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1972-09-01BCCI Founded with Bank of America Partnership and Regulatory Evasion Structure

bcci-founding regulatory-evasion bank-of-america +4

1972-06-23Smoking Gun Tape: Nixon Orders CIA to Block FBI Watergate Investigation

abuse-of-power institutional-corruption obstruction-of-justice +2

1972-06-17Five Burglars Arrested Breaking into Democratic National Committee Headquarters at Watergate Complex

abuse-of-power institutional-corruption obstruction-of-justice +2

1972-03-30Omaha Sun Exposes Boys Town's $209 Million Secret Fortune While Claiming Poverty in Fundraising Appeals

institutional-corruption investigative-journalism financial-fraud +2

1972-03-03Lordstown Strike Against GM Speedups Exposes New Worker Alienation

corporate-exploitation labor-organizing democratic-resistance

1972-03-01Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI) Founded

regulatory-capture financial-crime banking +2

1972-02-01Phyllis Schlafly Launches STOP ERA Campaign, Pioneering Anti-Feminist Infrastructure

institutional-capture conservative-movement religious-right +2

1972-01-07Lewis Powell Sworn in as Supreme Court Justice, Begins Implementing Corporate Blueprint

judicial-capture constitutional-interpretation corporate-interests +2

1972-01-01Jules Kroll founds innovative private intelligence firm Kroll Associates

intelligence-privatization private-intelligence kroll-associates +2

1971-10-22Nixon Nominates Lewis Powell to Supreme Court Two Months After Corporate Blueprint Memo

judicial-capture supreme-court-nomination powell-memo +3

1971-10-21Nixon nominates Lewis Powell to Supreme Court two months after corporate blueprint memo

judicial-capture supreme-court-nomination powell-memo-implementation +1

1971-09-03White House Plumbers Break Into Daniel Ellsberg Psychiatrist Office Seeking Pentagon Papers Dirt

abuse-of-power institutional-corruption intelligence-agencies +2

1971-08-23Lewis Powell Writes Landmark Memo Blueprinting Corporate Institutional Capture Strategy

judicial-capture corporate-strategy powell-memo +2

1971-08-15Nixon Ends Gold Standard, Bretton Woods System Collapses

institutional-capture financial-deregulation economic-policy +1

1971-06-30Supreme Court Rules 6-3 for Press Freedom in Pentagon Papers Case - Rejects Nixon Administration Prior Restraint Attempt

press-freedom government-deception constitutional-law +2

1971-06-17Nixon Declares Drug Abuse "Public Enemy Number One"

institutional-racism mass-incarceration war-on-drugs +1

1971-06-13Pentagon Papers Published Revealing Systematic Government Deception About Vietnam War

press-freedom military-industrial-complex government-deception +2

1971-03-29William Calley Convicted of My Lai Murders - Only Officer Prosecuted Despite Widespread Command Responsibility - Serves 3.5 Years House Arrest

government-deception institutional-corruption war-crimes +2

1971-03-08COINTELPRO Exposed - FBI's Secret War on Civil Rights and Dissent Revealed

surveillance civil-rights fbi-abuse +2

1971-01-01Corporate Lobbying Expansion Begins, Growing From 175 to 2,500 Firms by 1982

institutional-capture corporate-lobbying powell-memo +1

1971-01-01Oregon Passes Nation's First Forest Practices Act, Drafted by Timber Industry to Preempt Federal Regulation

environmental-destruction regulatory-capture institutional-corruption +2

1970-12-31Clean Air Act of 1970 Creates EPA and National Air Quality Standards Despite Industry Opposition

corporate-lobbying public-health regulatory-reform +1

1970-12-29Occupational Safety and Health Act Creates OSHA After Decades of Industry Opposition to Workplace Safety

corporate-lobbying public-health labor-movement +2

1970-12-02Nixon Creates Environmental Protection Agency Consolidating Federal Environmental Authority

regulatory-reform environmental-regulation government-reorganization

1970-09-13Milton Friedman's 'The Social Responsibility of Business Is to Increase Its Profits' Establishes Shareholder Primacy Doctrine

corporate-power wealth-extraction economic-policy +2

1970-07-10IRS Adopts Non-Discrimination Policy for Private Schools After Court Order Targeting Segregation Academies

segregation-academies religious-right-origins irs-policy +2

1970-06-22Voting Rights Act Extension of 1970: Nationwide Literacy Test Ban and Voting Age Lowered to 18

voting-rights federal-legislation vra-extension +2

1970-04-22First Earth Day Mobilizes 20 Million Americans, Launches Modern Environmental Movement

public-health environmental-regulation grassroots-organizing +1

1970-01-01Richard Scaife Acquires Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Building Conservative Media Infrastructure

dark-money conservative-movement conservative-media +4

1970-01-01Roger Ailes Creates Plan for Nixon's "GOP TV" Pro-Administration Network

conservative-media media-capture propaganda-infrastructure +3

1970-01-01Maxwell Establishes Eastern Bloc Scientific Literature Publishing Network

robert-maxwell eastern-bloc pergamon-press +3

1970-01-01John Olin Activates Foundation to Fund Law and Economics Programs at Elite Universities

chicago-school olin-foundation law-and-economics +3

1970-01-01Richard Viguerie Pioneers Computerized Direct Mail, Revolutionizing Conservative Fundraising

new-right grassroots-mobilization direct-mail +2

1969-12-04FBI and Chicago Police Assassinate Black Panther Leader Fred Hampton in Pre-Dawn Raid

institutional-corruption civil-rights assassination +3

1969-12-01Draft Lottery Reform Attempts to Address Class Inequality After College Deferments Shield Wealthy from Vietnam Service

systematic-corruption government-deception institutional-corruption +1

1969-11-12Seymour Hersh Exposes My Lai Massacre Cover-Up After Army Conceals Atrocity for 20 Months - Wins Pulitzer Prize

government-deception whistleblowing institutional-corruption +2

1969-03-18Nixon and Kissinger Launch Secret Illegal Bombing Campaign Against Cambodia - Operation Menu Kills 150,000-500,000 Civilians

military-industrial-complex constitutional-violation government-deception +2

1969-01-01Construction Users Anti-Inflation Roundtable Founded by Roger Blough to Break Construction Unions

labor-suppression anti-union corporate-coordination +2

1968-11-05Nixon Wins Presidency Using Southern Strategy Based on Racial Resentment

republican-party racial-politics dog-whistle-politics +3

1968-10-22Nixon Campaign Sabotages Vietnam Peace Talks Through Anna Chennault to Win Election - Johnson Calls It Treason

corruption government-deception institutional-corruption +2

1968-08-01Robert Maxwell's Secret KGB Meeting Coincides with Czechoslovakia Invasion Planning

media-capture robert-maxwell kgb +4

1968-06-17Supreme Court Rules 1866 Civil Rights Act Bans Private Housing Discrimination

institutional-capture racial-oppression housing-policy +1

1968-06-05Robert F. Kennedy Assassinated in Los Angeles After California Primary Victory

democratic-erosion political-violence assassination +1

1968-04-11Fair Housing Act Passes After MLK Assassination Overcomes National Association of Real Estate Boards Decades of Opposition

housing corporate-opposition civil-rights +2

1968-04-04Martin Luther King Jr. Assassinated in Memphis While Supporting Striking Sanitation Workers

democratic-erosion civil-rights assassination +2

1968-03-16My Lai Massacre - U.S. Soldiers Murder Between 347 and 504 Unarmed Vietnamese Civilians in War Crime

government-deception institutional-corruption war-crimes +2

1968-03-01Kerner Commission Report Identifying White Racism as Riot Cause Rejected by LBJ and Ignored Sparking Law-and-Order Backlash

racial-injustice institutional-racism urban-policy +2

1967-12-15Age Discrimination in Employment Act Protects Workers Over 40 from Job Discrimination

regulatory-reform employment discrimination +1

1967-08-25FBI COINTELPRO Launches Black Nationalist Hate Groups Program Targeting Civil Rights Leaders

democratic-erosion surveillance institutional-corruption +2

1967-08-01Phyllis Schlafly Launches Monthly Newsletter, Building Conservative Communications Network

conservative-movement media-influence political-infrastructure +1

1967-07-28Reagan Signs Mulford Act Gun Control Law With NRA Support to Disarm Black Panthers Armed Patrols

selective-enforcement racial-politics nra +2

1967-07-23Detroit Riots Accelerate Pre-Existing White Flight and Corporate Urban Disinvestment Pattern Creating Decades of Economic Decline

racial-injustice corporate-disinvestment white-flight +2

1967-03-01Ramparts Magazine Exposes CIA Foundation Funding Network, Ending Olin Money Laundering Operation

dark-money cia conservative-funding +3

1967-01-01Vietnam War Defense Contractor Profiteering Reaches Peak as Congressional Investigations Expose Waste and Corruption

institutional-capture corporate-corruption military-industrial-complex +2

1966-10-15Black Panther Party Formation in Oakland Triggers Immediate FBI COINTELPRO Surveillance and State Repression

police-state surveillance civil-rights +2

1966-09-09National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act Passes After GM Harassment of Ralph Nader Backfires

corporate-lobbying consumer-protection automotive-industry +2

1966-08-09Dorothy Gautreaux Lawsuit Challenges Chicago Public Housing Segregation

institutional-capture racial-oppression housing-policy +1

1966-07-04Freedom of Information Act Signed After Decade of Executive Branch Opposition

press-freedom democratic-erosion government-transparency +1

1966-06-13Miranda v. Arizona Decision Requiring Rights Warnings Sparks Law Enforcement Backlash and Conservative Law-and-Order Politics

law-enforcement civil-liberties institutional-resistance +2

1965-11-30Ralph Nader Publishes Unsafe at Any Speed Exposing Auto Industry's Deadly Design Choices

regulatory-capture consumer-protection corporate-disinformation +1

1965-10-03Immigration and Nationality Act Abolishes National Origins Quota System After Defeating Conservative Opposition

institutional-resistance immigration civil-rights +1

1965-09-09HUD Created as Cabinet Department, Inherits FHA Discriminatory Practices

institutional-capture housing civil-rights +1

1965-09-08Delano Grape Strike Launches UFW Movement, Challenges Agricultural Corporations

labor-organizing democratic-resistance worker-power

1965-08-06Voting Rights Act Signed After Selma Bloody Sunday Defeats Southern Legislative Resistance

institutional-resistance civil-rights voter-suppression +2

1965-07-30Medicare and Medicaid Signed Into Law After Defeating Decades of AMA Opposition and Reagan Propaganda Campaign

institutional-capture lobbying propaganda +2

1965-04-11Elementary and Secondary Education Act Establishes Federal Role in Education Funding

poverty civil-rights education +2

1965-03-11Reverend James Reeb Dies After White Supremacist Attack in Selma, Killers Acquitted by All-White Jury

civil-rights voting-rights institutional-racism +2

1965-03-07Alabama State Troopers Attack Voting Rights Marchers on Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma Bloody Sunday

civil-rights voting-rights institutional-racism +2

1965-03-01McNamara and Johnson Administration Begin Systematic Deception About Vietnam War Progress Creating "Credibility Gap"

systematic-corruption propaganda military-industrial-complex +2

1965-01-01Bell Helicopter Profits Surge from $150 Million to $2 Billion During Vietnam War - Huey Production Defines "Helicopter War"

corporate-corruption military-industrial-complex war-profiteering +1

1964-12-31Bracero Program Ends After 22 Years - Farm Wages Immediately Jump 40%

corporate-accountability labor-rights union-organizing +2

1964-11-03AEI Faces IRS Investigation After Baroody's Control of Goldwater Campaign

irs think-tanks goldwater +4

1964-09-03Wilderness Act Signed After Eight Years of Industry Opposition, Creates National Wilderness Preservation System

corporate-lobbying public-lands environmental-regulation +1

1964-09-01Segregation Academies Proliferate as White Families Flee Integrated Public Schools With Public Subsidies

white-flight segregation-academies private-school-subsidies +2

1964-08-07Gulf of Tonkin Resolution Passes Based on Fabricated Second Attack Authorizing Vietnam War Escalation

institutional-capture military-industrial-complex intelligence-manipulation +2

1964-07-02Civil Rights Act of 1964 Passes After Filibuster Defeats Corporate Southern Resistance

institutional-capture civil-rights voting-rights +2

1964-06-21Mississippi Burning Murders of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner During Freedom Summer Voter Registration

civil-rights voter-suppression institutional-racism +2

1964-06-10Senate Invokes Cloture to End 72-Day Filibuster Against Civil Rights Act for First Time in History

democratic-erosion civil-rights institutional-racism +2

1964-05-01Phyllis Schlafly Publishes 'A Choice Not an Echo,' Launching Conservative Movement Infrastructure

institutional-capture conservative-movement political-infrastructure +1

1964-01-2324th Amendment Ratified Abolishing Poll Tax in Federal Elections After Decades of Voter Suppression

voter-suppression voting-rights poll-tax +2

1964-01-01Goldwater Presidential Campaign Mobilizes Business Coalition and Establishes Conservative Infrastructure

conservative-movement anti-union southern-strategy +3

1963-12-17Clean Air Act of 1963 Establishes First Federal Air Pollution Control Despite Industry Opposition

corporate-lobbying public-health regulatory-reform +1

1963-10-10Attorney General Robert Kennedy Authorizes FBI Wiretapping of Martin Luther King Jr.

democratic-erosion surveillance institutional-corruption +2

1963-09-15KKK Bombs 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham Killing Four Young Girls

civil-rights terrorism institutional-racism +2

1963-08-28March on Washington Draws 250,000 for Jobs and Freedom as MLK Delivers I Have a Dream Speech

labor-rights civil-rights institutional-racism +2

1963-08-01Business-Industry Political Action Committee Founded as First Corporate PAC

campaign-finance lobbying nam +3

1963-05-03Bull Connor Orders Fire Hoses and Police Dogs Against Children in Birmingham Campaign

democratic-erosion civil-rights institutional-racism +2

1962-12-31William Volker Fund Closes After Financing Chicago School and Mont Pelerin Society

chicago-school volker-fund libertarian-funding +2

1962-10-10Thalidomide Scandal Drives Kefauver-Harris Amendment Strengthening FDA Drug Safety Requirements

pharmaceutical-industry fda corporate-lobbying +2

1962-09-30Cesar Chavez Founds NFWA, Begins Farmworker Organizing Campaign

labor-organizing democratic-resistance worker-power

1962-09-27Rachel Carson Publishes Silent Spring, Chemical Industry Launches Coordinated Attack Campaign

regulatory-capture public-health corporate-disinformation +2

1962-02-13King-Anderson Medicare Bill Defeated in Committee After Intense Corporate Lobbying

lobbying corporate-opposition healthcare +4

1962-01-17Kennedy Executive Order 10988 Grants Federal Workers Collective Bargaining Rights

labor-rights executive-order collective-bargaining +3

1962-01-01National Association of Manufacturers Establishes Defense Committee and Hires First Full-Time President

corporate-lobbying defense-contractors military-industrial-complex +2

1961-05-14Freedom Riders Firebombed in Anniston as Police Allow KKK Attack Without Intervention

democratic-erosion civil-rights institutional-racism +2

1961-01-17President Eisenhower's Farewell Address Warns Against Military-Industrial Complex

corporate-power institutional-capture defense-contractors +2

1961-01-01AMA Launches Operation Coffee Cup with Reagan Recording to Defeat Medicare Through Grassroots Deception

corporate-lobbying astroturfing healthcare-profiteering +4

1960-05-06Civil Rights Act of 1960: Voting Referees and Criminal Penalties Still Prove Inadequate Against Southern Resistance

obstruction civil-rights voting-rights +2

1960-02-01Greensboro Four Launch Sit-In Movement at Woolworth Lunch Counter Challenging Segregation

civil-rights institutional-racism segregation +2

1960-01-18Congressional Report Finds 1,400 Retired Military Officers Employed by Top Defense Contractors

regulatory-capture defense-contractors military-industrial-complex +2