October 21, 2010 By George MonbiotGeorge Monbiot's ZSpace Page / ZSpaceWe’ve been staring at the wrong list. In an effort to guess what will hit us tomorrow, we’ve been trying to understand the first phase of the British government’s assault on the public sector: its bonfire of the quangos. Almost all the public bodies charged with protecting the environment, animal welfare and … [Read more...] about Britain’s Shock Doctrine
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Sweatshop Watch: Shoes made in dangerous workshops at low cost, sell for much much more
From AlterNet / By Anneli Rufus Why Are People Willing to Fork Out a Fortune for Shoes That Cost Little to Make? Shoes spur cravings, compulsions and crimes as no other clothing does, and the true cost of making them is just as surprising. October 1, 2010 | Shoes are fashion's version of drugs. More than any other article of clothing, shoes alter the … [Read more...] about Sweatshop Watch: Shoes made in dangerous workshops at low cost, sell for much much more
Corporate Watch (Sweatshops, Corporate crime, War profiteering, etc.)
Natural Resources Gulf Dispersants: BP and Nalco Play Toxic Roulette Terry J. Allen July 19th, 2010 BP has dumped almost two million gallons of dispersants from Nalco in the Gulf of Mexico that is disguising the extent of the Deepwater spill and the inability of existing technology to mitigate the disaster. Even if BP eventually staunches the hemorrhage of oil, devastating … [Read more...] about Corporate Watch (Sweatshops, Corporate crime, War profiteering, etc.)
Japan Tobacco Kills People and Lies: (JT 2007: We don’t believe smoking causes cancer. JT 2010: We never said that)
Recently Roger Pulvers wrote a piece criticizing JT saying that smoking does not cause cancer, followed by a rebuttal by JT claiming that it never said any such thing. Hideyuki Yamamoto of JT lled. In fact, the very same person quoted recently by Pulvers, a Toshimasa Kurita, said it in 2007, in this piece by Al Jazeera (Pulvers' article and the JT rebuttal afre … [Read more...] about Japan Tobacco Kills People and Lies: (JT 2007: We don’t believe smoking causes cancer. JT 2010: We never said that)