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Conrad Black gives Occupy Wall Street some advice in Corporate Knights - Environmental Communication Options/Huff Strategy

Conrad Black gives Occupy Wall Street some advice in Corporate Knights

Nov 4th, 2011 10:14 AM

Media Release (Toronto, Ontario, November 3rd, 2011) EXCLUSIVE: Corporate Knights has released an article by fallen media tycoon, historian and columnist Conrad Black. He has previously been the author of critically acclaimed biographies of Maurice Duplessis, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Richard Nixon. The former head of the Argus and Hollinger corporate groups and of London's Telegraph newspapers, Black is also the founder of Canada's National Post. He has been monitoring the Occupy Wall Street protests from a U.S. Federal Correctional Institute about 50 kilometers from Miami. Black is quite familiar with the inner workings of corporate boardrooms, so Corporate Knights asked for his perspective on the movement and how these and future “Occupiers” could position their message to better resonate with North America's corporate elite: Some highlights of Black’s suggestions: • Occupiers should make common cause with the Tea Party • Tax optional financial transactions and certain categories of secondary financial income. • Introduce a self-reducing tax on very high individual net worths, which would get marked down in tandem with reductions in poverty levels, achieved via poverty-reduction programs designed and administered by the wealthy taxpayers themselves • Abolish the barbarism of the death-penalty • End the corrupt, misnamed (and decisively unsuccessful) War on Drugs Click here to read the full article
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To schedule interviews with Toby Heaps, President, contact him directly at 416-274-1432, or Don Huff, 416-972-7404, huffd@ecostrategy.ca About Corporate Knights: Founded in 2002, Corporate Knights Inc. is an independent Canadian-based media company focused on promoting and reinforcing sustainable development