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 Topic: Science and PoliticsThe new items published under this topic are as follows.
Posted by: admin on Friday, January 16, 2009 - 07:55 PM
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As scientists and members of universities, we express our utmost concern and condemnation of the current Israeli attacks in Gaza strip. This is a clear violation of international law, specifically the Fourth Geneva Convention "relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War" (1949).
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Read full article: 'Academics for Gaza' (911 bytes more)  
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Posted by: admin on Tuesday, January 06, 2009 - 12:04 PM
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Israel's mass slaughter and devastation of Gaza shows its barbarity has no limits. 550 Palestinians are dead and 2.500 injured. Half of Gaza's one and a half million Palestinians are children. Dozens have been killed or injured. United Nations representatives in Gaza say the horror unleashed by Israel is "inhuman" and the people are "trapped, traumatised and terrorised". This is what happens when the fourth most powerful military in the world unleashes its arsenal of terror on a defenceless people trapped in the most densely populated area in the world.
Across the world there have been demonstrations of anger and outrage at the inaction of governments in making Israel stop the carnage now.
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Read full article: 'Opposition to Israel's Limitless Barbarity Grows' (294 bytes more)
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Posted by: admin on Saturday, April 12, 2008 - 07:42 PM
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The UK Government has provoked a funding crisis in fundamental science, despite pumping a lot more money into science as a whole. Astronomy and Physics have been the worst hit with the announcement that the famous Jodrell Bank radio telescope will be closed together with a 10% cut in overall funding for university physics departments. Astronomy and particle physics funding faces an £80 million shortfall in cash from the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) over the next three years. The Astronomer Royal Professor Martin Rees says, The funding of the physical sciences is at a precarious state."
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Read full article: 'Stop the cuts in Physics and Astronomy' (3395 bytes more)
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Posted by: admin on Monday, December 24, 2007 - 12:45 AM
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Climate Change Trade Union Conference
9th February 2008 at the University of London Union, Malet Street. See more here .
www.climatecc.org
Get your Union to support the Campaign
Are you a member of a trade or students union? If so, we need your help!
We want to build the widest possible coalition of forces to campaign for action on climate change. Involving our unions is an important part of this.
Proposing motions of affiliation to CCC is a good way of raising the issue, and of tapping into activist (and financial) support. If you've never proposed a motion to your union before it might seem scary. But don't be intimidated - the whole point of unions is to respond to the concerns of their members.
Union affiliation fees: National £250, Regional £100, Local £25
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Posted by: admin on Monday, December 03, 2007 - 04:36 PM
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For details including transport see http://www.campaigncc.org/
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Posted by: admin on Wednesday, October 24, 2007 - 01:17 PM
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We think that, up to now, questions of science and democracy got unfortunately not enough attention from the forums. Therefore, our idea was to launch a call for a "World Social Forum on Science and Democracy" that would be linked to the next WSF that will take place in Belem, Brazil, in January 2009.
Please find here attached our call. You can also find it at our website http://fsm-science.org/ where it figures in several languages.
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Posted by: admin on Tuesday, October 23, 2007 - 10:19 PM
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Thursday 8th November,
How can we win the race against climate catastrophe ?
Public Meeting at the Friends House, 173 Euston Road, 7.00 pm with George Monbiot, author journalist and campaigner and John Sauven, Director of Greenpeace UK.
http://www.campaigncc.org/Calendar.shtml
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Posted by: admin on Tuesday, October 23, 2007 - 10:16 PM
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Saturday 9th February Campaign against Climate Change Trade Union Conference at the University of London Union, Malet street, London.
http://www.campaigncc.org/Calendar.shtml
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Posted by: admin on Tuesday, October 23, 2007 - 10:16 PM
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Saturday, December 8th
National Climate Protest, London - part of the Global Day of Action on Climate to mark the UNFCCC Climate Talks in Bali, Indonesia.
http://www.campaigncc.org/Calendar.shtml
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