We had a very successful day. 133 people signed letters to their MPs asking them to defend the standards and regulations that we currently observe on the quality of our food. 
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Borders: the good, the bad and the ugly
7.30pm Wednesday 24 October Borders: The good, the bad and the ugly
Do we need borders at all? Ruben Andersson’s talk took a broad sweep across contemporary and historical borders, starting and ending at Europe’s fortified frontiers, with a double purpose – to show how bordering shifts over time, and asked whether we should aim for ‘good borders’ rather than ‘no borders’ as we grapple with the deadly consequences of walling off countries and continents. A large audience interacted in a lively way with his ideas.
Ruben is an Associate Professor of Migration and Development at Oxford University.
Free: donations. Refreshments at the end.
UK Aid Quality 7.30pm Wednesday 5 September RISC
UK Aid Quality
The UK gives 0.7p per £1 on Overseas Development Aid. Is our government spending the money wisely? Is it really helping some of the poorest people in the world? At present some of the money is spent on the military, counter-terrorism projects and to promote the interests of British corporations. Is that a good use of the money? We had a lively and critical thinking discussion on this topic central to global justice.
July 13th London anti-Trump demonstration
Some of us joined the Trump demonstration in London on 13th July. We joined Global Justice Now’s trade block. We were drawing people’s attention to the danger of a trade deal with America which would effect our food safety standards. Some people were dressed as chickens while Margaret’s poor bedraggled chicken from America was getting swamped in chlorine before being put on sale in our supermarkets.
Stalls at Reading Waterfest and East Reading Festival June 2018 and Earley Green Fair, August 2018
We organised stalls on at Reading Waterfest and at E. Reading Festival. We highlighted our pharmaceutical campaign with a simple game. Participants were asked to fix price labels to three medicines in the years 2008/11 and in 2016. (The way the prices have been hiked is absolutely shocking.) We also organised a stall at Earley Green Fair on August 4th. Andrew Micklebrough coordinated that one.
Matt Rodda, MP for Reading East visited our stall at East Reading Festival. He was shocked when he heard about the huge profits made by pharmaceutical companies and when he saw the enormous increase in the price of the three different medicines.
The first two pictures are from Waterfest and the third is from the East Reading Festival.
t medicines. Public Health not Private Wealth; Stopping the corporate grip over medicines 4th July
Wednesday 4 July: Public Health not Private Wealth; Stopping the corporate grip over medicines
Radhika Patel from Global Justice Now spoke about the pharmaceutical campaign. The NHS is forced to fork out billions for medicines every year and patients around the world die from treatable conditions because they can’t afford the drugs they need. Meanwhile, the pharmaceutical industry is the most profitable in the world.
7.30pm. RISC, RG1 4PS
