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The Whole World Was Watching

Published by CorpWatch | By Kenny Bruno | Wednesday, February 6, 2002

The first week of February posed a test to the anti-corporate globalization movement and its targets. Local NY organizers got an A for attitude. The police passed. The WEF -- they flunked as usual.

Globalizing Hope

Published by CorpWatch | By Joshua Karliner | Wednesday, February 6, 2002

The only way to really describe the World Social Forum that just ended in Brazil is a global political ''carnaval.''

AFGHANISTAN: Oil Execs Revive Pipeline From Hell

Published by Forbes.com | By Daniel Fisher | Monday, February 4, 2002

It has been called the pipeline from hell, to hell, through hell. It's a 1,270-kilometer conduit, 1.2 meters in diameter, that would snake across Afghanistan to carry natural gas from eastern Turkmenistan -- with 700 billion cubic meters of proven reserves -- to energy-hungry Pakistan and beyond.

USA: World Economic Forum Wraps Up

Published by Associated Press | By Eileen Alt Powell | Monday, February 4, 2002

NEW YORK -- Presidents, kings and moguls wrapped up five days of swanky parties, serious elbow-rubbing and weighty discussions on how to stop terrorism, resolve long-standing international conflicts and ease grinding poverty as the World Economic Forum came to an end on Monday.

Brazil: Tobacco Makes Farmers Sick

Published by OneWorld US | By Jim Lobe | Monday, February 4, 2002

Tobacco companies are jeopardizing the health of Third World tobacco farmers who are required to use dangerous pesticides under exclusive contracts that hook them to company credits, according to a report released Monday by a major development group.

BRAZIL: World Social Forum for Global Equity, Say Activists

Published by Agence France Presse | By | Saturday, February 2, 2002

Activists at the second annual World Social Forum rejected the label ''anti,'' saying they were working for democracy and equitable distribution of wealth.

New Coalition of Computer Professionals and Human Rights Workers

Published by Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR) | By | Friday, February 1, 2002

Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR) today announced Privaterra, a new coalition of computer professionals, human rights workers and human rights organizations joined to harness the power of technology and help protect human rights workers worldwide.

USA: Halliburton -- To the Victors Go the Markets

Published by Facing South | By Jordan Green | Friday, February 1, 2002

The influence of big energy corporations in the Bush Administration is no secret. But the story of Dick Cheney and his former company, Halliburton Co., has received little attention -- and it may be the most important.

World Social Forum Conference on Transnational Corporations

Published by CorpWatch and Global Exchange | By Joshua Karliner and Ted Lewis | Friday, February 1, 2002

This paper was circulated prior to the Second World Social Forum in Porto Alegre, Brazil in February 2002. It was used as a point of departure to spark debate during a panel on transnational corporations, that CorpWatch co-chaired with Global Exchange, another San Francisco-based group.

USA: Enron Chair Gave List of Favored Names to White House

Published by Associated Press | By Marcy Gordon | Friday, February 1, 2002

A few months after the White House got a list of recommended candidates from former Enron Chairman Kenneth Lay, a friend and backer of President Bush, two of them were appointed to a federal energy commission.