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Join Platform’s Reading Group on ethics, business sponsorship, and making art
“Take the money and run? Some positions on ethics, business sponsorship and making art” Tuesdays 15 & 29 May; 12 & 26 June, 2012; 6.30 – 8.30pm; London. Booking essential. As part of our work critiquing corporate sponsorship of the arts, we have set up this Reading Group, and you’re invited! The sessions will be based on…
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15th March – an evening with the Journal of Aesthetics & Protest
One of the co-editors of the groundbreaking Journal of Aesthetics & Protest is passing through town, and we're hosting him for an evening that will include a lecture/presentation and production/performance (group-research) elements. When – Thursday 15th March, 18.30 – 20.30 Where – The Platform office, 7, Horselydown Lane, Tower Bridge, SE1 2LN
2 Mar 2012 admin -
“The Oil Road” – in search of a subtitle
Platform has submitted a complete manuscript of “The Oil Road” to Verso; it’s gone to the copy-editors now and will be published in May (with a different cover!). But we’re still trying to pick a sub-title – do you have any suggestions? Here’s a blurb about the book, and we’ve copied some possible subtitles below.…
2 Mar 2012 admin -
RBS attempt to greenwash backfires
This article first appeared in the March 2012 edition of Ethical Consumer magazine. Alongside was featured Lisa Isfits' infographic on RBS fossil fuel finance, 'What would you choose?' The Royal Bank of Scotland has been trying to claw back some level of acceptable public image after a wide range of misdemeanours. Beyond the bail-out, the…
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Care about the climate? Move Your Money out of RBS/Natwest
Pinch and a punch, first day of the Move Your Money month! All over the country, people are cutting up their cash cards from the main big banks and shifting their cash to ethical banks, credit unions and building societies, as part of Move Your Money’s sustained campaign to get people to stop providing banks…
1 Mar 2012 admin -
Hold Shell accountable for human rights abuses in Nigeria
A global coalition of NGOs, human rights monitors, academics and analysts have joined Platform in sending a letter to the Board members of Royal Dutch Shell and Shell Nigeria which holds Shell to account for its role in recent human rights abuses in Nigeria. Below is a short extract from the letter: Today the US…
28 Feb 2012 admin -
Top 7 Resources for Kiobel v Shell @ #SCOTUS
Tomorrow the Supreme Court of the United States hears Kiobel v Shell, a case that alleges Shell aided and abetted human rights violations and crimes against humanity committed by the Nigerian military against the Ogoni people from 1992 onwards. The case has significance for the global movement for corporate accountability. The outcome in Kiobel will…
27 Feb 2012 admin -
BP puts off trial, but the oil disaster is ongoing
The BP disaster civil trial was due to start this morning in New Orleans. It has now been delayed until next Monday 5th March while BP continues to attempt to settle out of court with over 116,000 plaintiffs this week. The trial is different to the criminal charges also being readied against the company. If it goes…
27 Feb 2012 admin -
Egyptian businessman admits personal motivation for gas deal with Spain / Eni
Businessman Hussein Salem – on the run from corruption charges in Egypt – admitted his personal & political motivations in signing Egypt’s controversial gas export deals with Israel (via pipeline) and Spain (via Damietta LNG), in discussion with Egyptian journalist Mohamed Heikal: “Yes I made gas deals with Israel. We have a lot of gas…
25 Feb 2012 admin
