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MAY DAY 1st MAY, Wolves, B'ham, Coventry, Worcs & Chesterfield

imcista | 28.04.2006 21:56 | Mayday 2006 | Workers' Movements | Birmingham

Details of Mayday events in Wolverhampton, Birmingham, Coventry, Worcestor & Chesterfield.



WOLVERHAMPTON MAY DAY COMMITTEE'S 12th ANNUAL

MAY DAY FESTIVAL


Monday 1st May 2006

12-30pm to 4pm
Pegasus Pub function room, Craddock St, Whitmore Reans Wolverhampton

« speakers«mehndi

« live music« stalls

« magician« bouncy castle

« buffet

« One Love International sound system FRONTLINE RADIO



Trade Union Rights are Human Rights



Flyers and posters, programme can be downloaded from  http://www.wolvestuc.org.uk
alternatively copies can be posted, if you email  info@wolvestuc.org.uk



Wolverhampton May Day Monday 1st May 2006

Programme of Events:




12:30pm doors open and chance to visit stalls, bar, bouncy castle, mehndi.

music from One Love International sound system

1pm welcome from Dave Cole, May Day Committee



1:15pm Kris Krendo magician stage &

floor show, close-up magic

2pm Darrall Cozens, (Hands Off Venezuela)

speaks: Latin America Fights Back



2:15pm interval & food - free Asian buffet

music from One Love International sound system

2:45pm Avtar Sadiq President Indian Workers' Association(GB)

Punjabi poet/singer K.Kaur(Derby)



3pm The Mighty Jamma

steelpan champion

3.15pm Alireza Rahimi Iran workers' rights

3.25pm The Mighty Jamma part2

3.40pm Mary Pearson (Troops Out Movement),

25yrs Hunger Strikes, 60yrs Easter Rising

singing of Internationale

music from One Love International sound system

4pm ends, bar remains open





WOLVERHAMPTON MAY DAY COMMITTEE 07932 797139
C/O Wolverhampton Bilston & District Trades Union Council, PO Box 2917, Wolverhampton WV2 2YA
 http://www.wolvestuc.org.uk  wolvestuc@blueyonder.co.uk

Birmingham Trades Union Council invites you to celebrate
MAY DAY 2006 INTERNATIONAL WORKERS DAY
Sat 29th April 1- 5pm Carrs Lane Church Centre, Carrs Lane (next to Marks & Spencer)
Speakers:
PCS - Against Civil Service Cut Backs
NUT - No Privatisation, No Academies
Stop the War Campaign
Padraig MacLochlainn - Sinn Fein Mayor of Buncranna
Phyll Brazier - Guantanamo Campaign
Asylum Seekers
Videos: Simon Jones ~ Killed by Casualisation, Remember the Irish Hunger Strikers ~ 25th Anniversary, Spanish Civil War
Plus Music & Stalls
All Trade Union organisations and progressive campaign groups are invited to have a stall. Please send £10 for a stall plus any donation to support the event to BTUC
c/o Vice President 123, Newton Road, Sparkhill B11 4PS
Contact: Mary 0797 017 4167

For details of the COVENTRY COACH TO THE TUC DEMONSTRATION for a Trade Union Freedom Bill organised for the May Day Bank Holiday 1st May in London, go to  http://www.tuc.org.uk/maydaygame
We will be back for the May Day Social in the evening in Coventry.

MAY DAY 2006 IN WORCESTER
Leon Rosselson (singer song-writer) and Ian Saville (socialist magician)
Present `Look at it This Way`
The Marr`s Bar, Pierpoint Street, Worcester
May 1st Monday
Doors open 7.30 p.m.
Tickets £7 or £5 low-waged / unwaged / student
Details:  wlhsg@tiscali.co.uk or wlhsg, PO Box 498, WR7 4YT

CHESTERFIELD MAY DAY
Monday 1st May March 10.30am from Town Hall, stalls and entertainment in Market square until afternoon

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