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New report exposes devastating impact of Monsanto

1.Monsanto sued small famers to protect seed patents, report says2.New Report Exposes Devastating Impact of Monsanto Practices on U.S. Farmers NOTE: For the full report: http://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Seed-Giants_final.pdf——1.Monsanto sued small famers to protect seed patents, report saysPaul Harris in New YorkThe Guardian, 12 February *Agricultural giant…

POSCO isn’t a closed chapter

There are some stories which need to be repeated. This is not only because they are exemplary narratives or contain vibrant lessons for us but because their end is yet to be written. As one moves along, new characters, conversations…

Introduction to TNI’s State of Power 2013

Susan George provides an introduction to TNI’s State of Power 2013 report, exposing how the unprecedented concentration of corporate and elite power is at the root of our economic and ecological crisis. Towards the end of 2011, three young, very smart and tenacious…

Roundup ad misleading: Monsanto forced to accept verdict

NOTE: An ad placed by Monsanto in Dutch newspapers claiming Roundup herbicide has no adverse effects on soil was ruled misleading last year by the Dutch advertising standards commission. Monsanto has failed to appeal within the time allowed, so the ruling stands. Monsanto placed its…

Seven Bangladeshi garment workers killed in a new factory fire

Two months after the Tazhreen fire that killed more than 100 workers, a new fire broke out on Saturday in the two-storey Smart Fashion factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh, claiming the lives of seven female workers and leaving at least five injured. War…

WATERSHED DUTCH COURT RULING AGAINST SHELL

Brussels/The Hague, January 30, 2013 – A Dutch court has ruled today that Shell is responsible for not preventing the pollution of farmlands at Ikot Ada Udo, Akwa Ibom State in Nigeria. The case brought by Friends of the Earth…

Who Owns Brazil?

To support this campaign, click here! What is the economic power structure of the private groups in this country? Who are the actors who accumulate the most power in this structure, and what is the relationship amongst them? What is the…

Lonmin shortlisted in international Public Eye Awards

WORST CORPORATION OF 2012 EXPOSED PARALLEL TO WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM Lonmin shortlisted in international Public Eye Awards   Pietermaritzburg & Johannesburg, South Africa, 04 January 2012 – The nexus between corporate power and the political elite, and what this means…

Cairn Cowboy Calamity

Take Action at: act.foe-scotland.org.uk/lobby/18 Tell Cairn’s calamitous cowboys to get out the Arctic! Cairn want to drill for Arctic oil — in one of the last remaining pristine wildernesses on the planet. Their target: iceberg alley.The Scottish company has been denounced…