Archive for June, 2012
Jun 27 2012 by Jade in Brighton
On 27th June, international campaigners for justice in Bhopal are uniting around the world to take action against Dow Chemical. With one month to go to the London Olympics, demonstrators are marking …
Tags: 1984 Union Carbide gas leak, 2012 London Olympics, bhopal medical appeal, commission for a sustainable london 2012, Disqualify Dow, Dow, Drop Dow Now, London olympics, meredith alexander, Olympic Sponsorhsip, Seb Coe, union carbide
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Jun 21 2012 by Jade in Brighton
Singer songwriter Manoj Jacob shared his song ‘A face in the sand’ with us. The song was written in protest to Dow Chemical’s sponsorship deal with the International Olympic Committee. We caught …
Tags: A face in the sand, Bhopal Gas Disaster, bhopal medical appeal, Bush administration, Dow, DOW Chemical, Indra Sinha, International Olympic Committee, Kargil conflict, London 2012 Olympics, Manoj Jacob, olympic sponsorship
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Jun 18 2012 by Jade in Brighton
The Greenwash Gold campaign took their message straight to the offices of the London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (LOCOG) on Monday 18th June 2012. Groups from the Bhopal Medical Appeal, London Mining Network …
Tags: Athletes Against Dow Sponsorship, bhopal, bhopal medical appeal, BP, Corporate Sponsors, Counter Olympics, DOW Chemical, Greenwash Gold 2012, locog, london 2012, London Mining Network, London Olympics 2012, lord coe, Olympic Games, olympic sponsorship, Rio Tinto, UK Tar Sands, union carbide
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Jun 15 2012 by Jade in Brighton
http://youtu.be/E6ttfMyXRH8 The band ‘Saturn’s Return’ who run the film production company ‘Selva Rica’ have produced a video about the use of the pesticide DDT in the production of bananas. The widespread use …
Tags: Bananas and DDT, Bananas Cota Rica, bhopal, bhopal medical appeal, DDT, DDT and Bananas, Dow, Monsanto, Niguragua, Pesticides and Bananas, Syngenta
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Jun 15 2012 by Jade in Brighton
For more information or to sign up for the Brighton Marathon please email info@bhopal.org Fancy a challenge? Always wanted to run a marathon? Want to get fit? Then get in touch with …
Tags: Brighton Marathon 2013, Brighton Marathon Charity Places, Brighton Marathon Places, Brighton Running Groups, Brighton Running Marathon, British 10K London, British London 10K Run, Charity running places, Get fit for charity, Just Giving, Marathon Charity Places, Marathon Charity Places Brighton, run for charity, Running in Brighton, Sunday 14th April 2013, The Bhopal Medical Appeal, Virgin Money Giving
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Jun 12 2012 by Jade in Brighton
Amnesty International has mailed all of its members asking them to take part in their ‘Don’t Dow It’ campaign, opposing Dow’s olympic sponsorship, and we hope that you may be keen to …
Tags: 2012 Olympics, amnesty international, Bhopal Gas Disaster, bhopal medical appeal, Corporate Sponsorship, Dow, DOW Chemical, locog, london 2012, London 2012 Olympics, London olympics, lord coe, olympic sponsorship, Twitter, union carbide
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Jun 12 2012 by Jade in Brighton
A free screening of the award winning documentary ‘Bhopali’ is taking place at 6pm on Friday 15th June 2012 at the Himalaya Centre in Edinburgh. Bhopali is a feature-length documentary directed by …
Tags: 1984 Union Carbide gas leak, bhopal, Bhopal Gas Disaster, bhopal medical appeal, bhopali, Charity Film Screening, Dow, Free Film Screening, Himalaya Centre Edinburgh, Scottish Friends of Bhopal, union carbide, van maximillian carlson
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