UK Social Struggles Newswire Archive
African Socialist International (ASI) Takes Hold in East Africa
29-04-2009 18:11
Venezuela: El Libertario warns of possible sentence to the 14 SIDOR workers
29-04-2009 17:09
Our Facebook page was shut down and the group page hacked by Hossam Eid.
29-04-2009 15:09
If anyone receives any silly messages from someone called Hossam Eid on the Stop Camden Animal Lab Facebook page [a fake admin called Hossam Eid] please ignore them & report the hacker. This is the latest in the saga surrounding this campaign by people trying to disrupt it. In a way I'm flattered that people are going to so much trouble. Thank you Hossam for your attention. Meanwhile "pig flu has taken over the world" and this shows why the lab is a mistake.Second attempt to remove Eric Tcheujoue
29-04-2009 10:56
Stop these inhumane 'Ethnic Charter Flights'
29-04-2009 10:53
"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 Nwosemstrike against genocide - today 29th april, westminster
28-04-2009 23:57
Barcelona: Occupations and Demonstration
28-04-2009 22:18
News from the Barcelona Student Movementtamil tiger rally march newcastle saturday the 25th april
28-04-2009 21:16
Rob Williams shop steward at Ford Swansea sacked .. factory occupied
28-04-2009 19:55
Rob Williams, the Unite convenor of the Linamar car parts factory in Swansea and vice chair of the NSSN, was called into the directors' office of the plant on Tuesday 28 April and told that he was being sacked for "irretrievable breakdown of trust". This blatant victimisation of one of the leading left-wing shop steward activists in the car industry was met by an immediate production line walk-off by the day shift. They surrounded Rob's union office after management called in police to forcibly remove Rob from the building.World Day for Lab Animals March in Chile
28-04-2009 17:25
Swansea union convenor sacked for supporting Ford/Visteon workers
28-04-2009 15:14
A union convenor at the Lindenmeyer Plant in Swansea, formerly owned by Ford Visteon has locked himself in his office after being sacked.Housing Benefit Fraud in Nottingham
28-04-2009 15:02
British government denounced by charities for neglect of the poor
28-04-2009 14:36
“Save the Children has launched hundreds of grants projects in developing countries to help children in crisis. The UK public generally believe there’s no need for this sort of crisis grant here, but today Save the Children is helping distribute money to families right on our doorsteps. If the Government can find money for the banks then why can’t it afford money for our children?”Capitalism and Public health
28-04-2009 14:17
The industrial production of disease in a globalised economy is the result of competing economic priorities. Efforts toward the privatisation of Water in Mexico and the Industrial Waste Habits of Multinational Swine Producers join up with cheap air travel to promote global ill health.Anarchist Prisoner Amadeu Casellas returns to Hunger Strike (Catalunya)
28-04-2009 07:06
(Amadeu Casellas has been locked up in Catalunya for over 22 years, and in that time he has been active in the struggles of prisoners of the Spanish State. He is currently being held for longer than the law permits, and last year carried out a 76 day hunger strike that ended with the prison authorities promising to begin his release process.)Ewa Jasiewicz - Free Gaza Movement - Brighton -Tue 28th April
28-04-2009 04:21
EWA Jasiewicz has been on the ground in Gaza since November, having arrived on the siege breaking Free Gaza boat. She has been working on ambulances and reporting the reality of lives under siege and under military assault.May Day Weekend at Next To Nowhere
27-04-2009 19:38
To mark International Workers' Day - a radical tradition which dates back to the 1886 Haymarket affair (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haymarket_affair) - the Liverpool Social Centre will be hosting a number of interesting events at 96A Bold Street.
CELEBRATE MAY DAY in Jarrow
27-04-2009 16:33
A North Eastern event to warm your soul in Credit Curnched times.Mayday issue 3 launched for Mayday 2009
27-04-2009 13:42
Mayday magazine is focused upon providing high-quality contributions and practical and theoretical satisfaction - we will do everything we can to meet your expectations.We really do aim to produce some of the best working class practical theory and theoretical practice - Praxis for short.