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30.11.2007 UK household expenditure on ethical goods and services has almost doubled in the past five years - but is still a small proportion of the total annual consumer spend, according to the Co-operative Bank's Ethical Consumerism Report.
From: The Co-operative Bank

30.11.2007 The inaugural UK staging of Hollywood’s Annual ARTIVIST (activist artists) Film Festival takes place at the Genesis cinema in Whitechapel, east London, on 7-8 December.

29.11.2007 Population 6 million.
400,000 dead.
2.5 million displaced.
4 million reliant on aid.
What will you do?
Tricycle Theatre, London, 2 December

28.11.2007 Keep world leaders on track: join the National Climate March in London on 8 December.

28.11.2007 Responding to the Uk government chief scientific adviser's claim that there is a moral case for GM crops, an environmental group said such crops are not needed to deal with growing populations and climate change.

26.11.2007 Britain's agricultural aid is ignoring the needs and voices of the poorest farmers and prioritising economic growth over tackling hunger and improving food security, according to a new report.

22.11.2007 The prospects of a nuclear power renaissance in Britain are zero and the global industry is in steep decline, Green MEPs warned yesterday.

21.11.2007 The 21st Fair Trade Fair - which claims to be the oldest and largest "Fair Christmas Event" in the UK will be held at Westminster Central Hall, Parliament Square, on 1-2 December.

21.11.2007 British mining corporations supported by the UK government, such as Vedanta Resources, Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton, are complicit in human rights abuse while making huge profits in developing countries, a new report claims.

17.11.2007 Remembrance Day was marred by the unacknowledged deaths in Iraq - a genocide that threatens to outstrip the horrors of Rwanda in the numbers killed and displaced, says John Pilger.
FromNew Statesman

16.11.2007

15.11.2007 War on Want, as part of the Enough! coalition, is organising a mass lobby of Parliament on 28 November in support of the Palestinian people.

12.11.2007 Britain's 28-day detention limit for terrorism suspects who have not been charged is the longest of any comparable democracy, according to the country's leading rights group.
From Liberty

12.11.2007 African migrants account for the greatest number of new HIV diagnoses in the UK in recent years, and a new report argues that by speaking out, community leaders and people living with HIV can raise awareness of the discrimination they experience.

08.11.2007 At last, London’s dirtiest secret is out in the open, with the launch of a permanent gallery, London, Sugar & Slavery, at the Museum in Docklands.

08.11.2007 One of the UK's largest bus operators will soon offer travelers discounted fares in exchange for their used cooking oil, which will be recycled to power a fleet of buses.

08.11.2007 Children and young people yesterday presented UK Chancellor Alistair Darling with a demand to make child poverty his top priority.

07.11.2007 Kali returns to Soho to present a week-long showcase of readings and performances of new writing by Asian women, 19-24 November.

06.11.2007 Global banana companies are using tax havens to avoid paying tax on their profits - both in industrialised and developing countries.
From Tax Justice Network
+ Revealed: how multinational companies avoid the taxman

05.11.2007 It looks like the British government's nuclear ambitions have been dealt yet another major body blow, this time over the intractable issue of nuclear waste, writes Nathan.