UK Indymedia - UK Workers' Movements Newswire Archive

A Week of Action Against Ryanair's Great Plane Robbery

16-03-2012 19:01

You might remember an incident from back in January, when a man named John Foley brought the Everton V Manchester City game to a standstill by handcuffing himself to a goalpost. The reasons for his protest were lost amidst the sensationalist media coverage of this event, but he did it to highlight the way low budget airline Ryanair treat would-be employees, like his own daughter Sarah.

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Mersey Lockouts Mark Heightened Class Struggle

15-03-2012 22:22

Industrial lockouts have been completely unknown in the UK for over fifty years. So it must be far from coincidence that two have taken place on Merseyside during the past month. Though there are slight differences between the cases, both are the result of bosses using the current crisis to lower production costs, and increase the rate of exploitation.

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On the Frontline with the Mayr-Melnhof Night-Pickets

15-03-2012 12:14

And the Night was not Unruly ......
Night Pickets at the Mayr-Melnhof Packaging plant in Bootle, Merseside.

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Greece, Athens: Day of remembrance and honour for Lambros Foundas

14-03-2012 15:59

http://en.contrainfo.espiv.net/2012/03/13/athens-day-of-remembrance-and-honour-for-lambros-foundas/

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Searchlight smearing Anarchists - Paul Preston & "The Spanish Holocaust"

14-03-2012 00:31

The Hope Not Hate website run by Anti-Fascist campaign group Searchlight has published a review by Sam King of historian Paul Preston's new book "The Spanish Holocaust". Sam King states that "Preston makes it clear that the Anarchist CNT were as anti the Republic as the Fascists", and that claim is historically false...

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Radical struggle in Russia through past 2 months

13-03-2012 20:18

http://blackblocg.info/main-page

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Press Chief to Explain Controversial Reform Plan to Bristol Audience

12-03-2012 16:55

PRESS CHIEF TO EXPLAIN CONTROVERSIAL REFORM PLAN TO BRISTOL AUDIENCE

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UG#584 - Why Occupy (Rebellion or Slavery?)

11-03-2012 04:14

Our second episode on the Occupy movement includes two veterans of the show. Firstly, Chris Hedges presents an address entitled "Nonviolent Citizen Resistance to War and Globalization". Secondly we hear a range of voices addressing Occupy Oakland on the need for concerted resistance, including Derrick Jensen. We hear music by David Rovics and Mankana.

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A conversation with Jeff Monson: Revolutionary Politics, fighting and Putin!

09-03-2012 14:06

Saturday 10th March 7:00pm until 8:30pm

LAMP TAVERN, 257 Barford Street, Digbeth, Birmingham, West Midlands, B5 6AH

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Clegg Off Banner Drop

09-03-2012 12:15

Today, Anti-Capitalist activists gave the Lib Dems a less than warm welcome to their conference in Gateshead.

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Workfare Walk of Shame

09-03-2012 11:20

Saturday, 17 March 2012 13:00 until 16:00

Meet at Poundland, Kings Heath High Street, Birmingham

Fair Work - Not Workfare!

Join us on the Workfare Walk of Shame on Kings Heath High Street

Meet at Poundland from 1pm, at around 1:30pm we will go for a walk down Kings Heath high street, stopping off at places that use forced labour from workfare schemes.

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International Women's Day: women against austerity

08-03-2012 13:29

March 8th is International Women’s Day, traditionally a day dedicated to celebrating the economic, political and social achievements of women across the world. Throughout the month thousands of events and activities are being organised to express solidarity with women fighting for equal rights and recognition, and to highlight the continued gender inequalities and issues still very much prevalent in today’s society.

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Weekend of Online Action Against Workfare - Saturday 3rd - Sunday 4th March

02-03-2012 14:08

Facebook page now up at:

http://www.facebook.com/events/121631907965194/

Protests against workfare will be taking place in 35 (and counting) locations tomorrow as part of a National Day of Action called by Boycott Workfare. For the latest details of all protests visit their website at:

http://www.boycottworkfare.org/?p=359

Despite Chris Grayling's humiliating climbdown on workfare this week, the battle is far from over. The government have not scrapped workfare sanctions. They have removed some sanctions from one of the five schemes.

Just like before, we need to show that companies profiting from forced labour that is not acceptable. Under the Work Programme claimants can be forced to work in private companies for up to six months or face the poverty and possible homelessness that benefit sanctions bring.

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Can We All Agree Occupy Was A Tactic?

01-03-2012 16:08

Occupy was a public relations tactic in the purest sense

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DWP Locks Down Freedom of Information Responses to Hide Workfare Lies

29-02-2012 18:02

Today's victory is only the beginning in the struggle against workfare. The following aims to show how the Government are attempting to hide the existence of other workfare schemes.

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"One simple demand" - Critical Reply to Adbusters "Tactical Briefing #26"

29-02-2012 18:00

"One simple demand"
- Critical Reply to "Adbusters Tactical Briefing #26 - Anarchic Swarms"

http://www.adbusters.org/blogs/adbusters-blog/adbusters-tactical-briefing-26.html

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Horizontal Organisation In The Workplace Talk Glasgow Tues. 6th March 7pm

28-02-2012 23:54

Horizontal Organisation In The Workplace. A Talk by A.Rice

Tuesday 6th March
7pm-9pm
The Electron Club
CCA
350 Sauchiehall Street
Glasgow
G2 3JD

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Swindon Anarchists Protest in Solidarity With Striking Hospital Workers

26-02-2012 13:52

For the past fortnight, cleaners and other staff at GWH hospital in Swindon have been on strike against bullying and racism on the part of their bosses at Carillion Plc. On Feb 24th, Swindon Anarchists held a demo in solidarity.

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UG#580 - The Failed Religion of America (Debt, Cruelty And Redemption)

26-02-2012 05:17

This week we look at what Morris Berman terms the centuries long programming of American society. We begin with a talk he gave after the publication of his new book Why America Failed, and conclude by learning how debt has warped the human psyche over millennia, by reading Cruelty And Redemption, chapter 4 of David Graeber's Debt, The First 5000 Years.

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Nin's 1937 testament discovered (En,Ru), overcoming label politics in Class War

25-02-2012 07:14

A joint workshop of left Communists and Anarchists in the Ukrainean town of Sumi compiled a multi-language edition (French, English, Russian) of Andreu Nin's last known letter, written just 7 days before his arrest on 15th June 1937 in Barcelona and his subsequent death in custody.
Provoked by the film Tierra y Libertad on working-class militancy 1936/37and Nin's party POUM, we decided to make available this revealing letter to English, French and Russian readers.