UK Globalisation Newswire Archive
LETTER FROM SIMON CHAPMAN
11-07-2003 16:39
Letter recived from Simon CHapman from Thessaloniki's prisonBVEJ News July 2003
11-07-2003 16:03
Latest BVEJ newsletter now on-line.BVEJ - BVEJ mail server - BVEJ website - Iraq -
DU munitions - 9-11 - Brian Downing Quig - Evian G8 -
Amazonian indigenous communities face violent military repression -
Wichi under threat - Argentina - Argentina Autonomist Project - Piquetera Tour -
Iceland - BP National Portrait Awards - Eight facts BP would rather you didn't know -
EU Food Supplements Directive - Vitamins can seriously damage your health -
EU Constitution - Criminal (in)Justice Bill - Farnborough Airport -
Farnborough town centre - Pavilion - Rotten Borough of Rushmoor
Baku-Ceyhan Campaign
11-07-2003 15:29
PROJECT ENTERS THE FUNDING PIPELINE : The countdown starts now! 120 days tostop banks using YOUR money to pay for big oil.
BP has now formally asked for funding from the World Bank (IFC) and the European
Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) for its controversial new Caspian
oil pipeline (BVEJ newsletters passim). This means there are just 120 days
before their decision is made. The banks call this 120 days the public
consultation period so we all get a chance let them know what we think of the
BTC pipeline.
Request for Info Re: Thessaloniki Solidarity Actions
11-07-2003 12:45
Please post info about actions that took place yesterday (Thursday 10th July) in solidarity with those imprisoned in Thessaloniki because of their alledged role in the actions against the EU Summit last month.Play WMD to feed starving children
11-07-2003 12:25
http://www.worldmessageday.org
The SHORTWAVE REPORT 7/11/03 ¡Listen Globally!
10-07-2003 23:21
A weekly 30 minute review of news and opinion recorded from a shortwave radio. 2 files- broadcast quality (13.0MB) and quick download (3.3MB). With times and freqs for listening at home. Free to rebroadcast. Spain, Netherlands, Russia, and Cuba.Baku pipeline protest - AMEC Warrington blockaded
10-07-2003 21:48
AMEC House, Warrington, Cheshire, targetted by direct action campaign against the Baku-Ceyhan oil pipelineDeclaration of Independence from America (full text)
10-07-2003 18:20
Declaration of Independence from AmericaDated on 4th July 2003
Read and signed at US military bases in the UK
No Sweat - Sheffield Meeting
09-07-2003 18:17
There is a Sheffield No Sweat meeting for those involved, or who would like to get involved, with anti-sweatshop campaiging, on Thursday July 10th, at 7:30pm, at St Matthews Hall on Carver Street (just off Division St).Piquetera Puppet Show Rolls into Leeds
09-07-2003 17:52
From MSN to www.edgeyourself.com - Internet Regulation and Corporate Control
09-07-2003 10:28
Hong Kong, Singapore, U.S. Top "Economic Freedom" Index
08-07-2003 23:20
Hong Kong, Singapore, and the United States rank first, second and third, respectively, in the latest edition of the 'Economic Freedom of the World' annual report by the Cato Institute and more than 50 other libertarian think tanks around the world.Leeds ESF organising meeting July 29th
08-07-2003 14:23
Leeds Mobilising Committee for the European Social Forumfirst organising meeting
July 29th 8pm, 8pm, Adelphi Pub, Hunslett Rd
Boycott ExCeL! Home of DSEi Death-Mart
08-07-2003 11:13
Boycott the home of Europe's largest arms fair. Boycott all companies exhibiting at the excel centre.Krynki noborder camp has come to an end
08-07-2003 10:55
The 4th anti-border camp in Poland has come to a finish. About 150 people took part at its peak; there were people from many countries there, and many opportunities to get to know people, network, make plans for the future etc.America keen to exploit boom in Africa’s black gold
08-07-2003 06:33
CRS has been campaigning for greater transparency in the international oil industry in an effort to stamp out corruption and ensure that oil revenues are used to improve the lives of impoverished Africans, the bulk of whom live on less than $1 a day.During his visit, Mr Bush is expected to emphasise American support for good governance and respect for human rights. But CRS doubts that such values will be allowed to get in the way of US strategic issues.
“The US has identified increasing African oil imports as an issue of national security and has used diplomacy to court African producers regardless of their record on transparency, democracy, or human rights,” Mr Gary said
MASSACRE IN LAGOS AS NIGERIA PREPARES FOR BUSH VISIT
07-07-2003 17:27
NIGERIA'S top union leader said today that police had shot dead ten protesters during unrest in Lagos on the eighth day of a general strike over fuel prices.