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Urgent Call-in to defend Africanist Movement leaders!

07-03-2007 09:00

Chernoh Alpha M. Bah, Director of the Africanist Movement
On March 6th, Chernoh Alpha M. Bah, Director of the Africanist Movement, a regional African Internationalist organization based in Sierra Leone and several neighboring "countries" was stopped while driving in Freetown, capital of Sierra Leone. People are urged to call and email the Sierra Leone ambassador in Washington D.C. and/or your nearest Sierra Leone ambassador.

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The case for socialist feminism: class, capitalism and women's liberation

06-03-2007 16:38

An opportunity to come and discuss socialist feminist ideas.

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International Women's Day in Liverpool

06-03-2007 11:28

We are going to have a protest outside George (Asda's clothing line) in Liverpool City Centre on Thursday for International Women's Day - since its mainly women workers who produce the cheap clothes for ASDA, Tesco & Primark. We'll meet at 4.30 outside George (or 4pm at the basement) and stay until around 6.30 (or closing time, if that is sooner).

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Pix of Hackney Save NHS Demo

04-03-2007 20:40

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March to Homerton Hospital and rally outside Hackney Town Hall, part of Save the NHS day of action, Saturday 3rd March.

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Solidarity Request - Crichton Campus Struggle

04-03-2007 18:18

Glasgow University IWW Job Branch and the Save Crichton Campus campaign in Glasgow are calling another phone lobby on the success of last week's event, which saw the University implement a telephone protocol for complaints about Crichton and lay on extra staff to deal with the volume of calls.

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Demo against the privatization of the NHS, in Preston

04-03-2007 10:29

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Against profiteering in the health service.

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Defend the NHS Day: Sheffield Demonstration

03-03-2007 20:15

Protestors assembled on Saturday 3rd March 2007 in Weston Park in Sheffield to march to a rally on the City Hall steps in opposition to the ongoing privatisation of the National Health Service.

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Photos of Defend Our NHS Demo - Sheffield

03-03-2007 17:28

Some pictures from todays Defend Our NHS demo

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Do You REALLY Love Hackney?

03-03-2007 14:33

How to influence local, national, and global planning policy using a simple criminal law argument....

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Rural Workers in Uruguay occupy land and call for solidarity

02-03-2007 19:34

On January 14 of this year, Mandiy� � a group of small dairy farmers � occupied a 388 hectare section of the Eduardo Acevedo Estate in the area of Bella Uni�n, in the north of Uruguay. This is the second land occupation in the country, following the group of �peludos� (sugar cane workers) in their occupation one year ago of another 32 hectares that had been abandoned for more than ten years.

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Belgian firemen demonstrate in central Brussels - February 28, 2007

01-03-2007 18:12

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Un pompier belge lance un fumigène sur la police anti-émeute pendant une manifestation dans le centre de Bruxelles. Une centaine de pompiers protestaient pour demander de meilleures conditions de travail.
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Cabinet Readies Iraqi Oil for Privatisation

01-03-2007 12:47

Hands Off Iraqi Oil!
Iraq’s Cabinet has just approved a Hydrocarbon Law which will allow foreign companies control over Iraq’s oil for the first time in 35 years.

Foreign oil companies and the British and US governments have been reviewing and commenting on the law for the past 8 months. Iraqi Parliamentarians are seeing it for the first time this month.

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GUINEA: The Trade-Unions Bosses Liquidates the General Strike !

28-02-2007 22:11



At the end of discussions during Sunday with the authorities, religious leaders and a delegation of the CEDEAO (Economic Community of the States of the area) directed by the former President-general of Nigeria, the gangster Babangida, the trade-union leaders decreed the "suspension" of the general strike which had lasted for 2 weeks, as of Sunday midnight.

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Defend the NHS national day of action 3/03/07

28-02-2007 20:11

DEFEND THE NHS RALLY Called by Midlands TUC
Sat 3rd March 2007, 12 noon, Victoria Square (outside council house), Birmingham

There will also be a demonstration against cuts, at City Hospital on Dudley Road, on the same morning, from 10am

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Against All Odds: The Iraqi Trade Unions

28-02-2007 16:06

A detailed account of working class resistance against the imperialist occupation, privatisation, insurgency and civil war from a trade unionist who works for the Iraqi trade unions.

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What Is Anarcho Syndicalism?

28-02-2007 16:01

An introduction to the basic concepts of Anarcho Syndicalism and how Anarcho Syndicalism will lead to a better world to us all.


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The Campaign Against Prison Slavery

28-02-2007 15:05

The Campaign Against Prison Slavery is a group set up to try to expose the reality of prison labour, how little of it teaches skills that can be used after release and which could help reduce the chances of re-offending.

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The Campaign Against Prison Slavery

28-02-2007 15:00

The Campaign Against Prison Slavery is a group set up to try to expose the reality of prison labour, how little of it teaches skills that can be used after release and which could help reduce the chances of re-offending.

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Update on abortion rights march, Saturday 3 March

28-02-2007 14:56

Please support and take part in the march for abortion rights taking place on Saturday 3 March.

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The Campaign Against Prison Slavery

28-02-2007 14:54

The Campaign Against Prison Slavery is a group set up to try to expose the reality of prison labour, how little of it teaches skills that can be used after release and which could help reduce the chances of re-offending.