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Make Polluters Pay Day of Action

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In September climate campaigners in Leicester joined in the ‘Make Polluters Pay’ Day of Action.

Global Justice Leicester and Leicestershire joined local climate campaigners to give out leaflets in Leicester City centre – outside Barclays bank.  We had good conversations with passers by. People were concerned about climate change and were keen for action to be taken to stop banks making profits at the expense of our planet’s future.

From 2016-2022, the UK’s ‘Big Four’ banks (Barclays, HSBC, Natwest and Lloyds) provided over £300 billion in funding to the fossil fuel industry. Barclays made £7 billion in profit in 2022.

In the same year around 25% of Pakistan was covered in water due to flash floods and the UK saw record heat of over 40 degrees.

Find out more by reading the leaflet: Make Polluters Pay for Climate Chaos

Have you signed the petition: Make pollutes pay for their climate damage?

Campaigning for Global Justice

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Global Justice Leicester and Leicestershire campaigns to tackle the root causes of poverty.

We are a small group, but through membership of Global Justice Now, are encouraged to make a difference – by joining with campaigners throughout the UK.

The Big One

In April members of Global Justice Leicester and Leicestershire joined ‘The Big One‘ in London. This was organised by Extinction Rebellion. It was a four day action, where people from over 200 groups and movements, gathered throughout Westminster and at the Houses of Parliament. We are in the middle of a Climate Emergency and were asking politicians to take the situation seriously… not make decisions based on the number of votes that will be gained.

Remembering Rana Plaza

On April 24th 2013 the Rana Plaza building collapsed in Bangladesh, killing 1134 garment workers and leaving 2,500 workers injured. Some of the injured are unable to work 10 years after the tragedy. Many people were working for manufacturers that are well known in this country – we may have bought clothes from the people who suffered during this disaster.

The Rana Plaza event in Highfields, Leicester on April 24th 2023 was to remember the people who needlessly lost their lives working in an unsafe building – and to renew the call for clothes manufacturers to provide decent pay and working conditions for all of their workers.

Duing the meeting we also heard about the working conditions of garment workers in Leicester. Our clothes are often produced by people working long hours with low pay. As a Global Justice Now local group we hope to support this important campaign. When we buy cheap clothes, it is likely that the garment workers were not paid much for their work.

Stall at the National Justice and Peace Network Conference in July 2023

The conference theme this year was ‘Sustainability ? Survival or Shutdown’.

Global Justice Now resources were greatly appreciated and it was brilliant that so many of the resources had been produced in the last few months.

Have you read the booklet ‘Monopoly Capitalism – what is it and how do you fight it‘. It is well worth downloading.

The FIVE biggest corporations earned more than the poorest 2 BILLION PEOPLE in the last year – a quarter of the world’s population.

Film at the Phoenix on March 6th at 7pm – Offshore

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Join us at the Phoenix for a screening of Offshore, followed by a interactive discussion hosted by Climate Action Leicester and Leicestershire.

Presented in partnership with Climate Action Leicester and Leicestershire (CALL), Offshore is an independent documentary that brings together varying perspectives on working in offshore oil and gas and renewable energy – and explores what the coming energy transition means for workers and communities around the UK North Sea.

The film looks at how communities and regions have been impacted by past industrial decline, the risks workers face in an increasingly precarious industry and how they can organise for the future.

Watch a trailer

The climate crisis means we must rethink our energy systems: where we get energy from, how it’s produced and who benefits from it. Workforces and communities all over the UK will be impacted by the energy transition and have the potential to benefit from more publicly owned, local and renewable energy.

This screening is free and will be followed by an interactive discussion hosted by Climate Action Leicester Leicestershire.

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Council pension funds invest in fossil fuels

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Do you want our local Councils to stop their pension fund investing in fossil fuel producing companies?

Monday 6th February at 6.30pm – Friends Meeting House, Queen’s Rd, LE2 1WP

Come to a #LeicsDivest get-together – Meet people, share food, have fun & get involved

Find out about the #LeicsDivest at: Climate Action Leicester and Leicestershire

Sign the petition: Invest in solutions to climate, cost of living and energy crises – not fossil fuel companies (actionnetwork.org)

Climate justice demonstration and vigil at Leicester Clock Tower

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Friday, September 30th between 5pm and 6pm – Climate justice demonstration and vigil at Leicester Clock Tower. Pakistan is in the news with its catastrophic floods, as is Puerto Rico as a result of the recent hurricane, and there are many other countries where climate change is making a huge impact.

Come to the vigil with your own placard, the flag of a country where you know people are being hit by climate change, or just turn up and use one of our placards. Bring a friend, if possible – the more people who attend, the bigger the impact we make.

Climate vigil at the Clock Tower last year
Climate vigil at the Clock Tower last year

 

Day of Action on Corporate Courts – May 21st

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On May 21st the Phoenix in Leicester is showing the film Arica – at 5.30pm (part of Great Big Green Month)

Arica is a documentary about a Swedish mining company who made a deal to dispose of toxic waste in Chile and the case that the community took to court to try and get justice.  The toxic waste had a terrible impact on the health of the small community. This gripping film has been made by film makers Lars Edman and William Johansson.

Join us to watch Arica at the Phoenix cinema in Leicester on Saturday – after the film there is a Question and Answer session.

Global Justice Leicester & Leicestershire is taking a stall to the screening and will explain how Corporate Courts are being used to oppose climate protections. You can find information about Corporate Courts on the Global Justice Now website.