Corporate Watch Newsletter Issue 19: June/July 2004

No Milk Today
On the first night of July, Sainsbury’s five biggest chilled-goods depots in the country were simultaneously shut down. The aim: to halt distribution of dairy products from cows raised on GM feed, and celebrate the powerful new alliance between farmers and environmentalists.

FBI drops “bio-terrorism” charges against art activists
US authorities have been forced to abandon an attempt to use post-S11 legislation against activists. Steve Kurtz, an art professor accused of bio-terrorism, has been finally indicted - but only with “petty larceny”.

Nanotech is Godzilla
Nanotechnology - the manipulation of matter on the atomic scale - is recognised everywhere as the next major technological revolution. Billions of dollars are being spent world-wide in the race to develop nano-devices and materials, with many already on the market. Little, however, is said about the dark side of nanotech: hazardous substances, military applications, and a huge leap in corporate power. To hear more, Corporate Watch hooked up with Jim Thomas of the ETC group, one of the only bodies currently campaigning on nanotech.

Steal the Water, Push the Powder
Nestlé is again on top of the list for corporate violations around breast-milk substitutes, a UK report reveals. Meanwhile in Brazil, residents are opposing a Nestlé/Perrier bottling plant, which is drying up one of the country's historic sources of mineral water. Mike Brady

“We're Dangerous”
The shady world of public relations is now seeking to clean up its own public image, with the profession's national Institute applying for a Royal Charter. Will this mean they won't be able to LIE anymore? Unlikely... by Chris Grimshaw

News
Updates on G8 2005 in the UK and activist resistance in Zimbabwe.

Babylonian Times
Greenwash Alert, Chinatown on Camera, File-sharers repressed...

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