Ben Smith : Behind the Numbers
(DOWNLOAD THE STUDY HERE)Of the limited changes made to the renegotiated NAFTA agreement—also known as the USMCA—perhaps the most significant relates to the system of investor ...
... of Wall Street. Undoubtedly, the most vital component was the determination and organizing acumen of the Riveras, Morales, and their allies in the community groups that anchored La Mesa. Yet other community-based ...
... in Mindanao. The five companies were the Romualdez oligarchy-owned Benguet Corp., Abacus Coal Exploration and Development Corp., Chinese-owned Great Wall Mining and Power Corp., ASK Mining and Exploration ...
... associated with water pollution.
Around 96 families in the village of La Cuchilla, on a hill next to the site, had to be evicted because of damage to the walls of the houses, due to the vibrations produced ...
... have been walled off from their communities. “If the private sector owns water, we would not only fear rising prices, but also pollution and all sorts of abuses, like people who cannot access their well ...
By Tanya Sahni & Erica Wallis
On February 28th, Amanda Grzyb, associate professor of Information and Media Studies at Canada’s Western University gave a talk as part of an ongoing public interest lecture ...
... put states and governments like ours against the wall, giving priority to the interests of international companies,” said Montes.
After years of legal wrangling, the World Bank court awarded El Salvador' ...
... During the sermon, the village priest has encouraged the citizens to vote NO. When the mass is over, he builds a human chain together with the village inhabitants. They stand on wall that was decorated ...
... In the 2000 people town, the protest against mining is palpable. Slogans and murals decorate the walls. “No to mining, Yes to life”, says one of the slogans on the white wall just outside the Catholic ...
... After the mass, the priest sends an important signal by standing on this wall, together with church servants and believers.
"People here care deeply about this topic", Anna Backmann notes. She is part ...
... Large corporations are paying too little in taxes and too much in campaign contributions. The top Wall Street banks have again become too big to fail. Walmart, ExxonMobil and others of the top 10 corporations ...
... corporations, again
Large corporations are paying too little in taxes and too much in campaign contributions. The top Wall Street banks have again become too big to fail. Walmart, ExxonMobil and others ...
... that arsenic filters through into the nearby river. When swallowed by children, it can lead to poisoning and even death.
The stakes are high: Already, only 2 percent of the country's river water is suitable ...
By Robin Oisín Llewellyn
First published in http://mondediplo.com/blogs/el-salvador-violence-and-impunity
The bullets buried into the walls of the room within a foot of their intended victim, in El ...
... & Moring who called the ruling a "great development." The continuation of the case makes for more billable hours. According to the Wall Street Journal, lawyers at Weil, Gotshal & Manges make as much as ...
... and surrounded by a perimeter wall.
These samples will also be analyzed by the Ministry of the Environment to determine if there was pollution.
Mining
Since the end of last year the Municipal Mayor’s ...
... chemical substances near the top of the mountain.
There were two yellow containers, apparently new, that are secured by two locks on each container and around the containers there was a small brick wall. ...
... is dismissed – highlights what is wrong with our ‘trade’ agreement model,” said Lori Wallach, director of Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch. “These investor rules are an outrageous example of how ‘trade’ ...
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