Amid ongoing creative protests over BP's sponsorship of the British Museum, Danny Chivers wants to know - why the harsh security tactics? Why the searches, exclusions and arrests, all for a paltry 1% or less of the Museum's funding? Is this their policy, or is it BP that's calling the shots?
… British Museum - is BP driving your … was arrested by police on the say-so of a British Museum security guard - for his fake … protests over BP's sponsorship of the British Museum, Danny Chivers wants to know - …
Africa is being opened up like a tin of sardines to a new wave of resource extraction, writes Colin Todhunter. Masked under the soubriquets of 'investment', 'growth' and 'free trade', a handful of vast global corporations are systematically plundering the continent's mineral wealth and leaving desolation in their wake, backed to the hilt by that ever-faithful servant of capital - the UK government.
… resources ' that highlights the role of the British government in aiding and abetting the … the report reveals the degree to which British companies now control Africa's key … London Stock Exchange (LSE) - most of them British - have mining operations in 37 …
With Trump denying climate change and threatening to reject the Paris Agreement, it's more important than ever for society to hold a firm ethical line, writes Chris Garrard. The last thing we need is our most revered museums and galleries muddying the water by courting the sponsorship of leading climate criminals.
… a poignant creative protest throughout the British Museum's iconic galleries. It marked the close of the British Museum's latest BP-sponsored … it has become even more crucial that the British Museum makes clear which side of …
British taxpayers are forcing private health care and schooling onto many of the world's poorest countries including Nepal, Rwanda, Ethiopia and Mozambique, writes Nick Dearden - backing a huge neoliberal experiment whose only certain outcomes are high costs, low standards and massive corporate profits.
… Coca-Cola schools - British aid pushing corporate education and … Africa Nepal coca-cola-school-cut.jpg British taxpayers are forcing private health … hundreds of thousands of people - thanks to British aid money. Turning basic needs into …
Last week BP's Peter Mather - who claims to have 'green and yellow oil' flowing in his veins - took to the airwaves on Radio 4's The Bottom Line'. Evan Davies asked some tough questions, writes Chris Garrard - but failed to mention the shocking case of Colombian trades unionist Gilberto Torres, kidnapped and tortured for 42 days by paramilitaries employed by BP's joint venture partner.
… been a festival of performance protest in the British Museum, musical mischief at the Royal … world-renowned cultural institutions - the British Museum, the Royal Opera House, the … Earlier this year, BP was the sponsor of the British Mueum's 'Indigenous Australia: …
This week the people spoke - and a tad under a quarter of them voted to put the Conservatives in power for another five years, writes Jonathan Cook. Was it an act of collective insanity? No, it's much worse than that. It's because our politics, media and ultimately our minds are controlled and manipulated by billionaires.
… the Lib Dems. According to the rules of the British system, he has won a supposed mandate … highlighted. Although this refers to the British election, the lessons apply equally to … - given that Brand had shaken up British politics over the previous 18 months …
Visit the British Museum's hugely successful Vikings exhibition, and you can't miss the BP branding - a fair price for their sponsorship? No way, writes Chris Garrard, who will join a 'flash-horde' at the Museum next Sunday and give BP its last rites in a Viking longship.
… Mr Nice Guy! Photo: Hugh Warwick. Visit the British Museum's hugely successful Vikings … does it take to bring a longboat into the British Museum? It may sound like the start of … to hold a 'Viking Funeral' for BP inside the British Museum's main atrium. In keeping with …
How can progressive movements rise above merely being right, to mount effective mass opposition to corporate rule and the dictatorship of the super-wealthy? By learning from Gandhi, writes Colin Todhunter, and devising new campaigns that engage with people's everyday concerns - like access to safe, wholesome, affordable, 'open source' food.
… shore. His message of resistance against the British Empire revolved around a simple … and prominent figures on his side (even the British weren't much concerned about a march … about salt), who felt that protest against British rule in India should for instance …
Britain has a huge role in effecting the global energy transition to renewables, new shadow energy secretary Lisa Nandy told the Labour Party Conference. But that will mean a complete reversal of Tory policies to attack wind and solar, lock us into polluting fossil fuels and overpriced nuclear power, and maintain 'big six' profits at consumers' expense.
… climate and environment He's right. It is a British legacy. And it's a Labour legacy. And … support. Pulled the rug out from under the British solar industry just at the moment that … in the world to invest in clean energy. A British industrial success story deliberately …
Israel desperately covets Gaza's gas as a 'cheap stop-gap' yielding revenues of $6-7 billion a year, writes Nafeez Ahmed. The UK's BG and the US's Noble Energy are lined up to do the dirty work - but first Hamas must be 'uprooted' from Gaza, and Fatah bullied into cutting off its talks with Russia's Gazprom.
… were in " secret talks " for months with the British Gas Group (BG Group), which owns the … personal envoy Yitzak Molcho and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair in his … - 'Israel won't pay the full whack' Official British Foreign Office (FCO) documents …
As protestors gather to oppose yet another illegal war in the Middle East, Colin Todhunter asks why David Cameron is so keen to bomb. Of course there's access to oil and routes for gas pipelines, but beyond that, it's about re-entrenching militarism into our national culture, and re-asserting the dominance of capital over people.
… the dominance of capital over people. British Prime Minister David Cameron has said … action against ISIS. Cameron has told the British public that such action is vital to … in Syria on other business... I met with top British officials, who confessed to me that …
Why are we so surprised at the Google tax heist? It's not because there's anything new about it, writes Donnachadh McCarthy. It's because our own political class have long their noses in the trough, and the tax-dodging billionaires that own our mainstream media are anxious to hide the swindle that's keeping them rich, and us poor.
… are four pillars supporting the corruption of British democracy. One of those pillars is the … almost 50% of which are under some form of British jurisdiction e.g. Bermuda, Cayman and … stop the European Union from cracking down on British Bermuda where Google has stashed its …
G4S, the UK government outsourcer that supports Israeli security functions in the West Bank, will now supply 'custodial services' to Guantánamo Bay Naval Base, writes Clare Sambrook. Shocked? You shouldn't be. G4S is impervious to public criticism and defies international law with impunity.
… the US military base at Diego Garcia , the British territory in the Indian Ocean. Like … 'extraordinary rendition' flights - as the British Labour government, after years of … jury found that Jimmy Mubenga, who died on a British Airways plane in 2010 as three G4S …
The new JustPay! campaign is asking investors and individuals alike to activate their money and demand that support staff, such as cleaners, at the UK's top corporations are ensured a Living Wage
… struggle to get by on poverty wages while British supermarkets make huge profits NEWS … group. Tom Levitt reports NEWS Barclays Bank, British Gas and RBS implicated in ‘scandalous’ carbon trading scheme British companies accused of profiting from …
Following scientific confirmation of the severe hazards to health caused by residues of glyphosate weed killers in food, the Soil Association is calling on bakers and retailers to stop 'pre-harvest' spraying on arable crops. The SA's Peter Melchett just sent out this letter - adapt as necessary and send to retailers, bakers, makers of cereals, pasta, biscuits and others.
… Warburtons, the National Association of British and Irish Millers and Allied Mills for … eliminate exposure to glyphosate from eating British bread. The main route of exposure: … in the UK, the main source of glyphosate in British flour and bread comes from the …
A British exit from the EU wouldn't liberate us from the extreme neoliberalism epitomised by TTIP, writes Caroline Lucas. On the contrary, UK governments have been the strongest drivers of the EU's 'free trade', pro-corporate agenda. Despite all the EU's faults - and they are many - it is protecting us from much, much worse.
… Trade Corporations cameron-eu-cut.jpg A British exit from the EU wouldn't liberate us … the EU too often reflects the current British government's zeal for privatisation … launches in London. The progressive case for British membership of the EU, which has been …
Canada's biggest infrastructure project is planned for Peace Valley, BC - a gigantic $7.9 billion dam that would flood 83 kilometres of the Peace River - all to produce electricity that no one needs. But a coalition of farmers, ranchers and First Nations is determined to block it ...
… Hope is the last intact part of the river in British Columbia. "Why can't we leave a piece … by BC Hydro found only four in 10 British Columbians had even heard of the Crown … people for thousands of years. Although few British Columbians make it up to the Peace …
MPs today grilled EDF Energy supremo Vincent de Rivaz over the troubled Hinkley C nuclear plant in Somerset. He insisted that the project was definitely going ahead - but refused to say when the 'final investment decision' was due. Confused? Bewildered? Frustrated? So were the MPs.
… preferential 'investments' from the French, British and Chinese governments. No genuinely … many of them oppose the building of new British reactors because they believe it will … EDF £22 billion in damages. Caroline Lucas, a British Green Party member of parliament, …
EDF has indefinitely postponed its Hinkley C nuclear plant in Somerset, England, as a new IEA analysis shows that its power will cost UK energy users three times more than it should, writes Oliver Tickell. A similar reactor in France is running six years late and three times over budget - and may never be completed.
… this must be one of the worst deals ever for British households and British industry. "Furthermore, the component … this must be one of the worst deals ever for British households and British industry. …
Green leader Natalie Bennett may have been lost for words on LBC yesterday, writes Adam Ramsay - but at least she doesn't charge £25,000 for a speech or £10,000 to have dinner with you. Unlike Jack Straw, Malcolm Rifkind and other politicians so deeply mired in corporate influence that they can't even see what they have done wrong.
… to use the influence bestowed on them by the British electorate to advance the interests of … guides to navigate the complexities of the British state, the web of gentle influence which quietly ensures that British public policy never crosses certain …
The lesson of fracking in the US and Canada is a simple one, writes Naomi Klein. The fracking industry is vicious, brutal and will stop at nothing to get its way. British anti-frackers can celebrate yesterday's achievements - but the fight ahead will not be an easy one.
… and will stop at nothing to get its way. British anti-frackers can celebrate … brazenly overridden the democratic will of British citizens by overturning laws that had …
Canadian mining company Gabriel Resources is seeking over $2.5 billion damages from Romania after it rejected a vast gold mine at Rosia Montana, writes Oliver Tickell. Incredibly, it is taking legal action under a UK-Romania trade agreement.
… the case under the UK-Romania agreement. As British as the Klondike According to GMB's …
With a million families struggling to stay warm this winter, energy bills will be a hot election issue, writes Doug Parr. But Government actions have repeatedly favoured the 'big six' energy incumbents at the expense of consumers, competition, low-cost renewables and energy efficiency, locking us into high bills for years to come.
… while one analyst, Emily Gosden, tweeted that British Gas stands to massively profit from the situation: "If British Gas fails to cut energy prices despite …
With the world's leading nuclear corporations facing bankruptcy due to ever escalating costs, 'unconstructable' reactor designs and financing risks, there's an easy way to finance the UK's new nuclear power stations, writes David Toke: pin the cost onto taxpayers. As for schools, hospitals, pensions, housing, social care and other public services, who needs 'em?
… might return. But we cannot count on it. The British government has long been fanatically … supporters are in effect wanting to bet the British economy on it. If the Treasury are … supporters are in effect wanting to bet the British economy on it. …