21/05/2009   Obama Nominates Superfund Polluter Lawyer To Run DOJ Environment Division

President Barack Obama has nominated a lawyer for the nation’s largest toxic polluters to run the enforcement of the nation’s environmental laws. On Tuesday, Obama “announced his intent to nominate” Ignacia S. Moreno to be Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division in the Department of Justice.

 20/05/2009   EU May Push China to Press Myanmar to Free Suu Kyi

The European Union may ask China to pressure Myanmar’s military junta to free opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who faces five more years in detention after being held for 13 of the past 19 years, an EU commissioner said.

 14/05/2009   10 ways Linux can turn you green

How do you go green without going to the lengths of installing solar panels on your roof? If you are using Linux, or thinking of using it, you are already one step ahead of most people. Here are 10 solid ways to start thinking green in your home/IT department.
30/03/2009   The G20 - Can they fix it?

Come to the City of London to help point them in the right direction.

 11/03/2009   Victory for privacy activists

Draft legislation allowing widespread sharing of personal data among government agencies, bypassing the Data Protection Act, has now been changed after a campaign by Privacy International and other groups.

 27/02/2009   UK Government backs Open Source

The UK government has finally come to terms with the fact that spending over £600 million per year and being locked into proprietary software licences is a complete waste of the public’s money.
29/01/2009   Demonstrate against Israeli war crimes

Tell the Deputy commander of the Israeli Ground Forces what you think of Israeli action in Gaza.

 23/01/2009   Stopping software patents

Sign the FFII’s on-line petition against software patents.

 16/01/2009   National Gaza demo to focus on media bias

Israel admits breaking the ceasefire in November 2008 in an interview on Channel 4 news..

MediaLens has an analysis of bias in the UK media coverage of the Gaza conflict, with suggested actions.