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Junk Food Nation
Citation: Ruskin, Gary and Schor, Juliet, "Junk
Food Nation", The Nation, August 29, 2005.
Summary: "Big Food" conglomerates, with the
cooperation of the Bush/Cheney administration, increase profits by
marketing junk food to children. Food industry lobbyists provide
generous financial contributions to political campaigns. "Big Food"
corporations claim that parents permit children to lead sedentary
lifestyles. Public opinion supports restrictions on junk food marketing
to children, particularly in schools.
This article can be found on the web at: http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20050829&s=ruskin
Pirates of the
Corporation
Citation: Kurlantzick, Joshua, "Pirates of the
Corporation", Mother Jones, July-August 2005
Summary: Utilizing the Alient Tort Claims Act
(ATCA), a 1789 Congressional statute which said that violations of
international law could be heard by U.S. judges, Terry Collingsworth,
Executive Director of the International Labor Rights Fund, assisted
Burmese villagers forced into slave labor for Unocal. In the late
1970's and early 1980's, the ATCA had been used to sue foreign human
rights abusers on behalf of not only Americans but also injured
citizens of foreign countries with weak judiciaries. More recently,
attorneys have used the ATCA to sue American companies for human rights
abuses committed overseas. So far, lawyers have filed more than two
dozen such cases. Collingsworth facilitated the first legal settlement
under the ATCA by a multinational company--a payout by Unocal to the
Burmese villagers in a sum in the tens of millions. No plaintiff has
yet won an ATCF case against a company.
This article can be found on the web at: http://www.motherjones.com/news/outfront/2005/07/ATCA.html
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