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Youth Against Racism in EuropeInterview with Polish Vestas occupier"We will fight on"The fight to defend jobs is one of the most crucial we face. 40,000 jobs are being lost every month – three jobs every 10 minutes – throwing workers on the scrapheap as a result of the bosses' crisis. Almost one million 16-24-year-olds are now out of work. The far right, racist British National party is trying to pose as the saviour of British workers, saying they are "the only party that really means British jobs for British workers". But disputes like the construction workers' strike, where in February 2-300 Polish workers went on strike in the South West in solidarity with workers in Lindsey oil refinery, show that the issue is not "British jobs for British workers" but workers uniting to save jobs. YRE is proud to publish the following interview with Sebastian Sikora, one of the Vestas workers who occupied the Vestas factory on the Isle of Wight. Sebastian is from Poland and, like the other migrant workers involved in the Vestas dispute, the construction strikes, and the Visteon occupations, has done more in the last few months to defend jobs in Britain and internationally than the British National party has ever done in its 28-year history. Interview conducted by Kacper Pluta, Group for a Workers’ Party, Poland.
Say no to the BNP – Fight for decent jobs and services Support the fortnight of action 27 June - 10 July Joint statement by YRE and Youth Fight for Jobs: The BNP have won two seats in the European Parliament with 943,000 votes across the country. Many people will be outraged and disgusted that this far right, racist group has another platform to air their views. Despite attempts to appear respectable in front of the media the real nature of the BNP leadership keeps being exposed. Eddy O'Sullivan, a candidate in the North West, was discovered with vile racist comments on his facebook profile. In London a black nurse was subject to a torrent of racist abuse from a BNP activist when she complained about getting a BNP leaflet through her door. The BNP and their views are opposed by the vast majority of people. The election of two BNP MEPs needs to be met with a wave of protest to make our opposition clear. Euro-elections June 2009 far-right BNP shows weakness in North West In a series of recent reverses, the BNP have shown their weakness in cities like Manchester and Salford, while in opinion polls the BNP remain below the percentage needed to win a seat. With one day until the Euro-elections and some local elections, it is still possible to prevent the racist right winning seats. Refinery and power strike spreads:FIGHT FOR JOBS – STOP THE RACE TO THE BOTTOM!The strike of construction workers which began last week is continuing and looks as if it is spreading throughout the country with Sellafield and Heysham nuclear plants out. Workers at other plants, according to the BBC, have also decided to stay out, these include Grangemouth and Longannon in Scotland. Warrington and Staythope in Newark are also out as well. The strikes are spreading from fiddlers ferry in Warrington to the Drax power station in Yorkshire. The media are saying that the strikes are against foreign labour, while the government attacks striking workers for wanting protectionism. But as Keith Gibson, one of the unofficial strike committee at the Lindsey Oil Refinery (speaking in a personal capacity) said: “The workers of LOR, Conoco and Easington did not take strike action against immigrant workers. Our action is rightly aimed against company bosses who attempt to play off one nationality of worker against the other and undermine the NAECI [National Agreement for the Engineering and Construction Industry] agreement… 26 November 2008 A weak divided party exposed Despite the huge amounts of media coverage the British National Party has received over the years, the publication of their list of members, ex-members and others makes it clear that the BNP is a relatively small party. In fact the very publication of the list by a disgruntled member reflects the divisions and splits the BNP regularly faces.
17 November 2008 Peaceful demonstrators hospitalised by far right thug, BlackpoolTwo peaceful demonstrators leaving Saturday’s Unite Against Fascism demonstration in Blackpool required hospital treatment for injuries received in an unprovoked attack from a politically-motivated thug. Mass protest against BNP camp Sat 16 Aug in Derbyshire Mass protest @ 9am followed by 12.30pm rally in Codnor, Derbyshire see the campaign website for up-to-the-minute details of where to go: http://nobnpfestival.wordpress.com/ The campaign against the far-right, racist British National Party's 'Red, White and Blue festival' in Derbyshire is gaining support. Many local residents are unhappy about the BNP trying to use their area as a recruiting ground and have objected to the ‘Festival’... BNP gain some seats in elections build the campaign to stop the far-right! March against the BNP Saturday 21st June 2008 Assemble: 12 noon, Tooley Street, London SE1 (behind Greater London Assembly building, nr Tower Bridge) Stop the BNP summer camp! The BNP’s annual 'Red, White and Blue' festival is planned for mid-August. We call on anti-BNP campaigners to join the protests against this on Sat 16 August in Derbyshire. Oliver Campbell is innocent!Clear his name now!5-6 pm Monday 11 December 2006Hackney Police Station2 Lower Clapton Rd E5 0PATo mark the 15th anniversary of a major miscarriage of justice we are protesting outside the police station where Oliver Campbell was first arrested. More info ... September 2006 Film Showing: The GAMA Strike
7pm London Irish Centre 50-52 Camden Square, LONDON NW1 9XB Nearest Stations; Camden Road & Camden Town à Turkish GAMA Workers fight back against mass exploitationà Workers fight for millions of euros in unpaid wagesà See Socialist Party MP Joe Higgins expose the scandal in the Irish ParliamentClick here for more info and details of how to buy copies of the Gama Strike DVD and pamphlet: "We are Workers not Slaves" (300k Word doc opens in new window) September 2006Attack on British "scroungers" does nothing to help migrants-- we need a living wage and rights at work for all!letter to The Independent, 24 August 2006 It's sad that in championing the rights of migrants Yasmin Alibhai Brown feels that it is acceptable to attack the existing population of Britain with the prejudices and assumptions often directed against migrants: "too lazy or expensive", "indolent...scroungers" (God bless the 'foreigners' willing to do our dirty work, 23/8/06). July 2006 How to fight the far-right BNPTHE FAR-right British National Party (BNP) achieved significant advances in the May 2006 local elections, where they won 33 more councillors bringing their total to 55 nationally. Their gain of eleven councillors in Barking and Dagenham hit the headlines most but this was not an isolated development. June 2006 Play Review: Fair "Dodgems – who needs them when we can go round & round in circles by ourselves and get skint and whiplash in the process?" April 2006 Answering the arguments of the BNP Click here to download the updated fact sheet rtf file "Oliver Campbell should not have to wait a moment longer for justice"Kirsty Wark, Rough Justice, January 2002 "I’ve been a victim of a miscarriage of justice. If it takes me the rest of my life to clear my name, I would do that." Oliver Campbell Support the campaign to clear Oliver's name! 16 September 2005 Greece: Campaign to stop European nazi camp In May 2005, four neofascist European groups (NPD from Germany, Forza Nueva from Italy, Falanx from Spain and Chrisi Avgi from Greece) announced that they would organize their first European Youth Camp on the 16 - 18 September in Greece, without specifying the exact location. 1 July 2005 Protest against the G8! End world poverty & racism - make capitalism history As hundreds of thousands gather to protest against world poverty and environmental destruction outside the G8 (group of eight richest nations in the world) summit in Gleneagles, YRE looks at the hypocrisy of Western leaders like Gordon Brown & Tony Blair posing as the "saviours" of Africa and how refugees from around the world are treated in Britain. We also look at how workers in South Africa are showing a better way to fight against unemployment and poverty, with a report on the powerful general strike there on 27 June: 31 March 2005 Charles Pouaha must stay! "I escaped and came to England on the 26th of November 2002, but instead of finding refuge here I have been drowning in problems; since I came to this country and presented myself to immigration as an asylum-seeker, I have suffered the evils that I was trying to forget yet again. I have been held in detention since the 29th August 2003. 15th March 2005: "You take your frustration out on them": Detention Undercover: exposing racism & violence in the asylum system Also: The view from inside: detainees speak 10th February 2005 Holocaust Week 2005: who was responsible and what should we remember? Friday 11 June 2004: local election results May 2004 Anti-BNP factsheet rtf file (264Kb file) April 2004 Don't support the BNP: Unite to fight for jobs, homes & services (Leaflet - text version) Leaflet in PDF version 388 Kb - click here September 2003: John Tyndall, ex-leader of the BNP, expelled (briefly) from BNP August 2003: BNP cash in on disillusionment with Labour No Pasaran Youth against Racism in Europe magazine: Summer 2003 > On Line version >> Download PDF print quality version (1.7Mb file) May 2003: Neo-Nazi BNP win 13 council seats - YRE and ISR statement > "STOP THE NAZI BNP" >> Petition >> Leaflet Stop the Nazi BNP!
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