UK Globalisation Newswire Archive
The **EUROPEAN SOCIAL FORUM** comes to London!
18-07-2004 20:46
Hello, this is the text of a leaflet which I recently picked up and I have typed it up and emailed it in order to promote the ESF.Please forward this email to anyone - groups or individuals - who may be interested.
cheers,
Hugh.
American Indians Protest Scottish Power
17-07-2004 19:18
American Indians Protest Scottish Power - July 16 - 24thSupport native American Indians from the Karuk, Yurok, Hoopa, and Klamath Tribes as they journey to Scotland to protest Scottish Power's control of the river Klamath. These tribes from Northern California and Southern Oregon evolved with Salmon, which are now being decimated because of the series of dams blocking migration. These dams are owned by Scottish Power.
THE NON-TAXATION REVOLUTION
15-07-2004 19:52
The following "article" is more of an announcement of research in progress concerned with a radical way of thinking about money, and the world.Millions of Movie-Goers Take Gibson Film "Far Too Seriously"
15-07-2004 17:20
In the most startling display of people taking a film's inherent message far too seriously, almost 75% of Americans now base their religion on the story depicted in Mel Gibson's "The Passion of The Christ." Theologian Tom Sandell sat down and talked to us about this extraordinary phenomenon.Andy Stern and SEIU Offer the Same Worn-Out Policies
14-07-2004 06:02
To Many young activists, SEIU is considered the progressive Union. But, in the last analysis, the policies of SEIU's leadership are no different from those of any other AFL-CIO Union. They fail to take on the employers in a serious way and refuse to break politically with the Democratic Party.There's not enough unemployment
13-07-2004 18:33
This article offers an alternative analysis of the business success story of Greyfriars UK, as reported by North East Tonight (ITV) and the Yorkshire Post.Dissent! Gathering Minutes (Bradford 3rd-4th July 2004)
12-07-2004 18:20
The minutes from the Dissent! anti-G8 Gathering in Bradford from 3rd-4th July 2004 are now available to be viewed on the enrager.net anti-G8 web forum. Visit:
http://enrager.net/forums/viewforum.php?f=67&sid=c47a1248dd6b3b3e671fdbf6cad0c37c
Dear non-Portuguese speakers,
11-07-2004 22:13
Just so that you can understand what the fuss is all about. Two years ago we had an election. We have normal, democratic elections here.Who is pulling the Strings ?
11-07-2004 10:42
This is an attempt to demistify what globalisation is all about.How does Globalisation affect Scotland?
11-07-2004 10:36
Notes from a community education workshop about globalisation.Chavez: the FTAA is dead
09-07-2004 19:21
Venezuelan president, Hugo Chavez, expressed again that US project of completing a Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) is definitely dead. This time, the Venezuelan president made this balance at his arrival to Puerto Iguazu, in Misiones, Argentina, where he will participate on the Summit of MERCOSUR presidents.PRESS RELEASE Privatisation of Iraq on Trial - POSSIBLY POSTPONED
07-07-2004 23:08
Privatisation of Iraq on Trial- POSSIBLY POSTPONED
Hunger strike demanding the release of the five Cuban antiterrorist fighters
07-07-2004 18:01
The hunger strike is a way of emphasizing the demand that the five political prisoners held by the US: Gerardo Hernández, Ramón Labañino, Antonio Guerrero, Fernando González and René González, should immediately be set free. This action is also a protest against the US’s plans for actions of war towards Cuba and Venezuela.
The biggest Brazilian gold mine belongs to a US company
07-07-2004 17:34
Serra Pelada gold mine, in the Amazonian State of Para, one of the main Brazilian gold producers, was bought by the US mining company Phoenix Gems, which paid 40 millions dollars to exploit 100 hectares.The contract of an important part of Serra Pelada mine’s shares, was subscribed last June 5th between a cooperative of "garimpeiros" (Brazilian gold searchers) and the US Company Phoenix Gems.
The Fuel of the World Machine
07-07-2004 16:41
"The twofold energetic crisis of capital accumulation consists in that human energy has become vastly unprofitable while fossil energy has become too expensive. Devaluing people and upgrading oil is the short formula for the increasing dilemma of the dominant way of productionand life..The demands of a global growth economy and natural reserves in energetic fossil raw materials are in a disproportion..Production cannot keep up with needGeorge W. Bush: The Madness in His Method
06-07-2004 16:14
Bush had a reason to take us and the world into Iraq. But Bush's reason was not as rational as most critics believe. So we learn from an analysis of recent testimonials from people who have gotten close to the presidency. These testimonials tell what; my article tells why.Peace Campaigners Declare Iraq Procuremment Conference is Illegal
05-07-2004 23:11
PRESS RELEASEPeace activists on trial claim international privatisation of Iraq is pillage and violates the Geneva Convention.
KERRY: an 'ISRAELI' PRESIDENT FOR THE US ?
04-07-2004 15:39
QUOTE: US SENATOR KERRY: ''MY PRO-ISRAEL VOTING RECORD IS SECOND TO NONE." In the policy paper, which has not been released publicly, Kerry outlines clear, strongly worded positions on several issues important to the American Jewish community.