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9 Sep 2024 AnnieGabrielle Jeliazkov
Gaby previously worked on Platform’s just transition project, where she co-authored the Our Power report. She is originally from Canada but has lived in the UK since 2018, including in London and Glasgow. She has a background in trade union organising, community organising and campaigning.
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Action Saro-Wiwa
In 2015, it was 20 years since the Nigerian writer and activist Ken Saro-Wiwa and 8 Ogoni colleagues were hanged by the military government for campaigning against Shell In 2018 it will be 60 years since Shell started drilling in the Niger Delta, the breadbasket of Africa, to get at its oil resources. That’s…
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14 Aug 2023 AnnieRadhika Jani
Radhika works with communities in Tower Hamlets to dream up alternative food systems. She has a background in community arts & writing, and leads on the project’s creative strand to tell local food stories.
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Economy
“The planet today is the battlefield of a 4th world war (the 3rd was the so-called ‘Cold War’). The aim of the belligerents is the conquest of the entire world through the market. The arsenals are financial; there are nevertheless millions of people being maimed or killed every moment… Globalisation is merely the totalitarian extension…
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Fighting to keep fossil gas in the ground
This project is part of Platform’s long-term commitment to support environmental justice struggles at the front lines of oil and gas drilling internationally. BP does not carry out fracking in the UK where it is headquartered, because “it would attract the wrong kind of attention”. But BP, Shell and a host of other companies are…
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14 Aug 2023 AnnieJames Marriott
James works on our project Crude Britannia, using literature, film, theatre & live art to explore how oil has shaped the UK’s economy, politics and culture over the past century. He’s co-author of several books – The Next Gulf (2005), The Oil Road (2012) and Crude Britannia (2021).
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15 May 2023 adminMarianne Brooker
Marianne is based in Bristol, where she works on strategic communications for our campaigns across press and digital. She has an arts PhD and a background in research, teaching and editorial work.
T: 07563 753 760
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2 Apr 2019 annaEconomy
Sustainable Cities Climate change is often described about as a global complex problem – understandable only through parts per million and technical papers. But at Platform we know that climate change is an everyday issue. It’s about the places we live, the structures and systems that shape those places and how we want the future…
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15 May 2023 adminFlick Monk
Flick is based in Glasgow and grew up up in rural Galloway. She previously worked at Friends of the Earth Scotland on fracking and divestment. She has an MSc in Environmental Studies from Antioch University New England where she researched community energy.
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