<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 12:16:10 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/corporatepower/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The flaw of corporate power consolidation]]></title><description><![CDATA[Whether in Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, the US or Europe…what essentially has to happen is for liberation struggles to direct their efforts against corporate power directly. Any other approach, targeting any]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/activism/@shahidbolsen/the-flaw-of-corporate-power-consolidation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/activism/@shahidbolsen/the-flaw-of-corporate-power-consolidation</guid><category><![CDATA[activism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[shahidbolsen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 25 Sep 2019 16:23:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3DLAmCsuTe3bV13dhrdWmiiTzq9WMPZDTkYuSGyZVu3GHrTcpieBBzME6vZGu1bz5PkzWrkmhNTReZrvwKr5Wfvi2xe1xDx9DE3Lhj2JdtcEB83vgt5gCGYd4bqQBd2GksesBJaqxQX1Hmrik8sSAnSRNmHqFYi?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The coup against Howard Schultz]]></title><description><![CDATA[Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz was forced to resign last April because segments of the population used their power of consumer choice to express opposition to the liberal social and political agenda he]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/starbucks/@shahidbolsen/the-coup-against-howard-schultz</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/starbucks/@shahidbolsen/the-coup-against-howard-schultz</guid><category><![CDATA[starbucks]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[shahidbolsen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 25 Sep 2019 15:56:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/54TLbcUcnRm3sWQK3HKkuAMedF1JSX7yKgEqYjnyTKPwrcYmb1ybd4es1XAyA8nqkx3rbTj4EJpCt7gpzWqqgN9ujNXing9ots4tA6T4NPgmHZXVdGC7Eou5y7KSBWWPsqHHq19hx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The view from the throne]]></title><description><![CDATA[Military conflict appears very different depending upon your vantage point. How you perceive the battlefield when you are on it will be radically different from the way it looks from, say, Washington,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/economy/@shahidbolsen/the-view-from-the-throne</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/economy/@shahidbolsen/the-view-from-the-throne</guid><category><![CDATA[economy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[shahidbolsen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 24 Sep 2019 19:35:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3DLAmCsuTe3bV13dhrdWmiiTzq9WMPZDTkYuSGyZVu3GHrVPyk9TNNB4BzmYvhbkmktbCTo63WFBHxj9mpSooL2WN1usHJarxk19GztVacexWpVEbAomzQ22nsfyohxcCjGeK3qHrrNHR1q4WdygtsiYmBmafBc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[GETTING COMPANIES TO PECK THE RIGHT BUTTON]]></title><description><![CDATA[Activist campaigns that target corporations conventionally focus on trying to change the operational practices of those companies which in many cases will, by extension, impact the broader society. What]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/economy/@shahidbolsen/getting-companies-to-peck-the-right-button</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/economy/@shahidbolsen/getting-companies-to-peck-the-right-button</guid><category><![CDATA[economy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[shahidbolsen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 24 Sep 2019 18:28:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5s4dzRwnVbzGM3JdycGKFQo7ALS3GhuMGL8qbG8zfSd9jSDbh7pNqPFSE8ESfKecWxdGrKV9ZMJMpszg5nNEDLXcXtkxN3i8EMRrdCVKdDEc1GpRLw7zjGy5pnD8QHubRXw7iNgbjpeLjzYRcevueUNGsz1y7MMJZDMRqH8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[ECONOMIC DRIVERS OF CONFLICT]]></title><description><![CDATA[It is not true, of course, that human beings are motivated in what they do exclusively by material interest. I don’t believe that at all, though critics of my writing often assume that I do. Because I]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/economy/@shahidbolsen/economic-drivers-of-conflict</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/economy/@shahidbolsen/economic-drivers-of-conflict</guid><category><![CDATA[economy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[shahidbolsen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 24 Sep 2019 18:13:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2N61tyyncFaFVtpM8rCsJzDgecVMtkz4jpzBsszXjhqan9pkYuBcqnx2aW6pLStV1A2wVyAaaFha37FFYLcMPrMvLT5ckFgA3QfKofFSyoYdML9xEE4cPWhxE6EQ1u8YXbymfyS5KMT4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Democracy and the private sector]]></title><description><![CDATA[When the alienation of the masses over their marginalisation by rich elites is expressed in elections, you get Trump; when it is expressed in disruption of elite interests, you get change. 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Your voice will never be heard by the state]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/anarchy/@shahidbolsen/protest-power-and-the-private-sector</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/anarchy/@shahidbolsen/protest-power-and-the-private-sector</guid><category><![CDATA[anarchy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[shahidbolsen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 21 Sep 2019 07:39:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/26uUsAjKTsXCBRzTxRJWxpz7qLMdK4Nq6Ha3QAmrmWNLCRdznf35m1QQR3RRGXgSosPQGGieWFiU1DS3BoaSBsiK31EQtKNRFRn8NuEHYZ33qkc9j4UDVU6CWb8rrGcooGxKJpoPBZSn8tRKDQf2rRnpKw3UrmK3Qhueaz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>