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Newsletter Issue 32: October/November 06 newsletter 32
Newsletter 32

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PRECIOUS THINGS
From gold to coal, corporations are responsible for digging up the precious minerals neccessary for modern industry or for shiny trinkets - whatever the cost.

MORE NEWS...
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In Newsletter 25 we reported how a consortium of oil companies headed by Shell and supported by the Irish state plan to build a dangerous inland gas refinery and high pressure raw gas pipeline in a rural community on the west coast of Ireland. A report by Eve Campbell from the camp.
 
newspaper
There are a few news announcements here at Corporate Watch that we would like to share with our readers.
 
pr
The diamond industry is one with roots in exploitation, apartheid and war. Owen English investigates the dirtier facets of diamonds.
 
nuclear
BNFL, the controversial nuclear company, is at the heart of the multi-million pound PR and lobbying campaign for new nuclear power stations in the UK. Yet the publicly-owned company refuses to divulge important details of how it seeks to manipulate public opinion and governmental support.
 
Mining is one of the most environmentally damaging of industries. It contributes to climate change, is resposible for the displacement of communities and has a 'long and dismal record of damaging protected natural resources'
 
africa
The gold mining industry is environmentally and socially destructive and can never be ethical argues Jennie Bailey.
 
echnological advances in monitoring offenders are hailed by government as being cost-effective and foolproof. However, the system is only works to benefit big business. Dr Craig Paterson monitors...
 
Review section of anti-corporate books, 'zines, music, media and other cool stuff.
 
pda
 
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cw report
This report analyses the role of UK corporations in post-Saddam Iraq. To date, we have uncovered evidence for about £1.1bn worth of contracts, from the US and UK reconstruction budget, and from the Iraqi ministries.
 
10th anniversary
This year marks the tenth anniversary of Corporate Watch (1996-2006)
 
 
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