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Mayday Sur 07 - Brief Chronology

12-05-2007 23:00

MayDays of the precarious take place in many cities [euromayday network | lists on imc estrecho and imc uk].
MayDay Sur 007 was a five day gathering with meetings, actions, workshops, manifestation, discussions, parties, and lots of socialising [program | call | Desobediencia Mutante Rumbo al Maydaysur 07 (mutant disobedience on target for Maydaysur 07)]. This year, it took place in Malaga, with people mainly from cities in Andalucia in the south of Spain, a border region between the Continents of Europe and Africa. People came from Sevilla, Granada, Madrid, Tarrassa and Jerez. Here is a rough translation from indymedia estrecho [original].

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Nottingham NHS Campaign, Public Meeting

12-05-2007 14:11

KEEP OUR NHS PUBLIC
Do you know your NHS is being privatised?
The largest independent sector treatment centre in the UK will open her soon. Come along to the campaign to keep our NHS public.

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THE DEBATE HEATS UP...

10-05-2007 14:57

Capitalism is preparing to perpetrate a massive euthanasia on the poor, and particularly on the poor of the South, since it is there that the greatest reserves of the earth’s biomass required to produce biofuels are found...

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RORM celebrate international workers day

10-05-2007 12:37

About rythms of resistances participation on the mayday march in manchester

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Nazi to speak at Bath University

10-05-2007 09:59

Nazi to speak at Bath University

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Mumia Abu-Jamal – protest at US Embassy 17 May

10-05-2007 07:38

Protest at the US Embassy in London on Thursday 17 May to support Mumia Abu-Jamal a political activist on death row. Mumia is innocent!

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Occupation of Paris Tolbiac: Anti-sarkozy action spreads and deepens.

09-05-2007 19:33

This afternoon at a general assembly between six and eight hundred students at Paris Tolbiac voted in an indefinite strike and occupation in opposition to Sarkozy's planned education reforms.

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Brum's May Critical Mass

09-05-2007 14:26

Worker's Memorial Day
Last Friday between 30-40 cyclists turned up to Critical Mass in Birmingham's city centre. We didn't encounter any driver aggression during our ride but the weather was a little overcast. We also came across a memorial to workers in Pigeon Park to remember those killed at work.

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Sheffield Food Not Bombs @ Starbucks, Broomhill

08-05-2007 22:20

Sheffield Food Not Bombs in solidarity with the IWW

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Iraqi Oil Workers to Strike Over Privatisation Law

08-05-2007 21:54

Iraq's largest oil workers' trade union will strike this Thursday, in protest at the controversial oil law currently being considered by the Iraqi parliament. The move threatens to stop all exports from the oil-rich country.

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Strangers into Citizens, Refugee Rights March, London

07-05-2007 22:16

Video
Video Rush of the Refugee Rights March from Westminster Cathedral to Trafalgar Square, 07 May 2007.

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Chesterfield Mayday 2007

07-05-2007 21:35

The Mayday march and rally in Chesterfield always takes place on the Bank Holiday Monday and there was a good turnout as usual.

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Amnesty for migratnts without papers - 1

07-05-2007 19:58

Thousands joined the Strangers into Citizens March Monday May 7th 2007

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Oxford Park and Ride Strikers

07-05-2007 16:22

Striking security guards at three of Oxford’s park-and-ride sites have stepped up their industrial action in the dispute over staff numbers on late shifts.

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Dismissed for disclosing misconduct

07-05-2007 15:36

An academic has been dismissed from the School of Computing and IT
at the University of Wolverhampton on the grounds of Gross
Misconduct following the use of email and an online blog devoted to
bullying in academia to express criticisms and complaints towards
management and policies within the University.

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Migrant’s and Refugees’ Rights March and Rally

07-05-2007 13:48



A multitude of groups, ranging from migrant groups, unions, religious groups, churches, human rights and social justice activists called for a joint rally and a National Day of Action and Celebration of Justice for Migrants on what turned out to be a wet bank holiday.
Read their announcement here:
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/04/368797.html

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Nottingham Mayday 2 Parade Pictures

06-05-2007 00:54

Nottingham's Mayday march and rally took place on Saturday May 5

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Nottingham Mayday 1 Event Pictures

06-05-2007 00:44

Nottingham's Mayday march and rally took place on Saturday May 5

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CNT MayDay in Madrid

05-05-2007 14:53

Some 300 people marched in Madrid at the CNT's annual rally.

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'May Day Melee' in Los Angeles

05-05-2007 10:47

"first-hand video reporting from the scene at the May Day Melee here in Los Angeles which we covered as it broke l