Coca-Cola Co. has always had a murky human rights record, but recent Pentagon releases prove the company’s (and its bottling partners’) connection to Colombian paramilitary groups whose purpose is to silence those who: are found guilty of “union organizing and recruiting;” pass out “propaganda in favor of workers;” and “sympathize with demonstrators or strikes.”
For the past two decades [...]
Filed under: humanrights, socialjustice, trade unions on January 31st, 2010 | No Comments »
Satellite image of Cambridge University’s Sidgwick Site courtesy of Google maps.
Oh good, another person’s opinion about the law faculty protest. Hooray. Great topic for a first post. Bear with me though, for I would like to talk, not about the specifics of this protest, but of this kind of event in broader terms. Last [...]
Filed under: amnesty, arabisraeliconflict, humanrights, socialjustice on February 1st, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Photograph courtesy of Flickr user Simon Gosney
Iain Duncan Smith gave an impassioned address to a packed Bennett Room to conclude Clare Politics programme of talks for the year. Speaking on the subject ‘Social Justice and the Future of the Conservative Party’. Below is an extract from his frank and uncompromising address.
Filed under: conservatism, ids, socialjustice, speaker discussion, video on August 23rd, 2008 | No Comments »
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British Airways flight 038 has absorbed the attention of newscasters this week. It crashed or, in pilot parlance, it required an emergency landing. At any rate, they’re all heroes now: the pilot, the cabin crew, all of them. A microphone has been directed at some passengers, allowing them to [...]
Filed under: conservatives, robertstagg, socialjustice on January 20th, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Photograph courtesy of The Centre for Social Justice
Clare Politics is pleased to announce that the fourth speaker of Lent Term 2008 will be former Conservative leader Iain Duncan Smith MP.
Iain Duncan Smith is Member of Parliament for the constituency of Chingford and Woodford Green. He was leader of the Conservative Party from September 2001 [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized, clarepoliticsnews, conservatism, ids, poverty, socialjustice, society on January 14th, 2008 | No Comments »
