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Rally to support Vestas Workers, Oxford

12-08-2009 10:16

Rally to support Vestas Workers called by Oxford & District Trades Union Council,
Wednesday 12 August, 12 noon, Bonn Square, Oxford City Centre

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Flyer for National Day of Solidarity w/ Vestas Workers

12-08-2009 10:16

Wednesday 12th August is a National Day of Solidarity w/ Vestas Workers. If there is nothing organised near you, it’s not too late to organise something! Make a poster saying ‘Save Vestas’; download the information leaflet for the public, run off some copies; and go and leaflet in your town centre, outside the nearest Jobcentre, vegetarian cafe, or wind turbine manufacturer… you get the idea!

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It’s… National Day of Solidarity with Vestas Workers!

12-08-2009 06:22

It’s… National Day of Solidarity with #Vestas Workers! Posted by: vickim57 Aug12, 09

http://bit.ly/1TY9Jo #savevestas

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51% rise in self-harm in UK Immigration Detention Estate

11-08-2009 06:56

Self-Harm in Immigration detention April/May/June 2009

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Solidarity Rally in Support of Vestas Workers - Wednesday 10th August

10-08-2009 21:54

Wednesday 12th August at 17:15pm,
By the Left Lion in Nottingham Market Square

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The Rally To Save Vestas Wind Turbine Factory

10-08-2009 08:58

OXFORD AND DISTRICT TRADES COUNCIL CALLS ON ALL TO SUPPORT THE RALLY TO SAVE VESTAS WIND TURBINE FACTORY

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Pix from weekend on Vestas Cowes roof

10-08-2009 08:06

The weather was lovely and they made the most of it, follow savevestas.wordpress.com for updates

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Around the Campaigns Monday 10th August 2009

10-08-2009 06:20

Berzi Family have left the UK
"I'm afraid we lost the Berzi family. Thanks to the many people who sent faxes and messages of encouragement the family felt people cared about them. There was both local and national support for Samia and her family, their MP Gwyn Prosser intervened but was unsuccessful in persuading the Immigration Minister to stay the removal."
Kate Adams
Berzi Family Belong to Dover
Kent News: Campaign for family facing deportation

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Workers' Fightback: Occupations end in Dublin, Korea and Isle of Wight

09-08-2009 22:11

We support... rank and file workers' struggles against the chaotic profit system!

We believe... workers know how to run our workplaces far better than business people, the government, or trade union leaders!

We aim for... workers' control over our own jobs and our own lives!

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Honduras Coup Dictator Micheletti Calls Out the Geezer Patrol or "a country for

09-08-2009 18:58

"The pro-coup dailies in Honduras are abuzz with EXCELLENT NEWS FOR THE COUP REGIME!
Faced with the reality that millions of Hondurans have done the math and figured out that 14,000 National Police plus 9,000 members of the Armed Forces do not equal enough force to squash their unarmed movement to topple the coup d’etat, coup “president” Roberto Micheletti has called in the reserves.
The pro-coup daily La Tribuna gushes that the cavalry has come to save the coup regime from the forward march of the Honduran people:
More than 2,000 reservists, veterans of war and retired officials of the Armed Forces (FFAA, in its Spanish initials) reiterated their support for the President, Roberto Micheletti, at the celebration of the National Day of the Reservist."

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Cardiff Vestas Solidarity - Defend Jobs, Defend The Planet

09-08-2009 18:13

DEFEND JOBS, DEFEND THE PLANET - VESTAS SOLIDARITY MEETING
Wednesday 12 August at 7.30 pm
Riverside Community Centre
Brunel St. (off Ninian Park Road), ten mins from Cardiff Central Station

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Hereford Heckler #9 out now...

08-08-2009 16:33

The August/September issue of the Hereford Heckler (bulletin of the Hereford Solidarity League) is out now...

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Fruit of the Loom universities boycott nears 100 mark as protest spreads to Brit

07-08-2009 16:36

Major student organisations in US and UK unite in protest over
clothing company's human rights violations in Honduras, as university boycott
becomes the 'biggest ever'.

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London Rally Supports Vestas Workers - 6 Aug

07-08-2009 10:33

The Campaign Against Climate change held a rally in London on Thurdsday 6 August in support of the 600 Vestas workers whose jobs making wind turbine blades are to be lost as the company moves production to the USA.

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Show Trials in Iran

06-08-2009 18:37

Just as Iranian ex-leftwingers in the west call for reconciliation between the two wings of the Islamic regime, the ruling faction clamps down on its rivals. Yassamine Mather reports

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URGENT: Fruit of the Loom Day of Action - 7th Aug

06-08-2009 17:37

Russell Athletic, a Fruit of the Loom subsidiary, shamelessly closed the Jerzees de Honduras factory early this year, reportedly to punish workers for forming a union.

We've already forced the company into negotiations with the union, which are taking place this Friday (7th August) in Washington DC

Students in the UK and USA are calling for a Transatlantic Day of Action to show support for workers getting their income and human rights back.

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Vestas eviction midday tomorrow: please come to support‏

06-08-2009 15:21

EVICTION OF VESTAS SCHEDULED FOR MIDDAY TOMORROW (Friday)

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Vestas Roof-Top Occupation – Wed 05 Aug 09 – Pix-&-Vidz

06-08-2009 13:48

Dateline: Roof-Top Occupation, Vestas Venture Quays Workshop, East Cowes, Isle of Wight, UK, Wed 05 Aug 09 – Before Vestas Wind Systems were handed an eviction order against the 15-day-old Newport turbine blade factory occupation, five climate activists, including an RMT member, occupied the roof of Vestas’ harbour-side facility. With tents set up, plenty of food, and an uninterrupted supply-line to supporters and well-wishers, this solidarity occupation is set to run indefinitely. The London Workers’ Climate Action crew stopped off on their journey home to resupply, cheer on and photograph our climbing-savvy comrades.

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West Midlands postal workers to strike tomorrow

06-08-2009 12:48

Reports coming through of strike action by postal workers from tomorrow (Friday) through to Tuesday & beyond: Coventry, Birmingham, and Stoke-on-Trent.
Call for solidarity.

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Contra-fascist reminder: Birmingham, this Saturday.

06-08-2009 11:02

A reminder of the need this Saturday to oppose fascists marching in Birmingham, with meet-up advert.