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Egyptian Revolution at a Turning Point

19-02-2011 15:23

sitting in front of tanks to stop the army advancing 08/02
From reportsfromtheegyptianuprising.wordpress.com

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Hereford Heckler #18 hits the streets

19-02-2011 13:34

The February/March issue of the Hereford Heckler is now out

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International Solidarity with political prisoners

19-02-2011 02:57

14TH FEBRUARY - RUSSIA, MOSCOW - DEMONSTRATION OF SOLIDARITY: "FREEDOM TO VALENTIN URUSOV"!

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Class Anger Erupts In Wisconsin, USA

18-02-2011 17:01

The scene at the occupied state Capitol
The immense social power of the American working class has largely lain dormant since the 1980s, when President Reagan crushed the PATCO air traffic controllers amongst others in struggle. The leadership of the AFL-CIO union has brokered deal after deal in favour of the capitalist class in the intervening years, leaving many workers disillusioned and demoralised. Now - compelled by the social crisis and inspired by the Arabic pro-democracy revolutionaries - the sleeping beauty is awakening.

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The suffering spreads - Final part of a Short Legal History of the Credit Crunch

17-02-2011 13:07

A review of how banks came to farm countries in order to sustain their very existence. The human toll and the capitalist danse macabre.

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Solidarity in defiance

17-02-2011 02:09

Politician’s keep saying they want the Bigger society, the people directing change, so let us all rise to this challenge and give them what they want, to be held to account and remove them along with the bankers.

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Moldova sugar workers demand their wages

16-02-2011 19:37

Union members from Moldova’s bankrupt Glodeni-Zahar sugar company – formerly the largest in the country - made the 3-hour journey to the capital Chisinau today to demonstrate in defence of their wages and their union leaders’ freedom. Workers at the plant, which at its peak employed some 500 people, have not been paid their wages since June 2009.

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Participant in the Egyptian Revolution in "Tahrir Square" to speak in Sheffield

16-02-2011 17:13

An Egyptian Woman Participant in the Egyptian Revolution in "Tahrir Square" Speaking in Sheffield This Saturday.

19.02.2011 at the Quakers Meeting House - St James Street Sheffield at 14:00 PM.

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CairoRising: report back from the Egyptian revolution 22 Feb, Brighton

16-02-2011 13:00

Report back meeting from CairoRising, February 22 at 7.30pm. The Cowley Club, 12
London Road, Brighton

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Charnwood Campaign Against the Cuts meeting on 21 February

16-02-2011 05:38

Charnwood Campaign Against the Cuts is planning to escalate its protests in Loughborough through a series of meetings.

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National Day of Protest Against Benefit Cuts – Day 3

15-02-2011 13:53

The 3rd National Day of Protest Against Benefit Cuts has been called for April 14th 2011.

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Three of union activists injured in Egypt

14-02-2011 19:54

Today, during the demonstration which was in front of the General Trade Union Federation (ETUF) that included more than 2,000 union activists, some of thugs who are hired by ETUF threw empty bottles (of glass) towards the demonstrators, resulting injuries to three of the labour activists.

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Victory to the Egyptian Revolution - London rally 12 Feb 2011

14-02-2011 00:28

Thousands in Trafalgar Square
The day after Mubarak had gone, thousands gathered in London's Trafalgar Square in solidarity with the Egyptian Revolution.

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Mitie shame (Ox-Fly) - Campsfield changes hands

13-02-2011 18:56

Campsfield "House", the migration prison near Kidlington (see Ox-Fly 1), is changing management. Mitie (pronounced "mighty" for the sake of pomposity) won the £27m contract[1] and will have a 5 year term[2].

This is a slightly longer, referenced version of an article taken from Issue 3 of The Ox-Fly - Oxford's radical newsletter:
 http://oxfly.theoarc.org.uk

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SolFed (Ox-Fly)

13-02-2011 18:25

A new radical workers organisation has been founded in Oxford. Thames Valley Solidarity Federation is a group seeking to promote direct democracy, direct action and working class self-organisation in local workplaces and communities.

Article taken from Issue 3 of The Ox-Fly - Oxford's radical newsletter:
 http://oxfly.theoarc.org.uk

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Witney woken (Ox-Fly)

13-02-2011 18:24

On Sunday 9th January, anarchists from Oxford joined a march in Witney, David Cameron's constituency.

Article taken from Issue 3 of The Ox-Fly - Oxford's radical newsletter:
 http://oxfly.theoarc.org.uk

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How's work? (Ox-Fly)

13-02-2011 18:20

Some of AiO are setting up a website (tentatively titled 'Bosswatch') that can be used to review workplaces around Oxford. Reviews would be anonymous to prevent victimisation.

Article taken from Issue 3 of The Ox-Fly - Oxford's radical newsletter:
 http://oxfly.theoarc.org.uk

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Workers block highway for pay hike

13-02-2011 18:02

Workers of a polypropylene’s packet manufacturing factory blocked the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in Gazipur for one and a half hours on Sunday 13 February demanding a pay hike.

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From #Tahrir to the factories - permanent revolution

13-02-2011 13:58

Strikers in front of petroleum company-maadi
Since yesterday, and actually earlier, middle class activists have been urging Egyptians to suspend the protests and return to work, in the name of patriotism, singing some of the most ridiculous lullabies about “let’s build new Egypt,” “Let’s work harder than even before,” etc… In case you didn’t know, actually Egyptians are among the hardest working people in the globe already.
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