DECEMBER 1997 · VOLUME 18 · NUMBER 12

The Ten Worst Corporations of 1997

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C O N T E N T S

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FEATURES
Beat the Devil: The 10 Worst Corporations of 1997,
by Russell Mokhiber and Robert Weissman

DEPARTMENTS
BEHIND THE LINES
EDITORIAL:
  Remember Shell, Boycott Shell
THE FRONT:
  Sabotaging Organic Standards
  Sour Times for Monsanto Ireland
THE LAWRENCE SUMMERS MEMORIAL AWARD
  The Conservation Fund
INTERVIEW
  Three Gorges Madness, an interview with Dai Qing
LABOR:
  Faded Denim: NAFTA Blues, by Bill Medaille and Andrew Wheat
THEIR MASTERS' VOICE
NAMES IN THE NEWS
IN MEMORIAM
  In Appreciation of Esther Peterson, Restless Activist, by Ralph Nader
RESOURCES
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR