Social Control Archive
April 6, 2011: News in brief – Watching the Corporations

[responsivevoice_button] -G4S wins £100m Olympics security contract -BP to resume drilling
05 Apr 2011
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The true cost of tickets for the Olympics: community and workplace organising?

[responsivevoice_button] Official prestige tickets for the 2012 Olympics, which include food
24 Feb 2011
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Bosses step in to protect scab companies as firefighters are hospitalised

[responsivevoice_button] The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) had planned to hold a
10 Nov 2010
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DFID in India VI: False promises

[responsivevoice_button] The final part of the Dodgy Development: DFID in India
24 Jun 2010
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World Cup strikes may be stopped

[responsivevoice_button] A month before football’s World Cup in South Africa, workers
19 May 2010
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Vale-Inco strike now longest in Sudbury Basin history

[responsivevoice_button] The longest industrial dispute in over 100 years of mining
19 May 2010
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Dodgy Development III: A DFID Education

[responsivevoice_button] Richard Whittell and Eshwarappa M’s study of the British Government’s
08 Apr 2010
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Local fisherman and anti-Shell campaigner jailed for 7 months in County Mayo

[responsivevoice_button] A number of key campaigners and activists opposed to Shell’s
25 Feb 2010
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Dodgy development: DfID in India

[responsivevoice_button] India is the biggest single recipient of British aid, with
28 Jan 2010
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Blacklisting workers in the construction industry

[responsivevoice_button] Trade union members and other ‘troublemakers’ in the UK have
20 May 2009
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Police condone covert Internet surveillance

[responsivevoice_button] The City of London police have recently dropped their inquiries
12 Oct 2008
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Google’s new spy

[responsivevoice_button] Users of Google’s newly released Internet browser, Chrome, were shocked
22 Sep 2008
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