UK Globalisation Newswire Archive
Farmers from four continents meet to stop GM crops
18-03-2002 12:24
Direct Democracy Evolves From Economic Crisis
22-02-2002 23:00
UPRISING IN ARGENTINA Feb 22 2002
Tens of thousands of Argentines converged last weekend in Buenos Aires to forge alliances and develop alternatives to the economic and political crisis that is gripping their country. Through public meetings and protests, people from virtually every sector of Argentine society are taking matters into their own hands to come up with solutions to problems that their government and economists have failed to resolve.
On Friday, thousands of people converged in downtown to occupy Plaza de Mayo for a cacerolazo and to camp out overnight. On Saturday, an unprecedented gathering of workers and piqueteros occurred downtown. On Sunday, local asambleas from around the country converged in Buenos Aires for a national asamblea. And, in some parts of the country, workers have taken over and are running factories that owners have abandoned.
Once a model student of the International Monetary Fund and promoted as a model for the rest of Latin America to follow, Argentina fell into crisis under the weight of about $140 billion in international debt and has instead become a model of an imploding neoliberal economy. One observer described Argentina as "a laboratory of struggle."
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Rogue GM plant warning
05-02-2002 14:38
GM crops in Canada are in danger of creating nuisance weeds, says a UK conservation body. New research shows that herbicide-resistant oilseed rape crops are cross-breeding at the edge of fields. Genes from GM crops can accumulate in weeds.WTO Conference in Qatar
12-11-2001 23:00
Roundup of action protesting the WTO Conference in Doha, Qatar.EU threat to GM safety standards
17-07-2001 11:08
EU Commissioners plan weakening of safety standards for GM food. Text and online action.Leeds Mayday Protests
01-05-2001 17:35
the Leeds Mayday protest - the tour of shame!PR GIANT WITH DODGY REPUTATION TO LINK WITH LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY
29-03-2001 11:25
Leeds Students Campaign against PR Company Involvement in the CollegeBurson-Marsteller is the world's largest PR network, whose past and present clients include fascist Argentina, Nicolae Ceaucescu, Monsanto, MacDonalds and the World Bank. Now they plan to get involved in running Leeds Metropolitan University
Zapatista Solidarity - inside Nike film clip 1
11-03-2001 21:03
Text report at:
http://uk.indymedia.org/display.php3?article_id=2217
Zapatista Solidarity - Niketown photo montage
11-03-2001 20:50
(some of the pics show security guards and suspected undercover police aggresivly trying to push out the protestors - but failing)
Text report at :
http://uk.indymedia.org/display.php3?article_id=2217
Zapatista Solidarity - Protestors storm 'Niketown'
11-03-2001 20:43
At last a sensible corporate media prague article (guardian)
29-09-2000 18:25
'Luddites' we should not ignore - article from The GuardianInstead of vilifying the Prague protesters, we could learn from them
Overview of eye witness accounts from Praha S26
27-09-2000 07:46
Report put together from eye witness accounts of marches and blockades in Prague - this is only an outline and in no way a full account of events. Protests were city wide and numerous, both peacful resistance and active confrontations occured with a single united voice - Shut down the IMF - Shut down the World Bank.Solidarity actions for arrested in Prague
26-09-2000 22:19
IMCUK reporters in Prague have received several reports of mass arrests is the streets of Prague tonight.Prague Police outside IMC Prague
25-09-2000 11:07
Police are also performing spot checks in the area and on public transport, increasing the tension ahead of tomorrows main protests.
Italian train allowed to leave (repost from prague imc)
24-09-2000 22:13
The Italian train has been allowed to come to Prague. The news was announced at a sit-in at Karlov-bridge, on Sunday-evening around 8:30 PM.Naomi Klein talks at Prague Counter Summit
23-09-2000 11:01
Cycle caravan arrives in Prague (plus photo)
23-09-2000 05:08
Prague: An overview (foto and text)
23-09-2000 05:01
Prague Independent Media Center - S26 - Call To Action
12-09-2000 03:50
The Independent Media Center of Prague calls you, journalists, media activists, and rabble-rousers of the world to join us in creating democratic, grassroots and political coverage of the S26 protests in Prague and around the world.