>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 06:11:59 EDT >Subject: London Protests in Solidarity with Russian Workers > > >RUSSIA INFO-LIST >from International Solidarity with Workers in Russia - ISWoR >*********************************************************** >If you appreciate receiving this mail please distribute it to your friends and >post it to internet forums; if not, send a "no more" message to: >International Solidarity with Workers in Russia - email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >********************************************************** >LONDON PROTESTS IN SOLIDARITY WITH RUSSIAN WORKERS AGAINST PUTIN & EXPO >RUSSIA - 2000 > >A protest vigil was maintained for three and a half hours outside the venue >of the Russia 2000 Expo, a major gathering of top Russian political and >business elite with western business leaders on 19 April following a call by >International Solidarity with Workers in Russia (ISWoR - MCPP). ISWoR >placards in Russian and English read: "Putin���s Labour Code = Slave Labour >code"; "Stop the Repression against Russian Trade Unionists!"; "Putin stick >your Labour Code up Your Arse", "No to the 56-hour week!"; "Stop the >Killings in Chechnya" and "Stop Zhirinovsky and the Racists". On Monday 17 >April ISWoR supporters had demonstrated against Putin���s visit to London, >with similar anti-capitalist and antiwar slogans. > >Liz Davies, left-wing member of the Labour Party National Executive >Committee, addressed the picket. A minor victory was realised when the police >informed ISWoR that the Gala Reception, a highlight of the two-day >conference, had been moved from its original location at London���s most >prestigious conference centre to a secret location. The Expo organisers >feared that our visible presence and noise would disturb their whole >evening., as our demonstration was situated right below the very long windows >where the Gala event was happening, spoiling their marvellous view of >Westminster Abbey and Parliament. > >The turnout was lower than expected, due to the sudden death of the head of >one of largest organisations mobilising for the event. The date chosen by his >family for the funeral unfortunately coincided with the date of the protest. >About fifty people in total took it in turn to participate in the vigil. > >The western media carefully avoided all mention of the anti-capitalist nature >of the protests on 17 and 19 April, referring only to the antiwar slogans. In >one case, an ISWoR supporter was actually asked by a British press TV team to >move his placard, condemning the Russian government���s oppressive Labour >Code, >out of the way so that it would not appear in the shot he was trying to take >of a crowd opposing the Chechen war. He did not move. > >Note: photographs of ISWoR���s protest will appear on our website next week. > >International Solidarity with Workers in Russia (ISWoR) >http://members.aol.com/ISWoR/english/index.html > > >*********************************************************** >The RUSSIA INFO-LIST >puts out information and analysis from a wide range of sources. >If you have something you would like to distribute on Russia Info-List, or >want to help in our practical solidarity work, contact: >[EMAIL PROTECTED]< >Box R, 46 Denmark Hill, London, SE5 8RZ, England >*********************************************************** > __________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki - Finland +358-40-7177941, fax +358-9-7591081 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.kominf.pp.fi ___________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe/unsubscribe messages mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________
