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July 2014 Blog Posts (3)

How to waste £375 billion

In 2010 the government cancelled a program to rebuild 715 schools, because they'd run out of money. But at the same time the Bank of England had created £375 billion of new money through a program called Quantitative Easing. Instead of this money being spent on something useful, it was pumped into the financial markets, benefitting the richest 5% but doing almost nothing to create jobs and stable economic recovery. 
 
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Added by marian farrell on July 4, 2014 at 15:13 — No Comments

Frack-Off UK campaigners at public meetings in NI

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Added by marian farrell on July 4, 2014 at 13:33 — No Comments

Groundswell Rising - Protecting our children's air and water

It is my pleasure to let you know that our film, Groundswell Rising Protecting Our Children's Air and Water, a film about the resistance to the invasion of the Gas Industry will be screening at

the Galway Film Fleadh,

July 12, 18:00 local time.

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