First corporations gained legal personhood, writes Don Fitz. Next they seized the right to force 'free trade' on unwilling populations. Now they are making sure that 'corporate rights' trump citizen rights - like the right to wholesome food and a healthy environment. That's where the 'Right to Farm' constitutional amendments come in ...
… Don Fitz | 22nd August 2014 Activism Corporations Law USA Farming mo-hog-farm-cut.jpg First corporations gained legal personhood, writes … are the most recent phase in a long march of corporations to extend their direct control of …
‘Immortal’ and created solely to amass ever larger amounts of wealth, limited-liability corporations institutionalise dissatisfaction. They are, Derrick Jensen writes, the economic manifestation of the Buddhist notion of ‘hungry ghosts’ – spirits that roam the earth, always eating, never sated.
… | 20th March 2001 News Limited Liability Corporations Corporation Corpo Human Rights … larger amounts of wealth, limited-liability corporations institutionalise dissatisfaction. … to buy into the notion that limited-liability corporations are a good idea. And what’s even …
Gigantic global corporations are seizing ever more power, writes Aisha Dodwell, as they reshape the world to serve their quest for profit: corrupting politicians, subverting governments, and breaking international law on labour, environment and human rights with impunity. We need a new UN Treaty to force corporations to act within international law - wherever they may be.
… Corporations rule the world? Not quite. But we … Now | 13th September 2016 Activism Law Un Corporations g4s-cut.jpg Gigantic global corporations are seizing ever more power, …
Seven key demands from the Global Campaign to Dismantle Corporate Power.
… News Thought Leaders Friends Of The Earth Un Corporations System Change Resistance … Mobilization The UN Treaty On Transnational Corporations And Human Rights _mg_2335.jpg … that privileges the profit of transnational corporations and disregards peoples’ rights …
International corporations are decimating nature, destroying lives and manipulating opinion. Here's how to stop them..
… Pacific Rim El Salvador Peru Latin America Corporations Mining Water ENEL Glencore … Editor’s Picks img_1790.jpg International corporations are decimating nature, destroying … lithium in Bolivia - and giant international corporations stand at the forefront. It is …
The raft of 'free trade' agreements under negotiation represents a massive seizure of power by corporations, writes Joyce Nelson - effectively stripping democratic governments of their power to legislate for health, environment, labour or anything else that could reduce corporate profit. But the mainstream media are mysteriously silent.
… Joyce Nelson | 17th February 2015 News Trade Corporations USA Canada EU Media … represents a massive seizure of power by corporations, writes Joyce Nelson - … provision that basically gives multinational corporations the ability to sue national …
The United Nations has voted to legislate against human rights abuses carried out by transnational corporations, reports Lucia Ortiz. But the resolution, proposed by Ecuador and South Africa, was opposed by the US and the member states of the EU.
… UN to outlaw corporations' human rights abuses Lucia Ortiz | 1st July 2014 News Human Rights Corporations Un Law corporate-violence-cut.jpg … rights abuses carried out by transnational corporations, reports Lucia Ortiz. But the …
The East India Company was the first multinational corporation - until its abuse of power caused a public backlash. Nick Robins examines its legacy to reveal how it set the corporate blueprint for today's firms to operate unchecked
… of tensions exhibited by today’s global corporations. In ways that are immediately … But freeing the world for exploitation by corporations formed no part of his vision. … example shows us that open markets and corporations do not necessarily mix – that …
Brussels is a city of ruthless, well-resourced corporate lobbyists. And unlike ordinary EU citizens, they enjoy priviliged access to officials, negotiators and parliamentarians, and are used to getting their own way. That's a state of affairs that David Lundy & Olivier Hoedeman are determined to end with their 'citizens tours' of EU Lobbyland ...
… | 28th April 2015 Activism EU Trade Corporations Corporate Europe Observatory … whom are acting for business associations and corporations. The biggest focal point of … least 119 (more than 90%) of these were with corporations and the respective lobby groups. …
Are we getting the facts about the world from a free press, or being led astray by a corporate media uninterested in the real issues? Writer and thinker David Edwards argues it out with environmental journalist Caspar Henderson
… Media Climate Change Corporate Funding Corporations Environmental Reporting Balanced … The mass media is made up of profit-seeking corporations owned by wealthy individuals and … transnational parent companies. These media corporations are all tied into the stock …
Major world trade deals now under negotiation would allow corporations to sue governments for billions if they tighten up laws and regulations, writes Thomas McDonagh. But increasingly countries are rejecting these dispute mechanisms that undermine sovereignty and democracy.
… trade deals now under negotiation would allow corporations to sue governments for billions … concerned about the rights being granted to corporations under the guise of 'investor … settlement (ISDS) mechanism - that allows corporations to sue governments when they feel …
This month the UN is meeting to enact binding global rules on the conduct of business and transnational corporations, writes Sam Cossar-Gilbert, reversing the trend for increasing business empowerment in TTP, TTIP and TISA. The new UN Human Rights Treaty aims to provide justice for the victims of corporate criminality anywhere in the world.
… Sam Cossar-Gilbert | 1st July 2015 Activism Corporations Un Law Human Rights Trade Finance … on the conduct of business and transnational corporations, writes Sam Cossar-Gilbert, … communities across the world, the idea that corporations should be held legally liable and …
There's only one principle behind TTIP, CETA and other 'free trade' agreements, writes Conor J. Lynch. And no, it's not 'free trade' but 'corporate profit' - at the expense of consumers, taxpayers, environment, workers and democracy itself.
… TTIP hypocrisy - making corporations 'more equal' than people Conor J. … | 13th March 2015 Comment Trade Economics Corporations Politics ttip-democracy-cut.jpg … friendly environment for multinational corporations around the globe. Protective …
A key element of the TTIP is the deregulation genetically modified seeds and plants for cultivating in European soils, writes Julian Rose. This alone is reason enough for us to reject it - but it's only the beginning of a huge power grab that would make our governments more accountable to corporations, than to people.
… make our governments more accountable to corporations, than to people. A determined … to their unfettered 'free trade' goals. Corporations, not the people, hold governments … redirect legal rights from citizens to corporations, and consolidate US and European …
There are many good reasons to criticise Donald Trump, writes John McMurtry. But none of these matter to the US media, political and corporate powers determined to keep him out of the White House. With his radical talk of halving military spending, controlling Big Pharma and exiting 'free trade' agreements, Trump is a direct threat to the parasite capitalism that's destroying America.
… | 11th April 2016 Comment US Politics Finance Corporations War Health Trade … the lives of American workers" with rights to corporations to move anywhere to get cheaper …
The Gates Foundation - widely assumed to be 'doing good', is imposing a neoliberal model of development and corporate domination that's opening up Africa's agriculture to land and seed-grabbing global agribusiness, writes Colin Todhunter. In the process it is foreclosing on the real solutions - enhancing food security, food sovereignty and the move to agroecological farming.
… | 21st January 2016 News Africa Farming Corporations Development GMOs Seeds … and agriculture especially, even though these corporations are responsible for much of the … close relationship that BMGF has with many corporations whose role and policies …
What kind of companies is the European Central Bank supporting by buying €46 billion of their bonds under its QE programme? Research by Corporate Europe Observatory reveals a strong preference for oil, gas, tar sands, dirty power generation, armaments, aviation, airports, car makers, motorways, luxury goods and gambling. Our sustainable be future be damned!
… | 14th December 2016 News Finance EU Corporations Fossil Fuels Energy Aviation … bonds - essentially, making cheap loans to corporations, which is fundamentally a kind of … So who are the beneficiaries? Which corporations are enjoying the goodwill of the …
Inequality is on the agenda at the World Economic Forum in Davos this year, write David Sogge & Nick Buxton. A good thing, right? But look at the proposed 'solutions': ramp up the neoliberal 'development' model; lighten business regulation; pursue globalisation with greater vigor ... Yes, you got it. They would all accelerate the transfer the world's wealth upwards to corporate elites.
… | 23rd January 2016 News Economics Society Corporations Law wef-16-cut.jpg Inequality is … is more collaboration and 'partnerships' with corporations. So what do they propose as a … of nation-states in governance, and promoting corporations as new 'global citizens'. …
Thanks to TTIP the corporate drive for free trade is once more facing critical public scrutiny, writes Alex Scrivener. But in the rush to oppose TTIP we mustn't lose sight of the context in which the deal is being negotiated - the hundreds of bilateral treaties that give corporations the right to sue in secret 'trade courts'.
… Justice Now | 20th May 2015 Comment Trade Corporations UK EU USA Argentina … the hundreds of bilateral treaties that give corporations the right to sue in secret 'trade … these corporate courts are already allowing corporations to hound less powerful countries …
School dinners by McDonald’s. Corporations taking countries to court because their environmental regulations are ‘too tough’. The BBC sold to Rupert Murdoch. Paul Kingsnorth explains why we should be very worried by what is about to go on behind the closed doors of Cancun.
… School dinners by McDonald’s. Corporations taking countries to court because … the hands of governments and free those of corporations – effectively redistributing … lives. Likely Cancun Outcome 1 Ability of corporations to sue governments when ‘denied’ …
Big business, industry and finance, keen to set the agenda and shape the rules in the interests of their profits - and at the expense of climate justice - have infiltrated COP19.
… COP19, Warsaw - Corporations rule OK! Rachel Tansey | 15th November 2013 News COP19 Climate Change Corporations ikea_partners.png Big business, … climate change have been promoted by powerful corporations and business interests for years, …
The leaked chapters of the EU-US TTIP 'free trade' deal reveal a shredding of health, environmental and other protections for consumers and citizens, writes Pete Dolack. It's a wet dream for corporate monopolists and profiteers, and the elite bureaucrats that serve them. But for civil society it represents an irreversible destruction of democracy itself.
… Pete Dolack | 5th May 2016 News Trade EU US Corporations Politics GMOs Toxics … at the behest of European multi-national corporations. The Transatlantic Trade and … expected to do on behalf of multi-national corporations but words like 'may' and 'can' …
President Obama faced reality last Friday when he conceded that the TPP would not be ratified by this Congress, write Kevin Zeese & Margaret Flowers. It was a massive victory for a people power: the culmination of a years-long campaign to expose the corporate depravity at TPP's heart, and turn it into political poison. Trump's victory was just the last straw that broke TPP's back.
… | 14th November 2016 News Trade USA Politics Corporations … people still told us we could not win, the corporations wanted this and they would get … the prices of pharmaceuticals? Making corporations more powerful than governments? …
Corporate responses to climate change are delusional - and its us who are being deluded. If the IPCC's new report tells us anything, it's to ditch the corporate greenwash, and begin the climate governance.
… | 31st March 2014 Comment Climate Change Corporations greenwash-detected.png Corporate … what they achieve. We looked at how 25 major corporations in the resources, energy, … myth of corporate environmentalism , portrays corporations as the saviours of the …