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By J. Nathaniel Daygbor
The Firestone Rubber Plantation Company in Harbel, Margibi County is making claims of gains it is making in its activities since the sitting of the Ellen-led government, such as housing and education, but a local environmental group thinks otherwise.
Save My Future Foundation (SAMFU) says the company is abusing its [...]

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In this video, Emira Woods, co-director of Foreign Policy in Focus, moderates a discussion at the Institute for Policy Studies on the Stop Firestone Campaign with Edwin Cisco (Secretary General of the Firestone Agricultural Workers Union of Liberia) and Christian Levesque (Conrad & Scherer).
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Yesterday, the Stop Firestone coalition held a protest outside of the DC office of Public Strategies, Inc.  Public Strategies is the public relations firm which represents Firestone.  They publicly distort Firestone’s long history of exploitation on their rubber plantation in Liberia.  Activists in DC rallied outside of [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
JULY 23, 2008
Contact: Tim Newman, tim.newman[at]ilrf.org, 202-347-4100 x113
Martha Guarnieri, Martha[at]ilrf.org
COALITION ProtestS Public Strategies IN DC
Protest Targets Public Relations Firm That Helps Firestone Hide Worker Exploitation in Liberia
WASHINGTON, DC – On Wednesday, July 23 from 12 noon to 1:00 pm, members of the Stop Firestone Coalition will hold a lively [...]

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By James Butty
Human rights activists will hold a demonstration Wednesday in Washington in front of a public relations office representing the Bridgestone/Firestone Rubber Company. Today’s protest comes on the heel of a new report which accuses the company of a wide range of abuses on its plantation in [...]