UK Social Struggles Newswire Archive
Internet action against Blair and the Labour party NOW ~ TAKE PART
11-02-2005 14:37
Ineternet Action NOW and this weekend to coincide with Labour's Spring Party Conference.The day in the basque country
11-02-2005 14:24
PRISONERS TAKE CONTROLL OF ARGENTINE JAIL
11-02-2005 13:35
Armed inmates have taken control of a top-security jail in the central Argentine city of Cordoba. Local reports suggest the violence was prompted by grievances over conditions in the San Martin jail.Squatting trials in Hamburg
11-02-2005 12:51
Race attacks reach all time high
11-02-2005 11:13
New figures show the number of abusive and violent attacks on Britain's Jewish community reached record levels in 2004End the housing madness - affordable homes for all
10-02-2005 19:42
March on LONDONJoin the EIE 12th March 200
We are fed up propping up the UK economy.
End all Estate agent self regulation.
Ban buy to let mortgages under £300k. Stop BTL.
Derilict 14 mths = govt buy @ 40% market value.
Stamp duty only on £300k + dwellings.
Right to buy council property stopped NOW.
Demand councils build more stock NOW.
No to 50% HA purchase traps. Ball & Chain. No way.
Sheffield Social mini-Forum 17th Feb: Why Don't You...?
10-02-2005 14:01
7 to 9.30pm
St. Andrew's Church Hall
Upper Hanover Way
(Call 07968 997861 for more details...)
Transcript of talk by Hassan Juma'a: Iraqi trade unionist 08/02
09-02-2005 23:20
Hassan Juma'a is the Chair of the Southern Oil Company trade union, based in Basra.Here he talks about the position of the various union federations, including the state-sponsored IFTU, and the prospects for non-party-political trade unionism in Iraq.
NOTE THAT: this is a transcript of a *translated* talk and therefore most nuances have been lost. This cannot be taken as a definitive account of what Hassan Juma'a or Iraq occupation Focus believe.
Scandal of Pepys Estate
09-02-2005 13:16
The Pepys Estate in Deptford, a social housing estate on the banks of the River Thames in East London, is being destroyed by Lewisham through selling off parts of the estate for redevelopment to a property speculator to convert to luxury apartments and to Hyde Housing Association. The net social housing on the estate will be reduced, this in an area of acute social deprivation where the demand for social housing has never been so high.Activist Scenes Are No Safe Space for Women
09-02-2005 12:34
Activist Scenes are No Safe Space for Women: On Abuse of Activist Women byActivist Men
By Tamara K. Nopper
'Caminos De Resistencia' film festival
09-02-2005 12:29
'Caminos De Resistencia(Paths Of Resistance)' a Latin America film festival in London
G8: Summat for the Summit
08-02-2005 19:00
The G8-summit is coming to Britain in July. This is going to be a big event. We need to organise now.
Reggae deal to halt gay-bash lyrics
08-02-2005 11:24
Stop Murder Music campaign suspended - Music industry committed to reject violent hate songsReport of Anti-War Meeting at Bristol Council House
07-02-2005 23:03
Report of Anti-War Meeting at Bristol Council House. Because of the huge audience, the were two meetings in two seperate halls. This report is from the overflow hall and mainly covers Caroline Lucas's (Green Party) speech.Your chance to say no to the Olympics in London
07-02-2005 18:00
London is awash with posters advertising the opportunity to Back the Olympic Bid. Noticably absent however has been the opportunity to state your opposition to the bid.Positive Global Movements
07-02-2005 16:26
Positive Global Movements started yesterday Sunday the 6th with a nice turn up, we showed 'The Alberdi School' a film about the community involvement in revolutionising education in Venezuela. Then we had musicians and poet Sofia and Santiago both Peruvian artists reciting poetry and singing to the beat of the Global Revolution. After having lovely Venezuelan food Ricardo Galindez Venezuelan trade unionist gave a passionate speech about the role of the workers in the revolution not only in Venezuela but also in the world.
Tortured in the San Jose Main Jail
05-02-2005 10:24
Martín Rodriguez, , says he was tortured in the San Jose Main Jail while spending 115 days there on drug charges.