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UK Social Struggles Newswire Archive

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Liverpool Exhibition: Hello Sailor!

02-10-2006 21:49

A new exhibition called "Hello Sailor!" is charting the harshness of gay life in the 1950's.

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G-A-Y Campaign

02-10-2006 21:39

A peition has been launchged to save the Astoria in Central London, home of the G-A-Y nightclub, one of the London gay scene's biggest regular club nights.



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Support the Court Costs for Equal Marriage Heroines

02-10-2006 20:54

The lesbian couple who lost their bid to have their Canadian marriage recognised in the United Kingdom have appealed for help to pay the crippling costs of their battle for equality.

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Canberra’s dirty tricks ahead of Solomon Islands no-confidence vote

02-10-2006 20:54

Neo-colonial grip over the country
Whatever the outcome of this week’s parliamentary session in the Solomon Islands, the Howard government has made clear that it will stop at nothing to oust Sogavare and impose a government more in tune with Australian interests.

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First They Came for Amalie

02-10-2006 20:44

A journalist and Los Angeles area police death squad survivor tells her story.

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Shell still havn't got the message in Mayo

02-10-2006 20:39

Shell are currently attempting to resume control of their refinery construction site at Ballinaboy, in Mayo in the west of Ireland. Building has been shut down by pickets since the beginning of July 2005.

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Feminist Fightback Conference

02-10-2006 18:07

FIGHT BACK FOR WOMEN'S LIBERATION
Feminist Fightback is a one day activist conference, initiated by Education Not for Sale Women, for anyone interested in the struggle for women's liberation. Speakers include Abby Lee, author of the "Girl with a one track mind" blog on feminism and sexual expression; sacked Gate Gourmet workers; NUS Women's Officer Kat Stark; International Union of Sexworkers; Organisation of Women's Freedom in Iraq; Scottish Socialist women on sexism on the left; health workers on low pay and abortion rights; and many more...

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Palestine Today

02-10-2006 18:07

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Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre www.imemc.org , For Monday October 2nd, 2006.

One resident was killed after the Israeli Naval forces fired at residents at the beach in Khan Younis, and in the West Bank one resident was killed in Jericho as armed men enforce the general strike. These stories and more coming up stay tuned.

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Mexico: Oaxaca Facing Imminent Attack

02-10-2006 17:27

September 30, 2006 - The below is from Nancy Davies, who is based in Oaxaca and writes frequently on the situation there for Narco News. While the threat of a mass attack has seemed to always be in the air, the situation in recent days has really escalated. Now an attack seems imminent.

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London Social Forum – housing and land rights conference

02-10-2006 17:01

London Social Forum housing conference
At the request of the European Social Forum and to coincide with World Habitat Day, a meeting to discuss housing and land rights issues entitled the Divided City was held by London Social Forum at Limehouse Town Hall in East London on Sunday 1 October 2006. Speakers and delegates came from across Europe and from further afield.

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TERRORISTS OR FREEDOM FIGHTERS ?

02-10-2006 16:55

The Iraqi Resistance fighters are freedom fighters to their fellow occupied Iraqi's and their numbers are growing every day .

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PHILIPPINES: The Killings Must Stop

02-10-2006 11:23

This is a Statement by European Church and Civil Society Organisations regarding the recent upsurge of political killings in the Philippines.

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Public Meeting for Sack Parliament - this Tuesday

02-10-2006 06:53

Sack Parliament public meeting this Tuesday eve at LARC

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House Passes Legislation to Reauthorize Ryan White CARE Act Funding

02-10-2006 06:03

The House on Thursday voted 325-98 to approve a bill (HR 6143) that would reauthorize the Ryan White CARE Act for the next five years, CQ Today reports.

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The Zapatistas and the Other: The Pedestrians of History

01-10-2006 23:54

This document is especially intended for and directed toward the adherents of the Sixth Declaration and the Other Campaign. And, of course, to those who might sympathize with our movement.

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70th Anniversary of Cable Street Commemoration Gig, London, 7th October

01-10-2006 21:45

This gig has been put together to commemorate the battle of Cable street and to raise awareness of the growing right wing threat worldwide today. The gig has been organised by Antifa U.K. with Inner Terrestrials, NECK, Liberty,Fear of Fear, Headjam, Beyond Repair,Bottlejob and Moral Dilemma
Chat's Palace, 42-44 Brooksby's Walk, Homerton, 5pm - 1am

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Bilingual Bulletin from Oaxaca

01-10-2006 19:22

A rough translation of recent events in Mexico from Irene. Streets have been renamed to honour the disappeared. Anybody who can make a better translation from the Spanish to the English is invited to do so.

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Welfare Reform, Not Welfare Destruction.

01-10-2006 16:01

Stroll and Roll sets off
On Monday 25th September the Coalition Against the Welfare Reform Bill (CAWRB) lobbied the Labour Party conference in Manchester. Protestors from all over the country strolled and rolled with whistles and cries of “New Labour? Slave Labour!” through the city centre.

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Feminist Fightback conference, 21 october, agenda

01-10-2006 14:41

Feminist Fightback is a one day activist conference, initiated by Education Not for Sale Women, for anyone interested in the struggle for women's liberation. Speakers include Abby Lee, author of the "Girl with a one track mind" blog on feminism and sexual expression; sacked Gate Gourmet workers; NUS Women's Officer Kat Stark; International Union of Sexworkers; Organisation of Women's Freedom in Iraq; Scottish Socialist women on sexism on the left; health workers on low pay and abortion rights; and many more...
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