---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 27 Jan 1998 14:18:10 -0800 From: Sid Shniad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Forum on Labor in the Global Economy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: New listserve: Focus on the Corporation (fwd) > NEW 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 irreverency, 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; > * Issues, such as tort reform, of across-the-board interest to business; > and > * The corporatization of our culture. > > Please post this notice on relevant lists, and accept our apologies for > cross-posting. > > > > > >
