The Three Ugly Sisters: TTIP, CETA and TISA
By Julian Rose One knows to be on one’s guard immediately one hears that The USA and European Union are negotiating some ‘big deal’ on…
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Bayer Monsanto Merger Confirmed – $66 Billion Dollar Acquisition
By Heather Callaghan It happened … Bayer has wedded Monsanto this past Wednesday. Previously, we reported that Bayer AG – one of the world’s largest…
Cradle to Grave: How Dirty Business Has Destroyed Small Town America
Op-Ed by Phil Butler The world is getting dirty due to corporate malfeasance and excesses. The business of cleaning it all up, sweeping hazardous waste…
Community Wins as Nestle Drops Water Extraction Plans
By Andrea Germanos After facing community resistance, bottled beverage giant Nestlé Waters North America this week ditched its plans to extract water from a Monroe…
Standing Up To Multinational Big-Ag: Nepal, Monsanto, and USAID
By Tony Cartalucci Throughout history, controlling India was the key to controlling Nepal. British control over the landlocked nation was an extension of its control…
STOP TPP: YOU! …are the “Technical Barrier to Trade [Greed]”
By Brett Redmayne-Titley Author’s Note: This is Part Five of a series on the upcoming threat of TPP. The previous report was direct from the…
VICTORY! Munduruku People Win Fight Against Tapajós Dam
By Derrick Broze The Munduruku Peoples of the Brazilian Amazon are celebrating a victory in their fight to protect their lands from planned hydroelectric plants….
TPP Arrogance! U.S. Chief Negotiator Calls 132 Members of Congress and Four Senators, Liars!
By Brett Redmayne-Titley Author’s Note: This is Part Three of a report direct from the 2012 San Diego TPP negotiations re-published by Activist Post to…
“Nestlé is Trying to Break Us” Town Fights to Stop Bottled Water Megacorp from Stealing Their Water
By Claire Bernish A small town in Pennsylvania is the latest to be targeted by Nestlé Waters North America, which, in typical fashion, is seeking…
Stop TPP! The San Diego Negotiations/Last Chance to Save Democracy: Day One
By Brett Redmayne-Titley Author’s Note: This is the second part of an ongoing series on the secret TPP negotiations, originally published in 2012 and updated….
TPP is Treason. WAKE UP! Globalization Goes For Checkmate. (PART ONE)
By Brett Redmayne-Titley Foreword: The secret Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) is very close to ratification by the US Congress and the final draft of…
Peruvian Farmer Wins Monumental Battle Against U.S. Mining Giant
By Amanda Froelich Acuña’s inspiring story is proof that activists’ efforts do matter, and that even the world’s largest companies will be held to account….
Corporations Are Defaulting On Their Debts Like It’s 2008 All Over Again
By Michael Snyder The Dow closed above 18,000 on Monday for the first time since July. Isn’t that great news? I truly wish that it…
Rise Of The Independent Microfactory Could Decentralize Multinational Conglomerates
By Brian Berletic General Electric (GE) in cooperation with opensource distributed automaker LocalMotors, MakerBot, and several other names in digital fabrication, opened FirstBuild, a microfactory…