Events

« January 29, 2007 - February 28, 2007 »

01 / 29 Protest against visit of Mexican president Calderon Start: 14:00 End: 17:00 Mexican president Calderon is in London this weekend. This is a good opportunity to protest about repression in Oaxaca. Protest: Monday, 2pm-5pm in Whitehall opposite Downing Street (where he'll be holding a press conference) more info
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01 / 31 RMT protest against ISS cleaners job losses Start: 15:00 End: 16:00 Join RMT in protesting against the plan by ISS to cut over 200 jobs, on the day that the company is expected to issue post-dated compulsory redundancy notices. Location: TubeLines' offices, 15 Westferry Circus, Canary Wharf, London E14 (Canary Wharf Tube or DLR) more info
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02 / 3 Starbucks protest, south London Start: 12:00 The next solidarity picket in support of the five Starbucks workers sacked for organising will be on Sat 3rd Feb 12 noon at the Cutty Sark Starbucks, Greenwich centre, followed by a lunch break and then off to Blackheath for another hour. For details on the day ring 07984513577 more info
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02 / 5 No Sweat Huddersfield Benefit Start: 21:19 Start: 05/02/2007 - 9:19pm End: 11/02/2007 - 11:19pm Benefit Featuring: Tracey Curtis / Bar the Shouting; Speakers; Information stalls... @ Bar 1 Twenty, Huddersfield. 120 New Street, Castlegate. Sunday 11th February 2007 Doors : 8pm Â£4 entry more info
02 / 6 No Sweat Huddersfield Benefit (all day) Start: 05/02/2007 - 9:19pm End: 11/02/2007 - 11:19pm Benefit Featuring: Tracey Curtis / Bar the Shouting; Speakers; Information stalls... @ Bar 1 Twenty, Huddersfield. 120 New Street, Castlegate. Sunday 11th February 2007 Doors : 8pm Â£4 entry more info
02 / 7 No Sweat Huddersfield Benefit (all day) Start: 05/02/2007 - 9:19pm End: 11/02/2007 - 11:19pm Benefit Featuring: Tracey Curtis / Bar the Shouting; Speakers; Information stalls... @ Bar 1 Twenty, Huddersfield. 120 New Street, Castlegate. Sunday 11th February 2007 Doors : 8pm Â£4 entry more info
02 / 8 No Sweat Huddersfield Benefit (all day) Start: 05/02/2007 - 9:19pm End: 11/02/2007 - 11:19pm Benefit Featuring: Tracey Curtis / Bar the Shouting; Speakers; Information stalls... @ Bar 1 Twenty, Huddersfield. 120 New Street, Castlegate. Sunday 11th February 2007 Doors : 8pm Â£4 entry more info
02 / 9 No Sweat Huddersfield Benefit (all day) Start: 05/02/2007 - 9:19pm End: 11/02/2007 - 11:19pm Benefit Featuring: Tracey Curtis / Bar the Shouting; Speakers; Information stalls... @ Bar 1 Twenty, Huddersfield. 120 New Street, Castlegate. Sunday 11th February 2007 Doors : 8pm Â£4 entry more info
02 / 10 No Sweat Huddersfield Benefit (all day) Start: 05/02/2007 - 9:19pm End: 11/02/2007 - 11:19pm Benefit Featuring: Tracey Curtis / Bar the Shouting; Speakers; Information stalls... @ Bar 1 Twenty, Huddersfield. 120 New Street, Castlegate. Sunday 11th February 2007 Doors : 8pm Â£4 entry more info Solidarity with Migrants: shut these detention centres! Start: 11:30 End: 14:00 Protest to demand the closure of Harmondsworth and Colnbrook detention centres. Bus from London departs from ULU, Malet Street at 10 am. Tickets Â£6. Organised by No Borders 020 7247 0712 more info London benefit gig for Iraqi unions Start: 21:00 Start: 10/02/2007 - 9:00pm End: 11/02/2007 - 2:00am IRAQI FEDERATION OF OIL UNIONS BENEFIT GIG @ THE VORTEX OCCUPIED SOCIAL CENTRE CHURCH STREET, STOKE NEWINGTON 9pm - 2am Saturday 10th February Live bands on the night > > Known [superheavy power trio.. the sound of imminent dooom] > > Excentral the Tempest & New Cross Philharmonic [live instrumental hip hop spreadin' words of wisdom] > > Yellow Fish [you've never heard a guitar sound like this before] > > +DJ Dark with quality ragga more info
02 / 11 No Sweat Huddersfield Benefit End: 23:19 Start: 05/02/2007 - 9:19pm End: 11/02/2007 - 11:19pm Benefit Featuring: Tracey Curtis / Bar the Shouting; Speakers; Information stalls... @ Bar 1 Twenty, Huddersfield. 120 New Street, Castlegate. Sunday 11th February 2007 Doors : 8pm Â£4 entry more info London benefit gig for Iraqi unions End: 02:00 Start: 10/02/2007 - 9:00pm End: 11/02/2007 - 2:00am IRAQI FEDERATION OF OIL UNIONS BENEFIT GIG @ THE VORTEX OCCUPIED SOCIAL CENTRE CHURCH STREET, STOKE NEWINGTON 9pm - 2am Saturday 10th February Live bands on the night > > Known [superheavy power trio.. the sound of imminent dooom] > > Excentral the Tempest & New Cross Philharmonic [live instrumental hip hop spreadin' words of wisdom] > > Yellow Fish [you've never heard a guitar sound like this before] > > +DJ Dark with quality ragga more info
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02 / 14 Burberry protest, central London Start: 17:00 End: 18:00 Valentine's Day protest against Burberry's plan to move production from a unionised plant in south Wales to Chinese sweatshops. Join us at Burberry's, 157 Regent Street (Oxford Circus tube) in central London. On 14 February protests will take place across the world against Burberry (see Home Page for main story). more info
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02 / 18 Leafleting for Chinese workers' rights, London Start: 11:00 End: 13:00 Leafleting with No Sweat for Chinese workers' rights at the Chinese New Year celebrations in London. Meet 11am, on Sunday 18th February at Edith Cavell memorial, opposite National Portrait Gallery at the bottom of Charing Cross Road. more info
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02 / 20 Oaxaca: No Sweat extra meeting Start: 19:30 End: 21:30 Last week, Mexican activist Andreas Aullet toured the country with No Sweat, with meetings in Brighton, Norwich, Cambridge, Nottingham, York, Manchester, Sheffield and London to dicuss the massive workers' and popular struggle which recently took place in Oaxaca. We are pleased to announce that Andreas is staying in the UK a few more days and will be speaking at Ruskin College in Oxford more info
02 / 21 Film show: BLUE COLLAR: south London Start: 19:30 End: 23:00 BLUE COLLAR, directed by Paul Schrader (Taxi Driver). Detroit autoworkers living at the mercy of a heartless corporation and a corrupt union, decide to rob the union safe and open a dangerous can of worms. Weds 21 Feb at 7.30 for food and 8pm for film. At the Cafe Crema 306 New Cross Road, SE15 more info
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02 / 23 Alabama 3 Benefit for No Sweat. Start: 20:00 Start: 23/02/2007 - 8:00pm End: 24/02/2007 - 5:00am Alabama 3 benefit for No Sweat. Friday February 23, the Jamm, Brixton, London. 8pm-5am. Â£6. Buy your ticket, here, now! more info
02 / 24 Alabama 3 Benefit for No Sweat. End: 05:00 Start: 23/02/2007 - 8:00pm End: 24/02/2007 - 5:00am Alabama 3 benefit for No Sweat. Friday February 23, the Jamm, Brixton, London. 8pm-5am. Â£6. Buy your ticket, here, now! more info
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02 / 28 Supersized supermarkets: a Global dilemma, London Start: 19:00 End: 21:30 Speakers: Tony Juniper (FoE), Mireya Rodriguez (Costa Rican banana workers' union), Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Stacey Mitchell (US WalMart campaigner) At the Emmanuel Centre, 9-23 Marsham Street, Westminster more info