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Demonstration against the Conservative Local Government Conference

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Fri, 24/02/2012 - 10:15 to 13:00

Location

Queens Hotel
City Square
LS1 1PJ Leeds
United Kingdom
53° 47' 48.552" N, 1° 32' 50.7912" W
See map: Google Maps
Event organiser: 
wysf/Mathew Makhno
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Come and join the Rt Hon Eric Pickles MP and DCLG ministers at the annual Conservative Local Government Conference 2012.
Registration starts at 11.15, and the conference starts at 12.00. Demonstration will be from 10.15 at the Queens hotel in Leeds.  Bring lots of banners etc and lets give them all a warm welcome!
 

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Demonstration against NHS privatisation - and Labour opportunism

start: 
Fri, 27/01/2012 - 11:00 to 14:00

Location

Royal Liverpool Hospital
Prescot Street
L7 8XP Liverpool
United Kingdom
53° 24' 38.0808" N, 2° 58' 0.5196" W
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Event organiser: 
Liverpool Solidarity Federation
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The Liverpool Labour Party has called a demonstration outside Royal Liverpool Hospital, urging people to "join your Local MPs & Councillors" and "make our voices heard, in the campaign for the future of our NHS." Saving the NHS is indeed one of the most important fights in the battle against the cuts, but the Labour Party will not be the saviour of our health service.

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Cleaners intimidated and forced to leave sit-in at Guildhall

Cleaners at the Guildhall have been holding a sit in and stopping work since the 22nd of December because of mistreatment and intimidation. Early this morning management called the police, who came and intimidated and threatened the cleaners. The cleaners protested that they were holding a completely peaceful sit-in. They finally left due to police threats to drag them out physically.

N30 in Glasgow

The first picket I went to was at the Western Infirmary, as I knew a couple of people on the picket there. The picket was big enough, but largely symbolic as the RCN nurses were going in. I was told lots of the nurses are planning to join Unison. Later I was told one of the consultants donated £40 to the picket.

Ryanair Don't Care campaign review of 2011

In this video, John Foley shares some of the highlights of the last year of campaigning against Ryanair's exploitation of its employees. Liverpool Solidarity Federation continues to offer support to John and his direct action campaign. A member of Occupy Liverpool also explains why people at the camp support the campaign as well.

For background info on the Ryanair Don't Care Campaign, see here.

 

Picket against Whole Foods victimisations

Today saw the London Solidarity Federation hold a picket in support of a victimised Whole Foods worker. The action was held in conjunction with protests in Boston, New York, Minneapolis, Seattle, Portland, Reno and San Francisco.

The demonstration had been called in defense of Natalia, a San Francisco Whole Foods worker who was sacked for speaking up in support of herself and her workmates and took place outside the Soho branch of Whole Foods in London.

Defend Kazakh Oil Workers!

Today saw SolFed members join a number of activists in the swanky Mayfair area of London to protest against the state killings of striking oil workers in Kazakhstan.

The demonstration took place outside the premises of the Kazakh-British Chamber of Commerce, a target that was chosen to highlight the role of British capital and the British state in the exploiting the workers in Kazakhstan’s oil communities.

More information can be found here:

http://solfed.org.uk/?q=protest-against-bloody-friday-in-kazakhstan

Protest against "Bloody Friday" in Kazakhstan

Urgent appeal for solidarity with workers in Kazakhstan:

The authorities in Kazakhstan have shot at a rally of striking oil workers in the West city Zhanaozen.The strike of about 1,500 workers demanding higher wages and better working conditions began in May, but was banned. The Oilfield of Karazhanbas, where conflict broke out, is being developed by the company, which belongs to the Chinese concern China International Trust Investment Company and the Kazakh company "KazMunayGaz".