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ADULT EDUCATION COURSES
September 29, 2011, 10 a.m. - 12 noon for 10 weeks, St. Matthew's Rooms, Carver St. S1 4FT. Ongoing discussion-based group open to newcomers.
Amount needed to provide a basic education for all who don't now have it, world-wide, annually: US$6 billion.
Amount spent annually in the United States on cosmetics: US$8 billion
Amount needed to provide basic water and sanitation for all who don't now have them, world-wide, annually: US$9 billion.
Amount spent on ice cream in Europe annually: US$11 billion
From "Letter from Johannesburg" (the recent Earth Summit), Congressman George Miller (D-CA) (source: UN Development Program)
NEWS AND VIEWS - ARCHIVE INDEX
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ADULT EDUCATION COURSES
September 29, 2011, 10 a.m. - 12 noon for 10 weeks, St. Matthew's Rooms, Carver St. S1 4FT. Ongoing discussion-based group open to newcomers.
INDEX 2006
22 June WORLD GRAIN STOCKS FALL TO 57 DAYS OF CONSUMPTION: GRAIN PRICES STARTING TO RISE
8 May UNDER MARGARET BECKETT, FARMERS HAVE BEEN THE VICTIMS OF INCOMPETENCE TO MATCH ANYTHING AT THE HOME OFFICE
21 April FACING DOWN IRAN
4 April IS IT MURDER OR ISN'T IT?
28 March EVENING CLASSES TO DOUBLE CHARGES
24 March FOOD, SUSTAINABILITY AND THE ENVIRONMENTALISTS
17 March WHY ALL THE FOREIGN BASES?
16 March MI5, CAMP DELTA, AND THE STORY THAT SHAMES BRITAIN
15 March THE SECRET WAR AGAINST THE DEFENSELESS PEOPLE OF WEST PAPUA
7 March BUSH, CHAVEZ AND HITLER
3 March AMERICA'S GLORIOUS EMPIRE OF DEBT
2 March CANNABIS AND THE BRAIN: A USER'S GUIDE
22 February STATELESS IN SOMALIA, AND LOVING IT
20 February STATE OF WAR: THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE CIA AND THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION
20 February A HALF-DOZEN QUESTIONS ABOUT 9/11 THEY DON'T WANT YOU TO ASK
20 February CHURCHILL, HITLER, AND NEWT - GINGRICH AND THE PUSH FOR WAR ON IRAN
15 February THE POLITICS OF FEAR (OR HOW TONY BLAIR MISLED US OVER THE WAR ON TERROR)
14 February GREED OF THE HIGHEST ORDER AND THE WORST PRIVATISATION SINCE RAIL
8 February IT'S CAPITALISM OR A HABITABLE PLANET - YOU CAN'T HAVE BOTH
8 February 2008 US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION - CHOOSE YOUR FOREIGN POLICY POISON
6 February ENERGY EFFICIENCY "ONLY WAY" TO CURB SPIRALLING FUEL BILLS
2 February SMALLER FIRMS MAY FACE POLLUTION LIMITS
23 January NUCLEAR SHOWDOWN WITH IRAN
23 January IRAN'S BOMB
19 January EVIDENCE OF A STOLEN ELECTION
INDEX 2005
22 December BOLIVIA ELECTS RADICAL PRESIDENT
19 December ‘EU AND US FAIL WORLD’S POOR AT WTO SUMMIT’ - MEP
15 November THE US USED CHEMICAL WEAPONS IN IRAQ - AND THEN LIED ABOUT IT
2 November CLIMATE CHANGE: 10 WAYS TO SAVE THE WORLD
26 October TASK FORCE URGES £20M GRANTS FOR GREEN FUEL BOILERS
29 September KATRINA - ARMED DOLPHINS TRAINED BY US MILITARY MAY HAVE ESCAPED
22 September 'GET OFF THE FUCKING FREEWAY': THE SINKING STATE LOOTS ITS OWN SURVIVORS - TRYING TO LEAVE NEW ORLEANS
13 September GREENS SAY BROWN DANGEROUSLY SHORT-SIGHTED OVER OIL PROBLEMS
26 August FOOTBALL FANS ARE IDIOTS
25 July IRAN SITS PRETTY IN WORLD'S HOTTEST REGION
24 July THE END OF OIL - CONFERENCE ON PEAK OIL, FOOD AND THE ECONOMY, LONDON, 11TH OCTOBER 2005
20 July POST-SOVIET LESSONS FOR A POST-AMERICAN CENTURY
19 July REFORMERS AND HARDLINERS - WHAT DO IRAN, VENEZUELA AND BELARUS HAVE IN COMMON?
15 July FLUORIDE FOLLIES
13 July GLASGOW'S DIET WAS HEALTHIER IN 1405
4 June WHY OUR FOOD IS SO DEPENDENT ON OIL
3 June U.S., RUSSIA STILL FACE MUTUAL DESTRUCTION THREAT
6 April DRUGS, BASES AND JAILS - WHAT'S GOING ON IN AFGHANISTAN?
17 March DO HUMANS CAUSE GLOBAL WARMING?
17 March COMING TO TERMS WITH CHINA
4 March MICHAEL MEACHER ON THE UKRAINE, OIL, AND GEOPOLITICS
3 March THE DANGEROUS IMPLICATIONS OF THE HARIRI ASSASSINATION AND THE US RESPONSE
1 March NORTH KOREA IN WINTER
18 February THE CHRISTIAN CASE FOR WAR
21 January WILL WASHINGTON TOLERATE A CHINESE-VENEZUELAN PETRO PACT?
21 January THE END OF OIL?
9 January THE WHITE STUFF - COCAINE, POLITICS AND THE FAILURE OF THE "WAR ON DRUGS"
INDEX 2004
Common Dreams "News and views for the progressive community" - US based.
Complementary Healthcare Information Service (CHIS-UK)
Friends Of The Earth UK (Press releases)
From The Wilderness Mike Ruppert's excellent site. What's wrong with official story on Sept. 11 2001, US plans for war in Colombia, CIA, USA politicians and the drugs trade, peak oil....Mirror site at http://www.copvcia.com
Globalinfo.org "Daily news service of the developing world" - news on site, also offers free news feed to your website.
Indymedia UK "network of individuals, independent and alternative media activists and organisations, offering grassroots, non-corporate, non-commercial coverage of important social and political issues". Some good stuff mixed up with total cobblers.
ZNet "A community for people committed to social change". Includes articles by Noam Chomsky, John Pilger, Robert Fisk and many more.
8 December LABOUR FAILS TO MEET EMISSIONS TARGETS
7 December THE MATERIAL BASIS OF ACCUMULATION
4 December THE CORPORATION - A HIGHLY-RECOMMENDED FILM
1 December GOODBYE, DOLLAR - AND EMPIRE
24 November US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION FRAUD 2004
18 November NEW OIL PROJECTS CANNOT MEET WORLD NEEDS THIS DECADE
17 November MEPS CALL FOR REVIEW OF EU ARMS SALES POLICY
16 November MEDITATION MAY BOLSTER BRAIN ACTIVITY
16 November WHITE HOUSE CALLS FOR CIA PURGE
15 November CHILE IDENTIFIES 35,000 VICTIMS OF PINOCHET
11 November ADVENTURE CAPITALISM - THE HIDDEN 2001 PLAN TO CARVE-UP IRAQ
25 October COLOMBIA: WOMEN'S BODIES USED AS A BATTLEGROUND
24 October EU CONSTITUTION MUST GO BACK TO DRAWING BOARD, SAY GREENS
23 October HEALTH CONCERNS OVER TEFLON
3 October THE CHALLENGE TO MASS VACCINATION
22 September U.S. TREASURY SHOWS ACTUAL 2003 FEDERAL DEFICIT AT $3.7 TRILLION
15 September INCREASE IN CHILDHOOD LEUKAEMIA MAY BE PARTLY DUE TO INCREASED LIGHT AT NIGHT
15 September CONVENTION SPEECHES IGNORE IMPENDING U.S. DEBT DISASTER
12 September DARFUR: WHY NOW?
11 July BRITISH MPS' VISIT TO BOTSWANA CONTROLLED BY THE GOVERNMENT
30 June INDICTMENTS LOOMING FOR BUSH & CHENEY IN VALERIE PLAME CASE?
13 June THE FLUORIDE DECEPTION
22 April UPRISING IN FALLUJAH - WHY?
3 April APPROPRIATING THE INTERNET FOR GLOBAL ACTIVISM
3 April NEW LAWS WON'T PROTECT DOLPHINS
3 April UK WILDLIFE MUST NOT BE PATENTED FOR PROFIT
26 March CROAKER COLA
26 March ACTION DAY AGAINST WATER FLUORIDATION IN SHEFFIELD AND SOUTH YORKSHIRE
12 March ARE ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS DANGEROUS TO OUR HEALTH?
4 March BUSH OR KERRY? LOOK CLOSELY AND THE DANGER IS THE SAME
23 February CORRUPTION IN THE "FREE MARKET"
22 February MAKING SENSE OF THE KOREAN CRISIS
19 February 2004 US DOUBLE GAME IN HAITI
11 February GREEN MEPs PROTEST COLOMBIAN LEADER'S EU VISIT
21 January SOYA: IS IT HEALTHY OR HARMFUL?
16 January AMERICA'S WAR FOR GLOBAL DOMINATION
11 January WHY BRITAIN IS GOING TO WAR
INDEX 2003
30 November FRAGMENTS OF THE FUTURE: THE FTAA (FREE TRADE AREA OF THE AMERICAS) IN MIAMI
30 November DEATH BY MEDICINE
22 November THE DOORS OF PERCEPTION: WHY AMERICANS WILL BELIEVE ALMOST ANYTHING
22 November CHINA'S RISING GRAIN PRICES COULD SIGNAL GLOBAL FOOD CRISIS
21 November TUNISIAN CYBER-DISSIDENT ZOUHAIR YAHYAOUI FREED AFTER 18 MONTHS IN JAIL
21 November ON THE DRAFT GENEVA ACCORD
18 November EURO-MP CALLS FOR REGIONAL BAN ON TETRA MASTS
14 November THE DIGITAL IMPRIMATUR - HOW BIG BROTHER AND BIG MEDIA CAN PUT THE INTERNET GENIE BACK IN THE BOTTLE.
6 November WHISTLEBLOWER KICKED OFF COUNCIL
31 October MEP URGES BENN TO ADOPT 'ETHICAL DEVELOPMENT POLICY'
24 October THE U.S. TOP 25 CENSORED MEDIA STORIES OF 2002-2003
10 October ARNOLD'S ENRON SECRET
10 October DIVVYING UP THE IRAQ PIE
6 October DUDE WHERE'S MY COUNTRY?
3 October WHY DON'T WE HAVE ANSWERS TO THESE 9/11 QUESTIONS?
22 August LICENSING BILL NOW LAW
21 August THE WORLD SAYS NO TO THE WTO
18 August LONDON FACES 'PRINTER CARTRIDGE MOUNTAIN' THREAT - LOOPHOLE MAY DESTROY FLEDGLING RECYCLING INDUSTRY
26 July COLLATERAL LANGUAGE: AN INTERVIEW WITH NOAM CHOMSKY
16 July THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST BP's BAKU-CEYHAN PIPELINE
10 July HOUSE OF LORDS SUPPORTS LAW ALLOWING BLAIR TO FLUORIDATE THE WHOLE UK
27 June WANT TO LIVE LONGER? EAT LIKE A GREEK - MASSIVE RESEARCH ON 'MEDITERRANEAN DIET' SHOWS LIFESPAN BENEFITS
25 June US NATURAL GAS CRISIS
22 June THE NEW U.S. NUCLEAR POSTURE
10 June CONCLUSIVE RESEARCH ON HEALTH AND NUTRITION
23 May UK GOVERNMENT CRITICISED OVER SUPPORT FOR INDONESIAN MILITARY IN ACEH
20 May SAUDI ARABIA, WEST AFRICA - NEXT STOPS IN THE INFINITE WAR FOR OIL?
21 April WOLVES AND SHEEP - HOW DID THE WAR GO?
17 April WHO IS ZALMAY KHALILZAD, U.S. SPECIAL ENVOY FOR IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN?
10 April EUROPE VERSUS THE ANGLO-AMERICAN ALLIANCE - NEW POLITICAL ALIGNMENTS AND THE "BIG GAME".
9 April EU CALLS FOR RELEASE OF ISRAELI NUCLEAR WHISTLEBLOWER
7 April WHEN DEMOCRACY FAILED: THE WARNINGS OF HISTORY
1 April MARTIAL LAW IN SERBIA
31 March WHO LIED TO WHOM? WHY DID THE U.S. ADMINISTRATION ENDORSE A FORGERY ABOUT IRAQ'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM?
31 March U.S. GOVERNMENT QUIETLY SEEKS MORE SWEEPING POWERS FOR SURVEILLANCE AND SECRECY
31 March U.S. MEDIA APPLAUD BOMBING OF IRAQI TV
28 March CIVILIAN SLAUGHTER
27 March THE INNER WORKINGS OF THE WAR-PROPAGANDA MACHINE
24 March NEW OUTBREAK OF GULF WAR SYNDROME PREDICTED AS COALITION USES DEPLETED URANIUM
14 March RUSSIAN EXPERT PREDICTS 500,000 IRAQI DEAD IN WAR DESIGNED TO TEST WEAPONS
12 March MERLIN THEATRE, SHEFFIELD - APPEAL FOR FUNDS FOR NEW BOILER
12 March 'WATER PRIVATISATION THREATENS WORLD POVERTY GOALS' - GREEN MEPs CALL FOR SUSPENSION OF WORLD TRADE TALKS
3 March WRITERS SNUB NESTLE OVER BABY MILK
3 March AFGHANISTAN - ONE YEAR ON
28 February WAR BY TIMETABLE
25 February LICENSING BILL - GOVERNMENT DEFEATED IN LORDS
24 February SWAMI'S 2003 STATE OF THE UNIVERSE ADDRESS - Swami Beyondananda
21 February GOVERNMENT CONCESSIONS ON LICENSING BILL
17 February (updated from 13 October, 2002) BUSH PLANNED IRAQ 'REGIME CHANGE' BEFORE BECOMING PRESIDENT
12 February RECKLESS ADMINISTRATION MAY REAP DISASTROUS CONSEQUENCES - U.S. Senate speech by Robert Byrd
12 February NEW FILM REVEALS IRAQ'S HUMANITARIAN CRISIS
7 February BLAIR, HOON AND STRAW MAY BE INVESTIGATED FOR WAR CRIMES
29 January (updated from 10 January) THREAT TO LIVE MUSIC IN ENGLAND AND WALES - LICENSING BILL
25 January LETTER FROM BAGHDAD
13 January SUBMARINE-SEEKING SONAR DEVICES KILL WHALES AND DOLPHINS
INDEX 2002
20 December ZERO WASTE STRATEGY COULD BOOST GREEN INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
13 December WEAPONS INSPECTORS DENIED ACCESS TO UK BOMB FACTORY
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