Daily archives: 10 September 2011
Support the rights of garment workers for the Olympics 2012 by emailing sportswear companies.
Ensure sportwear companies play fair as well as athletes
As a local authority I’m sure you buy all sorts of timber products, from office paper to wood for construction. But many local authorities don’t know where the timber they buy comes from, which means it could be from forests which have been logged illegally or unsustainably. This is devastating […]
WWF’s Timber Pledge
Sign the petition to demand that Mattel stop logging Indonesia’s rainforests for toy packaging.
Demand that Mattel stop logging Indonesia’s rainforests
The central principle of progressive taxation – the more you earn the more you can afford to pay – has been broken down over the last few decades. Now some of the richest people in society pay a lower proportion of their income in tax than some of the poorest. […]
War on Want Report on Taxation
Cairn didn’t want you to see their Arctic oil spill response plan. They essentially admit that a spill in the Arctic would be catastrophic, and near impossible to clean up.The fact that this report is now public puts pressure on Cairn and other oil companies to get out of the […]
Greenpeace Arctic Oil Drilling Petition
Right now, a major climate fight is blowing up in Australia — the government is about to pass a law that would cut carbon emissions and get polluters to pay. But big businesses are trying to kill the bill. This carbon pricing law is a win-win measure — it will push dirty businesses […]
Avaaz Climate Petition
Murdoch’s power over our politicians rested on his control over what UK citizens read and watched. A 20% limit on media ownership would cut Murdoch’s stranglehold on our politics. But MPs won’t go that far unless they are forced to by using a new direct democracy initiative to do so. […]
Avaaz Media Petition
Three weeks ago, we asked for your help to make Royal Bank of Scotland end its investment in companies that produce cluster bombs – and you did us proud. Over 1,000 of you donated to an ad campaign to shame RBS. Over 11,000 of you emailed the bank’s Chief Executive. […]
Success for Amnesty Campaign
Remember Building 7.
9/11: Remember Building 7
We, the UNDERSIGNED, call on Georgia authorities to take all steps necessary to ensure that Troy Anthony Davis does not face execution. Seven of the nine witnesses have changed their story and no physical evidence links Davis to the crime. No one should be executed, especially when there are so […]