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04-07-2011 13:31

Hundreds Of Thousands – Public Sector Workers Pensions Strike

Thousands of teachers, lecturers, jobcentre workers and other civil servants took strike action on the 30th June over the government’s proposed changes to their pensions.

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01-07-2011 22:34

Inqlab Against the Cuts! A Benefit night for destitute asylum seekers in Brum.

The Con-Dem government's austerity drive is due to wreak even more devastation on the lives of some of the most oppressed and marginalised people in the UK. Come and show your support for a small human rights advocacy charity, working to improve the lives of thosewho have fled persecution and been left in destitution by the UK's racist immigration policies.

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01-07-2011 12:36

Reminder: March 4 Justice: Saturday July 2nd 2011 in Birmingham

Birmingham - 3 police custody deaths in 11 months

Demetre Fraser - 31st May 2011


Kingsley Burrell - 30th March 2011


Lloyd Butler - 4 August 2011

Justice for Kingsley Burrell, Demetre Fraser, Lloyd Butler
Campaigning for Justice for Kingsley Burrell and for legislative reform in regards to deaths in custody. In unity with Justice 4 Smiley Culture and all those who have lost a loved one in these circumstances.

March for Justice for Kingsley Burrell and for all those that have lost their lives in police custody.

We call on you to march with us in Birmingham

One People with One Aim: Justice for All

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29-06-2011 22:26

J30 List of UK Protests

J30 Listing from Demotix.

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28-06-2011 14:45

Kingsley Burrell: Birmingham march for justice

Britain is a country that is deeply divided by race. Not of course the crude racism of the Deep South antebellum but the echoes of the polite genteel racism that nevertheless produces hard structural inequalities is as real today as it ever was. The collusion with racism and the maintenance of inequalities based on skin colour regardless of citizenship or talent continues to blight the lives of millions of black people.

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28-06-2011 10:53

Birmingham - 3rd police custody death in 11 months

Demetre Fraser - 31st May 2011


Kingsley Burrell - 30th March 2011


Lloyd Butler - 4 August 2011


Mum demands police officers are suspended after son's death

By Trudy Simpson,Voice Online, 23 June 2011

 http://www.voice-online.co.uk/content.php?show=20190

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27-06-2011 09:03

Demetre Fraser: Outrage at new death in West Midlands Police custody

The startling development the tragedy of Black male deaths in police custody continues after yet another black man ends up dead after contact with the West Midlands Police.

Demetre Fraser a 21 year old black man is from Peckham south east London and represents the second highly suspicious death in the custody and care of West Midlands Police force following on from the controversial death of Kingsley Burrell. The recent deaths in police custody of Smiley Culture aka David Emmanuel, Kingsley Burrell and now Demetre will inflame police community tensions, already stretched to breaking point.

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24-06-2011 21:54

June 30 Strike Rally Wolverhampton

10.45 – 11.15am outside Metro One (by the St Georges tram terminus, next to Oceana) in Wolverhampton city centre. WV1 3AH

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21-06-2011 21:05

US Trots in sharedealing scandal

Hate Castro - but love Caterpillar Quite ironic that Trots like to go on "state capitalism " and "deformed workers's states" but the SWP's fraternal party in the US is actually capitalist with shareholdings in US capitalist monopoly Caterpillar . I wonder what the trendy Trots here think, and do the SWP and SP here have investments! How are they going to explain that?

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19-06-2011 15:38

EDL Opened Up Up North.

A gob-shite, spotty, no-mark rabble claiming 'EDL Bradford' colours came unstuck yesterday after confusing a serious anti-fascist with the UAF.

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16-06-2011 10:36

Birmingham: Welcome party for Nick Clegg – 29th June

The Local Government Association is holding a conference[1] in Birmingham on the 28th-30th June.

The local government conference is at the ICC in Birmingham from the 28th-30th June, coinciding with the strike actions.

Delegates from local councils around the country will attend to hear keynote speakers such as Nick Clegg, Andrew Lansley, Eric Pickles and Ed Miliband.

Final details are to be arranged, particularly in co-ordinating with workers striking on the 29th and 30th.

We are going to be leafletting delegates to the event on the 29th, probably from around 8:30am before welcoming Nick Clegg to the venue where he will speak.

We may leaflet other days, but that is not yet decided.

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14-06-2011 21:45

Kingsley Burrell - March for Justice - 2nd July 2011

Campaigning for Justice 4 Kingsley Burrell, and in unity with Justice 4 Smiley Culture.
2nd July: March for Justice In Birmingham. We can make this as big as the march in London. It will be a peaceful March

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13-06-2011 14:16

Two men deported from Lye

Two men have been arrested in Lye under the Immigration Act as part of a joint police and UK Border Agency crackdown on “illegal” immigrants.

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12-06-2011 21:10

J30: Generalise the strike second Birmingham open assembly

we are holding a second planning meeting to give a chance for everyone t get involved with the J30 action. So please do come to the meeting - bring ideas, friends and creativity :) 6:30pm, Friday 24th June University of Birmingham Guild of Students

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12-06-2011 18:27

Taking Control in the West Midlands

The future of Taking Control West Midlands

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10-06-2011 11:47

Independent trade unionists in Iran's islamic regime are imprisoned and turtured

Law of God ! Independent trade unionists in Iran's islamic regime are imprisoned for speaking out about labour rights.

Islamic law means hell for Workers and heaven for Bourgeois and Ruling class .
Worker activist under islamic regime are imprisoned, tortured and even executed just to defend basic workers right.

 http://www.amnesty.org.uk/news_details.asp?NewsID=19508

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09-06-2011 23:49

PCS Industrial action in Brierley Hill

PCS members in Brierley Hill have staged walkouts in protest over concerns their health and wellbeing is been put at risk by new polices introduced by HMRC.

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07-06-2011 16:54

The UAF Hunting Club

The UAF Hunting Club Logo More moronic craven keyboard rantings from the UK far right

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06-06-2011 21:43

raisin a stink at the baby show

Despite ridiculously high levels of security, anti arms trade activists managed to enter the recent Baby Show at the NEC in Birmingham. The backstage area of the main stage and the stands of principal sponsors were attacked with stink bombs.

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06-06-2011 11:47

More South Korean repressions

Police disperse striking Yoosung workers

Week-long strike disrupts production of major automakers


Thousands of riot police raided a regional auto parts manufacturing plant, Tuesday, to put an end to a week-long “illegal” strike that disrupted the production of Hyundai Motor and other major automakers.

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