THINK GLOBAL
Act locally with Global Justice Now
September 2015
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Contents
02 Welcome
03 News roundup
04 Food
sovereignty
campaign
05 Climate and
energy justice
campaign
08 Trade justice
campaign
10 Groups and
activism news
12 Current
materials
corporate takeover of the
climate talks in Paris
James O’Nions Activism team
“We are at a crossroads. We do not want to be
compelled to survive in a world that has been made
barely liveable for us ... slavery and apartheid
did not end because states decided to abolish
them. Mass mobilisations left political leaders no
other choice.”
So say Desmond Tutu, Naomi Klein, Vivienne
Westwood, Noam Chomsky and around 100 other high
profile figures in a recent statement. They’re
calling for a mass climate justice movement to
challenge the corporate power which stops real
progress on climate change.
That power operates on several different levels through a huge effort of direct lobbying by the
fossil fuel and related industries; through an
all-pervasive free market ideology which means
politicians see only false, market-based solutions
such as the disastrous carbon trading schemes; and
through the dismantling of the ability of states
to regulate and control corporations over the last
few decades.
Challenging all that can seem like a big task, but
there have been some important advances recently,
from the enormous People’s Climate March in New
York to the 1500 international activists who
temporarily shut down a coal mine in Germany this
August.
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General
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Immigration
consultation
feedback (groups
only).
Sign-up sheets
(groups only).
Skill Up! Stand Up!
training day
leaflet.
Let’s
challenge the
The next step on this road is the Paris UN climate
talks in December. Not because we expect
hopelessly compromised governments who have been
captured by corporate interests to respond with a
positive outcome then and there, but because
challenging this corporate takeover as it happens,
together as a global movement, is a necessary step
towards forcing change down the line.
Global Justice Now is taking a group of activists
to Paris to join the protests. We’re planning
collective transport and accommodation (see page
5) and would really like groups to get involved.
We’re also working with allies to ensure momentum
from Paris is continued into 2016 - and beyond.
Tutu et al continue: “Ninety companies are
responsible for two-thirds of recorded greenhouse
gas emissions worldwide. Genuine responses to
climate change threatens their power and wealth”.
That’s the challenge we need to rise to.
News from Global
Justice Now
Recent media highlights
As the leaders of the Eurozone bullied
Greece into a punishing new round of
cuts and privatisation this summer,
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Global Justice Now joined the
solidarity effort from European civil
society. Nick Dearden appeared on
Radio 4’s The Moral Maze to promote
the idea of Greek debt cancellation,
and we placed comment pieces in a
variety of news outlets from the
Independent, to the National, to the
Morning Star.
option is there for anyone who really
needs it.
Demanding the Impossible
Hot on the heels of a successful
experiment in putting on a small
political festival in Devon in July,
which attracted a diverse and
appreciative crowd, Global Justice Now
was also involved in Demand the
Impossible at the end of July. This is
a political education summer school
aimed at young people aged 16-25 in
inner London - especially those who
may not go to the kind of elite
universities where political
engagement is more normalised.
When Ken Henshaw from Social Action in
Nigeria came to speak about energy
privatisation at our AGM in Glasgow,
we managed to get him interviewed for
New Internationalist magazine, as well
as appearing on a Radio 4 programme
critically examining the aid industry.
The conference in Glasgow was also the
subject of a double page spread in the
National newspaper.
We very much played a supporting role
to organisers the Critical Education
Collective, but held our own global
justice day as part of the event. We
hope to be able to support the
replication of this kind of initiative
elsewhere.
During the G7 meeting that took place
in Germany in July, our quotes on the
G7 and TTIP were picked up by a press
agency and ended up appearing in over
200 newspapers and webistes around the
world.
Action checklist
Getting Think Global Extra
In order to get Think Global Extra,
the email update between bimonthly
editions of Think Global, you’ll need
to be signed up to the Think Global
emailing list.
Sorry for any confusion there has been
around this, and also for the
situation in the last few months where
it was not possible to sign up to
Think Global without also opting in to
all of email communications from the
office. This has now been resolved,
and you can opt to sign up just for
Think Global at
globaljustice.org.uk/think-global
(just untick the ‘sign up to general
emails as well’ box if you don’t want
these).
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Climate/energy
Organise members to go to the Paris
climate protests and get the word out
to others.
Organise a local event to tie in to
the global Reclaim Power days on 9 and
10 October.
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Training
Ensure anyone interested is signed up
for Skill Up! Stand Up! on 17 October.
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Food sovereignty
Organise group members to attend the
Food Sovereignty Gathering in October.
Trade justice
Pressure your local council to become
a TTIP Free Zone.
Prepare for the day of action on 10
October.
We also have a very short list of
people who need Think Global Extra
printing off and posting to them. That
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Food sovereignty
New Alliance
In October the New Alliance
leadership council will be releasing
their ‘progress report’. This is an
annual evaluation of the initiative,
and will annouce its ‘success
stories’ to a global audience. Global
Justice Now is preparing to counter
this report. We will showcase the
growing evidence that highlights many
disastrous consequences of the New
Alliance and other forms of corporate
agriculture, and will also be
launching an infographic. The
infographic will contrast the
negative impacts of intensive
corporate agriculture with the
positive alternatives we published in
the From the Roots Up report.
Global Justice Now has also continued
lobbying the Department for
International Development (DfID)
about its support for the New
Alliance. In response to the email
action in June telling Grant Shapps
(minister of state at DfID) to say no
to the corporate takeover of food,
DfID published an online statement.
Statements like this one are often
used as a basis for Conservative MPs
to respond to emails, so we can
expect to see similar arguments
coming our way.
We’ve written a blog post
(http://gju. st/1Utk5Kv) to counter
the arguments in DfID’s statement,
which can be useful when responding
to these emails. It includes a
critique of DfID’s measurements of
success, statistics and claims with
links to evidence that backs up these
criticisms. If you need any more help
responding, do email Dan:
dan.iles@globaljustice.org.uk
UK food sovereignty
gathering
23-26 October, Hebden Bridge
Momentum is gathering for the UK food
sovereignty gathering in October in
Hebden Bridge. You can now register
online here:
foodsovereigntynow.org.uk/ukfoodsov/
national-gathering-2015
The website also provides information
about, and a link to book budget
accommodation. There will be details
about travel added over the coming
weeks. If you can help organise travel
from where you are, please email
info@foodsovereigntynow.org.uk
We’re also very excited to announce
that Bridget Mugambe, who works for
the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in
Africa, will be joining us from Uganda
for the event. Bridget has campaigned
against the introduction of
genetically modified (GM) and other
commercial seeds throughout Africa,
but in Uganda specifically, she has
been resisting GM trials funded by the
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Bridget will bring a range of
interesting perspectives on the fight
against corporate controlled
agriculture from across Africa. She
will be joined by a delegate from
União Nacional de Camponeses (UNAC), a
peasant farmers union in Mozambique,
and some European delegates that will
share their own experiences and unique
perspectives.
This is going to be an excellent
gathering, and it is hoped that
representatives from all sides of the
UK food movement will attend – from
fast food workers to organic growers.
The Food Sovereignity Movement has
suggested some ways in which we can
all help spread the word:
foodsovereigntynow. org.uk/promotethe-gathering.
One idea is to hold a local meeting or
event in September or early October.
Dan Iles is happy to come along and
talk about food sovereignty and the
process leading up to the gathering so
far. Hosting such a meeting could be
an ideal opportunity to make links
with local food movements in your
area. Email
dan.iles@globaljustice.org.uk or give
the office a call on 020 7820 4900.
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Climate and
energy justice
north of the border, should join
Scotland’s Climate March for climate,
justice and jobs in Edinburgh with
Global Justice Scotland on Saturday 28
November), it’s really important that
we don’t just rely on leaders to take
action on our behalf, especially since
these are so evidently influenced by
the vested interests of corporations
and global elites. Global Justice Now
(alongside others such as Friends of
the Earth), believes that these vested
interests must be overcome by a
powerful global movement, and have
advocated for a big centralised action
in Paris at the end of the talks on 12
December. This will mean that we, the
people, will have the last word.
COP 21: Paris climate
mobilisation
The Global Justice Now COP Out
briefing (included in Think Global in
July) explained that the UN climate
talks in Paris this November/December
(the 21st conference of parties, or
COP 21) are not expected to be any
more successful than previous years’
talks. COP 21 is not expected to
deliver a fair, or adequate global
deal to prevent catastrophic climate
change, despite impacts already
causing harm. Particularly the poorest
are impacted, who have made no
contribution to creating the problem,
and who have historically had little
voice – or power – in the UN climate
talks.
Come to Paris
If you’re able to come to Paris,
tickets will be available online soon.
In the meantime you can register an
interest in coming by emailing
activism@globaljustice.org.uk. Please
say whether you plan to come for the
weekend (Fri 11 to Sun13 December) to
take part in the centralised action;
or are interested in coming over
earlier to participate in assemblies
and protests while the talks are
taking place (particularly from 5
December).
In fact, the COP 21 negotiations look
set to provide an opportunity for
corporate lobbyists and global elites
to promote the latest false solutions.
It seems that profits will be put
before the best interests of the
majority of the world’s population.
The French coalition co-ordinating the
mobilisations in Paris will be
organising a range of accommodation
(including hostels, homestays and
crashpad accommodation) for the
weekend of 11-13 December, which
Global Justice Now will have access to
for people travelling with us. If
you’re planning on going for longer
then we can help with advice on
finding somewhere to stay.
Overcoming these corporate interests
and forcing governments to act in the
interests of the majority will require
a powerful movement. The talks,
despite not delivering as they should
on a global agreement, do however
provide a key opportunity to bring
together activists from around the
world to build this movement.
Protests at the beginning of the UN
talks (in Edinburgh and Cardiff on 28
November, and in London on 29
November) will simply call, once
again, for leaders to take action on
climate change. While Global Justice
Now will join in these protests
(activists in Scotland wanting to
build the movement for climate justice
If you are in Scotland, Global Justice
Now Scotland is supporting the Stop
Climate Chaos training days across
Scotland on the 26 and 27 September.
These are specifically
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aimed at activists going to Paris.
To find out more go to
stopclimatechaos.org/ training_days.
Friends of the Earth Scotland is
organising transport to Paris from
Scotland which includes low cost
accommodation in Paris. If you are
interested and want more information
please email Jane: jane.
herbstritt@globaljustice.org.uk.
Global Justice Scotland is also
showing Yes Men Fix the World at the
Edinburgh World Justice Festival,
which will be followed by a
discussion on corporate capture of
the UN climate talks, and how you
can protest in Scotland and by going
to Paris. The event will be at the
Augustine United Church on Friday 9
October from 7pm. More information
here globaljustice.org.uk/yesmen
After Paris
Global Justice Now is also working
with likeminded groups to organise
events in early 2016 to make sure
that the energy and momentum from
the mobilisations around Paris are
built upon in the longer-term. Let
activism@globaljustice.org.uk know
if you are interested in organising
something in your area.
This Changes Everything
Naomi Klein’s bestselling book on
climate change has been made into a
feature-length documentary film
directed by Avi Lewis. It will
shortly be released in a limited
number of commercial cinemas.
However, we are currently
negotiating with the filmmakers to
allow Global Justice Now groups to
show the film at free public
screenings as part of the build up
to Paris.
We will let you know what progress
we make on this, but in the meantime
email us on
activism@globaljustice.org.uk if
you’re interested in hosting a
showing. You can watch an early
taster of the film at
gju.st/1NBmC4g.
Energy privatisation
In June the Nigerian energy
campaigner Ken Henshaw attended a
meeting alongside Global Justice Now
at the Department for International
Development (DfID). Since then, DfID
officials have been asked for the
information they promised during the
meeting, but have now insisted the
questions be asked again as Freedom
of Information requests. This has
slowed down the process, but Global
Justice Now is gradually building up
a picture of what a disastrous
project energy privatisation has
been.
In collaboration with Ken’s
organisation, Social Action, Global
Justice Now is doing some more
detailed research on the effects of
the privatisation process on people
in Nigeria. The plan is to to
publish this research in November to
coincide with DfID’s annual review
of the project.
Last year, this review stated that
the project was “exceeding
expectations” because the
privatisation process had happened
more quickly than expected! It had
no mention of whether (or not)
privatisation was actually improving
things for Nigerians. Thanks to the
work we’re doing, these real impacts
will be documented this year, and
publicised by Social Action and
Global Justice Now.
A short video of an interview with
Ken can be found at
globaljustice.org.uk/energyprivatisation
In response to a parliamentary
question by Gavin Shuker MP (part of
the Labour shadow DfID team), DfID
said that a decision on whether to
provide further funding for the
Nigerian privatisation scheme would
be made after April 2016. It’s
important that DfID feel the
pressure ahead of this to try and
ensure that no more aid money is
wasted on this project.
Corporate Monopoly
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The giant corporate Monopoly game
has proved popular over the summer
for events and stalls, and many
groups have ordered the table top
version too. If your group has used
the game in either form, please give
any feedback you have to Sakina
(sakina. sheikh@globaljustice.org.uk
or 020 7820 4900). How have you
found using it? Are there any ways
you think it could be made better?
existing energy or climate
activities like the Monopoly game
and the energy Monopoly postcards,
or the Carbon Capital walking tour.
Contact Sakina on 020 7820 4900 or
sakina.sheikh@ globaljustice.org.uk
to order any materials you’d like to
use. You can also sign up on
reclaimpower.net, the Reclaim Power
website, to publicise your action
and get more information.
There will be an online version of
the Monopoly game available too,
providing another way of introducing
people to Global Justice Now
campaigns. You’ll get an email with
a link to try it soon.
This year, the second of the two
days of action (10 October)
coincides with the international day
of action on TTIP. If you’re already
planning to do something for this,
highlighting the way that TTIP will
protect the interests of big energy
companies and polluters at the
expense of the majority, for
example, might allow you to link the
two!
Reclaim Power, 9-10
October
Global Justice Now is a member of
the Global Campaign to Demand
Climate Justice, which includes many
groups from the global south who are
working for climate justice. This
October, for the third year, the
campaign has called global Reclaim
Power days of action to take back
our energy systems from corporate
control. They’re encouraging groups
to take action locally. Last year,
there were over 600 actions around
the world.
If you’d like to organise something
locally, you could adapt one of the
A farewell note from
Christine
After four and a half years in the
campaigns team, I’m moving on from
Global Justice Now in midSeptember. I’ve had some fantastic
times campaigning with many of you
and never cease to be amazed and
inspired by your creativity and
dedication. But I hope to see you
again at a Global Justice Now event
soon!
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Trade justice
party’s conference in October. The
ever-resourceful St Andrews TTIP
action group has put in an amendment
to that motion, and Global Justice
Scotland will be holding a fringe
meeting on TTIP at the party
conference where MSPs, MPs and MEPs
will be challenged to take a more
critical line on TTIP and to oppose it
outright.
European Citizens
Initiative
We have less than six weeks left of
the European Citizens Initiative
(ECI). At the time of writing there
were over 2,510,000 signatures from
across the EU, including 408,000 from
the UK. It is not beyond the realms of
possibility that this total could
reach three million by 6 October, but
that will take an almighty push. You
can download petition sheets from our
website:
globaljustice.org.uk/ECIdownload
Alternatively, you can encourage
others to sign the petition at
globaljustice.org.uk/TTIP
The St. Andrews TTIP action group are
also planning a trip down to
Westminster in October to lobby
Scottish MPs about TTIP. They are
planning meetings with MPs, a tour of
Westminster, a meeting with Global
Justice Now director Nick Dearden and
a protest outside a private
arbitration court. The group is keen
for TTIP activists across Scotland to
come with them to London on 20
October, and for activists in London
to join in with the protest. If you
are interested please contact
jeankemp@gmail.com
TTIP Free Zones
We are doing well on getting local
authorities to take a stand against
TTIP, with 19 councils voting in
opposition or concern about TTIP so
far. Global Justice Now still has some
packs to send out to those wanting to
push their council to take a similar
stance. Please keep Guy up to date
with any motions submitted to the
council in your area via guy.taylor@
globaljustice.org.uk
Day of action, 10 October
Plans are taking shape in Manchester,
London and Glasgow for actions on 10
October. There’s still time for groups
and activists approach other
organisations in their local area to
collaborate on actions and events to
mark the day of action. This way we
can raise the profile of TTIP (along
with that of the Comprehensive
Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA),
the EU-Canada trade deal due to be
debated in the European parliament
early next year), as well as draw in
more people to the campaign and build
our strength at grassroots level.
Lobbying Scottish MPs
At the last count, 51 of 59 Scottish
MPs have signed up to Early Day Motion
(EDM) 146 criticising TTIP. While that
number included almost all of the 56
SNP MPs, there has been some
controversy about a very weak motion
on TTIP being chosen for debate at the
Stand
Up!
Skill
Up!
A day of free training for
activists
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Saturday 17 October, 10am-6pm MERCi,
Manchester M4 7HR
day, but unlike some events we do,
places are limited – and they’re
filling up fast. More info and secure
your free place via
globaljustice.org.uk/skillup.
Including everything from how to do
local press to good meeting
facilitation. This will be a great
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There is no prescription or specific
recommendation for what groups
should do – that should be decided
with regard to the local situation
and the strengths and weaknesses of
the local Global Justice Now or
anti-TTIP groups. Ideas for actions
include street meetings, banner
drops, public meetings or rallies,
street theatre, flash mobs, stalls,
media stunts – whatever you feel you
can do best.
Email activism@globaljustice.org.uk
if you need help, materials or
advice on organising a splash in
your area. Don’t forget to email any
pictures or highlights during the
day, or after the event to the same
address. Jane and Liz in the
Scotland office will be supporting
local groups on the day of action in
Scotland. Email Jane if you’re in
Scotland on
jane.herbstritt@globaljustice.org.uk
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Scottish parliament
elections
The Scotland Against TTIP coalition
of organisations (which Global
Justice Scotland was a founding
member of) is starting to plan,
among other things, the lobbying of
candidates in the run-up to the
Scottish parliamentary elections in
May next year, and a rejection of
TTIP in Scottish party manifestos.
Email Jane for more information,
jane.herbstritt@globaljustice.org.uk
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New book
Gabriel Siles-Brugge and Ferdi De
Ville have written a new book, The
Truth About the Transatlantic Trade
and Investment Partnership, which is
a weighty but readable analysis of
the claims of both the pro- and
anti- TTIP camps. It’s well worth a
read and Global Justice Now is
planning to co-ordinate a couple of
book launch events to help it gain a
profile. It will be published in
October by Polity.
CETA speaker tour: Stop
the transatlantic trade
deals
Speakers: Ugandan activist Yash Tandon
and Council of Canadians chair Maude
Barlow
The dates and locations of the tour
have been confirmed! The itinerary
will be:
Sunday 1 November, Dundee
Monday 2 November, Manchester
Tuesday 3 November, Leeds
Thursday 5 November, London (House
of Commons daytime, plus evening
event)
Friday 6 November, Oxford
Saturday 7 November, Cardiff
Sunday 8 November, Dublin
Full details of timings, venues and
speaker line-ups will be announced
shortly, with the latest info at
globaljustice.org.uk/events
Apologies to all groups who let us
know they’d like to host an event,
but as you can tell, it’s a short
and very tight schedule. If groups
or activists elsewhere would like to
organise a CETA event separate to
the tour, Global justice Now will be
happy to supply a speaker. Contact
Guy on 020 7820 4900 or
guy.taylor@globaljustice.org.uk.
Organising students
With the new academic year fast
approaching Global Justice Now is
keen to establish Students Against
TTIP in more cities, universities
and colleges. If you are interested
in this yourself, or know someone
who would be willing to organise a
meeting for students, please give
Guy a call on 020 7820 4918, or
email him
guy.taylor@globaljustice.org.uk.
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Groups and activism news
Summer activism
With summer fetes and festivals – and
occasional sun – Global Justice Now
groups have taken the opportunity to
get out and about. Here are a few
highlights:
Global justice Bexhill and Hastings
held a successful stall as part of the
Garden Full of Cultural Delights event
in East Sussex.
Global Justice Cambridge used the
giant Monopoly board at a local
Strawberry fair, saying it drew
attention from passersby all by
itself. Some members of the public
took photos of the game, and even
those who didn’t take part seemed to
understand and appreciate the game’s
message and many wanted their own
edition!
Global Justice Sheffield ran an
agribusiness stall at the Breighton
Gala at the end of July. The event was
in the suburbs of Sheffield. They
gently drew in this new audience by
offering free mini-packets of seeds,
using the opportunity to talk about
agribusiness, and gained lots of
action card signatures as a result.
They also got themselves known in a
new area, and they hoped that putting
the Global Justice Now logo on the
seed packets would remind people of
the group as they planted the seeds
later on.
Global Justice Brighton and Hove
played the giant Monopoly game on
Brighton beach in July, using a pressrelease featuring quotes from Global
Justice Now campaigner Susanne
Schuster, and an eye-catching photo of
the group to amplify the impact of the
event and to highlight the impact of
energy privatisation in Nigeria in the
press.
Global justice Richmond and Kingston
shared a stall with the local
Fairtrade group at Kingston Food
Festival on 8-9 August where they
talked to people about the food
campaign.
Action on trade
Plenty of action on trade over the
last couple of months as the TTIP
campaign gains momentum.
During the summer there’s been a
Scottish tour of a giant inflatable
‘Stop TTIP’ pencil advertising the
European Citizens Initiative (ECI)
petition on TTIP and CETA, as well as
a great piece of street theatre from
the Edinburgh Stop TTIP group during
the Edinburgh festivals.
The number of Stop TTIP local groups
across Scotland continues to grow,
with groups in Edinburgh, Dundee, St.
Andrews, Aberdeen, Highlands and
Orkney as well as Global Justice
Glasgow’s regular stalls on TTIP in
Glasgow city centre. The grassroots
campaign in Scotland is building, with
public meetings coming up in Stirling
(see below) and Perth.
Global Justice Bradford were excited
to get Bradford declared a TTIP Free
Zone in July. To achieve this they
wrote to local councillors and
discussed the idea with them in
person. They say the Global Justice
Now materials in the TTIP Free Zone
packs were really useful, particularly
the template motion and briefing
paper.
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Leeds Against TTIP organised a ‘talk
and question time’ discussion panel in
July, inviting anyone concerned about
the free trade deal to find out more
about the campaign against it. They
had speakers from the Green Party,
Global Justice Now, the Alliance for
Green Socialism, Keep Our NHS Public
and Friends of the Earth.
They used #freetheseeds stickers on
the seed envolopes, but said that on
reflection, the Global Justice Now
logo and website URL would have been
better (Global Justice Sheffield
report that using the logo is indeed
effective). The addition of a humansized pea pod helped to draw folk in
and raised some smiles! Claire Green
of the Glasgow group has offered to
lend out the the pea costume to other
groups. Email her on
globaljusticeglasgow@gmail.com.
There is also a regional meeting to
organise against TTIP across Yorkshire
and Humber soon in Leeds (see back
page).
Diana Ellis (Scotland area
representative) and Anna from the
Glasgow group also ran an interactive
session on TTIP for a women for
independence group of about 20
participants. If anyone would like to
copy what they did, please contact
Diana on
scotlandgroups@globaljustice.org.uk.
Many Global Justice Now groups took
part in the TTIP day or action
organised by 38 Degrees on 22 August.
Global Justice Now South Lakes
borrowed the giant ‘Global Justice Now
against TTIP’ banner which they said
really helped raise awareness
alongside handing out leaflets. In
conjunction with local 38 Degrees
supporters, they succeeded in gaining
over 300 signatures for the ECI
petition against TTIP and CETA. They
are hoping to organise a similar event
for the day of action on 10 October.
Events
What does TTIP mean for us?
Tuesday 8 September, 7.30pm Methodist
Church, Stirling
Global Justice Central Lancashire took
part in the demos in Preston and
Lytham St Annes, and Northamptonshire
for Global Justice ran a street stall
in Kettering.
Global Justice Now public meeting
aiming to get a new Stop TTIP group
established in Stirling, so please
pass on to people you may know there.
See globaljustice.org.uk/events
Global Justice Cambridge teamed up
with the People’s Assembly, 38
Degrees, local unions and others to
put on a big anti-TTIP demo in
Cambridge Market Square which
attracted local media coverage. They
are also helping to organise a talk in
Cambridge with the People’s Assembly
on 7 October.
Yorkshire and Humber network
against TTIP meeting
Saturday 12 September, 12pm-3pm Leeds
Tidal, Ebor Court off Skinner Street,
Leeds
Yorkshire and Humber network against
TTIP invite those in the area to come
along to contribute to planning the
autumn campaigning and lobbying of
local MEPs on the issue of TTIP.
Ideas from Glasgow
Global Justice Glasgow held a free
lucky dip at two local festivals again
this summer, ‘freeing the seeds’ with
wee (their wording!) envelopes of
peas, magic beans, bee-friendly wild
flowers, sunflowers and cress. This
once again proved a hit with all age
groups, who found out about
agroecology and Global Justice Now, as
well as signing petitions and action
cards.
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Current materials
More badges available
The new order of badges mentioned in the last Think Global has now come in and
is available to order. There are eight designs, four logo badges in different
colours and four ‘people before profit’ badges.
Order 50 or 100 badges by emailing activism@globaljustice.org.uk or calling us
on 020 7820 4900.
Exploring alternatives booklets
 BOOKLET: Another Economy is Possible - economic democracy
 BOOKLET: Seeds of Change - food sovereignty
 BOOKLET: Rays of Hope - energy justice
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sovereignty
REPORT: Irresponsible Investment
BRIEFING: Growing evidence against the New Alliance
ACTION CARD: Growing Power
BOOKLET: On Solid Ground (agroecology)
REPORT: From The Roots Up (agroecology)
POSTER: Colonial infographic poster
BRIEFING: Campaign questions and answers
BRIEFING: MP talking points
BOOKLET: Stop the corporate takeover of African food
ACTION CARD: Stop corporations from slicing up Africa
BRIEFING: Problems with corporate controlled seeds
BRIEFING: Food sovereignty
BRIEFING: Food sovereignty tricky questions
Energy justice
 BRIEFING: COP out: Why Paris won’t deliver and what we need instead.
 LEAFLET: Give corporate controlled energy the boot
 BRIEFING: Energy privatisation in Nigeria
 BRIEFING: Towards a justice energy system (campaign overview)
 LEAFLET: Energy justice ‘campaign in a nutshell’ (individual and group
versions)
 SIGN-ON STATEMENT: Energy Bill of Rights (Fuel Poverty Action)
 ACTION CARD: Energy justice in Nigeria
 BRIEFING: 10 reasons why energy privatisation fails
 FILM GUIDE: List of films relating to the campaign
Trade
 TTIP Free Zone campaign pack: POSTER, BADGE and LEAFLET
 NEWSPAPER: The #NoTTIP Times, third edition
 BRIEFING: The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)
 BRIEFING: Profiting from people and the planet (general trade briefing)
 FLYER (A6): Stop the corporate power grab (promoting the European
Citizens’ Initiative)
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BRIEFING: Campaigning on TTIP in local authorities
General materials
 LEAFLET: Another world is possible (about Global Justice Now with joining
form)
 LEAFLET: Join a local group leaflet (can be overprinted with groups’
contact details)
 SIGN-UP SHEET: Double-sided, Global Justice Now branded
 STICKERS and BADGES
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