Why Global Capital Fears ‘Brexit’

By Helena Norberg-Hodge, Thomas Wallgren, Local Futures (ISEC)

Today, interlinked multinational banks and corporations constitute a de facto European government, determining economic activity through the ‘European market’....In other words, corporations run Europe.

Obama’s Trade Agreements are a Gift to Corporations

By Robert Kuttner, Common Dreams

On Thursday, legislation moved forward that would give President Obama authority to negotiate two contentious trade deals: the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).