Enough fiddling while the planet burns!
CLIMATE CHANGE
Mass protests are planned in 45 countries on the eve of the next round of UN talks on climate change. The meeting, which starts in Nairobi on 6 November, is the latest in a series of painfully slow-moving and increasingly compromised international negotiations on collective action to stem global warming. Time, and patience, is rapidly running out, and this summer saw climate campaigning shift up a couple of gears. A week-long ‘Camp for Climate Action’ near Leeds climaxed in an audacious and headline-grabbing attempt by activists to shut down the UK’s largest coal-fuelled power station. The US saw several protests, including a five-day march of hundreds of people, who walked 50 miles through Vermont to meet and lobby their political representatives. On 4 November hundreds of thousands will mobilize for a global day of action to demand that world leaders take ‘the urgent and resolute action we need to prevent the catastrophic destabilization of the global climate’. Kenyan NGOs are organizing an international demo on 11 November, the Saturday midway through the talks. Get involved with what’s happening in your country at http://www.globalclimatecampaign.org.
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Voices from the margins:
Multimedia: video, podcasts, and more.
- Poetry Slam in Zimbabwe
- The House of Hunger poetry slam held in Zimbabwe in 2006, and organised by the Pamberi Trust, showcased young artists performing inspirational work on issues from corporate power to child soldiers. The video features four of the poets.
Published by Pambazuka News.
- Iranian women speak out
- 3 March 2007, London. Women's rights activists marched through the English capital last week to celebrate International Women's Day with a protest against the misogyny of the Islamic regime in Iran and the threat of invasion by the US. Hear the voices of Iranian feminists Azar and Leila Parnian and the sounds of the demonstration as it passed through the heart of the city. Click here to learn more about the campaign.
Produced by Heidi Bachram.
- Raised Voices audio:
- Benny from West Papua on Corporate Power
- Vinayan from India on agriculture
