24/01/07

DEFEND RADLEY LAKES

Squatters have been defending a house at Radley Lakes, near Didcot Power Station, in Oxfordshire. They are trying to stop nPower - who own the power station - dumping 500,000 tonnes of waste fuel ash (PFA) into a lake rich in biodiversity.

Today (24th Jan), Oxfordshire County Court ruled in favour of nPower. There is a call out for activists to help defend the squat. If you can get there, please call the site mobile: 0777 2055 384

Updates from: Save Radley Lakes and Oxford Indymedia.

IT AIN'T OVER 'TIL THE FAT LADY CAT SINGS

Platform the inter-disciplinary campaigning and arts charity, present 'an operatic soundwalk' of London. This 'soundtrack for an era of climate change' is set in London's Square Mile.

Download the track at andwhilelondonburns.com and get walking.

UPDATES FROM WORLD SOCIAL FORUM 2007, NAIROBI.

There are a fair few people who trekked over to Africa for the 2007 World Social Forum. The following have been chronicling what went on:

• Danny Chivers, a campaigner from Oxford, at the WSF on behalf of student campaigning network People & Planet: Danny's Diary.
• Regular updates from Kenya Indymedia
• New Internationalist co-editors, Adam Ma'anit and Jess Worth are also updating the NI blog. Adam's article on corporate involvement in the WSF is well worth reading.

AND FINALLY...
Channel 4 News are running a vote for the Most Inspiring Political Figure of the year. Whilst this would normally merit a well-deserved raised eyebrow, we recognise that certain people probably don't deserve to win. See Channel 4 Political Awards for more details.

You can enter by text, phone or email; the latter probably being the cheapest/free option!

We didn't go to the WSF (CW have a no-flying policy), but don't let that put you off visiting our Corporate Watch blog for more news and recent updates!