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David Rovics in Concert - Casa, Hope Street, 8pm Saturday 23rd May

15-05-2015 16:12

Come and see David Rovics in Concert in Casa, Hope Street, 8pm Saturday 23rd May

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[VIDEO] Anarchists occupy SIEMENS headquarters in Athens, Greece

13-05-2015 06:38

In the afternoon on May 11, 2015 anarchists and anti-authoritarians occupied for several hours the headquarters of multinational company Siemens in Athens, Greece in the context of Class War, asking for German and European workers solidarity in the fight against the Greek and European capitalist system.

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Philippine President Aquino no longer deserves any support from workers and trad

11-05-2015 12:04

THE workers and the trade unions throughout the world mark today the International Labor Day – 125th anniversary globally and 112th celebration here in the Philippines. This historic and revered day has been an enduring and stirring symbol for the working class despite serious setbacks caused by multipronged and systematic neoliberal attacks against the workers, the masses and their organizations, which have seriously threatened to dilute if not totally wipe out the hard-fought sociopolitical gains achieved by the labor movement in the past hundred years or so.

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PHILIPPINES: Young progressives take the helm of Akbayan party leadership

09-05-2015 13:30

Akbayan once again proves that progressive politics cuts across generations. With great pride, Akbayan members elected a significant number of young progressive activists to the Party Leadership at the recently concluded 6th Regular National Congress last 23-25th of April.

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Manchester May Day Festival

06-05-2015 23:57

For once, the May Day Festival was more than the traditional march followed by a rally with platform speakers. There was a march, but it was followed by an all day festival with 15 workshops, 2 films and evening entertainment, at Manchester Mechanics Institute.

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Happy International Workers Day!

01-05-2015 17:35

Haymarket Martyrs Memorial
International Workers' Day, also known as Labour Day in some places, is a celebration of labourers and the working class that is promoted by the international labour movement, anarchists, socialists, and communists and occurs every year on May Day, 1 May, an ancient European spring holiday.

Haymarket Memorial Inscription: The day will come when our silence will be more powerful than the voices you are throttling today


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Liverpool May Day Party and Protest - Solidarity on the Streets

30-04-2015 21:01

An afternoon and evening of party and protest in solidarity with those occupying the former Bank of England building, Castle Street, Liverpool. In celebration of struggles against the powers that be around the world and down the ages. To those who put capital before people, we say enough is enough!!! Meet from 1pm on the steps of the old bank.

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FCUM Bans Workfare

29-04-2015 08:19

FC United of Manchester members vote means the club will not work with organnsiations or businesses that operate the government's Workfare scheme

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Locals Protest Outside Housing Exhibition.

17-04-2015 23:34

The Exhibition in question...
On Thursday April 16th 2015 many local people assembled outside Cambridge Corn Exchange in response to a property exhibition hosted there.

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Black is the colour of our flag

31-03-2015 22:12

As anarchists we have no time for nationalism or flags. That's why the only 'flag' we will carry is the black one.

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Yorkley Court Community Farm needs Solidarity Thursday March 26th!

24-03-2015 14:31

Call out poster
CALLOUT FOR A SHOW OF SUPPORT ON THURSDAY 26th 9:30 am - spread the word!

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Requisites for Building the Socialist Future

22-03-2015 03:29

There are five general requisites for building the socialist future. First, learn from the historical experience of the revolutionary proletariat in building socialism in the 20th century.

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Animal Agony, Union Busting, Deforestation, Human Disease At McDonald's

20-03-2015 18:51

It has been 10 years since the European Court of Human Rights fined British courts 57000 pounds for denying free speech to Steel and Morris in London Greenpeace V McDonald's,
Unionbusting, obesity, strokes, heart attacks, cancer, animal agony, deforestation, rainforest destruction, energy waste, crime, litter continue to be
associated with the Western wrold's biggest restaurant chain

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A review of 'Dispatches Against Displacement'

17-02-2015 05:25

A work by a prominent San Francisco USA housing activist in a context of ongoing defeat for San Francisco renters.

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When will the ITUC investigate one of its "own"?

10-02-2015 12:17

ITUC’s Sharan Burrow criticises FIFA.

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Job Centre Protest in Cambridge Disrupted by Job Centre Security.

06-02-2015 23:17

Good News for Tommi! Now, what about everyone else who's been sanctioned?
This afternoon a protest was held outside Henry Giles House, the Cambridge Job Centre branch, in solidarity with Tommi Miller, a boy with cancer whose benefits had been suspended by the DWP.

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Leadership Issues at ITUC Continue

29-01-2015 13:39

ITUC and ILO employee describes double standards at ITUC and ILO. The leadership of these organizations are accused of putting their own interests before those of the workers that they are supposed to help. The ex employee is especially critical of Sharan Burrow.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8WdWFAGqhw

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Growing concern over the International Trade Union Confederation

26-01-2015 15:41

Sharan Burrow is member of the governing body of the ILO and general secretary of the ITUC. While she was President of ACTU in Australia she authorized a anti Howard political campaign in 2006 which was placed in in boxes of 200 ILO delegates. This happened twice and it is a serious breach of ILO protocol.

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In San Francisco USA, "Dispatches Against Displacement" -- a review

19-01-2015 08:19

A work by a prominent San Francisco housing activist in a context of ongoing defeat for San Francisco renters...