Imagine a world where big business controlled what pesticides could be used, what standards of food production was acceptable That this House is extremely concerned about the potential impact of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) on the ability of hon. Members to make decisions in the public interest; in particular opposes the investor…
Etre Charlie or n’etre pas Charlie – that’s the question – whether it’s nobler in the mind to uphold your right to free speech whatever the consequences or to have some concern for the effects of your words in a highly volatile global situation – that is for the responsibilities that come with that right.…
I’m Sipho. I’m an African citizen. And this year I’m going to be more demanding. Will you join me? I’ve been part of the movement to end extreme poverty for a long time, and don’t get me wrong, we have a lot to celebrate. We’ve helped cut global poverty in half. But if you’re like…
Here’s another creative and entertaining event organised by York Amnesty …. QUIZ! Raise money for a donkey ambulance in Afghanistan In memory of a former student at York university’s Centre for Applied Human Rights Frozan Ali from Afghanistan died in Liverpool in 2013 after graduating from York University. She had been…
If you have ever been tempted, in the light of the Governments programme of running down and selling off the County’s publicly financed services, to think that UKIP may have a point in saying that ‘charity begins at home’ and that ‘overseas aid should be slashed’, then think again. The Government is patently not offering charity. Apart from…
The Make Bananas Fair campaign has gone on to the next stage which involves emailing Tesco and ASDA to demand that they sell only Fairtrade bananas. Please could everyone carry out the e-action by clicking here York FT Forum are hoping to be part of the BIG BANANA TOUR and have a photoshoot here in York with…
Invitation to a series of Peace Talks Thursdays in Autumn 2014 – Quaker Meeting House, Friargate, York, YO1 9RL 7.30 – 9.00pm ————————————————————————————————————– Thu 2nd Oct: Love the soldier – hate the war Exploring the militarisation of society David Gee, co-founder of ForcesWatch and former Director of Alternatives to Violence…
If you know a farmer – a working farmer not an agribusinessman – or you know someone who knows a farmer tell him or her what the politicians are planing to spring on us all. A treaty is being planned that will allow transatlantic agribusiness to undermine and override all the existing British and European regulations on food…
Imagine there’s a tax on banks – its easy if you try … Just imagine that after tax payers bailed the banks out, the banks felt they could bear to pay less than 0.5% on each financial transaction. And that this tiny tax could raise several billion pounds. And that most of…
Invite to celebrate Mandela’s life : We remember only too well the anti-apartheid struggle and the inspiration of Nelson Mandela and his colleagues so we have decided to arrange an evening for people to come together and share our thoughts, memories, stories, music – and to simply be together at this momentous time. WHERE: Sunday Dec 15th, 7-9pm,…
STOP THE SUGAR RUSH Sugar inspectors have been outside the headquarters of Coca Cola, PepsiCo and Associated British Foods this morning to ask the companies to change their policies. This is to make sure the sugar they buy and produce is grown on land which hasn’t been taken from farmers and their families, leaving them…
Saturday 22nd June – Sunday 23rd June, 2013 This year York will celebrate Refugee Week with a festival of films exploring human rights issues from many angles with a wide variety of films from international documentaries to films made by students from local schools. It will take place at different venues, with all day…
Another nugget of delight for frustrated inner-activists in York this summer is Reading Rights. This is part of the York Human Rights City project which has been progressing and developing throughout the past year with a variety of events, including conferences, festivals and fairs. Starting on 10th June (this Monday) Reading Rights will be focusing…
From Tim Phillips (York Amnesty) “Facebook” may be the most widely known on-line social media but it is by no means the only one; another is “Twitter” – a social networking and micro-blogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based messages of up to 140 characters, known as “tweets”. Twitter is reported to…
Among York’s many wonders, the Centre for Applied Human Rights (CAHR) is probably one of the most interesting. Although part of York University, CAHR ‘s work goes beyond academia and focuses on the real, down to earth, human rights issues – both in England and around the world. This year it is running a new…
