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LittleSis@mapthepower.bsky.social · 3w ago

This training has been rescheduled for August 10th! littlesis.org/trainings/

Events Archive - Little Sis

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Want to learn how to make your own power maps? Join us Thursday for our training where we will go over how to use the LittleSis database and Oligrapher tool. littlesis.org/training/lit...

A power map titled, Fossil Fuel Industry Funds the Police, is shown depicting the connections between police foundations, fossil fuel companies, utility companies, and financial firms.

In 2014, LittleSis launched Oligrapher, a tool for visualizing information in the LittleSis database to create graphics of corporate power networks, inspired by They Rule and the artist Mark Lombardi.

A network map created by artist Mark Lombardi

Have you checked out our zine yet? The Fossil Fuel Finance Hub zine helps break down the ways each financial actor operates to reinforce the fossil fuel industry and includes some of the top corporations for each industry. littlesis.org/reports/new-...

LittleSis @mapthepower.bsky.social · 4w ago

ICE continues to detain our neighbors with the help of billionaire oligarchs and corporate enablers. Learn who these are: littlesis.org/news/the-bil...

A network map shows the corporations and billionaires profiting off of the operations conducted by Immigration and Custom Enforcement.

Billionaires Yass and Devos team up to dismantle public schools across the US. With Yass’s money and DeVos’s existing electoral infrastructure, the two billionaires made education privatization a top issue among conservative leaders across the country.

Map Showing How Jeff Yass and Betsy DeVos Donate to School Privatization PACs

New: Billionaires Jeff Yass, Betsy DeVos have spent over $165 million to influence 230 state legislative district races and eight Gubernatorial races with the goal of privatizing education at the state level. Learn more: littlesis.org/news/billion...

Another reason why we should be paying close attention to the rapid expansion of data centers: "$50 Billion in Taxes Avoided by Tech Giants Driving the Data Center Boom" zeteo.com/p/50-billion...

$50 Billion in Taxes Avoided by Tech Giants Driving the Data Center Boom

A new report reveals how the Trump administration is actively facilitating the data center contagion sweeping the nation.

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Earlier this month we held a training on how to power research your landlord. If you missed it, here is the recording! youtu.be/JdYMjPAuJ3g?...

Power researching your landlord

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Environmental crises abroad affect everyone and so do the actions our political representatives take on climate law.

Citi’s board of directors has close corporate interlocks with militarism and data centers. James S. Turley has sat on Citi's board since 2013 and is also the lead independent director at Northrop Grumman, the world’s fourth-largest weapons company.

Check out this working draft of @ainowinstitute.bsky.social's upcoming report that we collaborated on. These resources aim to support communities in the fight against rampant data center development at the local and state level. ainowinstitute.org/general/data...

Report and Community Resources: Corporate Power Players in the Data Center Industry - AI Now Institute

This working draft of AI Now’s upcoming report traces corporate power in the data center industry in the United States, focusing on the flows of money and power that determine who both drives and bene...

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Do you know where your houseplants come from? Behind the lush and lucrative U.S. plant nursery industry lies a hidden crisis, where workers are facing severe labor and human rights violations that remain largely invisible to the public.

While billionaires fail to pay their fair share of taxes, everyday people continue to foot heavier bills. This measure is a step in the right direction. penncapital-star.com/government-p...

Pa. House votes to fund property tax cut for seniors with a levy targeting big tech companies • Pennsylvania Capital-Star

The Independent Fiscal Office estimates the measure could bring in roughly $329 million in the 2026-2027 fiscal year.

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Join @kairosfellows.bsky.social tomorrow for session four of their Building Powerful Campaigns against AI Data Centers: Organizing Training Series. Register: www.mobilize.us/wethefighter...

Building Powerful Campaigns against AI Data Centers: Organizing Training Series · Organizing to Fight Oligarchy / We The Fighters

The Data Center Working Group, Kairos Fellowship, and Fight Oligarchy team are offering a five-part training series to support organizing and campaign efforts to stop the expansion of data centers. Ea...

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Nonviolence 3.0 @nonviolence3.com · 2mo ago

Join the @ainowinstitute.bsky.social on 6/10 to map the data center industry. Our senior researcher, Lauren Parker is leading a hands-on training on researching industry players where you live. bit.ly/policy-in-practice-training-series

We all know about Avelo, Hilton and Target, but there are many more companies that enable ICE, some perhaps especially vulnerable to public pressure. Kick out the pillars of support one by one and this corrupt regime will fall. @mapthepower.bsky.social littlesis.org/news/six-ste...

Six Steps for Researching the Corporate Enablers of ICE - Little Sis

Learn about how to research corporations collaborating with ICE in this new guide.

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As data centers, and arms companies merge into an inseparable bloc that continues to grow, ravaging our communities along the way — it's important that we call attention to the financial actors making it happen. littlesis.org/news/citi-is...

Citi is Banking on Militarism and AI - Little Sis

Opposition to war and occupation, the data center boom and AI, and fossil fuels and climate chaos all converge on megabanks like Citi.

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Since 2016, LittleSis has been reporting on the fossil fuel industry’s more-than-a-decade-long effort to block, delay, and water down climate action and environmental regulation in New York.

Race Forward@raceforward.org · 2mo ago

Tune in to this webinar on Thursday to hear from our Co-Executive Director, Munira Lokhandwala and other speakers on how research can name harm, stop violence, and support justice. www.eventbrite.com/e/raceand-re...

#RaceAnd Resistance Research to Fight Authoritarianism

Authoritarianism is growing. Learn how research can name harm, stop violence, and support justice.

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Authoritarianism is on the rise. But resistance research is rising even higher to meet its challenges. Our next #RaceAnd conversation will show you how to leverage research strategies to: – Expose fascist repression – Disrupt harm and violence – Build alternatives that shift power to communities

Nonviolence 3.0 @nonviolence3.com · 2mo ago

Successful social justice campaigns require skilled researchers. Check out free trainings from @mapthepower.bsky.social littlesis.org/trainings/

Events Archive - Little Sis

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From its board of director ties to its credit agreements with weapons companies and AI, Citi finances and props up the corporate profiteers behind war, militarism, data centers and AI. Read the full story: littlesis.org/news/citi-is...

Citi’s board of directors is widely interwoven with data centers and artificial intelligence corporations. Since March 2025, Citi has handled more than $75 billion of data center construction financings. An image of a network map spreads out from the top of a Citi bank building. The network map shows the connections of Citi bank's board of directors to data centers and artificial intelligence corporations.

Citi has direct and extensive business with weapons companies and artificial intelligence and data centers. Citibank is one of the lenders behind a $3 billion credit agreement for Lockheed Martin, the world’s top weapons corporation and the largest Pentagon contractor. In 2024 Citi joined other banks in purchasing billions of dollars worth of corporate bonds from Boeing, the world’s seventh-biggest weapons company.

The number of billionaires living in Florida has more than tripled since 2015. With an unequal state tax structure and a conservative majority in the state legislature, Florida provides billionaires with unprecedented access to power, making it an attractive state for business.

A line graph shows the exponential growth of the number of billionaires residing in Florida from 2015 to 2026.

Join us on June 4th to learn how to power research your landlord! littlesis.org/training/pow...

Power researching your landlord. June 4, 2026, 7pm-8:30pm. Find out who controls housing in your community and how they use money extracted from tenants to influence politicians and grow their wealth. Register: littlesis[dot]org[slash]trainings[slash]. White text on a blue, purple, and red gradient background. A drawing of white outlined houses covers the upper half of the graphic then fades into the gradient background.