In its third annual ‘State of Power’ report, TNI uses dynamic infographics and penetrating essays to expose and analyse the principal power-brokers that have caused financial, economic, social and ecological crises worldwide. Download full report: State of Power 2014 (PDF,…
The multinationals can be defeated only if there exists a powerful social movement, supported by a significant portion of the population. A provincial tribunal in Córdoba determined that Monsanto should halt construction of a plant for the treatment of transgenic…
Activists are challenging rules that grant corporations the right to sue governments A protester holds a sign that reads in Spanish “No to mining” at a protest against Canada’s gold and silver mining operations in northern El Salvador, outside…
Summary International and Honduran CSOs, including Movement of Unified Campesinos in Aguan Honduras, Movimiento Madre Tierra Honduras, CIFCA, FIAN, Plataforma Interamericana de Derechos Humanos, Democracia y Desarrollo, Oxfam, ActionAid International, Rights Action, Trocaire, Greenpeace International, Asociación Interamericana para la Defensa…
By Manuel Perez-Rocha and Stuart Trew NAFTA and treaties like it grant transnational companies total freedom of movement for capital, goods, and services, coupled with the ability to sue countries in secret courts when governments attempt to get in their way. (Image: Hernán…
For the Campaign Dismantle Corporate Power FIFA should be considered the Worst Corporation of the World because: Although it is called a ‘non-profit organization’ FIFA uses its World Cup agreements with host countries to protect the investments of…
El Salvador is being sued by Pacific Rim Mining, a Canadian based corporation owned by Australia’s OceanaGold, before the International Center for the Settlement of Investments Disputes –ICSID-. The case will enter a critical stage in January 2014. We…
PRESS COMMUNIQUE Download the full report here: The recently concluded 9th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) has produced its first agreement since its establishment in 1995. Trade observers have been quick to call this a historic…
Still from Dark Side of Chocolate documentary by Miki Mistrati and U. Roberto Romano. Eight years after they sued Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), Cargill and Nestlé for allegedly forcing them to work as child labor on a Côte d’Ivoire cocoa…
BY IVAN DU ROY With politicians showing unusual agreement among themselves and media focused on the “global” tribute to Nelson Mandela, there has been unanimous praise in France for the South African leader and the struggle against apartheid he embodied. However,…
Open letter to the President of Ecuador Rafael Correa Delgado concerning the dissolution of Fundación Pachamama We the undersigned members of the Global Campaign Dismantle Corporate Power and Stop Impunity share the concerns expressed by many social movements…
Friends of the Earth calls for end to secrecy surrounding talks *****Washington/Brussels, December 20 – Friends of the Earth has criticised the secrecy surrounding EU-US trade talks, which closed today in Washington. It warned that public opposition will continue…