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Getting even with China (Chinese commit to major increase in MBAs)

So why does this matter? Hah, look around. The US economy continues to suffer, and... more

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Why Hasn't This Video Gone Viral?

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U.S. Corporate Tax Rate Plunges To 40 Year Low Of 12.1 Percent

"Total corporate federal taxes paid fell to 12.1% of profits earned from... more

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Tony Destructo: One Down…

Destructo has a post game wrap up of the SOPA thing.

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Who Owns Your State's Members of Congress?

Interesting data. Click the link for interactive map. *** MapLight has conducted... more

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Ron Paul rebukes Romney: Corporations are not people

Posted on 08.15.11 By Stephen C. Webster In a verbal slap at former Mass. Gov.... more

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Event: FAME (Alternative World Water Forum) taking place in Marseille in March 2012

An important meeting in the continuing battle of corporate take over of water.

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Alan Grayson for Blue America on the Anniversary of Citizens United

Please show your support for Alan Grayson for congress in 2012:... more

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RNC Decides to Finish Destroying Democracy

There are headlines that are so jaw-dropping in their implications that they stop you... more

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What Is SOPA - Stop Online Piracy Act (VIDEOS)

Beginning earlier this morning at midnight, Wednesday, January 18, 2012 some major... more

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Dan Rather: Republicans turning against Citizens United ruling

By Eric W. Dolan Monday, January 16, 2012 Dan Rather, host of Dan Rather Reports... more

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REDDIT To Protest PROTECT IP / SOPA Bill - Blackout Schedule for January 18, 2012 8AM - 8PM EST (ANNOUNCEMENT)

Brace Yourselves: The great Reddit blackout of 2012 is nigh. The site's... more

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What Is It Going To Take To Get You To Click On This Video?

Babies? Kitty cats? Mentos-soda geysers? This entertaining clip about the most... more

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Gingrich group marshals hatred of Wall Street for new anti-Romney film

By Stephen C. Webster Monday, January 9, 2012 A pro-Gingrich Super PAC released a... more

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At least in Montana, corporations are not people -- Supreme Court upholds progressive ban on direct corporate donations

A victory for progressives in Montana. A 1912 voter-approved initiative in Montana... more

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Article: Sad News: Richard Grossman Has Died (1943-2011)

A giant in the movement to dismantle corporate constitutional so-called... more

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Article: Occupy Everything Links as of 12/12

Updates on Occupy stories and links to the complete stories

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Willie Nelson: Occupy the Food System

Thanks to the Occupy Wall Street movement, there's a deeper understanding about the power that corporations wield over the great majority of us. It's not just in the financial sector, but in all facets of our lives. The disparity between the top 1 percent and everyone else has been laid bare - there's no more denying that those at the top get their share at the expense of the 99 percent. Lobbyists, loopholes, tax breaks... how can ordinary folks expect a fair shake?

No one knows this better than family farmers, whose struggle to make a living on the land has gotten far more difficult since corporations came to dominate our farm and food system. We saw signs of it when Farm Aid started in 1985, but corporate control of our food system has since exploded.

From seed to plate, our food system is now even more concentrated than our banking system. Most economic sectors have concentration ratios hovering around 40 percent, meaning that the top four firms in the industry control 40 percent of the market. Anything beyond this level is considered "highly concentrated," where experts believe competition is severely threatened and market abuses are likely to occur.

Many key agricultural markets like soybeans and beef exceed the 40 percent threshold, meaning the seeds and inputs that farmers need to grow our crops come from just a handful of companies. Ninety-three percent of soybeans and 80 percent of corn grown in the United States are under the control of just one company. Four companies control up to 90 percent of the global trade in grain. Today, three companies process more than 70 percent of beef in the U.S.; four companies dominate close to 60 percent of the pork and chicken markets.

Our banks were deemed too big to fail, yet our food system's corporations are even bigger. Their power puts our entire food system at stake. Last year the U.S. Departments of Agriculture (USDA) and Justice (DOJ) acknowledged this, hosting a series of workshops that examined corporate concentration in our farm and food system. Despite the hundreds of thousands of comments from farmers and eaters all over the country, a year later the USDA and DOJ have taken no action to address the issue. Recent decisions in Washington make clear that corporate lobbyists have tremendous power to maintain the status quo.

In November, the Obama administration delivered a crushing blow to a crucial rule proposed by the USDA (known as the GIPSA rule), which was meant to level the playing field for independent cattle ranchers. The large meatpackers, who would have lost some of their power, lobbied hard and won to leave the beef market as it is - ruled by corporate giants. In the same month, new school lunch rules proposed by the USDA that would have brought more fresh food to school cafeterias were weakened by Congress. Food processors - the corporations that turn potatoes into French fries and chicken into nuggets - spent $5.6 million to lobby against the new rules and won, with Congress going so far as agreeing to call pizza a vegetable. Both decisions demonstrate that corporate power wins and the health of our markets and our children loses.

Despite all they're up against, family farmers persevere. Each and every day they work to sustain a better alternative - an agricultural system that guarantees farmers a fair living, strengthens our communities, protects our natural resources and delivers good food for all. Nothing is more important than the food we eat and the family farmers who grow it. Corporate control of our food system has led to the loss of millions of family farmers, destruction of our soil, pollution of our water and health epidemics of obesity and diabetes.

We simply can't afford it. Our food system belongs in the hands of many family farmers, not under the control of a handful of corporations.

http://www.readersupportednews.org/opinion2/441-occupy/8948-occupy-the-food-systemThanks to the Occupy Wall Street movement, there's a deeper understanding about... more

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Who Watches the Watchers? The Future of Regulation

If you get into a conversation about corporate and political corruption your bound to... more

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Keep The Web #OPEN: Where You Can Watch The SOPA Hearing Live (INFO)

If it's televised or streamed or both, where could we watch it? As of 10:03AM... more

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