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- ICAR_220610_01.JPG: Capitol, Inc.
Unveiling the invisible force of corporate influence in Washington, DC.
ICAR International Corporate Accountability Roundtable
- ICAR_220610_13.JPG: Slavery: The Prison Industrial Complex
Keith Calhoun and Chandra McCormick
From the bail bond industry and healthcare providers to companies that sell our government surveillance and monitoring tools, private corporations are involved in nearly every aspect of our criminal justice and immigration systems. They all turn a profit from mass incarceration. One of the most well known players in this space are for-profit prison companies.
Over the last three decades, the private prison industry has put a total of $11.5 million towards influencing federal elections. The annual amount the private prison industry spends on lobbying has risen quickly over the past six years, going from just under $2 million in 2015 up to $4.4 million in 2020. There is also a pattern of high-level ICE and BOP officials going through the revolving door, taking jobs within the same companies they were in charge of regulating.
Private prisons have a powerful financial incentive both to cut corners when it comes to the services they provide, and to push for policies that fuel mass incarceration. Time and time again this has led to extreme abuse of prisoners and immigrant detainees in privately run facilities. These harmful government policies that unnecessarily lock more and more people up.
Corporations are using their money and influence to block efforts to reform our criminal justice system.
It's time to limit their power so that we can create a rights-based society and a more just world.
- ICAR_220610_20.JPG: His "X" Mark
"Many companies have come onto our land to mine, frack and build oil pipelines leaving our earth devastated, our water undrinkable and our air polluted. The United States government paves the way for wealthy corporations to come onto our land and exploit our resources and people”- Robbins, Capitol Inc.
Many of the harmful, pro-industry policies that flow from corporate capture disproportionately impact Indigenous communities. From oil and gas pipelines approved by industry-dominated regulatory agencies to toxic water pollution flowing from factory farms and the rollback of environmental regulations, the federal government continues to break its promises to Indigenous peoples in the U.S., putting corporate profits ahead of their rights and sovereignty.
Corporations are using their money and influence to undermine the sovereignty of Indigenous communities across America.
It's time to limit their power so we can finally create a rights-based society
and a more just world.
- ICAR_220610_37.JPG: WHAT OCTAVIA E. BUTLER SAW WHEN SHE LANDED ON THE SITE
The climate crisis we are currently facing is largely a product of the notoriously profit-hungry fossil fuel industry. They knew about the climate risks 60 years ago and spent billions to cover up the truth, all to protect their profits.
The fossil fuel industry has proved willing to do just about anything to protect its bottom line - including threatening the very existence of our planet and covering up the reality of this ongoing destruction. The industry has amassed a significant level of power and influence through its strategic campaign spending and extensive lobbying operations.
In the last decade, oil and gas interests have spent over $1.5 billion lobbying the federal government and put over $529 million towards influencing the outcome of elections. And that's just the money we know about.
The industry also works to place industry-friendly figures in key government roles. For example, during the Trump administration, about one-third of the political staff who worked on energy and environmental issues had ties to the fossil fuel industry or the Koch brothers' empire.
This unchecked political influence has allowed the industry to evade accountability and manipulate the government into prioritizing industry profits above public interest - endangering our water, air, health, safety and the very existence of our planet.
Corporations are using their money and influence to stand in the way of our efforts to save our planet and fight climate change.
It's time to limit their power so that we can create a rights-based society & a more just world.
- ICAR_220610_49.JPG: Las Manos de Mis Padres
Big money and corporate power dictate how agricultural workers are treated, how our food is grown, whether family farmers are able to earn a living, and whether rural communities thrive or decline.
From crop producers and dairy farms to tobacco companies and meat processors, almost every sector of the agricultural industry is dominated by a handful of giant multinational corporations. These powerful companies have built a well-oiled political influence machine.
In just the last decade, big agribusiness spent over $1.5 billion dollars lobbying the federal government and poured over $650 million dollars into influencing the outcomes of our elections. Outside of this stream of money, the revolving door between big agribusiness and the federal government swings freely. It allows industry powerhouses to infiltrate the government, harness insider knowledge and connections with former government officials.
This has given the industry and its allies the political power to manipulate government policy in their favor and sabotage progress on a host of social justice issues. As a result, corporate profits grow at the expense of small farmers, workers' rights, taxpayers, public health, food safety and the environment.
Corporations are using their money and influence to stand in the way of protecting workers.
It's time to limit their power so we can finally create a rights-based society
and a more just world.
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