Islamist is new UAF vice-chair
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The new vice chair of Unite Against Fascism is Azad Ali, leading activist in the Islamic Forum of Europe, an Islamist group based mainly in the Bengali community of East London.
Bangladesh
Bangladeshi garment workers rally in support of N30 strikes
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By Amirul Haque Amin, President, NGWF
Bangladeshi garment workers organise hunger strike
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Greetings from the National Garment Workers Federation (NGWF), Bangladesh.
Britain trains Bangladeshi death squad
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US embassy cables leaked by Wikileaks reveal that the UK government has been training a paramilitary death squad in Bangladesh – in the name of “counter-terrorism”, naturally.
Bangladeshi garment workers rise
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Following a wave of textile strikes in Bangladesh, a reviving workers’ movement is facing savage repression in Bangladesh.
Student struggles go global
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Students all over Europe — and, indeed, the world — are planning a wave of high-level direct action as part of the Global Week of Action, called by the “International Students Movement”.
Bangladeshi textile workers: "They won't keep us quiet"
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In December 2008, Shahida Sarker, president of the National Garment Workers Federation (NGWF) and Suma Sarker, NGWF activist, visited the UK on a tour for the No Sweat campaign. They spoke to Harry Glass.