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In June, the world's most powerful heads of state will gather in Toronto with the purpose of shaping their preferred global order. The Dominion will publish a special issue on the G8 and G20 meetings and protests. Farmers in West Bengal, India have pushed Tata Motors off agricultural land.
"The West Bengal government acquired 1,000 acres of land for the Nano project in 2006.
"At least 10,000 farmers accepted compensation for their land, but approximately 2,000 of them rejected it as inadequate and demanded 400 acres of land be returned.
"'You cannot run a plant with police protection, you cannot run a plant when bombs are being thrown, you cannot run a plant when workers are being intimidated,' Tata said."
After working as a journalist for the Irving empire in New Brunswick, the Dominion represents a breath of fresh air: editors who actually check the facts, readers who have a basic understanding of current events and writers who dare to hold the powerful to account. The Dominion is easily the best thing on the web for east coast readers.