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Greenpeace's Corporate Overreach

By DRU OJA JAY - March 11, 2010 On February 13th, Greenpeace International announced that [it] was hiring ForestEthics founder Tzeporah Berman as director of its global climate and energy campaign. The move has provoked intense outrage among many Greenpeace supporters, staff and activists. The conflict raging within Greenpeace has the potential to be an important first step in addressing two heretofore taboo subjects in the environmental movement: the corrupting influence of corporate cash and the absence of democratic structures. read more more >>

Yarl’s Wood protest, Mothers’ Day

Source: NCADC

Sunday 14 March at Yarl’s Wood Yarl’s Wood Migrant Solidarity are calling a demonstration at 12:00 pm on Sunday, 14th March 2010 in solidarity with the women on hunger strike in Yarl’s Wood Immigration Removal Centre. Yarl’s Wood IRC, Twinwoods Road, Clapham, Bedfordshire, MK41 6HL We join these women in their protest against the detention of migrants. We [...] more >>

Yarl’s Wood Migrant Solidarity: Mothering Sunday Demonstration.

Source: Indymedia UK Newswire

Noise demo on Sunday 14th March, 12pm - 2pm, Yarl’s Wood Immigration Removal Centre, Bedford, MK41 6HL . We are calling a demonstration in solidarity with the women on hunger strike in Yarl’s Wood Immigration Removal Centre. We join these women in their protest against the detention of migrants. We support their bravery and we oppose immigration laws that restrict the freedom of movement of those in need. All welcome! transport contact: 07879793739, press contact: 07879972629 more >>

Run-of-the-river projects threaten efforts to become green

Source: Oil Sands Truth: Shut down the Tar Sands

Run-of-the-river projects threaten efforts to become green By Melissa Davis, Vancouver Sun January 29, 2010 It's not easy being green, as the saying goes, and nowhere more so than here in British Columbia. After all, our province has an established reputation as an incubator for social and political change: B.C. is the birthplace of Greenpeace, the front line in the "war in the woods" and the arena where environmentalists, first nations, government and business came together to create the "Great Bear Rainforest." read more more >>

A Push to Save Greenpeace

Source: Oil Sands Truth: Shut down the Tar Sands

March 5, 2010 A Push to Save Greenpeace Employees, activists struggle against Tzeporah Berman's appointment by Dawn Paley Activists launched a new website today, claiming Greenpeace International's appointment of Tzeporah Berman as co-director of its climate change campaign will push Greenpeace "beyond the point of no return." The appointment would make her a leader of the organization's global climate strategy. read more more >>

Detention hunger strike continues

Source: Freedom Press

Women being held at Yarl’s Wood Immigration Removal Centre, Bedfordshire are entering their fourth week on hunger strike as concerns grow over their deteriorating health. Around 34 women at the centre have stopped taking in food as a protest over the inhumane and brutalising conditions suffered by those awaiting deportation. Both campaigners and human rights lawyers [...] more >>

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