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Roaming Around the Lesser Debris of History
Today I sat, I took time watch Ursula Biemann’s film Black Sea Files. The film is showing as a video installation in gallery five at Arnolfini until Sunday 8th November. The film explores the lives of oil affected communities, from Baku in Azerbaijan, through Georgia to the Turkish Mediterranean port of Ceyhan, tracing the route of BP’s…
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The Responsibility of the Artist
For many people the C Words season raises questions about the responsibility of artists and creative practitioners in the context of the social and environmental challenges which our society faces. Last week’s Embedded conference sought – in part – to explore this issue. For some – Art sits outside a frame of responsibility – Art might be seen as…
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Turkmen environmentalist jailed as EU builds relationship with regime
Andrey Zatoka, environmentalist and civil society leader from Turkmenistan, was sentenced to five years in prison after being framed for assault in Dashovuz, Turkmenistan, on October 29, 2009. On October 20, 2009, Andrey Zatoka was arrested by the police in a Dashovuz bazaar, after he was attacked by an unknown man while buying groceries for…
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Remember Saro-Wiwa Newsletter: October 2009
This November, we bring you a full selection of music, poetry, art and debate in London and Bristol. Please join us to celebrate the life of artist-activist Ken Saro-Wiwa and to mark 14 years since 10th November 1995, as the struggle for justice in the Niger Delta continues. View original. Upcoming Events NNEKA Live + support act…
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From Coal to Oil – Fossil Fuel Focus
Next week C Words will train a spotlight on Tar Sands, described as ‘The most destructive industrial project on earth’. Join us at Arnolfini this Sunday, 25th October 2009 from 19:00 for a special preview screening on the brand new film H2Oil. I arrived at Arnolfini late on Wednesday morning, at the start of a…
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Why we’re taking the Treasury to Court
This article first appeared in the Guardian Comment is Free on the 20th October 2009. Today we are taking the government to court – Her Majesty’s Treasury to the high courts of justice on the Strand to be precise. The application – made by Platform, World Development Movement and People & Planet – for a judicial review of the Treasury’s lack…
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High Court decision: Treasury can ignore climate change and human rights in RBS’ investments
A High Court judge today blocked a request for permission to hold a Judicial Review over what campaigners say is the Treasury’s lack of adequate environmental and human rights consideration of Royal Bank of Scotland’s investments. Campaigners from the World Development Movement, PLATFORM and People & Planet, who brought the case against the Treasury expressed…
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Unprecedented legal battle over RBS’ unethical investments
Today, an unprecedented legal battle will take place in the High Court over the Treasury’s failure to stop the publicly owned Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) investing in what campaigners describe as ‘some of the most environmentally damaging and socially irresponsible projects and companies around.’ The case is being brought by three small climate and…
