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Back to index of Nerve 15 - Winter 2009
Merseyside Resistance Calendar - January 2010
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Stop the Iraq
war - Palestinian women at Victoria monument during demonstration (18 January 2003). |
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
 Demonstration
against Israel’s invasion of Gaza (3rd) |
1 | 2 | 3 2009: 2,000 march to protest against Israel's bombing of the Palestinians in Gaza | |||
| 4 1889: Seamen's strike 'watched with interest in all the seaports of Great Britain' more info | 5 1972: Fisher-Bendix factory in Kirkby occupied by workforce for five weeks more info | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 1906: Liverpool's first suffragette action: Prime Minister heckled at meeting in Sun Hall | 10 1791: Edward Rushton and others start Liverpool School for the Blind more info |
| 11 | 12 2008: City Centre march to
defend the right to protest (following police and council harassment
of campaigners) 1984: Frankie Goes to Hollywood's ‘Relax’ is banned by BBC more info |
13 1847: First of 300,000 Irish fleeing the great hunger arrive in Liverpool more info | 14 1910: Protest at Walton jail at maltreatment of suffragettes. More women arrested and force-fed | 15 | 16 | 17 1863: Conference in support of the North and against slavery in American civil war more info |
| 18 2003: 2,500 march through city in protest at plans to invade Iraq more info | 19 1919: Mass meeting demands release of Irish political prisoners | 20 1997: International dock strike in support of Liverpool dockers more info | 21 1938: Merseyside Left Theatre performs 'Waiting for Lefty', based on a New York cab drivers' strike more info | 22 1889: First meeting of Women's Industrial Council | 23 2006: 'Dragons of the Pool' unveil plaque to Chinese merchant seamen forcibly repatriated in 1945 more info | 24 1979: Grave-diggers strike (till 1 Feb) |
| 25 1889: Meeting to form a trade union for women cigar-makers | 26 | 27 | 28 1996: News from Nowhere bookshop avoids eviction by Frensons developers and moves to present building more info | 29 1996: Ploughshares activists damage Hawk fighters destined for Indonesia more info | 30 | 31 1977: First issue of Merseyside Women's Paper more info |
| Also in this month... 1830: Women admitted to Co-operative Society. Trading starts in soap and candles more info 1912: The Syndicalist publishes 'Don't Shoot' leaflet by Fred Bower, urging soldiers not to fire on striking workers more info 1993: Women Against Pit Closures set up camp to defend Parkside colliery (18th) 1996: Women of the Waterfront petition Downing Street in support of the 500 sacked dockers (9th) more info |
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