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Study on Monsanto GM corn concerns draws skepticism

In a study that prompted sharp criticism from other experts, French scientists said on Wednesday that rats fed on Monsanto’s genetically modified corn or exposed to its top-selling weedkiller suffered tumors and multiple organ damage. The French government asked the…

Mining and Human Rights Violations in Argentina

Many communities have mobilized in opposition to prevailing mining models in Argentina this year. The use of road blocks to obstruct exportation of goods has been one popular tactic. However, these demonstrations have often been suppressed by police force. On…

Stop financial speculation on food and climate

The fight of Occupy Wall Street is the struggle of all movements in the world.  Finance capital, that created the crisis in 2008, has increased its power instead of being disciplined. At present, world GDP is 64 trillion US dollars while the derivatives market reached…

Ireland, Irish Finance and the Nuclear Weapons Industry

This document reports on findings indicating that the National Pensions Reserve Fund, according to its most recent annual report, has investments worth around €10 million in companies involved in the nuclear weapons industry. It also discloses that AIB, in majority…

Statement from Member Organisations of the Global Campaign to Dismantle Corporate Power and Stop Impunity in Solidarity with Marikana Solidarity Committee in support of the Lonmin mineworkers and Marikana Community

On this international and national day of mobilization in support for workers at Lonmin plcs Marikana mine, member organisations from the Global Campaign to Dismantle Corporate Power and Stop Impunity express solidarity with the Marikana Solidarity Committee, the Lonmin plc…

Marikana Solidarity March

We, the members and representative of 19 community organisations based in the greater Cape Town area; Condemn the massacre of the Lonmin mineworkers and the continued efforts by the state and the Lonmin bosses to smash the strike. These efforts…

Walmart: Don’t sell Monsanto’s toxic corn

  WalMart Wal-Mart: Don’t stock Monsanto’s GMO corn. This is where the war to protect our food supply begins. In just a few weeks, farmers will begin planting Monsanto’s largest genetically modified corn crop in history marketed directly to consumers. This is…

Reclaim the UN from corporate capture

As the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) turns 20, there are real concerns about the increasing influence of major corporations and business lobby groups within the UN.  Reclaim the UN.pdf — PDF document, 1242Kb

Global frackdown on fracking companies: 22 September

In January 2011, the Board of Attac France decided that mobilization against shale gas, shale oil and fracking, and more broadly against the logic of extractivism, would be one of its five major priorities for the year. Attac France decided…