Rio Tinto the Ugly Truth. Livestream by Occupy Mayday.
London-based Rio Tinto is one of the biggest mining companies in the world. It has a long history of conflict with communities and workers.
This meeting shows us the Voices of Resistance against these corporations poisoning the world for their profit.
This is the live video[…]
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By April 13, 2014 Category: An Occupier's Perspective 6 Comments 
Whose West Hendon? Our West Hendon! by Accidental Anarchist.
Last night I went to support a local community group try and deliver a petition about housing and evictions to Matthew Offord Tory MP for Hendon at a public meeting in their community. A crowd of locals numbering 50 with banners and placards marched down the[…]
By April 13, 2014 Category: Guest blog No Comments
BioFuelWatch Alternative Awards Ceremony by Pete Deane.
We had a really fun protest last night. The organisers thought they had fooled us with a last minute switch of venue but we tracked them down. Here are Rhythms of Resistance belting it out. Thanks to the Occupistas who attended and Occupy London for the support.
Biofuelwatch[…]
By April 13, 2014 Category: An Occupier's Perspective No Comments
This action has the potential to ignite a movement for democratic change in this country. Democracy and the way it is practised, has always been a key principle of the Occupy movement. We want to campaign for a genuine democratic government free from corporate influence.
We would like to invite all the movements that have[…]
By April 11, 2014 Category: An Occupier's Perspective 6 Comments
TTIP: A Recipe for Ruin
14 February 2014
VIDEO: War on Want Executive Director John Hilary outlines the threat posed by the Transatlantic Trade & Investment Partnership (TTIP) currently being negotiated in secret by the European Commission and US government.
Recipe for Ruin: TTIP the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (47 min video)
The Transatlantic[…]
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By April 11, 2014 Category: Guest blog, Stop TTIP, CETABlockers, TISA No Comments
The Alternative Trade Mandate Alliance
The Alternative Trade Mandate Alliance is an alliance of currently almost 50 organisations, developing an alternative vision of European trade policy that puts people and planet before big business.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gaE5rOHsUY
The Alternative Trade Mandate
The new 20-page mandate proposes that core principles such as human and labour rights and environmental[…]
By April 10, 2014 Category: Guest blog, Stop TTIP, CETABlockers, TISA No Comments
TTIP means trading away better regulation
Only a deep, structural reform of US chemicals legislation can be the basis of regulatory trans-Atlantic cooperation, writes Baskut Tuncak. Anything less is a stalling tactic.
How weak are US laws for toxic chemicals? Only eleven ingredients are restricted from cosmetics in the US, versus over 1300 in the[…]
By April 9, 2014 Category: Guest blog, Stop TTIP, CETABlockers, TISA No Comments
08/04/14 Brussels
Original post found on the Confederal Group of the European United Left/Nordic Green Left website.
TTIP myths shattered by new GUE/NGL-backed report
A GUE/NGL commissioned study published today by the Austrian Foundation for Development Research (OFSE) has called into question the alleged benefits of a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). Rather, the[…]
By April 9, 2014 Category: Guest blog, Stop TTIP, CETABlockers, TISA 6 Comments
Not On the BBC. Livestream footage of Tony Benn’s Funeral.
#TonyBenn. #TurnoutforTony.
Parliament Square, Outside St. Margaret’s Church, Westminster Abbey. Supporters of Tony Benn coming down to pay their respects.
http://bambuser.com/v/4481121
Arrival of funeral procession.
http://bambuser.com/v/4481186
30 minutes after I stopped livestreaming, we found out that the BBC was not covering the funeral, so I[…]
By March 28, 2014 Category: An Occupier's Perspective No Comments
