Newsletter Issue 21 December 2004
This issue’s features:

GIANT FRILLY CURTAINS TO SAVE MANKIND!
T Troughton talks to one of the UK's saner environmental thinkers.

It's Official: No Dark Machiavellian Conspiracy for New Nuclear Power
Chris Grimshawreports.

Regaining public acceptance of nuclear power will be one of the PR world's biggest challenges according to PR guru, Dejan Vercic.

CENSORED!
The US based Project Censored has just compiled its annual list of the top 25 stories overlooked, under-reported or self-censored by the country’s major national news media. Corporate Watch makes its selection.

UK NEWS

WORLD NEWS

VIEWPOINT: SHORTENING GRACE
John Hepburn
I’m not a religious person, but several of my close friends and relatives are. So from time to time, I have the occasion to witness, or even to say Grace before an evening meal.

UPDATE: NANOTECH
After GM Food - here comes Nano Food UK food regulators challenged to remove Nanotech foods from the shelves.

Babylonian Times

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DIARY

DECEMBER
9 Hacklabs. GNU/Linux is a self-organized cooperation that threatens one of the biggest info-capitalist corporations: Microsoft. The Cowley Club, London Road, Brighton 6pm

10-12 Projectile: a festival of anarchist film and culture. At the Side Cinema in Newcastle upon Tyne. info@projectile.org.uk www.projectile.org.uk

12 Rough Guide To A Future Without Capitalism. Corinna Lotz & Paul Feldman introduce the arguments in their new book (Lupus Books) Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square. Holborn, London WC1R 4RL.

16 Schnews at Ten - The Movie. Brighton Premier of a film ten years in the making. Cowley Club, 12 London Rd, 6pm, call 01273 696104

CHRISTMAS DAY. Demonstrate outside Campsfield immigration detention centre, Oxford 12-2pm 01865 558145. www.closecampsfield.org.uk

26 International Pizza Punk Day "mark this day in your calendar to practise the ancient arts of mutual aid, voluntary association and, of course, vegan pizza making workshops." www.eroding.org.uk/pizzapunx.htm

2005

January
29 Launch of the Welsh Peace Project. A new organisation to encourage networking between different groups involved with peace campaigning and direct action. 10am - 4pm Y Morlan, Aberystwyth

February
6 Seedy Sunday, The Old Market, Upper Market Street, Hove. Seedy Sunday brings together gardeners, seed savers, farmers, local gardening and community groups organic box schemes and organisations campaigning for sustainable food production and biodiversity. We have seen a loss of 97% of our vegetable varieties in the last hundred years! Entrance £1 10am - 5pm 01273 381 686 seedysundaybrighton@yahoo.co.uk www.seedysunday.org

March
27 - 6 March Olive Co-operative tour of Palestine, looking at the environmental effects of the Occupation www.olivecoop.com

NB JULY 6TH 2005 Global Day of Action at the opening day of the G8 Summit www.agp.org www.dissent.org.uk

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