22 May 2013

BY Andrew Brady Since the turn of the year there’s been a flurry of investigations and hearings by representative institutions across the Western world into the lengths that corporations go to in order to avoid paying taxes. Tax experts such as USi Advisory Board member Richard Murphy of the Tax Justice Network, and, Nick Shaxon [...]

21 May 2013

The Rick Smith Show is a union radio show that broadcasts across Pennsylvania. Tomorrow they go door to door to expose the retailers who refuse to sign the Bangladesh safety agreement. You can listen live, or download the podcast from the website. This Wednesday Rick Smith and guest host Pat LaMarche have invited listeners to join [...]

20 May 2013

- By Walton Pantland The Rana Plaza disaster in Bangladesh has shone a light on conditions in the textile industry, and put pressure on major retailers to take responsibility for their supply chains. Unions and campaigners have been applying pressure for years, but most companies have ignored it or paid lip service to demands to [...]

20 May 2013

Can we use the legal system to hold corporations to account in the US? Jeff Monahan looks at the opportunities and limitations. – By Jeff Monahan Typically an arms race is a competition between enemy states to innovate and design the most dangerous technology in order to gain the upper hand.  It requires (I imagine) meticulous [...]

16 May 2013

by Samantha Ritchie  Objectifying women is now prime time entertainment in Denmark. A new TV show objectifies women by allowing two men to critique their bodies while the woman remains silent. The ‘chat show’ entitled ‘Blachman’ is possibly the most sexist show in television history. Who is the brains behind this TV show you may [...]

16 May 2013

- By Peter Kenworthy According to a statement today from PUDEMO national spokesperson, Zakhele Mabuza, Wonder Mkhonza has been granted a bail of 15 000 emalangeni, approximately $1,650. Wonder Mkhonza was arrested on April 12 for allegedly possessing 5,000 political pamphlets, and the international ACT Now: Free Wonder Mkhonza campaign started by Africa Contact has [...]

15 May 2013

On 28 October 2012, he was arrested over HotDoc’s publication of a document which claimed to be the Lagarde list, a list of 1,991 names of Greek citizens with accounts at the Swiss branch of HSBC, suggesting that they could be tax evaders. The published list according to the magazine, “matched a list of 2,059 [...]

14 May 2013

USi news update, talking about developments in workers’ rights in Bangladesh, an international union campaign at National Express, our recent conferences with Kostas Vaxevanis and Yanis Varoufakis, and blood strawberries in Greece. You can watch the video:   Or download the podcast: Download