demonstrations

Hospital workers fight over pay in Poland, 2007

Submitted by Steven. on Jan 12 2010 14:43

Wildcat's account and critical evaluation of a mass protest camp of thousands of nurses, and strike by doctors, in Poland fighting for a pay increase.

The nurses' tent village

Scotland anti-G8 protest report, 2005

Report from the G8-resistance in Edinburgh, July 2005, by Prol-Position.

Protest in Belgrade in Support of Six Imprisoned Comrades

Submitted by akai on Jan 3 2010 23:31

A demo in solidarity with the Belgrade Six.

Over 100 people protested today in Belgrade to demand the release of the six prisoners. The demonstration went from the Ministry of “Justice” to the prison where the people are being held. They have been in custody for four months now.

People carried signs with slogans such as “Our friends are not terrorists” and “obstructionist injustice”.

The battle of Bexley Square: Salford unemployed workers' demonstration - 1st October, 1931

Submitted by Django on Dec 13 2009 21:46

Edmund and Ruth Frow's account of the National Unemployed Workers Movement's activities in Salford, its demonstration in 1931 against cuts in the dole, the subsequent battle with the police and aftermath.

Introduction

This account of the events in Salford in 1931 is based on my own recollections helped by reference to Walter Greenwood's LOVE ON THE DOLE, Ewan McColl's autobiography, JOURNEYMAN, Wilf Gray's and Ben Durden's RECOLLECTIONS, the Report of the Chief Constable to the Watch Committee and newspaper cuttings.

Solidarity march in Salonica for imprisoned anarchist on trail

Submitted by taxikipali on Nov 28 2009 22:27

In the run-up to the trial of Ilias Nikolaou, the anarchist arrested last January in relation to an attack against the municipal police in Evosmos, a working class suburb of Salonica, a solidarity march took to the streets of Greece's second city.

On Friday 27 November a thousand strong solidarity demo took to the streets of Salonica, in nothern Greece, in support of Ilias Nikolaou, a local anarchist who was arrested on Jaunary 13 2009 in relation to an attack with an arson mechanism against the headquarters of the municipal police in Evosmos, a working class suburb of the city.

Athens in siege: police Hq attacked, hundreds detained and many wounded

Submitted by taxikipali on Nov 17 2009 20:18

This is a first posting on the developing situation in Athens where the 36th anniversary of the Polytechnic Uprising against the colonels' junta has been marked by long and sustained battles with the police during which hundreds of people have been detained. At the time of writing all central Athens is off bounds.

21:30 17 November 2009 At the time of writing all central Athens is off-bounds and cordoned off by thousands of police forces as battles between protesters and police are developing after the end of the 36th anniversary march for the Polytechnic 1973 uprising and massacre.

Iran 2009: A new attempt?

Submitted by Steven. on Nov 2 2009 13:10

Wildcat analyse the demonstrations and riots sparked during the Iranian elections of 2009.

Globally the left is engaged in a controversial debate about the mobilisations in Iran which took place before and after the elections. Only rarely are these mobilisations related to the global crisis and the severe economic and governmental crisis in Iran itself - although their inter-relatedness is blatant.

Oil Rent

Belfast Anti-BNP protest confronted by fascists

Submitted by Choccy on Oct 15 2009 17:12

Belfast anti-fascist protestors are currently engaged in a stand-off with fascists in central Belfast at a protest over the British National Party (BNP) scheduled BBC appearance.

Approximately 12 fascists and 5 or 6 suspected accomplices are currently in a stand-off with Belfast anti-fascist protestors outside the BBC building in central Belfast.

Anti-fascists and anti-racist protestors gathered outside the BBC bulding to protest the upcoming appearance of the BNP on Question Time. The protest had been organised by Youth Against Racism (YAR).

Anti-IMF demonstration in Istanbul photo gallery

Submitted by reni on Oct 10 2009 16:47

Photographs from the 2009 demonstrations against the International Monetary Fund in Istanbul, Turkey.

Flash mobs as a form of struggle

Submitted by Red Marriott on Oct 9 2009 13:17

The obedient shopper subverts their role to disrupt the circulation of commodities... flash mobs enter the terrain of class conflict.

"A flash mob ... is a large group of people who assemble suddenly in a public place, perform an unusual action for a brief time, then quickly disperse." (Wikipedia.)