In 1989, major fossil fuel and automobile companies formed the Global Climate Coalition (GCC), an industry front group that would spend over a decade blocking international climate action while publicly claiming the science was uncertain. Internal documents later revealed the coalition’s own …
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On November 30, 1965, attorney Ralph Nader published “Unsafe at Any Speed: The Designed-In Dangers of the American Automobile,” a meticulously researched indictment of the auto industry’s prioritization of styling and profits over passenger safety. The book documented how …
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Ford Motor Company breaks ground on the Willow Run bomber plant near Ypsilanti, Michigan, on April 17, 1941. The facility, the largest factory under one roof in the world at over 3.5 million square feet, is built entirely with government funds through the Defense Plant Corporation but operated by …
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On Henry Ford’s 75th birthday, July 30, 1938, the automobile magnate receives the Grand Cross of the German Eagle, the Nazi regime’s highest honor for foreign nationals, awarded by Adolf Hitler for Ford’s “services to the Third Reich.” The award represents the first …
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On May 26, 1937, at approximately 2:00 p.m., Ford Motor Company orchestrates a brutal assault on United Auto Workers organizers conducting a permitted leaflet distribution campaign at the Miller Road pedestrian overpass above Gate 4 of the massive River Rouge Plant complex in Dearborn, Michigan. UAW …
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The Senate Subcommittee on Education and Labor, chaired by Senator Robert M. La Follette Jr. of Wisconsin, begins hearings on June 6, 1936, launching a four-year investigation that systematically exposes the violent and illegal tactics American corporations use to suppress union organizing. The La …
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