WHAT'S NEW ON CORPORATE WATCH The Watchdog on the Web <http://www.corpwatch.org> September 2, 2000 ELECTION COVERAGE Al Gore: The Other Oil Candidate http://www.corpwatch.org/feature/election/goreoil.html Candidate Gore rails against "big oil." But he's cozy with Occidental Petroleum -- a major environmental and human rights violator. This investigative report looks at how Oxy is trampling the rights of indigenous peoples in the US and Colombia. It also explores Gore's family ties to the corporation which date back to his father, Al Gore, Sr. UN and CORPORATIONS Tangled Up in Blue: Corporate Partnerships at the United Nations http://www.corpwatch.org/globalization/un/tangled.html As world leaders gather for the Millenium Summit in New York, "We The Peoples" of the United Nations are asking a momentous question: Will corporations rule the world or will they be subordinated by governments and civil society to the universal values of environmental, labor and human rights? Or, to ask it another way, are McDonald's, Nike and Disney companies that represent universal educational and cultural values? Do giant oil companies like Shell, BP and Chevron hold the keys to sustainable development? This just released, in-depth report by Corporate Watch parent organization TRAC attempts to answer some of these questions. UN and CORPORATIONS Teach-In: Economic Globalization and the Role of the United Nations http://www.corpwatch.org/globalization/un/nyt-teachin.html Can the United Nations Be Salvaged? This forum organized by the International Forum on Globalization and co-sponsored by TRAC, brings together activists and intellectuals from around the world to question and challenge the role of corporations in the UN. Held at New York's town hall on Spetember 5th as the Millenium UN General Assembly opens. -30- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAAMN-ANNOUNCE: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network - Announcements -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=unsubscribe%20laamn-announce> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=subscribe%20laamn-announce> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digest: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=subscribe%20laamn-announce-digest> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=laamn-announce> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive1: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive2: <http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn-announce> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive3: <http://archive.tao.ca> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- <home.labridge.com/~laamn> | LAAMN | <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
