Corporation Anti Activism

Corporation Anti Activism

Corporation

Protests, boycotts, strikes, class action suits, and other organized actions against corporations.

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- News on the politics of brand hegemony and corporate power, and of acts of organized and disorganized resistance from all over the world. A forum for discussion and debate, and for sharing information, strategies of subversion and creative alternatives.

- Offers network of activists ranging from street theater to TV works which oppose corporate power.
- Urges a boycott of G-P's products unless construction is halted on a pipeline that endangers the St. Johns River in Florida.
- Divestment program and boycott protesting Delta's invasive CAPPS II background checks, which include banking history and credit checks.
- PETA campaign against Proctor & Gamble animal tests.
- Campaign against Coca-Cola's use of global-warming gases in its 16 million refrigeration units worldwide, possibly making it "the worst commercial HFC polluter on the planet".
- Supplies information and calls for boycott of Unilever, Philip Moris, Nestle, Wal-Mart, and McDonald's.
- Single page review of the powerful gathering of protestors in Seattle in 1999.
- A group of residents from Greensboro, North Carolina who actively oppose the building of a FedEx hub in their area.
- Group working on a campaign to eliminate the corosive political influence of corporations and restore democracy to the people. Founded by Ralph Nader.
- Features news on boycott of the Fisher Family, GAP, Old Navy, and Banana Republic.
- "Untangling ourselves from the monocult." Challenging the corporate domination of the seed supply, industrial biopiracy and irresponsible control of our food.
- In 1999, Swatch tried to use ham radio bands for advertising in violation of ITU rules via satellite. Amateur radio operators protested and the launch was cancelled.
- Regular updates on campaign for justice in Bhopal, the class action suit against Union Carbide Corporation, and activities of organizations for survivors of the Union Carbide disaster.
- The campaign for environmental justice and corporate accountability for Shell's operations in Nigeria. Background, tools and action ideas for campaigning in your community or campus.
- Class action lawsuit against Compaq for producing allegedly defective Presarios from 1996-1997.
- Dedicated to opposing the corporate invasion of Woodstock NY by CVS Pharmacy and to preserve the site of the former Grand Union for a supermarket.

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