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NEWS July 6th 2001
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| Around the Web... Commons Pension Fund Under Attack Managers of parliament's pension fund are set to come under scrutiny after it emerged millions of pounds are being invested in ‘unethical’ companies. From BBC Online. Occidental Petroleum's cozy relationship with Colombian military turns fatal New evidence has surfaced in a Colombian government inquiry exposing active collaboration between security forces protecting oil operations of the Los Angeles-based Occidental Petroleum (OXY) and the notorious Colombian military in one of the country' deadliest attacks on civilians. From Project Underground. Surveillance Cameras in Manchester Map drawn up by the Surveillance Camera Players showing locations of CCTV cameras in Central Manchester. go here US privatised schools corporation ‘racist’ US corporation Edison Schools, which has aspirations to run privatised education partnerships in Britain, has been accused of racism, elitism and financial dishonesty in the United States. From BBC Online. Insiders - outsiders There is a quandary at the heart of many movements for social change: Should activists enter, adjust and utilise the institutional structures causing global problems, or does this always result in co-option since the world can only really be changed by dismantling the old and building new institutions? From Indymedia UK Corporate Europe Observer Issue 9 – out now Rio+10 and the corporate takeover of the UN, GATS, the European Round table of Industrialists – coverage of all the corporate crimes and criminals. go here |