demonstrations

Mayday march attacked by police in Istanbul

red jack — Fri, 02 May 2008 17:53:43 +0000

Fearing workers insistence on celebrating Labor Day, police started its attacks early in the morning. At 6:30AM, the police attacked workers gathering in front of DISK (Progressive Labor Union’s Confederation). Police used tanks and pepper gas against the workers waiting peacefully in front of their unions.

Abahlali baseMjondolo Press Release for the March on Mlaba, 28 September 2007

bomvu — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 13:49:01 +0000

[b]On 28 September 2007 around 3 000 Abahlali baseMjondolo members marched on the mayor of Durban, Obed Mlaba. In previous Abahlali baseMjondolo marches mock coffins were carried and local councillors symbolically buried as a rejection of their top down party authority over bottom up people's power.

New Zealand: Maritime workers take fight to gates of Port of Napier

Asher — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 02:19:17 +0000

Mediation between the Maritime Union and Port Company is taking place currently, in an effort to stop moves by the Port of Napier to contract out stevedoring work which threatens 25 permanent and 60 casual jobs, with workers to be thrown on the scrap heap just before Christmas.

Bangladesh - aftermath of a cyclone

Ret Marut — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 17:32:22 +0000

For example; in Barguna on Sunday hundreds marched from a remote outlying village to demand food and clothing. Demonstrators were roughly handled by police and a delegation of twelve villagers were arrested and charged with "creating a chaos by gathering villagers".

Netherlands: Thousands walk out against school hours

Steven. — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 10:22:54 +0000

There were walk outs in at least 15 cities and there were a number of incidents, with 20 teenagers arrested. In Middelburg 500 pupils occupied a crossroads, after which they clashed with police with batons.

Word about the demonstrations - against the official 1,040 hours of lessons a year - was spread using MSN and email.

Mexico: Arrests in Cuidad de Oaxaca at Día de Muertos commemoration

Alan — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 10:13:48 +0000

Around 50 people had gathered at the Cinco Señores intersection with Avenida Universidad from 6am onwards on November 2 to begin preparations for the day's event. The commemoration was one year to the day after the Oaxacan movement's victorious battle with police attempting to retake the city's Universidad Autónoma de Benito Juárez.

Ending a war: Inventing a movement: Mayday 1971

David in Atlanta — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 00:37:29 +0000

Ending a war: Inventing a movement: Mayday 1971
Kauffman, L A

The Stop The City demonstrations, 1983-1984

Steven. — Fri, 25 May 2007 11:26:21 +0000

The idea of the “Stop The City” (STC) demonstrations was hatched by three London anarchists at a party in the early eighties. At around the same time people in Australia and America had had the same brainwave.

Greece: Violent demonstrations against privatisation of universities

jef costello — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 17:08:33 +0000

On Thursday, demonstrations were held against a law privatising Greek universities, university students, university teachers, some school students and zworkers joined a demonstration of 35000 people in Athens. There were clashes in the centre of Athens, outside the parliament buildings where the law was being passed.

Protests across the UK over NHS cuts

rkn — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 16:16:55 +0000

The national day of action was organised by NHS Together, a combination of unions and local NHS staff groups. The protests aim to highlight that services are under increasing threat from budget deficits and privatisation.

The Destruction of Toy Town UK - BM Blob

catch — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 20:04:37 +0000

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Town hall 'riot' over cuts in Camden

libcom — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 18:42:10 +0000

Following a demonstration of approximately 200 people against the cutbacks, 100 attempted to enter the "open" council meeting. They were refused entry, being told there was insufficient room in the chamber.

Anti-war school walkouts, 2003 - AYN discussions

Steven. — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 15:39:28 +0000

Extracts from the Anarchist Youth Network's open email discussion with information-sharing and discussion about the walkouts of school students which occured against the Iraq war as it began in March 2003. While there was a lot of potential AYN failed to make a collective impact on them.

School occupations and attacks on student demonstration in Paris, 2005

Steven. — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 15:55:32 +0000

Article on the nationwide movement of school students and teachers against education reform, and on the attacks on student demomstrations which occured by youth from the banlieus.

Action against Nestle factory closure, Marseille, 2004

Steven. — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 12:30:56 +0000

Information about an action and assembly taken against closure of a Nestle factory in France, October 2004.

Houston janitors reach deal to end strike

rkn — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 10:44:41 +0000

Houston janitors ended a month long strike today against the city's five major cleaning companies after reaching a tentative agreement that will guarantee higher wages, more work hours and medical benefits.

Janitors' civil disobedience ends in police brutality

Ed — Sat, 18 Nov 2006 06:20:41 +0000

Taken from Houston Justice for Janitors

Protests against welfare-reform in Germany, 2004

Steven. — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 15:41:27 +0000

Account an analysis of struggles against the abolition of unemployment benefits in Germany, which would immediately affect 600,000 people.

Update on Iranian workers' struggles

Ed — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 15:20:51 +0000

Security forces kill a worker and wounded others
Security forces opened fire on workers and drivers in Bandar-e Daylam’s (Persian Gulf Port Daylam) custom, killing one worker and wounding a few others in November 5, 2006.

NHS staff protest outside parliament

zobag — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 14:30:00 +0000

United under the banner "NHS Together", doctors, nurses, midwives and support staff rallied in Parliament Square to protest at the pace of NHS reform, financial cutbacks and the government's use of the private sector in health care provision. The protestors were also joined by members of the National Pensioners Convention and the Keep Our NHS Public group.