#BillGates avoids billions of $$ in tax obligations by donating to the Gates Foundation. The Foundation invests that money in a range of corporations, including #fossilfuels & agrochemical companies, operating as an investment bank but subject to very minimal taxation #taxtherich

The Gates Foundation’s work is less about solving poverty & more about promoting #BillGates as a kind of savior for the global poor, as @Tim Schwab explains in his book #TheBillGatesProblem
#philanthrocapitalism #taxtherich #billionaires
Full recording: youtube.com/watch?v=6vs4KI…

Mariam Mayet (ACBio) explains how #billionaire philanthrocapitalists, US govt have steamrolled over African #agriculture #policy by pushing for privatized seed frameworks & #GMOs Learn more at richappetitesfilm.com Ep 2: #Seeds

#Africa #biotechnology #philanthrocapitalism

#BillGates has pushed for #privatization & #patents in health. UW #publichealth expert Steve Gloyd explains how protecting corporate “property” has cost lives & led to huge numbers of preventable deaths by withholding needed HIV treatments
#bigpharma #TheBillGatesProblem #disease

Seattle educator & activist Jesse Hagopian: There has been no single force as destructive for public education as Gates. Full event recording: youtube.com/watch?v=6vs4KI…

#standardizedtesting #commoncore #education #K12education #Seattleschools #youth #publicschool #teachers

We are so excited for this conversation tomorrow, WED Dec. 6 at Town Hall Seattle! Tickets at door, sliding scale, free if 22 & under! Please share widely!

We can attest to the disproportionate power of Gates in setting ag policy in Africa! Come hear Kenyan Farmer & Advocate Daniel Maingi on the topic Town Hall Seattle Dec 6! townhallseattle.org/event/tim-schw…

'Then the Gates Foundation floods money into universities, think tanks, newsrooms, and advocacy groups, giving them both a check and a checklist of things to do. Suddenly, Gates has created an echo chamber of advocates pushing for political discourse toward his ideas.' 4/

'The way Bill Gates practices charity is categorically different from the way you or I do. Gates ... assembles a small group of consultants and experts at the foundation's half-billion-$$ corporate headquarters to decide what problems (and solutions) are worth his time...' 3/

'from the so-called diseases of the poor, to agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa, to US educational standards, Gates has ruled over these projects with a clear ideology of how the world should work...elevating the primacy of the private sector, promoting the importance of #IP ' 2/

Thank you Stacy Malkan for these highlights! Seattlelites - come hear the author in person in conversation with Gates' hometown critics in public health, education, African ag Town Hall Seattle Dec 6: townhallseattle.org/event/tim-schw…

. AFSA's new report! Looking into land policies in five #African countries, investigating equitable land policy and governance.

Great to see progressive coverage of Tim Schwab's important investigation into Gates! Hear Tim in conversation with activists confronting Gates in Public health, education & agriculture Dec 6 Town Hall Seattle townhallseattle.org/event/tim-schw…

Bravo Colombia!

In conversation with Tim Schwab: hear Ashley Fent, AGRA Watch; Jesse Hagopian, Public educator and a leader of the movement to resist Gates-funded standardized testing; Steve Gloyd, Physician, UW Department of Global Health, Daniel Maingi, Kenyan farmer & scientist: DEC 6!

Join AGRA Watch CAGJ & Town Hall Seattle in welcoming investigative journalist Tim Schwab to Seattle on Dec 6! Register: townhallseattle.org/event/tim-schw…

Harvesting Hypocrisy.

Million Belay challenges biotech saviour narratives.

' #Africa 's diverse geographical, socio-economic & cultural landscapes require a varied approach to agriculture, distinct from a field in Kansas or a laboratory in Essex.'
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Author Questions Why Bill Gates’ Foundation Is So Secretive: 'Researchers talk about the “Bill Chill,” which is this chilling effect where people are afraid to bite the hand that feeds them.' Grants go to media, who can't question either. thedailybeast.com/bill-gates-aut… The Daily Beast

Congrats Tim Schwab! Ordering! I mentioned before, when I started working with philanthropy, I read Linsey McGoey NO SUCH THING AS A FREE GIFT and found it so helpful—alongside Mark Dowie's AMERICA'S FOUNDATIONS. Eager to dive into your book next.

Here's the Daily Beast's take on my new book!

Funny that the interviewer Noah Kirsch referred to Bill Gates as my 'muse!' (Correct, in a way.).

I love the art!

#TheBillGatesProblem

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