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Useful Links

Articles and Useful Publications

Fooling The Present, F***ing the Future by London Rising Tide

Culture Incorporated: Museums, Artists, and Corporate Sponsorships, Mark W. Rectanus,(Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2002 - link to book reviews.

'An Activist’s Diary of ‘Greenwash or Us’, London Rising Tide’s inaugural ‘Exhibition of Resistance’to BP’s hijacking of the arts , Red Pepper, August 2004.

shock and awe painting

Arts Under Pressure: Promoting Cultural Diversity in the Age of Globalization, Joost Smiers,(London and New York: Zed Books Ltd., 2003) - link to review

Global Spin: The Corporate Assault on Environmentalism- Sharon Beder, Green Books, 1997 revised May 2002.

"BP: Beyond Petroleum?" Sharon Beder in ' Battling Big Business: Countering greenwash, infiltration and other forms of corporate bullying' E. Lubbers (ed) Green Books, Devon, UK, 2002

Privatising Culture: Corporate Art Intervention Since the 1980s, Chin-tao Wu, (London and New York: Verso, 2002) - a review

Excerpt From BBC Scotland radio programme on Corporate Arts Sponsorship

'Art Incorporated' by Julian Stallabrass, (OUP, 2004; ISBN: 0-19-280165-1 ) 2629

Funny Weather We're Having - Kate Evans Climate change cartoon booklet
( available from London Rising Tide )

Greenpepper Magazine - Radical environmental magazine.

Red Pepper Magazine - For green and radical left people.

Climate Denial - George Marshall ( COIN )'s blog.

Climate Denial - COIN.'s George Marshall's new blog.

Turn Up The Heat - George Monbiot's new book "Heat" exposing greenwash " My fear is not that people will stop talking about climate change. My fear is that they will talk us to Kingdom Come."

Films

Greenwash or Us Squatted Art Gallery London 2004. Download ( DivX 17mb)

Memorial Site

Remember Ken Saro-Wiwa - 2005 is the tenth anniversary of the murder by the Shell-backed Nigerian government of writer and activist Ken Saro-Wiwa.'Remember Saro-Wiwa' is a coalition of groups planning to create a living memorial to him - and what he stood for - in London.

News Stories

Climate Activists at the British Museum Link

Oil Festival Hall Banner Drop 2004 Link

Call out for the 2004 Exhibition Link

Oil On Canvas. Corporate Watch article on 2004 Link

Targetting The Tate Link

Websites of Activist & Research Groups

London Rising Tide - creative action on the root causes of climate chaos.

Rising Tide UK - Network of individuals and groups dedicated to taking local action and building a movement against climate change.

Corporate Watch -publishes a magazine researching corporations. Excellent website.

Platform ’s Shell & BP research: Info - rich website

Colombia Solidarity Campaign - BP Campaign pages link.

Carbon Trade Watch - Why market-based mechanisms are bad for the climate ( but great for greenwash...)

Sinks Watch - tracking carbon trading projects.

Cornerhouse - Produce detailed briefings on carbon trading as well as plenty of other research material.

Oilwatch - A resistance network opposing the activities of oil companies in tropical countries.

Plan B - For a sustainable energy future.

National Petroleum Gallery - Helping corporates disguise their true nature.

Shell-Oiled Wildlife - Rising Tide campaign against Shell's sponsorship of Wildlife Photographer Of The Year Competition