Full Coverage: Activism

27.06.2006 The informal coalition of several Bitola-based youth NGOs reacted on the decision of the Ministry of Culture to rent the space at the Bitola Cultural Centre and the “Army Club” for non-cultural purposes.

27.06.2006 The DOSTA Movement threw a party, on Friday, June 23, 2006, on the “private” plateau in front of the Building of Joint Institutions in Sarajevo, to protest the “philistine culture and lack of taste”.

26.06.2006 At a national Other Campaign gathering in Mexico City on May 29, Subcomandante Marcos called on members of the Other Campaign across the country to gather in Mexico City on June 30 for two days of debate and, on election day, Sunday July 2, to “interrupt into the calendar of the elite [los de arriba] with civil and peaceful organizing and mobilizations.”

22.06.2006 The Macedonian Green Centre (MGC), in cooperation with six environmental NGOS – Eko-Svest, Proaktiva and Eko.net from Skopje, Biosfera from Bitola, IO Krste Jon/Zelen Centar from Struga, and Green Power from Veles – started the “Vote Nature!” Campaign.

22.06.2006 A new book has been recently launched that shows the way forward on
integrated water resources management (IWRM) with suggestions for the key organisational and managerial changes required at the macro and micro levels. The book Charting a New Course: A Strategy for Sustainable Management of India's Water Resources in the 21st Century by GN Kathpalia and Rakesh Kapoor goes beyond the acerbic debate on water resources between the 'pro-environment' groups and NGOs on the one hand and the 'pro-development' engineers, contractors and government officials on the other. Priced at Rs 75, (US $7) the book is Crown size and 64 pages.

22.06.2006 The World Social Forum (WSF) invites people to its seminar on Are Other Worlds Possible: Focus on Media and Communication at the Indian Women's Press Corps (IWPC) in New Delhi on July 1, 2006. The seminar is an interaction between media persons and the people behind the WSF and will seek to look at the state of Indian media critically.

20.06.2006 On the occasion of recent demonstration of hate-speech in Serbian Skupstina (the parliament), when Zoran Krasic, MP from the Serb Radical Party, called Ivana Dulic-Markovic, Minister of Agriculture, an "ustasha" from the pulpit, a group of eight NGOs printed a leaflet to remind the public about previous cases of Radicals' involvement in similar incidents.

20.06.2006 In a major breakthrough for the campaign to hold Coca-Cola accountable, the newly elected state government of Kerala has assured community leaders that the government will take proactive measures against the Coca-Cola bottling plant in south India.

16.06.2006 After three days of sustained pressure, Indian agriculture and food minister Sharad Pawar met Greenpeace activists at his residence on Friday morning. The minister assured that he would take into account the concerns raised by Greenpeace in the memorandum but will "not influence the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC)" in the upcoming decision on whether to allow large scale field trials of GM brinjal next month.

16.06.2006 Are you a young feminist with a commitment to strengthen your organization or movement? If so, you are welcome to participate in a Young Women's Institute on Money and Movements, 5 - 7 November, 2006, Oaxaca, Mexico.

13.06.2006 On Sunday, June 11, the students Department of Product Design at the Academy of Fine Arts (AFA), in cooperation with visiting artists fom Germany and Canada and the Sarajevo Centre for Contemporary Arts, raised a big DOSTA! logo (5X5 metres), made of black and white balloons. The logo, created in a seven-day workshop held in Sarajevo.

12.06.2006 Villagers in Mehdiganj, 20 km from Varanasi have been on an indefinite dharna outside and Coca Cola bottling plant since March 23, 2006 demanding the closure of the plant. The plant, in operation since 1999, has caused a fall in water table to the extent of 50 feet forcing farmers to deepen their tubewells. The farmers fear that if the plant continues to function itÂ’ll soon create a situation where there may not be any water left. In addition the quality of water has also deteriorated. An AidIndia Press Release.

10.06.2006 SAN FRANCISCO, June 10 (OneWorld) - The director of an independent Cuban news agency is in critical condition after more than four months on hunger strike.

08.06.2006 The Dosta! Movement organized, last Saturday, June 3, a protest concert in the “Vilsonovo Setaliste” (Wilson’s Walkabout) in Sarajevo. Initially, the concert was planned to take place on the plateau in front of the Building of Joint Institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina (the B&H Parliament), but the authorities didn’t allow it.

03.06.2006 In spite of the pressure and intimidation, the DOSTA! movement completed all the preparations for its protest concert on Saturday, June 3.