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On Wednesday 8^th March, at 7.30pm, at RISC, we held a joint meeting with Friends of the Earth, Reading entitled, ‘Change Climate Finance’.

Siobhan Grimes, from Christian Aid, talked about a campaign to get banks to support clean energy and abandon fossil fuels.

At present, banks invest much more money in mining for coal and drilling for oil than in renewables. We learned how we could encourage them to shift money towards investing in clean, renewable energy and being part of the solution to climate change.

Monday 20 March, 7.30pm we screened ‘Precarious Trajectories: voices from the Mediterranean migration crisis’ in conjunction with the World Film Club.

 

The film gave voice to some of the refugees that have undertaken this perilous crossing in order to arrive at what they hoped would be the safer shores of Europe. Ruha from Syria and Ahmed from Somalia shared their stories. The film was set on location in Libya, Italy and Greece during 2015 – 2016.

 

We are very lucky that Dr Simon Parker, who directed the film, was with us so we asked him questions and shared in discussion after the film.

 

 

Saturday Jan 21, 10 am – 12 noon, Broad Street, Reading, near M&S

Campaigning against CETA, Canada & Europe trade deal. It gives corporations the right to sue our government if their profits are interfered with. It will affect environmental protection, workers’right, public servies (including NHS, health care, and more. All help welcome.

Saturday January 28^th

10 – 4pm

Friends Meeting House Reading

2 Church Street Reading RG1 2SB

Debates about migration can be uncomfortable, upsetting or angry. Learn how to have more constructive conversations in this participatory workshop which will be led by experienced organisers from HOPE not Hate. The session will focus on:

• how to listen and question effectively,
• how to use stories to effectively persuade people
• how to create spaces for more constructive communication around difficult issues.

Organised by HOPE not Hate and Global Justice Now in partnership with Reading Refugee Support Group and Reading City of Sanctuary.

For more information:

• http://bit.ly/DifficultQuestions
• marianmcnichol@gmail.com

Contact:

Jackie Oversby
globaljusticereading@gmail.com
07745310794

Alan Mawer: World Social Forum in Montreal, Quaker Meeting House, Reading from 7.30pm – 9.30pm on Tuesday 31st January 2017. The goal of the WSF 2016, 9-14 August 2016. was to gather tens of thousands of people from groups in civil society, organizations and social movements who want to build a sustainable and inclusive world, where every person and every people has its place and can make its voice heard. The festival of events and activities was the topic of Alan’s talk. It reminded us that the issues we deal with are international.

Jackie, Carol, Chris and John campaigned outside Waitrose in Caversham, Reading, on Sunday 13th November on blocking CETA. We had some considerable support from members of the public, some of whom thought it had been stopped by the Wolloonians in Belgium. It is not over yet. CETA still has to pass the hurdles of the EU Parliament, and national Parliaments. It is worth continuing to campaign against the unbridled face of corporatism, and its progress to subvert democracy through the litigation in secret courts.