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Southwark Respect is holding a meeting in Spanish on Wednesday, 13 August. |
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On Sunday 13th July Manchester Respect hosted a Football Tournament in Cheetham Hill, North Manchester. The event was a massive success with over 60-70 young people from the Manchester area participating. |
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In Ethiopia, 4 million people face starvation but the government increased its military budget by 800%. Why? Because it is occupying Somalia and being armed, trained and financed by the U.S and British Governments to do so. South Manchester Respect is holding a public meeting to discuss the situation in Somalia and what we can do.
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Milton Keynes Respect is holding a branch meeting tomorrow, July 17th, to discuss how to continue the process of rebuilding the "new left" in the area. Everyone is welcome. |
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Tower Hamlets council is planning to close the Bethnal Green Centre, one of the oldest adult education centres in the country. Campaigners have organised a lobby of the council on 25th June, following the recent demonstration and march attended by 200 campaigners along with local MP George Galloway. |
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Iraqi asylum seekers are facing the choice of destitution
here or return to the bloodshed and violence that is Iraq
as our government now regard it as a safe country. Bristol Defend The Asylum Seekers campaign is holding a meeting on Tuesday, 3rd June to discuss the issue.
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Newham Respect is holding a public meeting on child poverty, on Thursday 17 April at 7.30pm, in Canning Town, with George Galloway and Hanif Abdulmuhit. |
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Respect is holding a gala dinner to raise money for our London election campaign. There will be great food, great raffle prizes and great speeches, all for a good cause.
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Respect MP George Galloway will join local councillor and Respect vice-chair Salma Yaqoob and other local Respect councillors and activists for a public meeting in Birmingham on Sunday, 9 March. |
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George Galloway, Yvonne Ridley, Abjol Miah and others will be speaking at the next Tower Hamlets Respect meeting, on Thursday 13 March at 6.30pm
The war in Iraq has devastated the lives of millions of people and we need to make people aware of what is going on - especially the daily bombing and the increasing death toll.
We need to let this Government know that we are still angry about the wars in Iraq and Palestine and the injustices committed against our brothers and sisters in Palestine. |
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Greater Manchester Respect is pleased to host an evening with award-wining film director Ken Loach. Ken’s latest film, "It’s a Free World, is a tale set against the reality of the Anglo-Saxon miracle of flexible labour, globalisation, double shifts and lots of happy, happy, happy consumers: in short, us. |
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This Sunday, 2nd March, there will be a march and demonstration against the occupation of northern Iraq. Demonstrators will assemble at 12 noon at Dalston Junction in Hackney and march to Kurdish Community Centre (KCC) in Haringey on Green Lanes. |
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Fuel Prices Up, Wages Down - The Economy Brown Built
Speakers: George Galloway, Respect MP for Bethnal Green and Bow;
John Mulrenan, former chair Southwark Unison, Respect European Election candidate 2004;
Margot Lindsay, Pensioner and Housing Activist, Southwark Respect council candidate 2006
Tuesday 12th February, 7.30pm, Salvation Army Hall, 101 Newington Causeway, SE1 6BN (Near to Elephant and Castle tube station - Bakerloo Line Entrance)
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Mass murder in Palestine - End Israel's siege of Gaza
Speakers:
George Galloway, Respect MP for Bethnal Green & Bow
Dr Azam Tamimi, Director of the Institute of Islamic Thought in London
Abjol Miah, Respect Councillor and Respect candidate for Bethnal Green & Bow
Dawood Abdullah, Muslim Council of Britain
Saturday, February 2, 2008 6:30pm
Venue: Berners Hall, Berners Estate, Ponler Street, London E1 1QN - nearest tubes, Aldgate, Aldgate East and Shadwell.
Click here to download the meeting leaflet. All welcome!
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The Campaign Against Climate change has organised a great meeting in Bethnal Green on Thursday 7 February to discuss the issues around global warming. Respect MP George Galloway will be speaking alongside Tony Kearns, the Deputy General Secretary of the Communication Workers Union, Phil Thornhill from the Campaign Against Climate Change, Green Party councillor Romayne Phoenix and a speaker from the Heathrow Climate Camp.
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Next Thursday, 13 December, Newham Respect is holding a public meeting. We'll have George Galloway and two of our Newham Councillors, Abdul Karim Sheikh and Asif Karim.
Everyone is welcome! Please click here to see the leaflet for the meeting
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Thousands have died and millions are homeless and without any livelihood after coastal areas in Bangladesh were devastated by Cyclone Sidr, the worst cyclone disaster since 1991. Members of Respect in Tower Hamlets have lost family & friends and other family & friends have had their houses destroyed.
We are holding a fund-raising dinner on Sunday 9th December from 7pm in Jeet Restaurant, 49 Hanbury Street E1 (George Galloway's campaign HQ during his election campaign for Bethnal Green and Bow).
There will be first class food from this brand new restaurant and first class entertainment. We are asking for a £20 minimum contribution.
You can book your place(s) (going fast) by emailing Tower Hamlets Respect Chair Azmal Hussain at
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, or Rob Hoveman, parliamentary assistant to George Galloway MP at
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Do come along and do bring your friends. We hope to see you there!
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News and articles of interest
Here are some articles and news reports we think are worth looking at
Poll of polls shows Labour at its most unpopular since 1935 by Nigel Morris
Gordon Brown is leading Labour to its worst electoral defeat since the 1930s, according to a new "poll of polls" for The Independent. On current levels of support, Labour would lose almost half its MPs at the next election and David Cameron would become Prime Minister with an overwhelming majority. The backlash against Labour has left the party with the support of just 27 per cent of voters, the weighted average of last month's polls for The Independent shows.
Unmanned spy planes to police Britain by Kim Sengupta
The Government is drawing up plans to use unmanned "drone" aircraft currently deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan to counter terrorism and aid police operations in Britain. The MoD is carrying out research and development to enable the spy planes, which are equipped with highly sophisticated monitoring equipment that allows them to secretly track and photograph suspects without their knowledge, to be deployed within three years.
The Camp for Climate Action, at Kingsnorth, Kent, 3rd to 11th August - full details
Wednesday 10 am update. Local MP Bob Marshall-Andrews condems police action at climate camp (see BBC article), saying "I find the use of police in riot gear incomprehensible and I think it was a mistake." He also described the actions of the police as "provocation."
Diego Garcia: the UK's shame by Andy Worthington
The ancient Greek dramatist Aeschylus wrote: "In war, truth is the first casualty." These words are particularly apt in relation to the British Overseas Territory of Diego Garcia, leased to the United States in 1971, where the truth – that a secret "War on Terror" prison existed from 2002 until as recently as 2006 – has been persistently denied by both the British and American governments.
The Horror Of Israeli Occupation - documentary developed by Chaim Yavin
West Bank Checkpoints
A video clip that dramatically portrays the meeting of Israeli solders and Palestinians at controversial West Bank security checkpoints. This clip is the second of a series taken from "Land of the Settlers", the acclaimed documentary developed by Chaim Yavin, Israel's premier news anchor.
Anger at police raid on green camp ahead of coal protest by Matthew Taylor
Environmental campaigners and politicians criticised the police last night after around 200 officers raided a climate camp, seizing hundreds of items that they claimed could be used to break the law. Activists at the camp, which starts today with a series of workshops on sustainable energy and social justice, said the raid aimed to disrupt legitimate protest.
Morning Star Back on Track After Office Fire by Tomasz Pierscionek
In the early hours of Monday morning (last week), an electrical fire broke out at William Rust House, the East London office of the socialist newspaper the Morning Star. The fire, believed to have been caused by a malfunctioning air-conditioner, broke out at approximately 3am and caused considerable structural damage to both the interior of the Morning Star's newsroom and the equipment within, knocking out both electrical power and phone lines.
Venezuela Bridges Diplomatic Fissures and Polishes Alliances in European Tour by James Suggett
Rounding off a diplomatic tour of Europe that began with Tuesday's controversial visit in Russia, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez mended relations with the Spanish government, set up a bi-national commerce commission with Portugal, and eliminated visa requirements to facilitate bilateral accords with Belarus this week.
Why David Cameron Blames the Poor by Peter Taylor-Gooby
David Cameron's 'blaming the poor' speech in Glasgow may be more than just an attempt to placate the unreconstructed right of the Conservative party. It is not often recognised how far British public opinion has shifted towards a liberal individualist stance on social issues in recent years. In some ways we are more Thatcherite under New Labour than we ever were under the Conservatives.
Star names set to top the bill at Carnegie Festival - Dunfermline Press
TWO of the best-known faces on television will be making personal appearances in Dunfermline next month as part of the inaugural Carnegie Festival, from 21st August to 7th September.
Evan Davis will be in dialogue with fiesty MP George Galloway in a conversation on Saturday, 23rd August, at 7.30pm in the Carnegie Hall. Tickets, priced £5, are available from the Carnegie Hall box office.
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