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David August ❌👑<p>I missed this great news earlier this week. Monopolies are bad and now groceries won’t be further consolidated. </p><p>Sigh of relief. </p><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/kroger-albertsons-merger-court-decision-41263bd9137d5046a642e7d26e98cdfc" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/kroger-albe</span><span class="invisible">rtsons-merger-court-decision-41263bd9137d5046a642e7d26e98cdfc</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/groceries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>groceries</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>economics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/monopolies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>monopolies</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/monopolization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>monopolization</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/antitrust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>antitrust</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Kathy E. Gill 🇺🇦<p>It’s not your imagination: frozen potato prices have skyrocketed (and farmers aren’t the beneficiaries)</p><p>Enter a four-conglomerate “cartel”</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/food" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>food</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uspolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uspolitics</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/globalTrade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>globalTrade</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/globalEconomics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>globalEconomics</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/antitrust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>antitrust</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/monopolization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>monopolization</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://themoderatevoice.com/its-not-your-imagination-frozen-potato-prices-have-skyrocketed-and-farmers-arent-the-beneficiaries/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">themoderatevoice.com/its-not-y</span><span class="invisible">our-imagination-frozen-potato-prices-have-skyrocketed-and-farmers-arent-the-beneficiaries/</span></a></p>
Ms. Que Banh<p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/Historical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Historical</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/UnionSolidarity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnionSolidarity</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Art</span></a>.<br>“The Hand That Will Rule the World” by Ralph Chaplin. June 30, 1917.</p><p>The symbol of the clinched fist has been a symbol of <a href="https://beige.party/tags/solidarity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>solidarity</span></a> as early as 1917. “The Hand That Will Rule the World” by Ralph Chaplin is an illustration referring to the <a href="https://beige.party/tags/IWW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IWW</span></a> (Industrial Workers of The World). Industrial unionism began when skilled workers were displaced by modern machinery and the <a href="https://beige.party/tags/monopolization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>monopolization</span></a> of industries. It was a union that believed industries should be controlled by the workers, benefiting the many instead of enriching the few, and create better working conditions.</p><p>In this image, the workers are uniting their arms and creating one giant fist, which represents solidarity and <a href="https://beige.party/tags/unity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unity</span></a>, while holding tools, representing manual labor, while factories in the backdrop symbolize the machinery displacing the workers.</p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/WorkerUnions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WorkerUnions</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Unionism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Unionism</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/TradeUnionHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TradeUnionHistory</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/UnionStrong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnionStrong</span></a></p>
rhtunstall<p>Nothing to see here, just another underhanded <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/Conservative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Conservative</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/powergrab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>powergrab</span></a> obtained through secretive consolidation of right wing parties.</p><p>These <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/corrupt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corrupt</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/cons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cons</span></a> seek to further divide and polarize all of <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> through their “unite to collectively hate” campaign, while the center and left rip up agreements and quarrel amongst themselves like stranded toddlers fighting for a Conch shell.</p><p>Honestly, this power steal feels like something taken right out of a <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/Russian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russian</span></a> playbook.</p><p>These <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/unethical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unethical</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/Conservatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Conservatives</span></a> realized they could only obtain power by taking out competing parties and stealing their votes.</p><p><a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/Disgraceful" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Disgraceful</span></a> and <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/undemocratic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>undemocratic</span></a>. If this is considered acceptable behaviour, Canadian <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> is broken and we’re all downright fucked.</p><p><a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/cdnpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cdnpoli</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/bcpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bcpoli</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/skpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>skpoli</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/cheaters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cheaters</span></a><br><a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/NeverVoteConservative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NeverVoteConservative</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/monopolization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>monopolization</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/BigBusinessPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigBusinessPolitics</span></a> <br> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.crispius.ca/@Crispius" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>crispius</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.ca/@globalnews" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>globalnews</span></a></span></p>
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Dan Froomkin/presswatchers.org<p>It's just a matter of restoring the rule of law, explains Barry Lynn of @openmarkets. Great way to look at it. <br>---<br>RT @openmarkets<br>.@SenWarren: It's time to remind corporate executives and B-school gurus that <a href="https://journa.host/tags/monopolization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>monopolization</span></a> is actually a CRIME.<br><a href="https://twitter.com/openmarkets/status/1625879784566800385" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">twitter.com/openmarkets/status</span><span class="invisible">/1625879784566800385</span></a></p>
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