Events

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03 / 6 Book launch: Iran, war and workers' struggle Start: 18:30 End: 20:30 'Iran on the brink' (Pluto Press) by Andreas Malm and Shora Esmalian is launched in Housman's Bookshop, 5 Caledonian Road (Kings X tube) more info
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03 / 8 Nicaraguan anti-sweatshop activist, Manchester Start: 17:30 End: 19:30 The Central America Womenâ€™s Network (CAWN) has invited Nicaraguan womenâ€™s rights activists Gladys Urtecho Cuadra and NoemÃ Flores Rivas from the womenâ€™s organisation Movimiento de Mujeres Trabajadoras y Desempleadas â€˜Maria Elena Cuadraâ€™ (MEC) to the UK in March 2007. more info
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03 / 10 BRISTOL LATIN AMERICAN FORUM 2007 Start: 11:00 End: 18:00 Themed around social and cultural changes in Latin America, the LAF is a vibrant day event with workshops, plenaries, discussion, music, film, and food by Kebele. It also includes a related evening event with Cuban hip hop artists and a 16 piece salsa band. more info Starbucks protest against union busting, London Start: 12:00 End: 14:00 Next Starbucks Picket Sat 10 March 12 noon at Cutty Sark Greenwich Here is text of the leaflet we have produced for this. SOLIDARITY WITH VICTIMISED STARBUCKS WORKERS FIVE STARBUCKS WORKERS SACKED FOR FORMING A UNION more info
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03 / 24 'Hands Off Iraqi Oil' Teach-in, London Start: 11:00 End: 17:00 Union Chapel, Compton Ave, London N1 2XD Tube: Highbury and Islington With: * Greg Muttitt from PLATFORM (author 'Crude Designs: The rip-off of Iraq's oil wealth') * Ewa Jasiewicz from Naftana (UK Support Committee for the General Union of Oil Employees) Supported by: Iraq Occupation Focus, Jubilee Iraq, Naftana, Platform, Voices UK and War on Want. more info
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03 / 28 Solidarity without borders: migrant workers' rights, Blackpool Start: 13:00 End: 14:00 Solidarity without borders: Asylum, immigration controls and migrant workers' rights 1-2pm Wednesday 28 March Winter Gardens, Blackpool National Uunion of Students conference fringe meeting, sponsored by: Education Not for Sale, No One is Illegal, No Sweat, Sukula Family Must Stay campaign Speakers: Alphonsus Uche Okafor-Mefor, asylum-seeker and activist recently rescued from deportation by trade union action Flores Sukula, Sukula Family Must Stay campaign Sam Azad, International Federation of Iranian refugees and Nottingham Refugee Rights centre more info
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03 / 31 Bolivia Solidarity Campaign national conference Start: 10:00 End: 18:30 Dragon Hall Trust, 17 Stukeley Street, London WC2B 5LT (nearest tube: Holborn) Major topics of discussion will be: â€¢ Bolivian Workers at home and abroad building solidarity links in the UK. â€¢ Nationalization of natural resources Vs Multinationals Speakers: Pedro Montes, Executive Secretary of the COB (Central Obrera Boliviana) and Sergio Caceres, editor of â€œEl Juguete Rabiosoâ€. More info: boliviasc@postmaster.co.uk www.boliviasc.org.uk more info No-one Is Illegal, Trade union conference on helping migrants Start: 13:00 End: 17:00 Much of this event will concern the organisation of migrant workers. Liverpool. Flyer to download attached more info
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