Corporate Watch Newsletter Issue 13: Mar - Apr 2003

MaxiMegaSoft - the hard sell
Behind the cuddly image and 'customer first' marketing there is a darker side to Bill Gates and Microsoft. Read...

Degrees of Capture
Universities, the oil industry and climate change. In case you thought government energy policy had shifted dramatically in favour of renewable sources, acknowledging the serious consequences of climate change and recognising that the fossil fuel industry must eventually decline and die, think again. Read...

The Lost War
The war on Iraq is not the only war in the world and it is not the only war being fought for our material benefit. Western consumers’ seemingly insatiable demand for mobile phones, laptops, games consoles and other luxury electronic goods has been fuelling violent conflict and killing millions in the Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire). Read...

Dis-Asda on the Old Kent Road!
Asda is planning to build a superstore on the Old Kent Road, Southwark, South London between Ossory Road and Malt Street with over 500 car parking spaces, but all is not lost! Read...

News stories
Opposing the corporate war, Climate facts/demands for action by Nares Craig and an advance party announcement. Read...

Genetix Update
Gene juggling; since the beginning of the year the EU has been flooded with new applications to import, market or grow previously unapproved GM crops. Read...

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