*** Contact your Councillors today! 17 August 2010 Veolia, a French multi-national, may be allowed to tender for contracts with Edinburgh City Council despite the company’s clear involvement in violations of international law. Lib Dem Leader and SNP Deputy Leader of Edinburgh City Council, Jenny Dawe and Steve Cardownie, have written to Edinburgh citizens to defend…
Report by Keith Hammond in Gaza 13 August 2010 Gaza and the West Bank are not underdeveloped. Development is simply denied. Gaza is one big open-aired prison. Access to and exit from Gaza is strictly controlled. The perimeter fence heavily militarised. Air space is carefully policed, as is the coastline just a couple of miles…
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Friday 13th August 2010; NO EMBARGO Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign: Media Release PALESTINE GROUP HOSTS OUTSPOKEN ISRAELI JOURNALIST An outspoken Israeli journalist will speak in Edinburgh on Wednesday as part of a Scottish speaking tour organised by a pro-Palestine group. Gideon Levy will discuss his latest book, The Punishment of Gaza, at St Georges…
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Wed 11th August 2010 Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign: Media Release SEAFIELD STENCH COMPANY FACES BOYCOTT CALL Edinburgh Council is being asked to reject a bid by the company responsible for the notorious Seafield stench to take over other public services in the city. The Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign (SPSC) says that Veolia,…
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Edinburgh City Council has shortlisted Veolia in the so-called ‘Alternative Business Model’ programme. Veolia is in the running for a range of Environmental Services contracts. But Veolia is a criminal company deeply complicit in Israel’s breeches of international law (see factsheet). On Aug 10, SPSC received this response from the Council dismissing our report calling for…
Continue Reading URGENT ACTION: Edinburgh City Council: No complicity in war crimes!
How to find & lobby your Edinburgh City Councillors to repudiate Veolia List & Contact Details of Edinburgh City Councillors Call for urgent action Word version of sample letter Dear Councillor _________________________ VEOLIA ENVIRONNEMENT & SUBSIDIARIES I urge you as my local councillor to support the moves to exclude Veolia Environnement or any of its subsidiaries…
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