Report: Billionaire Bonanza 2020
Billionaire wealth has grown astoundingly over the last few decades — and, for some “pandemic profiteers,” even more dramatically since the COVID-19 crisis.
When It Comes to Sustainability, Amazon Delivers… Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Amazon profits from helping oil and gas companies destroy the planet more frugally. Jeff Bezos’ $10 billion climate fund must be viewed in this context.
No One in the United States Should Be Poor, Period
Amazon’s wage hike is welcome news, but nobody’s well-being should depend on the whims of billionaire CEOs.
What Amazon Adds To The Fight For $15
Amazon will raise its minimum wage to $15 for all U.S. employees. Will other’s follow suit?
Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, and Warren Buffett Are Wealthier Than The Bottom Half of the Country Combined
That’s three people versus about 160 million people.
Automation Kills Jobs and Brings Mass Poverty. Call That Progress?
The “One Rich Guy” who profits would.
The Bezillionaire Times
Amazon’s take-no-prisoners business model made founder Jeff Bezos staggeringly rich while stranding thousands of warehouse workers on the borderline of poverty.
Unfit to Print
Suddenly, all self-respecting billionaires need to own at least one newspaper.
Amazon Watch Spring Green-Bag Lunch Series
Want to learn about how big corporations are taking Latin America to court? IPS Associate Fellow Manuel Pérez Rocha will address extractive corporations suing Latin American countries in International Tribunals at Amazon Watch’s Spring 2012 “Green-Bag Lunch” Series in Washington, DC.
Review: The Unconquered
A new book describes an attempt to map uncontacted tribes in the Amazon without contacting them.
Author Event: The Unconquered: In Search of the Amazon’s Last Uncontacted Tribes
Teaching for Change/Busboys and Poets, Amazon Watch, Friends of the Earth US, Greenpeace US, and Institute for Policy Studies Invite You for a Special Book Event with Scott Wallace, author of the book,THE UNCONQUERED: In Search of the Amazon’s Last Uncontacted Tribes.
Trade Agreement Kills Amazon Indians
The U.S.-Peru free trade agreement has led directly to government crackdowns and the deaths of indigenous protestors, reports columnist Laura Carlsen.