Posted in G8, Labour, Videos, tagged anarchism, anti-G8 march, anti-globalization, Black Bloc, fuel strikes, G8 2008, G8 protest, japan, Labour unions, revolution, riot police, Shibuya, Shinjuku, Susan George, tokyo on June 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“Shut Down the G8 Summit” Alternative sound demonstration – Shinjuku
Following Saturday’s meeting and speech by Susan George, the “working groups” from “Shut Down the G8 Summit” met other demonstrators in the heavy rain at Kashigawa Park on Sunday afternoon.
Posted in Food, G8, Peak Oil, Uncategorized, tagged 2008 G8, anarchism, anti-capitalism, anti-G8, anti-globalization, ATTAC, biofuels, Black Bloc, Emile de Girardin, food prices, fuel strikes, immigration control, japan, neo-liberalism, oil prices, Susan George, tokyo, tuna on June 29, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Saturday’s events in Tokyo
On the first full day of anti-G8 action in Tokyo yesterday, there were workshops held throughout the city from 1pm, consisting of various “working groups”. These were then followed by a General Meeting at 6pm, which I attended. The meeting was held in Bunkyo Kumin Center near Kasuga station and the main [...]
Posted in G8, Peak Oil, tagged anarchism, another world is possible, anti-capitalism, anti-G8, anti-globalization, commodity prices, fuel strikes, Hokkaido, japan, neoliberalism, police repression, protest camps, racism, radical activism on June 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
G8 2008
This year’s annual Group of 8 summit is almost upon us. From 7th-9th July, the leaders of the G8 countries will meet at Lake Toyako, on the northern island of Hokkaido, here in Japan.
Over the next two weeks I am going to be writing about various G8-related events, with special regard to world agriculture, [...]
Posted in Food, Peak Oil, tagged animal feed, collectivist farms, corn prices, Farm collectives, farm management companies, farming, Fertilizer, japan, Landkom, meat prices, NOUMINREN, sustainability, Ukraine on June 16, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Meat market
Things are looking worrying for livestock farmers in Japan. The price of corn on the world market has risen rapidly and the Japanese government has responded by increasing the floor price of domestic, corn-fed pork and beef for a second time this year.
Japan imports almost all of its animal feed and so the price [...]
