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European parliament vote leaves food speculation regulation ‘too weak’

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Yesterday four of us at the World Development Movement went to Westminster, to ask the Treasury for jobs. Unfortunately for gossip fans, this wasn’t a scandalous defection from our office on Offley Road, London in protest at the underuse of the office wormery for our compost, or in outrage at the lack of solar panels on our roof. Instead the queue asking for jobs outside the Treasury was of a coalition of 250 supporters from groups as wide-ranging as the Women’s Institute, UK Youth Climate Coalition, Quakers, Population Matters and the RSPB.

Happy World Food Sovereignty Day?

Dan Iles

16 October 2012

The launch of the Global Hunger Index this week raises big questions on World Food Day.

Victory for land reform campaigners

Cathleen Erlwanger

16 October 2012

On 3 October, 60,000 people from India’s poor and tribal communities embarked on Jan Satyagraha (“March for Justice”), a 350 km month-long march from Gwalior in the north of the country to the national capital Dehli to press their demands for their rights to land, forest, water and natural resources for food supply. Last week, on 11 October, in response to the protest the government decided to introduce significant land reform policy change and in light of this victory the march was called off.

Making a movement: from Scotland to Azerbaijan

Jane Herbstritt

12 October 2012

What’s it like to campaign in Azerbaijan? How does it link with the campaigning we’re doing here in Scotland? Find out at the WDM skill share event in October

Scotland needs to get its climate act together

Liz Murray

10 October 2012

The mass lobby of parliament and twitter storm later this month should remind politicians of their duty to meet Scotland's climate change targets.

Why it's time to stop betting on food

Effie Jordan

8 October 2012

If there’s such a thing as time travel, can you also experience class and culture travel? If so I think I experienced it today…

Something for the Tory party conference

Heidi Chow

7 October 2012

Last night we projected images from our supporters onto the Tory party conference, calling for bankers to stop betting on food.

Spelling it out: 'Stop food speculation'

Heidi Chow

26 September 2012

Early morning in Brussels and a group of us - representing different organisations from across Europe – unloaded a truck filled with 925 pots and pans representing 925 million people suffering from hunger in the world today.

The real "poverty barons" are multinational companies

Deborah Doane

22 September 2012

This blog appeared on the New Statesman website on 23 September 2012.

Marching for Good Food in Brussels

Veronica Pasteur

20 September 2012

WDM local group member Veronica Pasteur reports on the Good Food March, an EU-wide initative calling for a better food system in Europe and beyond.

Delivering demands

Christine Haigh

17 September 2012

What do you want to see change to deliver a better food system? That’s what European citizens were asked recently – and the results have been impressive.

The London Food Revolution

Oliver De Hoest

13 September 2012

Earlier today I saw ‘Best Before’, a new short documentary film which explores and explains the impact of rising food prices on the local economy and community. The film uses several London-based case studies to fully illustrate just how unsustainable our food system is.

I recommend Mauritius…

Farha Bhoyroo

7 September 2012

… No, not for its white sandy beaches and clear blue water, but for stashing millions in its growing offshore sector.

Latest update for groups and activists now online

Sarah Reader

31 August 2012

WDM's latest update for groups and activists - Think Global - is now available online.

Vedanta: clean up your mess

Sarah Reader

31 August 2012

On Tuesday 28 August, WDM volunteers Farha and Isabel attended a demonstration targeting the Vedanta Resources AGM. Here they report back on the protest.