annual May Day celebrations Monday 1st May 2017
doors open 6-45pm bouncy castle, mehndi hand-painting, bar and stalls, later free food
speakers:
Beryl Jones RMT – Save the Guard
Graham Stevenson, WMidlands Combined Authority Mayor candidate Communist Party of Britain
Avtar Sadiq Gen Sec Indian Workers Association (GB)
+ Bob Simm, sacked Wolverhampton PCS rep
Headline Act:
The Bricklin Delta Blues Band – blues with attitude
http://www.bricklindelta.co.uk/
originally formed at Wolverhampton Poly – listen to them on https://soundcloud.com/bricklins/
plus Tim Martin
Black Country protest singer songwriter
Reckless bboy crew from Wolverhampton initially founded in Heath Town in 1982.Now a second generation has arrived.
One Love International reggae sound system have been long time supporters of Wolverhampton May 1st events and will again be playing
This year is the 125th anniversary of the first Wolverhampton May Day in 1892
doors open 6-45pm
venue: Pegasus Banqueting Suite, Jackson Street, Whitmore Reans, Wolverhampton WV6 0QQ
free veggie curry for all – the Indian Workers Association prepares and serves over 200 free meals at the event around 8pm
Mrs P Patel of Bilston will be once again giving free mehndi from opening until the free food is served
from 6.45pm to 8.30pm free supervised bouncy castle
1st May stalls:
Left Books
Morning Star – daily paper of the Left “I would encourage everybody to read it” – Jeremy Corbyn
Outreach 4 Wton (homeless outreach group)
Wolverhampton Cuba Solidarity
UNITE the union Community branch
Friends of the Women Chainmakers
Wolverhampton Palestine Solidarity Campaign
Walsall-Kobar Palestine Solidarity
Indian Workers Association
Women Against State Pension Inequality (WASPI)
Wolverhampton Communist Party
Socialist Workers Party
Stand up to Racism / Unite Against Fascism
is proudly sponsored by local branches of:
Sat 29th April Coventry, Mansfield
Sun 30th April Derby
Mon 1st May Telford, Chesterfield & Wolverhampton
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