Firestone: Helping or hurting Liberians?

While I'm sure Dave Zirin's concern for the people of Liberia is sincere, his recent opinion piece regarding Firestone Natural Rubber operations contains a host of unfounded allegations and paints an unfair picture of the situation in Liberia. It is important to set the record straight...

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Concerns raised over Firestone's sponsorship of US Super Bowl given alleged labour & environmental abuses in Liberia

Firestone chief fires back

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31 Jan 2008

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[scroll down] Firestone's corporate spin - Official policy doesn't match plantation reality

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29 Jan 2008

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Artigo

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Firestone: Helping or hurting Liberians?

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29 Jan 2008

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Is the NFL on the right team?

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20 Jan 2008

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Firestone lawsuit (re Liberia)

[PDF] Out of Bounds - Accountability for Corporate Human Rights Abuse After Kiobel

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30 Set 2013

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Artigo

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Corporate liability for violating international law under The Alien Tort Statute: The corporation through the lens of globalization and privatization

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10 Jul 2013

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Artigo

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[PDF] Corporate Liability in a New Setting: Shell & the Changing Legal Landscape for the Multinational Oil Industry in the Niger Delta

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10 Dez 2012

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Corporate liability under Alien Tort Statute: Don't elevate form over substance

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26 Set 2011

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Supreme Court May Consider Whether Companies Can Be Sued Over Human Rights [USA]

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10 Ago 2011

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[PDF] Exaggerated rumours of the death of an Alien tort? Corporations, human rights and the remarkable case of Kiobel

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1 Ago 2011

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Artigo

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The Global Lawyer: Corporate Alien Tort Rouses from Its Deathbed

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18 Jul 2011

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Firestone wins Liberian child labor case in US

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13 Jul 2011

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Victims and courts fight to hold corporations accountable for human rights abuses, challenging Kiobel [USA]

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10 Jun 2011

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Artigo

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[PDF] “Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Corp. y los litigios transnacionales sobre derechos humanos”

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1 Jan 2011

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Artigo

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Kiobel's first victim: Flomo v. Firestone

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5 Out 2010

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[PDF] Think globally, sue locally: Out-of-court tactics employed by plaintiffs, their lawyers, and their advocates in transnational tort cases

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31 Mai 2010

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Artigo

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ERI Submits Reports to the U.N. on U.S. Corporate Accountability and Human Rights Litigation

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19 Abr 2010

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[PDF] Stakeholder Submission on United States Obligations to Respect, Protect and Remedy Human Rights in the Context of Business Activities

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19 Abr 2010

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Artigo

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[PDF] Business & Human Rights Resource Centre launches world’s first online portal profiling human rights lawsuits against companies

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28 Out 2008

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[scroll down] Firestone's corporate spin - Official policy doesn't match plantation reality

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29 Jan 2008

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Artigo

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Firestone: Helping or hurting Liberians?

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29 Jan 2008

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Artigo

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Is the NFL on the right team?

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20 Jan 2008

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Artigo

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Liberia's Supreme Court Recognizes New Firestone Workers' Union Leadership

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24 Dez 2007

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Don't Be Dubbed a Human Rights Abuser

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22 Out 2007

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Mittal Steel did the right thing – will Firestone? [Liberia]

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30 Abr 2007

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[video] Firestone Liberia - Al Jazeera (Part 1 & Part 2) [scroll down]

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14 Mar 2007

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Firestone's Liberian base called a 'gulag'

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31 Dez 2006

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Rubber plantation workers strike over conditions, pay, child labour [Liberia]

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10 Fev 2006

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Artigo

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Alien Tort Claims Act Lawsuit Alleges Slavery and Child Labor on Liberian Firestone Plantation

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30 Dez 2005

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Artigo

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Workers talk of hardship at Liberia's Firestone

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8 Dez 2005

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Artigo

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Labour group sues Bridgestone on Liberia rubber plantation

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18 Nov 2005

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Artigo

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Firestone: Helping or hurting Liberians?

Part of the following timelines

Concerns raised over Firestone's sponsorship of US Super Bowl given alleged labour & environmental abuses in Liberia

Firestone chief fires back

[scroll down] Firestone's corporate spin - Official policy doesn't match plantation reality

Firestone: Helping or hurting Liberians?

Is the NFL on the right team?

Firestone lawsuit (re Liberia)

[PDF] Out of Bounds - Accountability for Corporate Human Rights Abuse After Kiobel

Corporate liability for violating international law under The Alien Tort Statute: The corporation through the lens of globalization and privatization

[PDF] Corporate Liability in a New Setting: Shell & the Changing Legal Landscape for the Multinational Oil Industry in the Niger Delta

Corporate liability under Alien Tort Statute: Don't elevate form over substance

Supreme Court May Consider Whether Companies Can Be Sued Over Human Rights [USA]

[PDF] Exaggerated rumours of the death of an Alien tort? Corporations, human rights and the remarkable case of Kiobel

The Global Lawyer: Corporate Alien Tort Rouses from Its Deathbed

Firestone wins Liberian child labor case in US

Victims and courts fight to hold corporations accountable for human rights abuses, challenging Kiobel [USA]

[PDF] “Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Corp. y los litigios transnacionales sobre derechos humanos”

Kiobel's first victim: Flomo v. Firestone

[PDF] Think globally, sue locally: Out-of-court tactics employed by plaintiffs, their lawyers, and their advocates in transnational tort cases

ERI Submits Reports to the U.N. on U.S. Corporate Accountability and Human Rights Litigation

[PDF] Stakeholder Submission on United States Obligations to Respect, Protect and Remedy Human Rights in the Context of Business Activities

[PDF] Business & Human Rights Resource Centre launches world’s first online portal profiling human rights lawsuits against companies

[scroll down] Firestone's corporate spin - Official policy doesn't match plantation reality

Firestone: Helping or hurting Liberians?

Is the NFL on the right team?

Liberia's Supreme Court Recognizes New Firestone Workers' Union Leadership

Don't Be Dubbed a Human Rights Abuser

Mittal Steel did the right thing – will Firestone? [Liberia]

[video] Firestone Liberia - Al Jazeera (Part 1 & Part 2) [scroll down]

Firestone's Liberian base called a 'gulag'

Rubber plantation workers strike over conditions, pay, child labour [Liberia]

Alien Tort Claims Act Lawsuit Alleges Slavery and Child Labor on Liberian Firestone Plantation

Workers talk of hardship at Liberia's Firestone

Labour group sues Bridgestone on Liberia rubber plantation