REPORT: The Bail Out Business
Who profits from bank rescues in the EU? Download: The Bail Out Business (pdf, 1.84 MB) Average time to read: 45 min The Bail Out Business is the most comprehensive and thorough analysis of the steps taken…
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S2B position on the European Commission proposal for a multilateral ISDS mechanism
S2B position on the European Commission proposal for a multilateral ISDS mechanism ISDS at a dangerous crossroads S2B position on the European Commission proposal for a multilateral investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) mechanism Globalisation is at a dangerous crossroads.…
OceanaGold must Pay Up and Pack Up from El Salvador
To: OceanaGold CEO Mick Wilkes, OceanaGold Board of Directors, and OceanaGold Shareholders From: 280 Organizations around the World RE: Pay Up and Pack Up from El Salvador We, the undersigned organizations representing 180 million…
INTERVIEW WITH LAURA ZÚÑIGA, OF THE CIVIC COUNCIL OF POPULAR AND INDIGENOUS ORGANIZATIONS OF HONDURAS – COPINH
Two weeks before the anniversary of the murder of Honduran activist Berta Cáceres, Real World Radio interviewed one of her daughters about the resistance of communities against corporations and the factual powers in the territories. One of the…
SAVE THE DATE! 2017 IS DECISIVE FOR THE UN TREATY ON TNCS & HUMAN RIGHTS!
In October 2017, in Geneva, the Intergovernmental Working Group Mandated to develop a UN Treaty on Transnational Corporations & Human Rights and other Business Enterprises will hold its 3rd Session. BE THERE TO RECLAIM PEOPLES…
Update from the international solidarity campaign underway in support of community leaders facing judicial persecution by Italian multinational in Colombia
This February 6th 2017, leaders of the Association of those Affected by the Hydroelectric Project el Quimbo (ASOQUIMBO) were summoned to Court for a Preliminary Hearing to decide whether or not to dismiss charges that had been initiated against…
El Salvador Church Leaders Fight for Ban on Mining Exploitation
An earlier proposal to block all metals mining in El Salvador has stagnated for years in Congress without being discussed. The movement against destructive mining activity in El Salvador received a boost Monday as leaders of the…
OPEN LETTER IN DEFENSE OF THE CERRADO
Peasants, Family Farmers, Indigenous Peoples, Quilombolas, Collective Land Users, Fisherfolk, Social Pastorals, Civil Society organizations including FASE, supporters of the National Campaign for the Defense of the Cerrado; representatives of Mozambican peasant communities, Japanese environmental activist, as well as…
Mesa Nacional frente a la Minería exigen aprobación de ley de prohibición de la minería
Bernardo Belloso, miembro de la Mesa Nacional frente a la Minería, exige a los diputados que conforman la comisión de medio ambiente la aprobación de una ley que prohiba la exploración y explotación minera en El Salvador.
GLOBAL DAY OF ACTION AGAINST ROCHE’S INHUMANITY
#RocheGreedKills 7th February 2017 Today we stand together as women living with cancer, families of people with cancer, activists, scientists, researchers and health professionals from across the world. Together we demand that no woman go without…
Argentina Federal Government Recognizes Glaciers in Mining Areas
Through a quietly released official announcement, the Federal Environment Secretary of Argentina, Sergio Bergman, informed that Argentina’s National Glacier Inventory has just completed a glacier count in the controversial Famatina Mountains, and that the National Glacier Institute (the IANIGLA) recognizes…
CALL TO ACTION!
Let’s put a stop to the WTO’s agenda and to Free Trade Agreements and investment provisions! Let’s build commercial relations that serve peoples’ interests and protect the environment! In 2017, let’s bring the ‘battle in Seattle’ to…