Resources: campaigning against companies
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Can Community Shares Save Local Pubs, Shops and Football Clubs?Follow link
The Huffington Post: Fewer Animals in Laboratories Is Good for All of Us
Fewer Animals in Laboratories Is Good for All of UsFollow link
The Telegraph: We don't really have 'workfare' in the UK. But perhaps we should
We don't really have 'workfare' in the UK. But perhaps we should , by Neil O'Brien.Follow link
The Telegraph: Government forced into U-turn on flagship work experience scheme
Government forced into U-turn on flagship work experience schemeFollow link
Canary Wharf wins injunction banning St Paul's protesters
Canary Wharf has won a High Court injunction banning protesters after fears that the anti-capitalist demonstration would spread from St Paul's.Follow link
Guardian Video Post - Occupy Bristol: 'This is Camp Hope'
The UK's biggest tent protest outside London has attracted a mixture of those at the sharp end of economic inequality and those with one foot in the city's mainstream. John Harris visits Occupy Bristol to find out whether protesters are winning over a public who are increasingly feeling the pinchFollow link
Guardian article: Ratcliffe coal protesters spared jail sentences
Activists who planned to shut down a coal fired power plant are spared jail time. Interesting case in regards to protesters rights and the legal consequences of direct action; lawful excuse could not absolve them, but their immaculate records, and the sheer organisation of the campaign, did.Follow link
Guardian article: Erin Brockovich's town in second battle over pollution
Lead by Erin Brockovich, the resident's of Hickney won a famous campaign against PG&E, a power company that had been poisoning the towns water supply. Now, the residents are having to continue their campaign after finding pollution in the water systems they were previously told were protected.Follow link
Corporate watch website
A website with information about various corporations, including material on researching and how to use the information you find.Follow link
Film: Matewan
Union activist Joe Kenehan is sent to help organize a struggling and disjointed union so they can stand up to the company operators and gun thugs. A film about the power a campaign can have when people set aside their differences and come together to make a stand.Follow link
Film: Erin Brokovich
The inspirational true story of grassroots campaigner Erin Brockovich, who begins the film as a single unemployed mother and ends by leading a small law firm to win one of the biggest class actions lawsuits in American history against a multi-billion dollar corporation.Follow link
Film: Blue Collar
This comedy, about three workers scamming their union, only to discover the depths to which it is already corrupt, proves that just because something is meant to work for you doesn’t mean it necessarily will.Follow link
Future Focus: what will campaigning be like in 5 years' time?
In this excellent resource, NCVO outline what they see as the most important drivers that will affect campaigning in the next few years. It's free to download!Follow link
Telegraph article: Anti-whaling ship sinks after collision with Japanese vessel
A high-tech boat belonging to anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd has been destroyed in a collision with a Japanese vessel that signifies a "serious escalation" of hostilities between the two groups in the Southern Ocean.Follow link
Bitterwallet: Retired art teacher stomps all over npower – and he’s not finished yet
"Robert Bramwell is a big bloody consumer hero"Follow link
BBC news: Npower refunds 200,000 gas users
The energy supplier Npower has been told to repay £1.2m to 200,000 of its gas customers after a customer (Robert Bramwell) sucsessfully took action against the company - sending a letter to the Guardian newspaper and then featuring on the BBC Watchdog programme.Follow link
Guardian article: The Unlikely Consumer Hero
The campaigning story of Robert Bramwell who spent two years campaigning for npower to repay £1.2m to households overcharged for gas. Although initially struggling with many rejections he was finally very successful thanks partly to a letter to the Guardian and an interview on Watchdog.Follow link
Scottish Herald article: Green campaigners: police can no longer criminalise us
Plane Stupid Scotland claim victory after court cases are dropped .Follow link
Guardian video: Life inside the Vestas protest
The Guardian shows footage of the Vestas protest, when workers occuppied the closure-threatened wind turbine plant in an attempt to save their jobs.Follow link
Guardian article: Undermining human rights
Bianca jagger writes about an Indian settlement built on mineral deposits is at risk from a mining company. As consumers, it is up to us to protect it.Follow link
Civil servants gave confidential police documents to E. ON security guards before climate protest
Confidential police intelligence about a planned demonstration at an E. ON power station was handed to the energy company by government officials before it was due to take place,Follow link
Wikipedia entry: Astroturfing
Astroturfing is a form of propaganda, sometimes employed by corporate interests, who try to create the impression of being spontaneous "grassroots" behavior. It is a method that is used by many companies as a way of countering climate-change campaigning.Follow link
Guardian article: Climate denial 'astroturfers' should stop hiding behind pseudonyms online
Environmental journalist George Monbiot talks about 'astroturfing', a tactic used by undisclosed corporate interests (often with a vested interest in denying climate change) who undertake political, advertising, or PR campaigns to create the impression of being spontaneous "grassroots" behaviour.Follow link
Film: Silkwood
The story of Karen Silkwood, a metallurgy worker at a plutonium processing plant who fought to expose dangerous practices and died under suspicious circumstances.Follow link
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