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A people of tents

Submitted 9 years 11 months ago by Matthew.

So it's been a couple of weeks since the Occupy St. Pauls folk were unceremoniously removed from their campsite..

Submitted 10 years 1 day ago by Sarah.

On Monday 27th February, after an inspiring weekend at Soundcheck, SPEAK Network members gathered for our 2012 Day of Action.

Submitted 10 years 2 days ago by Hannah.

The free-market currently generates gross inequalities where many very wealthy individuals are rich at the expense of poor.

Submitted 10 years 5 days ago by Sarah.

Soundcheck 2012: A challenging, creative, joyful and ultimately hopeful weekend.

Submitted 10 years 2 months ago by Sarah.

Rachel Carpenter explores the theme for this year's Soundcheck.

Monthly prayer points

Submitted 10 years 2 months ago by Hannah.

We would be really grateful for your prayer support, and have drawn up some monthly prayer points that can be used individually or with your local SPEAK group.

Submitted 10 years 2 months ago by Hannah.

In this entry SPEAK member Chloe Skinner explores the importance of not just giving to charity but also supporting campaigns for change.

Submitted 10 years 2 months ago by Sarah.

Would you like to work in campaigning? Working for SPEAK will equip you with loads of skills and experience in the world of student activism, campaigns, advocacy and network building.

Submitted 10 years 2 months ago by Tom.

Even if you didn't come to the Day of Action 2012 you can still arrange to meet your MP back home.

Submitted 10 years 3 months ago by Hannah.

This may seem cowardly, but I’m going to start with a disclaimer. What follows is meant to provoke, and perhaps challenge – not to say “this is how it is”, but rather “maybe this is partly how it is”.

Forced Labour and Slavery - a post from FALE, SPEAK's sister network in Brazil

Submitted 10 years 3 months ago by Hannah.

The challenges to face in Forced labor: big brands are involved in commercially lucrative slavery relations. SPEAK Network Brazil launches a campaign against forced labor in São Paulo.

Submitted 10 years 4 months ago by Rachel.

We had a great time at the Cabaret Showcase in Manchester!

Submitted 10 years 4 months ago by Sarah.

Philip Powell, from the UK Campaigns Team, attended the annual festival of Time to Turn. Time to Turn is a similar network to Speak, based in the Netherlands. This is his report from the event.

Submitted 10 years 4 months ago by Lizzie.

SPEAK has collected a selection of prayers you may wish to use, whilst praying about the issue of tax justice.

Submitted 10 years 4 months ago by Lizzie.

SPEAK has partenered with Christian Aid for our latest Pray & Post Card on the issue of Tax Justice.

Submitted 10 years 7 months ago by Lizzie.

Riots spread across the country in August causing untold suffering to families, businesses and communities. We need to stand together as a Network in solidarity and in prayer and action with those suffering.

Submitted 10 years 7 months ago by Tom.

Many banks and businesses claim that they would leave the UK if regulations were tightened, therefore taking tax revenues and future investment with them.

Submitted 10 years 7 months ago by Rachel.

There’s a church not far from my parents’ house that has a huge billboard outside. Every few months they change the message, and over the years I have cringed time and time again at some of the excruciatingly cheesy or embarrassing slogans that they’ve come up with.

Submitted 10 years 8 months ago by Lizzie.

This week Greenpeace released it's latest report 'Dirty Laundry' investgating the toxic water pollution produced by textile factories in China. The report accuses Nike, Adidas, Puma, H&M and Lacoste of allowing the discharge of dangerous chemicals into Chinese water systems.

Submitted 10 years 8 months ago by Lizzie.

We've been inspired this week to see what mischief the Craftisit Collective have been up to.

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A people of tents

Report from the Day of Action 2012

How should the church respond to the ethics behind free-market economics?

Soundcheck 2012: Streams in the Desert recap

Streams in the desert

Monthly prayer points

Why do we campaign for change?

Join the team - we're looking for a Campaigns Officer!

Arrange to meet your MP

The Church and the World

Forced Labour and Slavery - a post from FALE, SPEAK's sister network in Brazil

Host an event to support SPEAK!

A report from the Time to Turn Festival 2011

Prayers for tax justice

Tax Justice Now!

Praying for the riots

Would corporations move abroad if restrictions were tightened?

Carrying an umbrella

Campaign update: unfinished business in China

Sew it... don't blow it!