• Cisco abuses American corporate police state powers against a British whistle-blower and former executive http://www.salon.com/news/david_sirota/2011/06/06/cisco_law_enforcement/index.html 53 comments 6/6/2011 worldnews
• Soon, the only citizens with real power in the United States may be the corporate kind. http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/02/08/6935/ 3 comments 11/2/2008 politics
• ISDS: Expanding Corporate Power to Attack Laws in Every State http://www.citizen.org/state-by-state-isds-liability 11 comments 25/9/2016 politics
• "Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because it is a merger of state and corporate power." - Mussolini http://www.publiceye.org/fascist/corporatism.html 18 comments 20/7/2011 politics
• "Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because it is a merger of state and corporate power." ~Benito Mussolini http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/aleqm5gsdokmcckroun8x4kwlvqicyxuyg?docid=cng.c457e10cd9f8be1dd3262621efd6b761.361 146 comments 3/1/2011 politics
• "Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power." - Benito Mussolini. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article7260.htm 6 comments 10/10/2008 reddit.com
• South Carolina State Sen: Today’s Tea Party Should Go After Corporate Power Like Original Boston Tea Party Did http://thinkprogress.org/2011/04/23/south-carolina-state-sen-tea-party-should-go-after-corporations/ 12 comments 23/4/2011 politics
• Are we there yet? ... “Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because it is a merger of state and corporate power”, Benito Mussolini, the father of Fascism http://thinkexist.com/quotation/fascism_should_more_appropriately_be_called/163211.html 21 comments 14/8/2009 politics
• Free Software is under attack. Projects have been and will continue to be co-opted by those who will dictate approved contributors in order to pave the way for total takeover by corporate and state powers. https://nightland.neocities.org/ 5 comments 17/9/2018 freesoftware
• European corporations have an important competitive advantage over the U.S. in many emerging markets: a legacy of colonialism that provides cultural, linguistic, and political ties. "The United States is a former colony, of course, whereas many European countries are former colonial powers." http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/140776/bhaskar-chakravorti-jianwei-dong-kate-fedosova/colonialisms-enduring-dividends 4 comments 15/2/2014 politics
• Definition of Fascism according to Benito Mussolini: “Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because it is a merger of state and corporate power” Wouldn't that also work for the Republican party? http://thinkexist.com/quotation/fascism_should_more_appropriately_be_called/163211.html 23 comments 4/4/2011 reddit.com
• Michigan bill allows state government to appoint emergency financial managers with such powers as terminating any collectively bargained contract, dissolving local government, and eliminating any local law or ordinance. The House bill allows these EMFs to be corporations. http://michiganmessenger.com/47158/emergency-financial-manager-bill-on-the-verge-of-passage 5 comments 9/3/2011 politics
• ‎"Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power." (Benito Mussolini)-- Citizens United vs. FEC is just another goose step closer towards corporatism/fascism. http://www.zeropartypolitics.com/2010/03/hearing-free-speech-makes-my-ass-twitch.html 5 comments 5/10/2010 politics
• Why is it that the United States goes easier on oil companies than any country outside of the continent of Africa? Answer: the US functions in many ways like a Third World country, subservient to the dictates of corporate power. http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/06/20-1 7 comments 20/6/2010 politics
• Why Corporations, Emerging Powers and Petro-States Are Snapping Up Huge Chunks of Farmland in the Developing World http://www.alternet.org/environment/141734/why_corporations%2C_emerging_powers_and_petro-states_are_snapping_up_huge_chunks_of_farmland_in_the_developing_world/ 3 comments 11/8/2009 economy
• Rhode Island Files Historic Lawsuit Against 21 Big Oil Companies "Here we are—the smallest state, the Ocean State—taking on the biggest, most powerful corporate polluters in the world" https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/07/02/watershed-moment-climate-liability-rhode-island-files-historic-lawsuit-against-21 3 comments 4/7/2018 politics
• Robert Reich is trying to save capitalism: "We didn’t just have big banks, big businesses and big corporations, we had those things, but we also had countervailing power centers. We had state banks and local banks, we labor unions, we had farm cooperatives..." http://www.marketplace.org/topics/economy/big-book-video/robert-reich-trying-save-capitalism 179 comments 30/9/2015 politics
• Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) 'Investment Chapter' just released by WikiLeaks highlights the intent to increase the power of global corporations by creating a supra-national court where foreign firms can "sue" states and obtain taxpayer compensation for "expected future profits". https://wikileaks.org/tpp-investment/press.html 24 comments 26/3/2015 worldnews
• The aim of the corporate state is not to feed, clothe or house the masses, but to shift all economic, social and political power & wealth into the hands of the tiny corporate elite. It is to create a world where the heads of corporations make $900,000 an hour & four-job families struggle to survive. http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/the_collapse_of_globalization_20110328 4 comments 29/3/2011 politics
• "Few backers want to dwell on the requirement of the current healthcare bill that everyone get health coverage from the private insurance industry -- a stunning, deeply structural transfer of humongous power and wealth that would greatly boost the leverage of an already autocratic corporate state." http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/03/18 12 comments 18/3/2010 politics
• Famous (?) Quote most likely fake: "Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power." -- Benito Mussolini http://www.publiceye.org/fascist/corporatism.html 3 comments 30/3/2008 reddit.com
• Facebook co-founder: Libra currency could give firms excess power - One of Facebook’s co-founders has warned the social network’s plans for a digital currency called Libra could allow corporations involved in the scheme to wield power over nation states. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/jun/21/facebook-co-founder-warns-against-libra-cryptocurrency 15 comments 21/6/2019 worldnews
• REPORT: “90% of nations planning Central Bank Digital Currency “ – Programmability: "Essentially, any CBDC would give either the state, the central bank or the corporation issuing the money as wages the power to control how and where the money is spent." https://off-guardian.org/2022/05/06/report-90-of-nations-planning-central-bank-digital-currency/ 30 comments 7/5/2022 goldandblack
• World's Largest Solar Power Plant Switched On: The Noor Abu Dhabi project with a total capacity of 1,177MW, which is not state-financed is the work of a consortium that includes Abu Dhabi Power Corporation, Japan’s Marubeni Corp and Chinese solar manufacturer Jinko Solar. https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnparnell/2019/06/29/worlds-largest-solar-power-plant-switched-on/#1e283127161a 57 comments 1/7/2019 worldnews
• 'Watershed Moment for Climate Liability' as Rhode Island Files Historic Lawsuit Against 21 Big Oil Companies: "Here we are—the smallest state, the Ocean State—taking on the biggest, most powerful corporate polluters in the world," said the state's AG. https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/07/02/watershed-moment-climate-liability-rhode-island-files-historic-lawsuit-against-21 17 comments 3/7/2018 worldnews
• With a series of murky international trade agreements like the TPP being negotiated, will a secret court give corporations the power to erode the rights of nation states? http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/video/2015/jul/02/the-undercurrent-tpp-icsid-tisa-ttip-video 25 comments 2/7/2015 worldnews
• Mike Lofgren, a former GOP congressional staff member with the powerful House and Senate Budget Committees, joins Bill to talk about what he calls the Deep State, a hybrid of corporate America and the national security state, which is “out of control” and “unconstrained.” http://billmoyers.com/episode/the-deep-state-hiding-in-plain-sight/ 3 comments 22/2/2014 politics
• we no longer live in the United States. GOP uses conservative right, backed by corporate power and has usurped this country. Straight lies which are directly at odds with our national interests and are a clear and present danger . Obama should declare a national emergency and purge the GOP. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/17/resisting-the-green-dragon_n_798387.html 7 comments 18/12/2010 politics
• Fossil Fuel Companies Are Turning the US Into a Repressive Petrostate: Recent emails show corporate America is trying to stop banks divesting from fossil fuels, the latest example of fossil fuel companies looking to use state power to block and repress climate action. https://jacobinmag.com/2021/12/fossil-fuel-companies-repressive-petrostate-climate-crisis 19 comments 15/12/2021 environment
• Corporate power has turned Britain into a corrupt state: Westminster lobbying is the least of it. Revolving-door colonisation of public life is a corrosive threat to democracy http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jun/04/corporate-britain-corrupt-lobbying-revolving-door 28 comments 7/6/2013 worldnews
• DMK says will ban liquor in Tamil Nadu if voted to power. DMK leader M.K. Stalin said the first thing the party would do is ban liquor and close Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation shops. http://www.livemint.com/politics/pi9yshso5xgwg5r7qz15bo/dmk-says-will-ban-liquor-in-tamil-nadu-if-voted-to-power.html 26 comments 13/8/2015 india
• Elizabeth Warren: Obama Trade Deal Could Undermine Wall Street Reform | Also decries TPP's "investor-state dispute settlement" process, which gives foreign corporations the political power to challenge the laws and regulations of a government before an international tribunal. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/18/elizabeth-warren-trade-deal_n_6350312.html 31 comments 18/12/2014 politics
• Buying Justice: Powerful corporations and right-wing interest groups are taking aim at state judges around the country who have ruled the “wrong” way and who can be tossed out via elections. This new flood of campaign cash is creating a system of justice for the highest bidder. http://consortiumnews.com/2012/10/15/buying-justice/ 7 comments 15/10/2012 politics
• "Twice before in U.S. history, powerful corporate interests dominated Washington and brought America to a state of unacceptable inequality, instability and corruption. Both times a movement arose to restore democracy and shared prosperity." Is a third progressive era nigh? http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/13/opinion/sunday/the-new-progressive-movement.html 277 comments 17/11/2011 politics
• Michael Moore: "The state of Michigan, the Senate voted on a bill that gives the governor the so-called "emergency powers," where he can fire the elected mayor or city council or school board of any town and turn it over to a corporation—I’m not making this up—turn it over to a corporation..." http://www.frequency.com/video/michael-moore-calls-for-renewed-pro/3246692 94 comments 10/3/2011 politics
• In the 1800's, economic power slowly shifted from the states to the corporations, creating a new class of super-wealthy Robber Barons. The bailout madness reveals how wealth is still being siphoned from the pocket of the American worker into the coffers of the financial elite. http://www.theseminal.com/2009/03/18/how-corporations-got-so-powerful/ 91 comments 19/3/2009 politics
• The real ‘deep state’ is about corporate power, not entrenched bureaucrats - This right-wing catchphrase supposedly describes rebellious government workers. But moneyed influencers are the real “deep state.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/the-real-deep-state-is-about-corporate-power-not-bureaucrats/2019/11/15/9bd203d6-0701-11ea-ac12-3325d49eacaa_story.html 39 comments 15/11/2019 politics
• Anti-corporate protests spread to Washington: Protests against corporate power in the United States has taken root in Washington, with several hundred people occupying Freedom Plaza outside city hall to demand progressive reform. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-10-07/anti-us-protests-spread-to-us-capital/3335976?section=world 3 comments 7/10/2011 politics
• Corporate leaders urge GOP to reinstate renewable energy | corporations employing more than 25,000 in Ohio oppose plans by state GOP lawmakers to get rid of state standards requiring utilities to sell increasing percentages of power generated by wind, solar and other renewables. http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2016/10/corporate_leaders_urge_gop_to.html 9 comments 26/10/2016 technology
• Much to the detriment of Washington State’s biggest corporate donors like Microsoft and Starbucks, and to the chagrin of Seattle’s newspaper of record, Seattle voters have elected to have publicly-financed elections, and to severely limit the influence of corporate power on city hall. http://usuncut.com/politics/seattle-wins-publicly-financed-elections-i-122/ 68 comments 4/11/2015 politics