By Misha Steklov in Moscow

1. CALLING ALL STUDENTS AND ACTIVISTS IN SUPPORT OF VENEZUELA
'S BOLIVARIAN REVOLUTION!!! (Hands Off Venezuela)

http://torontoist.com/2008/05/but_for_today_i_am_a_boy.phpMay 9, 2008But For Today I Am A BoyThere is little more dreadful for a parent than unintentionally hurting one's own child. There is little more traumatic for a child than having something

In Defence of MarxismHome About us Contact us Join Us Our History Links SitemapUprising in Lebanon: for revolution or stabilization? By Dekel Avshalom in Israel    Tuesday, 13 May 2008 Well over 60 people have been killed during the stree

In Defence of MarxismHome About us Contact us Join Us Our History Links SitemapSound of violence silences Lebanon's workers By Kamal Farran in Lebanon    Tuesday, 13 May 2008 The bourgeois media has been talking of civil war in Lebano

We are now entering the final phase of the Justice 4 Cleaners campaign in the City of London, we will be targeting cleaning contractors who have either not signed or not implemented an union agreement for living wages and conditions for cleaners.

More than 200 transgender activists from 5 continents came together
from May 2nd. ? 4th. for the 2nd. European Transgender Council `Make
Human Rights Work´ at Rathaus Schöneberg (Schöneberg Town Hall)
Berlin. Participants came from 83 groups and 3

Following on from Stephen's post of 6th May regarding the review of the
DSM

Access to Goods and Services

Emergency protest— as MPs vote on women’s abortion rights Tuesday 20 May, 5.30pmDefend 24 Weeks No reduction in abortion time limitOld Palace Yard, outside Parliament — opposite St. Stephen’s EntranceTube: Westminster On Tuesd

Friday 30th & Saturday 31st and Sunday 1st June

Mark it in your diary - The 11th Grassroots Gathering will take place in Dublin this June bank holiday weekend.
The Grassroots Gatherings
by Laurence Cox
Networking a "movement of movements"

From Stephen Whittle - This came through over the weekend - clearly this is a matter PFC must comment on, in my
opinion. I will , of course, be pressing WPATH hard, in my role as President, but it will
be difficult to persuade them to do much more

Newsline

1. Dignitas declined to take Alzheimers patient
(World right-to-die news (nonprofit))
2. Useful list of laws (World right-to-die news (nonprofit))
3. Doctors have the know-how (World right-to-die news (nonprofit))
4. Chronology of

By Rafael Prata at Flaskô

This year the activists of the Communist League of Action (LAC) and the ‘Rank and File' tendency of the Student Union participated in the May Day celebrations shoulder to shoulder with the workers of the UMT (Union Marocaine des Travailleurs). This y

Zimbabwe: Union leaders arrested
* Burma: Unions appeal for help following cyclone
* New Zealand: Union fights offshoring of finance sector jobs

1) IRSP Tour of Catalonia
2) Speech in Catalonia by Willie Gallagher IRSP
3) Republicanism, Irish and Iranian
4) Union News
5) Fact File
6) From the Media
a. The U.S. Role in Haiti's Food Riots
b. The border - economic asset for

TUG Bulletin for week ending Thursday 8 May 2008 This is the weekly Parliamentary Bulletin produced by the Trade Union Group of Labour MPs and sponsored by Thompsons Solicitors.  It is intended to keep trade unionists and others aware of is

Tuesday 20 May, 5.30pm
Outside Parliament - details to be confirmed