Archive for April, 2005
Apr 21 2005
Actions, ALCOA, Landsvirkjun, Ólafur Páll Sigurdsson, Saving Iceland
Iceland is under attack and needs international support to stop Corporate Companies destroying their beautiful landscapes. This is under the guise of a “benefit” for the community, but has been opposed since it began. No -one wants this to happen and it can be stopped!
A group of individuals wishing to support this campaign are raising funds to visit Iceland and raise the profile of this campaign thru’ a sponsored firewalk (yes, walking over hot coals!) to take place early June in Scotland. Read More
Apr 19 2005
ALCOA, Barclays, Bechtel, Corruption, Democracy deficit, Ecology, Economics, Impregilo, Kárahnjúkar, Landsvirkjun, Laws, Media bias, Ólafur Páll Sigurdsson, Pollution, Repression, Rio Tinto Alcan, Þjórsá, Þjórsárver
The Icelandic government and media tried to hush this story up by not reporting it for months! When environmental activist Olafur Pall Sigurdsson was being interviewed on a chat programme on the State Radio about hypothetical questions of civil disobedience he seized the opportunity and read aloud the whole of Doughty’s EDM. The programme presenter was seriously reprimanded by her bosses for allowing this.
British MP Sue Doughty has tabled a Parliamentary motion calling on the British Government to use its diplomatic links with Iceland to persuade the Icelandic Government to terminate the building of a series of dams in the Icelandic Highlands.
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Apr 17 2005
Actions, ALCOA, Bechtel, Century Aluminum, Corruption, Cultural, Democracy deficit, Ecology, Economics, Greenwash, Impregilo, Kárahnjúkar, Landsvirkjun, Laws, Media bias, Ólafur Páll Sigurdsson, Pollution, Repression, Saving Iceland, Workers Rights
The founder of Saving Iceland/NatureWatch, Olafur Pall Sigurðsson, interviewed here on Radio IndyMedia.org.
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/04/309355.html
Apr 13 2005
ALCOA, Bechtel, Century Aluminum, Democracy deficit, Ecology, Greenwash, Impregilo, Kárahnjúkar, Landsvirkjun, Media bias, Ólafur Páll Sigurdsson, Pollution, Repression, Saving Iceland, WWF
CorporateWatch.org
Newsletter Issue 23 April/May 2005
In March 2004, the government of Iceland held a conference in the capital Reykjavik. It was a private conference, attended by representatives of the top multinational corporations, Rio Tinto, Alcoa and Alcan among them, and the population were not told about it in advance. Iceland, a government spokesman informed its people afterwards, was now open for business. Read More
