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26-03-2004 11:36
See
http://www.enrager.net/current/g8/ for more details.
Cambridge against the G8?
The G8 (the leaders of the richest and most powerful nations) are holding their annual meeting in the UK in 2005. In keeping with the commitment of people around the world to oppose the policies that come out of such meetings, a network has been set up to co-ordinate resistance to the meeting next year.See
http://www.enrager.net/current/g8/ for more details.
14-03-2004 10:25
**BREAKING NEWS** THE RETURN OF ARISTIDE
Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman is currently on board a plane en route to the Central African Republic. She is accompanying a delegation that will escort President Jean-Bertrand Aristide to Jamaica, which has offered to host him. The delegation includes Rep. Maxine Waters, Randall Robinson, an emmisary of the Jamaican prime minister as well as Aristide's lawyer, Ira Kurzban.
12-03-2004 05:23
Call to Initiate a Social Forum Process for the East Anglia / Regions
This proposal was originated and endorsed at the recent AGM of Colchester Peace Campaign, attended by around 40 people. Activists from local movements resisting war, racism, GM crops, the commodification of education and privatisation, plus others, wish to initiate / join / expand the social forum process amongst movements in the east Anglian / Essex region.
10-03-2004 23:05
I wish I had a wall to protect my child from ayatollahs thugs and British electric batons!
THE WALL
I wish I had a wall to protect my child from ayatollahs thugs and British electric batons!
Stuff the Judiciary
08-03-2004 22:28
Demonstration outside STA Travel (Video)
Protest outside Cambridge STA Travel about their involvement in the tourism industry in Burma. (Mpeg Video 1:07 minutes 5.82 MBs)
07-03-2004 19:31
History is full of Monster figures, but none come close to khomeini and those who gave birth to him & Islamist terrorists.
Monster Makers at work
History is full of Monster figures, but none come close to khomeini and those who gave birth to him & Islamist terrorists.
28-02-2004 13:52
World Bank Education Policy: Market Liberalism Meets Ideological Conservatism
This article gives a good overview of neoliberal educational reforms in Argentina during the glory years of the mid-to-late 1990s, before the near-total collapse of the country's economy due to privatization, structural adjustment, dollarization and capital flight in 2001.
20-02-2004 14:42
Greenwash and The NGO-friendly Corporation
The following gives an interesting insight into how Corporations view the movement that opposes them and how they hope to gain credibility by co-opting the less radical elements by forming partnerships with them. It's long, but worth a read I think...
18-02-2004 09:43
Occupation, Inc.
The giant steam turbine at the Najibiya power plant is quiet. If the Russian engineers who built the original equipment over 30 years ago stopped by to take a look, they might have a hard time recognizing the machinery: over the years Iraqi engineers have replaced many of the original blue parts with a patchwork of white and grey makeshift materials.
16-02-2004 11:11
Ngo Factor At Wsf Worries Activists
In the third week of January, close to 90,000 people from around the world gathered in Mumbai as part of the fourth World Social Forum (WSF). The level of organization and sheer number of activists and intellectuals who participated in this event reflected the growing intensity and momentum of the anti-globalization movement.
09-02-2004 22:13
How Can We Resist Neo-Liberalism and War?' meeting is being hosted by Globalise Resistance, Britian's leading anti-capitalist group, in Cambridge on Wednesday 11th February at 7:00pm in the McCrum Lecture Theatre (Benet Street, next to
the Eagle Pub)
How Can We Resist Neo-Liberalism and War?
A 'Report Back from the World Social Forum in Mumbai:How Can We Resist Neo-Liberalism and War?' meeting is being hosted by Globalise Resistance, Britian's leading anti-capitalist group, in Cambridge on Wednesday 11th February at 7:00pm in the McCrum Lecture Theatre (Benet Street, next to
the Eagle Pub)
09-02-2004 12:33
As part of Cambridge University students’ One World Week, a group with links to the town is discussing how an international campaign could make all trade Fair Trade. The Simultaneous Policy campaign brings together people around the world to develop policies to tackle global problems, such as the unfair trading system.
Making all trade Fair Trade - Simultaneous Policy forum
Event: The Diamond, Selwyn College, 7.30 pm Friday 13 FebruaryAs part of Cambridge University students’ One World Week, a group with links to the town is discussing how an international campaign could make all trade Fair Trade. The Simultaneous Policy campaign brings together people around the world to develop policies to tackle global problems, such as the unfair trading system.
02-02-2004 11:31
Microsoft in human rights row - Gates's firm supplied technology used to trap Chinese dissidents, says Amnesty. The Guardian.
Microsoft in human rights row - Guardian
Like any other self-respecting multinational corporation:Microsoft in human rights row - Gates's firm supplied technology used to trap Chinese dissidents, says Amnesty. The Guardian.
17-01-2004 11:16
Cambridge talk on GATS and global trade inequalities
People and Planet talk upcoming:
05-01-2004 01:36
Struggle to close down military base military base on Diego Garcia
[Here is a report of an action planned for a reclamation of a US military base in Mauritius. Sounds very inspiring and potentially groundbreaking. Report received through the Women in Black network.]
02-01-2004 12:36
Cambridge campaign aims to stop climate change
The Cambridge Simultaneous Policy Adopters Group will be holding a public meeting with the title: "Achieving sustainable energy use" at 7.30 pm on Wednesday 7th January. Dr. Jonathan Köhler will present information on the problem of climate change - blamed in part for the freak weather experienced around the world in recent years - and ways to address it. John Bunzl, author and Director of the International Simultaneous Policy Organisation, will discuss how campaigners can compel politicians to bring in the changes necessary to guarantee our future survival.
21-12-2003 00:36
A rare look at the perspectives of a Tibetan lama living in exile.
Interview with a Tibetan Lama
A rare look at the perspectives of a Tibetan lama living in exile.
02-12-2003 09:41