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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.
Corporate takeover at Poznan: some facts
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 Climate Justice Now!
The UN Climate Conference in Poznan is systematically privileging business lobby groups over public interest organisations.

The UN Climate Conference in Poznan is systematically privileging business lobby groups over public interest organisations, according to members of the Climate...

Ending Plutocracy: A 12-Step Program
Sarah Anderson
 Sarah Anderson and Sam Pizzigati
Our forebears struggled to survive in a world dominated by the superrich. Now it's our turn.

America's first Gilded Age didn't merely end. Progressives had to fight to end it. Our forebears did battle, decade after decade, for proposals that dared to "soak the rich."

How quaint...

The Rich and the Rest of Us
John Cavanagh
 John Cavanagh and Chuck Collins
Politicians and their corporate backers have engineered the most colossal redistribution of wealth from the bottom up, from working people to a tiny global elite.
International civil society organisations protest Telecom Italia’s new attacks and confiscatory measures against Bolivia
TNI
 Press Release
Civil society organisations meeting in the People’s Social Summit in Lima denounce the recent decision of ETI and Telecom Italia this month to demand that the New York State Court freeze the accounts of the National Telecommunications Company (ENTEL) as part of a strategy of aggression...
Nederland helpt multinational bij het beroven van Bolivia!
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 Actiegroep Stop ETI Nederland
De Nederlandse overheid staat toe dat haar internationale verdragen misbruikt worden door multinationals om arme landen af te persen.

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Dutch letter to Ministry and Politicians
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Amsterdam, 22 januari 2008

The unaffordable ultra-cheap car
Praful Bidwai
The new Nano from Tata Motors will set a trend under which industry will rush to produce ultra-cheap cars by exploiting India’s poor emission standards.

There have been two reactions to the unveiling of the Tata Nano. The first is euphoria and exultation over this ultra-cheap “people’...

India's 'cheapest car' comes at a cost
Praful Bidwai
The $2,500 Nano from Tata Motors - India's steel and engineering giant - may turn out to be an ecological nightmare and a major health risk, writes Praful Bidwai.

Nothing has generated as much hyperbole in the global automobile industry in recent years as the unveiling last week of an...

Global campaign against anti-democratic investment rules
TNI
Bolivia is being sued by Telecom Italia in a secretive World Bank tribunal, ICSID, even though the Andean nation withdrew from the tribunal in May 2007.
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