TWO SEA SHEPHERD CREW HELD PRISONER ON WHALING SHIP

(bit of a round-robin, so feel free to forward and so on – I got this from the Plymouth Environment Centre)

A demonstration has been organised for Giles Lane, one of the two Sea Shepherd Crewmembers who have been held on board the Japanese Harpoon Vessel ‘Yushin Maru’.

Giles is a well known and loved campaigner and deserves your support.

Campaigners from Cumbria, Leeds and around the country have already pledged to attend.

Please try to make it to Green Park Tube Station at 2pm Tomorrow (Wednesday).
And walk the short distance to opposite The Japanese Embassy, 101 Piccadilly.

There will be Sea Shepherd banners and XL shirts to borrow.

For further details see the www.seashepherd.org website.

You can contact me (UK Coordinator) on 07942 788881

Thank you

Darren Collis

 

Inspiring ethics

We just had this sent through from the Ethical Directory people.

“The search is on for the UK’s most inspiring, female-led ethical business, with the launch of the Triodos Women in Ethical Business Awards (WEBA) 2008.

“The awards, now in their third year, celebrate the women behind some of the most inspiring ethical enterprises in the UK. This year, in addition to the ethical business and ethical entrepreneur awards, there is a new category for the ethical small business of the year.

“Entry is easy and free. Call 0117 980 9631 or visit www.activatemoney.com for more information and to apply. Closing date: 14 February.

 

Glowing report

Josie McCoy is a super artist from Plymouth. And what’s more she gets included in some right top-notch shows. Find out more about her latest – as part of the whole Seduction thing in London (she’s at St Martins, in conjunction with the Barbican, London). Read it at the People’s Republic of South Devon.

 

the found words project (1)

Please insert dots as appropriate.

 

news from Adbusters

We picked up this article from a mailout by Adbusters – apparently it will appear in the next issue of the mag, which comes hot on the heels of the legal wrangling over Canadian TV, which the busters of ads have been involved with. So, read on for:

THE MEDIA’S NEW AESTHETIC: WHY TV IS ABOUT TO HAVE A MAJOR MOOD SWING.
by Clayton Dach

The last few years have been hard on poor old television.

 

Choose choice

We picked this up from the fantastic F-Word blog (which we stumbled upon while looking for the F-Word art exhibition, which is part of the Forgiveness Project, and we’re so glad we did).

 

No logical progression

How about this for rationcination from our PM. It’s from the Observer of Sunday, January 6, 2008.

Question:

Why are you pushing so hard with your plans to extend to 42 days the period in which a terror suspect can be held without charge? Many members of your own party, the Lib Dems, the Tories, the DPP, the former attorney general are all expressing doubts if not outright opposition.

Answer

A few months ago Liberty published its proposals and said that there were circumstances in which they themselves understood you might have to go beyond 28 days. They proposed using the Civil Contingencies Act to do so. They recognised therefore that there are circumstances in which you may have as a result of the complexity and sophistication to detain people beyond 28 days. Now what I said to that was look, if in principle people right across the political spectrum agree that it’s necessary, in certain instances – unique sometimes perhaps, or special at least and understood to be rare – then we ought to try and find a way and a consensus for doing that.

 

Arthur Walker

So the Plymouth popsters (in the broadest sense) Arthur Walker are on the BBC 6 Music tonight. Read the People’s Republic of South Devon for more.

 

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