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Rally: Saturday 5 June at 2 pm On 31 May the Freedom Flotilla was attacked by the Israel Navy: At least 10 and maybe as many as 19 solidarity activists were killed, dozens injured. Information: Omar Hassan on 0421 185 037
Australian Council of Trade Unions International Trade Union Confederation World Federation of Trade Unions International Transport Workers' Federation |
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End the blockade of Gaza |
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The Freedom Flotilla that was delivering aid to break the Gaza blockade has been attacked by the Israel Navy: 19 solidarity activists have been killed, dozens injured.
For the 6th time in the past forty years the Thai government has used military force to suppress popular discontent against inequality and corruption. But sending tanks against protesters does not solve social problems. Working people in Thailand face many problems, including a lack of democratic rights, poverty and repression. The outcome of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD Red Shirts) rally shows the limits of protesting against a government that simply does not care about the lives of working people. |
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Thursday 20 May at 12:30 pm Soldiers - Don't shoot ! This is a time of crisis for workers in Thailand. The Abhisit government must go. It is the 6th time in the past forty years that the Thai government has used military force to suppress popular discontent against the inequality and corruption of Thai society. Thursday 20 May is the anniversary of the end of Black May in 1992, when the Thai military attacked hundreds of thousands of pro democracy demonstrators in the centre of Bangkok. The demonstrators resisted the attacks, and on 20 May 1992 the King intervened against the government. We stand with the working people of Thailand. All workers in the region and globally should support protest actions and international industrial action and solidarity to assist workers in Thailand. Click here for a sample union letter to send to the Thai government Click here for the AAWL statement on Thailand: Workers Organise to Win ! End the dictatorship - No to Abhisit - No to Thaksin - Yes to Workers' Government ! australia asia worker links - workers change the world - aawl.org.au |
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 Remembering 62 years of Al Nakba
Rally & march
Friday 14 May at 6 pm State Library, Swanston St Melbourne Saturday 15 May will mark 62 years of the Palestinian Nakba (catastrophe).
In 1948, more than 750,000 Palestinians were expelled from their homeland by Zionist forces, with more than 500 Palestinian villages emptied and destroyed. Today more than 7 million Palestinian refugees, the largest refugee community in the world, are living in exile.
End the blockade of Gaza - End the occupation of Palestine
Recognise the Palestinian right of return Solidarity with Palestinian workers and refugees Initiated by Palestine Solidarity Campaign |
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He gave a very disturbing report on the complete lack of training in the industry. He explained how management had stood over workers to force them to work through their lunch break. When workers refused they were threatened with loss of future work. So they agreed to work. That day a worker was hit by a 40 foot container on the top of a stack. He later died in hospital. |
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But workers continue to organise and to fight. Read the joint May Day 2010 statement Workers Will Win here. Among the hundreds of assemblies, demonstrations and rallies that took place on May Day this year we want to highlight a few: In Istanbul 200,000 workers gathered in Taksim Square on May Day for the first time since 1977 when 37 people were shot and killed during a protest march. See the report here. |
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Soldiers: Don't shoot ! - No to Abhisit - No to Thaksin 30 April 2010 This is a time of crisis for workers in Thailand. To achieve democratic rights and economic justice the working people of Thailand have to defeat the Abhisit government and the Thai army. But replacing the current government with Taksin or with some general who switches sides will not change the economic conditions of exploitation imposed by capitalist companies based in Thailand. Workers can resolve this situation if they intervene as an organised workers movement. Only direct democratic control of workplaces and communities by assemblies of working people can begin to restructure the economy in favour of the great majority of the population. All workers in the region and globally should support coordinated protest actions and international industrial action and solidarity to assist workers in Thailand. |
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