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resources for corporate campaigners

There is a wealth of information about specific companies and corporate campaigns on the web and elsewhere. This section spotlights some of the most interesting and important resources that corporate campaigners can use to arm themselves.

websites about specific tncs

bayerwatch
www.cbgnetwork.de

boycott shell
www.essentialaction.org/shell/index.html

cokespotlight
www.cokespotlight.org

exxonmobil and esso
www.pressurepoint.org
www.stopesso.com

kraft
www.gefoodalert.com

nikewatch
www.caa.org.au/campaigns/nike

rio tinto
www.foe.co.uk/campaigns/corporates/press_for_change/email_rio_tinto/index.html
www.icemna.org/ecmprio.htm (International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers' Unions)
www.mpi.org.au (Minewatch)

starbucks
www.biodemocracy.org/Starbucks/starbucks.html
www.foe.org/safefood/starbucks.html

wal-mart watch
www.walmartwatch.net

organizations working on tncs

adbusters
www.adbusters.org
Coordinates global “Buy Nothing Day” and does great spoofs on corporate advertising.

baobab's corporate power information center
www.baobabcomputing.com/corporatepower
Contains over 400 books and articles that explore, expose, and critique the domination of global business, politics, and culture by large corporations.

clean clothes campaign
www.cleanclothes.org

corporate accountabilty project
www.corporations.org
Website includes information about researching individual corporations as well as extensive "corporate dirt archives".

corporate europe observatory
www.xs4all.nl/~ceo

corpwatch
www.corpwatch.org
Coordinates the Alliance for a Corporate-free United Nations.

corporate watch
www.corporatewatch.org
Detailed profiles on major corporations listed by industry sector.

economic policy institute
http://www.epinet.org

ethical consumer
www.ethicalconsumer.org
Ethical Consumer maintains Corporate Critic, a database containing abstracts from publications critical of the activities of over 20,000 companies worldwide.

global policy forum
www.globalpolicy.org/
Global Policy Forum monitors policy-making at the United Nations and has an archived collection of articles on TNCs.

grassroots globalization network
www.earthisland.org/ggn

infact
www.infact.org
US-based corporate watchdog organization known for its boycotts of Nestle, General Electric and the tobacco industry.

institute for policy studies
www.ips-dc.org

international forum on globalization
www.ifg.org

multinational clearinghouse
www.essential.org/monitor/monitor.html
Publishes an excellent magazine of the same name

new economics foundation
www.neweconomics.org

organic consumers association
www.biodemocracy.org

sweatshopwatch
www.sweatshopwatch.org

print and electronic publications

challenging corporate rule: The Petition to Revoke Unocal's Charter as a Guide to Citizen Action, Robert Benson, Apex Press, 2000.

challenging corporations: Introduction to FoE's Corporate Campaign, September 2000.
Available as a PDF file on FoE England, Wales and Northern Ireland's website (www.foe.co.uk).

controlling corporate wrongs: The Liability of Multinational Corporations. Legal possibilities, initiatives and strategies for civil society. IRENE conference report, Warwick, March 2000.
Available from peterpennartz@irene-network.nl.

the corporate planet: Ecology and Politics in the Age of Globalization, Joshua Karliner, Sierra Club Books.
Order at www.corpwatch.org.

focus on the corporation
Weekly articles on corporate power available at www.essential.org/monitor/focus/focus.index.html.

global dreams: Imperial Corporations and the New World Order. Richard J. Barnet and John Cavanagh, Touchstone, 1994.

the green capitalists, Mikael Nyberg., FoE Sweden.
Order at www.mjv.se/mbok/greencap.html.

greenhouse gangsters vs. climate justice . CorpWatch.
Order at www.corpwatch.org.

greenwash: The Reality Behind Corporate Environmentalism, Jed Greer and Kenny Bruno, Apex Press.
Order at www.corpwatch.org.

investing in a better future - Your Money and the Global Environment, January 2000.
Available as a PDF file on FoE England, Wales and Northern Ireland's website (www.foe.co.uk).

multinational monitor
Available online at www.essential.org/monitor/index.html.

no logo: Taking Aim at the Brand Bullies, Naomi Klein, Picador USA.

resource rebels: Native Challenges to Mining and Oil Corporations
Al Gedicks, Southend Press 2001.

stealing our water - Implications of GATS for Global Water Resources, October 2001.
Available as a PDF file on FoE England, Wales and Northern Ireland's website (www.foe.co.uk).

tangled up in blue: Corporate Partnerships at the United Nations. CorpWatch, 2000.
Available at www.corpwatch.org/un/reports/tangled.html.

there is an alternative: Subsistence and Worldwide Resistance to Corporate Globalization. Edited by Bennholdt-Thomsen, Faraclas and von Werlhof, Zed Books, 2001.

tncs and the south: Ten Reasons to Stand Up and Fight, FoE Finland, 2000.
Available at www.oras.net/tncsouth.html

top 200: The Rise of Corporate Global Power, Institute for Policy Studies, 2000.
Available as a PDF file at www.ips-dc.org/projects/globalecon.htm

undp development report 2001 .
Available at www.unctad.org.

when corporations rule the world , David Korten, Kumarian Press, 1995.