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Save ESOL! March and Rally 3rd March 2007

07-03-2007 02:38

On Saturday 3rd March 2007 Tyneside Community Action for Refugees (TCAR) joined with Newcastle College Student Union and ESOL staff and students to organise a march and rally against the Labour government's proposed cuts to funding for ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages). Under the proposed changes, from September 2007 asylum seekers will be totally excluded from English classes, and other will be expected to pay, effectively excluding many low paid migrant workers.

The 3 latest ALF prisoners

06-03-2007 21:37

Originally From: A Longing For Collapse Press on Myspace.

Erdogan family and TCAR resist deportation from Tyneside

06-03-2007 02:34

Thank you to everyone who came to the emergency demonstration for the Erdogan family this morning. We held a lively protest outside the Government Offices and then handed in our demands to a member of staff (the director of the Government Offices North East was 'in a board meeting').

Vigil held for DR Congo asylum seekers

05-03-2007 18:54

A candlelight vigil was held in Leeds on Monday 5th march to remember all those deported to the DR Congo one week ago.

England First Party's new chairman is convicted electoral fraudster

05-03-2007 05:36

Typical

Leeds General Infirmary For Sale!

04-03-2007 21:49

On May 3rd demonstrations and rallies against NHS privatisation were organised across country. At 10am, before the TUC-organised indoor rally in Leeds city centre, Leeds Keep Our NHS Public erected a 'for sale' sign in front of the Leeds General Infirmary, which is at risk of being sold off as prime city centre land.

documentary: Reclaim Power - voices from the camp for climate action 2006

03-03-2007 18:18

In the summer of 2006, 600 people convinced that there is no time to waste set up a Camp for Climate Action in the shadow of one of the biggest C02 emitters in Europe: Drax coal-fired power station in Yorkshire / UK. Cine Rebelde produced a documentary film about the camp.

Celebrate International Women's Day @ The Working Class

03-03-2007 15:31

Celebrate International Women's Day @ The Working Class
Movement Library

Saturday 10th March 2007 2pm

Speakers: Nes Brierley, Bernadette Hyland, Imra Shoaib

Songs from Claire Mooney

plus exhibition, displays and refreshments. All welcome

Yorkshire Quakers launch Faslane actions

02-03-2007 19:07

Quakers in Yorkshire are going to Faslane this weekend 3/4/5th March, they held a launch event outside Leeds Art Gallery today.

Music Line Up For Ladyfest Leeds April Festival

02-03-2007 09:54

• Ana da Silva, Gina Birch & The Raincoats, Hello Cuca, Sky Larkin, The Duloks, Rae Spoon, Lianne Hall, Shrag, Polly Shang Kuan Band, Guardians of Ancient Wisdom, The Smears, Baba Yaga and many more
• 6 days of music and arts events across 7 city centre venues in Leeds celebrating creativity, diversity and promoting gender equality.
• Over 100 events in all; with more than 25 bands and music artists, 25 dance and theatre performances, 20 workshops and a multitude of arts exhibitions and even more to come

Defend the NHS: S/Yorks Demo

28-02-2007 11:43

A very important event, well worth supporting

More fun than you can shake a stick at from Ladyfest Leeds in March

26-02-2007 16:19

This March sees Ladyfest Leeds (www.ladyfestleeds.co.uk) marching upwards and onwards with events happening in Leeds, gathering pace and raising funds for this not for profit festival which will happen 10th to 15th April, celebrating and empowering female artists and performers. Look out for full details of the Ladyfest Leeds programme featuring over 90 artists, performers and workshops coming out very soon!

BNP's Richard Barnbrook gets TB

26-02-2007 15:07

Oops

Leeds demo against DR Congo deportations

25-02-2007 17:57

People from across the Yorkshire region came to protest outside the Home Office in Leeds on Friday. Protestors were demanding that all deportations to the DR Congo must be stopped immediately.

bring back William

24-02-2007 15:51

Picked up during a routine immigration appointmnet and arrested, held in a police cell since yesterday morning, not allowed to see his wife until these last few hours, has had nothing to eat since yeaterday morning & is now THIS MINUTE being taken alone by immigration to a detention centre understood to be Colnbrook.

Why Not Car Share

23-02-2007 13:37

a humble but locally important isssue in Leeds - everyone sitting on their own in cars twice a day in long queues. Are they mad? No, just stuck for alternatives

socialist wanker caliinicos gets it wrong again

23-02-2007 02:19

callinicos posits that the UK has always supported the US since WW2

Everything But the Incendiary

22-02-2007 19:42

The Animal Liberation Front (ALF) has been active throughout the UK, since the 1980s, and operates globally today. Individuals campaigning for animal rights have liberated thousands of animals, and have caused millions of pounds worth of damage to those who profit through their suffering. Everything But the Incendiary is a celebration of all these individuals. Through different events, installations and information this exhibition will provide people with a space to discuss issues connected with animal rights, share skills, and promote direct action in the endles struggle to help those who are defenceless in the face of corporate greed, and in the name of so-called 'science'.