News from Global Justice Now

Action checklist

Strategy consultation

For group contacts we’ve included a copy of our draft five-year strategy with this issue of Think Global. The strategy will be presented in its final form to the AGM in July (see back page), but groups now have an opportunity to feed back on it.

We’ve asked a series of questions, some of which relate more to implementing the strategy, as this is also important to help us gauge how well it will work in practice. The deadline for your response is 31 March. If you’re not able to have a group meeting or other discussion about it in time, but would still like to respond, please let James know.

Group reaffiliation

Local group contacts should have received a letter in January about the annual reaffiliation process. There is no need to return the form this year unless any of your details have changed. We ask for a £20 affiliation fee, but it isn’t compulsory unless you need to be covered by our public liability insurance during 2022, for instance if a venue you’re booking requires you to have it. One easy way to pay is online with a card via globaljustice.org.uk/reaffiliation

Please send any changes or payments

by the end of February. For any questions, or even just to let us know there are no changes: james.onions@globaljustice.org.uk

In the media

Ahead of COP26, we accused the UK presidency of “pandering to the rich” by advising attendees on where to park their private jets in Euronews; slammed the involvement of fossil fuel companies in a pre-investment summit in the i, International Business Times, and the Guardian; and criticised the lack of green policies in the chancellor’s budget in Bloomberg, the i, and the New Statesman.

COP26 represented one of the busiest media periods of the last year. Policy head Dorothy Guerrero was interviewed by more than 50 national and international broadcast outlets, including BBC News, Channel 4 News, LBC and Sky News. Guardian columnist Zoe Williams wrote a column based on a speaker at our fringe event, while the Daily Record, the Scottish Sun, and NPR covered a protest organised by our youth network.

In the final days of COP26, we worked with French newswire AFP to reveal that governments could be sued through corporate courts for trillions of dollars by fossil fuel companies, with more ambitious policies subject to a higher degree of risk.

In our pharma campaign, a huge media scrum turned out for our funeral procession protest through Whitehall, which coincided with a report from MPs into the government’s mishandling of the pandemic. Photos appeared on BBC Newsnight, Sky News, and Al Jazeera, as well as countless online outlets. continued on page 11 ▶

Trade justice

Start planning now for 21 May day of action on corporate courts, and any activities you might do in the run up.

People’s Vaccine

Circulate details of our pharma speaker tour or book a local speaker event

Groups general

Check your group details are correct and make any reaffiliation payment by the end of February. Organise a group discussion and respond to the strategy consultation by the end of March.