Actually all the wonderful Fairtrade tea and coffee (as well as biscuits and other goodies) was provided free by the Coop. But people drinking their cuppa had the chance to gamble on the market price, just to experience the madness of the food commodity markets. In just a few hours, the price of a cuppa rocketed from 40p up to £3, before crashing back to just over £1. Just a bit of fun, but a real illustration of the way that bankers are playing with the price of food, making profits on market volatility and forcing people into hunger as a result. Fortunately, the free cuppa was accompanied by a chance to take action – lots of people signed a campaign card urging the UK government to support strong EU regulations – see wdm.org.uk/food-speculation for more info
Free Cuppa at the Coop
Come and join us in Shawlands Coop for a free cup of Fairtrade tea or coffee, and find out more about our campaign to stop bankers gambling with hunger.
Saturday 3rd March 10am – 1pm, Shawlands Coop, Pollokshaws Road
If you’re really lucky, you might even win a biscuit in our exclusive food speculation roulette!
Breaking the chains of climate debt
We had a very productive and positive meeting with Anas Sarwar, MP for Glasgow Central and member of the International Development Select Committee on 2nd December. Mr. Sarwar was very supportive of our call to stop increasing the unjust debt of poor countries by providing climate finance as loans through the World Bank.
For more info and to take action now in support of this campaign, see www.wdm.org.uk/climatedebt
Olympic injustice
Bhopal, the Olympics and Corporate Injustice
In 1984, toxic gas leaked from the Union Carbide plant in Bhopal, India, killing thousands. The survivors continue to campaign for justice from Dow chemicals, who are now sponsors of the 2012 London Olympics.
Come and hear Eurig Scandrett, lecturer in Sociology at Queen Margaret University and former head of community action at Friends of the Earth Scotland, talk on the continuing issues in Bhopal and what it tells us about corporate power and injustice more widely
Tuesday 29th November, 7pm, Lecture Theatre A, Boyd Orr Building, Glasgow University, University Avenue
A joint event with FoE Glasgow and Glasgow University Climate Action Society
Stop Hunterston!
North Ayrshire Council are about to make their decision on whether or not to support Ayrshire Power’s plans for a new coal-fired power station at Hunterston. More than 20,000 people have formally objected to this proposal (more than any other development in the history of Scottish planning), so now we need to make sure that North Ayrshire Council don’t ignore this huge level of opposition.
Wednesday 9th November, from 1pm
North Ayrshire Council offices, Cunninghame House, Irvine
Join CONCH, RSPB and others to make sure that the Councillors know they have your support to say no to Hunterston!
Occupy Glasgow
If you haven’t spotted it already, George Square is being occupied, along with cities around the world. It’s time for the 99% to make our voice heard.
Rally and assembly, Saturday 22nd October, 3pm in George Square
Bring the kids, bring a whistle, bring the love and make sure our voices are heard.
For more info, see www.occupyglasgow.org/
