Category Archives: Corp-watch

War’s Shopping Cart

Posted on 11 May, 2008 by

An interesting look at the militarisation of the US economy from Nick Turse. While the US has long been a permanent war economy, the consumer dimension of the corporate overlap has not–until recently–been highlighted. War’s shopping cart Pepsi, Apple, Krispy … Continue reading →

Posted in Consumerism, Corp-watch, Empire, War and Terror, Hegemon-watch, Militarism general, US Foreign Policy, USA | Tagged , | 2 Comments

Job Market In A More Just World

Posted on 27 March, 2008 by

Nice role reversal … Run time: a minute and a half. Thanks Forever Under Construction. From the new short film The Job written and directed by Jonathan Browning and produced by Screaming Frog Productions. You may also be interested in: … Continue reading →

Posted in Americas, Business, Corp-watch, Development, Humor, Humour, Labor, Labour, Mexico, Neoliberalism, Satire, USA, Video | 1 Comment

Uncounted: the New Math of American Elections

Posted on 15 March, 2008 by

A new documentary on election anomalies in the US and the dangers of electronic voting. Were the 2000 and 2004 stolen presidential elections episodic, or rather products of now more permanent, systemic vote-rigging features? Watch out for the eye-opening Tom … Continue reading →

Posted in Corp-watch, Corruption, Democracy, Elections, USA, Video | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

The Story of Stuff

Posted on 12 December, 2007 by

Annie Leonard’s simplified, straightforward 21 minute video on the true cost of our consumer products, The Story of Stuff (see dedicated website for a synopsis and more info). Once you get used to the “gee, like, you know” teen-like tone … Continue reading →

Posted in Consumerism, Corp-watch, Education, Political Economy, USA, Video | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment