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Worldwide May Day protests

The annual tradition of kicking off on 1st May was admirably upheld all over the world yesterday… In Turkey protesters defied a ban on demonstrations in Taksim Square and enjoyed a barrage of tear gassing and water cannoning from the 400,000 plus cops who’d been rolled out to greet them. Several demonstrators sustained injuries and

Gig review: Billy Bragg @ The Hammersmith Apollo 1/05/2014

It is May Day. All day marches and demonstration have taken place in the UK in the grand tradition of British dissent and struggle. In the previous 48 hours, London has been held at a standstill by striking tube workers demanding that people’s jobs not be replaced by machines at ticket offices. Even after Margaret