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When Mom Dies
[posted to corp-focus on June 1] WHEN MOM DIES By Russell Mokhiber and Robert Weissman We both lost our mothers over the past year. Both to cancer. They were both decent, loving, generous mothers. Different in many ways. But fundamentally decent human beings. Like most Americans. They cared about their fellow human beings. On a…
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Corporate Democrats
[posted to corp-focus, June 15] By Russell Mokhiber and Robert Weissman If you wonder why things never change in Washington, look no further than a report released yesterday by Russ Baker’s Real News Project (www.realnews.org). The report documents 25 corporate Democrats — corporate consultants with strong ties to the Democratic Party leadership inside the beltway.“Although…
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Stamp Out Pervasive Commercialism
For some time now, it has been pretty much impossible to parody the incursion of commercialism on the public realm. The latest evidence? The U.S. Postal Service last week announced plans to let corporations customize the stamps they use, to include advertisements for their products, services or corporate image. Beyond issues of taste, does this…