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13-02-2008 14:17

Che Guevara's deputy, Orlando Borrego, coming to Britain

Three Cubans with intimate knowledge of the Cuban revolution are coming to speak at meetings throughout Britain from 21 February to 4 March. One of them, Orlando Borrego, was Che Guevara's deputy from 1959-65. Fidel Castro's illness has thrust Cuba into the spotlight and these speakers bring first hand experience to the discussion of Cuba past, present and future. Read more >>

06-02-2008 22:32

£1.7 Billion Taxpayer Bill To Pay Off Metronet Fat Cats

Reported today, just about everywhere, Metronet lenders will be repaid £1.7 Billion from the taxpayer. Read more >>

31-01-2008 13:52

IWW and Friends Prepare to Take on Useless Blood Service Bosses

Wobblies and friends on NBS picket line
The IWW (Industrial Workers of the World), the UK’s only revolutionary, rank-and-file, autonomous union, is getting ready to wreak havoc on National Blood Service (NBS) bosses if they don’t scrap cuts plans. Read more >>

24-01-2008 15:11 | 2 additions

Professional Protest Stall on Police March

The Professional Protest Stall
Realising that the Police are far more used to being on the other side of protests, the Space Hijackers set up a stall at the Police March offering tips on protesting, free placards and even police issue anti F.I.T team face masks Read more >>

23-01-2008 15:18

Foie Gras demo 5pm tonight / police march today......

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!!
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23-01-2008 13:42

Anti-sweatshop benefit gig with Rob Newman, London, 31 January

Come and have a laugh while helping to raise money for anti-capitalist international workers' solidarity campaigning... Read more >>

20-01-2008 22:28

PDC fact sheet: Mumia is Innocent! Free Him Now!

Partisan Defence Committee Fact Sheet

Murdered 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. Read more >>

20-01-2008 21:19

Oppose The Police Federation - Weds 23rd January

Details of the opposition being planned to the cheekiest march of all time. Read more >>

15-01-2008 16:16

Supersize My Pay activist speaks in UK as part of anti-sweatshop week of action

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. Read more >>

14-01-2008 14:01

Blood Service workers fighting back

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. Read more >>

13-01-2008 17:31

Resist, Rebel and Revolt!

All places where the elite caste talk, control and package the news, are monopolized and not accessible by university workers.

It is time for the revolt! Read more >>

12-01-2008 10:22

Dustmen blockade town hall.

Waste management consultants arrive at the town hall.
On Thursday refuse workers in Waltham Forest spelled how rubbish their new pay deal is by bringing several tons of the stuff to the town hall. Around 30 refuse vehicles converged on the town hall and its approach road effectively blocking it for about an hour. Speeches made to those who assembled on the town hall steps promised action over their treatment by the council Read more >>

08-01-2008 11:00

IWW and friends callout to protest Blood Service cuts

As part of its ongoing fight to prevent massive cuts in the National Blood Service, the IWW is calling for a demonstration on Thursday 10th January at the NBS Management meeting in London. Read more >>

22-12-2007 18:54

Solidarity Demo with Iranian Workers & Students in London Today

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. Read more >>

16-12-2007 15:06

Urgent Action: Bucaramanga Coca-Cola Workers Receive Imminent Death Threat

Nelson Perez, Luis Eduardo Garcia, Jose Domingo Flores, Javier Correa
In the last fortnight, three Coca-Cola workers in Bucaramanga, Colombia have
been told that before the end of December they will be killed and buried in
a mass grave. The threat demands that their union cease all protest against
Coca-Cola. Join us in emergency action to defend their lives! Read more >>

13-12-2007 18:17

East London Line - Keep the Tube Public demonstration London 13 Dec 2007

20071213-007 (C) Peter Marshall
RMT members, along with Respect and others demonstated at City Hall on 13 December against the intention to hand over the East London Line to be run by a private company when it reopens in 2010. Images are copyright. Read more >>

10-12-2007 06:11

IWW commence build-up to major assault on NBS bosses

Keep it local.
With new phase of IWW campaign against 600 job cuts, the wobblies launch massive recruitment drive. Centres in Brentwood and Tooting are slated for closure. The IWW is going to save them. Read more >>

28-11-2007 15:47

Beating exploitation: No Sweat conference, Saturday 1 and Sunday 2 December

The seventh annual No Sweat conference takes place this weekend in London. Read more >>

25-11-2007 13:09

Ken Loach & NoBorders in Crawley Tuesday 27th November

On Tuesday 27th November, renowned filmmaker Ken Loach (The Wind That Shakes The Barley, Sweet Sixteen, Kes) is coming to Crawley to show and talk about his new film "It's a Free World...". This film is a drama about a single mother and depicts the reality of living and working in the UK as a so-called illegal immigrant.
Read more >>

20-11-2007 18:08

France: The workers must take the struggle into their own hands!

Seldom has trade-union unity been so great in the country: almost all the trade unions, including the most collaborationist, call for an indefinite strike at the SNCF, because of the determination and combativeness of the workers!
But what objective does this united leadership set for the struggle to come? In 1995 the objective was clear: total withdrawal of the Prime Minister Juppé plan against the pensions. Today what is the objective of this trade-union unity?
Total withdrawal of the new attack against the pensions?
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