Stop the killing in Peru

Killings enable resources to be taken, indigenous people get in the way, they are economic collateral and of course the British government is inspired by 'enterprise' not ethics.

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My main objective for me going to peru was to try to speak out against the recent killings of peaceful indigenous protesters ordered by Peru's Garcia Regime ... and to call on the media to start investigating and reporting the Truth instead selling out by printing and reporting a onesided stoty of government propaganda Lies. Given that the current regime of Alan Garcia has been manipulating the press , criminalizing indigenous peoples in the public eye and covering up the massacre in Bagua , I hoped that I could bring media attention and a Voice to my Amazonian brothers and sisters and their quest for Justice and Truth...

On June 10th at 2am I decided to grab a plane and fly to Peru … I just could not sit here in Hollywood anymore and do nothing ! It was definitely a last minute emergency trip…. But I just had to go and stand in solidarity and try to give voice to my amazon brothers and sisters who were being criminalized by their government and whos voices are ignored by Peru’s propaganda media . I went to speak out against President Garcias plans to exploit and rape the Amazon in the name of development and greed , speak out against the criminalization of indigenous protesters and to try to investigate the truth about what had happened in Bagua in the early morning of June 5th.

My arrival resulted in a big media circus , and since I spoke out against the government and media lies in press conference and interviews , the media attacked me… As I expected.

I even had people speculating that I must be financed by some foreign power to tumble the Garcia Regime…So it was quiet scary …

I brought 50 cameras, so people could tell their stories ,videotape the truth and let their voices bee heared through youtube, facebook,myspace and blogs.

Video cameras are such a powerful weapon of truth against human rights abuse and government oppression.

If it would not be for videos, Peru’s Garcia regime would have gotten away with lying about the violent massacre in Bagua.

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Zen gets a make over.

You have probably seen this, it brings it right to the moment.....seriously Zen is it!

Thomas Helliker died for your trade union rights.

Wiltshire lad that I am I remember listening to EP Thompson, the great ecosocialist, at a CND rally in Trowbridge in the 1980s talking about the trade union struggles in Wiltshire, so great to see this post from Andy Newman at Socialist Unity (who I blog with and sometimes against if I am frank) on our heritage in the county.


Speaking for White Horse Trades Union Council, Andy Newman said: “People often forget that the towns of West Wiltshire have a long history of trade unionism, and of political radicalism. Thomas Helliker is a martyr who died rather than betray his fellow work-colleagues, and as modern trade unionist it is important that we remember the traditions of those who have gone before us”

Thomas Helliker day has been traditionally commemorated in Trowbridge by trade unionists, and the new White Horse ( Wilts) trades council is reviving the practice and will be organising events for each year.

Wreath laying, 1:00 pm, 22nd March 2010, St James Church, Union Street, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, BA14 8RU

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'War' Edwin Starr original 1969

Wake up early on a sunday morning and smell the soul.

Ron Paul in Bruno

Can't seem to embed this but its magic

take a look while it is still on youtube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7RnlPQCKBQ

Did love Bruno, very very funny.

The Amazon is not for sale

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35 minutes on the story of the Awajun who are friends of friends and do a great job practising what Elinor Ostrom might describe as enlightened self-interest.....protecting tierra madre.

Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace, the real protectors of the planet are the Awajun, Wampis and other groups in Aidesep.

Climate trade union conference today

Campaign against Climate Change Trade Union conference 2010

13 Mar 2010, 11:00 am

South Camden Community School, London NW1 1RG

Speakers will include Tony Kearns (CWU), Manuel Cortes (TSSA), Chris Baugh (PCS), Prof. Barbara Harriss-White, Jonathan Neale (Million Green Jobs Commission, CCC), John Stewart (HACAN), Graham Petersen (UCU), and Larry Lohman (Cornerhouse).

The Campaign against Climate Change Trade Union conferences have brought together hundreds of Trade Unionists to discuss the role that the Trade Union movement can play in the fight against Climate Change.

Our previous conferences have been a great success, but our third occurs against a backdrop that is even more urgent. Working people face the twin threat of economic recession and climate disaster. The failure to agree a serious strategy for dealing with climate change at the Copenhagen Climate Conference underlines this problem.

Registration is £10 (waged) £5 (low-paid, unemployed).

For more information, please visit the CCCTU Wordpress blog.