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Owen Jones talks about the working class
This evening I went to hear Owen Jones talk about his book, Chavs, the demonization of the working class and participate in the discussion that followed. The talk was amusing as Owen started by saying we probably wondered who the twelve year old that had just appeared on the stage was. However joking aside what… [Continue Reading]
BLOCKUPY Frankfurt! 16-19 May European days of action
A coalition of left-wing, environmental and social campaigns have joined forces to blockade the financial district of Frankfurt, home of the European Central Bank and the German finance industry. The european days of action were called at an anti-crisis conference in Frebruary, where the main forces involved were ATTAC an the Interventionist Left. The action… [Continue Reading]
Liar Lansley gets reception he deserves at nurses’ conference
Health Secretary Andrew Lansley got a hostile reception at this year’s Royal College of Nursing conference in Harrogate. A year after its members passed a vote of no confidence in Lansley by 98%, he decided to patch things up by lying about the thousands of jobs cut from hospitals. When he claimed that the number… [Continue Reading]
Manchester M10 Strike report
Yesterday, around 400,000 members of the UCU, PCS and Unite went out on strike across the country in the lastest action against pension cuts. Two demonstrations had been organised in Manchester- one to start in Salford, the other to start on Oxford Road, with the idea being that they would converge for a rally at… [Continue Reading]
Your job’s next! Police protest is not our fight
Yesterday up to 30,000 police officers from England and Wales marched through London in protest at job cuts and privatisation. Rank-and-file cops were spared the beating dished out to most protests, and enjoyed favourable media coverage from all corners. Police have been banned from taking strike action since the Police Strike of 1919, apparently because… [Continue Reading]
200,000 students strike against Quebec fee hike
Students in Quebec, Canada, have been on strike for three months against efforts by the government to raise university tuition fees. The strike, organised by a coalition of student federations, was declared on February 13, and has drawn in more than 190,000 students across the province. Tuition fees in Quebec, a semi-autonomous region of Canada,… [Continue Reading]
Olympics security uses civilians as human shields
Air defence missle systems, fighter jets, armoured cars and an aircraft carrier sailing up the Thames… you could be forgiven for thinking East London had turned into a film set when the government launched a propaganda exercise designed to flaunt Britain’s militarisation of London ahead of the Olympics. With just over two months to go,… [Continue Reading]
Chilean students take offensive in fight for free education
In Chile at least 50,000 students took part in May Day protests calling for serious reforms to the public education system. For more than a year Chilean students have waged an intensive campaign to win free education for all. Only 45% of high school students study in traditional public schools and the education system is… [Continue Reading]
Leeds May Day protest targets NHS profiteers
150 people turned out in the cold sunshine today for International Workers’ Day (May 1). Home-made placards and flags waved alongside banners representing most of the big trade unions – including the PCS and NUT who will be striking on May 10. The atmosphere was lively despite the cold and once the demonstration started there… [Continue Reading]
1 May 2012: for internationalism and revolution
Since 1889, May Day has been a day for working class movements across the world to stage displays of strength and international solidarity. From the struggle for the 8-hour day to today’s campaigns against sweatshops, 1 May is rooted in more than 100 years of struggles to create a world free from exploitation, poverty and… [Continue Reading]
