UK Social Struggles Newswire Archive
TCAR prepares for solidarity action with Harmondsworth and Yarl's wood protests
03-12-2006 19:31
Tyneside Community Action for Refugees (TCAR) is in complete solidarity with the detention centre protesters at Harmondsworth and Yarl's wood. We have called an action this saturday (9th Decemeber) 12 noon- Monument, Newcastle city centre to show our support and raise the profile of the brave action these asylum seekers have taken and their success in releasing 150 detainees across the UK. End detention! End deportation! Together we are stronger!Tug Workers To Block The Docks?
03-12-2006 18:22
The port of Liverpool could be shut down by a series of tug strikes, bringing back memories of the dockers’ dispute in the 1990s. Workers are angry that they are currently registered in the Channel Islands, and therefore lose their 12.5% National Insurance payments.battle for broadway market dvd's available now
02-12-2006 20:39
dvd's of films about the occupation of a cafe in broadway market, hackney are available now. the occupation of tony's cafe and the ongoing campaign in support of Spirit's Nutritious Food Gallery was an international cause celebre this time last year (ie 2005), and continues...Singing Session at Campsfield House Detention Centre
02-12-2006 15:28
Here's a personal account of the session.
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Ebay sale of Free Speech
02-12-2006 14:36
QUEERUPTION 9 Event at SOAS, Wednesday 6/12, 6.30pm
02-12-2006 12:43
Mass Demonstrations against US backed Lebanese Government
02-12-2006 09:59
The Western media, which often downplays the size of public rallies and anti-war demonstrations, confirms that "hundreds of thousands" of people from all sectors of Lebanese society gathered in Beirut in anti-government demonstrations, demanding the resignation of the US-Israeli supported government of Prime Minister Fouad Siniora.Full article | 3 additions | 1 comment
On the Ground, Mexico: A president sworn in and protests spill out
01-12-2006 21:32
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Families on Hungerstrike in Yarl's Wood Detention Centre
01-12-2006 15:40
Many of the adults detained in Yarl's Wood have refused food this morning (1 Dec 2006) in protest at conditions in the centre. There has been an outbreak of diarrhea amongst the children under 5 and many of the children are not eating as they find the food unpalatable. 70 adults and 40 children are currently detained in the family unit of Yarl's Wood IRC.
RECLAIMING OUR RIGHTS CONFERENCE
01-12-2006 14:29
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2nd, 200610.00 to 17.00
Venue: London Metropolitan University, Libeskind Building (Graduate School), 166-220 Holloway Road N7, (tube Holloway Road).
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Sabotaged promised as government test public resolve on GM
01-12-2006 12:57
Protesters have pledged to take direct action to sabotage genetically modified crop trials that the government has today given the go ahead for. These trials will be the first GM trials to take place in this country for several years after a sucessful campaign of resistance. The new trial is widely regarded as a test of public resolve before further attempts to introduce genetically modified organisms on a commercial scale to a unwilling public...State Scum Protect Hunt Scum (again)
01-12-2006 12:31
Yesterday four hunt saboteurs were arrested under section 5 of the Public Order Act, as they followed a beagle pack near Chipping Sodbury, just outside Bristol.Asylum Seekers get an early xmas present
01-12-2006 09:33
Here is a little snippet of what life is like for a destitute refugee. (see below for definition *)3 Destitute men have been seeking shelter in some empty council flats. The council are seeking to sell the land on which the flats are built to
Arches Housing.
122 Burngreave Road
Sheffield
South Yorkshire
S3 9DE
Phone: 0114 228 8100
Fax: 0114 228 8150
Web:
http://www.archeshousing.org.uk Email:
info@archeshousing.org.uk The council began legal proceedings to regain possession of the flats (court date set for 7th of December). Arches Housing have employed Red Wall construction (Building Contractor) to demolish the flats when they are emptied. On the 28th November 2006 (according to reports via Arches Housing) Red wall construction workers found all the front doors of the occupied flats open and apparently abandoned.
People fighting back in Tonga - IMC activists reports and photos
01-12-2006 03:08
The Coup d’Etat in Mexico
01-12-2006 00:57
EVERYTHING4EVERYONE Oaxaca solidarity assembly (hackney)
01-12-2006 00:37
Pre-opening day assembly at Everything4everyone "new" occupied buildingTrident White Paper? Get yer lock-ons out!
30-11-2006 23:43
Demonstration at Harmondsworth/Colnbrook
30-11-2006 19:42
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Merseyside Fire Authority Stirs Up More Trouble
30-11-2006 19:32
Following the partial defeat of their cuts agenda this summer, Merseyside Fire Authority is trying to get its own back, and weaken the morale of victorious firefighters. Three weeks ago, letters were served to fourteen emergency crew members, calling them to hearings over incidents during the walkout, including one for 'smiling aggressively'. Now a firefighter is in trouble for drinking a cup of tea!Close Counter Terror World!
30-11-2006 19:12
In a few days time, Olympia plays host the Counter Terror World, an exhibition at which companies and countries from around the world will share with each other lessons learned in the war on terror, a war on their own populations. Israel will be a prominent attendee, eager - no doubt - to share the lessons they've learned from the recent campaign in Lebanon and the ongoing repression in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.London Class War have called a picket of Olympia at 1pm on Tuesday 5 December, the first day of the sordid exhibition. Further details are available on the website, www.classwar.org