![]() He just wrote a piece for The New York Times headlined “David Koch Was the Ultimate Climate Change Denier.” Christopher Leonard joins us now from Kansas City. It’s titled Kochland: The Secret History of Koch Industries and Corporate Power in America. ![]() Just last week, the business journalist Christopher Leonard published a major new book examining the business dealings of the Koch brothers. The brothers made their fortune running Koch Industries, the second-largest privately held company in the United States. The Kochs also backed “right-to-work” efforts, which aim to weaken labor rights and quash union membership. The Koch brothers founded the political advocacy group Americans for Prosperity in 2004, which is credited with turning the “tea party” into a full-fledged political movement. David Koch, who was worth some $42 billion, and his brother Charles Koch poured massive amounts of money into right-wing and libertarian causes over the past four decades, including funding climate change denial through conservative think tanks and politicians. ![]() We turn now to look at the legacy of billionaire conservative donor David Koch, who died on Friday at the age of 79 from prostate cancer. AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!,, The War and Peace Report. ![]()
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