UK Indymedia - UK Workers' Movements Newswire Archive

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Cops Hide ID Numbers at N9 Demo

09-11-2011 20:23

During today's Nov 9 protest by electricians, students and taxi drivers in central London, at least 2 mounted cops hid ID numbers by pulling metal numerals off their shoulders or by wearing yellow hi-vis webbing over their epaulettes to cover-up the numbers on their epaulettes -

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Early morning electricians demo around the City of London

09-11-2011 10:04

Report of the electricians demo early this morning that started of today's (9 November) day of action

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IWW London Guildhall Cleaner's Solidarity protest in Birmingham

08-11-2011 18:57

Yesterday West Midlands Industrial Workers of the World staged a two hour picket outside the Birmingham Children's Hospital in support of the IU640 Cleaners Branch protest at Guildhall in London and part of the International Day of Action against SODEXO.

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Rank and file electricians plan to join education march at 12.30 at ULU

07-11-2011 13:20

According to this interview with one of the sparks, rank and file electricians plan to deviate from the Unite route in order to join the education protest on 9th November. The interview, which gives more details on the electricians' ongoing dispute over contracts and training, is available at Shift Magazine:

http://shiftmag.co.uk/?p=510

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7 November - IWW International Day of Action against Sodexo

05-11-2011 16:20

On 7 November, protests are taking place around the world in solidarity with cleaners (janitors) who work at the City of London Corporation’s Guildhall, employed on contracts by the French based corporation Sodexo.

The vast majority of cleaners at the Guildhall are members of the independent trade union the Industrial Workers of the World. In summer 2011, the cleaners waged a successful campaign to secure months of unpaid wages, and achieved the reinstatement of a victimised trade union member. Since then the cleaners have been campaigning to secure justice on pay, equality and respect at work.

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N9 Anarchist Bloc on the Student/Education demo

03-11-2011 18:31

Students · Sparks · Anarchists
Out on the streets for Nov 9th

Anarchists will be mobilising on November 9 in solidarity with the students and the striking electricians.

Get active, get angry, get visible!

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Fundraiser for the West Midland's Industrial Workers of the World

03-11-2011 17:22

'Benefit For IWW Union'

Celebrating Guy Fawkes, the only man to enter the Houses of Parliament with honest intentions.

The Industrial Workers of the World is a non hierarchical union run by volunteers and open to anyone to join.

Saturday at 8:00pm - Sunday at 2:00am

The Wagon and Horses Public House
28, Adderley St Birmingham, B9 4ED Birmingham

£3 B4 10 £5 L8r

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King Eze Onuigbo's deportation Cancelled for now--Please help stop his detention

03-11-2011 03:00

Mr King Eze Onuigbo’s removal Nigeria for Tuesday 1st November 2011 was cancelled but he is still in detention at Colnbrook. Many thanks to you all who supported in this hour of need.

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Bakers' Struggle Highlights Plight of Agency Workers

02-11-2011 10:58

On Saturday, seventy workers employed by northwest cake manufacturers Park met to discuss strike action later this month. Bakers are in dispute over the pay and conditions of temporary workers, with staff saying changes could cost them £4,000 per year. But the dispute has wider implications - including the unions' championing of the new Agency Workers Regulations (AWR), which far from their claims, are being used to attack the living standards of temporary workers.

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St Pauls used to be ACTUAL stock exchange...

01-11-2011 14:50

Whilst reading a book on the english civil war recently, I found an interesting piece that explained the the st pauls cathedral was actually used as the stock exchange in the years immediately prior to the english civil war breaking out. the practice of using the cathedral for this capitalistic venture was eventually stopped by some body or other (cant recall his name) and then the war broke out. with the current protest happening outside st pauls, i believe this information to be very relevant today, especially as the bods that control st pauls now are trying to persist in stating that there actions against the camp are not politically motivated. also, below, is a quote about st pauls taken from wikipedia:

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Greeks win referendum on austerity

01-11-2011 09:52

The Greek government has announced that the £86bn bailout package recently agreed by EU leaders will have to be accepted by the Greek public via a referendum. After years of bitter war between the ruling class and the working class that has seen general strikes, riots, economic blockades and grannies bricking cops, the Greeks have won a huge victory. This article argues against the predictable backlash from the "voting only encourages them" brigade.

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Please help stop the deportation of Mr King Eze Onuigbo H.O Ref: O1142828

01-11-2011 02:03

Mr King Eze Onuigbo is a brave Biafran leader with immense contributions to the cause of Biafra Actualisation project. He has lead campaigns against the Nigerian government together with other Biafrans in the UK against the Nigerian government continued killing of the Biafrans in the South Eastern Nigeria especially members of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra since 2001 till date.

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Rally on 10 Nov - Mark Serwotka/Matt Wrack speaking

31-10-2011 21:50

Sheffield Anti Cuts Alliance are hosting a ""Unite the Resistance meeting on 10 November to build for the N30 day of action for Pensions Justice

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Historical Materialism Conference

31-10-2011 18:28

Historical Materialism Conference

Spaces of Capital, Moments of Struggle

10-13 November, SOAS, London, WC1

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General Strike in Oakland on 2nd November

31-10-2011 09:45

Below is the proposal passed by the Occupy Oakland General Assembly on Wednesday October 26, 2011 in reclaimed Oscar Grant Plaza. 1607 people voted. 1484 voted in favor of the resolution, 77 abstained and 46 voted against it, passing the proposal at 96.9%. The General Assembly operates on a modified consensus process that passes proposals with 90% in favor and with abstaining votes removed from the final count.

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Daily Mail admits OLSX "speak for England"

28-10-2011 12:21

After a week of dirty tricks against Occupy London Stock Exchange protests, The Daily Mail have finally (albeit grudgingly) admitted OLSX protestors "speak for England", because "the majority of people... would almost certainly agree that the authorities are much to blame for not prosecuting any of the bankers whose reckless and sometimes illegal actions led to the wrecking of western economies and the destruction of millions of livelihoods".

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Armed Police Raid St Pauls Occupation Camp.

27-10-2011 19:36

Police target Kurds .

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Daily Telegraph admits banks are "greedy, stupid and wicked"

26-10-2011 10:28

1. The Daily Telegraph admits banks are "greedy, stupid and wicked"
2. Tory MP admits "capitalism is skewed against us"
3. The Independent says the West is "ripe for revolution"
4. Protestors need to pro-actively take control of their public image

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Daily Telegraph hack Richard Alleyne LIED to smear OLSX

26-10-2011 09:11

Police deny being the source of press allegations that 90% of Occupy London Stock Exchange tents are empty overnight. It's a measure of the occupation's true impact that mainstream media hacks like Richard Alleyne are reduced to lying about police intelligence to try and smear protests against corporate greed. Contact Richard Alleyne at

richard.alleyne@telegraph.co.uk .....

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National Construction Industry action Nov9

26-10-2011 00:24

London, November 9th. Unite & Fight.