UK Globalisation Newswire Archive
Greens fight Free Market for the Third World
11-09-2003 20:42
Corporate globalisation
11-09-2003 13:41
Background information to Anti-WTO protests in Cancun:On corporate globalisation, NAFTA (North American free Trade Agreement) and FTAA (Free Trade Agreement of Americas.
Intellectual property invites itself to the WSIS
11-09-2003 09:00
The organization I3C (Internet Créatif, Coopératif et Citoyen - Creative, Cooperative and Community Internet) is organizing a meeting on 11 October called “Intellectual property invites itself to the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS).”Only one week left till the EEF starts: Come to Berlin!
11-09-2003 07:05
Simultaneously with the European Higher Education Summit 2003 the first European Education Forum (EEF) takes place from 18th to 20th September at the Humboldt University in Berlin. Students, pupils and teachers from whole Europe will come to Berlin to discuss during two days the current education policy and to develop alternatives.
Protester killed in Cancun
10-09-2003 22:31
Activists Infiltrate DSEi
10-09-2003 21:11
Today (September 10th) at 3:30pm, a group of Oxford peace protestors have disrupted a display of military hardware at the Defence Systems & Equipment International (DSEi) Arms Fair taking place in London Docklands’ ExCeL Centre.US foreign policy and Oil on the BBC world service
10-09-2003 18:59
Got an email from the BBC world service regarding the airing of the prog.... details belowPirates of the Caribbean - and the Curse of the WTO in Cancun
10-09-2003 14:33
Far out on an inaccessible causeway that reaches into the Gulf of Mexico, the World Trade Organization is preparing for its Fifth Ministerial meeting. Modern day pirates of the Caribbean are gathering on the shore to shiver the timbers of the WTO.Campaign Against Bayer CropScience Kicks Off!
10-09-2003 13:39
Bayer CropSciences gets targetted as government and industry decide whether they can get away with commercialising GM crops in the UK.Corporate Media - DSEi protests
10-09-2003 09:05
Corporate and mainstream media on the Disarm DSEi protestsCorporate Media - inside the arms fair
10-09-2003 09:03
No Sweat (anti-sweatshop) Meeting
09-09-2003 19:57
The next Sheffield No Sweat meeting is on Thurs 11th Sept at St Matthews Hall on Carver St (opposite the central Fire Station in city centre)at 7.30pm. We'll be concentrating on finalising details for the local dayschool on October 4th but also planning future local actions.
BBC world service programme on US foreign policy and oil
09-09-2003 10:39
BBC world sercvice broadcasting what looks to be an interesting prog on Oil and UAS foreign policy. Probably nothing new in it but may be worth a listen!anti-DSEI actions
09-09-2003 10:31
As part of the on-going anti-DSEI protests, between 0800 and 0830 this morning, three co-ordinated affinity groups attempted actions against three companies involved in the arms trade.Mitchell wrong, says City Councillor
09-09-2003 07:47
Coffee Crisis
08-09-2003 23:28
It's being called "the worst coffee crisis of the last 100 years" by Latin American heads of state. With the catastrophic failure of unregulated global markets, the world faces yet another crisis of overproduction and ruined lives.Canada's safe haven for junkies
08-09-2003 21:41
Vancouver hopes to save hundreds of lives by opening street clinics whereheroin addicts can shoot up safely. But the White House is accusing Canada
of going AWOL from its war on drugs.