Yes that's right - the very people Dow should be helping are now facing a lawsuit from one of the world most powerful corporations. Why are they acting in such an amazingly perverse manner? On December 2nd a peaceful march of 200 women survivors from Bhopal delivered toxic waste from the abandoned Carbide factory back to Dow's Indian headquarters in Bombay with the demand that … [Read more...] about -Dow sues penniless Bhopal survivors: How low can Dow go?
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– An open letter to BBC News Online by Harel Barzilai
How is it that the statements of one single country, the U.S. are more important and newsworthy than what Blix and Baradei themselves have to say -- as the officials in charge of the inspections -- about the matter?As BBC reported earlier, recently the US illegally violated the Security Council's resolution by blocking the non permanent members of the Council from having … [Read more...] about – An open letter to BBC News Online by Harel Barzilai
Venezuelan Elite Attack President Chavez
2) Media's Timid Role in 1991 Gulf War Likely to Repeat in Any New Conflict with IraqInterview by Scott HarrisJohn MacArthur, publisher of Harper's Magazine, discusses his fear that Pentagon censorship combined with a timid brand of corporate journalism will deprive the American people of the truth in any future war with Iraq.3) Trent Lott's Future As Senate … [Read more...] about Venezuelan Elite Attack President Chavez
U.S. Intervening Against Democracy in Venezuela
By Mark Weisbrot December 18, 2002CARACAS "Where are they getting their money?" asks historian Samuel Moncada, as the television displays one opposition commercial after another. Moncada is chair of the history department at Central University of Venezuela in Caracas. We are sitting in one of the few restaurants that is open in the eastern, wealthier part of … [Read more...] about U.S. Intervening Against Democracy in Venezuela