Ed. After the North African and Bahraini revolutions, there can be no doubt that free and unlimited access to the web needs to become a basci, human right. For other posts on this subject, click here. by Geov, 03/17/2011, 11:14 AM It’s a staple of the mudslinging in comment threads at various poli[...]
Posts Tagged ‘corporations’
March 17th, 2011 - 3:19 pm § in America, Schools & Colleges
UTexas Extraordinary Alum Decries Efforts to Downgrade Academic Quality of UT
UT Regent: There’s nothing wrong with a Chevy education. Ed. I wonder if this guy actually thinks everyone in Texas is getting a Cadillac? Maybe there are even some kids there who deserve a BMW or Infiniti? Read the letter written to Regent Chairman Gene Powell by Gordon Appleman, ranked as [...]
Class Warfare in the U.S.: The Final Chapter
The combination of tax cuts skewed toward the wealthy and funding for the endless wars during a "jobless recovery" ensures we will have a citizenry best described as desperate and clueless. Edward Berneays, Hugo Chavez, more: News analysis from t r u t h o u t [...]
Everyone Out for Olympia Demo, 3/17/11
We're fed up with an economy that showers bonuses on corporate executives while crushing the dreams of working families. And so are the thousands of people across the country. Will you stand with us at noon on Thursday? Sign up link provided.[...]
SRO Crowd Reclaims Democracy for Real People
SEATTLE, March 11 -- Last night a SRO crowd flocked to UW's Kane Hall to brainstorm strategy and tactics in the fight against the legal fiction of corporate personhood underpinning the CITIZENS decision. Titled After Citizens United: Reclaiming Democracy for PEOPLE, the event was sponsored by Washin[...]
Asian Higher Ed: Attendees Ask Where Are the Americans?
Ed. In a global world, shouldn’t we take the market value of our reputation seriously by recruiting the best students we can to Seattle? From a tuition POV, foreign students are a blessing .. they pay full boat, This is a lot better deal than following the pattern of Ashworth University [...]
March 9th, 2011 - 12:07 pm § in Uncategorized
UPDATE: Supreme Court Decision May Have Huge Affect on Faculty Governance
Ed. My concerns about Stanford v. Roche may have been understated now that I have read more about the new patent law passed by the US Senate. That law would award patents to the first to file rather than, as present, the first to invent. This conflicts with the way things are done at universit[...]
The Story of Citizens United: New Video Lays Out the Case
New animated short shows how corporate power has eroded our rights and corrupted our democracy. Animations parody the political process we all know and love. 9-min video goes a long way toward explaining why the people's expressed desires are thwarted over and over by special interests.[...]
March 7th, 2011 - 8:14 am § in America, Environment
Volt Don’t Sell
281 volts sold! I am both a patriot and a gadget lover but why would anyone buy a Volt?[...]
Citizens United Workshop Preps Amendment Advocates
When I arrived for the "After Citizens United" workshop on the blustery Seattle waterfront, a dozen people were chatting. When another half-dozen showed up, co-leader Craig Salins started by colorfully and concisely summarizing the quantum shift toward corporate hijacking of elections since the ruli[...]