Think Global, Feb/Mar 2022

THINK GLOBAL

Act locally with Global Justice Now

February/March 2022

Contents

Reporting back from our elected council

02 Welcome 03 News from Global Justice Now 04 Trade justice 06 Climate justice 07 Finance and debt 08 People’s Vaccine campaign 10 Groups and activism news 12 Events Cover image: Global Justice Now and ATTAC France join the very wet climate justice march in Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow during COP26.

Inserts Trade •

Corporate courts versus the climate (booklet)

Debt •

Cancel Zambia’s debt (leaflet)

General •

Strategy consultation (groups only)

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Nicola Ansell Chair of council In a new initiative designed to make the workings of Global Justice Now’s council more transparent to members and activists, Nicola Ansell reports on council’s latest discussions.

Our 5 February meeting, like all our meetings over the past two years, was conducted on Zoom. All twelve council members were present along with Nick Dearden, the director, and Steve Thomson, head of resources. We meet once a quarter, and as usual we had over 50 pages of documents to read beforehand to make best use of the time.

We began with a discussion of the last three months of activity. Most of this appears in the briefing documents, but Nick generally gives an overview and council asks questions.

The highlight this time was COP26. A number of staff had gone to Glasgow along with a large contingent from the youth network and a number of other group members. We also discussed the successes of the pharma campaign and where this is likely to go in future. Dottie Guerrero, head of policy, joined us to give us her perspective on that.

We then moved on to finances. We finished last year in a considerably better position than we’d expected, helped by a number of very generous individual donations. This is enabling us to recruit a few additional staff, notably to work on campaigns and supporting youth activism. The long term prospects are never certain though (which is why we’re very grateful to have a large number of regular givers that we can depend on), so budgeting needs to remain cautious.

We also discussed the new strategy, which is still a work in progress and will be submitted for approval to this year’s AGM. Some feedback was provided but in general council was supportive of the direction being taken and the way it is embedded in a clear theory of change. When it came to discussing this year’s workplans, council had suggestions about how these might be better aligned with the approach taken in the strategy.

Finally, on governance we reviewed the risk register and dates for future meetings. Covid permitting, our next meeting in April will be a face-to-face staff-council away day. Not only will this enable council and staff to get to know one another, it will be the first time that the current council has met in person.

News from Global Justice Now Strategy consultation

For group contacts we’ve included a copy of our draft five-year strategy with this issue of Think Global. The strategy will be presented in its final form to the AGM in July (see back page), but groups now have an opportunity to feed back on it.

We’ve asked a series of questions, some of which relate more to implementing the strategy, as this is also important to help us gauge how well it will work in practice. The deadline for your response is 31 March. If you’re not able to have a group meeting or other discussion about it in time, but would still like to respond, please let James know.

Group reaffiliation

Local group contacts should have received a letter in January about the annual reaffiliation process. There is no need to return the form this year unless any of your details have changed. We ask for a £20 affiliation fee, but it isn’t compulsory unless you need to be covered by our public liability insurance during 2022, for instance if a venue you’re booking requires you to have it. One easy way to pay is online with a card via globaljustice.org.uk/reaffiliation Please send any changes or payments by the end of February. For any questions, or even just to let us know there are no changes: james.onions@globaljustice.org.uk

Action checklist

In the media

Ahead of COP26, we accused the UK presidency of “pandering to the rich” by advising attendees on where to park their private jets in Euronews; slammed the involvement of fossil fuel companies in a pre-investment summit in the i, International Business Times, and the Guardian; and criticised the lack of green policies in the chancellor’s budget in Bloomberg, the i, and the New Statesman.

COP26 represented one of the busiest media periods of the last year. Policy head Dorothy Guerrero was interviewed by more than 50 national and international broadcast outlets, including BBC News, Channel 4 News, LBC and Sky News. Guardian columnist Zoe Williams wrote a column based on a speaker at our fringe event, while the Daily Record, the Scottish Sun, and NPR covered a protest organised by our youth network.

In the final days of COP26, we worked with French newswire AFP to reveal that governments could be sued through corporate courts for trillions of dollars by fossil fuel companies, with more ambitious policies subject to a higher degree of risk.

In our pharma campaign, a huge media scrum turned out for our funeral procession protest through Whitehall, which coincided with a report from MPs into the government’s mishandling of the pandemic. Photos appeared on BBC Newsnight, Sky News, and Al Jazeera, as well as countless online outlets. continued on page 11 ▶

Trade justice Start planning now for 21 May day of action on corporate courts, and any activities you might do in the run up.

Groups general Check your group details are correct and make any reaffiliation payment by the end of February.

People’s Vaccine Circulate details of our pharma speaker tour or book a local speaker event

Organise a group discussion and respond to the strategy consultation by the end of March.

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Trade justice

We took our campaign against ISDS and the Energy Charter Treaty to the streets of Glasgow during COP26, including on this demo organised by the Global Justice Now youth network.

Chilling evidence

In the last month we’ve seen more evidence of the damage that corporate courts in the Energy Charter Treaty and elsewhere can do to climate action. We already know about the cases that fossil fuel companies are bringing, such as RWE and Uniper’s over the coal phase out in the Netherlands, or the one by the owners of the cancelled Keystone tar sands pipeline. But now we’re also seeing evidence of the ‘chilling effect’ simply around the fear of potential cases.

Both the Danish and New Zealand governments have admitted that they have done less than they could in climate policy because they were afraid of being sued. Denmark set climate targets 20 years later than the science tells them and New Zealand did not join some of the climate initiatives announced at COP26. And in Germany, as part of their coal phase out, the German government paid twelve times the compensation it would usually do, in exchange for the fossil fuel companies’ promise not to use the Energy Charter Treaty to sue.

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Energy Charter Treaty

The next few months are key in the push for countries to exit the Energy Charter Treaty.

Increasing numbers of countries have publicly said they are considering leaving the treaty - France, Spain, Greece, Latvia, Poland, Hungary and Cyprus. Even the European Commission has said exit is on the table. Pressure is growing and a crunch point is approaching in June.

Among the member countries of the ECT there are proposals for ‘modernisation’ that have been floating around for some years now. The proposals are weak and would not change the fundamentally unjust nature of corporate courts, but even these lame proposals have been getting nowhere and are being further watered down. Now the countries themselves are saying either the ‘modernisation’ needs to get real or they will leave. And they have set June as a deadline.

Day of action, 21 May

In the months between now and June, we need to ramp up the pressure and call for

exiting the ECT. We need to ensure countries don’t settle for a meaningless, greenwashing fudge that changes nothing. And we need to call for the UK to step up to its climate commitments by leaving the ECT.

New booklet Our latest material, Corporate Courts versus The Climate, is a short, photo-based booklet that introduces some of the iconic ISDS cases related to climate change, and covers the issue in an easily accessible and visually attractive way. Copies are enclosed with this Think Global. If you want more, email activism@globaljustice.org.uk

We’re joining with allies across Europe in calling for a day of action against the ECT on Saturday 21 May. In order to make this a big as possible, we need to start reaching out and raising awareness now with build-up events and activities. Things you could do might include: • making use of our new booklet (above) on a stall or at an event; • holding a public webinar or meeting on corporate courts and climate; • getting in touch with local climate groups and other allies; • writing an article or letter for a local newspaper or blog.

interested to get involved, get in touch via activism@globaljustice.org.uk

Jean or others staff are happy to speak.

Email jean.blaylock@globaljustice.org.uk

India-UK trade deal

We’re also planning to do an action in April challenging Anglo-American who have a corporate court case around the Cerrejón coal mine in Colombia. If you can come to London on 10 or 19 April, and would be

Negotiations have formally been launched for an India-UK trade deal. We’re in touch with India allies and are raising concerns about the risks to small-scale farmers in India, and for access to medicines, climate and digital rights.

Key resources NEW Corporate courts versus the climate Photo booklet (February 2022).

Five fossil fuel firms... Petition leaflet (October 2021).

Climate injustice How corporate courts block climate action. Four-page briefing (March 2021) How trade deals are fuelling climate breakdown Four-sided A5 leaflet (September 2021)

Our December petition hand-in at the Department for International Trade

Contact us to order these or view them at globaljustice.org.uk/resources February/March 2022 5

Climate justice The climate justice movement has regrouped after COP26 and is ready for action. With BP and Shell recently posting huge profits, energy costs spiralling (which many argue is a symptom of past failures to properly invest in renewable energy), and further North Sea oil exploration being licensed, there is no time to take our foot off the pedal.

The broken rules of our global economy have created the climate crisis, and they need to be rewritten if we are going to have any chance of limiting it. That’s why we’ll continue to campaign for climate justice through our work on trade and debt. And we’ll continue to push for increased climate finance and the total divestment of UK aid from fossil fuels during the rest of the UK’s COP presidency. Later this year, we will also be developing work outlining the need for corporate climate reparations.

Upcoming events

On Saturday 19 February the COP26 Coalition is hosting a local hubs gathering in Birmingham. The meeting is part of shaping what the coalition will look like in the future and a part of the agenda will take place online as well as in person. More info and registration via: https://bit.ly/3LvcueT Fridays for Future are organising their next Global Climate Strike for Climate Reparations on 25 March. Find more information at fridaysforfuture.org/ march25 If you’d like more to organise a local talk on climate justice with one of our campaigners, email activism@globaljustice.org.uk.

Organising corner With Guy Taylor, groups co-ordinator

As things move towards a ‘new normal’ it’s worth looking at how out most successful groups organise. The commonest difficulty faced by groups is a lack of organising capacity, with everything coming down to one or two people. Some groups counter this by using a less rigid division of responsibilities. At a meeting they’ll agree who will organise the next one. Other tasks get sorted via a WhatsApp group where someone can quickly ask for help without contacting six people individually.

Global Justice South East London have a particularly lively WhatsApp group where they also share articles of interest and activity ideas. They’re one of several groups who have included me in their WhatsApp chat. I only chip in when I can help or to make quick announcements.

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If you’d rather use Signal or Telegram, I can be included in those groups too.

More generally groups can also turn to me for help with meeting ideas, speakers, promoting events, providing contacts and resources and bouncing ideas around.

So, I’m inviting your group to give me more work this year, as part of a three-step plan towards more effective group organising: 1. Set up a WhatsApp group or similar, making sure everyone is included 2. Use everyone’s ideas, interests and talents to organise meetings, online or ‘in real life’.

3. Include me and get help where you most need it.

You can get hold of me on 07956 681328 or guy.taylor@globaljustice.org.uk.

Protests planned We are planning initial demonstrations outside BlackRock (Zambia’s biggest creditor) in London and Edinburgh (most likely in April) and are keen for supporters to write to their MPs and organise local meetings on debt when they can. If you are interested in getting involved in any of this please let Daniel know: daniel.willis@globaljustice.org.uk

New petition leaflet Our Zambia debt petition has had over 6000 online signatures already and we will be continuing to grow this in the coming months. There are new leaflets (for use on stalls) with links to the petition included in this edition of Think Global, and more are available on request.

We’re continuing to experiment with QR codes on leaflets in place of signable postcards, which have a number of advantages: • They’re quicker and cheaper to produce.

© Jubilee Debt Campaign

New research by Jubilee Debt Campaign shows that 54 countries are currently in debt crisis, and this situation could worsen further if US interest rates rise. It’s therefore imperative that we achieve some degree of debt cancellation for Zambia; both to free up funds for the Zambian government to support its citizens, and to set a precedent when further countries can’t make their repayments in future.

© Jubilee Debt Campaign

Negotiations over how Zambia’s debt is restructured and (hopefully) reduced to a sustainable level are ongoing and are expected to be concluded towards the end of June. We opened the year with a new action (available on our website) calling on the chancellor of the exchequer and foreign secretary to do what they can to ensure that big banks cancel at least some of the outstanding debt they hold.

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When people take an action this way, it saves us having to collect postcards and then deliver them.

There’s a good chance new people will sign up to our mailing list.

However, there may be some downsides, including: • There’s less reason for people to sign the action straight away, which means they may never get around to it.

• Despite the big increase in the use of QR codes during the pandemic, this may still not be people’s preferred way of taking action.

If you have any feedback on the experience of using these leaflets at stalls, please let the activism team know.

Key resources Cancel Zambia’s debt A5 petition leaflet (February 2022).

End the debt trap: Cancel Zambia’s debt Four-page briefing (July 2021).

Financing justice? UK climate finance and how to increase ambition at COP26.

Eight-page briefing (September 2021).

Included with this issue of Think Global.

Also at globaljustice.org.uk/resources February/March 2022 7

People’s Vaccine campaign

MPs Caroline Lucas and Clive Lewis and Baroness Shami Chakrabati joined Global Justice Now, Just Treatment and StopAIDS to encourage more MPs to speak out on vaccine inequality.

Scientists’ letter

In January, we helped bring together over 300 scientists to call out the government’s failure on vaccine equity describing it a ‘reckless approach to public health.’ In a letter sent to the government at the end of the month, they highlighted the risk of new variants emerging among populations who have not had access to vaccines.

The scientists called for the government to back a waiver on Covid-19 vaccines and treatments and to pressure pharmaceutical companies to share their technology and know-how.

With the government continuing to bury its head in the sand, it was an important moment to remind ministers and the public that this waiver is needed urgently. The letter was signed by thirteen members of the government’s SAGE committees, a former chief executive of the NHS, and a Nobel Prize winner. Five signatories have received knighthoods or damehoods for services to 8 February/March 2022

health and science. In short, the weight of science and public health is on our side.

The letter has received wide news coverage, including the BBC, the Telegraph, ITV, LBC, Metro, and Reuters. We also worked on a short video with three of the signatories, including former NHS chief executive Lord Nigel Crisp, which you can find on Global Justice Now’s social media (Twitter, Facebook and Instagram).

While highlighting the dangers of low vaccine coverage to the health of the NHS and people in the UK is important, we continue to focus on the great global unfairness of vaccine roll out. The Omicron wave has so far been less severe than others here in the UK, but it’s clear our access to vaccines has been crucial to this. While the UK government lapses into insular complacency, we can’t let anyone forget that only 10% of people in low-income countries have received a single jab.

Decolonise vaccines, end the pandemic

Why we need to break pharma monopolies and win a new approach to global health Speakers: Fatima Hassan, Health Justice Initiative, South Africa (week 1) Maurine Murenga, Lean on Me Foundation, Kenya (week 2) The Covid-19 pandemic is in its third year. Rich governments are giving out booster vaccine doses. Meanwhile, the modest goal of vaccinating at least 40% of every country’s population last year was missed. Global vaccine inequality shows that pharmaceutical companies cannot be trusted to act in the name of our common good. Join us to discuss the fight against vaccine apartheid and what the alternative looks like.

Find venue information and further speaker details at globaljustice.org.uk/pharma-tour

Pfizer’s astronomical profits

In early February, Pfizer announced staggering vaccine revenues of $37 billion for 2021, making their vaccine the most lucrative drug of all time by annual review. While they rake in huge sums and bask in the adulation of the business world, only 16% of people in Africa have received a single jab. It really is a damning indictment of the global health system. These revenues are seven times more than the government health spending of all low-income countries.

We were at least able to criticise the company’s profiteering in the press, with the Times, the Guardian and the Independent all carrying stories on it. We can’t allow pharma companies to continue to wield power over the world in this way – and we’ll be pressing harder for a more democratic global health system in the coming months.

Local speaker events

To do this, we need to keep building this movement. In March, we’re taking embarking on a speaker tour across the country, laying out the case for a more democratic, decolonised global health system (see box above).

Our pharma campaigner Tim is also set to speak to Global Justice Now groups in

14 March: Brighton 15 March: Cambridge 18 March: London 19 March: Leeds 28 March: Leicester 29 March: Manchester 30 March: Newcastle 31 March: Stirling 2 April: We Rise, GJN youth network national gathering, London

Oxford, Nottingham, Reading, and London in the coming months. Global Justice Cambridge who have already hosted a meeting with Tim. Activists in unions, the NHS and across society can see that something has gone very badly wrong in this pandemic. That means it should be possible to find and work with local allies on this campaign, for instance through holding a joint meeting. This kind of alliance building can help us challenge the idea that we need the likes of Pfizer so much that we have to let them do what they like.

Key resources UK government: Suspend the patents Campaign postcard (2021).

Free Covid-19 vaccines from Big Pharma monopolies Four-page A5 leaflet (2021).

Fighting for a People’s Vaccine Supporter briefing, four pages (September 2021).

Stickers The global south needs a vaccine too. Sheets of 12.

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Local groups and activism news Global Justice Ayrshire’s Arthur West wrote for the Morning Star on trade justice issues and the Scottish council elections. The group has also resumed their monthly street stall.

Global Justice Nottingham were among the groups who joined demonstrations around the country against the Police, Crime and Sentencing Bill on 15 January, and the Really Annoying Demo that we supported on College Green as the House of Lords voted on the bill on 17 January. The group were central involved in the Nottingham COP26 Coalition, and have a public meeting on vaccines planned for mid-March, in conjunction with Global Justice Leicester.

Global Justice Shropshire were pleased to be out on the streets again in the autumn (see right) and a few of them made it up to Glasgow for the COP protests. They organised a screening of the film Immuto (Change), and when the North Shropshire by-election happened they found a chance for discussion about food and farming standards in trade deals!

Ursula in Global Justice Cambridge once again organised a fundraising carol singing event and raised a fantastic £220, while the group as a whole has been working as part of the new Cambridge Environmental Alliance which is the new name for the COP26 Coalition in the city. They also report having had a really good discussion on the back of a talk Tim Bierley gave on our vaccines campaign.

Global Justice Reading hosted a meeting with Nick speaking on “After COP26 – the way forward” drawing an in-person audience of 30+. In January they followed it up with a talk on “Transforming Economics to serve People and Planet”.

Members of Global Justice Bexhill and Hastings have sent letters to their local MPs regarding the COP outcomes and vaccine 10 February/March 2022

Global Justice Shropshire out in Shrewsbury.

apartheid, building on a long-standing relationship with one of their Conservative representatives who has taken a critical stance on the prime minister of late.

Meanwhile Global Justice South East London have written to their MPs about the rebranding of CDC, have speaker meetings lined up with Tim, and with Heidi Chow (now of Jubilee Debt Campaign).

Berwick-upon-Tweed Global Justice Now activists from Edinburgh and the Scottish Borders, who meet together regularly online, would like to organise some stalls in Berwick, where the local MP is Anne-Marie Trevelyan, the international trade secretary.

If you live within travelling distance and would like to get involved, email Jane in our Scottish office: thorn.house@globaljustice.org.uk

As mentioned elsewhere, the youth network had a strong mobilisation for COP26, taking part in the big demos and organising one themselves against Climate Colonialism, along with the Free West Papua campaign.

The mobilisation also allowed activists from different groups to meet and have more of a sense of a national network.

Our groups in Brighton, Manchester, Leeds, Newcastle and Stirling are working hard with student groups UAEM and Students for Global Health to deliver the Decolonise Vaccines speaker tour events (see page 9).

One of the speakers from the tour will also be joining us for We Rise on 2 April, our youth network national gathering, which will be an exciting day of creative and political workshops and music, making the most of being able to meet in person again.

on a regular date and time - the first Wednesday (6pm) and third Thursday (7pm) of each month. Recently we’ve taken time in these meetings to look at improving accessibility in the network. On 17 February we’ll also be joined by Jean Blaylock from our corporate courts campaign and start in earnest organising for the day of action in late May (see pages 4-5).

There is now also an activist-led women and non-binary group which meets regularly but doesn’t have a set meeting date.

Email activism@globaljustice.org.uk with your phone number if you would like to be involved in that.

Youth network placard making during COP26

The national youth network coordination meetings have become central to the way the network runs. They are now happening

...media contined from page 3 When Matt Hancock’s was appointed a UN special envoy, Nick Dearden’s reaction comparing the appointment to 19th century colonialism featured in major UK outlets, including the BBC, ITV, and the Sunday Times.

We placed blame for the emergence of the Omicron variant squarely on rich countries who perpetuated vaccine inequality, with reactive comments and op-eds in the Times, Novara, Open Democracy, Tribune, and a letter in the Financial Times. Our story highlighting big pharma’s profiteering from the variant announcement appeared in Mail Online and major American left outlets, including Democracy Now and Jacobin.

We hailed Nicola Sturgeon’s support for the TRIPS waiver with a clean sweep of Scottish print and online outlets and saw out the year by revealing that rich countries had received more vaccines in the six weeks up to Christmas than African nations received all year, with Nick interviewed by Sky News and the Independent.

In January, we coordinated a letter from 300 leading scientists (see page 8) and when Pfizer announced its annual revenue, we accused the company of “pandemic profiteering” in the Associated Press, the Times, and the Guardian, where Nick also wrote a comment piece on why we should never have trusted big pharma with the global vaccine rollout.

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Scottish gathering and teach-In Saturday 26 February, 2pm–4.30pm

Our online event for Scottish campaigners will include updates on our campaign to cancel Zambia’s debt, and also the latest on the People’s Vaccine campaign presented by Global Justice Now campaigners Daniel Willis and Alena Ivanova.

Events calendar

Artist and activist Donna Riddington, who has a background in community art and activism and has also been involved in the People’s Vaccine campaign, will run a workshop talking about how to campaign creatively. And we’ve also made sure there is time set aside to meet other campaigners, hear from our local groups and plan local campaign action with people from our region of Scotland for the coming year. Register your place: globaljustice.org.uk/ scottish-gathering

Vaccine apartheid speaker tour 14-31 March, around the UK

Our pharma speaker tour kicks off in mid-March, over two discontinuous weeks. From 14 March South African health justice advocate Fatima Hassan will join us, and from 28 March the tour will feature Kenyan health campaigner Maurine Murenga. Further details on page 9.

We Rise

2 April, London

Our youth network national gathering returns.

Speaker and venue to be announced.

ISDS day of action 21 May, around the UK

The Energy Charter Treaty is in crisis, and to pile on the pressure for governments to wirthdraw, we’re organising another day of action. See more on pages 4-5.

National gathering and AGM Saturday 9 July, Sheffield

After two years of online AGMs, we’re returning to an in-person event this year, run as part of a national gathering. Expect international speakers, workshops and critical discussions about a globally just transition

to an ecologically sustainable world. The national gathering will be a public event in the afternoon. For members (and affiliated local groups), the AGM details are as follows: 11am, Owen Lecture Theatre, Owen Building, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield S1 1WB.

European Summer University of movements for a social and ecological transition 17-21 August, Mönchengladbach

Many of our European allies, including the ATTAC network of which we’re part, will be gathering in Mönchengladbach, Germany (near Cologne), this August for a large, international encounter of activists from around Europe. Global Justice Now will be running workshops and seminars with our campaigning partners, which will be part of a huge range of discussion topics and organising spaces.

The multilingual event will be translated into and out of English via simultaneous interpretation.

In previous years when this event has been organised elsewhere, GJN activists have taken part. Some information is already available at www.esu22.eu/en

Latest info at globaljustice.org.uk/events