Editorial
Take action for social housing. Paul Deluce reports on the growing national housing and land crisis...
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Cover Story
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Paved Paradise?
The greenfield building programme being planned by the House Builders Federation could mean the loss of over one thousand square miles of British countryside. This is despite the fact that every year we are already losing an area of countryside roughly the size of Bristol to development, and that each decade since the war an area the size of Greater London has been built over. Ali Bastin
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Cigareets & Houses
Cigareets and whusky and wild, wild women, they'll drive you crazy, they'll drive you insane!", or so predicts the old country song. Well this story's about cigareets and money and new house building, but the implications for our mental health may be no less bleak. Chris Woodford digs the dirt.
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Babylonian Times
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Critchley Labels
Chris lisley was forty years old, but had a mental age of 12. He loved his job - making labels for household appliances - in the Critchiey Labels factory in Gwent, South Wales. But in April 1996, the Critchley Labels management decided that as a cost-cutting exercise, staff would be appraised according to their attitude to the company, their willingness to re-train and their approach to change and flexibility - and the lowest-scoring 10 staff would be sacked. |
Westinghouse
Giant American transnational Westinghouse is abusing its monopoly position in the nuclear industry by forcing the construction of a dangerously outdated nuclear power plant in Bulgaria. Za Zemiata reports for Corporate Watch. |
Commercialism United FC
Supporting a football team is a matter of intense tribal loyalty. But what if you can no longer afford the price of a season ticket? Mark Lynas counts the cost of the commercialisation of football. |
Globalisation on trial- The human cost of the Asian economic crisis.
The economic crisis hitting Asia has seen billions of dotlars in paper money wiped off share values. But it has also left millions of human beings without a livelihood, Sara Chamberlain reports.
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Tigers in Distress
A quick guide to the Asian economic crisis, by Mark Lynas. |
Migrant Labour pays the price of Asian crisis
By Natacha David, International Confederation of Free Trade Unions. |
So what's the alternative?
Co-operative Models of Economic Development. It's called the TINA phenomenon: 'There Is No Alternative'. Roger Hallam of Upstart workers Co-op begs to differ... |
The campaign for real education
By Sara Chamberlain "Trade Unionists need to know and understand the problems faced by working people throughout the world if working class solidarity is to be advanced and an end to exploitation ensured."
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Selling Starvation
Mark Lynas reports on how, in an age of plenty, the world food trade starves the poor. |
Cargill: the invisible giant
You may not be familiar with Cargill, but it's one of the most powerful corporations on earth. Wealthier than many developing nations, it's involved in more than 50 lines of business in 800 locations in 60 different countries around the world. |
The Victoria Jubilee Allotments
Simon Badley reports on another case of land development.
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Whose Fair share?
For the last few years the Campaign Against the Arms Trade (CMT) has been running the Clean Investment Campaign. The aim is to persuade various public bodies to disinvest from arms exporting companies. Ray Hemmings, Coordinator of the Campaign, reports.
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| DIY toolkit |
Fed up with getting cold, wet & muddy on actions?
Then try AGM's... Making your protest at your least favourite company's Annual General Meeting (AGM) is good for several reasons including .You're unlikely to get cold, wet and muddy _You're talking to the big fish, top dogs and fat cats. You'Il embarrass them at their holy of holiest _You might get a good spread of food and drink. You're very unlikely to be arrested.
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Book Reviews
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Campaign Updates
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Campaign Updates 2
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