West Virginia is the latest front in a national battle to undermine worker rights bankrolled by the billionaire Koch brothers.
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How Charles Koch Backed the John Birch Society at the Height of Its Attacks on Martin Luther King
On Martin Luther King Day, here is some additional information about the Koch PR offensive and their legacy on civil rights.
Koch Daddy and the Nazis, a Revealing History from Jane Mayer
Jane Mayer’s new book, Dark Money, reveals how Fred Koch profited from dealing with Hitler’s Germany and praised Germany while criticizing American workers.
Koch-Funded Special Interest Groups and Utilities Bankrolling ALEC Meeting
106 companies have left ALEC, who is bankrolling the festivities this year?
Koch Group Dumps Half Million Dollars in Florida Anti-Solar Campaign
Consumers for Smart Solar, the group promoting an anti-home-solar constitutional amendment in Florida, has received a half million dollars from the 60 Plus Association, a group that has received at least $34 million since 2010 from organizations financially backed by the Koch brothers.
Solar Fight in Florida Heats Up with Mysterious Donor
The largest contribution so far to an anti-consumer measure to impede access to solar energy just came from a mysterious new donor. This new donation comes as the battle over whether consumers in Florida can install home solar is heating up, with rival state constitutional amendments both aiming for the ballot in 2016.
Koch Brothers Backing Misleading Anti-Solar Campaign in Florida
The Koch brothers and utility giants are bankrolling an anti-solar ballot initiative in Florida.
Kochs, Corps, and Monsanto Trade Group Have Bankrolled Group Attacking Dr. Oz
One of the doctors who has called for TV’s Dr. Oz–a prominent proponent of GMO labeling–to be fired from Columbia University is a convicted felon who works for the American Council on Science and Health. An updated review of ACSH’s funding reveals it is funded by a trade group of food corporations (including Monsanto) that heavily opposes GMO labeling.
How ALEC Fronts for Fossil Fuels
Even as the Environmental Protection Agency finally attempts to limit carbon dioxide pollution from coal plants, it is meeting resistance at the state level, thanks to a secretive campaign by the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC).
One of the Koch Family-Controlled Foundations Has Quietly Folded
The Koch family-controlled Claude R. Lambe Foundation (CRLF), one of the routine sources of funding for right wing groups for more than thirty years has dissolved, further limiting what little is publicly known of which groups seeking to change Americans’ rights receive money controlled or directed by Charles and David Koch and their operatives.