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Chuck Collins

@chuck99to1

Meet me @chuck77.bsky.social -Campaigner @IPS_DC, co-editor, Inequality.org, Author, see: chuckcollinswrites.com. Dad, cyclist, gardener.

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A climate justice "shot heard round the world" from Concord and Lexington --and their inspiring fight against private jet expansion. See my article in The Nation today and Stop Private Jet Expansion MA thenation.com/article/enviro…

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🚨 House Democrats offered multiple amendments to the GOP's "Big Beautiful Bill," which would've blocked tax cuts to multi-millionaires and billionaires at the expense of workers and the middle class. Republicans rejected each amendment. WATCH:

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Check out Luke Concannon's new anthem for community resilience, "Stick Together and Stay Together" resilience.org/stories/2025-0…

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NEW: Once a respected cardiac surgeon, Ralph de la Torre has become a private equity vampire pillaging billions from our healthcare system. It's time to start seriously prosecuting oligarchs like him. IPS Inequality.org scholar Chuck Collins in The Nation: thenation.com/article/societ…

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Meet the oligarchs ruining our country. The first of my monthly "Oligarch Watch" features The Nation featuring health care scammer Ralph de la Torre! thenation.com/article/societ… Institute for Policy Studies

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New Yorkers: Tonight: The theatrical premiere of "Death & Taxes: A Documentary Film." Come join me in conversation with Director Justin Schein and Robert Frank of the Wealth Report, CNBC. ifccenter.com/films/death-ta… Institute for Policy Studies Inequality.org Patriotic Millionaires

New Yorkers: Tonight: The theatrical premiere of "Death & Taxes: A Documentary Film." Come join me in conversation with Director Justin Schein and  Robert Frank of the Wealth Report, CNBC.
 ifccenter.com/films/death-ta…
<a href="/IPS_DC/">Institute for Policy Studies</a> <a href="/inequalityorg/">Inequality.org</a> <a href="/PatrioticMills/">Patriotic Millionaires</a>
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In my latest "Oligarch Watch" column The Nation I track the actions of "coal-i-garch" Jim Grech in keeping Zombie coal plants alive -using political intervention at a high cost to consumers and the earth. thenation.com/article/enviro…

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Burlington friends! The New Press releases my book "Burned by Billionaires" on Oct. 7: thenewpress.org/books/burned-b… That gives you almost a month to read it before my evening chat at Phoenix Books Burlington on Nov. 5. Get your tickets now! phoenixbooks.biz/event/2025-11-… #WealthInequality

Burlington friends! The New Press releases my book "Burned by Billionaires" on Oct. 7: thenewpress.org/books/burned-b…
That gives you almost a month to read it before my evening chat at Phoenix Books Burlington on Nov. 5.
Get your tickets now!
phoenixbooks.biz/event/2025-11-… #WealthInequality
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At 7 pm on Thurs. November 20, I'll be at Odyssey Bookshop in South Hadley, MA! #BurnedByBillionaires is a "scathing expose of the hidden impact of America's ultra wealthy on our social, economic, political, and ecological landscape, as well as a path toward a more equitable future"

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WATCH: Airport developers are claiming "sustainable aviation fuels" as a solution to private jet pollution. On WGBH, IPS scholar Chuck Collins exposes the problem: There is no way to scale these fuels nationally. Learn more at spje.org and follow Stop Private Jet Expansion MA.

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NEW: Since 1989, the share of U.S. wealth owned by the top 0.1% has grown nearly 60%. In the same time, the share owned by the bottom 50% of households has declined 26%. This is wealth concentration. Chuck Collins and Omar Ocampo in Inequality.org: inequality.org/article/billio…

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🔥 BURNED BY BILLIONAIRES, the acclaimed new book from expert inequality researcher Chuck Collins, is “An electrifying call to action…. Should be required reading for all our elected representatives.” Get 10% off when you preorder before October 7: ips-dc.org/get-30-off-chu…

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NEW: “[The wealthy] have bought their jets, their mansions, but now they’re buying senators and media outlets.” In a new interview with Lauren Aratani in Guardian US, IPS scholar Chuck Collins lays out the "chapter of hyper-extraction" that we're entering: theguardian.com/news/2025/oct/…

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My new book #BurnedByBillionaires was the 🔥hot topic🔥at the Make Billionaires Pay march in NYC. Read it and put out the flames. On shelves TOMORROW: thenewpress.org/books/burned-b… #MakeBillionairesPay

My new book #BurnedByBillionaires was the 🔥hot topic🔥at the Make Billionaires Pay march in NYC. Read it and put out the flames. On shelves TOMORROW: thenewpress.org/books/burned-b…
#MakeBillionairesPay
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COUNTERPOINT airs Monday 8-9:30 pmET WPKN.org 89.5FM Bgpt #CT: Mel Goodman of Center for International Policy & fmr CIA analyst on his column Trump "Setting the Stage for the Insurrection Act;" Chuck Collins of Institute for Policy Studies on his new book, "Burned by Billionaires," on record U.S. inequality.

COUNTERPOINT airs Monday 8-9:30 pmET WPKN.org 89.5FM Bgpt #CT: Mel Goodman of <a href="/CIPolicy/">Center for International Policy</a> &amp; fmr CIA analyst on his column Trump "Setting the Stage for the Insurrection Act;" <a href="/Chuck99to1/">Chuck Collins</a> of <a href="/IPS_DC/">Institute for Policy Studies</a> on his new book, "Burned by Billionaires," on record U.S. inequality.
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NOW at backgroundbriefing.org | Allen Frances - Is Trump Crazier Than Ever? | Vicky Murillo - Trump Bails Out Argentina Who Then Undercuts US Soy Farmers Causing Crisis | Chuck Collins - US Has Gained 839 Billionaires in 36 Years and They Own $7.8 Trillion

NOW at backgroundbriefing.org | <a href="/AllenFrancesMD/">Allen Frances</a> - Is Trump Crazier Than Ever? | <a href="/VickyMurilloNYC/">Vicky Murillo</a> - Trump Bails Out Argentina Who Then Undercuts US Soy Farmers Causing Crisis | <a href="/Chuck99to1/">Chuck Collins</a> - US Has Gained 839 Billionaires in 36 Years and They Own $7.8 Trillion
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💰🔥 NEW: Burned by Billionaires, the "electrifying" new release outlining everything you need to know about wealth concentration from IPS expert Chuck Collins, is out TODAY! Get your copy of the book that "Should be required reading:" ips-dc.org/burned-by-bill…

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NEW: Our inequality is growing more extreme. But it’s important to remember we’ve experienced oligarchy before — and as a united movement, we can overcome it, says IPS scholar Chuck Collins. “We can fix this. It is fixable.” theguardian.com/news/2025/oct/…

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I had a great time speaking with Ian about my new book "Burned By Billionaires" RELEASED TODAY! Buy at your local independent bookstore or here: thenewpress.org/books/burned-b…