(2022-08-01). Three Large American Multinationals Bought 17 Million Hectares of Ukrainian Agricultural Land. transcend.org These are Cargill, Dupont and Monsanto. For comparison, Italy has 16.7 million hectares of agricultural land. Among the main shareholders of these three companies are Vanguard, Blackrock and Blackstone. The usual suspects…
(2022-08-01). Italian government arrests militant unionists. iacenter.org By Martha Grevatt July 28, 2022 Six union leaders were placed under house arrest in Piacenza, Italy, in the early morning hours of July 19, under orders from the local prosecutor's office. Two are members of USB (Unione Sindacale di Base), and four belong to SI Cobas, two militant unions that represent workers in the logistics sector and have waged strikes recently against Amazon, FedEx and others. The six are charged with conspiracy to commit private violence, resistance to a public official, sabotage and interruption of public service. March to protest attacks on militant unions, Piacenza, Italy, July 23. Credi…