Dismantle Corporate Power
Statement: To confront the climate emergency we need to dismantle the WTO and the free trade regime
Launched in 1995, the World Trade Organization (WTO) completed the Bretton Woods trio with the World Bank, and the International Monetary Fund in promoting neoliberalism and corporate globalization. The WTO was particularly special in its power to legally enforce and…
A Brave New Transatlantic Partnership
The proposed EU-US Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP/TAFTA), and its socio-economic & environmental consequences A report by the Seattle to Brussels Network demystifies the alleged economic benefits of the deal and exposes how it could harm people, the environment…
From Main Street to Wall Street, U.S. banks and brands support illegal forest destruction for palm oil
International investigation names brands and investors behind commodity’s boom WASHINGTON, D.C./JAKARTA – Illegal and destructive production of palm oil in Indonesia is continuing, with a chain of culpability that spreads worldwide, from Southeast Asian rain forests to supermarket shelves and Wall…
South African MultiNational Companies in Africa
The MNC Monitor was created as a resource for Global Unions to support campaigns, education and collective bargaining processes regionally and internationally by providing useful and relevant information on multinational companies (MNCs). This will especially assist global unions in increasing…
Indonesian tin: the dirty secret behind Apple’s and Samsung’s smartphones
Apple, Blackberry, Nokia, Samsung : giants of the electronics industry … who don’t really seem to know from where some of their raw material comes from. Tin is essential for the welds in the electronic plates of smartphones or tablets.…
Mining – Coping with Unsustainability
This study examines Lonmin’s social and environmental performance over the period 2003-2012 through a close reading of the company’s own Sustainable Development Reports (SDR). The report focuses on a limited number of key areas in a huge quantity of text:…
Detention of International Human Rights Observation Delegation headed to Río Blanco!
Civil Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras–COPINH. Barrio Las Delicias, Frente la Llantera Lempira, Intibucá, Intibucá Honduras. CA Copinhonduras.blogspot.com; FB Copinh Intibuca; Web: copinh.org; Twitter: @copinhhonduras Detention of International Human Rights Observation Delegation headed to Río Blanco! A few…
Australian-Canadian firm OceanaGold bails out Pacific Rim Mining Deal means more punishment for El Salvador
(Washington/Ottawa/San Salvador/Melbourne) On November 21, Pacific Rim Mining shareholders are poised to approve sale of the company to Melbourne-based OceanaGold in order to continue suing El Salvador in a World Bank tribunal. Pacific Rim has been suing the small Central American nation for not having…
Sign on: Infinito Gold suing Costa Rica
LeadNow is running this campaign re. Infinito Gold suing Costa Rica at the World Bank international arbitration court (ICSID) for $1 billion +. Infinito is holding its AGM at the Ranchmen’s Club in Calgary on November 21, and the idea would be to deliver…
How transnational colonize the world
ECONOMY • In taste of Susan George conference Monday in Geneva, Professor Juan Hernández Zubizarreta analyzes the power of transnational corporations and the resistance paths. They are said to dominate the world, the largest weighing more than our states. Factor or…
Veolia in India: the return of old demons?
The market today is a prime target for Veolia and the French water industry, both for commercial reasons and to try to restore the image of the private management. Recently the company announced with great fanfare the signing of new contracts…