Our bible study last week was on 'social justice' and the book was Amos. Among the injustices described during that time and place, were oppression of the weak, continual prosperity of the rich whilst the poor were suffering, and the vibrant festivities to God but the lack of application in regular life. Why do I focus so much on the US, on GWBush's & company (Cheney, Rumsfeld, Ashcroft, plus corporate connections-Halliburton, Carlyle group, the now defunct-Enron) blunders or manipulations, and problems and events that happen in distant lands-Africa, Iraq?
  There is so much injustice around us, so much around the world, there are wars, famines, poverty, crime, corruption and greed. Yet the biggest injustice of all, is the inequality that exists between the haves and the have-nots,the rich and the poor, the Canadas and the Ugandas.And the worst thing, is that it's continuing and spreading, with the inequality gap in incomes,assets, possessions, and influence.  

  A lot of the injustice in existence derives from corporate influence and quest for profit. As such, a lot of this is controlled by the WorldBank, ILO and WTO. Then, the most powerful nations are all influenced by corporate influence. The reason why these giant corporations are to be feared and need to brought to public awareness is the unseen but immense power they wield with their corporate interests and goals, their manipulation of people via advertising, sponsoring, and (by influencing their lives and stroking their greed which allows for consumption of more and more products), their huge stocks of cash, assets, land and other forms of wealth, and lobbyists that all work to influence and control political policies, decisions, and actions all for their good, not regular people. The scary thing is that politicians are like pawns to these corporations and no matter who is in power, corporations heavily influence, corporations heavily influence them and thingscan only get worse.
  This is why international bodies- the WorldBank, International Monetary Fund and World Trade Organisation are all so reviled and distrusted by many, especially in poor,developing countries.
   Journalist Greg Palast (author of "The best democracy money can buy") is one who doesn't fear searching and revealing the truth. His book and articles provide detailed and information on the shady practices of the WTO, IMF and WorldBank, the Bush administration, large corporations including oil giants, Wal-mart and the now-defunct Enron.  Here's a few of his articles- this one reveals 2 situations (Ecuador and Tanzania) where IMF policies have done harm to the common people (which they were supposed to help).  This one details how the IMF  helped cause the fatal plunge of Argentina's economy in 2000 and 2001.
And this talks about the secret agenda of the WTO in implementing trade agreements that would weaken state rights over a country's resources and affairs like environmental standards, consumer laws and government regulation so allowing foreign corporations to have more freedom without much restraint and safeguards in their operations.