Global Justice Now Cambridge

Anti-TTIP meeting, Wednesday 7 October

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Come and hear John Hilary (Executive Director, War on Want) and Eva Nanopoulos (Lecturer in Law, University of Cambridge) on the dangers of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) now being negotiated between the EU and the United States.

19:30 Wednesday 7 October, Wesley Church, Christ’s Pieces CB1 1LG.

This meeting’s sponsored by Cambridge People’s Assembly Against Austerity, Cambridge Keep Our NHS Public, Cambridge branches of Unison, and of course us of Global Justice Cambridge.  Hope to see you there!

Anti-TTIP protest outside Guildhall, 22 August 2015

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Demetrius & Jane Heal Petty Cury TTIP action 22.8.15
Demetrius (Shakespeare’s _A Midsummer Night’s dream_) and Jane Heal (38 Degrees), Petty Cury, anti-TTIP action, 22 August 2015. Photo by Clare Baker

 

Members of 38 Degrees, Global Justice Cambridge, Cambridge People's Assembly Against Austerity and other groups, Cambridge Guildhall, anti-TTIP action, 22 August 2015. Photo by Sanja McMaster Hirose
Members of 38 Degrees, Global Justice Cambridge, Cambridge People’s Assembly Against Austerity and other groups, Cambridge Guildhall, anti-TTIP action, 22 August 2015. Photo by Sanja McMaster Hirose

 

 

 

Eve Steadman (38 Degrees) with poster and Aidan Baker (Global Justice Cambridge) with petition, Cambridge Guildhall, anti-TTIP action, 22 August 2015. Photo by Clare Baker
Eve Steadman (38 Degrees) with poster and Aidan Baker (Global Justice Cambridge) with petition, Cambridge Guildhall, anti-TTIP action, 22 August 2015. Photo by Clare Baker

 

Clare Baker St Mary's Passage TTIP action 22.8.15
Clare Baker at the anti-TTIP demo. Photo by Sue Woodsford

Photos here of the 38 Degrees action against the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership on Saturday 22 August, in which people from Global Justice Cambridge joined others from 38 Degrees, Cambridge People’s Assembly against Austerity, and more.

It made the Cambridge evening news! More about the issues is on the Global Justice site and in this booklet by War on Want’s John Hilary.

Strawberry Fair 2015

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Strawberry 2015 Monopoly
Strawberry 2015 Corporate Monopoly. Picture by Clare Baker

 

Global Justice Cambridge did Strawberry Fair again this year.  Many thanks to Cambridge Green Party for going shares on the stall.

This was not a Global Justice / Green Party co-production.  Our Green hosts had their material and we had ours — starting with the vast Corporate Monopoly board you see above.  The Monopoly board was probably the better deal.  As a talking point it was up there with the water-tap costume some of us wore to in the Market Place, 12-13 years ago.  People didn’t need to have it drawn to their attention.  They came and looked of their own accord.  Some of them

Strawberry 2015 Monopoly in progress
Strawberry 2015 Monopoly in progress. Picture by Clare Baker
Strawberry 2015 last Monopoly game
Strawberry 2015 last Monopoly game. Picture by Clare Baker

 

played on it, once we’d reassured them that the game would last for no more than 3 turns per player.  A good few photographed it, which will have taken the message still further.

Global Justice Corporate Monopoly is in the spirit of Monopoly precursors such as The landlord’s game.  It pits civil society (boot token) against big business (hat token).  The hat has first throw, and the consequences of landing on most squares on the board favour the hat over the boot.  50% of the Chance cards favour hat over boot likewise, and the Community Fightback squares on the board are very few and far between.

From the conversations we had with punters, it became obvious that many, even of those who didn’t play, got the message.  A remarkable number of them wanted to know if the board was for sale.  To them we gave energy action cards, in hopes their addresses will reach Global Justice that way.

 

Strawberry 2015 Bernard, Aidan, Clare
Strawberry 2015 Bernard, Aidan, Clare. Picture by Sue Woodsford

 

 

 

Hustings

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Yes, the hustings season for the 2015 General Election is well and truly on us now.  The election is going to be a hugely important one.  Let’s seize the opportunities the hustings give for putting the Global Justice agenda clearly before the candidates.

So mark the date: Tues 14 April, 19:20, Emmanuel United Reformed Church, Trumpington Street CB2 1RR.

Cambridge World Development Movement rebrands as Global Justice Cambridge

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Global-Justice-Cambridge-logoThe local action group that was called Cambridge World Development Movement  has today unveiled a new name and logo.  The newly renamed group Global Justice Cambridge will continue its usual operations, including holding regular meetings, running stalls, lobbying local MP Julian Huppert, and organising protests.

Global Justice Cambridge is one of 45 local groups operating as part of the Global Justice Now network, whose central office is in London.  For more than 40 years the World Development Movement had campaigned against the root causes of poverty and injustice in the world, with campaigns encompassing a variety of issues from trade, to food and energy.  In September 2014, members of the World Development Movement from around the country voted to change the name of the organisation to Global Justice Now.

Aidan Baker, co-secretary of Global Justice Cambridge, said:

“For many years, we’ve brought Cambridge residents together who are concerned about global injustice to campaign for a fairer world.  As Global Justice Cambridge, we’ll continue to act in solidarity with activists, civil society organisations and social movements in the global south and campaign for economic justice and an end to global inequality.”

Nick Dearden, the director of Global Justice Now, said:

“This isn’t about changing our values, but expressing them more effectively.  About building a bigger movement and running more high profile campaigns which can really start to change the world.  Global Justice Now will continue to stand with communities around the world facing injustice, and we hope to mobilise larger numbers of people for a better, more equal, more democratic world.”

Global Justice Cambridge continues to meet on the third Wednesday of the month, usually in members’ homes.  Anyone interested in joining the group should contact globaljusticecambridge@gmail.com .

For more information, contact globaljusticecambridge@gmail.com / 07940 543019.

http://groups.globaljustice.org.uk/cambridge