In Baron: Antitrust Super Influencers
Baron names ILSR’s Stacy Mitchell as on of the top ten super influencers in the antitrust arena. … Read More
Building Local Power Highlight: People Love Local Food. Yet Local Farmers are Disappearing. What’s Going On?
Leah Douglas is a reporter at Reuters covering the politics of food, agriculture, and the environment. Douglas discusses how the poultry industry is structured by contract production, how dairy farms are the bedrock for many rural communities, and Earl Butz’s conviction for farmers to plant “fence row to fence row” to enable economic food production. … Read More
Corporations Rake in Subsidies at Communities’ Expense — Episode 148 of Building Local Power
On this episode of the Building Local Power Podcast, Jess Del Fiacco is joined by Stacy Mitchell and Arlene Martínez who discuss the use of nondisclosure agreements, the acceleration of mega-deals during the pandemic, and what true economic development looks like. … Read More
In Crain’s, NY Antitrust Bill Can Level the Playing Field for Small Business
In New York, dominant corporations are amassing unprecedented economic and political power and putting small businesses at risk. Katy Milani and Sue Warfield write in Crain’s that the proposed 21st Century Antitrust Act would level the playing field. … Read More
The Leaders Working to Build a Robust Small Business Economy — Episode 147 of Building Local Power
Listen to highlights from a recent ILSR event called “The Progressive Fight for Small Business” featuring Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal and White House Advisor Tim Wu. … Read More
In The Forge: We Need a Popular Front to Overthrow Corporate Rule. Small Businesses Are Key.
In The Forge Stacy Mitchell argues that we are in unprecedented moment to organize a broad popular front of small businesses and working people to change the course of corporate concentration. … Read More
Listen: How Epic Games’ Acquisition of Bandcamp will Impact Independent Artists
Ron Knox was featured on The Grapevine, an Australian talk radio show, where he discussed Epic Games recent acquisition of Bandcamp and its effect on independent artists. … Read More
How Monopoly Energy Utilities Impede Innovation — Episode 146 of Building Local Power
On this episode of the Building Local Power Podcast, Jess Del Fiacco is joined by John Farrell and guest Ari Peskoe who is the director of the energy law initiative at Harvard Law School. They discuss the acts that Congress has passed to increase (but hasn’t) competition in electric utilities, the four orders the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) ruled between 1996 and 2011, and the cost utility’s evading competitive processes has on consumers. … Read More
Statement on House Judiciary’s Referral of Amazon to the DOJ for Potential Criminal Obstruction of Congress
We issued a statement on the House Judiciary’s Referral of Amazon to the DOJ for Potential Criminal Obstruction of Congress. “Amazon’s attempt to obstruct Congress only further underscores the need for legislation to rein in Big Tech’s outsized power.”… Read More