UK Newswire Archive
The SHORTWAVE REPORT 12/3/04 ¡LISTEN GLOBALLY!
03-12-2004 00:11
A 30 minute review of news and opinion recorded from a shortwave radio. 2 files- broadcast quality (13.3MB) and quick download (3.3MB). With times and freqs for listening at home. Free to rebroadcast. Netherlands, Germany, China, Russia, Spain, and Cuba.Chemical concerns/ Institute still home to MIC stockpile
02-12-2004 17:57
Twenty years ago today, forty tons of lethal MIC gas leaked from a pesticide factory in Bhopal, India. The disaster has killed up to 20,000 people and left at least 150,000 chronically ill to date. Today, an American plant owned by Bayer still stores roughly four times the MIC that leaked at Bhopal. The factory accounts for more than 90 percent of the stockpiles in the US.Galloway wins libel action.
02-12-2004 17:35
NUS Protest in Cardiff Underattended
02-12-2004 17:34
Reports from the scene of the rally, which ended today's NUS march through Cardiff, say only around 1000 turned out to protest at the possibility of Welsh students failing to secure freedom from top up fees. If the campaign fails, then Labour in England will be off the hook. Should it suceed, Blair will be left abandoned at a crucial time (i.e. near a General Election).New Bulletin from Basque Observatory of Human Rights
02-12-2004 17:14
We are getting in touch again to let you know that our Bulletin Nº 17 is available at the usual address. Alternatively, you can access it directly by clicking on this link:
http://www.behatokia.info/docs/boletinak/Islada171104eng.zip Homeworkers demo, Cowley Road Tesco
02-12-2004 16:24
On Saturday December 11th there will be a demonstration outside Tesco on Cowley Road in support of the rights of homeworkers.Meet in the Tesco Metro car park at 11.30am.
Anarchist Bookfair 2004
02-12-2004 16:09
The annual Anarchist Bookfair took place in London at University London Union, Saturday 27 November 2004.Autonomy From Within -A proposal for change within the Geog dept. at Leeds Uni
02-12-2004 15:54
Proposal – The need for better inclusion of students from within the geography department and other departments (i.e. those taking geography as a minor subject or joint honours)EDO Tech 6 on trial 13-16th December - Come and Support
02-12-2004 15:47
EDO Tech 6 on trial 13-16th December - Come and SupportEMERGENCY APPEAL FROM NAOMI KLEIN
02-12-2004 13:53
The Zanon ceramic tile factory, a democratic, worker-run factory in Patagonia, is facing a serious threat of eviction, and the workers have asked us to gather international support for their struggle.To sign the petition, please click here:
http://www.PetitionOnline.com/zanon/petition.html G W Bush and what the STC are thinking for Jan 20
02-12-2004 13:28
On January 20, the date of president Bush's second-term inauguration, a protest will be held in London. Other groups may wish to consider doing something similar at a symbolically American site.We will also be organising a series of rallies around the country. These may in some cases be co-ordinated with a symbolic march or motorcade coming down from Scotland as a focus for activity in the towns through which it passes.
WE NEED TO START ORGANISING NOW< WE NEED TO FILL THE RUN UP WITH ACTIONS , MAKE BUSH NOT WANT TO COME TO BRITAN.
Documentary distributers discussion
02-12-2004 13:23
How are political docos going to fare in 2005?Trade Unions. Their Past, Present and Future
02-12-2004 12:48
Wenn die Gewerksgenossenschaften notwendig sind für den Guerillakrieg zwischen Kapital und Arbeit, so sind sie noch weit wichtiger als organisierte Kraft zur Beseitigung des Systems der Lohnarbeit selbst.
(INDIA) Drug majors lobby for patent bill safeguards
02-12-2004 11:02
The Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance (IPA) has approached finance minister P. Chidambaram seeking safeguards in the patents (amendment) bill to shield domestic firms from the onslaught of multinational companies who misuse the patents regime. The bill is expected to be introduced in the winter session of Parliament.IPA has stated that cases filed in the high courts of Delhi, Chennai, and Mumbai for exclusive marketing rights by global majors such as Novartis, GlaxoSmithKline, Bayer and Lilly for drugs used to treat cancer, diabetes, bacterial infections and impotency reflect this misuse
Mobile Bulletin Boards
02-12-2004 10:02
A technology called TxTMob was deployed to effect at the RNC in Noo Yawk. It's a sort of SMS bulletin board system - you send a text to a TxtMob group, and it gets relayed to all the subscribers to that group. http://www.txtmob.com/