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Issue - 1843
Dated - 22 Mar 2003
Delegates at People's Assembly for Peace call for action to stop war

Over 1,500 delegates packed into an inspiring "People's Assembly for Peace" in Westminster Central Hall last week. It centred around unprecedented demands about what to do when the war starts. Delegates called for a campaign of mass civil disobedience, strikes and direct action to stop the war.

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Delegates at People's Assembly for Peace call for action to stop war
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Delegates at People’s Assembly for Peace call for action to stop war

Over 1,500 delegates packed into an inspiring "People's Assembly for Peace" in Westminster Central Hall last week. It centred around unprecedented demands about what to do when the war starts. Delegates called for a campaign of mass civil disobedience, strikes and direct action to stop the war.
22 March 2003
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It’s a matter of principle

THE TORIES and the government are using the cover of war to launch an attack on the firefighters which threatens the freedom of every worker in Britain. Tory defence spokesperson Bernard Jenkins, government ministers and the media are attempting to witch-hunt the Fire Brigades Union (FBU).
22 March 2003
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Asylum seekers

THE COMMITTEE to Defend Asylum Seekers is raising £10,000 to publish its open letter condemning racist hysteria toward asylum seekers. The CDAS plans to publicise the letter at the end of April during the May election campaign.
22 March 2003
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Train guards

GUARDS IN the RMT union on ten companies are to strike for 24 hours on Friday 28 March, Monday 31 March and Thursday 17 April after talks failed to secure their safety role.
22 March 2003
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Journalists

BBC STAFF fighting for the reinstatement of journalists Adli Hawwari and Abdul Hadi Jiad have stepped up their campaign. World Service bosses sacked the journalists on 19 February in an attempt to silence two outspoken critics of BBC management. Adli and Abdul Hadi have played a leading role in campaigning against racism and bullying in the BBC.
22 March 2003
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Women’s TUC

This year's women's TUC conference in Liverpool was the angriest I have attended. Throughout the conference, opposition to government policies on issues such as equality legislation, pensions, privatisation and the firefighters' dispute was linked again and again to the senseless waste of lives and resources in a war.
22 March 2003
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How to win on pay

AROUND 30,000 postal workers in London begin a consultative ballot on 31 March for action over the London weighting allowance. The region is acting because the national union has refused to launch the campaign. MARK DOLAN, a north London branch official, explains why CWU members should vote yes for action.
22 March 2003
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Rebel music at the opera

A FULL-scale rebellion came closer at the English National Opera last week. The head of music, Tony Legge, quit his job as part of a growing revolt over management plans to cut staff. Musicians have been told they face cuts just weeks after the ENO chorus went on strike against the axing of one third of their jobs. The chorus plan a second strike on 3 April.
22 March 2003
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Facing job destroyers

STEEL WORKERS at Corus plants across Britain were waiting anxiously at the start of this week to find out if their jobs were for the chop. The Anglo-Dutch company Corus had told its workforce that up to 4,000 jobs would go as part of a "restructuring package" to boost profits.
22 March 2003
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Obituaries

Norma Wilson

IT IS with immense sorrow that we record the death of Norma Wilson, for many years a full-time organiser for CND in Manchester. Norma died after a long, courageous and cheerful battle against cancer. Many readers will have heard Norma speak at Marxism.
22 March 2003
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Long distance connections

WORKERS AT 34 BT call centres were to stage protests on Thursday of this week over the company's plans to axe 2,200 jobs and transfer work to India. The battle goes to the heart of debates over capitalist globalisation. Some commentators have argued that opposing BT's plans will hit Indian workers, and so is based on a narrow nationalist outlook. The workers' CWU union has rightly rejected this argument.
22 March 2003
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On the streets

THERE WERE a number of local anti-war demonstrations last weekend.
22 March 2003