UK Globalisation Newswire Archive
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20-05-2005 11:53
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THIS WEEK: mining
Two arrests on Dublin demo for Nicolás David Neira Alvares
20-05-2005 11:31
Political police make arrests at solidarity demonstration for murdered Colombian anarchistget clued up bout the G8 in Manchester sat 11th june
20-05-2005 10:44
Stormtroopers Against The G8
20-05-2005 00:55
The SHORTWAVE REPORT 5/20/05 ¡LISTEN GLOBALLY!
19-05-2005 23:31
A weekly 30 minute review of news and opinion, recorded from a shortwave radio. With times and freqs for listening at home. 2 files- broadcast and slow-modem streaming. Free to rebroadcast. Netherlands, Cuba, and Russia.In Depth G8 Audio Interview with Mark Curtis (WDM)
19-05-2005 18:20
Mark Curtis Interview (36 mins - 48kbps mono)
Interview with Mark Curtis from the World Devolopment Movement who also wrote Web of Deceit. The detailed interview explains some of the fundamentals of how the G8 works and their aims, and talks about corporate agendas, the truth behind development and debt, protests and campaigns, Bono Geldolf and the Government, the media, as well as Britain's role within the G8.
G8: Travel Ban @ Prestwick Airport as Americans Flex Security Muscles
19-05-2005 16:13
18th May:A massive security clampdown has been announced around Prestwick airport for July ahead of the G8 Summit, as details emerged of US military demands for premission to act independently of domestic security forces.
Indigenous People occupy their lands in Brazil
19-05-2005 11:14
continues today with 500 Tupinikim and Guarani participating.
Aracruz will go to court, according to their comments in the media
yesterday.
More news later on.
Article on the forests of silence follows.
Forests of Silence—Terra de Resistancia
On Wednesday the 16th of February 2005 the Kyoto Protocol came into effect. As well as attempting to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the international agreement also aims to offset carbon pollution through sequestration methods known as clean development mechanisms.
One of the CDM’s included in the Kyoto Protocol are so called planted forests. All over the world, millions of hectares of living trees are being planted or planted. As well as providing rich industrialised countries with valuable resources such as paper pulp, these ‘planted forests' also theoretically absorb carbon from the atmosphere and are a major market mechanism for combating climate change.
"How To Spin the G8" - good article on the state, media and protests
19-05-2005 09:52
Good article joining the dots about the state, media and protests, from Spinwatch. http://www.spinwatch.org/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=360 Water for the Planet, not Profit
19-05-2005 09:33
G8 Gleneagles Road Closures, Exclusion Zones and offer of rally for just 5000
19-05-2005 09:32
Christian Aid Week
18-05-2005 18:38
In the UK, this week is Christian Aid Week (www.caweek.org). The annual event, which started in 1957, is the oldest door-to-door collection campaign in the UK.US hints at possible invasion of Northern Ireland
18-05-2005 16:23
U.S. to IRA: Lay down your arms now."Managers Do Not Only Serve Shareholders"
18-05-2005 15:46
"It is not legitimate to exploit every conceivable outsourcing chance. It is not legitimate to declare jobs superfluous to realize double-digit profits.. Profit cannot be the only maxim of good entrepreneural conduct.."Big Oil & the World Bank et al: key meeting, LSE, Thursday May 19th
18-05-2005 10:11
*International Financial Institutions & Extractive Industries - Time for a Phase Out?*New Theatre, London School of Economics
Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE
*Thursday 19th May 2005 18:30 - 20:30*
SPEAKERS IN LONDON TO CALL FOR END TO ABUSE OF UK DEVELOPMENT AID
18-05-2005 00:00
Advance: 18 – 20th May 2005SPEAKERS IN LONDON TO CALL FOR END TO ABUSE OF UK DEVELOPMENT AID*
Campaigners from Ghana, Nigeria, Georgia and Guatemala arrive in London this week to call on the UK Government to stop funding oil, gas and mining projects through development aid. The visit comes ahead of the crucial G8 meeting in July, when leaders will discuss issues of poverty and climate change.
Critical Mass to return to Southampton
17-05-2005 16:28
In solidarity with protests around the world coinciding with the G8 conference in Scotland, Southampton activists are calling out for a return of critical mass to SouthamptonPeople & Planet G8 Festival and other events
17-05-2005 16:06
This year will see the return of the legendary P&P Summer Festival to coincide with the G8 Summit on the 6-8 July. We’ll meet in Edinburgh on July 2nd, as part of a massive mobilisation to Make Poverty History, and after that have a programme packed with inspiring speakers from around the world, workshops, entertainment and loads of action taking us up to the Summit, all in the Scottish sunshine! (P&P cannot accept liability for cloudy days…)