Thousands call for closure of arms marketing unit

Over 10,000 people have called for the closure of DESO (Defence Export Services Organisation), a Government unit which exists to find sales for private arms companies. A petition received today by the Treasury contained signatures from people across the UK, including...

Thousands call for closure of arms marketing unit

Over 10,000 people have called for the closure of DESO (Defence Export Services Organisation), a Government unit which exists to find sales for private arms companies. A petition received today by the Treasury contained signatures from people across the UK, including...

Christian Aid plans longest UK protest march for climate change

Christian Aid is asking thousands of people from Northern Ireland, Scotland, England and Wales to put their best foot forward and join its 1,000-mile ‘Cut the Carbon’ campaign march between 14 July – 2 October 2007. The longest protest march in UK history will...

Christian Aid plans longest UK protest march for climate change

Christian Aid is asking thousands of people from Northern Ireland, Scotland, England and Wales to put their best foot forward and join its 1,000-mile ‘Cut the Carbon’ campaign march between 14 July – 2 October 2007. The longest protest march in UK history will...

Withhold funds from World Bank say campaigners

Campaigners across Europe are asking their governments to threaten to withhold funds from the World Bank unless specific changes are made to policy and practice. Protesters gathered near the French Finance Ministry in Paris on Monday (5 March), to put pressure on...