UK Indymedia - UK Workers' Movements Newswire Archive

Paul Gassa Belongs to Leicester

31-12-2007 18:32

Paul from Cameroon currently detained in Oakington IRC, is facing forced removal to France, on British Airways Flight BA302 leaving Heathrow at 06.20am on Thursday 3rd January 2008 to Charles De Gaulle airport France, for onward transit to Douala/Cameroon.

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Video exposes Boley housing agency's crimes against black community

29-12-2007 18:12

Video exposes Boley's theft of housing resources meant for African community
and their attack on the Uhuru Movement

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Scam training course for the unemployed

27-12-2007 12:21

Scam training courses that do nothing for the unemployed, have become a lucrative gravy train for the private companies that run them.

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Jean Pierre Gueutchue Must Stay

27-12-2007 09:27

Currently detained in Dover IRC, is facing forced removal to Cameroon, on British Airways Flight BA302 leaving Heathrow at 06.20 on Monday 31st December 2007 to Charles De Gaulle airport France for onward transit to Douala/Cameroon.

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Job loss at Cadbury UK as Polish state plans subsidies for corporation

26-12-2007 13:31

Capitalist greed leads corporation to cut labour costs to the bone. Will workers and consumers fight back, asks Laure Akai?

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Barcelona bus strike shuts down the city

24-12-2007 16:18

BUS drivers in Barcelona have called a second strike for 2-4 January, demanding a five day working week, after a walk-out from 21-24 December drew widespread support, wrong-footing both company chiefs and the police.

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George William and family - a cruel twist

23-12-2007 21:49

Urgent action needed this morning Monday 24th December

George William's eldest sons, Christopher George and Calvin George - are due to be deported on Qatar Airways Flight QR0012 From London Heathrow at 14:15hrs today Monday 24th December for Doha and onward to Karachi.

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Full Text in Spanish of Mexican

23-12-2007 02:04

At the moment the group radiozapote is threatened with eviction, right at the start of the vacational period in the school - being propitious for it the decision to impose a new director of the ENAH, compatible to the interests of the director of the National Institute of Anthropology and History, Alfonso de Maria y Campos.

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Solidarity Demo with Iranian Workers & Students in London Today

22-12-2007 18:54

Today a range of Iranian leftist groups and individuals came in Central London to hold a demo to express their solidarity with the struggles of Iranian students and workers against the Islamic regime and against the distorted coverage of Iran by the Western Media, in particular the BBC.

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Low Pay Article Needs Translation

22-12-2007 11:25

This is a cut and paste from the TUC Website. Does anybody know enough Polish to translate it?

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G8 2008: Japanese Call Out and latest planning update

21-12-2007 11:32

The G8 Summit will take place between the 7th and 9th of July. Our action days will begin on the 1st of July. There will be a series of themed demos in Sapporo during succeeding four days. July 5th shall be the day of mass rally and demo in Sapporo. We propose to make it the international day of action, calling a simultaneous protest in different cities of the world. During the three days of the Summit we are planning mass direct action at sites near Lake Toya.

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No room at the Inn for George William and Family

21-12-2007 06:04

George William and family fled from Pakistan after years of harassment and persecution because of their Christian beliefs. The family are currently detained in Tinsley House Immigration Removal Centre, awaiting removal to Karachi on Pakistan International Airlines Flight PK0788 from Heathrow Airport, at 17:00 on Sunday 23rd December.

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Uhuru Fights for Education Rights in Florida

20-12-2007 22:51

InPDUM demonstration opposes plan to keep African children out of schools in own community!

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Burslem postal workers strike over Christmas

20-12-2007 16:33

Postal workers at the Burslem delivery office start industrial action in a dispute over the suspension of 12 colleagues.

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Wales: Paramedics in unofficial overtime ban

20-12-2007 16:32

Ambulance crews covering south east Wales are refusing to work any overtime for four weeks to highlight staff shortages in the service.

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The Dead Hand of Managerial Capitalism

19-12-2007 22:36

New Ideas for the Redistribution of Wealth and Responsibility in the Twenty-First Century

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U.S. isolated on the Human Rights Issue in CUBA

19-12-2007 11:20

The recent Cuban decision to sign the International Pact on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the Civil and Political Rights is a clear example of the island's conduct when it is not subjected to external pressures...

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UK students and education workers support jailed Iranian students

18-12-2007 16:31

Please add your or your organisation's name to this statement; it will be translated and sent to activists in Iran. Email your name to Daniel at

skillz_999@hotmail.com

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CDG crisis deepens

17-12-2007 14:59

The crisis at Careers Development Group worsens.

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Local artist starts Boycott Tesco Christmas Campaign

17-12-2007 14:23

Poet and artist Lord Biro leader of the Militant Elvis Anti-Tesco Popular Front (MEAT-PF) has start a Boycott Tesco Christmas Camapaign in Beeston