Newsletter Issue 22 February/March 2005
This issue’s features:

WINDRUSH COMMUNICATIONS: DELIVERING IRAQ TO THE CORPORATIONS!
Windrush Communications is the British company which organises the Iraq Procurement Conferences, where corporations discuss the privatisation of Iraq's assets (see Corporate Watch Newsletter December 2004). Ewa Jasiewicz takes a closer look.

NANOTECH: What it is and how Corporations are Using it

IDENTITY CARDS - WHO PROFITS?
n late 2004, the Whitehall & Industry Group coordinated the recruitment of a 'Head of Marketing' for the UK National Identity Cards Scheme (see Corporate Watch August 24th 2004) through the Whitehall & Industry Group (WIG) website. WIG is funded, by among others, Atos Origin, which has already supplied the Home Office with biometric technology for the ID card trials. .

EDITORIAL/NEWS

CAMPAIGN: TAKE ACTION SAGAINST WINDRUSH

Babylonian Times

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DIARY

FEBRUARY

11-13 PROJECTILE: International festival of anarchist film and culture, Side Cinema, Newcastle upon Tyne www.projectile.org.uk

12 Kyoto Climate March .30 am Lincoln's Inn Fields (Holborn Tube) Bicycle Ride Protest, 9.00 am Thames Barrier (South Side, 10 mins from Charlton Rail) 02088553327 www.campaigncc.org

12 Valentine's 'Make Love Not War' party: St George's Circle Community Centre 49 Tufnell Park Rd, London N7. Dancing 8pm-3am. £5/£3 078 1075 0505 www.peace-not-war.org

12-13 Dissent! Anti-G8 Gathering,Glasgow. If you wish to attend, please email g8gathering@yahoo.co.uk

13 Seedy Sunday community seed swap. Machynlleth, Wales 10am to 3pm 01654 705971 machseedswap@hushmail.com

14 KISS IT! XX Human rights protest against psychiatric assault.11am Whitehall place with march to Imperial War museum 01332 366447 info@kissit.org www.kissit.org

14 Target the fur industry online protest www.ecd-fur.com

18-20 G8:Direct Action Trainers' Workshops in Glasgow.
For more details 0845 458 4776 email DATW@seedsforchange.org.uk http://seedsforchange.org.uk/free/diary#oxlangla

19 Wacky Cabaret present, Make Love Not War! Proceeds to support local activists. 7.30pm Hog in Armour, Charing cross, Norwich, Norfolk £4 or £3 conc 07760161755 cabaret@theatreofwar.org

20 North Devon community Seed Swap, Tapeley Park, Nr Instow 01237 424029 lava@volcano1.freeserve.co.uk
http://seedswap.mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk

25- 27 National UK Cohousing Conference @ Gregson Community Centre, 33 Moorgate, Lancaster. www.cohousing.co.uk

MARCH

5 A militarised, nuclear armed Europe? Or a Europe that promotes peace and solidarity? International peace conference in Manchester. £6 or 8.5 euros unwaged, £12 or 17 euros waged 0161 273 8283 www.gmdcnd.org.uk

6 -21 TRIAL AND CELEBRATION OF RESISTANCE IN DUBLIN. Five Irish saboteurs on trial at Dublins Four Courts for disabling a US war plane at Shannon Airport. http://geocities.com/pit_stop_ploughshares/pitnews.html

8 International Women’s Day

12 Mad March Fayre Bands, kids entertainment, stalls, workshops, food and beer. 11am-11pm Hastings Pier Ballroom £12/8 on door, £11/7 advance, under 12s & carers free 07729331614 info@madmarchfayre.com
www.madmarchfayre.com

18-20 Introduction to Renewable Energy Weekend Courses, Wales 01654 761 731 info@greendragonenergy.co.uk www.greendragonenergy.co.uk

19- 15 April Counter Terror, Build Justice International month of anti-war action. Sponsored by Voices, Hands Up for Peace, Edinburgh People and Planet amongst others. www.j-n-v.org

21 Destroy the arms trade - International Day of Direct Action www.dsei.org

26 The International Campaign Against Coca-Cola: Building the Network and Mobilising the Boycott. 1-6.30pm, Saturday 26 February 2005. Leeds University Union.

 

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