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Book Launch 23 May: Fuel on the Fire – Oil and Politics in Occupied Iraq
Join聽PLATFORM聽and聽War on Want聽for an inspiring evening of debate and discussion for the exclusive book launch of Greg Muttitt’s gripping new book on Iraq and Oil. Time:聽Monday, May 23 路 7:00pm – 9:00pm Location:聽Khalili Theatre,聽School of Oriental and African Studies, Thornhaugh Street, WC1H 0XG Nearest tube:聽Russell Square View Larger Map Oil lies at the heart of…
16 May 2011 admin -
Platform Newsletter – May 2011
PLATFORM Newsletter May 2011 Dear All, In this month’s newsletter, PLATFORM hiring, take action on oil drilling safety regulations, BP and RBS Annual General Meetings, new performance poetry, upcoming events, BP sponsorship of the Tate one year after the Gulf of Mexico catastrophe, and more! Use this link if you would like to tweet this…
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Event: “Violence on Trial”
Violence on Trial Thursday, April 28 路 6:00pm – 11:30pm Resistance Gallery, 265 Poyser Street, London E2 9RF Alongside a host of exciting speakers, PLATFORM will be presenting on oil, insurgency and “corporate violence” in Nigeria and beyond. Using the crisis between the Ogoni and Shell as a starting point, PLATFORM will be discussing the…
26 Apr 2011 ben -
RBS, what are you waiting for?
Yesterday the Royal Bank of Scotland held their 2011 Annual General Meeting at their Gogarburn headquarters on the industrial edge of Edinburgh (see Press Association聽video聽with Clayton Thomas-Muller from Indigenous Environmental Network and myself). The conference centre was flanked by press jesting with shareholders about diminishing returns. Much of the press group made a dash for…
20 Apr 2011 Mel -
First Nations protest tar sands investment at Royal Bank of Scotland AGM
Canadian First Nations representatives to voice opposition in person at RBS AGM New research shows that, since public bail-out in 2008, RBS has raised more than 拢5.6 billion for companies involved in controversial Canadian tar sands projects, 拢2.2 billion of which was in the last twelve months Representatives from some of Canada鈥檚 First Nations are…
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The other offshore tax regime
The lobby machine kicked into action following the announcement by George Osbourne of plans to raise 拢10 billion over the next 5 years from the oil industry. Ex-PLATFORMer Greg Muttitt, author of the forthcoming book聽Fuel on the Fire: Oil and Politics in Occupied Iraq聽explains in this guest blog why the outraged claims of the oil…
6 Apr 2011 Kevin -
Platform Newsletter – April 2011
New Arctic report, events in London, Glasgow and Edinburgh & bad ACE news… Dear All, This newsletter is hot on the heels of the previous March issue – because there’s a lot going on this Spring! We’ve four events coming up in April that PLATFORM is co-organising, plus our report on BP and the Arctic…
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The Black Gold Injustice: A Permanent Condition
The Black Gold Injustice: A Permanent Condition? *Race * Poverty * Environment * Justice聽* Action* Join a new series of events to explore how our daily lives connect to climate change in Africa, the Caribbean and beyond A global economy based on fossil fuels will lead to more natural disasters, resource wars and scorched frontiers…
1 Apr 2011 ben
