The Corporate Century

The Ten Worst Corporations of 1999

by Russell Mokhiber

As we move to the end of the millennium, it is important to remind ourselves that this has been the century of the corporation, where for-profit, largely unaccountable organizations with unlimited life, size and power, took control of the economy and the political economy -- largely to the detriment of the individual consumer, worker, neighbor and citizen. MORE >>

Democracy is in the Streets: Protesters and Police Clash, As WTO Negotiations Collapse

by Robert Weissman

"It is best at this time to take a 'time out,'" U.S. Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky told the assembled group of country delegates to the World Trade Organization (WTO) late on the night of Friday, December 4. "Therefore we've agreed to suspend the work of the Ministerial," said Barshefsky, who served as chair of the meeting of trade ministers. As Barshefsky closed the meeting in total disarray -- without even a final formal declaration issued from the world's trade ministers -- a roar went up from the back of the convention hall. Non-governmental organizations had been permitted into the closing session of WTO meeting, and they greeted the failure of the trade talks with celebratory cheers. MORE >>

Native Struggles for Land and Life

an interview with Winona LaDuke

Winona LaDuke lives on the White Earth reservation in Minnesota and is an enrolled member of the Mississippi Band of Anishinaabeg. She is the project director of the Honor the Earth Fund and campaign director for the White Earth Land Recovery Project. In the 1996 presidential campaign, she served as Ralph Nader's running mate in the Green Party. In 1997, with the Indigo Girls, she was named a Ms. Woman of the Year. She is the author of the recently released All Our Relations: Native Struggles for Land and Life (South End Press). MORE >>