Local groups and activism news Global Justice Ayrshire’s Arthur West wrote for the Morning Star on trade justice issues and the Scottish council elections. The group has also resumed their monthly street stall. Global Justice Nottingham were among the groups who joined demonstrations around the country against the Police, Crime and Sentencing Bill on 15 January, and the Really Annoying Demo that we supported on College Green as the House of Lords voted on the bill on 17 January. The group were central involved in the Nottingham COP26 Coalition, and have a public meeting on vaccines planned for mid-March, in conjunction with Global Justice Leicester. Global Justice Shropshire were pleased to be out on the streets again in the autumn (see right) and a few of them made it up to Glasgow for the COP protests. They organised a screening of the film Immuto (Change), and when the North Shropshire by-election happened they found a chance for discussion about food and farming standards in trade deals! Ursula in Global Justice Cambridge once again organised a fundraising carol singing event and raised a fantastic £220, while the group as a whole has been working as part of the new Cambridge Environmental Alliance which is the new name for the COP26 Coalition in the city. They also report having had a really good discussion on the back of a talk Tim Bierley gave on our vaccines campaign. Global Justice Reading hosted a meeting with Nick speaking on “After COP26 – the way forward” drawing an in-person audience of 30+. In January they followed it up with a talk on “Transforming Economics to serve People and Planet”. Members of Global Justice Bexhill and Hastings have sent letters to their local MPs regarding the COP outcomes and vaccine 10 February/March 2022
Global Justice Shropshire out in Shrewsbury.
apartheid, building on a long-standing relationship with one of their Conservative representatives who has taken a critical stance on the prime minister of late. Meanwhile Global Justice South East London have written to their MPs about the rebranding of CDC, have speaker meetings lined up with Tim, and with Heidi Chow (now of Jubilee Debt Campaign).
Berwick-upon-Tweed Global Justice Now activists from Edinburgh and the Scottish Borders, who meet together regularly online, would like to organise some stalls in Berwick, where the local MP is Anne-Marie Trevelyan, the international trade secretary. If you live within travelling distance and would like to get involved, email Jane in our Scottish office: thorn.house@globaljustice.org.uk
