Politics & Globalization
Where Health, Justice, Sustainability, Peace and Democracy Intersect
International trade agreements force the U.S. and other participting countries to "harmonize" food and envrironmental safety standards to the lowest common denominator. Often these agreements are negotiated behind closed doors, shutting out Congress and the public, while granting corporations and trade associations a seat at the table. It's no surprise that these agreements give transnational corporations "special rights", allowing companies to challenge individual countries' environmental, worker and food safety laws and regulations.
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July 26, 2006
The Doha round negotiations collapsed once again at the Mini Ministerial in Geneva on 23rd July 2006. Martin Khor of Third World Network reports from Geneva that when asked of the Doha Round is dead or in intensive care, Mr. Kamal Nath, Indias Commerce Minister, said it is somewhere between intensive care in hospital and the crematorium. Peter Mandelson, the EU Trade Commissioner told the press following suspension of WTO negotiations, we have missed the last exit on the motorway.
The U.S. is being identified by all as responsible for the collapse of talks, by its refusal Read more
The U.S. is being identified by all as responsible for the collapse of talks, by its refusal Read more
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July 25, 2006
Dear desperate Democrats:
Here's what we do. We run Bill Moyers for president. I am serious as a stroke about this. It's simple, cheap, and effective, and it will move the entire spectrum of political discussion in this country. Moyers is the only public figure who can take the entire discussion and shove it toward moral clarity just by being there.
The poor man who is currently our president has reached such a point of befuddlement that he thinks stem cell research is the same as taking human lives, but that 40,000 dead Iraqi civilians are progress toward democracy. Read more
Here's what we do. We run Bill Moyers for president. I am serious as a stroke about this. It's simple, cheap, and effective, and it will move the entire spectrum of political discussion in this country. Moyers is the only public figure who can take the entire discussion and shove it toward moral clarity just by being there.
The poor man who is currently our president has reached such a point of befuddlement that he thinks stem cell research is the same as taking human lives, but that 40,000 dead Iraqi civilians are progress toward democracy. Read more
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July 24, 2006
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JULY 24, 2006
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JULY 24, 2006
CONTACT: Friends of the Earth International
Alberto Villarreal, +41 78 8389 504 (until july 29 only) or tel: +598
5228481
comercioredes@gmail.com
Ronnie Hall, +44 7967017281
ronnieh@foe.co.uk
Sonja Meister, +32 484 975107
sonja.meister@foeeurope.org
Niccolo Sarno, +31 20 622 1369
media@foei.org
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July 24, 2006
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EDITOR'S NOTE:
* A heartfelt thanks to the readers of THE AGRIBUSINESS EXAMINER and THE CALAMITY HOWLER for their contributions to the work of these two newsletters. Yet it is still necessary that a SPECIAL APPEAL continues to be made for reader support. Checks should be made out to A.V. Krebs and mailed to P.O. Box 2201, Everett, Washington 98213-0201.
* A limited number of inscribed copies of THE CORPORATE REAPERS: The Book of Agribusiness (Essential Books: Read more
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July 20, 2006
Featured stories in this issue...
Can State Policy Campaigns Bring Lasting Reform? Many people have given up trying to influence Congress because they feel powerless against Big Money. Instead, they are working to pass state laws. Can this bring lasting success?
National Tour in September: Environmental Justice for All! A coalition of over 70 environmental justice, social justice, public health, human rights, and worker's rights groups will launch the Environmental Justice for All Tour in September 2006 to highlight the devastating impact of toxic contamination on people Read more
Can State Policy Campaigns Bring Lasting Reform? Many people have given up trying to influence Congress because they feel powerless against Big Money. Instead, they are working to pass state laws. Can this bring lasting success?
National Tour in September: Environmental Justice for All! A coalition of over 70 environmental justice, social justice, public health, human rights, and worker's rights groups will launch the Environmental Justice for All Tour in September 2006 to highlight the devastating impact of toxic contamination on people Read more
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July 18, 2006
"The Republican Party, the Republican National Committee, has been using old-fashioned, Jim Crow, apartheid-type maneuvers to steal the last two national elections." ,Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
Recently, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., (bio) , wrote the article: "Was the 2004 Election Stolen" where he examined the election fraud in Ohio that took place during the last Presidential Election. He also has written a book "Crimes Against Nature: How George W. Bush & His Corporate Pals Are Plundering the Country and Hijacking our Democracy". Mr. Kennedy, along with Mike Papantonio have filed a " Read more
Recently, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., (bio) , wrote the article: "Was the 2004 Election Stolen" where he examined the election fraud in Ohio that took place during the last Presidential Election. He also has written a book "Crimes Against Nature: How George W. Bush & His Corporate Pals Are Plundering the Country and Hijacking our Democracy". Mr. Kennedy, along with Mike Papantonio have filed a " Read more
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July 19, 2006
Democrats need a net gain of six seats to regain control of the Senate. They hope to beat Republicans such as Jon Kyl in Arizona, Jim Talent in Missouri, Conrad Burns in Montana, Lincoln Chafee in Rhode Island, Mike DeWine in Ohio and Rick Santorum in Pennsylvania and take the seat Bill Frist is giving up in Tennessee. Democrats also hope James Webb, former secretary of the Navy during the Reagan administration, will give Sen. George Allen Jr. (R) a serious race in Virginia. Republicans hope to beat Maria Cantwell in Washington, Bob Menendez in New Jersey and take the seats Paul Sarbanes is Read more
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July 17, 2006
On July 13, the Pensacola, Fla.-based law firm of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. filed a "qui tam" lawsuit in U.S. District Court, alleging that Diebold and other electronic voting machine (EVM) companies fraudulently represented to state election boards and the federal government that their products were "unhackable."
Kennedy claims to have witnesses "centrally located, deep within the corporations," who will confirm that company officials withheld their knowledge of problems with accuracy, reliability and security of EVMs in order to procure government contracts. Since going into service Read more
Kennedy claims to have witnesses "centrally located, deep within the corporations," who will confirm that company officials withheld their knowledge of problems with accuracy, reliability and security of EVMs in order to procure government contracts. Since going into service Read more
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July 19, 2006
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August 1, 2006
With $6,000 and a laptop computer, three kids from upstate New York made a documentary about 9/11 that spread across the Internet and threw millions for a loop. Nine-eleven conspiracy theories have been circulating for years, producing millions of Web links, scores of books, and a nationwide collection of doubters known as the "9/11 Truth" movement.
In 2005 the State Department responded by posting some "clues" to "identifying misinformation" on their Web site. "Does the story claim that vast, powerful, evil forces are secretly manipulating events?" it asks. "If so, this fits the Read more
In 2005 the State Department responded by posting some "clues" to "identifying misinformation" on their Web site. "Does the story claim that vast, powerful, evil forces are secretly manipulating events?" it asks. "If so, this fits the Read more
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