tagged w/ corporate capitalism
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The piece connects individual alienation, anomie, depression with damage (overt and subtle) wrought by US corporate capitalism i.e., its degradation of US landscapes and individual mindscapes...to the destruction this mode of living inflicts on the global ecosystem.The piece connects individual alienation, anomie, depression with damage (overt and... more
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On US Interstates, we meet the US empire coming towards us. In this evocative video, we meet confederate ghosts and demons of consumer emptiness. We travel down the highway, propelled by engines of extinction, towards empire's end, where we find ourselves bearing much grief yet are stranded amid ferocious beauty.On US Interstates, we meet the US empire coming towards us. In this evocative video,... more
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On US Interstates, we meet the US empire coming towards us. In this evocative video, we meet confederate ghosts and demons of consumer emptiness. We travel down the highway, propelled by engines of extinction, towards empire's end, where we find ourselves bearing much grief yet are stranded amid ferocious beauty.On US Interstates, we meet the US empire coming towards us. In this evocative video,... more
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Financial institutions on Wall Street are preparing to pay a record 144 billion dollars in compensation and benefits, according to a study published in the Wall Street Journal. The payout, covering bonuses, premiums and stock options for the firm's executives and employees, is a four-percent raise over the previous record 139 billion dollars that was handed over in 2009.Financial institutions on Wall Street are preparing to pay a record 144 billion... more
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Tens of thousands protested against austerity cuts in Spain and Denmark last week as Germany's powerful unions warned of mass action and Hungary became the latest debt-ridden nation to slash spending.Tens of thousands protested against austerity cuts in Spain and Denmark last week as... more
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Several thousand demonstrators marched through the New York financial district this past week in a protest led by labor unions. They said Wall Street's biggest banks must account for record profits while average Americans still suffer financially.Several thousand demonstrators marched through the New York financial district this... more
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A major unpublished study for the United Nations has found that the cost of pollution and other damage to the natural environment caused by the world's biggest companies would wipe out more than one-third of their profits if they were held financially accountable.A major unpublished study for the United Nations has found that the cost of pollution... more
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