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Cambridge Workers' Movements Newswire Archive

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04-05-2011 22:38

70% of courses cut- London Metropolitan University Occupied

The Graduate Centre of Holloway Road Campus is currently occupied by students in protest against Vice- Chancellor Malcolm Gillies’ decision to axe 70% of courses- including Performing Arts, Philosophy and History. Gillies’ decision came as a shock a couple of weeks ago.

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03-05-2011 17:08

Hundreds march through Cambridge against cuts.

Travelling in style! On Saturday April 30th 2011, to mark the Mayday tradition of working class action, and in response to the latest round of public sector cuts, several hundred people gathered in Cambridge Market Square to to make it known that they don't agree with Clegg and Cameron's 'necessary' funding cuts.

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02-05-2011 15:36

Cambridge Uncut stages two successful actions.

HSBC: past sins revisited. On Saturday (29/4/2011) afternoon Cambridge Uncut successfully closed down one of Philip Green's Top shop in the The Grand Arcade, Cambridge, in protest at his notorious tax dodging tactics, as well occupying a branch of tax dodging bank HSBC.

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15-04-2011 14:45

Bayer’s Deadly Birth-Control Pills: Alleged Toll Climbs to 190, Shareholders Rev

Bayer’s Deadly Birth-Control Pills: Alleged Toll Climbs to 190, Shareholders Revolt
About 190 women have died while taking Yaz and Yasmin, Bayer’s two leading contraceptive pill brands, according to the Swiss media, and the company faces a shareholder motion condemning its marketing of the brands at its April 29 annual meeting.

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10-04-2011 15:52

Support the NHS picket in Cambridge, 09/04/2011

Yesterday (Saturday April 9th, 2011) a small but significant group of activists gathered in Cambridge Market Square to lodge their disapproval of the government's current proposals to all but privatise the NHS by devolving funding to local GP practices - a bizarre idea by anybody's standards.

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29-03-2011 16:13

Pictures from March For The Alternative (part 3).

I hope this isn't the alternative. Third part of my picture feature about Saturday's March for the Alternative.

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29-03-2011 15:41

Pictures from March For The Alternative (part 2).

Even Hare Krishnas were there... Second part of my picture feature about Saturday March 26th 2011 March for the Alternative demo in London.

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29-03-2011 15:22

Pictures from March For The Alternative (part 1).

Eight Coaches, just from Cambridge! On Saturday March 26th 2011, one of the biggest demonstrations in Britain for eight years took place on the streets of London.

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25-03-2011 20:57

Legal Advice Lines / Bust Card For Tomorrow 26th March

RiseUpEast Bust Card

Print off and keep with you on tomorrows march / occupations.

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29-01-2011 22:37

Police Turn Egypt into War Zone

DOWN with Dictator Mubarak ! NEW YORK - Egypt's DICTATOR Hosni Mubarak is facing the most serious threat to his 30-year-old TERROR-regime. ......... Video:  http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7295023n

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16-01-2011 14:28

Tunisia: 23 years of autocratic rule

routed Bin Ali and ABBAS GAZA - Fatah, PLO backtrack on statement praising popular revolution in Tunisia ..... The Fatah-controlled Palestinian liberation organization (PLO) attempted to disavow earlier remarks in which it welcomed the overthrow of the Tunisian president after it issued a statement in this regard. Senior Fatah and PLO official Ahmed Abdelrahman said the PLO's executive committee did not issue any statement about the situation in Tunisia and did not hold any meeting during the last two days.

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08-12-2010 23:39

Southend Anti Cuts Demo Sunday 12th December

March and Rally - 'Stop the Cuts - Defend Our Public Services' in Southend, Essex

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24-10-2010 21:09

Anti cuts demo takes place in Cambridge - hundreds attend.

Some of the corporate media were paying attention.. Yesterday afternoon (Saturday 23rd October 2010), I witnessed history repeating itself, as in response to Tories doing what they always do when they're in power, hundreds of Cambridge people came out onto the streets in protest against the forthcoming proposed cutbacks in funding to the public sector and welfare.

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23-10-2010 17:03

Cambridge Right-to-work demo

Firefighter About 400-500 people marched today through Cambridge to oppose the governement cuts. The usual trade union crowd, socialist groups, as well as students that were particularly vocal. Pictures are attached.

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19-10-2010 15:06

Southend On Sea...Time To Get Up

Cuts being announced Wednesday affecting all of us...Time to mobilise and make ourselves heard..

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10-04-2010 13:51

IMF unwelcome in Cambridge - Capitalism is crisis!

Cambridge students and residents unite to make the IMF unwelcome and offer the anti-capitalist answer to high-profile economic conference.

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05-03-2010 18:16

Kudos Pharmaceuticals to Close Down! Solidarity with ex-workers!

Kudos Pharmaceuticals - campaigners and ex-staff unite!

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27-01-2010 16:38

Cambridge Anarchists look back on 2009

Anarchy isn’t all about sitting in the pub talking bollox… sometimes anarchists do stuff as well. Here’s a few highlights of 2009:

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23-01-2010 02:36

UWU Picket of A4E, Friday 22/01/2010

On a grim, rainy afternoon at midday on Thursday (22/01/2010), a new activist group picketed their first target.

The group was UWU (Unemployed Workers Union) and the target was A4E.

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