UK Workers' Movements Newswire Archive
Foie Gras demo 5pm tonight / police march today......
23-01-2008 15:18
There is a Foie Gras demo this evening at 5pm meet at Holborn tube. We will be demonstrtaing at a restaraunt.....we ahve placards. Bring anything noisy.Re : today's police demo....maybe I missed something.....but where was everyone?
And to the bunch of cunts who did absolutely NOTHING when a {non cop} protester was grabbed by police, you should be ashamed of yourselves. Other than that incident which didn't result in arrest and getting an eansy weansy minor shove myself {I think it was a "man" thing...} it went off peacefully so far....looking foward to seeing the pics of the spoof police stall....well done to you!!
Anti-sweatshop benefit gig with Rob Newman, London, 31 January
23-01-2008 13:42
Come and have a laugh while helping to raise money for anti-capitalist international workers' solidarity campaigning..."Supersize My Pay" - No Sweat Public Meeting
23-01-2008 11:41
Meeting with Unite & Supersize My Pay activist from New Zealand, Mike Treen
7.30pm, Wednesday 13th February at the International Community Centre, Mansfield Road, Nottingham.
Part of a national tour & week of action organised by
No Sweat .
CIA Supported Rightward Shift of Labour Party
22-01-2008 05:10
The British American Project received funds from the CIA to help what it saw as anti-Americanism within Europe. When you look at some of the people who were involved in the project on the list, it helps explain why they have appeared more like Tories than the Tories themselves. Also, what was Mandelson really up to when he was a member of socialist organizations in his youth?Venezuela: A Breath of Fresh Air
22-01-2008 04:49
Eyewitness to progress in Venezuela - it's now a country for all. No longer will the masses allow it to be just benefiting the elites, with some large crumbs thrown to the upper middle class,Bring stale / soggy doughnuts to Parliament - police march
21-01-2008 14:07
Get in the skip / beg the baker ....the police are marching on Parliament breaking SOCPA for more dough!!! .... bring as many doughnuts as poss to throw at the fuckers!!!!!!!!!!!Weds 23rd Jan
PDC fact sheet: Mumia is Innocent! Free Him Now!
20-01-2008 22:28
Partisan Defence Committee Fact SheetMurdered by Mumia: Big Lies in the Service of Legal Lynching
Mumia is Innocent! Free Him Now!
Read the PDC factsheet that debunks the renewed lies of the prosecution and those who want to see Mumia Abu-Jamal, death row class-war political prisoner, revolutionary black journalist, the "Voice of the Voiceless" silenced by legal lynching.
Oppose The Police Federation - Weds 23rd January
20-01-2008 21:19
Details of the opposition being planned to the cheekiest march of all time.Oi Imperialists! Hands Off Iraqi Oil!
20-01-2008 06:44
Public Meeting: Iran, the Islamic Regime and War
18-01-2008 20:34
No to war, no to the Islamic republic, solidarity with Iranian workers.Cubans are coming to Manchester!
18-01-2008 11:49
Support US Farm Workers!
17-01-2008 04:56
You might have seen or heard of BK's new "whopper freakout" ad campaign... but now it's time to turn the tables and show that the only thing to "freakout" about at Burger King is the human rights crisis in Florida's tomato fields.
France: Postal workers to strike against job cuts
16-01-2008 19:51
Workers in Paris' 8th district are planning strike action after management announced the loss of 111 jobs.January 11th, 2008 by jef costello
From: www.libcom.org
France: round-up of strikes and more government attacks on conditions
16-01-2008 19:49
January 16th, 2008 by Jef CostelloFrom: www.libcom.org
Just outside of Paris at the Areva TD factory in Montrouge, 89 striking workers have been occupying and blockading the factory for four days.The movement began after management announced plans to close the factory, which produces electrical transformers. Workers are demanding large compensation payments, management is currently refusing to negotiate.
Germany: 80 000 march to remember the murder of Luxemburg and Liebknecht
16-01-2008 18:45
Supersize My Pay activist speaks in UK as part of anti-sweatshop week of action
15-01-2008 16:16
The No Sweat campaigns third week of anti-sweatshop action will be taking place 11-18 February 2008, including a speaker from the Supersize My Pay campaign which has organised thousands of young fast food workers in New Zealand.Brown government set for conflict with public sector over pay and cuts
15-01-2008 05:11
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has announced his intention to impose three yearly pay awards set below 2 percent that will have a devastating impact on 6 million public-sector workers.Two more factories occupied in Serbia - a letter of support
14-01-2008 18:03
In the town of Zrenjanin, in Serbia, an interesting development is happening following a long term struggle of the Jugoremedija factory which following occupations and direct actions is now under self managment. Two other factories in the town have now followed suit and the workers have started occupying their workplaces. These are rare but inspiring examples of resistance to the devastations of privatisation and the tentacles of neo liberalism in the east. Below is a letter of support.Blood Service workers fighting back
14-01-2008 14:01
January 7th saw the return of MPs to Parliament. It also saw the IWW co-ordinate an international phone blockade. Wobblies chose to celebrate the occasion by sending a message to the Health Minister - Alan Johnson - that cuts to the National Blood Service are not acceptable. Phones were tied up all day as campaigners and supporters from as far afield as Poland, Canada, and the United States, as well as hundreds from around the UK, took part. The IWW in the UK has an active and growing job branch in a National Blood Service processing centre.Glasgow mechanics strike solidarity
13-01-2008 21:16
On Tuesday, nine mechanics walked out on official strike after failing to agree to a pre-Christmas pay deal, over 50 other workers refused to cross picket lines.
