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Contents & Speakers
CONTENTS
Contents & Speakers .................................... 2 Editorial Martin Levy....................................................... 4 Never a more challenging time for trade unions Liz Blackshaw............................................... 6-7 Labour must find its voice on peace Andrew Murray................................................ 9 All reactionaries are paper tigers Alex Gordon....................................................11 The need for strength, unity and solidarity Daniel Kebede................................................13 Build a political alternative from the ground up Ben Chacko.....................................................15 MUSIC – at the social, on the march, and at the rally ...............................................18-19 Tyne & Wear May Day 2019...............20-21 Tyne & Wear Online May Day 2021 22-23 The Durham Miners’ Gala is Back Dave Anderson.......................................26-27 Folk of Jarrow – Rebel Town Festival ...30
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Tyne & Wear May Day 2022 Committee:
Mollie Brown•Ron Brown•Bethany Elen Coyle •Tony Dowling •David Hamet•Martin Levy • Jim Simpkin
The Committee thanks all those individuals and organisations who have made this year’s event possible. If you would like to get involved with planning and organising next year’s May Day celebrations, then please:
Contact the May Day Committee
c/o Martin Levy, 13 Shoreham Court, Newcastle upon Tyne NE3 2XG· email maydaycommittee@newcastle-tuc.org.uk 2 | TYNE & WEAR MAY DAY 2022|
MAY DAY SOCIAL, Friday 29 April
7.30-11 pm, Tyneside Irish Centre, 43 Gallowgate, Newcastle NE1 4SG
Entertainment from the Belta Reivers
Admission with raffle ticket purchase
MARCH & RALLY, Saturday 30 April
ASSEMBLE: 11 am, Bandstand, Exhibition Park, Newcastle
MARCH LEAVES: 11.30 am prompt led by the Backworth Colliery Band
RALLY: 12 noon, Grey’s Monument
Speakers include Liz Blackshaw Regional Secretary, Northern Region TUC Alex Gordon President, RMT Daniel Kebede President, NEU Andrew Murray Vice-president, Stop the War Coalition Ben Chacko Editor, Morning Star
Music from Bethany Elen Coyle and Ron Brown
Print: Whittle Print 36 Hutton Close, Crowther Industrial Estate, Washington, Tyne & Wear NE38 0AH http://www.whittle-print.co.uk
