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Casual Work Article Download!

28-02-2014 21:47

We have written a long article on casual work, agency workers and unemployment. Free to download. No copyright. Discussions welcome!

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Dissident Island Radio - Episode 133 - Subversions of justice...

18-02-2014 00:25

Featuring 3Cosas, Drax29 and so much more...

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Protest at Amazon HQ in Seattle against CIA data cloud

17-02-2014 19:38

On Tuesday, February 11th, 2014, a group of people blocked the train line that leads into the Amazon HQ in South Lake Union. They blocked the tracks with a banner that read CIAmazon, a reference to the corporation’s recent decision to provide cloud services for the CIA. Two smoke signal flares were lit in order to attract the attention of the workers inside the Day 1 South building of the campus. The contents of a flier were read over a megaphone and hundreds of fliers were distributed The action lasted around half an hour and group dispersed before the police arrived.

The following is an explanation for the action:

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Is McDonald's Going To Burn These Hedge Funds

16-02-2014 20:04

Years after London Greenpeace was sued by McDonald's in the longest trial at that time in British history, the world's biggest fast food chain is at risk, say stock analysts.
Drought affecting western state cattle ranches, growing knowledge of the heart attacks, strokes, cancer, Alzheimer's etc
associated with cow flesh consumption, the animal rights movement's critical mass... some of the factors in McDonald's declining stock performance.
Data is from Insider Monkey Summary is by Transparency

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Bosnia Latest!

12-02-2014 12:58

report from the front line!
website has photos
 http://malatesta32.wordpress.com/2014/02/12/on-the-protests-in-bosnia/

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The Extinction Festival at the Cat Hill Protest

01-02-2014 22:49

The Extinction Festival will be held every weekend throughout the summer of 2014 at the School for Eco-Warriors and the Extinction Eco-Village on the site of Middlesex University at the Cat Hill Protest near Cockfosters north London England.

THIS IS A PROTEST SITE - EVERYONE CAN STAY FOR AS LONG AS THEY LIKE

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Defrauded Workers Campaign to Change Law

30-01-2014 01:22

A group of former glass factory workers, angry at the way they were treated by dishonest company Directors, are campaigning to reform the UK's outdated insolvency laws, after having been cheated out of several months worth of wages.

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Petition of Unconditional Basic Income for the UK

08-01-2014 17:56

A developed country with a developed society; every adult receives an unconditional basic annual Income of £11, 375... farewell hidden inequality, benefit fraud and fragmented communities and hello new horizons of an evolved society and true democracy.

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Call To All Destructive Workers

06-01-2014 20:43

CALL TO ALL DESTRUCTIVE WORKERS

FREE THE WORKERS

ARREST THE MASONS


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Striking Orgreave Miners fitted up by the Police

04-01-2014 19:00

3 days in to 2014 and already we see what the police are...

Thirty years on from the miners' strike there are growing calls for a public inquiry into allegations of widespread miscarriages of justice

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The Internationale

29-12-2013 18:21

Something for those of us who are bored with the religious claptrap that we are still expected to put up with during December and early January.

Arise ye workers from your slumbers
Arise ye prisoners of want
For reason in revolt now thunders
And at last ends the age of cant.
Away with all your superstitions

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Time At Work

20-12-2013 15:34

‘A man who has no free time to dispose of, whose whole lifetime, apart from the mere physical interruptions by sleep, meals and so forth, is absorbed by his labour for the capitalist, is less than beast of burden.’ Marx from Wages, Price & Profit.

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Socialist International honours the life and legacy of Nelson Mandela

20-12-2013 05:59

1993 Lisbon, Portugal
The Socialist International is deeply moved by the passing of Nelson Mandela, the man who, representing the struggle for freedom of an entire nation, became a symbol for justice, reconciliation and peace for the entire world.

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Council tenants told to not have a merry christmas

19-12-2013 18:54

Hammersmith and Fulham Council said 46% of its tenants were in rent arrears and the cards were part of a "hard-hitting" campaign. However, tenants branded it as a "disgusting" move disguised as a festive message.


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Time & Casual Work

17-12-2013 13:42

Time operates on casual workers in many different way and increases their alienation from the rest of the workforce.

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Christmas Casual Work

15-12-2013 15:08

We are writing a series of articles on the nature of casual work. Please contact us if you have any experiences we can discuss at:  malatesta32@gmail.com

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The WTO pushes through bad deal; Developed countries and TNCs are the big winner

11-12-2013 10:38

Bali, Indonesia - The 9th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) pushed through a Bali Package in the final hours, extending the Conference to December 7, but at the cost of the developing countries, the poor and the hungry.

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Kiev under tripple siege, 2014: reflections and observations for discussion

07-12-2013 19:49

This essay documents some of the latest cases of fascistic violence against voicing any social issue whatsoever at the current Kiev Euro-TV parading grounds. Who has decided to apply the Hungarian role model of fascistic capitalism to Ukraine before even annexing us? Was it you, your tax contribution? What are the Ukrainian oligarchs living next to you in the London city up to? How do we mount defense when triple siege becomes standard practice on crushing working class strongholds?

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New People's Daily Building in China

07-12-2013 01:16

Gawkers cannot believe shape of Chinese newspaper’s sizable HEADquarters. People can't help but notice the similarity of the new building for the People's Daily newspaper to male anatomy.