Monsanto, now a subsidiary of Bayer (yes, the same ones who provide your Aspirin), is an agricultural juggernaut. Profits in the last year before being acquired by Bayer (2018), were
Politics, Profits, and the Privatization of Immigration Enforcement” Nearly 90% of all ICE Detention facilities are owned by two large defense contractors: GEO Group and CivicCorp. The net profits
United Fruit, Corporate Power, and the CIA-Backed Coup in Guatemala” Do you know the history behind a Chiquita banana? Formerly United Fruit Company, Chiquita and its predecessor have dominated
From Venezuela to the Hemisphere: A Warning About the Next Phase of US Intervention in Latin America” The buck doesn’t stop at Venezuela. Not for Empire. Not for this Donald
Obama is rebuking Trump on Venezuela and Nigeria, but we all remember Libya well, Barak. The Obama-Clinton crafted and orchestrated coup d état that overthrew Ghaddafi and destabilized the most
Who are we to speak of true democracy and freedom? Let alone imposing our will on other people’s, on other nations? The track record and conditions here in the US
Transnational Corporations such as Palantir, IBM, and Northrop Grunman (along with a handful of relatively smaller corporations), dominate the surveillance and AI technologies that are used by Western governments
Dr. King provided us with many wise reminders, once saying “There comes a point when silence is treason”. How true is this now, in today’s social and political climate? We
In the 2016 election cycle, Trump brazenly stated that he could “shoot a man on 5th Ave” and not lose a single vote. At the time, I thought it was
In every society, at every point in time, there has always been at least one “other”–be it based on race and ethnicity, religion, political affiliation, class, etc. What I find