Declaration of the Assembly of Social Movements at the World Social Forum 2009, Belem, Brazil.
NLF leader charged for participating in media protest
3 February 2009Chamil Jayaneththi, a leader of the New Left Front has been charged by police for his participation in the media protest that took place on 9th January 2009 in front of Lake House, Colombo. The protest was organised by a broad coalition of media organizations, TUs, women’s organizations and political parties to protest the killing of the Sunday Leader editor Lasantha Wikrematunge. Nearly 1000 people including political and civil leaders took part in the protest.
International anti-capitalist left at Belém Conference
2 February 2009, byAt the initiative of the PSOL (Brazil) and the NPA (New Anti-capitalist Party, France) a conference of the international anti-capitalist left took place during the World Social Forum with representatives from 20 countries and around twenty organisations.
For international solidarity between workers
2 February 2009, byThousands of workers employed by construction contractors at oil refineries and power stations across Britain have been taking strike action against an Italian contractor, IREM, which has obtained a contract to build an extension to the Total Lindsey oil refinery at Immingham in the East of England. They are claiming that trade union rates have been undercut and that Italian workers have been employed and British workers excluded. The main slogan of the strike is ‘British jobs for British workers’.
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