LeftUnityBirmingham

Birmingham Left Unity is a local branch of Left Unity, a new socialist party est nov 30th 2013, with 1,100 members. Join us!

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PATIENTS NOT PASSPORTS

“Challenging the hostile environment within the NHS” was the purpose of this working conference in Birmingham yesterday. It was organised by “Docs not Cops” and “Migrants Organise” and... https://t.co/vJl5jdwftF

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INTERNATIONALISM

It is not just the environmental cause that has been boosted so successfully by the Extinction Rebellion protests in London. It has also been the cause of internationalism. Simultaneous... https://t.co/b2IqfGgS1N

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JUSTICE FOR MAMADOU TOURAY FUND

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BIRMINGHAM CITY COUNCIL –
DECLARE A CLIMATE EMERGENCY AND TAKE ACTION

At the April 2nd Council meeting a question was asked by a CANMWM representative which ended... https://t.co/WvBP1vr8gn

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STAND UP TO BIGOTRY

This morning, 25-30 people attended a lobby of John Spellar MP’s surgery in the Smethwick Council House. They were protesting about his vote in Parliament last week against the resolution... https://t.co/EffqSQSkzc

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BREXIT - DISASTER CAPITALISM

At the huge anti-Brexit demonstration in London on March 23rd, Left Unity’s new broadsheet proved very popular.

Left Unity sees nothing progressive about Brexit and is opposed... https://t.co/jGx4XVyQ32

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EXTINCTION REBELLION BIRMINGHAM’S EVENT

XR Birmingham gathered at Waterstones this afternoon, demonstrated up New Street and held a gathering and a die-in in Victoria Square. The leaflets were received... https://t.co/bmNk0mBQN5

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THE LONDON MARCH FOR A 2nd REFERENDUM AND AGAINST BREXIT

It may not have been quite as big as the historic anti-Iraq war demonstration of February 2003, but it was certainly comparable and so a huge success.... https://t.co/7KPbdPpsF1

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LETTER TO THE COUNCIL – SHELTERED HOUSING

Dear Sir/Madam

I am writing to express increasing concern about the overall state of council-run Sheltered Housing.

I wish to begin with the question of the... https://t.co/OUdT3Dhrfy

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REBEL FOR LIFE ON SATURDAY MARCH 30th

A few months ago Extinction Rebellion did not exist in Birmingham. But it has now set itself up with regular meetings and is becoming more organised. It has already held... https://t.co/xPgGYnCVVq

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My video of today's Climate Strike march. I'm not sure why these aren't uploading properly. https://t.co/QTk2zbAnLG

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PUPIL CLIMATE STRIKE

Was it one thousand or two thousand pupils on the climate strike and rally today in Birmingham city centre this morning?!
This was a massive success and alongside similar events... https://t.co/SZVl0X6vqn

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This hasn't been posting properly, but it's my video of the Reclaim the Night march the other night. About 200 people on a not very nice day. https://t.co/xPmKMXBuW1

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RECLAIM THE NIGHT

As part of international women’s day, the Birmingham event was a rally in Victoria Square, followed by a demonstration up and down the Broad Street ‘entertainment’ area during the evening.... https://t.co/4vxlVEByyt

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ANOTHER EUROPE IS POSSIBLE

For several weekends now, there have been AEIP street stalls in Birmingham, mainly within the Hall Green constituency. This is because this constituency voted by about 2 to 1 to... https://t.co/tNjr6ZD5W3

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PALESTINIAN SOLIDARITY

There is much talk at the moment about the Labour Party and how its leadership has been slow and ineffectual in addressing the upsurge in antisemitism. There is a subtext with the... https://t.co/br7Qo4XdXi

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RE-OPEN DRUIDS HEATH LIBRARY!

As one of the banners says, the Druids Heath area has lost its school, Baverstock, and now is in danger of losing its library. It closed back in September due to lack of repair,... https://t.co/xZwsajtFQ0

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PICKET AND RALLY AT LIFFORD LANE REFUSE DEPOT

Howard Beckett, Assistant General Secretary of UNITE, Khalid Mahmood, MP for Perry Barr, and Councillor Majid Mahmood addressed the large picket and rally at the... https://t.co/4833Q9rbzm