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04/27/2004:

"Helping Bush bushwhack justice"

George Bush's government is trying to persuade the US supreme court to strike down the most progressive and pro-human rights law on the American statute books - a law which allows multinational corporations to be held accountable in the US courts for human rights abuses abroad. It is not particularly surprising that a Republican government with links to big business should be behind such a move. But what has largely escaped notice is that Tony Blair's Labour government is busy cheering it on from the wings. www.guardian.co.uk