[noborders-brum] 'MayDay, Protests, Nationwide, Sleepout, Points of Unity, Ghosts'- 1 May 07 - 55 items (approx)

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'MayDay, Protests, Nationwide, Sleepout, Points of Unity, Ghosts'
1 May 07 - 55 items (approx)

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[01] Lead items
[02] UK
[03] Jobs
[04] World
[05] Europe
[06] Events
[07] Putting Equality into Practice
[08] Report: Poverty and ethnicity in the UK
[09] Network: Asylum seeker and refugee health care
[10] ChangeCheck: Workshops on Community Impact Assessment
[11] Report: 'Equal Rights, Equal Voices - Migrant women in 
     the European Union'
[12] How to cancel or change your subscription to Frank's List


[01] Lead items: 
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'MayDay, Protests, Nationwide, Sleepout, Points of Unity, Ghosts'

May 1
>From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1834 - The British colonies abolish slavery
1886 - The start of the general strike which eventually wins the  
          eight-hour workday in the United States.
1978 - May Day Bank Holiday introduced across England...
More:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_1

UK and US actions below

:: UK Action: May 7th 2007 & Living Ghosts Campaign

Strangers into Citizens 
7 May 2007 National Day of Action and Celebration
We will be demonstrating the wide support for our proposal with a march
and a rally in Trafalgar Square, following a mass in Westminster
Cathedral. Please come along!
http://www.strangersintocitizens.org.uk/events.html

Migrants Rights - May 7
Join the biggest ever gathering in London on 7 May. 
- 10:00am: Mass in Support of London's Migrant Workers
  Westminster Cathedral,Victoria Street, SW1P
- 11:30am-12:30pm:Walk to Trafalgar Square
- 12:30-1:30pm:'Strangers into Citizens' Rally at Trafalgar 
  Square
- 5:00pm: Choral Evensong at Westminster Abbey
http://www.jcwi.org.uk/news/strangerscitizens.html

Strangers into Citizens: Proposal
Strangers into Citizens is a campaign by the country’s largest alliance
of civic institutions for a pathway into citizenship for undocumented
migrants who have made new lives in the UK. The Citizens Organising
Foundation (COF) believes the case for an “earned amnesty” is
compelling, on humanitarian, economic, fiscal and administrative
grounds; and is busy building an alliance of citizens calling on
Government to implement a one-off “earned amnesty” law as part of its
overhaul of the UK’s immigration policy.
http://www.strangersintocitizens.org.uk/proposal.html

Mass in Support of Migrant Workers in London 
http://www.rcdow.org.uk/massformigrants/

Flyer: (PDF)
http://www.strangersintocitizens.org.uk/events/flyer_v1.pdf

Four marches for migrants’ rights: 6-7 May 
http://www.labournet.net/antiracism/0705/migrant1.html

Euromayday 2007
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/04/369064.html

Rights for All Workers
Unity the Union of Asylum seekers has called before to be given the
Right to Work. "We are not here to claim benefits". All of us, no matter
where we were born, are stronger if they work together to resist
exploitation. We have more in common than dividing us, No One is
Illegal.
Sunday 6th May, 11:00am at George Square, Glasgow
(PDF)
http://www.unitycentreglasgow.org/Mayday2007.pdf

No one is illegal
Immigration Amnesty Discussion Document
(PDF)
http://noii.trick.ca/_cache/amnesty-discussion-document.pdf

May 7th March for Migrants' & Refugee Rights
- Regularisation for all migrants. No one is illegal.
- The closure of all detention centers in Europe and 
  everywhere, because migrating is not a crime.
- An end to all deportations and to the externalisation 
  process which turns countries on the edges of the European 
  Union (and beyond) into holding camps.
- Full labour rights for all workers, independently of 
  their migration status. Stop the pitching of workers 
  against each other.
http://noborderslondon.blogspot.com/2007/04/may-7th-march-for-migrants-refugee.html

Trades Union For Refugees: May Day March & Rally 7th May
http://www.ncadc.org.uk/newszine81/TUFR7thMayDemo.htm

Saturday May 5th 2007
MayDay March Nottingham
http://www.nottsrefugeeforum.org.uk/nrcg.htm

Saturday 5th May 2007 - 5pm to 8pm
Congo Support Project public meeting
Manchester
(PDF)
http://www.frankslist.info/congosupport.pdf

Living Ghosts Campaign
http://www.church-poverty.org.uk/campaigns/livingghosts/living-ghosts

Sign a petition
We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to urge him reverse his
terrible inhuman and degrading policies towards Asylum Seekers
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Asylum/

Voice your views
Be a part of something. Take action now!
Contact your MP now to take part in the  Borders Bill debate on 9 May
http://voiceyourviews.net/eactivist/vyv.v?v=2121:141:12647:

24 May 2007 
'Ghosts' + Q&A with director
http://www.amnesty.org.uk/events_details.asp?EventsID=290

Still Human Still Here
The Still Human Still Here campaign is dedicated to highlighting the
plight of tens of thousands of refused asylum seekers who are being
forced into abject poverty in an attempt to drive them out of the
country.
http://www.stillhuman.org.uk/

Destitution Summer Sleepout
http://www.church-poverty.org.uk/sleepout


:: US Action: MayDay, May 1st 2007

Points of Unity
Wear White T-Shirt, organize actions to support immigrant rights!
We are all humans! No one is illegal! 
Points of Unity
On May Day 2007, National Immigrant Solidarity Network is calling for a
multi-ethnic, decentralized, multi-topic and multi-tactic national day
of mobilization to support immigrant workers rights.
http://www.immigrantsolidarity.org/

May Day 2007
National Mobilization to Support Immigrant Workers Rights!
http://www.mayday2007.org/

Open letter to the Congress
Summary
1) No to anti-immigrant legislation, and the criminalization of the
immigrant communities.
2) No to militarization of the border.
3) No to the immigrant detention and deportation.
4) No to the guest worker program.
5) No to employer sanction and "no match" letters.
6) Yes to a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants.
7) Yes to speedy family reunification.
8) Yes to civil rights and humane immigration law.
9) Yes to labor rights and living wages for all workers.
10) Yes to the education and LGBT immigrant legislation.
Full text:
http://www.immigrantsolidarity.org/MayDay2007/openletter12907.html

Immigration Protests Planned Nationwide
Demonstrators demanding a path to citizenship for an estimated 12
million
In Los Angeles, marches were set to include demands for a legalization
program, a stop to the raids and an anti-Iraq war message. City and
transportation officials were planning for as many as 500,000 people in
downtown, believing it could be the largest in the city so far this
year.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6599861,00.html

[02] UK


1 May 07

Anabelle and son due to be deported this Wednesday - Urgent Action
Needed!!! 
http://www.asylum-seekers-defence.org.uk/wiki/index.php?title=Anabelle_and_son_due_to_be_deported_this_Wednesday_-_URGENT_ACTION_NEEDED%21%21%21%21

Stop the deportation of Tresor Nlabu Masampu to DR Congo 
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/05/369171.html

Court Blocks Deportations to Torture
Ruling Disavows Libya’s Unreliable ‘No Torture’ Promises
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2007/04/30/uk15807.htm

May Day Civil Service shutdown
http://www.labournet.net/ukunion/0705/pcs1.html

Blair's bloody legacy: Iraq
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article2499320.ece

Information chief demands reforms
Totalitarian fears
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6610139.stm

British abandon MoU with Iran on asylum seekers, but questions remain
http://www.ahwaz.org.uk/news/2007_05_01_archive.html

Councils to monitor migrant numbers
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/05/01/nmigrants01.xml

Immigration 'threatens' language
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/6609093.stm

30 Apr 07

Refugee from genocide to be kicked out
http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/edinburgh.cfm?id=666002007

Archbishop's 'mass for migrants' in campaign for illegal immigrant
amnesty
http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/5182

Asylum-seekers 'should be allowed to work', says poll  
http://www.peoplemanagement.co.uk/pm/articles/asylumseekersshouldbeallowedtoworksayspoll.htm?name=news&type=section

British resident in Guantánamo Bay released to Morocco "disappears" 
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/04/369095.html

Britain's first war criminal jailed
http://www.guardian.co.uk/military/story/0,,2069111,00.html

Britain gives Sudan days to meet demands 
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sudan/story/0,,2068419,00.html

Darfur: War without end
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/africa/article2496629.ece

Blairites back Brown coronation as shift in Iraq policy is signalled
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article2496670.ece

29 Apr 07

Detention of Asylum Seekers and Immigrants in the UK
http://no-racism.net/article/2064/

27 Apr 07

Two Families Facing Deportation, Held At Yarls Wood IRC 
http://www.asylum-seekers-defence.org.uk/wiki/index.php?title=TWO_FAMILIES_FACING_DEPORTATION%2C_HELD_AT_YARLS_WOOD_IRC
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[03] Jobs
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Volunteer Outreach Co-ordinator
Role: Fixed-term contract until March 2008
Salary: £20,000
Location: Central Manchester 
http://www.timebank.org.uk/about/vacancies.php

Women’s Caseworker
£18,984 p.a. funded by The Big Lottery
until end of  March 2009
Excellent English communication skills and fluency in 
French are essential.  Skills in IT and  databases 
are also essential.
Coventry Refugee Centre   
sabirz at covrefugee.org    tel 024 7652 7100
http://www.covrefugee.org

Regional Development Manager: Yorkshire & the Humber
bassac
http://www.bassac.org.uk/jobs.php/00060.html


[04] World
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Iran and North Korea overshadow opening of meeting on nuclear treat
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/politics/article2499335.ece

The rich world's policy on greenhouse gas now seems clear: millions will
die
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,2069362,00.html

Lebanon war Olmert exposed
http://www.guardian.co.uk/leaders/story/0,,2069144,00.html

Democracy's last stand
If oil-rich Kurdistan goes the way of Baghdad and Mosul, all hopes of
Iraqi unity will go with it.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,2069177,00.html

Australia: Fears grow for Chinese detainee hunger strikers
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,21645222-2702,00.html

China: New incidences of human rights abuses in run-up to the Beijing
olympics revealed
http://www.amnesty.org.uk/news_details.asp?NewsID=17346

Poles demand missile shield against Russia
http://www.guardian.co.uk/russia/article/0,,2069403,00.html

Russia: Yeltsin ended the dictatorship and avoided civil war
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,2069399,00.html

Somalia Occupation 
http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=2&ItemID=12701

TurkeY: One million Turks protest over 'plans for Islamic state'
http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article2496693.ece


[05] Europe
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Sarkozy: I am no fascist (even if I sound like one)
http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article2496641.ece


[06] Events
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16 May: Hackney Stop the War Publick meeting
http://www.stopwar.org.uk/new/events/index.htm

19 May
Liberty's 2007 Annual General Meeting will take place on Saturday 19 May
in central London.
http://www.liberty-human-rights.org.uk/news-and-events/2-agm/index.shtml

Tuesday 22 May 2007
DTA Symposium 2007: Agents for change, Communities owning assets and
tackling poverty
http://www.dta.org.uk/whatsnew/policysymposium.htm

24 May 2007 
'Ghosts' + Q&A with director
http://www.amnesty.org.uk/events_details.asp?EventsID=290


[07] Putting Equality into Practice
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(PDF)
http://ec.europa.eu/employment_social/fundamental_rights/pdf/pubst/broch/thembroch07_en.pdf


[08] Report: Poverty and ethnicity in the UK
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Blacks and Asians twice as likely to live in poverty
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article2496683.ece

The poverty of theory
Until the very material problems of ethnic minorities are tackled, lofty
attempts to engage communities on thorny questions of faith and identity
will not get very far.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/0,,1074056,00.html

Report finds 'economic apartheid'
Ethnic minorities suffer from economic "apartheid" in Britain, race
watchdogs have claimed.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/race/story/0,,2068553,00.html

Poverty twice as likely for minority ethnic groups: education fails to
close the gap
http://www.jrf.org.uk/pressroom/releases/300407.asp

The full report, Poverty and ethnicity in the UK 
(PDF)
http://www.jrf.org.uk/bookshop/eBooks/2006-ethnicity-poverty-UK.pdf

Findings
http://www.jrf.org.uk/knowledge/findings/socialpolicy/2059.asp
PDF version 
http://www.jrf.org.uk/knowledge/findings/socialpolicy/pdf/2059.pdf

Poverty among ethnic groups: how and why does it differ?
http://www.jrf.org.uk/bookshop/details.asp?pubID=884
Full text 
PDF version:
http://www.jrf.org.uk/bookshop/eBooks/2042-ethnicity-relative-poverty.pdf


[09] Network: Asylum seeker and refugee health care
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Informal network of primary care professionals. Share news. Ask
questions. Share best practice. Share information on language and other
resources.
http://www.networks.nhs.uk/networks.php?pid=256


[10] ChangeCheck: Workshops on Community Impact Assessment
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In May, June and July bassac is running a series of workshops to
introduce the new ChangeCheck process.
http://www.bassac.org.uk/pages/CC_workshops.html


[11] Report: 'Equal Rights, Equal Voices - Migrant women in 
     the European Union'
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(PDF)
http://www.womenlobby.org/SiteResources/data/MediaArchive/Publications/1817%20BR%20en%20MP01LR.pdf

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