UK Globalisation Newswire Archive
Soaring Capital Profits and the Mountain of Corpses
06-12-2007 13:59
For the first time in the history of humanity, a surplus of goods could satisfy the basic needs of all earthlings. The moral imperative lives in all of us. Capital rule, the rule of finance capital over the economic events of the world, is nearly total.Save the John Howard Cottages
05-12-2007 11:12
Stop the Royal College of Nursing evicting 20-30 elderly residentsBali Bombings Cover-Up: New documentary
05-12-2007 10:14
A new documentary exposing the Australian government's lies about the East Timor massacres, the cover-up of the Bali bombings and finally the subsequent anti-terror legislation forced through parliament.The Problem With Christmas
05-12-2007 09:58
Christmas - a time for peace, happiness and family; a time to sell vast quantities of seasonal goods, toys and cheap electrical items. What is it that people love about Christmas, and is that being taken away from us for the sake of a retail dream?Sussex students visit Occupied Paris Universities
04-12-2007 15:44
Climate Justice Newsletter *1 at the Bali Climate Talks
04-12-2007 12:43
Lost History In Laos
04-12-2007 08:32
Just four decades ago it was the world’s most bombed country per capita. Yet today Laos is Asia’s latest little tiger, a nation chasing the greenback with the thirst of the long parched and anxious to forget its past.For nine years during the Vietnam War U.S. warplanes rained an average two million dollars worth of bombs on this landlocked country, accumulating a startling total drop volume of 2,093,100 tons of bombs worth 7.2 billion dollars to the American taxpayer.
Documentary Film Festival Spain
03-12-2007 21:57
Call for entries for CINESTRAT 08, competition for docs about climate change, peak oil, ecology, nature, etc. Deadline febr. 29 / 2008. Check regulations and get more info at www.cinestrat.es.Full article | 1 addition | 1 comment
The Hidden Holocaust--Our Civilizational Crisis Part 2: Exporting Democracy
03-12-2007 13:07
Part two (part one) of an article by Nafeez Ahmed on the history of imperial genocide follows, the subject of this article was the subject of recent public meeting, The Hidden Holocaust - Our Civilizational Crisis.
Appeal for International Support from Polish Anti-Coke Campaign
03-12-2007 12:41
For decades the Coca-Cola company has been embroiled in controversy for breaching the basic human rights of its workers and harming the environments in which it operates........
Ten Reasons to Suspect "Save Darfur" is a PR Scam to Justify US Military Interve
02-12-2007 22:54
The star-studded hue and cry to "Save Darfur" and "stop the genocide" has gained enormous traction in U.S. media along with bipartisan support in Congress and the White House. But the Congo, with ten to twenty times as many African dead over the same period is not called a "genocide" and passes almost unnoticed. Sudan sits atop lakes of oil. It has large supplies of uranium, and other minerals, significant water resources, and a strategic location near still more African oil and resources. The unasked question is whether the nation's Republican and Democratic foreign policy elite are using claims of genocide, and appeals for "humanitarian intervention" to grease the way for the next oil and resource wars on the African continent.The price of Chinese corruption: what is the next in China's politics, finance?
01-12-2007 13:04
Watch out on the runaway corruption inside China! Has China's ongoing reform altered the nation's political-economic landscape as far as government corruption is concerned? What is the next if this corruption goes deeper? Surpring findings in new reports.Tuareg Rebels Gathering Strength in Niger, by Gunter Wippel.
30-11-2007 23:01
The article also reveals how URANIUM is part of the background of the whole conflict.The Citizenist Impasse: Contribution to a Critique of Citizenism
30-11-2007 16:03
"The Citizenist Impasse: Contribution to a Critique of Citizenism" is an essay, originally penned in French, that works toward criticizing the ideology of citizenism. Previously available only in French, Pygmalion Books in association with NOT BORED! is releasing the first English translation on November 30th, eighth anneversary of the Seattle WTO protests, in order to mark the work's critical perspective of that event insofar as it relates to citizenism.Blast From The Past: Short 2005 Scottish G8 Protest Video Rush
28-11-2007 21:02
Branded from birth - baby milk monitoring report reveals latest marketing trends
28-11-2007 17:38
Khalid Awan a victim of "creative legal theories" and religious profiling.
28-11-2007 17:03
Move into the Light?: Postscript to a turbulent 2007
28-11-2007 16:34
"Move into the Light?: Postscript to a turbulent 2007"By Turbulence
At the beginning of 2007, the Turbulence collective commissioned 14 articles from around the global 'movement of movements', asking authors: "What would it mean to win?" We edited their responses into a newspaper and printed 7,000 copies, most of which were distributed at the mobilisation against the G8 summit in Heiligendamm, Germany, in June. A few months later, we want to return to the question of winning.
As we resume our search it's no surprise that we keep coming across the problem of visibility. When we think about winning, our eyes are drawn to things that are highly visible or easy-to-measure, such as institutional or legislative change, the opening of a social centre or an increase in membership. That's where the light is. But we also need to assess victories in the less tangible though just as real realm of possibilities. Winning in this realm may involve increased potential, changes in perception or patterns of behaviour. Yet these seem to exist at the very edge of the luminous zone.
This problem leads into another: our experiences create their own luminosity and consequently their own areas of darkness. When we think about winning we are drawn to movements, people and events that are familiar to us; and we have expectations about how things should turn out if they are to constitute a victory.
So how can we overcome our night-blindness once we move beyond the familiar?...
To download the new Turbulence booklet, "Move into the Light?", as a PDF go to: http://www.turbulence.org.uk/Resources/postscript_1107.pdf
To help distribute the booklet, or to offer a translation, please write to: editors@turbulence.org.uk
A web-banner linking directly to the article can also be downloaded from: http://www.turbulence.org.uk/Resources/banner_234x60.jpg
Copies of the booklet can be ordered via our website, www.turbulence.org.uk
And, as ever, we're keen for comments, criticism and feedback on the text.
The Editors
www.turbulence.org.uk
editors@turbulence.org.uk
Beating exploitation: No Sweat conference, Saturday 1 and Sunday 2 December
28-11-2007 15:47
The seventh annual No Sweat conference takes place this weekend in London."Northern Rock"
28-11-2007 15:31
Northern Rock, Northern Wreck, Northern Crock, Northern Crook or whatever they're calling it this week was last week leaking deposits at a rate of £200 million per day. Hence the anxiety to get a big brand name on board in the shape of the Virgin conglomerate. And so the zombie staggers on to continue devouring the newly printed money being fed to it by Browns Bank of England.