The latest news and events from the LRC's 'International solidarity{/exp:xml_encode}' campaign. http://l-r-c.org.uk/ en-GB Sat, 20 Nov 2010 12:00:35 GMT http://l-r-c.org.uk/events/detail/stop-the-war-afghanistan-time-to-go/ Called by Stop the War, CND and British Muslim Initiative Fri, 24 Sep 2010 18:00:54 GMT http://l-r-c.org.uk/events/detail/convention-of-the-left-international-night/ Evening discussion meeting on international struggles around the cuts agenda, with guest speaker Ian Angus from Canada ‘Climate & Capitalism’ as well as speakers on Ireland, Palestine and Eastern Europe. Tue, 01 Jun 2010 18:25:45 GMT http://l-r-c.org.uk/news/story/end-the-blockade-of-gaza-says-john-mcdonnell/ Labour Leadership Candidate, John McDonnell, has called upon the other Labour leadership contenders to support a joint statement condemning the Israeli attack on the aid flotilla and to call for the immediate lifting of the blockade of Gaza. Sun, 31 Jan 2010 22:38:07 GMT http://l-r-c.org.uk/news/story/support-the-week-of-action-february-13-20-organised-by-hands-off-the-people/ We are asking you to give support to a ‘Week of Action’ that our comrades in Hands Off the People of Iran are organising for Saturday, February 13-Saturday, February 20. (See the LRC website for the Hopi on the event - www.l-r-c.org.uk). Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:43:14 GMT http://l-r-c.org.uk/lrctv/watch/hands-off-the-people-of-iran-week-of-action-february-13-20-2010/ Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:53:45 GMT http://l-r-c.org.uk/press/the-iraq-war-the-net-is-clearly-closing-in1/ In response to the comments today by the legal adviser to the Foreign Office in the run-up to the invasion of Iraq, John McDonnell MP, Chair of the Labour Representation Committee, said: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 21:53:02 GMT http://l-r-c.org.uk/news/story/lrc-statement-on-iceland-and-icesave/ One of the central questions of the global economic crisis is “who is going to pay for it?” Globally, the bankers, speculators and Government ministers who brought about the crisis are largely avoiding responsibility and the people who are being pressurised into paying are the ordinary people who were neither in control nor responsible. Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:16:08 GMT http://l-r-c.org.uk/press/uk-out-on-a-limb-on-afghanistan-says-lrc/ The Prime Minister Gordon Brown has today confirmed that another 500 more troops will be sent to Afghanistan, taking the total UK deployment to 10,000. John McDonnell MP, LRC Chair, said: Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:01:00 GMT http://l-r-c.org.uk/press/8th-anniversary-bring-troops-home-from-afghanistan/ . . . LRC calls for end to conflict twice as long as First World War Today (Wed 7 Oct 2009) marks the 8th anniversary of the start of the war in Afghanistan. It is a conflict in which tens of thousands of Aghans have been killed, as well as 220 British troops. The war has now lasted twice as long as the First World War - and yet there are still no clear objectives. John McDonnell MP, LRC Chair, said: Fri, 24 Jul 2009 19:10:04 GMT http://l-r-c.org.uk/news/story/cricket-for-iranian-workers-lrc-v.-hopi/ Hands Off the People of Iran play the Labour Representation Committee in 30 overs of cricket with John McDonnell MP and Attila the Stockbroker leading the two teams - all in order to raise as much money as possible for the Iranian workers’ movement. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:21:07 GMT http://l-r-c.org.uk/press/shelling-out-for-favours/ A Morning Star investigation has found that the All Party Parliamentary Group on Nigeria, comprising 20 MPs, received £27,000 last year from Shell International. Last month, the firm was forced to settle out of court in New York, faced with charges that it was culpable in the state murder and torture of nine members of the Ogoni tribe including writer and Activist Ken Saro-Wiwa in 1995.