by admin | Nov 17, 2012 | Campaigns, international, media freedom, nuj, Turkey, unions
As part of the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) campaign in support of journalists held in prisons or under threat of imprisonment in Turkey, I visited the country between 15 and 17 November. I attended two trials: other members of the EFJ’s governing board...
by admin | Sep 20, 2012 | Campaigns, international, media freedom, Turkey, unions
On 18 September, a meeting sponsored by the Peace in Kurdistan Campaign and the Haldane Society of Socialist Lawyers condemned the recent trials of lawyers and journalists in Turkey. The meeting – held in London – went on to set up a co-coordinating group to build a...
by admin | Aug 7, 2012 | international, whistle blowing
On 11 March 2011, Japan was hit with the largest earthquake in its recorded history. The earthquake and its following tsunami crippled Japan’s Fukushima nuclear power plant on the east coast, about 150 miles north of Tokyo. Shocked by these events, and his...
by admin | Jun 12, 2012 | Campaigns, international
In ‘Remember the dead – fight for the living’, I reported on Dow Chemical’s sponsorship of the ‘artistic wrap’ around the Olympic stadium in Stratford, in east London. I also reported the moving speech by Sanjay Verma from the International Campaign for Justice in...
by admin | Apr 28, 2012 | Campaigns, international, unions
Today, 28 April, is Workers’ Memorial Day (WMD). It’s when the trade union movement and safety campaigners hold a day of action to defend workers’ health and safety. Today, our health and safety is under attack in ways unprecedented in recent times, with attacks on...
by admin | Nov 24, 2011 | international
John Hartigan, the chair and chief executive of News Limited in Australia (News Limited owns 70pc of the Australian newspaper market), resigned a few days ago during Rupe’s annual visit to Oz and a day after the launch of a federal enquiry into media standards...
