Robert Hurley

Posts tagged with "corporate hegemony"

An Orwellian moment for Amazon's customers as '1984' vanishes

Wednesday, 9. September 2009, 19:10:24

Orwellian, media, George Orwell, Amazon is evil ...

Users of Amazon.com's e-reader device were surprised and unsettled over the past day to receive notice that George Orwell works they had purchased, including "1984" and "Animal Farm," had been removed from their Kindle and their money refunded.

This week's Anti-Christ: WalMart

Wednesday, 9. September 2009, 19:09:01

corporate hegemony, monopolistic capitalism, Anti-Christ, Walmart ...

Walmart's Project Impact: A Move to Crush Competition

Walmart loves to shock and awe. City-size stores, absurdly low prices ($8 jeans!) and everything from milk to Matchbox toys on its shelves. And with the recession forcing legions of stores into bankruptcy, the world's largest retailer now apparently wants to take out the remaining survivors.

Thus, the company is in the beginning stages of a massive store and strategy remodeling effort, which it has dubbed Project Impact.

Debate / Inform

Sunday, 24. June 2007, 21:29:20

corporate hegemony, debate, Iraq War, Halliburton ...

Yesterday, when I put up the post about the alleged "PC" handbag, the was a (festival? gathering? contrived military recruitment installation?) to "support the troops" going on across the street. Several military recruiters had tents set up...