UK Globalisation Newswire Archive
Haiti: UN chief champions sweatshop development strategy
19-03-2009 17:25
Ban Ki-moon makes a thinly-veiled demand that the Haitian authorities prioritise free trade zones for garment assembly operations as the main thrust of its development strategy. Such a strategy is completely at odds with the country's progressive civil society organisations and the main bloc in the Chamber of Deputies - the anti-neo-liberal Concertation des Parliamentaires Progressistes (CPP).Full article | 1 addition | 1 comment
Indigenous Activist Arrested at Calgary Bush Demo
18-03-2009 15:03
Well known Indigenous activist Splitting-the-Sky, a veteran of struggles including, Attica and Gustafsen Lake, was arrested in Calgary during a speaking engagement by former US President George Bush. STS and others arrested were protesting Canada's refusal to enforce war crimes law which compels suspects be barred from entry or held for trial.Full article | 1 addition | 2 comments
The revolutionary movement in Greece is getting stronger
18-03-2009 10:58
Day after day more people show resistance against our goverment.Every day,specially in Athens,demonstrations are organized.This "small"revolution will not stop.G20 in the news
18-03-2009 03:19
Summit police fear attacks on hotels used by the G20 leadersLondon police gears up for massive deployment for G20 summit
British police are gearing up for one of the biggest street security deployment for the G20 summit, which will be attended by top leaders from 22 countries, after protesters threatened to bring chaos to London. An estimated 5,000 police force will be deployed for the April 2 G20 summit, with tens of thousands of protesters preparing to descend on the capital and the Excel centre.
Protest for a better world at the G20 summit
18-03-2009 00:01
40 NGO's and trade unions are calling for a mass protest at the G20 summit at the end of March under the banner of "Jobs, Justice and Climate."Joke of a McDonalds trial continuing on April 1st
16-03-2009 20:15
No this ain’t a April fools day prank, the joke of a trial does continue!Protesters Want Bush Handcuffed on Landing Tomorrow
16-03-2009 10:24
A leader for the protesters said Canada should not welcome a "war criminal" on its soil. he said Canadian police should put Bush in handcuffs for the alleged torture of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay. "The guy is supposed to be in jail on the 17th, he is under our jurisdiction."Coca-Cola Destroys Indian Villages, Despite Warning by Coca-Cola Study
15-03-2009 20:28
As the summer of 2009 approaches, the village of Kala Dera in north India is bracing itself for yet another season of acute water shortages – thanks largely to Coca-Cola. Coca-Cola should never have located its bottling plant in a drought prone area which had already been declared as overexploited by the government. It was malfeasance on the part of Coca-Cola to locate its plant in such a water-deficit area, and it was a grave mistake on the part of the Indian government to allow the plant to be located in Kala Dera.Berlin: United We Stay!
15-03-2009 11:15
A translation of a statement written by the organizers of the United We Stay collective, which held a large demonstration in Berlin yesterday to bring attention to the gentrification of the city.
http://unitedwestay.noblogs.org/post/2009/01/16/demokonzept
We Dare Not Blink: Ramsey Clark on George Bush in Calgary
14-03-2009 20:00
We dare not blink at the magnitude, diversity and pervasive impact of the known crimes committed by the Bush administration. Your acts in common cause an enormous encouragement...Pakistan - Public meeting with prominent author Ayesha Siddiqa
13-03-2009 15:47
With war on terror moving further into Pakistan, the need to asnwer the challenges of neo-colonialism is pressing. South Asian Alliance has invited prominent Pakistani author and analyst Ayesha Siddiqa, with whom we would be discussing present situation in Pakistan and Afghanistan and people's resistance against Imperialism.Stop The War g20 Demo April 1st - lame picket of US Embassy
13-03-2009 13:27
"The leaders of the world’s big powers will meet at the G20 summit in London on 2 April.It is Barack Obama’s first visit to Britain. It is our chance to demand a change from Bush’s war policies."
Hence a lame picket of the US Embassy in Grosvenor Sq on April 1st. Talk about not really taking the opportunity for something better.
Canadian Activists and Lawyers United for Justice: Canadians must prosecute
13-03-2009 12:29
and mass murder. For he is a war criminal who
lied that Saddam wouldn't let our inspectors in.
And, with Cheney, closed 911 FBI investigations
before we were finished nabbing the actual
suspects for mass murder
Info, film and banner making against immigration detention, Sunday 15th March
13-03-2009 12:28
Prisons for migrants are ugly, expensive, bad for people and extremely flammable. Let's find out how to stop the government from building more...L.A.W to RCMP: Investigate Bush for War Crimes
12-03-2009 09:30
'W' is reported to be planning to visit Calgary, Alberta, Canada, on or before March 17,2009L.A.W sent the attached letter today to the RCMP War Crimes Division requesting them to
G20 London Summit costs £6 million to stage
11-03-2009 10:55
The up and coming G20 financial summit to be held in London's Excel Centre, Docklands on April 2nd is costing the taxpayer £6 million to stage.Promo Video - Pro-Capitalists gather for G20 in London April 1st
10-03-2009 17:56
Canada's Duty To Arrest George Bush for War Crimes
10-03-2009 12:03
Dear Prime Minister [Stephen Harper: email:
pm@pm.gc.ca] and Ministers Nicholson, Van Loon, Kenney and Cannon: George Bush is a person credibly accused of torture and other gross human rights violations, crimes against humanity and war crimes.. LAW to Canadian Gov't
Obama, this is no economic crisis, it is the systemic breakdown of capitalism
09-03-2009 02:44
Let us touch the emancipatory sublime, let us get out of the capitalist rat holes, imperialist sewerage systems and corporate quagmires and reach out for the stars -- per aspera ad astra!Bush to follow Bashir?
08-03-2009 22:18
Former US President George W Bush could possibly stand trial at the International Criminal Court in the Hague, says an ex UN Prosecutor.[ Why wait? Arrest him in Calgary, Canada March 17.]