>Date: Mon, 6 Sep 1999 15:40:40 -0400 >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Originator: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Precedence: bulk >From: Robert Weissman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: Multiple recipients of list CORP-FOCUS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Corp-Focus Listserve Announcement >MIME-Version: 1.0 >X-Comment: Please see http://lists.essential.org for help > >LISTSERVE ANNOUNCEMENT: FOCUS ON THE CORPORATION > >Corp-Focus is a moderated listserve which distributes the weekly column >"Focus on the Corporation," co-authored by Russell Mokhiber, editor of >Corporate Crime Reporter, and Robert Weissman, editor of Multinational >Monitor magazine. > >To subscribe to Corp-Focus, send an e-mail message to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] with the following all in one line: > >subscribe corp-focus <your name> > >Focus on the Corporation scrutinizes the multinational corporation -- the >most powerful institution of our time. Once a week, it reports and >comments critically on corporate actions, plans, abuses and trends. >Written with a sharp edge and occasional irreverence, Focus on the >Corporation covers: > >* The double standards which excuse corporations for behavior (e.g., >causing injury, accepting welfare) widely considered criminal or shameful >when done by individuals; > >* Globalization and corporate power; > >* Trends in corporate economic blackmail, political influence and >workplace organization; > >* Industry-wide efforts to escape regulation, silence critics, employ new >technologies or consolidate business among a few companies; > >* Specific, extreme examples of corporate abuses: destruction of >communities, trampling of democracy, poisoning of air and water; and > >* The corporatization of our culture. > >You can check out back columns, and information about Mokhiber and >Weissman's book, Corporate Predators: The Hunt for MegaProfits and the >Attack on Democracy, at <http://www.corporatepredators.org>. > >Please post this notice on relevant lists, and accept our apologies for >cross-posting. >
