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PANUPS: Resource Pointer #358 (Corporate Power)

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Resource Pointer #358 (Corporate Power: New Threats to the Environment and Human

Rights)

 

March 10, 2004

 

For copies of the following resources, please contact the appropriate publishers

or organizations directly.

 

*Gangs of America: The Rise of Corporate Power and the Disabling of Democracy,

2003* Ted Nace. Examines the anti-corporate roots of American democracy and

traces the history and establishment of corporate power. Describes past and

present power struggles between big business and democracy and focuses on recent

developments, including the international expansion of corporate power through

trade agreements and globalization. 280 pages. Contact Berrett-Koehler, 235

Montgomery Street, Suite 650, San Francisco, CA 94104; phone (415) 288-0260; fax

(415) 362-2512; email bkpub; Web site http://www.berrettkoehler.com/.

 

*Food, Inc.: Corporate concentration from farm to consumer, 2003* UK Food Group.

Examines the demise of the family farm and the rise of corporate agricultural

throughout the world, and cites globalization, trade agreements, agricultural

commodity " dumping " , and new technologies as factors. Assesses the economic

implications of this shift and the threat to sustainable development goals.

Provides policy suggestions to mitigate the negative effects of this power shift

and ensure equity and fairness in the food system. 89 pages. Available for free

download at: http://www.ukfg.org.uk/. Contact UK Food Group, PO Box 100, London,

SE1 7RT; phone (02 07) 523-2369; fax (02 07) 620-0719; email ukfg;

Web site http://www.ukfg.org.uk/.

 

*Not for Sale, 2002 (video)* Mark Dworkin and Melissa Young. Explores

implications of trade agreements on patents, and the growing domain of corporate

ownership - now extending to knowledge and living organisms. Investigates the

ramifications for the environment, global food supplies, indigenous people, and

human rights. 31 minutes. US $195 for purchase (reduced rates available) and $45

for rent. Contact Bullfrog Films, P.O. Box 149, Oley, PA 19547; phone (800)

543-3764; fax (610) 370-1978; email video; Web site

http://www.bullfrogfilms.com/.

 

*Censorship, Inc.: The Corporate Threat to Free Speech in the United States,

2002* Lawrence Soley. Reveals strategies and legal processes employed by

corporations to restrict free speech. Discusses strategies for activists and

citizens to take back free speech and expose corporate threats to public health,

environmental health, and human rights. 320 pages. US $23.95. Contact Monthly

Review Press, 122 West 27th Street, New York, NY 10001; phone (800) 670-9499;

fax (212) 727-3676; email bookorder; Web site

http://www.monthlyreview.org/.

 

*Off the Books: Environment and Human Rights (video)* Sanford Lewis. Assesses

the current political and legal framework responsible for corporate

responsibility and accountability and reveals numerous inadequacies of this

system. Uses the recent Enron scandal to discuss corporate disclosure practices

and their effect on public health, social and environmental issues. 30 minutes.

US $18. Available for order at: http://www.foe.org/Merchant2/merchant.mv?.

Contact Friends of the Earth (FOE), 1025 Vermont Ave., NW, Suite 300,

Washington, DC, 20005; phone (877) 843-8687; fax (202) 783-0444; email

foe; Web site http://www.foe.org/.

 

We encourage those interested in having resources listed in the PANUPS Resource

Pointer to send review copies of publications, videos or other resources to our

office.

 

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