UK Globalisation Newswire Archive
Urgent action to protect babies in the Philippines
07-11-2006 14:12
This is an alert sent to Baby Milk Action supporters announcing a campaign launched today to help protect babies and mothers in the Philippines from the aggressive marketing of baby foods. Efforts to regulate the baby food companies to stop breastfeeding from being undermined and to ensure breastmilk substitutes are used safely if necessary are being threatened by legal action from US companies and pressure on the President from the US Chamber of Commerce.1.3 million people march in Oaxaca
06-11-2006 19:47
the pics show the protesters, a military spy caught by activists, burned out barricades, activists with self-made-bazookas and molotov cocktails for protecting - if necessary - the mega marcha against the police.
Sweatshops, workers and international solidarity
06-11-2006 16:14
No Sweat's annual conference takes place in London on 25 November.USA ELECTION UPDATE : OCTOBER 19 "SURPRISE" DELAYED TO AFFECT ELECTION (audit?)
06-11-2006 16:00
. . . . the recent attempt to backspin the "war" factor involved the odd delay to a less than surprising verdict in the Iraqi dictators courtcase (- the judge- swapped a couple of weeks ago too-), as a strangely conditioned seeming act in the dock - waving koran, shouting against invaders, collaborators, etc - timed for USA wake-up TVnews, tried to pretend that old terrorist tie-in to legitimise the entire mess. .Full article | 3 additions | 2 comments
Stop Moping - Towards Strategic Insurrection
06-11-2006 13:13
Big mobilisation haven't turned out very successful recently. The 22nd October Collective gives us an idea why. Some more thoughts on strategies and what makes them work.Photos: Climate Change Protest (04.11.06)
05-11-2006 18:49
United Kingdom:Failure in immigration policy?
03-11-2006 12:30
Democracy and Human RightsPeople & Planet: Carnival of Climate Chaos (London, Saturday 4 November, ICount)
03-11-2006 10:33
In the wake of the Stern Review, on the eve of critical international climate talks in Nairobi, and shortly before the Queen's Speech, young people will demonstrate that they will not sit back and wait for the catastrophic climate change predicted for our generation. Marching from Bloomsbury to Trafalgar Square, the Carnival looks set to be one of the most impressive student mobilisations in years.USA Election update : 2/11/6 : DESPERATE SPIN - THE DEFUSE.
02-11-2006 17:09
LATEST. . . ."War" on Iraq in perspective: the developing US imperialism and demonocracy
02-11-2006 11:46
The US-UK invasion and occupation of Iraq are examined within the historical context of US imperialism. The US politico-economic system is identified as imperialism-democracy complex. Some general laws of the operation and effects of this complex are also proposed.Afghanistan After Democracy: the untold story through photographic images
02-11-2006 07:12
Brad Will and Oaxaca discussion and films
01-11-2006 21:13
this thursday evening (2nd November), from 8pm...
Oaxaca solidarity film evening.
01-11-2006 15:06
STITCHING UP DEMOCRACY: the "war inquiry" debate: what it took to "fix" it
01-11-2006 12:46
Democracy "reflects the majority opinion in the population. The percentage of British people that think the iraq war was a "stitch up" is certainly over 50 % ( - in the USA too, so with mid-term elections approaching, thats a factor) . . . . So, when all the "opposition" factions unite around a vote for a near immediate inquiry into how this came about, with lots of people in the square, showing support. . . . ?“Iraqis were better off under Saddam”
31-10-2006 19:41
Spiraling violence and daily bloodshed that began with the early days of the US-led invasion and intensified in recent months have torn the fabric of the Iraqi society, breaking communities and their long-established social networks reported Al-Jazeera.Spirituals Day is on 1/11 – God Day falls on 11/11
31-10-2006 18:34
are invited to unite , moreover merge-n-mingle understand and enjoy with each other geniusly , generously and genuinely without hating or harming innocent beings.
The rise and fall of the UN
30-10-2006 18:20
One’s opinion of the United Nations reveals a lot about political consciousness; and because perception is usually based on experience, it’s only natural that people from different countries have opposing views about the UN and its pillar institutions— the International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Bank, and the World Trade Organization (WTO). In the United States, familiarity of the UN is limited to vague notions of ‘international democracy’ and ‘peacekeeping’, words that inspire the noblest of intentions; the World Bank and IMF on the other hand are institutions that invoke little reaction among the US public. How and by whom the UN was formed, whose interests it serves, and the actual history of its ‘peacekeeping’ missions are all things rarely examined. It is the purpose of this essay to look at the formation and development of the UN, and in so doing, attempt to show the evolution of the capitalistic system itself, which was ‘reborn’ upon the back of these hardly-neutral organizations.Rising Tide: UK Stern Report Sells Climate Short, Paves Way to Global Disaster
30-10-2006 16:21
Today the international climate justice movement condemned a major new policy advisory from the United Kingdom on the economics of climate change. Named "The Stern Review" after its chief author Sir Nicholas Stern, climate activists warn that this 700-page analysis offers a dangerously inadequate and deceptive plan that will lead to inevitable global warming catastrophe if its recommendations are followed. "Although climate scientists are in nearly unanimous agreement that atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide must be limited to no more than 450 parts per million in order to avoid catastrophic climate chaos, the new UK report calls for CO2 emissions to be stabilized at the much higher rate of 500 to 550 ppm," said Ethan Green, coordinator of the Counter-G8 Working Group of Rising Tide North America.Palestinian film screening
30-10-2006 15:53
There is a screening of The Iron Wall on Thursday 9th November at 7:30pm in Café One.Full article | 1 addition | 1 comment
Electronic Blockade of Mexican Embassies and Consulates
29-10-2006 20:54
Electronic Blockade of Mexican Embassy and Consulate Websites In response to a call to action to remember Brad, show solidarity with the teachers and protesters of Oaxaca, and attempt to interrupt the invasion of Oaxaca that Fox is beginning, join this electronic blockade of the websites for all of the Mexican embassies and consulates in the United States and Canada.
http://www.mountainrebel.net/oaxaca/