Corporations
A corporation exists purely to make money, always at the expense of workers and also of consumers and our environment.
July 24, 2010
The scum always rises to the top, and the business world recognises this as they sit and admire the financial success of this UK registered, Indian owned business that's wrecking lives in pursuit of profit.
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August 3, 2008
For about 35 years Corporate Social Responsibility has been a recognised term in business circles. Since the anti-capitalist movement and more especially the anti-sweatshop campaigns which originated in the university campuses around the USA, CSR has become a much used buzzword, a readily recognised acronym. We don't have any faith in such a concept, so here we introduce a number of links, articles and resources that we think might help you to come to the same conclusion.
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August 3, 2008
The dramatic emergence of the sweatshop story could be described as a “global political economy” train-wreck. Just as the big-name brands and department stores began outsourcing all of their production to contractors, the industry was moving to the most corrupt and repressive places in the world. At about the same time, changes in information-sharing technologies made it possible for activists to link up with nascent unions and groups of protesting workers. While business school case studies were heaping praise on corporations for shedding responsibility for manufacturing, the seeds were being sown for a tremendous upheaval that would come to fruition once the contractors' brutal practices were exposed.
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February 8, 2002
"Demonstrate if you Dare" was the message sent out to our movement when the WEF relocated to New York City in November. The latest attempt to crush anti-capitalism has happily failed.
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March 11, 2001
Why were we protesting against Gap? Because they use sweatshop labour to make million-dollar profits out of women in developing countries.
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Back in 2003 George Bush's visit to London brought hundreds of thousands of people onto the streets. He stayed at Buckingham Palace under siege and the world was certain that although he was feted by the government and the royal family, normal people in the UK did not welcome him. The largest mobilisation during his stay was indeed the biggest EVER protest in London on a weekday; 300,000 people turned out to register their disgust.
We are constantly being told that easy personal actions will 'save the climate'. The problem is that most of these “top ten tips” are ineffectual and play directly to our denial tendencies.
Hardly a week passes without someone emailing, phoning or posting a DVD to the Globalise Resistance office championing the idea of 9/11 being an inside job.
TELL BP TO CLEAN UP IT'S ACT - AND IT'S MESS !