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  • Free Mahienour: Egyptian revolutionary & climate justice activist

    Free Mahienour: Egyptian revolutionary & climate justice activist

    Our ally Mahienour El-Massry is facing 2 years in jail in Egypt for speaking out against human rights abuses. This Sunday 31 May, a court will rule on her case. She faces a two year sentence on trumped up charges, for a small lawyers protest at Raml police station after cops assaulted another lawyer. The…

    28 May 2015 admin
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  • Stranding the Leviathan – a report from the Shell AGM in Den Haag, Netherlands

    Stranding the Leviathan – a report from the Shell AGM in Den Haag, Netherlands

    We are in the dim light and red velvet of the Circustheatre in Den Haag for the Shell AGM. Up on the podium are the assembled bishops of the company. Eight in the back row all non-executives. Five in the front row: the Chief Financial Officer, the Chief Executive, the Chairman and two non-excutives. Behind…

    22 May 2015 James
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  • The Management of Democracy – a report from the BP AGM 2015

    The Management of Democracy – a report from the BP AGM 2015

    The low hanger of the ExCeL building – the London Exhibition Centre – squats grey and devoid of windows on the northern quayside of the former Royal Victoria Dock which was closed and privatised in 1981. Despite having visited this hall for most of the BP Annual General Meetings of the past decade, the place…

    5 May 2015 James
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  • ุงู„ุนู†ู ุงู„ู…ุตุงุญุจ ู„ุชุบูŠู‘ุฑ ุงู„ู…ู†ุงุฎ ููŠ ู…ุตุฑ

    ุงู„ุนู†ู ุงู„ู…ุตุงุญุจ ู„ุชุบูŠู‘ุฑ ุงู„ู…ู†ุงุฎ ููŠ ู…ุตุฑ

    ู…ูŠูƒุง ู…ูŠู†ูŠูˆ ุจุงู„ูˆูŠู„ู„ูˆ ููŠ ุฎุถู… ุงู„ุญุฑูƒุงุช ุงู„ุซูˆุฑูŠุฉ ููŠ ุงู„ุณู†ูˆุงุช ุงู„ุฃุฎูŠุฑุฉุŒ ู„ูŠุณ ู…ู† ุงู„ุณู‡ู„ ุฃู„ุง ู†ู„ุงุญุธ ุฃู† ุชุบูŠุฑ ุงู„ู…ู†ุงุฎ ู‚ุฏ ุจุฏุฃ ูŠุบูŠุฑ ุงู„ุดุฑู‚ ุงู„ุฃูˆุณุท ูˆุดู…ุงู„ ุฃูุฑูŠู‚ูŠุง ุŒุญูŠุซ ู†ุนูŠุดุŒ ุชุบูŠูŠุฑุงู‹ ุฌุฐุฑูŠุงู‹. ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ุชุญูˆู„ ุงู„ุชุฏุฑูŠุฌูŠุŒ ุงู„ุฐูŠ ูŠุตุนุจ ุชุฌู†ุจู‡ุŒ ูŠู‡ุฏุฏ ุจู†ุฒูˆุญ ุงู„ู…ู„ุงูŠูŠู† ู…ู† ุงู„ุจุดุฑุŒ ุฅู† ู„ู… ูŠูƒู† ุนุดุฑุงุช ุงู„ู…ู„ุงูŠูŠู†ุŒ ูˆ ุจุชุบูŠูŠุฑ ุดูƒู„ ุงู„ู…ู†ุทู‚ุฉ ุจุดูƒู„ ู‚ุฏ ูŠุตุนุจ ุงู„ุชุนุฑู ุนู„ูŠู‡ุง. ูˆ…

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    29 Apr 2015 admin
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  • ุงู„ูƒูุงุญ ู…ู† ุฃุฌู„ ุงู„ุนุฏุงู„ุฉ ุงู„ู…ู†ุงุฎูŠุฉ ููŠ ุดู…ุงู„ ุฃูุฑูŠู‚ูŠุง

    ุงู„ูƒูุงุญ ู…ู† ุฃุฌู„ ุงู„ุนุฏุงู„ุฉ ุงู„ู…ู†ุงุฎูŠุฉ ููŠ ุดู…ุงู„ ุฃูุฑูŠู‚ูŠุง

    (ุงู„ู…ู‚ุงุฏู…ุฉ ู„ู„ูƒุชุงุจ “ุงู„ุซูˆุฑุฉ ุงู„ู‚ุงุฏู…ุฉ ููŠ ุดู…ุงู„ ุงูุฑูŠู‚ูŠุง- ุงู„ุนุฏุงู„ุฉ ุงู„ู…ู†ุงุฎูŠุฉ”) ุญู…ุฒุฉ ุญู…ูˆุดุงู† ูˆู…ูŠูƒุง ู…ูŠู†ูŠูˆ-ุจุงู„ูˆูŠู„ู„ูˆ ุณูŠุคุฏูŠ ุชุบูŠุฑ ุงู„ู…ู†ุงุฎ ุฅู„ู‰ ุชุฏู…ูŠุฑ ุดู…ุงู„ ุฃูุฑูŠู‚ูŠุง. ูˆุณูŠู…ูˆุช ุงู„ูƒุซูŠุฑูˆู† ูƒู…ุง ุณูŠุถุทุฑ ุงู„ู…ู„ุงูŠูŠู† ู…ู† ุงู„ุจุดุฑ ุฅู„ู‰ ุงู„ู‡ุฌุฑุฉ. ุงู„ุตุญุฑุงุก ุขุฎุฐุฉ ุจุงู„ุชูˆุณุน ูˆุงู„ู…ุญุงุตูŠู„ ุชูุดู„ ูˆุตูŠุงุฏูˆ ุงู„ุฃุณู…ุงูƒ ูŠูู‚ุฏูˆู† ู…ุตุงุฏุฑ ุฑุฒู‚ู‡ู…. ุณูŠุฒุฏุงุฏ ุนุฏู… ุงู†ุชุธุงู… ุงู„ุฃู…ุทุงุฑ ูˆุณุชุชุถุงุกู„ ุฅู…ุฏุงุฏุงุช ุงู„ู…ูŠุงู‡ ูˆุณุชุตุจุญ ุงู„ุนูˆุงุตู ุฃูƒุซุฑ ูƒุซุงูุฉ. ุงู„ุตูŠู ุณูŠุตุจุญ ุฃูƒุซุฑ ุณุฎูˆู†ุฉ ูˆุงู„ุดุชุงุก…

    28 Apr 2015 admin
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  • SuAndi of National Black Arts Alliance on justice in arts funding

    SuAndi of National Black Arts Alliance on justice in arts funding

    In November I participated in a seminar* on arts policy and heard writer,ย performance poet, andย Freelance Cultural Directorย ofย National Black Arts Alliance, SuAndi give an arresting paper to an almost totally white audience of arts practitioners, funders, and policymakers. She generously agreed to it being published here.     “I have told this before Many times Too…

    28 Jan 2015 jane
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  • ุณูŠุงุณุงุช ุงู„ู†ูุท ูˆุงู„ุตุฑุงุน ุนู„ูŠ ูƒูˆุจุงู†ูŠ

    ุณูŠุงุณุงุช ุงู„ู†ูุท ูˆุงู„ุตุฑุงุน ุนู„ูŠ ูƒูˆุจุงู†ูŠ

    ูƒุงู† ูŠูุชุฑุถ ุฃู† ุชุณู‚ุท ูƒูˆุจุงู†ูŠ. ูุนู†ุฏ ู‡ุฌูˆู… ุฏุงุนุด ุนู„ูŠ ุงู„ุจู„ุฏุฉุŒ ุญุงุตุฑุชู‡ุง ุงู„ู‚ูˆุงุช ุงู„ุชุฑูƒูŠุฉ ู…ู† ุงู„ุดู…ุงู„ุŒ ู…ุงู†ุนุฉ ุนู†ู‡ุง ุฃูŠ ุชุนุฒูŠุฒุงุช ูˆู…ุนุชู‚ู„ุฉ ู…ุฆุงุช ุงู„ู†ุงุฒุญูŠู†. ูˆู‚ุฏ ู‚ุตูุช ุงู„ุทุงุฆุฑุงุช ุงู„ุฃู…ุฑูŠูƒูŠุฉ ู‚ูˆุงุช ุฏุงุนุด ููŠ ุฃู…ุงูƒู† ุฃุฎุฑูŠุŒ ู„ุชู‚ูˆุฏู‡ู… ู†ุญูˆ ุฑูˆุฌ ุขูุง: ุงู„ู…ู†ุทู‚ุฉ ุงู„ูƒุฑุฏูŠุฉ ุงู„ูƒุจูŠุฑุฉ ููŠ ุดู…ุงู„ูŠ ุณูˆุฑูŠุง ูˆุงู„ุชูŠ ุชุญูƒู…ู‡ุง ุฐุงุชูŠุง ุงู„ุญุฑูƒุฉ ู…ู† ุฃุฌู„ ู…ุฌุชู…ุน ุฏูŠู…ู‚ุฑุงุทูŠ (ุชูŠู-ุฏูŠู…ุŒ) ูˆุงู„ุชูŠ ูŠุฑุฃุณู‡ุง ุณูŠุงุณุง ุญุฒุจ ุงู„ุงุชุญุงุฏ…

    25 Nov 2014 admin
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  • Decolonising Energy: An excerpt from ‘Energy beyond Neoliberalism’

    Decolonising Energy: An excerpt from ‘Energy beyond Neoliberalism’

    Back in Spring, the Kilburn Manifesto team asked whether we’d like to submit a chapter on energy to their project. Edited by Soundings founding editors Stuart Hall, Doreen Massey, and Mike Rustin, After Neoliberalism seeks to open up space to debate alternatives to current dominant neoliberal systems. Most of our campaigning on oil focuses on…

    14 Nov 2014 admin
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  • Of Land & Power – energy before and after neoliberalism

    Of Land & Power – energy before and after neoliberalism

      The mass of Ben Lui rises up. So much higher than all those ridges around it. We can make out our planned line of ascent up Alt Coire Ghaothaich, the mareโ€™s tail of white water plunging down the mountainside. We cross Alt an Rund and begin the climb from 1,150 feet to the summit…

    7 Nov 2014 James
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