Dengre

Back at the end of the last century, the issue of sweatshops was getting a lot of mainstream attention. By 1999 corporations were reeling from consumer pressure and it was looking like Congress was going to take some action. At that time, Dennis Greenia worked at a nonprofit in Washington DC that was involved in educating consumers, businesses and investors about the issue. One issue of concern was the sweatshops operating under the American Flag on the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands (CNMI), a US territory in the Western Pacific. In 1999 it looked like legislation to end the abuse would pass the Congress, but instead the legislation was killed.

Greenia wanted to find out why and he began researching the Lobbyists hired to protect the labor abuse. That led him to Jack Abramoff, the Culture of Corruption in Washington DC and a hobby that has consumed much of his free time over the last decade.

Over the years, he has shared his research with a number of reporters, writers and researchers. Since 2004 he has written about Jack Abramoff and the Culture of Corruption on Daily Kos under the pen name dengre. Some of these posts are now being posted on OpedNews.

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