Showing posts with label corporate greed & corruption. Show all posts
Showing posts with label corporate greed & corruption. Show all posts
Monday, November 9, 2026

Current and former Cisco workers have objected to the company’s role in the Gaza war, calling it a ‘shocking and complete contradiction of values’

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Alice Speri   Sat 7 Nov 2026  in The Guardian  A ‘customer success story’: leaked documents show Cisco doubled down on Israeli military deal...

"AI may transform the economy. That does not guarantee investors will earn back the sums being poured into it."

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  Opinion   AI    (artificial intelligence) The Guardian view on the AI backlash: Silicon Valley’s political power is cracking Editorial   T...
Saturday, October 17, 2026

Why should I care about other people’s economic situation? There are many reasons, but the simplest is that as human beings, our well-being is deeply interconnected. Growing inequality hurts economic growth and undermines social cohesion. This raises political and social tensions and, in some circumstances, drives instability and conflict... Every effort must be made to eradicate poverty so all people, everywhere, can live with dignity and prosperity.

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United Nations   @UN   Everyone has the right to live free from poverty and the chance to thrive.    Every efforts must be made to eradicate...
Friday, October 16, 2026

NPR: The skincare scheme that led to consumer complaints, lawsuits and a federal investigation... "Mazal translates to "luck" or "good fortune" in Hebrew. The Weingartens and Odeds are originally from Israel, as are the majority of corporate employees and licensees (store owners), according to former staff members."

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Collage by Jackie Lay/NPR   NPR: The skincare scheme that led to consumer complaints, lawsuits and a federal investigati...
Friday, September 4, 2026

POWER ... a 2026 Poem by Anne Selden Annab

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                  POWER Billionaires hoard wealth in part,  by deploying a small fraction  of their ginormous wealth to persuade- persu...
Thursday, August 27, 2026

"Well, Core 5 is going ahead with the demolition of my Great Great Grandparents' farmhouse. While this lack of respect for our local history makes me sad, it pales in comparison to the losses experianced daily by Palestinians who are being systematically forced off their land by the illegal and immoral actions of the Likud government and its settler proxies." David Dietz of York, Pennsylvania, USA

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      *MORE PHOTOS found online: Demolition has started on the historic stone farmhouse built by John Strickler in the 1870s. It stands alo...
Monday, August 24, 2026

"Meanwhile, with his unwinnable war in the Middle East, capricious tariff regime and penchant for self-enrichment on an epic scale, Trump is turning the US into an increasingly unpredictable player in the global economy. Instead of the guarantor of rules-based markets and open global trade routes, the US has become a source of uncertainty and chaos." Heather Stewart in The Guardian

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Economics viewpoint   US economy   Jumpy bond markets make it clear: Trump risks driving US into debt crisis Treasury secretary Scott Bessen...
Thursday, August 20, 2026

"The sad truth is that the income gap keeps widening between ordinary American families and the billionaires who make the decisions that affect our lives." Francine Prose

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Has Trump no shame about all the money he has made since being in office? By now we know that charity, generosity and compassion are virtue...
Sunday, August 16, 2026

The first anti-AI protester to be jailed has a message for OpenAI, Anthropic and Meta: ‘Regain your humanity’: “It’s absolutely frightening and appalling that these CEOs and AI experts know the dangers and they are pursuing it anyway,” Kaufmyn said before she was imprisoned. “That to me is unconscionable and reprehensible.”

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A protest against AI outside OpenAI headquarters in San Francisco, California, on 11 July. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images Kaufmyn in fr...