Solidarity 094, 1 June 2006

Migrant Voices

Migrant Voices is a play which explores the experiences of asylum seekers and refugees in 21st century Britain. Based on in-depth interviews with Iraqi Kurds living in Salford, the show combines live music, drama and video to depict some of the harsh realities behind the media myths. It shows people who have fled their homes to escape torture and persecution only to find themselves the victims of racist abuse and intimidation, with insecure and badly paid jobs and substandard housing. It also looks at the causes of the global instability that makes people into refugees. For more information...

Elizabeth must stay!

Elizabeth, whose surname cannot be used for fear that her family will suffer, is a Ugandan lesbian who fled to the UK in 2004. One night, after being out with friends at a secret gay club, she was visited by people she believes were government agents, bundled into a car and taken to a so-called “Safe House” — unofficial prisons where torture is regularly practiced. Before her escape she was held for five months, during which repeatedly raped, whipped and beaten. Elizabeth’s claim to asylum, and her appeal, have been rejected because while the adjudicators accepts that homosexuals are...

Amicus left caves in

By an Amicus member The first issue of the Amicus Unity Gazette to appear since its takeover by the supporters of Amicus General Secretary Derek Simpson was published in April. Amicus Unity Gazette (AUG) is simultaneously the name of the “Broad Left” in Amicus and also its (electronic and hard-copy) publication. At the AGM of the AUG, held in February of this year, Simpson’s supporters narrowly won the contested leading positions in the AUG. In 2002 the AUG had campaigned in support of Simpson for the position of Amicus General Secretary. His defeat of the right-wing incumbent Sir Ken Jackson...

Workers news Round-up

South Africa Hundreds of thousands of workers in South Africa supported a one-day general strike in protest against job losses on 18 May. Three of AngloGold’s Vaal River mines were shut. Most workers were on strike at Harmony Gold’s big mines in the Free State. Two-thirds of the workforce stayed away from the Kloof mine. At the Beatrix mine in the Free State only one out of four shafts was operational. Many members of the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa joined the strike. The union targeted Mittal (formerly known as Iscor), Denel, DaimlerChrysler, BMW, Ford and Volkswagen. Two...

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