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Stray Bullets: Toxic Tanker

Toxic Mess or Tanker Company: 30,000 people from the Ivory Coast are suing an oil trading company for dumping toxic waste on the city of Abidjan, leading to chronic sickness across the city. The incident occurred three years ago, but new documents have emerged saying that the company, Trafigura,...

Submitted by Richard.Lemmer

Lemmer's Rogue Report - War of Perception

In the USA, "there is a war of perception that is happening" according to John Larsen of the World Resource Institute. "The facts almost don't matter" - which is quite handy, since 73% of Americans don't know what the facts are.

Submitted by Richard.Lemmer

Blog: Russell Myrie - Gurkhas

The many questions surrounding the treatment of the Gurkhas seem to be getting more and more publicity. Do they deserve to live in Britain? On a certain level that is the long and short of the argument. But there are bigger issues at play here.

Submitted by Russell.Myrie

Young Blood: Don't Be A Cock-Block

Women's activist groups in Kenya have urged the women of the country to enforce a week-long sex ban on their partners, as tension in the troubled country begins to rise once more.

Submitted by Kara.Simsek

Young Blood: Don't Be A Cock-Block

Women's activist groups in Kenya have urged the women of the country to enforce a week-long sex ban on their partners, as tension in the troubled country begins to rise once more.

Submitted by Kara.Simsek

Vox Pops: A-pork-alypse Now

People are dying, pigs are being slaughtered, schools are closing and swine flu has even hit the shores of the British Isles. Is this global pandemic cause for panic or is everyone getting in a flap about nothing?

Submitted by Richard.Lemmer

Young Blood: G20 Reflections

After Climate Camp, I had only had a few hours sleep, but I was determined to take back to the streets as soon as possible. It was the day world leaders would meet to discuss the world economy they have single-handedly destroyed, and I for one wanted to show the G20 what time it is.

Submitted by Jody.McIntyre

Ctrl.Alt.Shift @ Strangers to Citizens Rally

At 8am on a Bank Holiday Monday, Central London is a different world. However, me and 200 other volunteers weren’t there to soak in an eerily silent Hyde Park, or gawp at a tourist-free Buckingham Palace.

Submitted by Sho.Konno

Ctrl.Alt.Shift @ Strangers to Citizens Rally

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Ctrl.Alt.Shift @ Congo Now!

On Thursday 7th May Ctrl.Alt.Shift went down to the Southbank Centre in Waterloo, London, to catch an event taking place as part of initiative 'Congo Now!'; a four-day awareness-raising project backed by a huge coalition of charities, aiming to put a stop to the atrocities that are being inflicted...

Submitted by ben.anderson