Category: Corporate power

Article by Dillon O'Toole DouglasPhoto by TruckRun on Unsplash Transnational Corporations' (TNCs) greed for increased profit margins and lower production costs has played a significant role in the abuse of labour rights and inequality amongst workers in the global...

Article by Oluwaseyi OlomolaiyePhoto by Maxim Hopman on Unsplash Nothing is free, you are the product. You clicked “accept cookies” to read my blog? Well, that button has a larger consequence than most people tend to realise. Reading this blog “free of charge” is not...

Article by Natasha BassiPhoto by Mathieu Stern on Unsplash The world once existed as one long blanket that weaved itself through and around seas. All life lived in a cycle of eating and being eaten - a harsh reality for some but balanced for others. As turbulence...

Article by Kei SatoPhoto by krakenimages on Unsplash Many people have argued that capitalism has widened the gap between the rich and the poor recently. It seems not to be suitable as a dominating system today as we have recognized the urgency to achieve equality....

Article by Luke DohertyPhoto by Chris Barbalis on Unsplash Not all lies are nefarious at first. Corporations, arguably the most powerful institutions in our society, know this best. A little like supervillains or a movie ‘psychopath’ to some – the corporation can and...

Article by Zayn IskandarPhoto by Levi Meir Clancy on Unsplash  The world is in political turmoil. With conflict between nations heightening by the day, whether in Europe or the Middle East, it comes as no surprise that governments feel the need to protect their...

Article by William PapworthPhoto by Eeshan Garg on Unsplash In just the first 9 months of 2023, the recorded revenue from the global alcoholic drink market had amounted to an all-time high of over $1.61 trillion dollars, making alcoholic beverages the eighth most...

Article by Harvey Hall Photo by Ralph Hutter on Unsplash   Multinational corporations run entirely on renewable energy; electric cars and public transport in our cities; and the continuation of the comfortable consumerist lifestyle. Some see this as a promising vision...

Article by Elena Buti Photo by Sergey Zolkin on Unsplash   People are pawns, but this is not a game. It is time to realise what has been ignored and try to understand what was unknown about data processing. The general public disregards the enormous amount of...

Article by Molly WellsPhoto by SpaceX on UnsplashWhen it comes to the climate crisis, as individual consumers we are constantly confronted with how our everyday actions are responsible for the damage and how we must change. We are told to, for example, go vegan, not...