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UK Workers' Movements Newswire Archive

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Why they are getting away with it.

01-10-2008 21:22

There is a powerful mood amongst the working class against bailing out the rich. It is so strong it defeated the bail out. The problem is there is no vehicle such as a mass workers' party to counter the ideological offensive of capital and through which this mood could channel itself and ultimately produce a more lasting and obvious alternative.

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Sanctuary for Brian, Chelsea & Selina

01-10-2008 07:27

Brian & Chelsea
Brian, Chelsea and their mother Selina Adda from Ghana are being held in Yarl's Wood IRC and due to be forcibly removed from the UK on Friday 3rd October on British Airways flight BA81 @ 14:15hrs from terminal 5 Heathrow to Accra, Ghana.

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Conciliation staff in one hour stoppage over pay

30-09-2008 20:45

More than 700 members of the Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) working for the conciliation service ACAS took part in a one hour strike on Friday (26 Sep) in a dispute over pay.

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Next Bath Activist Network meeting - This Thursday

30-09-2008 16:30

Calling all anarchists, radicals, greens and assorted troublemakers in the Bath area

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Around the Campaigns Tuesday 30th September 2008

30-09-2008 14:23

Elsa and Bethlehem on their way back to Leeds where they belong

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“It is wrong to criminalize migration”

30-09-2008 05:38

"Criminalization is a disproportionate measure which exceeds a state’s legitimate interest in controlling its borders.

Such a method of controlling international movement corrodes established international law principles. It also causes many human tragedies without achieving its purpose of genuine control"

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Nestle tries to hi-jack boycott site just days before Nestle-Free Week

29-09-2008 13:29

This year International Nestlé-Free Week begins on 4 October, the 20th anniversary of the launch of a boycott over the company's aggressive marketing of baby foods. A new website with the theme "Nestlé's actions speak louder than its words" is to be launched, with information from analysts of various aspects of Nestlé's business. Nestlé's lawyers demanded the domain name for the site be handed over to it at the start of the week of the launch.

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Friends of Elsa and Bethlehem / We want them to Stay in Leeds, where they belo

29-09-2008 09:51

Elsa and Bethlehem
Elsa Temesgen Imbaye and her 11 year old daughter, Bethlehem are currently detained in Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre and due to be forcibly removed from the UK on Wednesday, 1 October 2008 on British Midland Airways flight BD913 from Heathrow @ 14:15 to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

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No To Bush-Pelosi Bailout Of Wall Street Greed! Time For People’s Action!

29-09-2008 09:21

The Bush-Pelosi proposed law bailing out Wall Street capitalist greed and hyper-profit,will hit the American poor and middle class even harder, and prolong the crisis. Time to stop the bill! Time to change Wall Street-coddling politicians! Time to go into the streets and make the people's voice heard!

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Genevieve Adetoro or Liam Byrne, who is telling the truth?

29-09-2008 08:15

"I know our contract staff in removal centres provide care with the utmost sensitivity and compassion in really difficult circumstances, because I have studied the situation at first hand.
It's why medical care at a removal centre is as good as it is on the NHS. At Yarl's Wood - - there is 24-hour nursing care with 14 nurses, two doctors on call day and night, as well as social workers and dentists." Liam Byrne, Minister for Immigration, New Statesman, 11th September 2008

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Rare sighting of endangered Leftists in Walworth, South London

27-09-2008 17:40

Graphic Design for the Revolution - Old School
On Saturday 27th September, the South-East Council of Action organised demo to defend local council housing estates in Walworth, London was held. An estimated 40 people, young and old, marched through Aylesbury Estate, down a busy Walworth Rd and onto Heygate Estate where a meeting was held.

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NYCLAW ANTIWAR DIGEST

27-09-2008 13:43

Palestinian David v. Goliath
It was Mr. Obama who seemed more aligned with President Bush's current policy of authorizing American special forces to cross the Afghan-Pakistan border into Pakistan's tribal areas that Al Qaeda and the Taliban have used as a sanctuary.

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Public Meeting on Independent Kashmir Movement

26-09-2008 14:09

ON 61ST AZAD (INDEPENDET) REPUBLIC OF KASHMIR DECLARATION DAY

KASHMIRI WORKERS ASSOCIATION LAUNCHES:
THE FIRST AND SPECIAL EDITION OF “KASHMIRI WORKER”
THE THIRD PHASE OF THE AZAD KASHMIR MOVEMENT AND

OPENS A DEBATE ON
AZAD KASHMIR MOVEMENT IN THE CONTEXT OF NATIONAL QUESTION IN INDIA

PUBLIC MEETING AT 2 P.M. ON SATURDAY, 4TH OCTOBER 2008, RALPH ROAD, BIRMINGHAM B8

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Irene & Nadeem Belong In Blackburn

26-09-2008 06:30

Irene Nakalema from Uganda and her 15 month old son Nadeem are being held in Yarl's Wood IRC and due to be forcibly removed from the UK on Sunday 28th September on British Airways flight BA63 from Heathrow at 21.10 hrs. to Entebbe for onward travel to Kampala.

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Small efforts that aim at contributing to working class resistance in today's Un

25-09-2008 23:53

From the 'Love and Treason' web page, at www.infoshop.org

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Review: "FARE STRIKE! San Francisco 2005: First-Hand Accounts"

25-09-2008 21:08

A critical analysis of a not-terribly-accurate version of what took place in the failed transit system fare strike in San Francisco, California three years ago.

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2nd Annual Working Class bookfair, Durham, 22nd November

25-09-2008 14:36

2nd Annual
Working Class Bookfair
Sat 22 Nov 2008 12 - 4pm
Durham Clayport (central) Library
Millennium Place, Durham City

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No place for children petition

25-09-2008 14:12

The 'No Place for Children' campaign is calling for an end to the UK government's senseless and brutal policy of sending 2,000 children a year to immigration detention centres. Children in detention centres do not have access to adequate healthcare and education, and they can be held for an unlimited period of time. The psychological and physical effects are often devastating.

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Why wait til May Day!?

24-09-2008 19:05

1st November will be exactly six months away from May Day, international workers day. Well we at the anarchist federation ain't got that much time to lose and want to shut down greedy scum like Manpower, RIGHT NOW! Why wait til May Day? Take control today!

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Local government pay: unions cave in

24-09-2008 18:56

Following a sham "consultation" exercise UNISON negotiators, backed by Unite and the GMB, have called in government arbitrators ACAS to make a binding agreement which members will be unable to vote on.