The stock market may be up, but for working people the global political economy is likely to remain in crisis for at least another three to five years.
A few states now require companies to disclose some of their fracking chemicals, but some say the requirements aren't enough to understand health and environmental risks.
Amy Goodman, Juan Gonzalez, Democracy Now!. December 28, 2010.
Then-U.S. ambassador to France Craig Stapleton was concerned about France's decision to ban cultivation of GM corn produced by Monsanto and threatened recourse.
Retirement age is not really the issue at all. This is about union busting and "putting people in their place." It's about in whose interests will society be run.
Workers who have contributed to France's steadily increasing wealth over decades are enraged that Sarkozy is re-neging on his campaign promise to not raise retirement age.
Panels display "Everyone has the right to a decent standard of living," "No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of property." A short distance away is evidence to the contrary.
Despite a widespread crisis of confidence inspired by the failures of privatization and the global economic crisis, the private water industry is far from giving up the ghost.