-Military-Industrial Complex, Nike, Water privatization….more from Corporate Watch

MILITARY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX Bechtel wins Iraq War Contracts http://www.corpwatch.org/issues/PID.jsp?articleid=6532 IN THE NEWS http://www.corpwatch.org/news/PNR.jsp *USA: Bush Top Gun vs. Nike Activist *USA: Global Warming Activists Claim Big Victory *South Africa: Union Congress Losing Members *World: Factory Farms Grow in Developing Nations *UK: Shell Oil Accused of Harming Communities *USA: Bechtel to Rebuild Iraq What’s New on the India Resource Center (formerly CorpWatch India)? WATER Private Water, Public Misery http://www.corpwatchindia.org/issues/PID.jsp?articleid=3623 The first privatized river in India Sheonath river is becoming public again. Perhaps the same logic can be used to scrutinize and turn back the Tirupur water project, where, as Ann Ninan reports, the privatization scheme benefits industry at the expense of the people