Tax evasion and avoidance and Democracy at a tipping point (tags)
The biggest losses from tax evasion and avoidance are caused by multinational corporations, followed by wealthy individuals. Sums in the triple-digit billions up to one trillion. Euros are evaded annually in the EU. 21-32 trillion US dollars are undeclared via tax havens
San Francisco Just Continues C.A.H. (tags)
mRNA Vaccine Technology Inventor Erased From History Books | Dr. Joseph Mercola - More truth S.F. Bay Area media won't tell.
SYRIZA Sellout Triggers Internal Party Revolt (tags)
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Mega-developer H. Whittemore Remains Under Indictment for FEC Violations (tags)
In new documents, government lawyers challenged embattled developer Harvey Whittemore’s claims that the federal charges against him for allegedly making illegal campaign contributions to U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., should be thrown out.
Whittemore indicted on conduit contribution charges, lying to FBI (tags)
Nevada mega-developer Harvey Whittemore was indicted Weds. for illegal conduit campaign contributions to Senator Harry Reid from the Wingfield Co. (shared with another mega-developer Albert Seeno). It is understood that these contributions were to allow Wingfield's Coyote Springs housing development to proceed despite violating numerous environmental laws and requiring the contruction of the $15 billion SNWA pipeline from the rural districts 300 miles to the north.
Gilbert "Magu" Lujan - leader of the Chicano Art Movement
AJLPP Wraps Up STP Relief Drive, 2009, Gains $12, 649.43 (tags)
The Alliance-Philippines (AJLPP) wrapped up its successful relief and fund drive to help the victims of the successive floods in the Philippines. The relief drive commenced on September 27, 2009 and ended in December 31, 2009. According to the AJLPP national secretariat based in Los Angeles the fund drive netted a total amount of $ 12, 649. 43 from voluntary contributions and 234 Balikbayan boxes send to two non-profit agencies in the Philippines. .
Peace Now? Not without national health insurance (tags)
Single payer dead; public option dead. More people dead, every day, because they can't afford a doc, a drug, or an operation. Health industry contributions to politicians up up up. Up ours
San Diego City Council Candidates Debate (tags)
San Diego City Council candidates Stephen Whitburn and Todd Gloria debated at the Hillcrest Town Council September 9. Both are openly Gay men and the debate was held in the center of San Diego's Queer community, but the candidates are otherwise quite different. Gloria emphasized his roots in San Diego and his extensive experience working as a staff member for elected officials, while Whitburn criticized Gloria's support from developers and said his own experience in journalism and the nonprofit sector would make him a better Councilmember.
Following Hillary’s Money (tags)
“The US arms industry is backing Hillary Clinton for President and has all but abandoned its traditional allies in the Republican party. Mrs Clinton has also emerged as Wall Street’s favourite. Investment bankers have opened their wallets in unprecedented numbers for the New York senator over the past three months and, in the process, dumped their earlier favourite, Barack Obama.”
Pelosi, Hillary, and Lieberman: funded by Lockheed (tags)
Nancy Pelosi, Hillary Clinton, and Joe Lieberman each received $10,000 in campaign contributions from neocon-linked weapons maker Lockheed-Martin's PAC during the 2006 election cycle. Could this be one reason Pelosi and Hillary refuse to stand firmly for peace while Lieberman blatantly calls for even wider war?
Special Update from Revolution journalists in Oaxaca! Pass the word on... (tags)
The first account from two revolutionary journalists in Oaxaca covering the upheaval and struggle and dreams of the masses there. A call to support their efforts and invite them to speak on their experiences upon their return.
Ex-Minutemen want harder look at group's finances (tags)
By Susan Carroll Houston Chronicle Tucson, Arizona | Published: 11.23.2006
Your platform includes "corporate tax cheats" however what is to be done about those employers that do not pay the proper amount of withholding tax.
Top 10 Corporate Spenders On 2006 Initiatives Give $134 Mil. (tags)
Corporations Give 61% of Total Initiative Funding, Outspend Unions 12 To 1 Prop. 89 Will Level the Playing Field
Chevron Fights Proposition 89 (tags)
Big Oil has begun funding the effort to prevent public financing of political campaigns in California.
NANCY PELOSI AND STENY HOYER IN SOLIDARITY WITH PRO-WAR AIPAC NEO-CONS? (tags)
THINK IT COULDN’T HAPPEN? … IT ALREADY HAS!
Is Your U.S. Senator or U.S. House Member on this List? (tags)
See AIPAC Influenced Pro-Israel PAC Contributions to 2006 Congressional Candidates IS YOUR U.S. SENATOR OR U.S. HOUSE MEMBER ON THIS LIST? AIPAC Influenced Pro-Israel PAC Contributions to 2006 Congressional Candidates See AIPAC Influenced Pro-Israel PAC Contributions to 2006 Congressional Candidates http://www.washington-report.org/index.htm Please copy, e-mail, re-post and distribute this as widely as possible. Also for those without Internet access. BOTH REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRAT PARTIES SUPPORT ISRAELI APARTHEID TERRORISM PARTLY BECAUSE OF HUGE DONATIONS FROM AIPAC INFLUENCED PRO WAR PRO ISRAEL PACS See AIPAC Influenced Pro-Israel PAC Contributions to 2006 Congressional Candidates http://www.washington-report.org/index.htm Send them packing this November. Vote for the Party of Peace and Justice. The Green Party USA. http://www.gp.org WAKE UP AND VOTE GREEN
Pension cuts and inequality wiping out retirement for American workers (tags)
For a growing number of US workers, dreams of a decent retirement are quickly evaporating as companies shift retirement costs onto workers, in the form of deductions from already declining wages, in order to maintain profits in a competitive global economy. In the wake of the post-World War II business boom, US workers were granted certain limited concessions in a three-legged system of retirement security that included individual savings, government programs and private employer pensions. Between the 1940s and the 1980s, private pensions with a guaranteed payout (also known as defined-benefit pensions), became a standard component of compensation for a large section of the American workforce.
Rocky Delgadillo Sells Out (tags)
Rocky Delgadillo in bed with LA's most slimy slumlords. Demand that he return the corrupt cash!
"How can the state finance itself in times of worldwide competition without damaging the national econmy? How can it find the old strength without creating new poverty?.. There is no system-conforming way out of this vicious circle.."
Kerry Receives 100 Times More in Contributions from GOP Donors than Nader (tags)
The anti-Nader Democrats have spread their big lie to discredit Nader and silence his anti-war and progressive message that Kerry could not rebut.
Tre Arrow's next two hearings are both set for Monday, May 31st in Vancouver B.C. The first , an Admissibility for Refugee Status, is scheduled for 10am, followed by a Realease (bail) hearing. If he is found admissible for refugee status, then he could potentially be released. Contributions are urgently needed for bail and legal expenses.
Greenpeace under IRS scrutiny (tags)
Greenpeace is suspected of money laundering.
Bush has put the White House Up for Sale! (tags)
So far, donors have given Bush: $ 49,225,000
Bechtel Gives to Democrats & Republicans (tags)
Bechtel Group, Inc., an engineering and construction firm just awarded a contract to build in Iraq, gives to both Democrats and Republicans.
THE FIRST FULL-LENGTH BOOK ON THE WAR ON IRAQ (tags)
There were two wars going on in Iraq - one fought by armies with soldiers, bombs and fearsome military force. The other was fought alongside it with cameras, satellites, armies of journalists and propaganda techniques. One war was rationalized as an effort to find and disarm WMDs - Weapons of Mass Destruction; the other was carried out by even more powerful WMD’s, Weapons of Mass Deception. A special appeal to IndyLA Readers! Please help us democratize the U.S. media.
Rebuilding Iraq: Political Contributions of Corporate Winners (tags)
It's not what you know...it's who you know! That old adage couldn't be more true, as contractors jockey for position for the US. Government's "Corporate Dash For Cash" being held in Washington . Not coincidentally, many of these contractors just happened to contribute rather generously to the Bush Presidential campaign. Open Secrets has all the juicy details on their web site:
On the subject of so-called "Trust Fund Kids" (tags)
I've noticed that some of the right-wingers and Bush lovers who post on IMC -- most notably those with nothing of substance to say -- are fond of using the term "Trust Fund Kids" as a pejorative to somehow diminish the contributions of those whose financial circumstances are anywhere above the poverty level. Let's dispel some of the "popular" misconceptions.
At long last, victory for the farmworkers! (tags)
It took a public appeal to the conscience to get the governor to drop his checkbook!
Finacial Times: US bankruptcies, and who received contributions (tags)
The Financial Times has an incredible series breaking down the 25 largest recent bankruptcies in America and showing how rich the corporate execs got in the process – a total of $3.3 billion
Pacifica Radio Hijackers& Anti-Union/Health Firm EBG Threaten Listener Campaigns (tags)
Audio of excellent KPFA report, including interviews, covering: Pacifica thieves employ Board member John Murdock's anti-worker/labor/health firm of Epstein Becker & Green (EB&G) to threaten listener's campaigns to reclaim the Network; California Legislators sign letter to Pacifica Board; Actions continue in CA to bring and end to the hijacking. 8 minutes.
Twelve Ways to Democratize the U.S. Political System: First (tags)
Twelve Ways to Democratize the U.S. Political System: First Demand full public funding of political campaigns at federal, state, and local levels.