Category: Corporate power

Photo by Kostiantyn Li on UnsplashBy Sophie JacksonThere is no doubt that corporations have increasing amounts of power over our lives; Joel Bakan stated “they determine what we eat, what we watch, what we wear, where we work, and what we do”. Pure exploitation. In...

Photo by Brett Jordan on UnsplashBy Catherine JacksonEvery single person who reads this blog has been lied to on the internet. This could mean something relatively harmless such as someone slightly altering a comedic story they're telling, but it can also have much...

Photo by Christine Roy on UnsplashBy Holly MeredithCorporations and therefore capitalism is incompatible with the rhetoric of environmentalism due to its inherent lack of empathy and constant need to acquire excessively. This is highlighted in the current dominant...

Photo by Jon Tyson on UnsplashBy Chrissie LowndesDid you know that some of your favourite corporations are harming our society? No? Well, let me explain…But first, what even is a corporation? A corporation is a legal entity owned and funded by individuals,...

Photo by fikry anshor on UnsplashBy Mille StocksCorporate personhood, that is the establishment of corporate entities as singular human beings in law, began at the end of the American Civil War. In 1868, African Americans gained constitutional rights via the creation...

Photo by Hunters Race on UnsplashBy Joseph ByronAs the world’s corporations get richer and gain more and more profits, we are left wondering whether their means of getting these profits are in fact signs of human psychopathy, or are they really benefitting the world...

Photo by Jethro Carullo on UnsplashBy Isha Gir ‘TO HELL WITH SHELL’[1]- is what was written on a cardboard sign, by locals, who were against Shell’s oil exploration in South Africa. If this does not explicitly demonstrate society’s aversion towards corporations then...

Image credit: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Standard_oil_octopus_loc_color.jpg#filelinksCorporations are dictators in the peak of their power. From the British joint-stock company known as East India Company, which controlled and ruled India between...

Image credit: https://unsplash.com/@seanpollockThe corporation over the last two centuries has transformed to become the overarching influence which governs all society’s interests. We now live for the corporations which design our future. Until the late 19th century,...

Image: https://unsplash.com/@st_b   By Jodie Emery Ever wondered why there’s always a corporate scandal making the rounds of the media? Let me explain why… Over the last 100 years, corporations have accelerated in power. They now have complete control over our...