Corporations such as ExxonMobil and Blackstone also big funders of climate crisis, new trade union report finds

Some of the world’s largest companies have been accused of undermining democracy across the world by financially backing far-right political movements, funding and exacerbating the climate crisis, and violating trade union rights and human rights in a report published on Monday by the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC).

Amazon, Tesla, Meta, ExxonMobil, Blackstone, Vanguard and Glencore are the corporations included in the report. The companies’ lobbying arms are attempting to shape global policy at the United Nations Summit of the Future in New York City on 22 and 23 September.

  • Phoenixz
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    113 days ago

    Okay

    Would you gladly lay down the lives of your loved ones? Your parents, your children, your friends?

    Because that’s usually what happens in revolutions. Once the violence starts, everybody loses. The one that wins is just the one that lost the least

    • @Yggnar
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      111 days ago

      What an asinine question. If the time for a revolution has truly arrived, my loved ones are already in danger. Their lives and way of life already at risk. It’s funny how close we are to that point now, way closer than when this comment chain started. People are celebrating Luigi and you’re still here trying to say blood shouldn’t be spilled.