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50 face imminent deportation to Iraq
More than fifty men from northern Iraq have been given deportation tickets telling them they will be removed to Erbil in the Kurdistan Regional Government controlled area in northern Iraq. The 50 are currently being held in immigration prisons in Heathrow, Gatwick and Doncaster. They told the detainees that they will be removed at 6pm tomorrow morning (17 March). The tickets state that they will be: ‘removed no sooner than 7 days and no later than 22 days from the date of this notice’. more >>
The Situation in Greece
This is best viewed at http://www.lasthours.org.uk/blogs/the-situation-in-greece/ and will be updated from there. Tensions rise once again in the streets of Greece’s major cities. Radicals and Anarchists join workers from around the country in voicing dissent. Airports, hospitals and other public services have shut down for the day as the Greek Government attempt to impose harsh new austerity measures. more >>
Protest at Harmondsworth, Sat 13 March
Saturday 13th March at Harmondsworth Demonstrate outside Harmondsworth immigration prison, Heathrow 12 noon – 1pm Detainee Solidarity London is calling for a demo this Saturday at Harmondsworth in solidarity with the 55 detainees on hunger strike since last week. At any one time, over 2500 people are in immigration detention in the UK. Some have been detained [...] more >>
Demo at WH Tours, Saturday 27th March
STOP DANGEROUS DRIVERS! NO MORE WH DEPORTATION TOURS! Public demo at WH Tours offices, Kelvin Way, Crawley Saturday, 27th March 2010 Meet 11am at Crawley train station. Bring banners and instruments. WH Tours is a coach company based in Crawley, near Gatwick airport. Part of the company's business is leisure: coach excursions, sightseeing tours and so on. Another part, however, is much more sinister: the company provides coaches for transporting detained migrants facing deportation from immigration prisons to airports to be deported on commercial or specially chartered flights. read more more >>
Low-paid porters at Gatwick stay solid
By Mick Duncan About 70 porters at the second biggest airport in the UK staged a solid two-day strike over Christmas. Action is now on hold while uncertainty rains over who will be holding the contract beyond the next few weeks. The workers currently work for a the facilities giant Interserve. Interserve’s last posted profits were £88 [...] more >>
WCA engages with Grimshaw workers
Grimshaw Architects is the prestigious architecture firm who brought you Waterloo’s Eurostar Terminal and the Eden Project. However, Grimshaw also has a long history with BAA and is now designing the Third Runway at Heathrow. Grimshaw also has other BAA contracts on the go, which are rapidly undermining the company’s green credentials. So now that the [...] more >>
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Black flag over Ramparts: Successfully resisting illegal eviction attempt, 13 March 2009
from WAG, 18 March 2009: "Members of W.A.G were present at the attempted eviction of Ramparts Social Centre on Friday 13th March 2009. The following description was written by members of the Ramparts Collective:
"Yesterday there was an eviction attempt by owners at Rampart. It was a long battle but we are now back in full occupancy of the building. A big thank you to all those who came out in support. We want to have as many people in the building as we can in order to discourage another eviction attempt and we are calling out for your help with this..." more
Reclaim the Future 5: A vast day/night party event in a liberated, occupied space in London, 5 September 2009
from email, updated 6 September 2009: "Reclaim the Future 5 is a vast all-day all-night information and party event in a liberated, self-managed occupied venue somewhere in London on Saturday 5 September 2009.
* At least two rooms of live bands 9pm-4am
* DJs 4am-7am
* Cabaret * Workshops and stalls all afternoon - info on the arms trade, the G20, prisoner & detainee support, squatting, samba, permaculture, climate change, bike repair, and more... more
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