Corporations on Trial

By Video Documentary
Al Jazeera
Wednesday, May 20, 2009



Introduction to the series: Corporations on Trial














People & Power’s Juliana Ruhfus on the use and abuse of corporate power



In a special nine-part series People & Power (an Al Jazeera program)�charts the rapidly growing number of lawsuits being brought against multi-national corporations.
War crimes, conspiracy, corruption and payments to terrorists are [...]

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Bill to Audit Fed Gains Serious Momentum

It looks like the Federal Reserve may finally have something to worry about now that HR 1207 is finally gaining serious steam. If enacted, HR 1207 will amend title 31 of the United States Code and reform the manner in which the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System is [...]

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Dollar Is Dirt, Treasuries Are Toast, AAA Is Gone

Commentary by Mark Gilbert
May 21 (Bloomberg) — The odds on the dollar, Treasury bonds and the U.S. government�s AAA grade all heading for the dumpster are shortening.
While currency forecasting is a mug�s game and bond yields can�t quite decide whether to dive toward deflation or surge in anticipation of inflation, every time I think about [...]

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Neocon Group Calls for Military Strikes on Media

by Jeremy Scahill, May 22, 2009
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In the era of embedded media, independent journalists have become the eyes and ears of the world. Without those un-embedded [...]

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Sri Lanka declares end to war with LTTE

� Rebel leader shot dead while fleeing war zone� Call for war crimes investigation into civilian deaths
The Sri Lankan government today formally declared an end to the 25-year civil war after the army took control of the entire island and killed the leader of the Tamil Tigers.
According to the Sri Lankan army, the chief of [...]

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Can the Obama administration stoke public outrage about AIG without getting burned?

Everyone is outraged about AIG. The president is outraged. Press secretary Robert Gibbs used the word (or some form of it) 13 times in his briefing Tuesday. Mild-mannered budget director Peter Orszag told reporters that among the White House staff, "the outrage is visceral." Members of Congress are competing to see who can be most outraged. The fever could almost become stimulative: Think of all the economic activity that would be produced if all 418 AIG bonus recipients purchased home-security systems to protect themselves from the advancing mob.

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What's wrong with white men? In search of an explanation by Kevin MacDonald

What's wrong with white men? In search of an explanation by Kevin MacDonald

In my previous column, I attempted to analyze two important sex differences in political behavior: Womens tendency to be attracted to wealthy, powerful men, and womens relati...

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