by admin | Jul 17, 2011 | BBC, Campaigns, international, media freedom, nuj, Press
On 30 June, I was demonstrating outside the Department of Culture Media and Sport offices, just off Trafalgar Square in London. There was a general feeling that it was only a matter of time before Jeremy Hunt MP would waive through the takeover of BSkyB by News...
by admin | Jul 2, 2011 | Campaigns, media freedom
The year-long saga of Murdoch’s attempt to get control of BSkyB is likely come to an end this month following the government’s announcement on 30 June that it was ready to give the green light to News Corporation’s take-over of BSkyB. Jeremy Hunt also announced that...
by admin | Jun 28, 2011 | Campaigns, Europe
The postponement of Saturday’s meeting of the NUJ Continental European Council (made up of branches in Paris, Brussels and the Netherlands) allowed me to attend a guided tour about the arms industry lobby in Brussels, organised by the Corporate Europe Observatory...
by admin | Jun 7, 2011 | Campaigns, international, whistle blowing
Very little has appeared in the UK media recently about the continuing plight of Mordechai Vanunu, the Israeli nuclear whistleblower, since the broadcast on BBC Radio 4’s afternoon play ‘Vanunu: A Time To Be Heard’ in early March, which focussed on...
by admin | May 13, 2011 | Campaigns, nuj
It’s not often that we can trumpet success, but this week a victory at an employment tribunal could have a big impact in enforcing the rights of interns to be paid at the basic minimum wage and help put an end to the scandal of unpaid work. Last autumn the NUJ, led by...
by admin | Apr 28, 2011 | Campaigns, international, media freedom, whistle blowing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8hZPXZOnUQ This speech by Gareth Peirce was first screened in London on 17 April 2011 as the keynote address at a public meeting entitled “Free Bradley Manning! End the War! The event was held at “Giuseppe Conlon...
