[corp-focus] Focus on the Corporation column update

[robert weissman]

Dear Friends,

As you know, the Focus on the Corporation column has been on a long hiatus.

We started the column in 1998. Borrowing from the conservative group 
Focus on the Family, we titled the column Focus on the Corporation 
because it seemed to us (and still seems to us) that so many of the 
world's most serious problems trace to concentrated corporate power -- 
but are rarely characterized as such.

We had a good run through 2006, though the column became less regular 
towards the end of that time. We enjoyed working together and reporting 
on, analyzing and denouncing corporate abuses, as well as those in the 
public and nonprofit sectors unduly influenced by corporations. We liked 
reporting on, and learning from, those who were organizing and 
campaigning for a more just world. We were very pleased by the thousands 
of comments we received from readers -- some just a couple words of 
thanks (or complaint), some detailed exposes in their own rights, some 
heartfelt commentaries on corporate abuses that had touched people 
personally.

We published two collections of our columns as books, Corporate 
Predators in 1999, and On the Rampage in 2005.

But circumstances change over time. We plan to continue to collaborate 
together on various projects, but not on the Focus on the Corporation 
column.

Russell continues to edit Corporate Crime Reporter, and is now posting 
reports and comments on the journal's website nearly every day. To keep 
up with Russell's work, visit <www.corporatecrimereporter.com>.

Robert is going to take up again the Focus on the Corporation column, 
now as a solo venture. Columns will again be distributed over this 
listserv, as well as being posted on the Multinational Monitor editor's 
blog at <www.multinationalmonitor.org>.

The struggle for a more just world, a deeper democracy and a liveable 
planet is a permanent project. We look forward to continuing this work 
in collaboration with all of you.

Best,

Russell Mokhiber and Robert Weissman