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november 2021
Sudanese
Protest Against Military Coup
Don't Let Them Drown
End Racist Cold War against China
Indian Farmers Victory Celebrated
Pensioners Protest Fuel
Poverty Deaths
Facebook Cleaners Excessive
Workload
Rally Supports Down Syndrome Bill
Solidarity with Insulate Britain
National Alternative
Remembrance Ceremony
Protest US Blockade And Interference
In Cuba
National Resistance Front of
Afghanistan
Rise and Rebel XR at Lord
Mayors Show
Myanmar Citizens Protest Military
Rule
Global Day of Action for Climate
Justice
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Sudanese Protest Against Military Coup
London, 27th Nov 2021
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A small group of Sudanese protested at Downing St in solidarity with the continuing protests in Sudan against the military coup. They say the media are under-reporting the illegal military coup which is equivalent to supporting the dictatorship and that silence kills people.
Sudan, protest, military coup, violence against protesters, protesters killed, state of emergency, Abdullah Hamdok, Hamdok, arrests, imprisonment, security forces, mass demonstrations, solidarity with protesters, Khartoum, Omdurman, return to civilian rule, civilian rule, no to military rule, rally, Gen Abdel Fattah Burhan, Burhan, solidarity, democracy, Downing St, London,
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Don't Let Them Drown
London, 27th Nov 2021
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An emergency protest following the recent tragic drownings in the English Channel called by Care4Calais and Stand Up To Racism called for safe and legal routes for refugees to come to the UK. The say the government's racist hostile environment, and its latest attack on refugees and migrants in the Nationality and Borders Bill has and will continue to lead to the horror and tragedy of loss of life in the Channel and call for Safe Passage for all.
London, protest, English Channel drownings, antiracists, refugee campaigners, human rights campaigners, asylum seekers, refugees, human rights, don't let them drown, refugees welcome, tragic drownings, loss of life, channel, safe passage, legal routes, Care4Calais, Stand Up To Racism, scrap Nationality and Borders Bill, Nationality and Borders Bill, Downing St, racist refugee policy, hostile environment, Priti Patel, Boris Johnson, blood on their hands, war, fleeing war, climate change,
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End Racist Cold War against China
London, 27th Nov 2021
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A rally in Gerrard St at the heart of London's Chinatown called for a halt to the rise of racial abuse and violence and the threat of new Cold War against China. Speakers included a Chinese man who had suffered a violent racial attack, Chinese community organisers and others. Hong Kong Freedom activists stood facing them on the opposite side of the street and shouted and handed out calendars to oppose the anti-racism rally.
Dr Pen Wang, CSSA, Chinese Students and Scholars, Dr Ping Hua, Bobby Chan, Kate Hudson, Liz Fekete, Gus John, Fional Edwards, Sequoyah De Souza Vigneswaren, Suresh Grover, Aliya Yule, Migrants Organise, Janpal Basran, Southall Community Alliance, Hong Kong, freedom, counter-protest, shouting, calendars, Pagoda Arts, Liverpool, musician, Monitoring Group, Murad Qureshi, racial assault, racists, racial attack, no to racism, no new cold war,
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Indian Farmers Victory Celebrated
London, 26th Nov 2021
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Global Women’s Strike and Indian Workers Association at India House celebrate the victory by Indian farmers after President Modi announced last week he will repeal his hated Farm Laws. They would have given agribusinesses a tight hold on how crops were grown and what people could eat, with millions starving. The event celebrates those who have died in this struggle, and those imprisoned, disabled, beaten, and raped by police and Modi’s thugs.
London, protest, celebrations, Indian Farmers, victory celebration, President Modi, farm laws, repeal, Indian protests, minimum support price, electricity bill, Labour Laws, Dalits, Adivasi, women, girls, agribusiness, multinationals, BayercropScience, Netafim, Ambani, Adani, historic victory, police violence, police, Modi's thugs, imprisonment, injuries, beatings, rapes, farmers movement, natural farming, Global Women’s Strike, Indian Workers Association, Women of Colour, GWS, Selma James
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Pensioners Protest Fuel Poverty Deaths
London, 26 Nov 2021
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On the day it was announced that there were 63,000 early deaths last winter pensioners protested at Parliament calling for action over the roughly 10,000 of these caused by pensioners too poor to heat their homes adequately. They marched to Downing St to hand in a letter calling for a programme to insulate homes, increase the winter fuel allowance and curb on the excessive profits of fuel companies.
London, National Pensioners Convention, NPC, protest, early deaths, premature deaths, deaths from cold, winter deaths, excess deaths, excess winter deaths, fuel poverty, food or heat, too poor to heat, fuel prices, parliament, Downing St, march, insulate homes, fuel efficient buildings, winter fuel allowance, excessive profits, price rises, TUC, Lambeth Pensioners, Southwark Pensioners, SENPEC, Unite Community, NUJ, Fuel Poverty Action,
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Facebook Cleaners Protest Excessive Workload
London, 26th Nov 2021
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London, UK. 26th Nov 2021. CAIWU Cleaners at Facebook protest with samba and speakers against victimisation and excessive workload after employer Churchill Cleaning more than doubled the number of floors without providing extra resources and sacked a worker for trade union activities. Facebook say it is a matter for Churchill and facilities contractor JLL and has declined to comment on the cleaners' request to be directly employed. The protest was supported by other trade unionists including a group of RMT Train Cleaners.
London, protest, Facebook, cleaners, CAIWU, Allied Independent Workers, excessive worklods, Churchill Cleaning, Churchill, JLL, facilities management, cleaning contractor, outsourcing, outsourced workers, cancel Facebook, #FacebookEndOutsourcing, #Churchill_Group, #jlluk, samba, @baquedeaxe, street performers, Glenroy Watson, RMT, black solidarity, James Farrar, General Secretary, ADCU, Guillermo Camacho, victimised, trade union activities, unfair dismissal, organiser, Alberto Durango,
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Rally Supports Down Syndrome Bill
London, 26 Nov 2021
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A rally opposite Parliament showed support for the Down Syndrome Bill which passed its second reading today. The bill introduced to Parliament by Liam Fox MP has received government support and is likely to pass through the stages needed for it to become law. It will force education, health and local authorities to take people with Down Syndrome into account when providing education, health and care services.
London, rally, Down Syndrome, Down Syndrome Bill, Dr Liam Fox MP, Liam Fox, celebration, government support, second reading, pink, blue and purple, National Down Syndrome Policy Group, #DownSyndromeBill, education, health care, local authorities, care services, Heidi Carter, Fionn Crombie Angus, Brentford Penguins, Brentford Penguins FC,
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Solidarity with Insulate Britain
London, 20th Nov 2021
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Protesters met at the Royal Courts of Justice and marched in solidarity with the 'Highway 9' peaceful protesters from Insulate Britain jailed for protesting on the roads who broke an injunction in an attempt to force the government to insulate homes as a vital contribution to combating climate change. They marched to Lambeth Bridge stopping at intervals for statements from the jailed protesters to be read, and then sat down blocking the bridge.
London, protest, Royal Courts of Justice, Highway 9, Insulate Britain, prisoners, imprisoned, jailed, protesters, insulate homes, imprison us, climate pledges, zero carbon, carbon, carbon dioxide, fossil fuels, protesting on roads, injunction, global warming, climate change, net zero, nonviolent resistance, civil disobedience, civil resistance, blocking roads, peaceful activists, solidarity, Extinction Rebellion, banning protest, end of protest, protest ban, police bill, IB9, ecological emergency,
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National Alternative Remembrance Ceremony
London, 14 Nov 2021
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The National Alternative Remembrance Ceremony organised by the White Poppy for Peace Campaign in Tavistock Square confronts the injustices of war, remembers all its victims, military and civilian, and stands for peace. After speakers from Iraq Body Count and a Palestinian activist talking about living under constant threat in Jerusalem and Gaaza there was a 2 minute silence before wreaths and white poppies were laid at the memorial to conscientious objectors.
National Alternative Remembrance Ceremony, Tavistock Square, remembrance, injustices of war, war victims, victims or war, military, civilian, peace, white poppies, national ceremony, PPU, Peace Pledge Union, Conscientious Objectors' Commemorative Stone, Conscientious Objectors, memorial stone, wreaths, Anya Nanning Ramamurthy, youth climate strikes, London, Hamit Dardagan, Iraq Body Count, Every Casualty Worldwide, Huda Ammori, activist, Palestine Action, remembrance day, remembrance Sunday, silence, two minute silence,
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Protest US Blockade And Interference In Cuba
London, Nov 14th 2021
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A protest by the Cuba Solidarity Campaign and others outside the Cuban Embassy calls on the US government to end its 60 years of blockade and aggression against Cuba, and to stop financing groups to destabilise Cuba. The noisy protest filled the pavement outside the embassy, with police protecting a small group from the Facebook group Archipielago who had come to face them and tried with little success to drown out the speakers. A few others stood on the opposite side of the road in a peaceful protest.
London, Cuban Embassy, protest, Cuba Solidarity Campaign, friends of Cuba, support for Cuba, US interference, US backed destabilisation, US-backed protests, blockade, US blockade, USAID to mercenaries, regime change, US State Department, CIA, false information, negative opinions, violent acts, US imperialism, anti-imperialist, RCG, Revolutionary Communist Group, Cuban sovereignty, environmental sustainability, healthcare, education, international solidarity, US intervention, US oppression, illegal blockade, Facebook group, Archipielago, Miami, overseas, police, wiphala,
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National Resistance Front of Afghanistan
London, 14th Nov 2021
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The National Resistance Front of Afghanistan hold a really in Trafalgar Square calling on people to oppose the Taliban which they describe as a barbaric terrorist organisation. They say if the Taliban government is recognised internationally they will travel the world and set up terrorist bases and called on action to save Afghan children and get them and others out of the country.
Save Afghan Children, Afghan children, womens rights, human rights, don't recognise Taliban, Taliban, support NPF, oppose terrorism, stop genocide, genocide in Panjsi-IIR, #saveAfghanChildren, Afghanistan is bleeding, #supportNRF, stop genocide in Kandahar, Free Afghanistan, stop Hazara genocide, #rejectTaliban, sanction Pakistan, Afghanistan, protest, London, Trafalgar Square, National Resistance Front, NRF, fight terrorism, rescue children, #FreeAfghanistan,
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Rise and Rebel XR at Lord Mayors Show
London, 13th Nov 2021
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Extinction Rebellion take action in London as COP26 failed to take actions needed to avert climate catastrophe. They met in Lincolns Inn Fields for a march which took them to protest peacefully at the Lord Mayor's Show procession, pointing out the guilt of the City of London in financing the exploitation and dirty fuels that have led to the problem. They marched past the crowds lining Fleet Street calling for climate justice as the official procession went past in the opposite direction. Later when they tried to stop the procession on its way back to the City, police forced them to the side of the road.
London, protest, march, rise and rebel, rebellion, Extinction rebellion, XR, COP26, COP26 failure, global heating, climate crisis, climate change, carbon emissions, climate catastrophe, species extinction, ecocide, crime against humanity, fossil fuels, coal, oil, petrol, gas, movement for change, urgent action, failure, climate failure, money rebellion, climate destruction, system change, greenwashing, climate finance, Lord Mayor's Show, City of London, exploitation, imperialism, Revolutionary Communist Group, RCG, racism, capitalism, corruption, money laundering, offshoring,
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Myanmar Citizens Protest Military Rule
London, 6th Nov 2021
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Protesters in Parliament Square called for the release of political leaders including Aung San Suu Kyi and others subjected to arbitrary arrest following the military coup in Myanmar at the start of February. The condemned recent military attacks in the north-west Chin state where soldiers have burnt many houses, churches and other buildings. They demanded action by the UN including a legally binding arms embargo and left the square to march towards Downing St.
London, Parliament Square, protest, Myanmar, Burma, Burmese, military coup, military government, arrests, arbitrary arrest, coup, political leaders, democracy, detainees, spring revolution, Aung San Suu Kyi, release, political prisoners, elected leaders, Chin, military attacks, burning houses, refugees, burning churches, killing, artillery fire, national unity government, interim government, NUG, arbitrary detainees, march,
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Global Day of Action for Climate Justice
London, 6th Nov 2021
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Many thousands march through London from Bank to a rally at Trafalgar Square as part of a Global Day of Action for Climate Justice during the Glasgow COP26 Global Climate Summit. Indigenous movements, frontline communities, trade unions, racial justice groups, youth strikers, land workers, peasants, NGOs, grassroots community campaigns, feminist movements and faith groups were protesting here and around the world demanding global climate justice.
London, protest, march, rally, Bank, Trafalgar Square, COP26, Global Climate Summit, climate crisis, climate catastrophe, global warming, carbon emissions, species extinction, extinction, greenwashing, broken promises, world leaders, corporations, collective action, indigenous movements, frontline communities, trade unions, racial justice groups, youth strikers, landworkers, peasants, NGOs, grassroots community campaigns, feminist movements, faith groups, climate justice now,
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