Events

November 24th 2007, "What’s Wrong with the Global Justice Movement? Global Justice Strategy Forum"
Saturday, 24th November 9.00am to 3.00pm 
St. Albans Centre, Leigh Place, Baldwins Gardens, Holborn, London EC1N 7RD

While global activists cheerfully proclaimed 'victory' over globalisation after shutting down the WTO ministerial meeting in Seattle in 1999, nearly 10 years on it has to be admitted that the free-market juggernaught has comprehensively swept the global justice movement aside.

Despite numerous protests, the World Social Forum, Make Poverty History, Live 8 and the support of a string of high-profile rock-stars, we should acknowledge that, while we've done a great job in raising public awareness of global problems, by and large our efforts to obtain adequate action by governments have failed. It's not that we've failed to get ANY government action; it's that it remains far too little compared to the really decisive moves needed if global warming, let alone other issues, are to be properly addressed.  

Something is deeply wrong with our movement's strategy - meanwhile the planet burns. Isn't it time we admitted this failure and discussed it openly and honestly?

The Forum was hosted by Simpol-UK opening with a Forum Focus at which all attendees had an opportunity to frame the debate and identify the key issues to which our panel of invited speakers responded. The Forum finished with a further opportunity for cross-fertilising the reactions and ideas of all present, crystallising the most promising solutions, and identifying key issues which may need to be dealt with at a future Strategy Forum.

Speakers:  

Charles Secrett, Former director, Friends of the Earth UK
Colin Hines, activist, author and former economist for Greenpeace
Aubrey Meyer, director, The Global Commons Institute http://www.gci.org.uk
David Wasdell, director, the Meridian Programme http://www.meridian.org.uk
John Bunzl, founder, the Simultaneous Policy  

November 14th 2007, "Climate Change and business - a Quaker way"
to 5pm at Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre, Birmingham
John Bunzl held a workship on the Simultaneous Policy as part of this event. For more information, contact Gay Pilgrim 0121-4722 180 gaypilgrim@dsl.pipex.com

October 10th 2007 : "Authors and Advocacy for Monetary Justice"

6-9pm at The John Marshall Hall, Blackfriars, London.
John Bunzl and other authors will present their latest books on how we can solve global problems. For more information, contact peterchallen@googlemail.com

8 March 2006: Corporate Accountability and the Simultaneous Policy.

14:30-16:00, Boothroyd Room, Portcullis House, Westminster, London. Arrive early to clear security.
Host: John Penrose MP, who has signed the SP pledge.
Chair: Donald Martin (Former Chair of the Policy Committee of the Federation of Small Businesses)

Welcome from John Penrose MP;

Protecting the Right to Water: Franklin Fredrick, Citizen’s Movement to Protect the Water of Minas Gerais, Brazil;

International standards to achieve corporate accountability: Mike Brady, Coordinator Cambridge SP Adopters’ Group;

Corporate law reform: Craig Bennett, Head of Corporate Accountability Campaign at Friends of the Earth;

Human rights norms and corporations: Tricia Feeney, Executive Director, RAID - Rights and Accountability in Development;

The role of the Simultaneous Policy: John Bunzl, Founder of the International Simultaneous Policy Organisation;

The Conservative view and the possibilities of SP: John Penrose MP;

Questions and discussion.

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