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It is not hyperbole to say that the world’s richest man has now illegally seized control of America’s checkbook and the entire federal workforce.
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Global Power Project, Part 2: Identifying the Institutions of Control
From Bilderberg and the Trilateral Commission to the Council on Foreign Relations, International Chamber of Commerce and Rockefeller, Ford and Carnegie foundations, here are the institutions that shaped our current power structure.
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Global Power Project, Part 1: Exposing the Transnational Capitalist Class
The cross-membership that exists between boards of corporations, think tanks, foundations, educational institutions and advisory groups has made today's elites a highly integrated, organized and evolved social group.
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Introducing the Global Power Project
Occupy.com is launching a research project to examine the networks of global power between banks, corporations, governments and international institutions.
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Cash Hoarding, Tax Evasion and the Corporate Coup
With record-breaking profits and record-low taxes, corporations around the world have been hoarding record-high amounts of cash while finding legal loopholes to pay less, or none, of their taxes.
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The Real "Recovery": Welcome to the Network of Global Corporate Control
Since June of 2009, 88% of all U.S. growth went to corporate profits, while wages and salaries represented 1% of growth. There's never been a worse recovery for jobs and worker pay -- and never a better one for corporate profits.
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Welcome to the Network of Global Corporate Control
Swiss researchers have found that of the world's 43,000 transnational corporations, a "super-entity" of 147 tightly-knit companies, which all own each other, collectively constitute 40% of the total wealth in the entire global network.
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The Trans-Pacific Partnership: What “Free Trade” Actually Means
“Free trade," as we know it, is a drain on the economy, creates enormous national debts and undermines labor. So why should we tolerate the Trans-Pacific Partnership?
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Why So Secretive? The Trans-Pacific Partnership as Global Corporate Coup
While increasing corporate patent rights and curbing Internet freedom, the TPP would also establish an "international tribunal" to enforce the "rights" of corporations over governmental law regarding environment, finance and labor rights.
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The Trans-Pacific Partnership: This is What Corporate Governance Looks Like
What makes the TPP unique isn't just that it is the largest “free trade agreement” ever negotiated but that it's the most secretive trade negotiations in history with no public oversight, input, or consultations.
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Quebec Inches Closer to Martial Law
An “emergency law” to “restore order” in Quebec amounts to a declaration of war on the student movement as mass protests continue against proposed 80% increase in tuition costs.
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