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Stray Bullets - The Yes Men Vs Chevron, Tibet Protest And What Really Happened In Iraq

Richard Lemmer delivers his latest news bites. This week the Yes Men activists take on Chevron, there’s a student protest in Tibet, and the publishing of 400,000 Iraq war reports spark controversy…

Submitted by Richard.Lemmer

Competition: Climate Fever

Create a message (from iPhone app to short film) that communicates the importance and impact of climate change and see your entry get made alongside the CAS team! Computer software and work experience with CAS HQ is also up for grabs...

Submitted by CtrlAltShift.

Hitchin To Ghana - Do We Really Need All This ‘Stuff’?

Hannah Martin, our little foot soldier who hails from Hitchin town, is spending a couple of months working on projects in Ghana. Here begins her series of tales for Ctrl.Alt.Shift…

Submitted by Hannah.Martin

Exhibition Review: Teachings In The Desert

Teachings in the Desert is a personal account from a group of 46 volunteers who spent 10 weeks living and working in rural Rajasthan India as part of Platform2. It's open until Wednesday (October 27), so get your backsides down to Bristol and check it out whilst you can...

Submitted by CtrlAltShift.

CAS @ Voice Storm

Maleena Pone reports directly from Voice Storm; an intimate evening of live music headlined by award-winning music legend, Annie Lennox – all in the memory of the late humanitarian, Dame Anita Roddick…

Submitted by Maleena

Ctrl Meets Jesse Jackson

Rev Jesse Jackson is one of America's foremost political figures; a key player in the civil rights movement, alongside Dr Martin Luther King. Ctrl.Alt.Shift's Eva Baker caught up with Jesse to talk about why young people are so important if we truly want to change the world...

Submitted by Eva Baker

CAS Circus Of The Invisible Snapshots - Part 2

Get the visual lowdown on the Circus of the Invisible: on Wednesday CAS took to the streets and shook things up in London's Trafalgar Square, creatively campagining for tax and climate justice for the developing world...

Submitted by Ctrl.Alt.Shift

Event Review: 'Global Generation' - Young People And The Media

What role does the UK media have to play in engaging young people in global and social issues? Hannah Henderson headed down to the launch of a new International Broadcasting Corporation report, 'Global Generation', to find out...

Submitted by Ctrl.Alt.Shift

Feature: Chto delat? - The Urgent Need To Struggle

Amy Hall reviews a free ICA exhibition finishing this weekend - The Urgent Need To Struggle; which tells the story of ‘ordinary’ people against government corruption, the authorities, oppression, inequality, but also the feeling of hopelessness that can engulf activists at their low points...

Submitted by Amy Hall

Circus Of The Invisible: Review

The Circus of the Invisible took the streets of London by storm: creating a flurry of colour and and character, and shedding some much needed light on some of the greatest injustices of our time...

Submitted by Eva Baker