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Following on from my last post, on saturday 15th August, Trade Unionists, Polictical Activists, and anti-fascism campaigners from across the country to demonstrate at the Fascist BNPs annual “Red, White & Blue” Festival, which is being held just outside the small market town of Codnor in Derbyshire – close to junction 26 & 27 of [...]
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From conversations i’ve had over the last few weeks with various people, both Trade Unionists, and None-Trade Unionists, there appears to be a widespread belief that because the main election season is over for the year (Sorry Norwich, i know its your by-election this week, but you just don’t cut the mustard - the only [...]
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One of the many organising tasks that i have been undertaking within the NASUWT has been about combatting the BNP and other organisations of the Far Right.
Back on the 11th May, the BNP held their European Election Manifesto Launch at the Thameside Theatre in Thurrock – which has historically been a hot bed for BNP [...]
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I’ve been working on varying activities within the NASUWT over the last 6 months, with my 3 main areas of concern being
1. Working on organising members in schools which are slated to become academies within the next year or so
2. Developing an informal structure to help0 develop some of the Younger Members within the [...]
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On the last day of the last block of newcastle training at the moment, it’s been a hard week, covering campaign work. It’s been incredibly helpful, even with Mr Nowak pretending to be someone completely different….
We’ve all realised that organising is incredibly hard work and tiring, I Think we all just need to get some [...]
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Well, it’s halfway through our second lot of training, and tonight we’ve had a trade union quiz, No idea who got what score, or who won, just that a few bottles of wine were won. Had a really interesting discussion about the Obama election campaign this afternoon.
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