UK Indymedia - UK Climate Chaos Newswire Archive

Four-figure police payout

10-11-2008 01:28

Oxford student recieves four-figure police payout for water bottle arrest debacle

Solutions to economic & climate chaos: politics of self-interest or society?

09-11-2008 14:05

Many economies and livelihoods are dependent on discretionary spending. It's quite clear that following years of increases in employment and business creation, that there looks set to be an increase in unemployment and business failures, which will have an enormous impact on workers. What lessons can we learn from socialism, unity and positive and constructive environmental action in both dealing with the downturn and helping the climate and the proletariat alike?

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The Observer: Police warn of growing threat from eco-terrorists

09-11-2008 01:04

NETCU warns a 'lone maverick' eco-extremist may try to kill large numbers of Britons to help reduce Earth's population by 80 per cent. The Kingsnorth climate camp is affiliated to Earth First! - or so says the Observer.

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Veg*n Climate March - Sat 6 Dec 2008

08-11-2008 22:58

Be part of history in London! Be part of the biggest ever mobilisation of vegetarians and vegans on environmental grounds!! Veg*nism is the solution to many of the catastrophes facing the planet - it`s time to tell the world!!

Join the Veg*n Climate March - Sat 6 Dec 2008

http://www.ecoveggie.org.uk

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video report - peasants fighting fumigation of monsanto pesticides in paraguay

07-11-2008 23:31

This is the tale of an emerging conflict between to totally different vision about agriculture. Filmed in paraguay, end of october 2008. It is a very very hot political issue in paraguay, but apparently doesn`t reach the international eye and ear. Yet.

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Stratford-upon-Avon Climate Change Film Festival

07-11-2008 20:41

A set of inspiring films and discussions to highlight the desperate need for community action on climate change

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The 300-350 Show: Ecuador

07-11-2008 12:06

Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa is asking the international community to pay him to leave oil in the ground beneath the Yasuni National Park – possibly the world’s most biodiverse region and home to three indigenous communities who live in voluntary isolation. We speak to Georgina Donati of the Yasuni Green Gold campaign and hear Naomi Klein ponder the wider significance of this proposal.

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Global day of action ( N15 ) Resisting Capitalism and it ' Financial and Ec

07-11-2008 11:31

Global day of action ( N15 ) November 15th 2008
Resisting Capitalism and it ' Financial and Ecological ' crises during the G20
richest nations summit.
Other worlds are possible - A Grassroots Anti-Capitalist call for action.

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E.ON Recruiters Targeted AGAIN - in Oxford

06-11-2008 19:18

Climate-trashing energy monsters E.ON continued their national recruitment tour with a stall at the Oxford Careers Fair today. They seemed miserable but not surprised when a group of local activists turned up too...

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Students Dying to Ditch Dirty Development

06-11-2008 18:18

Students from the West Midlands participated in a die-in against the Royal Bank of Scotland at the Graduate Recruitment Fair at the NEC in Birmingham. Protesters then had to deal with the usual security and police disproporionate and ad-hoc overreaction to the action, which for some was their first protest.

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Shelter to promote eco-towns

06-11-2008 17:07

Shelter has accepted one hundred thousand pounds of government money to promote eco-towns.

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Economic and Ecological Collapse:An Ecosocialist solution

06-11-2008 12:32

The article announces a meeting on the the above topic by Richard Greeman, a wellknown US Radical and Humorist

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Open Meeting @ SoundBites Social Change Library

05-11-2008 23:23

A successful collective in Derby have inspired a call for a more creative winter period, as an antidote to the sickening and frantic consumption annually pushed around the time of some religious festival.

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Class, climate change and coal Conference. Sat 1st NOV

05-11-2008 15:06

This is the presentation given by a climate/environmental activist to the Conference

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Conference Report: Class, Climate Change and Clean Coal

05-11-2008 13:58

On the 1st November 2008 at the Bridge hotel in Newcastle upon Tyne; "the debate between the Unions and the climate camp". The event was organised by Dave Douglass on behalf of the NUM & Tyne & Wear IWW.

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Chomsky@80 tickets now available

04-11-2008 09:19

Tickets now available for Chomsky@80 day of workshops in Manchester on Saturday 29th November

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Students question RBS at Manchester Uni recruitment drive

02-11-2008 17:23

The Royal Bank of Scotland were forced to change the schedule of their recruitment evening at the University of Manchester due to the presence of some polite but well informed environmental activists.

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Local residents protest at Lodge Farm open cast site

02-11-2008 10:46

At noon yesterday (Saturday) around 40 people braved rain and cold winds to protest outside the new open cast mining site at Lodge Farm, in Smalley Derbyshire.

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Earth Liberation Front Press Office Returns...

01-11-2008 04:23

http://www.elfpress.org

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Snow blankets London for Global Warming debate

31-10-2008 08:58

Snow fell as the House of Commons debated Global Warming yesterday - the first October fall in the metropolis since 1922. The Mother of Parliaments was discussing the Mother of All Bills for the last time, in a marathon six hour session.