the festival, and at the labour Coll ference for positive legislation abortion. We need the kind of unity shown in the unemployment marches Liverpool, Glasgow and LonSuch action is required to take forward ine sirug gle women's rights raise the demands we want une next Labour ment to implement action committee woman's right work has been set up from planning group.
What you can do • Sponsor the call for the demo and send lotters of support or resolutions, Tron yOu women's groups or labour movement organisations.
modei resolutions and leaflets tion committee • Collect petition signatures.
Come to the next action committee meeting to help coordinate the call Contact the Action Committee for a Woman's Right Worr Festivai Planning Group, 374 Grays • Іпп Road, London WC1.
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Details about the trade has expanded considerably over the last two decades from 30m tons in 1960 to 180m in 1978, and ПОЙ billion. These com›alco accoull 1o aDol 35 per cent of all grain ex ported the United States. They also count for a large proportion of the grain exports of the other major exporting countries, and handle about 90 per cent of the EEC's trade in wheat and maize. Access Although the companies have substantial investments in grain and storage installations, shipping, transportation and grain processing on all continents their strength is their access trading capital. The companies al or nine figures at dozens of banks. Novembe 1977, Cargill had investments in and loans outstanding to subsidiaries and affiliates totalling more than $754m, using 43 banks, with an open line of credit for at least $300m in unsecured, short-term borrowing. and their ability to effect swift transactions through their private connections.
over a venom waca many large family companies have developed broader-based corporate structures, these companies have remained successful family-dominated transnationals. gaining some of their success from Van Gogh's 'View of cornfields', 1888. The grain merchants now hide their operations number of major grain trading 'coups, backed up by detailed information on personalities and events, and placed in the context of more general developments in the history of the wou said Nevertheless, he is very conscious that this work is only a pioneering effort.
He observes that 'multinawhat they pay in taxes and what effect they have on foreign policy - or much of anything else about them It tnese grain transnationals' power is to increased research into their operations is needed, as well as a constant vigilance over their activities. followed
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