Maude Barlow, Chair of the Council for Canadians, has dedicated her life to fighting injustice, and so-called 'free trade' deals in particular. In this interview with Nick Dearden, Maude explained how CETA, the Canada-EU trade and investment agreement, is every bit as dangerous as TTIP, but has somehow escaped the same level of media and campaign focus - and what we can do about it.
… farmers groups and environmentalists. And the campaigns they're involved in have so much in …
If you're expecting COP21 in Paris to save the world's climate you're in for a disappointment, writes Alex Scrivener. For governments, climate is secondary to the really big issues - like endless economic growth and ever-increasing corporate profit. But there's still plenty campaigners can do to shame politicians, businesses and investors into meaningful action.
COP21 is the 'no hope' Climate Summit - but there's still everything to play for Alex Scrivener Global Justice Now | 14th August 2015 News Climate Change COP21 Corporations Politics Unfccc …
There is a sad irony in the security clampdown on the climate 'mobilisations' planned for COP21 in Paris, writes Nick Dearden. Because those affected are the very people who are most commited to building a green, just, peaceful world free of the chaos and disruption that climate change is bringing.
… victims of terrorism by drawing back from our campaigns or allowing anti-terror laws to …
The 'regulatory cooperation' clauses in TTIP threaten to strip away vital EU protections on food, health and environment, writes Alex Scrivener. Indeed it has already begun: the mere prospect of TTIP has persuaded the EU to back off on plans to ban lactic acid-treated beef and 31 toxic pesticides. We must reject the entire package!
Be very scared: TTIP and 'regulatory cooperation' Alex Scrivener Global Justice Now | 20th October 2015 Comment Regulation Trade Finance EU USA Health Farming meat-supermarket-cut.jpg The 'regulatory …
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.
… the Treaty Alliance . Aisha Dodwell is campaigns and policy officer for Global … working across the food, energy and trade campaigns. This article was originally …
Overtaken by massive regional trade agreements like TPP, TTIP, CETA and TINA, the World Trade Organisation has slipped into the background, writes Polly Jones. But this week it's back with a vengeance, with its first big meeting in two years. The US's plan is to globalise the investment protection regime set out in the TTP, and open a new era of corporate rule and the eradication of democracy.
… planet. Polly Jones is Head of Policy and Campaigns at Global Justice Now. This article …
As the twelfth round of negotiations over the EU-US TTIP mega-trade deal begins in Brussels today, the chances of a treaty being concluded are looking weaker than ever, writes Guy Taylor. Time is running out, complex legal issues are crowding in, and most important of all, public opinion on both sides of the Atlantic is turning against the massive 'bill of corporate rights' that TTIP represents.
TTIP talks resume today - but the wheels are wobbling! Guy Taylor Global Justice Now | 22nd February 2016 Comment Trade EU ESA Law Politics Corporations ttip-demo-cut.jpg As the twelfth round of …
The Sustainable Development Goals are a wish list that few could disagree with, writes Nick Dearden. But the delivery plan is to rely on 'free' markets, corporations and technocratic government - although these 'solutions' are at the root of the problems the SDGs aim to solve.
UN development goals miss the point: it's all about power Nick Dearden Global Justice Now | 28th September 2015 Comment Un Development Corporations obama-un-cut.jpg The Sustainable Development Goals …
The 'New Alliance', backed by £600m of UK aid, is meant to improve food security, reduce malnutrition and lift people out of poverty, writes Aisha Dodwell. But it's all a huge con - delivering corporate welfare, attacking small farmers, enabling land grabs - and leaving a trail of poverty and human devastation. It draws praise from only a single review of its activities: its own.
… is its own review. Aisha Dodwell is campaigns and policy officer at Global Justice … working across the food, energy and trade campaigns. Follow Aisha on Twitter @aishadod . …
The failure of the UK's privatized electricity oligopoly - expensive, uncompetitive and slow to adopt renewable technologies - is being repeated across the global south, writes Christine Haigh: over £100 million of UK 'aid' is supporting energy privatization in the very countries that can least afford it.
Privatized energy has failed us - so why is UK 'aid' exporting it? Christine Haigh Global Justice Now | 20th February 2015 Comment UK Nigeria Energy Corporations Politics …
Ecuador is the latest country to tear up 'free trade' agreements that have so far cost the country $21 billion in damages awarded to foreign companies by 'corporate courts', and yielded next to nothing in return, writes Nick Dearden. So the outgoing President Correa did the only sensible thing: in one of his final executive acts this month, he scrapped 16 toxic trade and investment treaties.
Ecuador rips up 16 toxic trade treaties Nick Dearden Global Justice Now | 31st May 2017 News Trade Corporations EU US UK Finance Pollution Oil Ecuador ecuador-oily-hand-cut.jpg Ecuador is the latest …
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'.
… will give a huge boost to these international campaigns, but we also need to be prepared to …
A bill to quadruple the UK's aid funding to a profit-driven 'private equity' company owned by the government comes before MPs today for its third reading, writes Global Justice Now. Trouble is the investments do little or nothing for the poor, and instead entrench corporate power in health, education and infrastructure. Parliament should seize this last chance to reject the new law.
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