The year 2020 has caused many white people to realize we live in a racist system. The Green New Deal is about systemic change for all, and deconstructing racism must be front and central in this agenda.
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Why Amazon’s Grip Is Stifling Competition, Eroding Jobs and Threatening Communities
Half of all U.S. households are subscribed to the membership program Amazon Prime, half of all online shopping searches start directly on Amazon, and Amazon captures nearly one in every two dollars that Americans spend online.
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The Amazon Tribe Protecting the Forest with Bows, Arrows, GPS and Camera Traps
An indigenous community called the Ka'apor in northern Brazil is fighting to achieve what the government has long failed to do: halt illegal logging in their corner of the Amazon.
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Shady Profits: How the World’s Top Corporations Are Failing At Transparency
A new report reveals that three-quarters of the world's 124 biggest publicly traded companies don't disclose the taxes they pay in foreign countries, and dozens hide their foreign revenues altogether.
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Amazon Is the Scariest Part of The CIA's New Amazon Cloud Storage
This summer, the CIA's private Amazon Web Services cloud—shielded from the public behind a wall of national security—becomes operational.
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Ten Examples of Welfare for the Rich and Corporations
Here are the top ten examples of corporate welfare and welfare for the rich.
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If the CIA Kills a U.S. Citizen, Amazon Becomes Partner in Assassination
Amazon signed a $600 million cloud-computing deal with the CIA making it responsible for keeping state secrets, aggregating data and helping with drone strikes.
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Why the Washington Post’s New Ties to the CIA Are So Ominous
The Post is supposed to expose CIA secrets. But Amazon – owned by Jeff Bezos, who is also the new owner of the Post – is under contract to keep them due to its new $600 million “cloud” computing deal with the CIA.
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CIA, Amazon, Jeff Bezos and the Washington Post: An Executive Editor Responds
The CIA’s multi-year contract with Amazon is a small fraction of company revenues that have been estimated at roughly $75 b in 2013.
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26,000 Sign Petition Demanding Washington Post Disclose Bezos-Amazon’s CIA Ties
The newspaper is facing a tsunami of criticism and calls for full disclosure after its new owner, Amazon C.E.O. and Bilderberg Group member Jeff Bezos, secured a $600 million contract with the CIA for “cloud” services.
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Edward Snowden Is Not the Story — the Fate of the Internet Is
The mainstream media's focus on Edward Snowden has trumped the real story — which is what the NSA revelations tell us about how our networked world actually works and the direction in which it is heading.
