World Development Movement
The World Development Movement campaigns to tackle the root causes of poverty. We win changes that benefit the world's poorest people. We are currently campaigning to put people before profits, end Third World debt and promote sustainable development.
Primary web addresses
http://www.wdm.org.uk
Email
wdm@wdm.org.uk
Main Address
25 Beehive Place
London
SW9 7QR
London
SW9 7QR
Country
United Kingdom
Main Telephone
0207 820 4900
Joined OneWorld
02.01.2000
Features
13.05.2008
The British government has been actively supporting plans by a British company to build an open-cast mine in Bangladesh that would destroy the homes of more than 40,000 people and threaten the water supplies of a further 100,000.
more...Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Bangladesh] [Corporations] [Water/sanitation] [Land]
06.05.2008
Today's Millennium Development Goals summit in London is in danger of becoming an empty gesture for the world’s poor and a public relations stunt for big companies, campaigners warned today as they launched an alternative action plan and challenged UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown to support it.
+ Brown slated on ‘cynical’ poverty event
more...+ Brown slated on ‘cynical’ poverty event
Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom]
Image: MDG campaign
26.04.2008
'Turning up the HEAT' is a series of interactive and virtual debates on climate change and corporate power starting May 8th. You can turn up in person to the events in London, Cardiff and Manchester or you can watch and participate online.
more...Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Information & media] [Climate change] [Corporations]
Image: Turning up the HEAT, by WDM
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