In March 2017, El Salvador became the first country in the world to ban metallic mining. But the huge victory of the antimining movement and the international recognition it has garnered may be overshadowed by a current electoral campaign…
Washington, DC, February 13, 2018—Federal penalties imposed on the largest U.S. companies for all kinds of misconduct fell sharply during the first 12 months of the Trump administration, with combined fines and settlements dropping to a fraction of the…
SAM COSSAR-GILBERT 12 February 2018 We need a new economics for the 21st century. Here are five potential pillars. We live in a world that’s facing many destructive and entwined crises including growing inequality, climate change, poverty, pollution…
U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer expects the U.S. will soon strike a free trade deal with a “properly selected” African country that will become a model for others in the region, he said on Wednesday. During a…
Popular movements everywhere are on the rise at the same time as we face ever-greater corporate impunity and increasing state violence. In TNI’s seventh flagship State of Power report, we examine today’s social movements, their potential to build counter-power, and…
Tonight, while driving home, compañero Edwin Espinal was captured by members of the police along the Fuerzas Aramadas Boulevard in Tegucigalpa for his participation in the protests days before against the imposition of fraud and dictatorship by Juan Orlando Hernández (JOH). …
OTTAWA, January 17, 2018 – The Canadian Network on Corporate Accountability (CNCA) is greatly encouraged by the Minister of International Trade’s announcement of the creation of a Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise. The human rights ombudsperson will investigate…
Erika Mendes – Friends of the Earth Mozambique/ JA! 2016 was an important year in the African continent’s struggle against corporate impunity, with the first session of the Southern African Peoples Permanent Tribunal (PPT) taking place…
Landmark trial sees senior former Shell executives and CEO of Eni in the dock for billion dollar Nigerian oil deal Royal Dutch Shell and Italian oil giant Eni have been ordered to stand trial in Milan on…
[Versión en castellano más abajo / version francaise ci-dessous] PDF VERSION Global Campaign to Reclaim Peoples Sovereignty, Dismantle Corporate Power and Stop Impunity Public Statement Attempt at Sabotage in New York: the European Union aims to Eliminate…
On December 15, 16 and 17, 2017, ATTAC Morocco, a member of the global network for the abolition of illegitimate debts (CADTM), organised a Maghreb seminar on free trade agreements, agriculture and food sovereignty under the slogan : No to…