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 Celebrating Cuba:Fifty Years of Revolution - photography exhibition
A Cuba50 sponsored event
22 February 2010
Fifty Years of Revolution - photography exhibition
Tuesday 2 - Thursday 4 March 2010, 10am-5pm
Tuesday 2 March, 5-8pm - Private view and exhibition launch
A specially commissioned photographic exhibition by Cuban photographer Alejandro Gortazar.
Featuring fifty beautiful photos celebrating Cuba and the lives of the Cuban people over the last half century. Alejandro is a widely exhibited professional photographer with over 10 years' experience. He has travelled widely across the island photographing key moments, people and landscapes.
Bolivar Hall
54 Grafton Way
London W1T 5DL
(Warren St tube)
Public viewings Tuesday 2nd March - Thursday 4th March 10am -5pm each day. Open to all.
Launch event Tuesday 2nd March 2010 5pm -8pm Invitation only. Contact the CSC office on 020 8800 0155 for an invitation to this launch.
Thanks to Unison General Political Fund,a OH Parsons, trade union solicitors, nd Havana Club for their kind sponsorship of this exhibition.
Supported by Cuba Cuba Solidarity Campaign, Cuba50, the Embassy of Cuba, and the Bolivarian Government of Venezuela.
More information from office@cuba-solidarity.org.uk
Tel 0208 800 0155
Following Bolivar Hall, the exhibition will then be exhibited at venues across the UK through 2010 Please contact CSC if you would like to host the exhibition locally.
Photograph copyright: Alejandro Gortezar
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PALESTINE - 25TH FEBRUARY - DAY OF ACTION -
09-02-2010 |
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Protest outside Royal Court of Justice: Britain must uphold international law - No impunity for Israel, 0930-1030, February 25th 2010
Palestinian Human Rights organisation Al-Haq - lead by Phil Shiner - has made a claim for a judicial Review to challenge the government over its failure to fulfil its obligations under international law with respect to Israel's activities in the Occupied Palestinian territories.
The hearing will take place at 0945 on the 25th of February - join our protest outside the Royal Court of Justice (the Strand) from 0930 till 1030 and show your support for the Palestinian people. You can also sit in the public gallery whilst the case is being heard.
from www.palestinecampaign.org
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Justice for the Shrewsbury Pickets -
02-02-2010 |
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Justice for the Shrewsbury Pickets
After the 1972 Building Workers’ National Strike 24 Trade Unionists were tried at Shrewsbury in a hostile act perpetrated by a Tory Government to criminalise picketing. A number of these men were given severe prison sentences. Best known of them were Des Warren and Ricky Tomlinson, who became referred to as the “Shrewsbury 2.” Des died as a direct result of the treatment that was meted out to him during his lengthy incarceration.
Successive Governments both Tory and Labour, have remained unresponsive to the calls for these perverse judgements to be set aside, and for these men to be cleared. There is now a renewal of the campaign, even after all this time, and the death of some of those involved, to secure justice for these Trade Union Comrades.
The campaign is also calling for a Public Inquiry to expose the role of successive governments and the secret services in the events surrounding this important time in labour history
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ITUC calls on Companies to End Business Links with Burma -
12-10-2007 |
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Burmese Trade Union Federation Asks Companies to Disinvest
Brussels, 11 October 2007: The ITUC is currently writing to 430 companies worldwide which have or are suspected to have business links with Burma, calling on them to end their business links. The action is in support of the ITUC associated organisation the Federation of Trade Unions – Burma (FTUB), which today renewed its call for companies to disinvest in the country. In the letter, ITUC General Secretary underlines that in spite of the growing number of companies doing business there, economic conditions for the vast majority of Burmese are deteriorating, while it is the military junta and its small coterie of supporters which are benefiting.
“The Burmese junta, responsible for years of murder, torture, massive forced labour and absolute repression of the population, is ripping off billions of dollars and every single business deal which is done helps line the pockets of the generals. This corrupt and incompetent regime is responsible for a catastrophic fall in living standards across the country. , Foreign investment has done nothing to stop that. On the contrary, it fuels repression by enabling the regime to purchase weapons used against defenceless civilians: the army’s share in the national budget is 40%. Health and education combined amount to less than 7%! ‘Business as usual’ in Burma will only make the junta stronger”, said Ryder.
The Global Unions public database listing companies with actual or suspected business relations with Burma is updated on an ongoing basis, and companies which show that they no longer have business links are removed from the list. Companies which do not withdraw will be the subject of further pressure in their home countries from ITUC national affiliates and also by the Global Union Federations in the different economic sectors.
The company-based action is taking place alongside trade union campaign action to get governments, the European Union and other intergovernmental bodies to strengthen and deepen economic and financial sanctions and cut off military and security supplies to the regime. ITUC and European TUC affiliates are currently pressing the European governments to ensure that EU sanctions (ITUC and ETUC Call on European Union to Adopt Tough Sanctions), which will be reviewed on Monday, include a comprehensive ban on EU trade with Burma covering all strategic sectors, including in particular oil and gas, gemstones, and tropical wood.
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Founded on 1 November 2006, the ITUC represents 168 million workers in 153 countries and territories and has 305 national affiliates.
For more information, please contact the ITUC Press Department on: +32 2 224 0204 or +32 476 621 018.
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12/10/2007 - themes : South-East Asia, Human Rights, Trade union rights Contact details
Department Human and Trade Union Rights
Mr. Janek Kuczkiewicz
Director Human and Trade Union Rights
Telephone: 32-2-224.03.08
Fax: 32-2-224.02.97
E-mail: tur@ituc-csi.org or turights@ituc-csi.org
Boulevard du Roi Albert II, 5, Bte 1
1210 Brussels
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