#WORLD #WORLDWIDE #ANARCHISM #News #Journal #Update - (en) #Liverpool Anarchist - #TUI Boycott: Featured in Issue XV - September 2021

 On the 28th of August, a crowd of around 70 gathered outside of TUI on Lord

Street to hear speeches about the travel agent's role in facilitating
deportations. So far this year it is suspected that TUI has run 19 mass
deportation flights on behalf of the Home Office, it is the main airline offering
this service. In Liverpool the event was primarily organised through the
initiative of Merseyside Youth For Justice, along with several migrant support
groups. Liverpool was just one of at least 11 protests across the UK, from
Sheffield to Manchester, calling for a boycott of TUI.
TUI can offer an unforgettable experience for every family, even those without
cash or passports (the government will kindly step in to cover the over £13,000
bill). The flight of a lifetime might see you separated from your family and
friends, killed for your sexuality (which you couldn't prove here) or otherwise
persecuted for holding a different opinion to your new regime about the existence
of God, role of the state, or women's rights. You can be sure that it will be a
long time before you "discover your smile" again, that is unless you're the CEO
of TUI and pocketing 1.7 million euros a year.

After the speeches had finished, the police marched over to remove signs leaning
against the store; when a young lad put them back he was aggressively hassled by
them, particularly when he swore in passing, though luckily no one was arrested.
You can always count on the police to protect family values, if not your freedom
of speech to criticise corporations ruining the lives of families.

We understand that some people will think we can't afford migrants, but it's our
view that we can't afford the rich. TUI received almost 5 billion euros from
Germany to avoid job cuts, and then sacked a third of their workers anyway! When
we see corporations profiting from paying migrants poverty wages, our response
shouldn't be to try to get them deported for undercutting wages, but to stand
with them to fight for better wages together. Afterall, it's the bosses who are
pushing down our wages, not migrants, and they will use any excuse to do so, from
global competition to the pandemic. The only class that benefits from division
and borders is the ruling class.

https://liverpoolanarchist.wordpress.com/2021/09/03/tui-boycott/
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