- The Yes Men, supported by Rainforest Action Network and Amazon Watch, pre-empted Chevron’s enormous new “We Agree” ad campaign with a satirical version of their own that highlights Chevron’s environmental and social abuses – the same abuses they say Chevron is attempting to “greenwash.”
- Four Greenpeace activists scaled the UK’s Treasury building on Tuesday and dropped a banner demanding that the chancellor provide a green investment bank that could provide tens of thousands of new jobs. The banner read: “Remember George, green bank = new jobs.”
- A hundred climate activists blockaded the Total refinery in Normandy, France on Saturday and easily shut down production with the help of the refinery workers themselves, who were on strike against pension reform.
- At least 1,000 Tibetan students took to the streets of China’s western Qinghai province on Tuesday in a rare protest against curbs on using their language in schools.
- Hundreds of Queen’s University students in Belfast took part in a rally on Tuesday against the proposed removal of the cap on tuition fees.
- Over 3,000 school teachers in the north-eastern Indian state of Meghalaya, who went on an indefinite strike demanding back payment, called off their protest on Tuesday after the state government assured that their dues will be cleared before Christmas.
- A 24-hour strike by one of Belgium’s main rail unions brought services in the country to a virtual halt on Monday, as part of a protest over the terms of new contracts.