ESF Florence 2002

Corporations

URALCHEM

Russian fertilizer plant poses threat in Europe

Anti-War

Stop the War March to welcome the G20

The Stop the War Coalition, CND and the British Muslim Initiative held a march as a curtain raiser to the G20 summit, starting in London the next day.

Climate Change

NO THIRD RUNWAY

So, the Mayor of London opposes the third runway, as are most local MPs, but will that help? No, but a big loud demo might!

Climate Change

Eden Project - Corporate Con

The Eden Project - great big golf balls of plants down there in Cornwall, so out-of-the-way they put the black performers there during Live 8 in 2005. Locals aren't best pleased with the supposed green credentials of the Project. Here's why.

Anti-War

Anti-War conference targets anniversary protests

Around 1200 people from across the planet assembled in London on 1 December 2007 to discuss the next stage in opposing the War on Terror and occuptions of Afghanistan and Iraq and the threatened attacks on Iran. They agreed the following declaration:

Climate Change

Consider Using the N-Word Less

Voluntary actions didn't get us civil rights, and they won't fix the climate.
by Mike Tidwell

• Anti-War
• Civil Liberties
• Corporations
• Environment
• European Union
• G8
• May Day
• Miscellaneous
• Other Actions
• Social Forums
  
  • ESF Florence 2002
  • WSF Porto Alegre 2005
  • ESF Paris 2003
  • WSF Mumbai 2004
  • ESF London 2004
  • WSF Caracas 2006
  • ESF Athens 2006
  • ESF Malmö 2008
  • WSF Nairobi 2007
• Trade/Debt
• WTO

Oil

It was always unbelievable, an oil company that posed as a forward thinking responsible corporation. Now the unprecedented oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is showing; any talk in the past about caring for this increasingly frail planet was just that: talk.

Actions

Back in 2003 George Bush's visit to London brought hundreds of thousands of people onto the streets. He stayed at Buckingham Palace under siege and the world was certain that although he was feted by the government and the royal family, normal people in the UK did not welcome him. The largest mobilisation during his stay was indeed the biggest EVER protest in London on a weekday; 300,000 people turned out to register their disgust.

Climate Change

We are constantly being told that easy personal actions will 'save the climate'. The problem is that most of these “top ten tips” are ineffectual and play directly to our denial tendencies.

Analysis

Hardly a week passes without someone emailing, phoning or posting a DVD to the Globalise Resistance office championing the idea of 9/11 being an inside job.

TNK-BP

TELL BP TO CLEAN UP IT'S ACT - AND IT'S MESS !