Taking Aim at Multinationals: Strategic Lessons from Anti-Corporate Campaigns on the Environment The leading actors in the destruction of our environment are multinational corporations, from oil giants like Chevron to water profiteers like Bechtel. Much of what we demand from governments are actually rules governing what corporations can do. Throughout the world, social justice and environmental activists are sidestepping the middleman (government) to take direct aim at corporations, and they are winning.
The workshop will feature a panel discussion by campaigners and a group exercise to draw out our collective wisdom about what it takes to take on a corporation and win. This workshop is a companion to one organized in April at the People's Summit on Climate Change in Cochabamba, Bolivia. The convener, the Democracy Center, helped lead the winning campaign against Bechtel, forcing the U.S. giant to drop its $50 million legal case against the people of Cochabamba following the 2000 Water Revolt.
More Powerful than Nations: the Growing Threat of Global Trade Agreements and Tribunals Trade tribunals in institutions such as the World Bank are a powerful tool for multinational corporations to overrule the will of the people and even of national governments. It is through this system that Bechtel tried to sue Bolivia for $50 million after the Cochabamba Water Revolt, and that the cigarette giant Phillip Morris is now suing the people of Uruguay to overturn important health protections. It is also going to be a process through which corporations can challenge new rules to curb global climate change. Learn about the threat this system poses and what we can do about it.
Enfrentando las Transnacionales: Lecciones Estratégicas de Las Campañas Anti-Empresariales sobre el Medio Ambiente The leading actors in the destruction of our environment are multinational corporations, from oil giants like Chevron to water profiteers like Bechtel. Much of what we demand from governments are actually rules governing what corporations can do. Throughout the world, social justice and environmental activists are sidestepping the middleman (government) to take direct aim at corporations, and they are winning.
The workshop will feature a panel discussion by campaigners and a group exercise to draw out our collective wisdom about what it takes to take on a corporation and win. This workshop is a companion to one organized in April at the People's Summit on Climate Change in Cochabamba, Bolivia. The convener, the Democracy Center, helped lead the winning campaign against Bechtel, forcing the U.S. giant to drop its $50 million legal case against the people of Cochabamba following the 2000 Water Revolt.
Más Poderosos Que las Naciones: La Creciente Amenaza de los Acuerdos Globales de Comercio y los Tribunales Trade tribunals in institutions such as the World Bank are a powerful tool for multinational corporations to overrule the will of the people and even of national governments. It is through this system that Bechtel tried to sue Bolivia for $50 million after the Cochabamba Water Revolt, and that the cigarette giant Phillip Morris is now suing the people of Uruguay to overturn important health protections. It is also going to be a process through which corporations can challenge new rules to curb global climate change. Learn about the threat this system poses and what we can do about it.
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