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India is the biggest single recipient of British aid, with £1 billion spent between 2003 and 2008 through the UK's Department for International Development (DfID). This article, written for Corporate Watch by Richard Whittell, introduces a series of short films and interviews about the DfID in India to be published over the coming weeks, which were shot by Whittell and Indian activist Eshwarappa M during a trip to various parts of the country affected by British money. Their experience meeting people whose lives have been directly affected by DfID activities, as well as evidence and opinions provided by activists, academics, journalists, state employees and DfID staff, did not tally with the claims made for British aid by DfID's publicity.
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Ever since the first Palestinian call for boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israel in 2005, French multinational Veolia has been on campaigners' list of boycott targets for its investment in the controversial East Jerusalem tram line and involvement in 'settlers only' bus routes. As a result of high profile boycott campaigns around the world, Veolia last year attempted to abandon its part in the tram line project (see previous articles: 1 | 2). But Veolia's shameless facilitation of settlement infrastructure does not end there. On a recent visit to the area, Corporate Watch investigated the impact of Veolia’s other big operation on occupied land: the Tovlan landfill. |
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It's Valentines Day in a couple of weeks and tonnes of cut flowers from Israel and the Occupied Territories are set to be exported to Europe. Many of these flowers come from the besieged Gaza Strip, a captive market for Israeli companies like Carmel-Agrexco. Israel has eased its siege on Gaza specifically to allow the export of flowers to Europe through Israeli companies. Roughly 450,000 flowers have been passing through the Gaza crossings each week, bound for the UK, Holland and other parts of Europe. Agrexco's flowers are also sourced from the occupied West Bank. |
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In our last News Update, on 5th January 2010, we published an open letter to multinational fruit exporter Fyffes on the subject of trade with Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. Corporate Watch had been supplied with a photo of boxes of dates bearing the Fyffes logo inside a packing house in the settlement of Tomer.
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- Military-style drones for policing
- Drug companies may have influenced WHO swine flu campaign
- BA threatens striking cabin crew they could lose benefits
- The 'Primark effect': Textile waste on the rise
- Israel to fortify the prison walls around Eilat |
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In the aftermath of World War Two, a group of pacifists opened a radical bookshop on Caledonian Road in London's Kings' Cross. Ever since then, Housmans has worked hard to continue its mission of "promoting ideas of peace, human rights and a more equitable economy by which future wars, and all their inherent suffering, might be avoided." Fifty years later, at a time when many independent bookshops are being forced to close down, with their biggest threat being the rise and subsequent domination of online bookseller Amazon.com, Housmans is determined to not only fight to hold its corner but 'take on' the market's biggest player by exposing its unethical corporate practices and providing a more ethical alternative. |
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After seven months of occupying woodlands in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, the Mainshill Solidarity Camp was last week preparing for eviction. Mainshill Woods, near the village of Douglas, is where Scottish Coal has been given permission to mine 1.7million tonnes of coal in the woods. It is one of the most heavily mined areas in Europe, with three opencast mines nearby (Poniel, Glentaggart and Broken Cross), all operated by Scottish Coal. The landowner is Lord Home, chairman of Coutt's bank, the corporate wing of RBS, who is currently being investigated for fraud. |
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The meeting that could have given the West Durrington Consortium the 'right' to destroy a semi- ancient woodland has been postponed (see previous article). The meeting was to take place at Worthings Development Committee on 28th January to push for planning permission to develop on Titnore Woods and surrounding farmland but has now been put off until sometime in March. A demo that was planned to take place outside Worthing's Assembly Hall on the same day has thus been cancelled too and will take place in March when the Consortium meets again. |
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- Arora's detention centre plans defeated
- Highgate Farm protester gets 3 years in prison
- Anti-nuclear activists disrupt parliamentary select committee
- Unemployed workers picket A4e in Cambridge |
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5th-7th February: Earth First! Winter Moot
North-east England. Further info, nearest train station, directions and location announcement will be up nearer the time at www.earthfirstgathering.org.uk |
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