MayDay 2011

April 30, 2011 11:00

Date Published: March 14, 2011 22:33 by May Dayer |

Tagged as: anti-racism anti-war class climate_action culture cuts disability environmentalism international_solidarity local_communities migration resistance work

Victoria Park, Bath Street, Sneinton, near Sneinton Market.

Places:

International Workers Day

March and Rally

Mayday 2011 will be an expression of solidarity with shoe-chuckers everywhere in the world, but especially the Middle East and North Africa, who are demanding freedom, better pay and conditions, and a future for their children.

Mayday is a celebration of the struggle for change which workers are engaged in all over the world. The courage shown by the peoples of Tunisia and Egypt in removing vicious, money-grubbing dictators is truly uplifting. In taking to the streets and banding together to defend their homes against Mubarak’s hired looters, the Egyptian people have tasted freedom after 1000s of years of autocratic rule. In paying tribute to the young people who turned out in force to protect the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, its director called for “a vision where a people’s greatness is measured by the quality of the lives of their poorest citizens not by the size of their armies or the scale of their buildings.” While we watch Egypt hopefully in the coming months, we can all think of other countries run by a load of millionaire toffs, helped out by an unaccountable, sometimes thuggish, police force. Sound familiar? While Barclays announce colossal profits, old people are facing having to pay for their care. How does the UK treat its poorest citizens?

Assemble in Victoria Park, Bath Street, at 11 am. The march will leave the Park at 12 for Speaker’s Corner (Clough statue). Then we return to Victoria Park for music, stalls, speakers and much more.

Mayday food from Veggies.

Please contact the email address if you'd like a to book a stall for your group/organisation/union/etc.

Speakers must be pre-arranged - the organisers cannot accept requests to speak on the day because of the disruption this causes to timings.