July 2002's Issue
The shiny corridors of elite corporate gatherings. The revolving doors between business and regulators. We all know corporations wield enormous power, but few of us understand how it actually works. What are the tools corporations use to exercise influence? How powerful are corporate lobby groups? Is `Corporate Social Responsibility’ the new green? And what - or who - is driving the economic orthodoxy known as globalization?
This month’s NI, dedicated to investigative reporting, opens up the boardroom doors to bring you inside news of the corporate world order.
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Featured in issue 347
The Stone of Heaven
The Stone of Heaven by Adrian Levy and Cathy Scott-Clark
- Peter Whittaker
- 1 Jul 2002
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Return to nature
Local hunters have been converted to conservation, as Reem Haddad explains.
- Reem Haddad
- 1 Jul 2002
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In the Name of Osama bin Laden
In the Name of Osama bin Laden by Roland Jacquard.
- Peter Whittaker
- 1 Jul 2002
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A Female Cabby in Sidi Bel-Abbes
A Female Cabby in Sidi Bel-Abbes directed by Belkacem Hadjadj
- Nancy Barker
- 1 Jul 2002
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It’s democracy, stupid
Lots of people talk about corporate power, fewer can tell you how it actually works. Katharine Ainger sheds a little sunlight on the discussion.
- Katharine Ainger
- 1 Jul 2002
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For their eyes only
The confidential, corporate-friendly, free-trade agreement that deregulates democracy. Greg Palast has the documents.
- Greg Palast
- 1 Jul 2002
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Electromagnetic exposure: real risks or paranoia?
More and more studies are showing serious adverse health effects caused by electromagnetic fields (EMFs).
- Clare Doube
- 1 Jul 2002
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Mali Music
Mali Music by Afel Bocoum, Damon Albarn, Toumani Diabaté and friends.
- Louise Gray
- 1 Jul 2002
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Facial-hair cream to the rescue
Why facial-hair cream has become a lifesaver in Africa
- Nicolette Jackson and Sean Healy
- 1 Jul 2002
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John Ashcroft
US Attorney General John Ashcroft thinks he is doing God’s work – undoing decades of progress on civil liberties.
- 1 Jul 2002
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Geetaben and Shakila
Urvashi Butalia expresses her despair over the mass killings in Gujarat, India.
- Urvashi Butalia
- 1 Jul 2002
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Sudan
In 1956 Africa’s largest country was released from the curious condominium status it had enjoyed under joint British and Egyptian rule.
- Steve Sherman
- 1 Jul 2002
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The big guns
Who is profiting from the ‘war on terror’? Tim Shorrock investigates the Bush family’s links with defence contractor the Carlyle Group.
- Tim Shorrock
- 1 Jul 2002
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Rogue superpower
David Ransom fears we may be sleepwalking towards nuclear war.
- David Ransom
- 1 Jul 2002
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A short history of Corporations
A whirlwind ride from the East India Company to ExxonMobil, replete with monopolies, 19th-century free-trade bun fights and revolutions.
- 1 Jul 2002
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Interview with Mujeres Creando
The new NI interview section features feminist art guerrillas Mujeres Creando, from Bolivia.
- Katharine Ainger
- 1 Jul 2002
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Earth summit for sale
On the eve of the Earth Summit in Johannesburg, Katharine Ainger finds out how the UN learned to stop worrying and love big business; PLUS deconstructing corporate eco-speak, with help from Orwell.
- Katharine Ainger
- 1 Jul 2002
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The Naked Lobbyist
Corporate Europe Observatory uncovers the mightiest business lobby groups you’ve never heard of.
- 1 Jul 2002
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A tale of two coups
What happens when a country offends transnationals? Greg Palast reveals the suppressed story of the military coup in Venezuela and compares it with the international financiers’ coup in Argentina.
- Greg Palast
- 1 Jul 2002
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