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    The World Crisis and Beyond - Building a New Global Solidarity

    Neoliberal financial-market capitalism has dragged the world into a crisis which threatens human civilisation as such. Climate destruction, resource wars, and the transformation of democracy into oligarchy are in front of us if we don't act now to reduce the burden we place on our unfortunate...

    Debating Europe: WTO Doha Round and EPAs in an era of crisis: salvation or suicide for ACP countries? (Video)
    Dot Keet
     Ignacio Iruarrizaga Díez

    The international free trade and investment policies and the related WTO agreements played a major role in undermining so many developing countries' economies. The proponents of tese policies, including the EU, are now urging the govenrments of the world to end their resistance to such policies...

    The struggle of electrical workers in Mexico goes on (Part I)
    Manuel Perez Rocha

    Despite the growing poverty and unemployment in Mexico, the current government insists on continuing the failed process of “structural reforms” by dismantling the nation's energy industry.

    25 years of shame
    Praful Bidwai

    The government’s deplorable response to the Bhopal gas disaster and its attempt to shield the polluter constitute a blot on India's democracy.

    European Union and Transnational Corporations
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    Brid Brennan
     Jesús Carrión, David Llistar, Erika Gonzalez, Pedro Ramiro, Juan Hernández Zubizarreta, Tom Kucharz, Francesco Martone

    Extensive documentation of the operations of the European transnational corporations in Latin America and the Caribbean and their systematic abuses of human rights is brought to the attention of European policy makers in the European Parliament Hearing held in Brussels on November 18, 2009.

    Profit Before People and Human Rights
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    Brid Brennan
     Jesús Carrión, David Llistar, Erika Gonzalez, Tom Kucharz, Karen Lang, Francesco Martone

    The report exposes the role of EU institutions in constructing a complex political and legal architecture which allows European transnational companies to operate with impunity in the region.

    Interview: Neoconopticon report
    Ben Hayes

    The lack of debate on EU's emerging policies on security is not just about "sleepwalking into a surveillance society”, it is also turning a blind eye to the start of a new kind of arms race, one in which all the weapons are pointing inwards.

    Defence industry dominates EU’s security research programme

    The NeoConOpticon report, released by the Transnational Institute (TNI) and Statewatch, reveals the extent to which Europe’s largest defence and IT contractors are benefiting from a €1.4 billion EU “security research” programme that has the explicit aim of fostering a European Homeland Security...

    Carbon Trading
    Carbon Trade Watch

    A guide to why carbon trading will not work in justly tackling climate change and what alternatives might.

    When corporations capture the state
    Praful Bidwai
    The danger of a corporate capture of government isn't imaginary, and corporations represent narrow profit-seeking interests of businessmen whose forte is not Constitutional values.
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