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Shrewsbury 24 Campaign Rally, 4TH July 2009

16-06-2009 15:56

March & rally route
After the 1972 Building Workers’ National Strike 24 Trade Unionists were tried at Shrewsbury in a hostile act perpetrated by a Tory Government to criminalise picketing. A number of these men were given severe prison sentences

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Lancaster Carnival of Culture 2009: Community Art Exhibition and Street Games

15-06-2009 11:25

Two events on Saturday June 13th made up the 2009 manifestation of the Carnival of Culture, three days before the Public Inquiry into the planning permission given to Centros Miller’s appallingly unimaginative retail-led developments to trash the “cultural quarter” of Lancaster, with it’s Music ians’ Co-op (est. 1976), Dance School, Grand and Dukes Theatres/independent cinema, listed building local brewery etc etc etc. Details of how to get involved towards the end.

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George Monbiot on Empire and Imperial Plunder

10-06-2009 13:28

Yesterday the Guardian's web-only, Comment is Free section ran an article by George Monbiot titled For 300 years Britain has outsourced mayhem. Finally it's coming home. This is one of the rare instances of a corporate article that is worth reposting here...

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Sunderland working class bookfair Juen 13th 2009

09-06-2009 12:35

11-4pm Sat June 13th
Museum Vaults
33 Silksworth Row
Central Sunderland

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Audio: Religion and Revolution

04-06-2009 12:54

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On 3rd June 2009 John Halstead, Secretary of the Society for the Study of Labour History,  http://www.sslh.org.uk/ spoke at a meeting of the Sheffield Humanist Society,  http://www.sheffield.humanist.org.uk/ on the subject of Religion and Revolution.

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New Publication "Crime Becomes Custom Custom Becomes Crime"

04-06-2009 11:47

The 3rd in the Cl@ss War Classix series of pamphlets has been published today.

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A River of Lights for Tiananmen

03-06-2009 10:52

Join Amnesty's Cambridge University Group and Chinese Salon for a Floating Lantern Ceremony in remembrance of the victims of the Tiananmen Crackdown.

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Roundhay accountant gives window-space to Marx

02-06-2009 19:29

Chartered accountant takes a break from counting beans to educate passers-by.

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Chris Gray Rest In Peace …

27-05-2009 13:37

An obituary by comrade and lifelong friend Charlie Radcliffe …

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Audio: 25 Years After the Battle of Orgreave -- A People's History

23-05-2009 20:05

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Attached is a recording of a meeting held on 22nd May 2009 with John Baxter, Sheff labour history writer/lecturer, Mike Simons, author The Great Strike, ex-striking miner Ian Mitchell. After John Baxter spoke the Battle for Orgreave (  http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/144275 ) was shown and then Mike Simons and Ian Mitchell, followed by a question and answer session.

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25 Years After the Battle of Orgreave -- A People's History

18-05-2009 20:09

Meeting on Fri May 22, 7pm

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Obama and the denial of genocide.

16-05-2009 03:42

Obama. Genocide. Realpolitik.

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Plaque to commemorate ILP members who fought in Spain

14-05-2009 09:01

The first plaque to remember the members of the Independent Labour Party who fought in the Spanish Civil War alongside the POUM on the Aragon Front is to be unveiled in Manchester on May 30th.

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“Mexican Suitcase” Unseen Spanish Civil War Capa Photos Published Online

10-05-2009 03:01

Thousands of previously unseen Spanish Civil War photos by legendary photojournalists Robert Capa, David “Chim” Seymour, and Gerda Taro.have digitized by The International Center of Photography

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SPARROWS' NEST EVENT: 'Kropotkin's Mutual Aid today' - Sat 9th May 2009 at 3pm

06-05-2009 09:00

The Sparrows' Nest is pleased to announce a talk by Iain McKay, editor of The Anarchist FAQ, related to the new Freedom Press edition of Kropotkin's masterpiece Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution. Published in 1902, the book provided detailed evidence of cooperation at the heart of the natural world. Iain is visiting Nottingham to present the background and relevance today of Mutual Aid, to be followed by discussion. Date/Time: Saturday 9th May, 3.00pm

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The Nail In Our Economic Coffin

29-04-2009 17:23

We Americans commonly refer to our system of government as a "great experiment," but we rarely look at our economic system in the same light.

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China, Peru Sign Free Trade Deal

28-04-2009 19:59

agreement
China and Peru signed a free trade agreement in a ceremony attended by Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping and his Peruvian counterpart Luis Giampietri Rojas

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CELEBRATE MAY DAY in Jarrow

27-04-2009 16:33

A North Eastern event to warm your soul in Credit Curnched times.

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Dialect - Economic Feudalism - lessons from the Icelandic banking collapse

24-04-2009 00:31

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CIA & the Mafia plus local Blues musician Chris Scott, Harry Hornsey and Tim Page
Dialect Radio is a Bristol (UK) internet broadcasting Co-operative run by volunteers. Our main activity is our weekly current affairs and arts magazine programme Dialect, which is recorded at our Queen's Square studios and posted for download every weekend. Want to volunteer? Volunteering Bristol, Royal Oak House, Royal Oak Avenue, Bristol. BS1 4GB Tel: 0117 989 7733. Listen on air: 93.2 FM (BCFM), Saturdays 9pm & Sundays 7pm  http://www.bcfm.org.uk/

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30 year rule used for Hillsborough - WHY?

22-04-2009 17:40

why the 30 yr rule for Hillsborough