New Brunswick, Canada. Dartmouth College,...

18.03.2024 8

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News Analysts Cheer on Gaza Seige Without Disclosing Ties to War Profiteering

Gen. Jack Keane (Ret.), former board director of General Dynamics, appearing as a “strategic analyst” on Fox News We might be in an age of social...

18.03.2024 20

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Alabama Power and the Corporate Utility Power Structure

Utility poles in Birmingham, Alabama (Flickr) Alabama Power is a private electric utility corporation that serves the southern two-thirds of Alabama....

18.03.2024 20

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Pro-Israel Billionaires Line Up Behind NC Republican Leading Campus Witch Hunt

Late last year, the House Committee on Education and the Workforce began hearings on “the scourge of antisemitism on college campuses.” The...

09.03.2024 5

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Farmworker Festival Dials Up Pressure on Wendy’s Billionaire Chairman

Palm Beach, Florida, is one of our nation’s true billionaire enclaves, whose denizens include some of the world’s most powerful corporate barons,...

08.03.2024 10

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Alabama Power and the Corporate Utility Power Structure

Utility poles in Birmingham, Alabama (Flickr) Alabama Power is a private electric utility corporation that serves the southern two-thirds of Alabama....

22.02.2024 10

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Plastics Are Fossil Fuel Industry’s Plan B. Fenceline Communities Pay the Price.

Scientists are increasingly alarmed over the soaring amounts of microplastics (small pieces of plastic less than five millimeters) and nanoplastics...

16.02.2024 7

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The Same Billionaires Behind the Super Bowl Are Also Behind the Climate Crisis

The mass spectacle known as the Super Bowl — far and away the most watched telecast in the United States — is here again. In addition to providing...

11.02.2024 50

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Big Oil Is Expanding Production. It’s Up to All of Us to Act to Stop Them.

Top scientists and many global leaders have agreed: to address the intensifying climate catastrophe, we must immediately address the supplyside of...

24.12.2023 10

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These “Experts” Cheer on Gaza Siege Without Disclosing Ties to War Profiteering

We might be in an age of social media, but cable news channels like Fox News, MSNBC, and CNN still have enormous influence in shaping mainstream...

18.12.2023 10

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News Analysts Cheer on Gaza Seige Without Disclosing Ties to War Profiteering

Gen. Jack Keane (Ret.), former board director of General Dynamics, appearing as a “strategic analyst” on Fox News We might be in an age of social...

11.12.2023 6

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