http://www.therespectparty.net/rss.php The latest news and information from the Respect website en-gb http://www.therespectparty.net/images/banner_144.jpg http://www.therespectparty.net/rss.php 144 25 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:28:00 GMT http://www.therespectparty.net/breakingnews.php?id=845 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:42:04 GMT http://www.therespectparty.net/breakingnews.php?id=845 Ian Drummond is standing for Student Respect for the Vice President of the University of London Union. Voting closes at 12 noon on Wednesday 10th March. ULU members may vote online at http:/ / www.ulu.co.uk/ elections/ http://www.therespectparty.net/breakingnews.php?id=844 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:22:51 GMT http://www.therespectparty.net/breakingnews.php?id=844 Labour councillors join Respect "On Friday outside the House of Commons jack-booted skinhead thugs of the English Defence League paraded with banners saying 'Close the East London Mosque Now' and 'Ban the Burkha'," said George Galloway at a press conference in Brick Lane yesterday. "This is where the witch-hunt launched by Jim Fitzpatrick last summer against Muslim weddings was bound to end up. http://www.therespectparty.net/breakingnews.php?id=819 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:30:16 GMT http://www.therespectparty.net/breakingnews.php?id=819 George Galloway wrote to the Foreign Secretary David Miliband to demand answers concerning the arrest of Bosnian Muslim Ejup Ganic and his threatened deportation. The full text of the letter is below. http://www.therespectparty.net/breakingnews.php?id=818 Mon, 01 Mar 2010 08:56:32 GMT http://www.therespectparty.net/breakingnews.php?id=818 The shocking failures of management and care at Stafford Hospital could be echoed in other hospitals up and down the country if ministers insist on pushing through the massive cutbacks in spending and impossible "efficiency savings" that are now being discussed, warns pressure group Health Emergency. http://www.therespectparty.net/breakingnews.php?id=817 Mon, 01 Mar 2010 08:14:53 GMT http://www.therespectparty.net/breakingnews.php?id=817 The failure of politicians to come to an agreement at Copenhagen has meant that the struggle against climate change takes on a new urgency. Here in the UK, the huge demonstration before Christmas shows that millions of people want to see serious action on climate change. The Campaign Against Climate Change trade union campaign for "One Million Climate Jobs" is going from strength to strength. We have sold thousands of copies of our pamphlet and there is a real sense amongst campaigners far wider than the established trade union movement that this is an important campaign. http://www.therespectparty.net/breakingnews.php?id=816 Mon, 01 Mar 2010 08:10:19 GMT http://www.therespectparty.net/breakingnews.php?id=816 13th March: The failure of politicians to come to an agreement at Copenhagen has meant that the struggle against climate change takes on a new urgency. Here in the UK, the huge demonstration before Christmas shows that millions of people want to see serious action on climate change. The Campaign Against Climate Change trade union campaign for "One Million Climate Jobs" is going from strength to strength. We have sold thousands of copies of our pamphlet and there is a real sense amongst campaigners far wider than the established trade union movement that this is an important campaign. http://www.therespectparty.net/breakingnews.php?id=815 Wed, 24 Feb 2010 23:32:24 GMT http://www.therespectparty.net/breakingnews.php?id=815 8th March: Join the TUC International Women's Day celebration Monday 8 March is International Women's Day. It was one hundred years ago, in 1910, that the idea was first suggested by German socialist Clara Zetkin. This year the TUC are putting on a huge celebration, organised by the pioneers of mixing up ideas and entertainment, 'Philosophy Football'. http://www.therespectparty.net/breakingnews.php?id=814 Wed, 24 Feb 2010 23:22:04 GMT http://www.therespectparty.net/breakingnews.php?id=814 Tuesday's meeting of Birmingham City Council adopted a budget that threatens 2,000 jobs this year and up to 7,000 jobs over the next 5 years. http://www.therespectparty.net/breakingnews.php?id=813 Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:49:56 GMT http://www.therespectparty.net/breakingnews.php?id=813 George Galloway has written to the Foreign Secretary, the Home Secretary and the Prime Minister and tabled Parliamentary Questions concerning the news this morning that six of the suspects in the assassination of a Palestinian national in Dubai were British passport holders. http://www.therespectparty.net/breakingnews.php?id=812 Fri, 12 Feb 2010 18:20:36 GMT http://www.therespectparty.net/breakingnews.php?id=812 27th March: Event: 8 Years of From the Coup Against Chávez - Defend Social Progress Against US Militarization of the Region Saturday March 27, 11.30am - 4.30pm (Registration from 11.00) at Bolivar Hall, 54 Grafton Way, London, W1T 5DL (Nearest tube: Warren Street.) http://www.therespectparty.net/breakingnews.php?id=811 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:35:17 GMT http://www.therespectparty.net/breakingnews.php?id=811 Respect MP George Galloway today released figures from the Ministry of Defence, obtained in response to a Parliamentary Question, which show a doubling of the budget for "public relations activities", including on external PR consultants, in the period when Britain joined George Bush's wars on Afghanistan and Iraq. http://www.therespectparty.net/breakingnews.php?id=810 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 11:34:19 GMT http://www.therespectparty.net/breakingnews.php?id=810 Campaign group London Health Emergency today demanded the publication of a secret hospital strategy document which could see the closure or downgrading of at least 11 of the capital's 31 Accident and Emergency departments. Last night, a leaked document passed to the BBC outlined plans that could see the axing and down-scaling of services at five hospitals in North West London alone leaving just three major centres to cover the area. http://www.therespectparty.net/breakingnews.php?id=809 Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:20:05 GMT http://www.therespectparty.net/breakingnews.php?id=809 George Galloway has called for Houses of Parliament to be turned into a museum and for a new parliamentary complex to come out of the Olympics site. In George Galloway's second parliamentary speech in 24 hours, he this morning called for the current Houses of Parliament to be turned into a museum and for a new parliamentary complex to be constructed out of the Olympic site. Speaking in an adjournment debate on the "revitalisation of parliament", George Galloway decried the antiquated customs and buildings in which parliament sought to carry out its work. More importantly there needed to be a complete break with the discredited parliament of the expenses scandal. http://www.therespectparty.net/breakingnews.php?id=808 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:26:58 GMT http://www.therespectparty.net/breakingnews.php?id=808 20th February: National conference Saturday 20 February, TUC Congress House, Great Russell Street. 10am-5pm. Speakers include Gerry Adams MP, Ken Livingstone, Respect leader Salma Yaqoob and many others. http://www.therespectparty.net/breakingnews.php?id=807 Mon, 01 Feb 2010 07:48:20 GMT http://www.therespectparty.net/breakingnews.php?id=807 Video by Richard Searle http://www.therespectparty.net/breakingnews.php?id=806 Wed, 27 Jan 2010 08:31:28 GMT http://www.therespectparty.net/breakingnews.php?id=806 25th February: BMA London Regional Council Open meeting on the threats to the NHS in London 7-9 pm, 25th February 2010 The Great Hall, BMA House, Tavistock Square, London http://www.therespectparty.net/breakingnews.php?id=805 Mon, 25 Jan 2010 08:19:31 GMT http://www.therespectparty.net/breakingnews.php?id=805 It's not every day you find yourself desperately searching for the collective noun for photographers, but on the morning of January 23rd 2010, it seems to be an oddly pressing question. Even before the midday start time, photographers - amateur and professional - grasping thousands upon thousands of pounds worth of camera equipment are descending on Trafalgar Square. http://www.therespectparty.net/breakingnews.php?id=803 Fri, 15 Jan 2010 08:42:14 GMT http://www.therespectparty.net/breakingnews.php?id=803 16th January: Tower Hamlets Respect warmly invites all members and supporters to join us at our winter gathering, this Saturday. 4:30pm - 7:30pm Saturday 16 January 2010 Join George Galloway MP, Cllr Salma Yaqoob, Cllr Abjol Miah and Yvonne Ridley live the magic of Lifeline 3 ­ Viva Palestina's winter convoy to Gaza give a heroes' welcome to our Viva volunteers look forward to the Spring as the Respect election campaign hots up share good food, good conversation and good policies for a better world The Brady Centre, 192 - 196 Hanbury Street, London, E1 5HU Buses: 25, 254, 106, D3 Tube:Whitechapel, Liverpool Street, Aldgate East http://www.therespectparty.net/breakingnews.php?id=800 Sun, 10 Jan 2010 16:47:27 GMT http://www.therespectparty.net/breakingnews.php?id=800 The first ever national strike in IT is an inspiration and is to be applauded. The Unite union members in Fujitsu striking to defend their jobs, pay and pensions do so against a profitable company who blatantly seeks to take advantage of the economic crisis. http://www.therespectparty.net/breakingnews.php?id=799 Fri, 08 Jan 2010 14:18:39 GMT http://www.therespectparty.net/breakingnews.php?id=799 'The decision of the Egyptian government to deport George Galloway MP, and their treatment of those seeking to bring aid to the besieged people of Gaza, is a disgrace.