I've been meaning to post about a cool website that Corrie stumbled upon a while back, Transnationale.org. The information on this website has been culled from years of scrutinous research by an independent group located in France.
Among the types of information they provide (some for free, more details after you pay a 30 Euro charge): the revenues of the worlds largest companies; the names and salaries of those companies' executives; how many human rights violations those companies have incurred over the years; how many instances of lobbying and outright corruption those companies have engaged in; the types of labor practices those companies engage in; environmental disturbances; profit listings; the interconnectedness of the major corporations and their (sometimes secret) subsidiaries, and more.
Here is a sample list of the largest corporations in the world by sector by revenue. Seeing Boeing and BP atop the list for Aerospace & Defense and Energy Concerns respectively isn't new or bizarre, but seeing Cargill and Vivendi atop the list for Foodservice and Media respectively are names I hadn't heard of until this website.
Arm yourself with knowledge.
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