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Around the Campaigns Friday 1st May 2009

Glad to say there were at least seven empty seats on the 'Ethnic Charter Flights' to Afghanistan (Tuesday) and Nigeria (Wednesday) and all the seats on the 'Ethnic Charter Flight' to Cameroon this morning were empty as it was cancelled in its' entirety.

MAYDAY London: Picket for Visteon workers at KPMG

30-04-2009 13:31 | Social Struggles | Workers' Movements | World

As well as all the other events for MAYDAY in London, don't miss the picket of KPMG in support of the Visteon workers (formerly in occupation) now maintaining a 24 hour picket of their factory in Enfield.

Police Admit Assault and Battery

29-04-2009 22:08 | Workers' Movements | Zapatista | World

Three years after the events, the Police admit that they were responsible for the Assault and Battery of protestors in London. To the Tune of £85,000

African Socialist International (ASI) Takes Hold in East Africa

29-04-2009 18:11 | Anti-racism | Social Struggles | Workers' Movements | World

On April 9-10 African revolutionaries, progressives, individuals and groups met in Nairobi, Kenya to form the East Africa Regional Committee of the African Socialist International (ASI), a worldwide party uniting African workers to liberate Africa. The conference was the second in an international series of events that are putting the ASI on the ground throughout the world, with a goal to end the divisions created by the colonial imposed state borders and establish a single African nation, “from Cape to Cairo.”

Venezuela: El Libertario warns of possible sentence to the 14 SIDOR workers

29-04-2009 17:09 | Repression | Social Struggles | Workers' Movements | World

* After taking part in a demonstration for lack of job security in 2006, 14 workers of contractor “Transportes Camila de SIDOR” could be sentenced to 5 to 10 years in jail.

Second attempt to remove Eric Tcheujoue

Eric Tcheujoue, a national of Cameroon, currently detained in Colnbrook IRC is due to be forcibly removed to Cameroon on Friday 1st May 2009 on 'Ethnic Charter flight' PVT002 at 01:00am. A previous attempt to remove Eric on Sunday 29th March was aborted when Eric refused to fly.

Stop these inhumane 'Ethnic Charter Flights'

"My daughter Stephanie who is in detention at Yarl's Wood has tried harming herself by incision on her wrist she is right now under suicide watch here at Yarl's Wood" Ubaka Kenneth Nwosem

Tenth Anniversary of the Struggle for Justice and labor demand

28-04-2009 12:51 | G20 London Summit | Workers' Movements | World

THE April 14, 1999, was dismissed from the energy company of Chaco Province, called SECH.EEP, residing at Calle Saenz Peña N º 170 - Resistencia, Chaco Province, Argentina. During the military dictatorship was formed as an authoritarian and corrupt management in the company, which lasted through time and the successive democratic governments

Stop the Removal of Sunny Michael

[Sunny and a number of UK Nigerian families/individuals are due to be forcibly removed from the UK on a joint UK/Ireland 'Ethnic Charter Flight on Wednesday 29th April. Neither the potential deportees or their solicitors have been told which airport the plane is leaving from or who the carriers are.]

Online petition: Keep Zakir in Canterbury

Zakir Ali Rostami escaped the violence in Afghanistan six years ago and arrived in the UK speaking no English. Since then, he has become a popular figure in the community, excelling at Canterbury College where he has almost completed a national diploma in IT, and winning a scholarship for a local Cricket Club. He has also been offered an unconditional place at University to study Computing.

nazis front

23-04-2009 08:01 | Anti-militarism | Anti-racism | Workers' Movements | World

in less than 2 hours the nazi front are due in newcastle to sperad there vile evil shit arounf newcastle

Coca Cola Crisis in India (by Latuff)

21-04-2009 18:26 | Globalisation | Social Struggles | Workers' Movements | World

I made this cartoon for the India Resource Center, campaign to hold Coca Cola accountable. Thousands of farmers in India have been affected by Coca Cola's practices, and Coca Cola is guilty of destroying the livelihoods of thousands of people in India:

http://www.indiaresource.org/campaigns/coke/index.html

Keep Sulaiti Sarah Wahuyo and Gabriel Wahuyo in the UK

Sulaiti and her 2 year old son Gabriel are currently detained in Yarl's Wood IRC and are due to be forcibly removed from UK to Uganda on Wednesday 22nd April 2009 on Kenay Airways Flight KQ101 @ 20.00 to Kampala.

Cherbal Family Must Stay In Blackburn

Ismail Cherbal and Safia Aouf, nationals of Algeria, and their British-born children Sonia aged four and son Aya aged 15 months have lived in Blackburn, Lancashire, for almost five years. They are currently detained in Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre and are due to be forcibly removed from the UK on Thursday, April 16th at 09.45 hours on British Airways flight BA894 to Algeria.

London Visteon Workers need solidarity on picket line

14-04-2009 16:48 | Social Struggles | Workers' Movements | World

Despite the Visteon workers leaving their occupation of their factory in Enfield last week, help is still needed by them on the 24 hour picket line. The negotiations have been postponed until tomoro (Weds) due to 'security reasons'.

SUPPORT THE PICKET! SPREAD THE WORD TO GET AS MANY PEOPLE THERE AS POSSIBLE!!

Killer Coke (by Latuff)

11-04-2009 09:58 | Globalisation | Repression | Workers' Movements | World

Copyleft artwork by Brazilian cartoonist Latuff.

Helen Bih Must Stay

Helen Ngwaneba Bih a national of Cameroon and resident of Glasgow, is currently detained in Yarl's Wood IRC and due to be forcibly removed from UK to Cameroon on Sunday 12th April 2009 @ 19:15 on Virgin Atlantic flight VS671 to Nairobi and then Kenya Airways Flight KQ524 at 9.45pm on Monday 13th April to Yaounde, Cameroon.

What Obama's Trip to Europe Revealed

07-04-2009 03:45 | G20 London Summit | Workers' Movements | World

Declaring something a success doesn’t necessarily make it so. We learned this at the Bush-led G-20 summit only four months ago, when global leaders were expected to do something far-reaching in response to the world-wide economic crisis, instead of chatting about it. When nothing came of the meeting, we were told that the summit “succeeded” because it “laid the groundwork” for the next G-20 gathering, recently led by Obama.

The four months between G-20 summits was one of rising massive unemployment and social misery for millions of people, creating an urgency that was unmet by the world leaders in London.

Defaced Banksy

06-04-2009 08:07 | Culture | Free Spaces | Workers' Movements | World

In the early hours of this morning, Banksy's 'Mild Mild West' on Stokes Croft in Bristol (UK) was repainted by a member of Appropriate Media, presenting an alternative version of this 'alternative Bristol landmark'.

Support Visteon Factory Occupation in Enfield, London

02-04-2009 15:19 | Repression | Social Struggles | Workers' Movements | World

After the recent demos against meeting the G20 and the obvious failure this shindig will have in shoring up capital racked by crisis, it's good to make the connection between other people in struggle and the yesterdays struggle on the streets.

PDF of a leaflet issued in support of the occupiers is included. Please circulate by hand and by lists.

World Workers' Movements Newswire Archive

Around the Campaigns Friday 1st May 2009

MAYDAY London: Picket for Visteon workers at KPMG

Police Admit Assault and Battery

African Socialist International (ASI) Takes Hold in East Africa

Venezuela: El Libertario warns of possible sentence to the 14 SIDOR workers

Second attempt to remove Eric Tcheujoue

Stop these inhumane 'Ethnic Charter Flights'

Tenth Anniversary of the Struggle for Justice and labor demand

Stop the Removal of Sunny Michael

Online petition: Keep Zakir in Canterbury

nazis front

Coca Cola Crisis in India (by Latuff)

Keep Sulaiti Sarah Wahuyo and Gabriel Wahuyo in the UK

Cherbal Family Must Stay In Blackburn

London Visteon Workers need solidarity on picket line

Killer Coke (by Latuff)

Helen Bih Must Stay

What Obama's Trip to Europe Revealed

Defaced Banksy

Support Visteon Factory Occupation in Enfield, London

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