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Atos Mobbed - Poverty Pimps Shut Down By Benefit Claimants

The Second National Day of Protest Against Benefit Cuts took place yesterday with events targeting poverty pimps like Atos Origin and A4e.

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The Second National Troll A Tory Day - 24/01/11

The first National Troll A Tory Day on the 15th December led to an outpouring of righteous anger, much of it on the facebook pages of Nick Clegg and David Cameron. Spread the word now and let's make this one bigger!

As part of the National Day of Cuts Against Benefit Claimants on the 24th January 2011 Tories and their Lib Dem lackys will be told exactly what the nation feels about their sham coalition.

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Phuck The Scum State Wankers Club I'm Voting Horse Outside

In our pup tent we can suck down home brews
And remember money broker Cowen--
And his no-down loan that brought the bad news
That sent us to the street in our home town

Later on we inquire
How our dream so backfired
We followed the rules
We're feelin' like fools
Living in a wanker wonderland

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National Day of Protest Against Benefit Cuts - 24/01 - latest news

The poster reads: “60,000 Reichs Marks is the cost to the people’s community for this hereditary disabled over a lifetime; People’s comrade, that comes from YOUR gold. Read ‘New People’ – The monthly periodical of the Political Office of the National Socialist German Workers’s Party.”

“The cost of disability benefits is simply UNSUSTAINABLE” – Maria Miller, Minister for Disabled People in an interview with the tabloid press in November 2010.

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Workers Film and Video site

Good films , archive footage about key events in working-class history
from the time of the French Revolution.

Tunisian Uprising Wins Concessions From US-Backed Elite

14-01-2011 17:15 | Social Struggles | Workers' Movements | World

US-backed Tunisian dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali is making concession after concession to a spontaneously created protest movement, in a desperate attempt to cling onto power in the North African country. Solidarity protests have been held in neighbouring Algeria, and support for the Tunisian 'bread intifada' is growing throughout the Arab nations. It seems likely that such demonstrations will spread internationally, amongst equally impoverished populations.

Tunisian People's Revolution

Tunisian protesters, many of them are now organized in several "People's Resistance Committees"(PRC) say they will continue demonstrating over unemployment, mass poverty and against the dictatorship in the North African country despite the government's deadly crackdown on them.

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Urgent Appeal - Please distribute far and wide.

13-01-2011 01:54 | Repression | Social Struggles | Workers' Movements | World

I don't believe too much in the efficacy of the kind of write-in protest advocated below, but an international spotlight on this case just might have an effect on
the final sentencing of these exemplary militants. So if you are on any listservs, please post. Thanks

National Day of Protest Against Benefit Cuts: Latest News

11-01-2011 17:24 | Public sector cuts | Social Struggles | Workers' Movements | World

The second National Day of Protest Against Benefit Cuts has been called for 24th January 2011 targetting Atos Origin and the rest of the poverty pimps.

Keep updated on facebook at:

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=173084439389460

Or the website at:

http://benefitclaimantsfightback.wordpress.com/

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[Tunisia] Evidence Of Civilian Massacre 10-01-2011

11-01-2011 02:04 | Repression | Social Struggles | Workers' Movements | World

We now have video evidence of a civilian massacre committed in Tunisia. Please just watch what they are doing to suppress decent and democratic reform. We have to do something.
SPREAD THE VIDEO DOWN LOAD IT AND RE-UP LOAD IT. PLEASE HELP.
THIS IS A LINK TO MY SOURCE

http://www.youtube.com/user/freedomtunisia

government attacked civilians in tunisia

11-01-2011 00:46 | Repression | Social Struggles | Workers' Movements | World

horrific scenes from a hospital

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXYJw-on5KU

Labour Left Back Down on Cuts in Preston

5 Preston Labour councillors, who voted for a motion against cuts and privatisation at the Preston Trades Council and at Anti Cuts meetings spoke and voted against the same motion when it was put to full council

National Day of Protest Against Benefit Cuts: Day 2 - call for local actions

Please contact us if you're organising an event in your area to be added to have it added to the website, fb page etc - notowelfarecuts (at) yahoo.co.uk

Occupations Of Banks

05-01-2011 10:53 | Public sector cuts | Social Struggles | Workers' Movements | World

Greek Banks across the country have been occupied by their emploees.

Here's a crap translation via the internet - can someone who speaks Greek do a better job, please?

Feed That Hangover!!

31-12-2010 14:36 | Free Spaces | Workers' Movements | World

The People's Kitchen

Taking Power Back from Corrupt Corporate Banker Politicians in Ireland

The power of bank and corporate money in Ireland, was on full display in the last year, particularly on budget day. With Irish citizen's cuts and taxes to finance a bailout of billions subsidizing fraudulent banks and their off-shore owners.

International Migrants' Day- Stop The Crackdown!

22-12-2010 09:32 | Migration | Social Struggles | Workers' Movements | World

The organizers and participants of migrant workers rally on 18th December (to mark the "Int'l Migrants Day") in Seoul adopted the following "2010 Declaration of the Human Rights of Migrants":
Towards a New World without Discrimination and Exploitation!

http://blog.jinbo.net/CINA/?m=2006-02

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