04/02/2011   World Wide Tahrir Square!

Every city in the world will have its own Tahrir Square. Join the worldwide sit-in at your nearest Egyptian embassy and show the Egyptian people that the whole world is supporting their struggle for democracy.

 27/01/2011   Kalahari Bushmen win victory for ancestral water rights

©Survival International©Survival InternationalWith support from Survival International, the Bushmen have at last overturned a 2010 High Court judgment that denied them access to water on their ancestral lands.

 19/01/2011   Attempt to silence campaign against industrial pig farming

The Soil Association has objected to a planning application for an indoor pig factory for 2,500 sows and 20,000 piglets. But Midland Pig Producers have used libel lawyers to stifle their objections.
18/01/2011   Stop the Arms Fair!

UK weapons were “almost certainly” used in Israel’s Operation Cast Lead in Gaza. 350 children were killed. The government says it has no “embarrassment” about arms exports, and wants to do even more to promote arms sales.

 04/01/2011   HMRC cuts make tax avoidance even easier

There’s never a taxman around when you need one. Like when HMRC can’t recover £120bn in tax because its budget has been slashed and 1000s of jobs will be cut.

 17/12/2010   Sweden has worst rape conviction record in Europe

Amnesty InternationalAmnesty InternationalSweden has the highest incidence of reported rapes in Europe but the lowest conviction rate, and worsening levels of violence against women, despite its good reputation for gender equality.
13/12/2010   Hackney threatens 100s of jobs with 'nil policy' on clubs

400 jobs are at risk of closure because of the council's plan to adopt a 'nil policy' on clubs that would put an end to the renewal of licenses.

 02/12/2010   Amazon's attempt to silence WikiLeaks triggers boycott

After recent denial of service attacks WikiLeaks thought they had found a safer home using Amazon cloud computing, but Amazon bowed to US political pressure and kicked them off.

 02/12/2010   Cameron's Coalition welcomes war criminals

Israel’s Tzipi LivniIsrael’s Tzipi LivniThe recently published Police Reform Bill includes proposals which will make it much more difficult to obtain a UK arrest warrant for anyone accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity.