We’re Talking About Power
What power do people really have if we can’t even control what’s in our dinner and where it comes from? In 1971, Susan DeMarco, Susan Sechler and I … Read more
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Manufactured Meat
This is not hamburgers versus veggie burgers, both of which are from nature. Rather it’s meat versus manufactured meat, or faux meat. Who needs farms and ranches when … Read more
Team Greed Plays Big-Time Sports!
We might worship the teams that actually play, but our money mostly goes to Team Greed, the ruling clique of billionaire barons. ‘Tis the season, right? Traditionally, the … Read more
Taking On Monopoly Power
“Free market” is just a rhetorical deceit that means monopoly power is free to lock down the market. From our school years forward, the Holy Keepers of the … Read more
No Vote, No Work: The First American Labor Strike Was in 1619!
Workers in America have a long history of standing up for themselves: The first labor strike was by Jamestown artisans in 1619. The corporate hierarchy has long tried … Read more
The Problem With Plastic… Is Plastic
Plastic has become a dominant element in nature, to the planet’s — and our — detriment. What do your toothbrush, a fish dinner and your running shoes have … Read more
A Wealth of Riches, a Poverty of Morals
Despite the pandemic, the wealth of billionaires is zooming, though they suffer from a poverty of morals. Let’s say you’re a millionaire. That’s a lot of money, right? … Read more
Crime in the Suites
Why would your average politico, elected with corporate campaign dollars, hound his corporate sponsors for “crime in the suites”? There’s a “crime in the suites” wave underway in … Read more
What’s the Difference Between Corporate CEOs and Pigs?
Legitimate small businesses are shut out as corporate CEOs pig out on the pandemic relief program. Monty Bennett was just another of the many faceless right-wing millionaire corporate … Read more
Pandemic Profiteers, Trump and Peter Cottontail
Trump and the Republican Senate are enabling pandemic profiteers, at everyone’s expense. Wartime profiteering is an especially vile form of corporate greed, yet it has been as common … Read more
