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30 April 2012

Swansea trades council May Day march and rally

A May Day march in Swansea on Saturday reflected the changeable weather South Wales has suffered recently; however, it was representative of some important struggles taking place

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15 March 2012

May Day greetings

Celebrate International Workers' Day by supporting the paper that fights all cuts with a May Day greeting in the Socialist...

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15 March 2012

European Court rules on Kettling case

The European Court of Human Rights has ruled against the case of the protesters who were kettled by police at Oxford Circus in London on May Day 2001. However, there were three dissenting judges...

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7 March 2012

Party/campaigns news in brief

Torquay NHS campaign: Over 40 activists from Bracknell, Reading, Ascot and Windsor attended a Bracknell public meeting on 29 February organised by Defend Our Community Services to save Heatherwood Hospital from closure, writes Terry Pearce

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29 February 2012

May Day Greetings in the Socialist

Support the paper that fights all cuts with a 2012 May Day (international workers' day) greeting in the Socialist...

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14 September 2011

May Day protest case goes to Strasbourg

A Socialist Party member's case against the police tactic of 'kettling', containing protesters inside a police cordon, was taken to the European Court of Human Rights on Wednesday 14 September...

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Exeter Anti Cuts March and Rally 2 May 2011, photo Nick Hall

Exeter Anti Cuts March and Rally 2 May 2011, photo Nick Hall

4 May 2011

Anti-cuts May Day in Exeter

On May Day bank holiday Exeter played host to a vibrant and up-beat anti-cuts demonstration. The demonstration was the biggest Exeter has seen since the anti-war movement

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4 May 2011

May Day in Kazakhstan marked by attacks on socialists

The ruling parties in the former Soviet countries usually use May Day, international workers' day, in a cynical manner, organising official events to which people are expected to turn up to wave balloons and listen to speeches and pop music...

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Wales May Day celebrations, with young TUSC supporter, photo Alec Thraves

Wales May Day celebrations, with young TUSC supporter, photo Alec Thraves

3 May 2011

May Day: challenging the cuts in Leeds

Saturday 30 April saw the biggest May Day demonstration for some time in Leeds with around 500 participating, including contingents from the GMB, Unite, Unison, PCS, as well as anti-cuts campaigns across the city and from nearby towns and cities

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Wales May Day celebrations, with young TUSC supporter, photo Les Woodward

Wales May Day celebrations, with young TUSC supporter, photo Les Woodward

3 May 2011

A busy May Day bank holiday weekend in south west Wales

Socialist Party members and supporters in south west Wales are exhausted but enthusiastic after the Bank Holiday weekend, writes Alec Thraves, Swansea Socialist Party

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2 May 2011

May Day in Kazakhstan marked by attacks on CWI activists and supporters

Having been prevented from organising their own May Day event, activists of the socialist "Kazakhstan 2012" movement and Socialist Resistance Kazakhstan (the CWI in Kazakhstan) decided to participate in the official event...

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May Day Greetings

May Day Greetings

27 April 2011

May day Greetings in The Socialist May 2011

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16 March 2011

Celebrate International Workers' Day in the Socialist with a May Day greeting

Greeting prices include: £500 for a whole page; £300 for a half-page; £170 quarter-page; £90 one-eighth; £50 one-sixteenth; £30 1/32; £20 small box; £15 for up to 30 words; £1 per word...

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9 March 2011

Take out a May Day greeting!

Defend International Workers' Day: Alongside the revolutions in the Middle East, the traditions of May Day marches and the need for a socialist alternative to cuts and poverty, there is an additional reason to support and celebrate International Workers' Day in 2011 - David Cameron wants to cancel it!, writes Bob Severn.

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London May Day demonstration, photo Jules Mattsson

London May Day demonstration, photo Jules Mattsson

5 May 2010

Workers celebrate May Day: Marching together against the bosses' attacks

IN MANY countries around the world, socialists and trade unionists marched to celebrate international workers' day on 1 May. This year in particular, in the teeth of attacks by capitalists on jobs, wages and public services, international working class solidarity is a vital necessity.

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31 March 2010

May Day march in Hull: Rebuilding traditions of struggle

Hull Youth Fight for Jobs will call a march through the city centre to mark May Day. It has been many years since May Day was last celebrated in Hull and the demonstration is the culmination of the efforts...

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17 February 2010

Celebrate May Day this year with The Socialist

The Socialist appeals to all its readers to support the 2010 May Day greetings appeal, helping the paper to celebrate International Workers' Day, writes Bob Severn.

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May Day demonstration 2009, photo Paul Mattsson

May Day demonstration 2009, photo Paul Mattsson

6 May 2009

Workers look for alternative to bankrupt capitalism

CWI May Day statement: THE COMMITTEE for a Workers' International (CWI - the socialist international organisation to which the Socialist Party is affiliated) sent May Day greetings to workers, youth and the oppressed everywhere...

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6 May 2009

Widespread protests in Pakistan

May Day reports: Hundreds of thousands of workers took to the streets across Pakistan to celebrate May Day. Workers from different sectors of the economy, nationalities, ethnic backgrounds and religions marched together...

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