Date: Tue, 02 Dec 1997 12:49:24 -0600 From: corpwatch@igc.org Subject: What's new!
WHAT'S NEW ON CORPORATE WATCH <http://www.corpwatch.org> December 1, 1997
*****FEATURE #7: THE CORPORATE PLANET <http://www.corpwatch.org/home.html>
Throughout the feature you will find cutting edge information and commentary by leading analysts and advocacy organizations on various pressing issues.
Including:
*THE MULTILATERAL AGREEMENT ON INVESTMENT
*CORPORATIONS AND THE KYOTO CLIMATE SUMMIT
*THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CASINO AND ECONOMIC TURMOIL IN EAST ASIA.
*LEAKED BIOTECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY STRATEGY DOCUMENTS PRODUCED BY PR WIZARDS BURSON-MARSTELLER.
This feature also contains various excerpts from Corporate Watch editorial coordinator Joshua Karliner's brand new book, "THE CORPORATE PLANET: ECOLOGY AND POLITICS IN THE AGE OF GLOBALIZATION (Sierra Club Books, 1997).
There are also a series of fact sheets, and profiles of both the Europe's Corporate Union and Japan Inc..
All of this comes together to begin to paint a picture of the current state of the Corporate Planet.
***ACTION ALERT!!!
There are many actions to take to resist the corporate encroachment on the earth. Perhaps the most important at this moment is to halt the OECD's Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI). We urge you to learn more about this most disturbing accord through the "overview" section of the feature, and to visit our action page <http://www.corpwatch.org/feature/planet/mai.html> and join the international campaign against the MAI.
****CORPORATE WATCH'S 1 YEAR ANNIVERSARY! Yes, we made it through our first year, and we're celebrating.
****CORPORATE WATCH'S NIKE SCOOP. The leaked Ernst & Young report we released to the media, along with Corporate Watch partner organization TRAC's own report "Smoke from a Hired Gun" and our exclusive photos from inside a Nike plant in Vietnam received ample coverage in the news media including:
*The front page of The New York Times
*Newsweek, the Financial Times, the Wall Street Journal, Business Week, various sports sections, AP, Reuters, AFP, IPS, and many, many more.
If you haven't seen them yet, check them out at <http://www.corpwatch.org/nike/>.
*****NEWS & ALERTS
NEWS - UPDATES <http://www.corpwatch.org/corner/hotnews.html>
KYOTO, JAPAN: Environmentalists Fear That The Final Treaty Could Be Worse Than No Agreement At All
USA: As Levi's Announces Layoffs Of Over 6000, Fuerza Unida Demands Justice for San Antonio Workers
GLOBAL ALERT: Peoples' Movements vs. "Free" Trade and the WTO - Worldwide Conference- February 1998
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