Society - Activism - Anti-Corporation

Society - Activism - Anti-Corporation

Corporate Greed - Dumping the Internet - The big ones want to control the internet, but - they forgot the online community. Etoys were beaten - now for the RIAA!
PGInfo.net - PETA campaign against Proctor & Gamble animal tests, in which workers drip chemicals into animals' eyes, force them to inhale and swallow lethal doses of poisonous compounds, and rub irritating substances onto their shaved and raw skin.
Boycott Fedex -Save our homes - A group of residents from Greensboro, North Carolina who actively oppose the building of a FedEx hub in their area.
GapSucks.org - Features news on boycott of the Fisher Family, GAP, Old Navy, and Banana Republic.
Essential Action: Boycott Shell/Free Nigeria Campaign - The campaign for environmental justice and corporate accountability for Shell's operations in Nigeria. Background, tools and action ideas for campaigning in your community or campus.
Primal Seeds - "Untangling ourselves from the monocult." Challenging the corporate domination of the seed supply, industrial biopiracy and irresponsible control of our food.
Compaq Class Action Suit - Class action lawsuit against Compaq for producing allegedly defective Presarios from 1996-1997.
Stop eBay Now - Call for boycott of the eBay online auction company.
CokeSpotlight - Campaign against Coca-Cola's use of global-warming gases in its 16 million refrigeration units worldwide, possibly making it "the worst commercial HFC polluter on the planet".
ChexSystems Bites - Information on ChexSystems, a database of accounts closed by banks. Tips and suggestions about how to survive after ending up in a Chex Systems report.
No Logo - Taking Aim at the Brand Bullies - News on the politics of brand hegemony and corporate power, and of acts of organized and disorganized resistance from all over the world. A forum for discussion and debate, and for sharing information, strategies of subversion and creative alternatives.
Socialism Today on World Trade Organization - Single page review of the powerful gathering of protestors in Seattle in 1999.
The Imperial Orgy Community - Offers network of activists ranging from street theater to TV works which oppose corporate power.
Bhopal.net: Campaign News - Regular updates on campaign for justice in Bhopal, the class action suit against Union Carbide Corporation, and activities of organizations for survivors of the Union Carbide disaster.
Swatch Protest and Boycott - In 1999, Swatch tried to use ham radio bands for advertising in violation of ITU rules via satellite. Amateur radio operators protested and the launch was cancelled.
Save Our Supermarket: Woodstock - Dedicated to opposing the corporate invasion of Woodstock NY by CVS Pharmacy and to preserve the site of the former Grand Union for a supermarket.
Citizen Works - Group working on a campaign to eliminate the corosive political influence of corporations and restore democracy to the people. Founded by Ralph Nader.
Boycott Georgia Pacific - Urges a boycott of G-P's products unless construction is halted on a pipeline that endangers the St. Johns River in Florida.
McLibel: Two Worlds Collide - 60-minute documentary on the 2.5-year court case by McDonald's against a London couple who passed out anti-McDonald's leaflets.
McSpotlight - Large site spotlighting McDonald's exploitation of animals, people and the environment. Including information, news, public discussion rooms. Also spotlights abuses of several other multinationals.
McCruelty to go - PETA's "Unhappy Meal" campaign against McDonald's. The campaign is in a one-year moratorium following improvements in McDonald's treatment of chickens.
Breaking the Fast Food Chain - Article about Jennifer Beatty's protest of Morain Valley Community College's "McDonald's Student Center" and subsequent suspension. [Adbusters]
McLibel Mailing List Home File - Archive of the McLibel mailing list
VeggieFries - McDonald's covered up the fact that it seasons its French fries with beef. VeggieFries asks people to tell McDonald's what they think of this deception.
McVegan - Vegan Action events featuring Reggie McVeggie mascot giving away free "veggie burgers" and health information.
Why the McLibel Judge Ruled for McDonald's - "The outcome of the McLibel case provides a dramatic example of what happens when the 'burden of proof' is shifted in libel cases." [PR Watch]
McLibel Trial, The - Feature article on the longest civil case in British history. [Corporate Watch]
Inviting the McWolf into the Fold - Article characterizing McDonald's involvement in opening schools to the direct influence of companies through 'Education Action Zones' (EAZs) as a threat to education. [Corporate Watch]
Why Does McDonald's Lie in Their Ads? - A message board for all individuals to post their comments about the chain.
I Hate McDonald's Page - Offers personal opinions about McDonald's and their food.
McDonald's: A symbol of American capitalism - Opinion column about McDonald's representing the USA's world domination, by columnist Robert Paul Reyes.
Why McDonald's Fries Tastes So Good - Article from book on the company.
Burgers in Chile: Hold the Criticism - "Carmen Calderón walked into a McDonald's restaurant here late last year to complain that her son had come down with food poisoning after eating one if its hamburgers. Hoping for an apology, she is instead facing a $1.25 million lawsuit." By Larry Rohter. [New York Times] [Free registration required.]
Workers Resistance Against McDonald's - Forum for McWorkers fighting against the poor employment practices of McDonald's.
State Deparment To Mayor McCheese: Clean Up Your Town! - "A State Department investigation has tentatively concluded that the McDonald's chain in Maryland had grossly exploited hapless Polish and Slovak students who had been brought in on a summer work and travel programme." News and reader discussion. [Plastic]
News for McDonald's Franchisees - A database of news and links relating to alleged predatory and unethical behavior of the McDonalds corporation towards its franchisees.
Boycott Nike Home Page (Anti-Nike) - For everyone that disagrees with slave labor.
Nikewatch - Up to date information about conditions in factories producing for Nike and the international campaign to convince Nike to improve them.
Olympic Living Wage Project - Human rights initiative designed and implemented to humanize Nike factory workers in Indonesia. Compares the wages of workers and owners. Offers photo archive, daily journal, worker basic needs research, and interviews plus background on the sweatshop issue.
Nike Contract Factories in Indonesia - An interim report on workers' needs and aspirations in nine Nike contract factories in Indonesia. Three part report of the Global Alliance for Workers and Communities in partnership with Atma Jaya Catholic University and Nike Inc.
ABCNEWS.com: Cross Talk Between Nike and Student - Email correspondence between Jonah Peretti and a Nike representative about ordering shoes that were too personalized.
Malibu Barbie, Holiday Barbie ... Toxic Barbie? - Some vintage toys may ooze chemical that could harm kids. [WebMD]
Barbie Protesters Aren't Playing Around - Article about Pink Anger boycott against Mattel [LA Times]
Sorehands.com: Mattel v. Free Speech - Former Mattel employee, fired for seeking treatment for tendinitis contracted on the job, speaks out and tries to hand out flyers at Mattel stockholders' meeting.
Talk About Barbie - John C. Dvorak writes about doing an innocent search for Barbie and discovering the Pink Anger boycott. [ZDNet]
Mattel Spyware - Story and discussion board. [Slashdot]
Software That Can Spy On You - "Why did Mattel include technology that can encrypt and send data to and from your PC in its children's CD-ROMs?" [Salon]
Anti-Barbie Club - Former Barbie collectors who have turned against Barbie dolls because of her negative effect in society and actions by Mattel Inc.
The Nestle Boycott - Links to information about the worldwide boycott of Nestle products and the WHO/UNICEF International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes.
Information page on the Nestle Boycott - A guide to the ongoing boycott of nestle products, due to alleged non compliance with the WHO code for promotion of milk substitutes
Baby Food Action: Boycott Nestle and Wyeth - Information and links about the boycott. Includes list of Australian brands of Nestle, Wyeth Pharmaceutical, and Mead-Johnson/Bristol-Myers.
Baby Milk Action - The latest on the baby milk campaign and the Nestlé boycott. New information is posted at least once a month.
Nestle Boycott - Basic information about the reasons to boycott and what products are manufactured and sold by this firm.
Breastfeeding.com: The Nestle Boycott - Reasons behind the ongoing boycott, and illustrated partial list of Nestlé products.
Grandmothers for Peace: Nestle Boycott - Boycott of Nestle products until they cease production of the "Nestle Nuclear Chocolate" bar. According to Nestle, the bar is "intended to deliver fun and excitement... The word 'Nuclear' is used in a fun, 'cool' manner to communicate the product's energy."
A Formula for Disaster - "Nestle has a history of trying not only to improve its image but to discredit the IBFAN movement and the boycott campaigns in particular." [Multinational Monitor]
Nestle in the McSpotlight - Brief overview of the boycott.
NetAction: Let Students Decide What Software to Buy - A "campus action tool kit", including a sample letter, petition, and flyer for opposing Microsoft technology contracts at colleges and universities.
AntiMicrosoft UK - Anti-Microsoft logo program, campaign for ISPs and retailers, Microsoft boycott list, and a Microsoft complaint form.
The Gneech's Micro$oft Boycott Page - Why and how to boycott Microsoft.
Boycott Microsoft - Say no to monopolies.
IHateBillGates.Com - Discusses the law suit.
Stop Microsoft - "To get people off Windows we need to educate people and change the way they think and work"
KMFMS - Kein Mitleid Für MicroSoft - Devoted to Microsoft's downfall.
Anti-Micro$oft Association - Why Microsoft, and what can be done about it?
Anti Smart Tags Code - Prevent Microsofts "smart tags" on your web page.
Government Contracts - Why Does Microsoft Still Have Them? - Should a company convicted of abusing monopoly status have contracts with the goverenment that convicted them? OSopinion.com.
Just Say NO to Microsoft - A directory of alternatives to Microsoft products and services.
Microsoft Must Be Stopped - Monopolies, browsers, and Navy ships blue screened. Links and general information on how to get free of Microsoft.
NetAction's Microsoft Archives - Archive of NetAction's Microsoft-related publications.
I've had enough MS-Hype - A look at the view opposite the Microsoft spin machine.
Anti Microsoft Library - Why you should care about the way they do buisness, and what you can do about it.
Time to stand up to Microsoft - Microsoft's upgrade policy for "Microsoft Arrogance XP" deserves a boycott.
Appropriate technology? Windows versus GNU/Linux - Imagine you are putting water pumps into a village in Africa, and you have a choice between two products... an analogy for operating system choice.
Windows Twelve Step Program - Program for overcoming and recovering from, the use of the Microsoft Windows operating system.
Anti-Microsoft/Wintel Campaign Headquarters - Why MS stiffles businesses and innovation, and how to fight back.
Wayne Hayes' Why Microsoft Sucks - Large collection of Microsoft security related emails, nd links to similar content.
No Microsoft - Choose substance over flash.
Living Without Microsoft - "XPloring" the realistic alternatives to Microsoft software.
MSBC's The Alternative - Replacements for Microsoft software, services and hardware. Includes reviews and outside links.
The Smash Micro$oft Page - Guy Dunphy's "Home of the Anti-Microsoft League."
Frustrated Microsoft users explore options - Frustration with Microsoft is prompting more companies to consider "un-Windows" alternatives.
BW Online -Arrogance, Thy Name Is Microsoft - Office users are steamed at Gates & Co.'s demand that they register their software.
Welcome to fuckMicrosoft.com - The ultimate expression of intolerance for Microsoft's unfair exploitation of the personal computer operating system and software markets, fuckMicrosoft.com offers e-mail forwarding and virtual hosting solutions for the ever-growing anti-Microsoft and anti-Windows communities.
Downsize Microsoft - A programers view on why Microsoft should be avoided.
Reasons to avoid Microsoft - Updated articles and explinations of why you don't want Microsoft software.
Disney Boycott - Links to sites that are promoting a boycott of anything Disney for various reasons.
Southern Baptists vote for Disney boycott - Leaders of the Southern Baptists, the nation's largest Protestant denomination, voted Wednesday to boycott Walt Disney Co. and its subsidiaries for what it called the company's "anti-Christian and anti-family direction." [CNN]
Corporate Watch - Action alert for letter writing campaign opposing Disney and McDonald's sweatshops in Vietnam.
Mickey Mice Unite! - Disney's $700 million man, Michael Eisner, puts the squeeze on workers at home while his Mom 'n' apple-pie company tosses workers 6 cents an hour abroad. [Salon]
Rally Against Disney - Rally by Communications Workers of America (CWA) union against Disney's unfair treatment of workers.
Disney Cruise From Hell - The Perez family's negative experience on a 1998 Disney vacation cruise.
Albion Monitor: Kathie Lee, Disney, and the Sweatshop Uproar - Controversy about Kathie Lee Gifford's clothing line has thrown harsh light on a TV star accused of profiting from labor at sweatshops. By Norman Solomon.
NoAmazon.com - Critique of Amazon.com's business and legal practices.
The Amazon of All Boycotts - Article about open-source proponent Richard Stallman's boycott of Amazon.com following the company's victory in a patent suit against rival Barnes and Noble.
GNU Project: Boycott Amazon! - Richard Stallman of the GNU Project calls for a boycott of Amazon for enforcing its patent on the obvious concept of one-click purchasing.
Ask Tim: Software Patents Issue - Article by Tim O'Reilly (of computer manual publisher O'Reilly & Associates) criticizing Amazon.com and starting a petition which gained 10,000 signatures.
Amazon Wins Court Ruling in Patent Case - Signaling that many common features on Web sites can be patented, a federal judge has ordered Barnesandnoble.com to stop using a "one click ordering" system that Amazon.com patented. [New York Times] [Free subscription required]
Amazon.com Patents Enemy-Making Process - Article about the coverage generated by Amazon's affiliate link patent. [The Standard]
Amazon sues Barnesandnoble.com over patent - The Net retail giant sues Barnesandnoble.com, alleging that the rival book and music e-tailer illegally copied Amazon's patented 1-Click technology. [CNet]
Boycott Amazon - Article by Richard Stallman calling for boycott and reader responses. [Linux Today]
Wired on Amazon.com Boycott - Discussion of Wired article on the Amazon.com boycott. [Slashdot]
Richard Stallman Calls for Amazon Boycott - Discussion of Linux Today article by Richard Stallman. [Slashdot]

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