tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91552553040818508272024-03-13T08:30:32.296-07:00RUGBY AGAINST THE CUTSwas formed at a meeting on the 22nd Sept 2010 attended by local representatives from the FBU, UNITE, UCU, Rugby TUC, Rugby Green Party, Socialist Alliance, and the Socialist Party and meet every 2nd Thursday of the month at 7.30pm at the Three Horse Hotel, Sheep Street, Rugby CV21 3BX . Our next meeting is on Thursday 9th February. ALL ARE WELCOMERUGBY AGAINST THE CUTShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10818881304126422624noreply@blogger.comBlogger99125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9155255304081850827.post-35875783071557754872013-11-05T05:59:00.003-08:002013-11-05T05:59:46.282-08:00BONFIRE OF AUSTERITY | 5 NOVEMBER<h2 style="color: #2f3336; font-family: Exo; font-size: 56px; font-weight: 600; line-height: 56px; margin: 0px !important; outline: none !important; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase;">
ONFIRE OF AUSTERITY | 5 NOVEMBER</h2>
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<span style="font-weight: 600; outline: none !important;">We want to make this Firework Night one which David Cameron will remember and remember for a long time!</span></h4>
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The actions will be many and various, ranging from occupations of public space to occupations of banks, from online petitioning to blocking roads, from leafleting with the rail unions against the privatized rail companies to student occupations.</div>
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We are hoping for three waves of action: one in the morning, one at lunchtime and one in the evening. And at the end of the day the local out-sourcing contracts, the welfare legislation, the loan company adverts will all make a splendid bonfire…and you can choose whether the guy is Cameron, Gove, Clegg or Osborne.</div>
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Get in touch with your <a href="http://thepeoplesassembly.org.uk/local-groups/" style="-webkit-transform: translateZ(0px); -webkit-transition: background-color 0.2s ease-out, color 0.2s ease-out; color: #d96139; outline: none !important; text-decoration: none; transition: background-color 0.2s ease-out, color 0.2s ease-out;" title="Local People’s Assembly Groups">local group</a> to find out what’s being planned near you.</div>
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<span style="font-weight: 600; outline: none !important;">London</span> – Block Westminster Bridge – Assemble at Jubilee Gardens at 6pm, contact office@thepeoplesassemblyorg.uk/ <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/210482052457970/?fref=ts" style="-webkit-transform: translateZ(0px); -webkit-transition: background-color 0.2s ease-out, color 0.2s ease-out; color: #d96139; outline: none !important; text-decoration: none; transition: background-color 0.2s ease-out, color 0.2s ease-out;" target="_blank">Facebook</a>Bring your energy bills: we will be burning our energy bills on the bridge to highlight the massive rise in energy prices which have left people choosing between heating and eating.</div>
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<span style="font-weight: 600; outline: none !important;">ACTION FOR RAIL</span> Leafleting across the country on NOV 5 – check <a href="http://actionforrail.org/public-ownership-for-our-railways-end-20-years-of-failed-privatisation/" style="-webkit-transform: translateZ(0px); -webkit-transition: background-color 0.2s ease-out, color 0.2s ease-out; color: #d96139; outline: none !important; text-decoration: none; transition: background-color 0.2s ease-out, color 0.2s ease-out;">here</a> for details</div>
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Join us at stations across the country, meeting passengers and letting them know about our campaign for a national, integrated railway under public ownership.</div>
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<span style="font-weight: 600; outline: none !important;">Barnet</span> – Assemble at 6pm outside Hendon Town Hall, the Burroughs, NW4 4BG, see <a href="http://barnetalliance.org/2013/10/08/bonfire-against-privatisation-austerity/" style="-webkit-transform: translateZ(0px); -webkit-transition: background-color 0.2s ease-out, color 0.2s ease-out; color: #d96139; outline: none !important; text-decoration: none; transition: background-color 0.2s ease-out, color 0.2s ease-out;">here</a> for more details</div>
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<span style="font-weight: 600; outline: none !important;">Birmingham</span> – Assemble at Waterstones, High Str. at 5pm, contact birminghampeoplesassembly@gmail.com</div>
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<span style="font-weight: 600; outline: none !important;">Bolton</span> – Campaigning against Zero Hours Contracts, Bedroom Tax, Pay Day Loans & NHS Cuts, organised by Bolton Trades Union Council</div>
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8AM – 9AM Leafleting, petitioning at the Bolton Railway Station</div>
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12:30PM – 1:30PM Leafleting, petitions, mock Bonfire outside Sports Direct (Bolton Town Hall Square)</div>
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<span style="font-weight: 600; outline: none !important;">Blackpool</span> – 16:20 outside the Town Hall, Anonymous Protest</div>
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<span style="font-weight: 600; outline: none !important;">Bridgwater</span> - ”Democracy? They’re Having a Laugh” A mass binning of Tory policies at the Cornhill, Bridgwater (TA6 3BY) 17:00 – 18:00</div>
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<span style="font-weight: 600; outline: none !important;">Brighton</span> – Assemble at the Clock Tower at 12pm, contact pplsassembly.brighton@gmail.com / <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/523836767710115/?ref=3&ref_newsfeed_story_type=regular" style="-webkit-transform: translateZ(0px); -webkit-transition: background-color 0.2s ease-out, color 0.2s ease-out; color: #d96139; outline: none !important; text-decoration: none; transition: background-color 0.2s ease-out, color 0.2s ease-out;">Facebook</a></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 600; outline: none !important;">Bristol</span> – 5th November, 5 PM, 5 Campaigns<br style="outline: none !important;" />Assemble at The Fountains opposite Hippodrome</div>
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Come along and burn some austerity policies. Bring a placard with a policy you want to burn! We’re going to being making some noise and a presence in the centre of town so as well as placards, some will be in fancy dress, bring drums, whistles, horns or anything else that will grab attention.<br style="outline: none !important;" />Contact bristolpeoplesassembly@gmail.com / 07971630005 / <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/572502192797307/?ref_newsfeed_story_type=regular" style="-webkit-transform: translateZ(0px); -webkit-transition: background-color 0.2s ease-out, color 0.2s ease-out; color: #d96139; outline: none !important; text-decoration: none; transition: background-color 0.2s ease-out, color 0.2s ease-out;">Facebook</a></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 600; outline: none !important;">Cambridge -</span> Contact cambridgepeoplesassembly@outlook.com<br style="outline: none !important;" />“Break the Chains of Austerity” – Time 5/6PM, details TBC.<br style="outline: none !important;" />We will form a chain gang led by David Cameron, dragging behind him various victims of austerity: a schoolboy/girl, a nurse, a train conductor, a fireman/woman… and march through Cambridge singing the old union song “Which Side Are You On?”<br style="outline: none !important;" />Rehearsal on Nov 4 at 7.30pm, we will meet at the University Centre (Grads Cafe, 3rd floor).<br style="outline: none !important;" />Contact cambridgepeoplesassembly@o<wbr style="outline: none !important;"></wbr>utlook.com / <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/570519243017788/" rel="nofollow" style="-webkit-transform: translateZ(0px); -webkit-transition: background-color 0.2s ease-out, color 0.2s ease-out; color: #d96139; outline: none !important; text-decoration: none; transition: background-color 0.2s ease-out, color 0.2s ease-out;">https://www.facebook.com/<wbr style="outline: none !important;"></wbr>events/570519243017788/</a></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 600; outline: none !important;">Darlington</span> – Assemble outside at 4.30 pm outside the Town Hall for a protest organised by Darlington Against Cuts and supported by the Teesside Peoples Assembly Against Austerity. Contact TeessidePA@gmail.com / <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TeessidePA" style="-webkit-transform: translateZ(0px); -webkit-transition: background-color 0.2s ease-out, color 0.2s ease-out; color: #d96139; outline: none !important; text-decoration: none; transition: background-color 0.2s ease-out, color 0.2s ease-out;">Facebook</a></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 600; outline: none !important;">Doncaster</span> – Set up a food bank in a bank, Meet at 11am, Clock Tower, Doncaster contact <a href="mailto:doncasterpeoplesassembly@gmail.com" style="-webkit-transform: translateZ(0px); -webkit-transition: background-color 0.2s ease-out, color 0.2s ease-out; color: #d96139; outline: none !important; text-decoration: none; transition: background-color 0.2s ease-out, color 0.2s ease-out;" target="_blank">doncasterpeoplesassembly@<wbr style="outline: none !important;"></wbr>gmail.com</a>/ 07587697028</div>
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<span style="font-weight: 600; outline: none !important;">Durham</span> – Protest, 12:30 PM at Market Place, https://www.facebook.com/events/157323847811577/</div>
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<span style="font-weight: 600; outline: none !important;">Dundee</span> – March and Rally<br style="outline: none !important;" />Assemble at Hilltown Park 11.45 am<br style="outline: none !important;" />March to City Square for Rally 12 noon<br style="outline: none !important;" />Followed by Picket of Home Scotland<br style="outline: none !important;" />Contact: 07894901688 /<a href="mailto:raymond.mennie@googlemail.com" style="-webkit-transform: translateZ(0px); -webkit-transition: background-color 0.2s ease-out, color 0.2s ease-out; color: #d96139; outline: none !important; text-decoration: none; transition: background-color 0.2s ease-out, color 0.2s ease-out;">raymond.mennie@googlemail.com</a> /https://www.facebook.com/dundeepeoplesassembly</div>
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<span style="font-weight: 600; outline: none !important;">Ipswich</span> – Contact: suffolkpeoplesassembly@runbox.com<br style="outline: none !important;" />7.00 -8.30 Ipswich Station<br style="outline: none !important;" />Action for Rail - Leaflet to commemorate the 20<span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 0; outline: none !important; position: relative; top: -0.5em; vertical-align: baseline;">th</span> anniversary of Rail Privatisation and support public ownership of rail.</div>
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11.30 am – 1.00 pm Silent Street, Ipswich<br style="outline: none !important;" />Vigil outside ATOS and Job Centre.<br style="outline: none !important;" /><span style="font-weight: 600; outline: none !important;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></span>1.00 pm – 3.00 pm near Boots in Tavern St<span style="font-weight: 600; outline: none !important;"><br style="outline: none !important;" /></span>Living Wage Activity. Joint activity with NAPO members on strike.</div>
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6.30 pm Bonfire of Austerity<br style="outline: none !important;" />Consign Austerity to the Bonfire on the Green by Felaw Maltings (assemble in Mather Way)</div>
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<span style="font-weight: 600; outline: none !important;">Kings Lynn</span> – “Pin the blame on Cameron” 11AM – 15pm outside Boots/ Wimpey/ Burtons - If you’re mad at the Coalition, here’s your chance to let them know.<br style="outline: none !important;" />Come and meet Mr Clegg Cameron, your two-faced government.<br style="outline: none !important;" />Let him know how you feel… and why. Contact jackiemulhallen@btinternet.com / <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/171523739716934/?fref=ts" style="-webkit-transform: translateZ(0px); -webkit-transition: background-color 0.2s ease-out, color 0.2s ease-out; color: #d96139; outline: none !important; text-decoration: none; transition: background-color 0.2s ease-out, color 0.2s ease-out;">Facebook</a></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 600; outline: none !important;">Kingston upon Hull</span> – Assembly 12:30pm, Queen Victoria Square - Dress up, bring placards, whistles, drums! Make some noise, get your voices heard! Let’s show the people of Hull that there IS an alternative to the government’s damaging policies of austerity. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/582042151844466/" style="-webkit-transform: translateZ(0px); -webkit-transition: background-color 0.2s ease-out, color 0.2s ease-out; color: #d96139; outline: none !important; text-decoration: none; transition: background-color 0.2s ease-out, color 0.2s ease-out;">Facebook</a> / Contact</div>
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<span style="font-weight: 600; outline: none !important;">Lambeth</span> – Contact 07913496012 / lambethpeoplesassembly@gmail.com</div>
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<span style="font-weight: 600; outline: none !important;">Leeds</span> – 4pm in Dortmund square (outside the St John’s Shopping Centre). Action jointly organised by the West Yorks People’s Assembly and Unite Community Branch</div>
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Morning action – 7:30am, Leeds train station for a leafletting action with Action for Rail. Contact: west-northyorkshirepeoplesassembly@live.com</div>
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<span style="font-weight: 600; outline: none !important;">Leicester</span> – 4PM – Assemble outside De Montfort University’s Hugh Aston Building<br style="outline: none !important;" />Planning 2 demonstrations – one around the NHS and one around the Bedroom Tax. Contact: Leicester.PA@gmail.com / <a href="https://www.facebook.com/PALeicester?fref=ts" style="-webkit-transform: translateZ(0px); -webkit-transition: background-color 0.2s ease-out, color 0.2s ease-out; color: #d96139; outline: none !important; text-decoration: none; transition: background-color 0.2s ease-out, color 0.2s ease-out;">Facebook</a></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 600; outline: none !important;">Liverpool -</span> Contact andrea@merseysidepeoplesassemb<wbr style="outline: none !important;"></wbr>ly.org/<a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/200577996783008/" style="-webkit-transform: translateZ(0px); -webkit-transition: background-color 0.2s ease-out, color 0.2s ease-out; color: #d96139; outline: none !important; text-decoration: none; transition: background-color 0.2s ease-out, color 0.2s ease-out;"> Facebook</a><br style="outline: none !important;" />10AM – Assemble at St George’s Hall - there will be actions throughout the day.<br style="outline: none !important;" />Join the email list to keep updated (http://www.merseysidepeoplesassembly.org/join-us/)</div>
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<span style="font-weight: 600; outline: none !important;">London (Brent)</span> – 9AM at Brent Magistrates Court - “No Council Tax Benefit Cuts” <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/440470379398353/?ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming" style="-webkit-transform: translateZ(0px); -webkit-transition: background-color 0.2s ease-out, color 0.2s ease-out; color: #d96139; outline: none !important; text-decoration: none; transition: background-color 0.2s ease-out, color 0.2s ease-out;">Facebook</a><br style="outline: none !important;" />Protest called by Unite the Union – Community Members, West London Peoples Assembly, Kilburn Unemployed Workers Group, Brent Housing Action, Zacchaeus Trust (Z2K)<br style="outline: none !important;" /><span style="font-size: small; outline: none !important;"><span style="font-family: Arial; outline: none !important;">Brent Council has summonsed 12000 people for non-payment of council tax<span style="color: blue; font-size: x-small; outline: none !important;"> <span style="color: black; font-size: small; outline: none !important;">.</span> </span> <span style="color: blue; font-size: x-small; outline: none !important;"> <span style="font-size: small; outline: none !important;"><span style="color: black; outline: none !important;">Many </span></span></span> of these cant pay as their council tax benefit has been cut in the new council tax support scheme. Come and voice your objections to the cuts to the benefit and show support to those who have been summonsed. Debt advice charity Z2K will be at the court giving advice to those who have been summonsed.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 600; outline: none !important;">London South</span> – Contact peoplesselondon@gmail.com / text 07806545279 / www.carnivalagainstcuts.org.uk / <a href="https://www.facebook.com/SouthEastLondonPeoplesAssembly?ref=ts&fref=ts" style="-webkit-transform: translateZ(0px); -webkit-transition: background-color 0.2s ease-out, color 0.2s ease-out; color: #d96139; outline: none !important; text-decoration: none; transition: background-color 0.2s ease-out, color 0.2s ease-out;">Facebook</a></div>
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10AM – Deptford High Street / New Cross Road - An action against poverty, led by the local Foodbank<br style="outline: none !important;" />1:30PM – Deptford Lounge public square – A performance against austerity politics<br style="outline: none !important;" />4:30PM – Catford Town Hall to Lewisham High Street – A procession against austerity, the bedroom tax and local cuts. Finishing with<br style="outline: none !important;" />6PM – The grassy Knoll, opposite Lewisham DLR – Bonfire of Cuts with music, speakers and effigies</div>
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<span style="font-weight: 600; outline: none !important;">London West</span> - 12PM – protest against loan sharks – H&T Pawnbrokers and The Money Shop, 22 Uxbridge Rd, Shepherds Bush<br style="outline: none !important;" /><span style="font-weight: 600; outline: none !important;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 600; outline: none !important;">Manchester</span> - 5PM – Anti austerity torch lit tour of the city<span style="font-weight: 600; outline: none !important;"> </span>Assemble at ATOS HQ Albert Bridge House Bridge street M60 GAT <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1416907021859610/?ref=5" style="-webkit-transform: translateZ(0px); -webkit-transition: background-color 0.2s ease-out, color 0.2s ease-out; color: #d96139; outline: none !important; text-decoration: none; transition: background-color 0.2s ease-out, color 0.2s ease-out;">More info</a></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 600; outline: none !important;">Medway</span> – contact medwaypaaa@gmail.com / <a href="https://www.facebook.com/medwaypaaa?fref=ts" style="-webkit-transform: translateZ(0px); -webkit-transition: background-color 0.2s ease-out, color 0.2s ease-out; color: #d96139; outline: none !important; text-decoration: none; transition: background-color 0.2s ease-out, color 0.2s ease-out;">Facebook</a><br style="outline: none !important;" />7am – Chatham Station, leafletting action with RMT<br style="outline: none !important;" />12pm – outside the ATOS centre on Bachelor Street, Chatham<br style="outline: none !important;" />2pm – Picket at the Jobcentre</div>
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<span style="font-weight: 600; outline: none !important;">Middlesbrough</span> – flashmob-style sing-a-long protest against austerity in the town centre around lunchtime/early afternoon in a location where we suspect it will be noticed. Contact the Teesside People’s Assembly: TeessidePA@gmail.com / <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TeessidePA" style="-webkit-transform: translateZ(0px); -webkit-transition: background-color 0.2s ease-out, color 0.2s ease-out; color: #d96139; outline: none !important; text-decoration: none; transition: background-color 0.2s ease-out, color 0.2s ease-out;">Facebook</a></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 600; outline: none !important;">Newcastle</span> - <span style="font-weight: 600; outline: none !important;">Assemble from 5pm outside Haymarket metro station.</span><br style="outline: none !important;" />Actions begin at 5:30pm which will highlight local examples of tax-dodging, loan-sharking and zero-hour-contracting<br style="outline: none !important;" />Contact peoplesassemblyne@gmail.com/ 07515676025/ <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/522063234528911/?fref=ts" style="-webkit-transform: translateZ(0px); -webkit-transition: background-color 0.2s ease-out, color 0.2s ease-out; color: #d96139; outline: none !important; text-decoration: none; transition: background-color 0.2s ease-out, color 0.2s ease-out;">Facebook </a></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 600; outline: none !important;">Norwich</span> – Planned vigil outside the Town Hall, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/NorfolkPeoplesAssembly?directed_target_id=0" style="-webkit-transform: translateZ(0px); -webkit-transition: background-color 0.2s ease-out, color 0.2s ease-out; color: #d96139; outline: none !important; text-decoration: none; transition: background-color 0.2s ease-out, color 0.2s ease-out;">Facebook</a></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 600; outline: none !important;">Nottingham</span> – Assemble at 5pm, Brian Clough Statue, Market Square – Firesculpture, Fire Breathers, NHS petition. Contact shalforty@gmail.com/ <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/216662458502838/" style="-webkit-transform: translateZ(0px); -webkit-transition: background-color 0.2s ease-out, color 0.2s ease-out; color: #d96139; outline: none !important; text-decoration: none; transition: background-color 0.2s ease-out, color 0.2s ease-out;">Facebook</a></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 600; outline: none !important;">Oxford</span> – Contact oxfordpeoplesassembly@gmail.com / 07954365186<br style="outline: none !important;" />9.30 am Lobby County Council<br style="outline: none !important;" />11 am Austerity on Trial: Bonn Square<br style="outline: none !important;" />12 noon Probation officers’ strike begins: St Aldate’s<br style="outline: none !important;" />5.30pm Bonfire of Austerity: Bonn Square<br style="outline: none !important;" />6.30pm Where next? Town Hall Contact oxfordpeoplesassembly@gmail.com / 07954365186</div>
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<span style="font-weight: 600; outline: none !important;">Pembrokeshire</span> – <span style="font-weight: 600; outline: none !important;">Saturday 2 Nov</span> – Dress up as politicians for a symbolic bonfire – actions will focus on post offices, NHS, fire stations. Contact pembrokeshirepeoplesassembly@yahoo.co.uk / <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/172685536228983/?fref=ts" style="-webkit-transform: translateZ(0px); -webkit-transition: background-color 0.2s ease-out, color 0.2s ease-out; color: #d96139; outline: none !important; text-decoration: none; transition: background-color 0.2s ease-out, color 0.2s ease-out;">Facebook</a> / <a href="http://pembrokeshirepeoplesassembly.wordpress.com/" style="-webkit-transform: translateZ(0px); -webkit-transition: background-color 0.2s ease-out, color 0.2s ease-out; color: #d96139; outline: none !important; text-decoration: none; transition: background-color 0.2s ease-out, color 0.2s ease-out;">Website</a></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 600; outline: none !important;">RCT/ Bridgend</span> – “Unite Against Austerity” – Rolling demonstration – Actions focused on workfair and zero-hour contracts, the Bedroom Tax and local cuts proposed in RCT. Contact bridgend_rct.peoplesassembly@outlook.com / 01443 227996</div>
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10:30AM – Bridgend Valleys2Coast housing association. Meet outside the entrance to the shopping centre, Caroline St in the centre of Bridgend.</div>
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<span style="font-weight: 600; outline: none !important;">Salford</span> – <span style="font-weight: 600; outline: none !important;">Assemble </span><span style="font-weight: 600; outline: none !important;">2PM at Stott Lane by Meadowbrook and Salford Royal hospitals.</span><br style="outline: none !important;" />Protest against the closure of mental health wards in Salford and Bolton by Gtr Mcr West NHS Trust. The protest is organised by United Service Users Committee and Salford Against Cuts, and supported by Keep Our NHS Public.</div>
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<span style="font-weight: 600; outline: none !important;">Sheffield and South Yorkshire</span> – 4pm at the Town Hall for a celebration and a demonstration – Actions also planned during the day, contact <a href="mailto:sheffieldpeoplesassembly@gmail.com" style="-webkit-transform: translateZ(0px); -webkit-transition: background-color 0.2s ease-out, color 0.2s ease-out; color: #d96139; outline: none !important; text-decoration: none; transition: background-color 0.2s ease-out, color 0.2s ease-out;" target="_blank">sheffieldpeoplesassembly@gmail.com</a>/ 07814420319 / <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1425606177651822/?ref_newsfeed_story_type=regular" style="-webkit-transform: translateZ(0px); -webkit-transition: background-color 0.2s ease-out, color 0.2s ease-out; color: #d96139; outline: none !important; text-decoration: none; transition: background-color 0.2s ease-out, color 0.2s ease-out;">Facebook</a></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 600; outline: none !important;">Shropshire</span> – ‘Sit-in’ at the banks in Shrewsbury. Meet at The Square, Shrewsbury between 12-12.15pm. Contact <a href="mailto:shropsfightback@virginmedia.com" style="-webkit-transform: translateZ(0px); -webkit-transition: background-color 0.2s ease-out, color 0.2s ease-out; color: #d96139; outline: none !important; text-decoration: none; transition: background-color 0.2s ease-out, color 0.2s ease-out;" target="_blank">shropsfightback@virginmedia.<wbr style="outline: none !important;"></wbr>com</a> /<a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/708988955795176/?context=create&ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming" style="-webkit-transform: translateZ(0px); -webkit-transition: background-color 0.2s ease-out, color 0.2s ease-out; color: #d96139; outline: none !important; text-decoration: none; transition: background-color 0.2s ease-out, color 0.2s ease-out;">Facebook</a></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 600; outline: none !important;">Southampton – </span>contact <a href="mailto:spaaa4ever@gmail.com" style="-webkit-transform: translateZ(0px); -webkit-transition: background-color 0.2s ease-out, color 0.2s ease-out; color: #d96139; outline: none !important; text-decoration: none; transition: background-color 0.2s ease-out, color 0.2s ease-out;" target="_blank">spaaa4ever@gmail.com</a> / <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/southamptonpeoplesassembly/" style="-webkit-transform: translateZ(0px); -webkit-transition: background-color 0.2s ease-out, color 0.2s ease-out; color: #d96139; outline: none !important; text-decoration: none; transition: background-color 0.2s ease-out, color 0.2s ease-out;">Facebook</a><br style="outline: none !important;" />12.30 outside the local ATOS centre<br style="outline: none !important;" />1.00pm outside the Job Centre<br style="outline: none !important;" />5.30pm we will be holding a demo at the local BBC studio, Opposite the Civic Center</div>
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<span style="font-weight: 600; outline: none !important;">Stroud</span> - Stroud Against the Cuts is joining @pplsassembly Nov 5th ‘Bonfire of Austerity’ protests:<br style="outline: none !important;" />Assemble outside the Stroud Jobcentre at 12.30PM<br style="outline: none !important;" />and @ Neil Carmichael’s office 4.00 – 6.30PM</div>
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<span style="font-weight: 600; outline: none !important;">Tameside</span> – Contact NIGEL 07709056079<br style="outline: none !important;" /><span style="font-weight: 600; outline: none !important;">DAYTIME</span><br style="outline: none !important;" />OCCUPY A PUBLIC SPACE TIME: 12.30PM<br style="outline: none !important;" />ASSEMBLE OUTSIDE GOLD MEADOW FISH & CHIP CAFE, OLD ST, ASHTON-U-LYNE</div>
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EVENING<br style="outline: none !important;" />TAMESIDE’S BONFIRE OF AUSTERITY TIME: 6.00PM<br style="outline: none !important;" />JOIN US AND BURN THOSE AUSTERITY BLUES AWAY<br style="outline: none !important;" />ASHTON MOSS ALLOTMENTS, MOSS LANE, OL7 9LA<br style="outline: none !important;" />FREE AND OPEN TO ALL<br style="outline: none !important;" />REFRESHMENTS PROVIDED</div>
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<span style="font-weight: 600; outline: none !important;">Wilts and Dorset</span> - Sunday 27 October – “Balls to the Cuts” – Gather at 12pm at Cerne Abbas Giant in Dorset for a photo of people in a No Cuts formation. Contact wiltsanddorsetpa@gmail.com /<a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/214486542054399/" style="-webkit-transform: translateZ(0px); -webkit-transition: background-color 0.2s ease-out, color 0.2s ease-out; color: #d96139; outline: none !important; text-decoration: none; transition: background-color 0.2s ease-out, color 0.2s ease-out;"> Facebook</a></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 600; outline: none !important;">Wrexham</span> – Gather at Queens Square Wrexham at 10am for a day of rolling action / 12PM for a rally. Contact redmolotov21@googlemail.com / <a href="https://www.facebook.com/PeoplesAssemblyWrexham?fref=ts" style="-webkit-transform: translateZ(0px); -webkit-transition: background-color 0.2s ease-out, color 0.2s ease-out; color: #d96139; outline: none !important; text-decoration: none; transition: background-color 0.2s ease-out, color 0.2s ease-out;">Facebook </a></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 600; outline: none !important;">Wokingham - </span>12:30 – 13:30 Lunchtime protest, Town Hall</div>
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Assemble at 4pm at St Helens Square for ” A festival of free speech against austerity” – an open mic event so bring speeches, poems, songs and anything else, dress up, bring props and join in a festival against austerity. Contact yorkpeoplesassembly@gmail.com / <a href="http://yorkpeoplesassembly.wordpress.com/" style="-webkit-transform: translateZ(0px); -webkit-transition: background-color 0.2s ease-out, color 0.2s ease-out; color: #d96139; outline: none !important; text-decoration: none; transition: background-color 0.2s ease-out, color 0.2s ease-out;">website</a></div>
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RUGBY AGAINST THE CUTShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10818881304126422624noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9155255304081850827.post-78933742440826056162013-09-20T03:28:00.000-07:002013-09-20T03:28:07.904-07:00SAVE THE NHS - NATIONAL DEMONSTRATION - SUNDAY 29TH SEPT - FREE COACH FROM RUGBY - 7AM TOWN HALL RUGBY<h2 class="pinstripe_subheading" style="background-color: white; background-image: url(http://www.unitetheunion.org/assets/images/double_pinstripe.gif); background-position: 50% 50%; background-repeat: repeat no-repeat; border: 0px; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: AllerLightRegular; font-size: 20px; font-weight: normal; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
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Help us contain the threat - join the big NHS queue to Save our NHS, outside the Conservative Party conference in Manchester on Sunday 29 September.</div>
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The TUC organised national demo will set off from Liverpool Road, M3, making its way though Manchester city centre and around the conference centre on two sides, before heading out for a rally in Whitworth Park M15.<br /><br />What better way to get the attention of David Cameron’s Conservative party than thousands of ‘noisy’ people on the streets of Manchester forming a human ‘quarantine’ around their political conference.<br /><br />Come dressed as walking wounded in hospital gowns and wrapped in bandages or as health worker zombies, and bring your noise makers. We're organising transport from the regions, find out more by following the link below. </div>
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RUGBY AGAINST THE CUTShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10818881304126422624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9155255304081850827.post-18723167538243865312013-09-02T11:09:00.001-07:002013-09-02T11:09:17.434-07:00DPAC protest outside BBC Portland Place September 2 2013<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="344" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/G2e94w-9MxQ" width="459"></iframe><span style="background-color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">Disabled activists from grassroots campaigns Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC), Black Triangle and Mental Health Resistance Network have occupied the BBC building in London to protest against the role the media are playing in worsening attitudes towards disabled people and a complete failure to give space to the realities of what this government are doing to disabled people.</span><br />
<div style="background-color: #444444; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Ironically just last week the BBC reported on a research report by Scope which highlighted how things have got worse for disabled people since the Paralympics, but the BBC themselves have contributed to this situation by a lack of balanced or accurate reporting. In fact their coverage of the research angered disabled people by spectacularly failing to draw any links between the worsening conditions disabled people are facing and government policy.</div><div style="background-color: #444444; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Despite the fact that Iain Duncan Smith has been pulled up before the Work and Pensions Select Committee for misrepresentation and manipulation of figures and statistics, the BBC continues to report information released by the DWP as fact.</div><div style="background-color: #444444; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">This resulted in a situation over Easter weekend where disabled people, about to face an austerity armageddon with benefits and income essential for their survival brutally slashed away, also had to contend with national media coverage that encouraged a view of us as benefit scroungers and cheats. It has since been proven that information released by the DWP ahead of the changes in April such as the figures for all of those who had supposedly stopped ineligible claims for incapacity benefit due to the tightening up of the benefit system, were misrepresentations with no basis in evidence. Just the smallest amount of research would have revealed to the BBC that they were about to report lies as objective fact. In addition to the misrepresented figures and statistics which the BBC promoted, further weight was given to the government’s propaganda by the succession of government ministers who were then given air time to continue to peddle their falsheoods. Where people were invited on to present an alternative view, they were non-disabled people from national charities. Firstly these people do not represent us, and secondly there are many more informed disabled campaigners who could have exposed the lies and misrepresentations.</div><div style="background-color: #444444; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Time and again the government and front bench Ministers have lied to justify policies which are causing the deaths of disabled people. Only last week the Disability News Service has had to raise formal complaints against the DWP press office for deliberately presenting false information about the level of spending on disability in the UK. Meanwhile the situation in the UK has gained international notoriety. The UN are currently in the UK to investigate and report on what the UK is doing through its housing policies. Solidarity protests outside the British Embassy have been organised by supporters in Canada.</div><div style="background-color: #444444; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Yet time and again the BBC have not only failed to report on what is happening but to contribute to public ignorance of what is going and to inflame hostility with questions such as “Why can’t disabled people take their fair share?” It is well evidenced that disabled people are bearing the brunt of austerity measures with those with the highest level of support need being hit nineteen times harder than the average citizen. To even put the question why can’t we take our fair share is damaging and in contempt of disabled people’s basic rights to be treated with respect and free from hostility.</div><div style="background-color: #444444; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">For more information please contact Rosa Wilkinson on 07505144371.</div><div style="background-color: #444444; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Notes for editors:<br />
1) Disabled People Against Cuts was set up in October 2010 to oppose the government attacks on disabled people. Our week of action last year highlighted the hypocrisy of Atos’ sponsorship of the Paralympic Games and culminated in a protest of 700 people outside Atos headquarters and the occupation of the DWP building by disabled activists and a guide dog for 2 1/2 hours. We are now in the middle of our week of action for 2013: Reclaiming Our Futures, which is focused on the wide range of attacks that are pushing back disabled people’s rights be decades.<br />
2) DPAC report on DWP abuse of statistics: http://www.scribd.com/doc/149776210/DPAC-Report-on-DWP-Abuse-of-Statistics-Final-22-June-2013<br />
3) http://disabilitynewsservice.com/2013/08/ministers-silent-after-being-caught-pulling-lies-out-of-thin-air/<br />
4) Campaign for a Fair Society: how the cuts are targeting disabled people revealed the extent to which austerity is disproportionately impacting on disabled people</div><span style="background-color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">- See more at: http://dpac.uk.net/2013/09/for-immmediate-release-dpac-do-the-bbc/#sthash.jHB28XZ0.dpuf</span>RUGBY AGAINST THE CUTShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10818881304126422624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9155255304081850827.post-6662005054741741732012-09-23T14:57:00.001-07:002012-09-23T15:05:21.611-07:00Join the free coach from Rugby to the massive TUC demo in London on 20th OctCome to London and make your voice heard. The local Unite trade union have put on a free coach to London at 7.30am from outside the Town Hall on Sat 20th Oct, to ensure as many local people as possible can protest against the cuts. Please contact <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px;">rugbyagainstthecuts@gmail.com</span> and we will pass your details onto the organisers of the coach.<br />
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In Birmingham, there will be lefletting on Hospital Way, at the <strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">QE Hospital from 12noon</strong>, followed by a <strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">joint strike rally from 1pm</strong>.<br />The rally will be held in Lecture Theatre Room 101, Haworth Building, University of Birmingham (see the flyer for a map).</div>
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Fair pensions for all – don’t make teachers, nurses and public sector workers pay for the bankers’ crisis</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">This video explains how the government's NHS White paper will result in the privatisation of the majority of the NHS. The government has no mandate to do this. Please contact Mark Pawsey Rugby's Tory MP </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #1a4252; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;">by calling 01788 579 499, writing to Mark Pawsey MP, Albert Buildings, 2 Castle Mews, Rugby CV21 2XL or by emailing</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #1a4252; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #1a4252; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;"><a href="mailto:mark.pawsey.mp@parliament.uk" style="color: #519f26; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;">mark.pawsey.mp@parliament.uk</a></span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times","serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">“In the event, Chris White cancelled the planned surgery, so we gave in a long letter detailing the adverse effects of the Welfare Bill, including:<o:p></o:p></span></div><ul style="margin-top: 0cm;" type="square"><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times","serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">Introduction of Universal Credit which will bring compulsory workfare and caps on housing benefit and other payments, leading to increased poverty and homelessness.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 36.0pt; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times","serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">The introduction of a much stricter sanctions regime with the loss of benefits for up to 3 years, a risk particularly to people with learning disabilities or mental health needs who find it difficult to cope with the demands of looking for work at the same time as having little prospect of finding any. <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 36.0pt; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times","serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">Replace Disability Living Allowance (DLA) with Personal Independence Payments (PIPs) with the explicit aim of cutting entitlement by 20%.”<o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Rockwell Extra Bold","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b>“The Welfare Reform Bill that Chris White and other Tory and Lib Dem MPs support has suffered a number of defeats in the House of Lords recently as people begin to realize just how draconian these cuts will be.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whilst these cuts are being forced onto the poorest and most vulnerable, the richest people, whose banking friends helped cause the economic crisis, are actually seeing their wealth rise,” he concluded.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">NOTES<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">§<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC) can be contacted at <a href="http://www.dpac.uk.net/">www.dpac.uk.net/</a></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNXRozYJpwtHt_dHxDT3NNMBItnmfRLpgXoS0tIgD7ZQ1NBFVhF0RvETks6_eaC2WgwloTAXPE1McVMPul0WIoJ2vSNwXgXuZ0eUMokUwtpDQ2RTyRLgXbINylySez9ACydUBRbaQk2Q/s1600/Image445.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNXRozYJpwtHt_dHxDT3NNMBItnmfRLpgXoS0tIgD7ZQ1NBFVhF0RvETks6_eaC2WgwloTAXPE1McVMPul0WIoJ2vSNwXgXuZ0eUMokUwtpDQ2RTyRLgXbINylySez9ACydUBRbaQk2Q/s320/Image445.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><ul style="margin-top: 0cm;" type="square"><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">Rugby Against the Cuts was set up by local trade unionists and political activists on September 22<sup>nd</sup>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Officers were elected as above</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">Rugby Against the Cuts meets on the second Thursday of every month, 7.30pm, at the Three Horse Shoes, Rugby<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">Rugby Against the Cuts can be contacted on 07881 520626, at </span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="mailto:rugbyagainstthecuts@googlemail.com">rugbyagainstthecuts@googlemail.com</a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">, or through our web site at</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="http://rugbyagainstthecuts.blogspot.com/">http://rugbyagainstthecuts.blogspot.com</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></li>
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</span></div>RUGBY AGAINST THE CUTShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10818881304126422624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9155255304081850827.post-59130359097322517272012-01-17T17:23:00.000-08:002012-01-17T17:23:49.831-08:00PROTEST AT LEAMINGTON TORY MP OFFICES FRIDAY 20TH JAN AT 1PM - DEFEND THE SICK AND DISABLED FROM TORY AND LIB DEM ATTACKS!<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/XLGQ5ifVZqM?fs=1" width="480"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #1f497d;">The Tories and Lib Dem Government was defeated in the Lords last week on cuts to benefits for people with cancer and also general time limits to claim benefit – the CONDEM government intend to ignore this hindrance and go ahead with their plans anyway – its clear this government needs to be put on the spot for such callous action</span>.</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #1f497d;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Being disabled or seriously ill is not a life style choice unlike owning a yacht or having your home done up at the tax payers expense</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #1f497d;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #1f497d;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Please bring your banners and placards and tell your friends to support this West Midlands protest organised by Disabled People Against Cuts.</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">As the Tories discuss arbitrarily removing 20% of disabled people from Disability Living Allowance and plan to finalise the introduction of Universal Credit which will lead to massive increases in poverty and homelessness please join us to tell Tory MP Chris White in his very marginal constituency what we think of the Condems policies. Please invite anyone else you know who would like to join us in a protest in Leamington Spa.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">JOIN US TO PROTEST AGAINST CUTS TO DISABLED PEOPLE’S BENEFITS AND SERVICES AND THE DESTRUCTION OF OUR NHS ON WHICH ALL OF US WHO ARE NOT MILLIONAIRE POLITICIANS RELY.</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">SAY “NO” TO THE WELFARE REFORM BILL,THE DESTRUCTION OF OUR WELFARE STATE AND “NO” TO WORKFARE</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #1f497d; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">What Cuts do Disabled People Face?</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">▼</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Closure of the Independent Living Fund supporting those with high support needs, proving that the government’s rhetoric of supporting disabled people is as empty as their souls</span><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">▼</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Movement from Incapacity Benefit to Employment Support Allowance through punitive and unfair compulsory Work Capability Assessments carried out by Atos, a private for-profit company who are declaring those who need 24-hour support and those with terminal cancer ‘fit for work’ in order to meet government targets and reduce disabled peoples’ income drastically</span><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">▼</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">VAT increases and benefit rates linked to CPI not RPI which is likely to cost disabled people an extra £800 per annum.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">▼Cuts to social care budgets, cuts to housing support, cuts to Access to Work programme (helping disabled people with any equipment they might need to compete on an equal basis with non disabled employees), constant attacks on disabled peoples’ integrity by the Tories and others suggesting we’re not really disabled but ‘just pretending’ to get meagre benefits which they’re going to abolish anyway.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Where –</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">LEAMINGTON</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">SPA, WARWICKSHIRE</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">At CHRIS WHITE, MP’s office, 43a</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">CLEMENS STREET,</span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">OLD TOWN, </span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">CV31 2DP, not far from railway station.</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">When – Friday, JANUARY 20<sup>th</sup>, meet outside constituency office at 1pm.</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.dpac.uk.net/"><span style="color: blue;">www.dpac.uk.net</span></a>, <a href="mailto:mail@dpac.uk.net"><b><span style="color: blue;">mail@dpac.uk.net</span></b></a>, <b><a href="http://twitter.com/Dis_PPL_Protest"><span style="color: blue;">http://twitter.com/Dis_PPL_Protest</span></a></b></span></div>RUGBY AGAINST THE CUTShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10818881304126422624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9155255304081850827.post-18301974453911843342011-11-29T10:01:00.000-08:002011-11-29T10:03:35.595-08:00Show your support for the strike - by visiting local pickets lines!<b>Rugby college staff will be having picket <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 16px;"><em style="color: black; font-style: normal;">Tomorrow</em></span> morning (Wednesday) and we expect other public sector workers to be picketing as well - please show your support.</b><br />
<div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; text-indent: 36pt;"><b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;"> RUGBY AGAINST THE CUTS<o:p></o:p></span></b></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: center;"><b> <span style="font-size: 11pt;">PO Box 4123 Rugby CV21 9BJ<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> <a href="http://rugbyagainstthecuts.blogspot.com/">http://rugbyagainstthecuts.blogspot.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> rugbyagainstthecuts@googlemail.com<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><br />
</b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: center;"><b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">ALL OUT ON NOVEMBER 30<sup>th</sup> IN SUPPORT OF PENSIONS, JOBS AND OUR SERVICES! <o:p></o:p></span></b></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: center;"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">The attack on pensions is yet another attempt to cut public spending. The 3% increase in pension contributions is to pay back the country’s deficit not to fund pensions. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;">The attack on pensions is yet another ideological attack on workers and our public services. The ConDems are happy to see the rich receiving bumper pay rises and massive pensions. The rich created a budget deficit and then expect the workers to pick up the tab</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: ArialMT, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">!<span style="color: #1f497d;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: center;"><b><br />
</b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: center;"><b><span style="line-height: 115%;">The economic crisis was not caused by workers in the public or private sector<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><ul style="margin-top: 0cm;" type="square"><li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span lang="EN-US">Public sector workers are being asked to pay an extra £3 billion per year in pension contributions: the Government cancelled the banker’s bonus tax that raised almost the same amount</span><o:p></o:p></b></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US">The Con Dem government wants to make people pay more and work longer for less pay and smaller pensions<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US">Ministers are imposing unfair changes without meaningful negotiation<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US">Most public sector workers are modestly or low paid and public sector pay has been frozen despite inflation of 5%<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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</b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">SUPPORT PUBLIC SECTOR WORKERS ON NOVEMBER 30<sup>th</sup><o:p></o:p></span></b></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">* Early morning workplace pickets – </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">see</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">http://rugbyagainstthecuts.blogspot.com/</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">* 10.15am </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">Cathedral Steps, Priory Street</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #666666; font-family: TrebuchetMS; font-size: 13pt;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">Coventry</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"> March/Rally <o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">* 12 noon TUC March through <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Birmingham</b> - Assemble Lionel <o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"> St/Livery St car park <o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: center;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">* 1.30pm Rally with TUC Gen Sec Brendan Barber and others<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: center;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"> National Indoor Arena, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Birmingham</b><o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: center;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">* 7.30pm NSSN Public Meeting to reflect on the day ‘Building on <o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: center;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"> Nov 30’ Methodist Central Hall, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Coventry</b></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Abadi MT Condensed Extra Bold'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></b></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><br />
</span></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial Black', sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">PUBLIC SPENDING CUTS ARE NOT NEEDED OR WANTED<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">Governments throughout the world are trying to make the poor pay for the global economic crisis. The Con/Dem Coalition is pushing through massive cuts to public services of between 25% and 40%, coupled with horrendous attacks on those unable to work, with little or no opposition from Labour. It has been estimated that the poor will be 10% worse off, and the wealthy just 3%, as a result <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">The cuts, locally and nationally, will mean<o:p></o:p></span></div><ul style="margin-top: 0cm;" type="square"><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;">Closure of the Youth Service across Warwickshire</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;">Fewer buses, and higher fares on public transport</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;">Closures of fire stations, as we have already seen in Warwickshire</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;">Further privatisation, meaning we have to pay for our services</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;">Fewer doctors, nurses, teachers and fire fighters </li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;">Wage cuts for those who remain in work</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;">Huge rise in unemployment as public sector workers are sacrificed</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;">Thousands being forced off benefits although no new jobs exist</li>
</ul><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">THERE ARE OTHER WAYS TO REMOVE THE DEBT</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 17.85pt; text-indent: 18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span>The banks could repay the £850 billion given to them by the</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36.0pt;">Government to bail them out - £850 billion that could be spent on</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36.0pt;">public services<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Abadi MT Condensed Extra Bold';"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 17.85pt; text-indent: 18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span>There could be a 5% wealth tax on the richest 10% which,<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Abadi MT Condensed Extra Bold';"> </span></b>alone,<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Abadi MT Condensed Extra Bold';"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36.0pt;">would resolve the debt<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Abadi MT Condensed Extra Bold';"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 17.85pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span>There is £120 billion per year of unpaid tax that the rich avoid<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"> paying or evade – this could be reclaimed immediately <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 17.85pt; text-indent: 18.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Abadi MT Condensed Extra Bold';">The banks and building societies, which continue to make<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Abadi MT Condensed Extra Bold';"> massive profits, could be nationalised and run by the<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Abadi MT Condensed Extra Bold';"> people for the people, with profits used to maintain and<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36.0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Abadi MT Condensed Extra Bold';">improve our public services<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Abadi MT Condensed Extra Bold'; font-size: 14pt;">WHY SHOULD WORKERS AND THE POOR PAY FOR A CRISIS </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Abadi MT Condensed Extra Bold'; font-size: 14pt;">THEY DID NOT CREATE?</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Abadi MT Condensed Extra Bold';">Rugby Against the Cuts meets on the 2<sup>nd</sup> Thursday of each month, 7.30pm, The Three Horse Shoes, Sheep St<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div></div><div><br />
</div></div></div>RUGBY AGAINST THE CUTShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10818881304126422624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9155255304081850827.post-2593262031582366932011-11-22T07:24:00.000-08:002011-11-22T08:07:53.801-08:00ALL OUT IN SUPPORT OF PENSIONS, JOBS AND OUR SERVICES - 30TH NOVEMBER!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>An estimated 3 million workers will be on strike against the CONDEM Government attacks on pensions, jobs and our services. Other workers such as nurses, firefighters, police officers and the Trade Union movement as a whole will also be supporting the protest against the <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">'race to the bottom'</span></b> in respect of pensions and services.<br />
<div>Rugby Against the Cuts fully supports workers in our town taking action by visiting picket lines and attending the marches and rallys taking place.</div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">* 10.15am </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">Cathedral Steps, Priory Street</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #666666; font-family: TrebuchetMS; font-size: 13pt;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">Coventry</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"> March/Rally <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">* 12 noon TUC March through <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Birmingham</b> - Assemble Lionel <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"> St/Livery St car park <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">* 1.30pm Rally with TUC Gen Sec Brendan Barber and others<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"> National Indoor Arena, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Birmingham</b><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px;"></span></b></span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Midlands TUC are organising a march and rally in Birmingham to coincide with the TUC’s national day of action for Pensions Justice onWednesday 30th November, involving up to 20 unions and 3 million workers.</strong></b></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.coalitionofresistance.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/pensions_justice.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #205b87; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="" class="alignright size-full wp-image-14743" height="124" src="http://www.coalitionofresistance.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/pensions_justice.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; float: right; height: auto; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 15px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 5px; max-width: 100%; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="pensions_justice" width="262" /></a>March</strong>: 11.30am assembly Lionel Street (B3 1DG)</b></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Rally:</strong> 1.30pm National Indoor Arena (doors open 12.30pm)</b></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Speakers:</strong></b></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">CHAIR:</strong> Lee Barron, CWU Midlands Regional Secretary & Midlands TUC Chair<br style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Brendan Barber, TUC General Secretary<br style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; 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padding-top: 0px;" />Karen Jennings, Unison Assistant General Secretary<br style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Martin Johnson, ATL Deputy General Secretary<br style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Chris Keates, NASUWT General Secretary<br style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Barry Lovejoy, UCU Head of Further Education<br style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Joe Morgan, GMB West Midlands Regional Secretary<br style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; 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</div>RUGBY AGAINST THE CUTShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10818881304126422624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9155255304081850827.post-73596027861135493122011-11-07T16:22:00.000-08:002011-11-07T16:27:09.662-08:00Thousands mark end of Jarrow March<h2 class="entry-title" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: both; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 10px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 23px;">On Saturday 3,000 joined the Jarrow marchers in London to celebrate the end of the 330 mile march. There was overwhelming support from the crowd who had travelled from all over the country. Coaches of workers, students, pensioners and unemployed people arrived at Embankment. We were even joined by 106 year old Hetty Bower who had welcomed the original marchers when they arrived in London 75 years ago. Hundreds clapped and cheered the lively demonstration into Trafalgar Sq. Trade unionists, campaigners and marchers supported the marchers from the platform of the rallies.</span></h2><div class="entry entry-content" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Jarrow marchers would like to thank everyone who has helped make the march a success and supported the march in anyway. The march is over but the fightback against the Con-Dems and their cuts has only just begun. We hope to see you all at the Youth Fight for Jobs meetings around the country over the next few weeks and on the picket lines and demonstrations to support the strikes on 30 November.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://jarrow2london2011.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/j3.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #1c9bdc; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; 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Following in the footsteps of the 1936 Jarrow marchers who walked to London against unemployment.</span></strong><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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Matt Wrack FBU General Secretary<br />
Bob Crow RMT General Secretary<br />
Paul Murphy MEP Socialist Party Ireland<br />
Lizi Gray Great-grandaughter of 1936 marcher<br />
Stephen Hepburn MP for Jarrow<br />
US Occupy Wall Street Activist<br />
Jarrow marchers<br />
Day-Mer Youth<br />
Socialist Party<br />
Young Deacon performing his rap about the riots called ‘Failed by the System’<br />
Ed Marsh NUS<br />
London Slutwalk Activist<br />
Maddy Carty performing her track ‘CONDEMn AGE’<br />
Dennis Skinner MP for Bolsover<br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">This Saturday the march ends in London, and coaches are booked from across the country. There is a bus from the Coventry and Warwickshire area. We would encourage as many trade unionists as possible to attend this.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><br />
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This is a huge amount of jobs lost to a small area, jobs which are badly needed. We also passed a local Tory council; chanting and singing “if you hate the torys” we definitely made our presence known. we had lunch at the Sheath and Sickle pub where we had a brilliant reception and there were journalists there to meet us. When we got Rugby we had a rally in the town centre hosted by the local anti cuts group,<a href="http://www.surfcanyon.com/search?f=sl&q=Rugby%20Against%20the%20Cuts&partner=wtigca" style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #1c9bdc; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="scSearchLink">Rugby Against the Cuts</a>. The speakers were fantastic; Martin Powell Davies – NUT, Peter – TUSC, Roy – Green Party, Lenny Shail – Socialist Party and Matt Whale and Alex Moore from the march. We then walked down to the Griffin pub where tea had been put on for us by the RMT. After discussion and drinks we went back to supporters houses to sleep. Thanks to Lorna for putting me up, had some great conversation. Also thanks to her son, Paul and her neices and nephews who drew the marchers some pictures of the march. Everyone loved them </span></span></div></div></div></div>RUGBY AGAINST THE CUTShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10818881304126422624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9155255304081850827.post-44462477077564377872011-10-26T08:04:00.001-07:002011-10-26T08:04:53.946-07:00Rugby Observer report on the Jarrow March in Rugby<div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-2060221204278068121" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 568px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><h1 style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 33px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: -0.5px; margin-bottom: 0px; 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Around 50 marchers - recreating the famous 300 mile protest of 1936 from the north east to London against poverty and unemployment - arrived in the town centre yesterday (Tuesday).<br />
They marched and protested against the Government's handling of rising unemployment, with local trade unionists and socialist political groups backing them.<br />
The marchers first arrived at the Sheaf and Sickle pub in Long Lawford for lunch before a rally at the clock tower.<br />
Tonight (Wednesday), the marchers will attend an anti-cuts meeting at which railway and maritime workers union leader Bob Crow will address them. 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<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://jarrowmarch11.com/" style="color: #cc3300; text-decoration: none;">http://jarrowmarch11.com/</a><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The excellent initiative to draw attention to the plight of young people, The Jarrow - London March organised by the Youth Fight For Jobs will be visiting Rugby on the way to London on Tuesday 25th October.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The march has been <em><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal;">enthusiastically</span></em> received by all the communities it has visited and we must do the same in Rugby!</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Rugby <a href="http://www.surfcanyon.com/search?f=sl&q=Green%20Party&partner=wtigca" style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: initial; color: #cc3300; text-decoration: none;" target="scSearchLink">Green Party</a> members will be meeting the marchers, with our excellent new banner at the Sheaf and Sickle Pub, in Long Lawford and taking part in the march into Rugby at 2pm for the rally at 3pm.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: black; text-transform: uppercase;">PLEASE COME ALONG AND SHOW SUPPORT!</span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">TUES OCT 25 1 pm MEET MARCHERS AT SHEAF & SICKLE, LONG LAWFORD</span></span></div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">2pm MARCH INTO RUGBY<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">2pm STALL AT CLOCK TOWER (Yes we need to do both at same time)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">3pm RALLY AT CLOCK TOWER<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span></span></span></div><h1 class="entry-title" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: both; color: black; font-size: 28px; font-style: inherit; line-height: 33px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 10px; position: relative; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">About the Campaign;</span></span></h1><div class="entry entry-content" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><a href="http://www.youthfightforjobs.com/" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #1c9bdc; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Youth Fight for Jobs</a>, a campaigning organisation, is marching from Jarrow to London, starting on 1 October 2011. This is on the 75 anniversary of the Jarrow Crusade, when 200 unemployed workers took a similar route to raise awareness of mass unemployment. Today, as unemployment and youth unemployment soars, the ConDem coalition is axing jobs and services; this new campaign is absolutely vital.</span></span></div><h5 id="byline" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">On the Jarrow March we are demanding:</span></span></h5><ul style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: square; margin-bottom: 1.7em; margin-left: 2.5em; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-width: initial; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">A massive government scheme to create jobs which are socially useful and apprenticeships which offer guaranteed jobs at the end – both paying at least the minimum wage, with no youth exemptions.</span></span></li>
<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-width: initial; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">The immediate reinstatement of EMA payments, expanding them to be available to all 16-19 year olds. Scrap university fees, for free high quality education.</span></span></li>
<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-width: initial; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">The immediate re-opening of all youth services that have been closed, including reinstating sacked staff.</span></span></li>
<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-width: initial; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">The scrapping of ‘workfare’ schemes – benefits should be based on need not forced slave labour.</span></span></li>
<li style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-width: initial; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">A massive building programme of environmentally sound, cheap social housing.</span></span></li>
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</tbody></table><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><i>As youth Unemployment reaches the sky high figure of over 1 million. Rugby Anti Cuts campaigners will be welcoming the Youth Fight for Jobs march from Jarrow to London - which was a path followed by working class people protesting back in the 1930's against mass unemployment and poverty on Tuesday 25th October - Come and show your support! </i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><i>(More details soon)</i></span></div></span></h1><h1 style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><u>Interview with a Jarrow marcher</u></span></span></h1><div style="box-sizing: border-box; float: left; font-size: 16px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"><img alt="Matt Whale was interviewed on the BBC, see below. Photo Paul Mattsson" border="0px" height="224px" src="http://www.socialistparty.org.uk/pic/7/7757.jpg" title="Matt Whale was interviewed on the BBC, see below. Photo Paul Mattsson" vspace="0px" width="152px" /></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 162px;"><div align="left" class="blacktextsmall" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-left: 4px;">Matt Whale was interviewed on the BBC, see below. Photo Paul Mattsson</div></div></div><h4 style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px; text-align: left;">Matt Whale, unemployed organiser for Youth Fight for Jobs (YFJ) spoke to the Socialist about the Jarrow march as it passes through Yorkshire. See below for how to join and support the march.</h4><hr class="hr1" size="1" style="background-color: red; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: red; font-size: 16px; height: 1px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-top: 12px; text-align: center; width: 304px;" /><h5 id="byline" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px; text-align: left;">How's the Jarrow march going?</h5><div style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px;">Brilliant! On Saturday 8 October we had two demos. Hull's second on the <a href="http://www.socialistparty.org.uk/keyword/Youth" style="color: navy; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">youth</a> unemployment statistics and has been near the top for the past two years since YFJ was set up.</div><div style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px;">We thought it was vital we had a presence in the city. Plus BAE Systems proposed cuts of just under 1,000 <a href="http://www.socialistparty.org.uk/keyword/Jobs" style="color: navy; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">jobs</a>in Brough, just outside Hull, threatening the end of manufacturing industry there.</div><div style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px;">The private sector was supposed to pick up the slack of the public sector <a href="http://www.socialistparty.org.uk/keyword/Cuts" style="color: navy; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">cuts</a> - according to the Con-Dems - this is clearly not true.</div><div style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px;">Cameron says we're going to 'sell to the world' but that's not possible if they're cutting back on manufacturing.</div><div style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px;">We've got a very simple message and that's nationalise the BAE plant and bring it under democratic working class control so they can carry on building what they think's right.</div><div style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px;">When approached, the BAE workers completely backed the <a href="http://www.socialistparty.org.uk/keyword/Jarrow" style="color: navy; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Jarrow</a> march and agreed to organise a joint demo under the YFJ banner.</div><div style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px;">About 700-800 people turned out including BAE workers, Jarrow marchers, local authority workers and local people.</div><div style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px;">It was a great demo through the city with a lot of people applauding us and lots of press coverage.</div><div style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px;">There was also a demo of about 200 in Leeds which challenged the racist EDL. These racist bigots only want to divide working class communities along arbitrary racial and religious lines, at a time when we need to be more united them ever.</div><h5 id="byline" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px; text-align: left;">What's the Jarrow march about<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana; font-weight: normal;">ed to highlight the issues facing <a href="http://www.socialistparty.org.uk/keyword/Young_people" style="color: navy; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">young people</a>. Youth unemployment is officially about to go over a million but if we include people, for example, who are on zero-hour contracts who sometimes get absolutely no hours in a week, then you can see that unemployment is absolutely horrendous for young people, as is underemployment.</span></h5><div style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px;">Behind the official figures are also the numbers on apprenticeships that don't pay the minimum wage, people who don't know their rights who aren't getting overtime payments or who are working through breaks they're legally entitled to have.</div><div style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px;">We want massive investment in a programme of socially useful job creation. That would mean reversing all the cuts to youth services, creating green jobs and building houses.</div><div style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px;">That would also provide much-needed homes to address homelessness and over-crowding. You've got oversubscription in schools - why don't we have more teachers, why can't we create smaller classes? More doctors, more nurses, put the training in place for people to do the jobs that people want to do so they can actually feel 'socially useful'. Don't throw them on the scrapheap.</div><div style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px;">We want the re-instatement of EMA payments for all 16 to 19 year old students. To meet training needs we also need real apprenticeships on trade union-agreed rates of pay.</div><div style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px;">Higher education should be free, not a privilege for the rich or a source of crippling debt.</div><div style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px;">Another demand is an end to workfare schemes which are basically slave labour. If a job needs doing then a job should be paid for. It shouldn't be used to undercut the current workforce.</div><h5 id="byline" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px; text-align: left;">Can these demands be met?</h5><div style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px;">We're under no illusions that we'll get to London and all of a sudden the Con-Dem government will reverse its policies and create jobs and become supporters of working class people.</div><div style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px;">What we want to do is become a rallying point for young people and the anti-cuts movement linking with the trade unions and those going into struggle in the coming weeks and months.</div><div style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px;">We want to have young people and workers united to fight back against this government.</div><div style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px;">We've been very successful in that already in the first week of the march. With AEI cables workers in Birtley and then with BAE in Brough, <a href="http://www.socialistparty.org.uk/keyword/YFJ" style="color: navy; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">YFJ</a> is taking a lead in uniting young people and workers in struggle and that's how we'll bring about our demands.</div><h5 id="byline" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px; text-align: left;">Is there support for your demands?</h5><div style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px;">On the route all that I've heard so far is positive feedback from the public as we pass through the towns and cities, saying good on you for having a go and we support you 100%.</div><div style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px;">At an inspirational meeting in Darlington a public sector worker got up and said 'you're representing not only yourselves but also the working class'. It's those sorts of acts of solidarity that have really inspired the marchers so far.</div><h5 id="byline" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px; text-align: left;">But a Tory MP has had a go at the marchers, saying people are dropping out and you're not up for the task.</h5><div style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px;">Of course the more marchers we have the better and we want more people to join us. I'd love to invite that Mr 'Goodwill', MP for Scarborough, down to do a leg of the march or even more.</div><div style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px;">Maybe he can help fund the march by taking some of the £145,000 of expenses he claimed in 2008 to actually fight for a future for young people.</div><div style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px;">And if 'not being up for it' means organising two demos over a weekend with around 1,000 workers and youth involved - then they've got us bang to rights! But the Tories have undoubtedly been briefed against us - it's their policies we're attacking.</div><div style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px;">Iain Duncan Smith, Tory work and pensions minister, who we're going to visit in his constituency on 4 November, is going on about making 'work pay'.</div><div style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px;">Well, if they want to make work pay that's brilliant - but where are the jobs? I don't know any <a href="http://www.socialistparty.org.uk/keyword/Unemployed" style="color: navy; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">unemployed</a> person who doesn't want a job.</div><div style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px;">When I was unemployed for eight months it was really depressing not being able to find work.</div><div style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px;">Living in Hull where there are 83 people going for every job, that means there are 82 people who won't get the job.</div><div style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px;">Benefits are there as the bare minimum to allow people to survive. We don't want to see a return to Victorian times when there were people dying on the street because people couldn't afford to feed themselves.</div><h5 id="byline" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px; text-align: left;">What would you like to see the march achieve?</h5><div style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px;">Well I'd like to see big demonstrations in every town and city we go through and a big demo at the end on 5 November in London.</div><div style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px;">The march is a good way of inspiring young people to fight back. We're informing people about the history of the original march, with the tagline 'no return to the 1930s'.</div><div style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px;">We're saying that prevention's better than the cure in this situation. We're also linking in with workers going into struggle.</div><div style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px;">I want to see YFJ speakers and representatives linking up with the trade unions to a) unionise young workers and b) to support them in the public sector general strike over pensions on 30 November.</div><div style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px;">And I want YFJ representatives speaking on every platform about the plight of young people, growing the campaign, growing the movement and eventually having a campaign that's capable of toppling this government.</div><div style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px;">As they see their lecturers and teachers go out on strike, fighting for their jobs and futures, I think last year's student movement will be re-ignited.</div><div style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px;">Whether it's in the same way as last year is debatable but students have a history of being one of the first groups to fight back.</div><div style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px;">As someone who was unemployed I was involved in the occupation at Hull University. I saw it as my future being affected as well as those at the university.</div><div style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px;">It's absolutely vital that young people are linked together in a common struggle because there is a common enemy - this system that bails out banks and chucks us on the scrapheap.</div><h5 id="byline" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px; text-align: left;">But all we hear about is the deficit. How can we afford this?</h5><div style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px;">The banks got bailed out and the bankers got their bonuses but working class people face cuts. You've got unpaid tax of £120 billion a year according to the PCS union.</div><div style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px;">Only one year of collecting this would make the plans for four years of cuts unnecessary. So when we're told that our aims aren't achievable we know that's absolutely rubbish.</div><div style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px;">The truth is that the money's there in society - it's just in the hands of a few rather than in the hands in the many.</div><h5 id="byline" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px; text-align: left;">Support the fightback! March and donate</h5><hr class="hr1" size="1" style="background-color: red; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: red; font-size: 16px; height: 1px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-top: 12px; text-align: center; width: 304px;" /><h1 style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 1.625em; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;">Join the march!</h1><div style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px;">Young people and supporters are welcome to join the march for any amount of time between now and 5 November.</div><div style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px;">Public support has been massive but they still need financial support to cover the costs of the march. Can you or your trade union branch sponsor the march?</div><div style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px;">See the Jarrow blog for information, daily updates, details of where the march is going, events en route and how to donate.</div><h3 style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 30px; margin-top: 30px; text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://www.jarrowmarch11.com/" style="color: navy; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">www.jarrowmarch11.com</a></b></h3><h2 style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;">5 November - national demonstration and rally</h2><h4 style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px; text-align: left;">For jobs, education and a future</h4><div style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px;">Assemble 12 noon at Embankment for the final leg of the Jarrow March</div><div style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px;">We will hand in a petition to Downing Street followed by a rally in Trafalgar Square</div><h5 id="byline" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px; text-align: left;">Speakers include:</h5><div style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px;">Jarrow Marchers; Bob Crow, RMT general secretary; Matt Wrack, FBU, general secretary; Paul Murphy, MEP (<a href="http://www.surfcanyon.com/search?f=sl&q=Socialist%20Party&partner=wtigca" style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: initial; color: navy; text-decoration: none;" target="scSearchLink">Socialist Party</a> Ireland); Lizi Gray, descendant of 1936 marcher; Stephen Hepburn, Jarrow MP; Young Deacon, rapper performing his track about the riots called 'Failed by the System'; Ed Marsh, NUS VP union development; Day-Mer Youth speaker</div><h3 style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 30px; margin-top: 30px; text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://www.jarrowmarch11.com/" style="color: navy; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">www.jarrowmarch11.com</a></b></h3>RUGBY AGAINST THE CUTShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10818881304126422624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9155255304081850827.post-64036864161650388472011-09-28T14:52:00.000-07:002011-09-28T14:52:10.631-07:00TUC March and Rally - Manchester for the Alternative - Sunday 2nd Oct<h2 style="color: #cc444f; font-family: Frutiger45LightBold, sans-serif; font-size: 1.8em; line-height: 15px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #373737; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Jeremy Corbyn MP </strong><em style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Lab, Islington North,</em></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #373737; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: left;"><strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Len McCluskey</strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"> </span><em style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Unite,</em></div><strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Pierre Laurent</strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"> </span><em style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Party of the European Left,</em></span></div></strong> <strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Sevim Dagdelen</strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"> </span><em style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Die Linke,</em></span></div></strong> <strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Annick Coupe</strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"> </span><em style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Solidaires,</em></span></div></strong> <strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Prof Walter Baier</strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"> </span><em style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Austria,</em></span></div></strong> <strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Elisabeth Gauthier</strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"> </span><em style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Transform Europe,</em></span></div></strong> <strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Felipe Van Keirsbilck</strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"> </span><em style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">European Joint Social Conference,</em></span></div></strong> <strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Hugo Braun</strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"> </span><em style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Attac</em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">,</span></span></div></strong> <strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Piero Bernocchi</strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"> </span><em style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Cobas</em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">,</span></span></div></strong> <strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Prof Costas Lapavitsas</strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"> </span><em style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Soas,</em></span></div></strong> <strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Andrew Burgin</strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"> </span><em style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Coalition of Resistance</em></span></div></strong></span></div>RUGBY AGAINST THE CUTShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10818881304126422624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9155255304081850827.post-84414097071793481972011-09-27T12:23:00.000-07:002011-09-27T12:23:12.308-07:00SICK TORIES ATTACK THE MOST VULNERABLE PEOPLE IN OUR TOWN!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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float: left; height: 240px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 320px;" /></a> <div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span">There is a protest on Monday from 3pm outside Birmingham Magistrates Court in support of Edd Bauer who used to be involved in Birmingham University Young Greens and is now a sabbatical officer of the Student Union. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Edd is in prison for the crime of hanging a banner that could be seen by motorists on Broad St just before the start of the Lib Dem Conference. The crime is said to be a "road traffic offence" but the prosecution said his act was not dangerous. He was denied bail as he has a previous offence of sitting down on the floor in Fortnum and Mason. Being denied bail is thought to be unprecedented. The 2 others with Edd at the time were granted bail but banned from Birmingham city centre for over a month.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b>At 3pm on Monday he will see his next bail hearing at Bham Magistrates Court. Anyway wishing to protest in solidarity, meet in front of the magistrates Court on Corporation St at 3pm.</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=159569750798811" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000cc;">http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=159569750798811</span></a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://brightgreenscotland.org/index.php/2011/09/solidarity-demo-for-imprisoned-activist-edd-bauer/"><span style="color: #cc3300;">http://brightgreenscotland.org/index.php/2011/09/solidarity-demo-for-imprisoned-activist-edd-bauer/</span></a></div></div>RUGBY AGAINST THE CUTShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10818881304126422624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9155255304081850827.post-69090506614850150892011-09-05T14:47:00.000-07:002011-09-05T14:53:18.551-07:00SAVE THE NHS - WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF WE DON'T FIGHT!<div style="text-align: center;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="text-align: left; width: 98%;"><tbody>
<tr style="mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;"><td style="padding: 0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;" valign="top"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #5789c3; line-height: 20px;"><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: normal; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: normal; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Email: <a href="mailto:mark.pawsey.mp@Parliament.uk" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #4fa3f9; font-style: normal; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline;">mark.pawsey.mp@parliament.uk</a> Telephone No Rugby Office: 01788 579499</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: normal; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Write to: Mark Pawsey MP Albert Buildings 2 Castle Mews Rugby WARKS CV21 2XL</span></div></span><br />
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<tr style="height: 11.25pt; mso-yfti-irow: 1;"> <td style="height: 11.25pt; padding: 0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;"><h1 style="color: #666666; font-family: 'arial black', arial, helvetica, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 36px; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: -2px; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-transform: uppercase;">NHS EXPERT LEGAL ADVICE</h1><div style="color: #666666; font-family: arial, helvetica, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><div id="widgetWrapper" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 2em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div id="widgetMain" style="float: left; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; width: 560px;"><div class="alertbox" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: initial; background-color: #ebebeb; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 0, 51); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 0, 51); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 0, 51); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 0, 51); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; color: #666666; font-family: arial, helvetica, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 15px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 15px; padding-right: 15px; padding-top: 15px;"><div style="text-align: left;">Earlier in the summer, 3,652 38 Degrees members from across the UK donated to pay for a legal team to get to the bottom of Andrew Lansley's plans for our NHS.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">For the last two months our independent legal team has been hard at work examining the government's NHS plans.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">This page summarises all they've found - it's grim reading. If you want to find out more you can download the entire legal advice in the right hand column. Once you've read it don't forget to <a href="http://www.38degrees.org.uk/email-the-evidence" style="color: #0099cc; text-decoration: none;">email your MP</a> and urge them to take action to save our NHS</div></div><h3 style="color: #666666; font-family: arial, helvetica, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-transform: uppercase;">BACKGROUND</h3><div style="color: #666666; font-family: arial, helvetica, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;">In July 2011, 38 Degrees members donated to fund independent legal advice on the implications of the government's proposals to change the NHS in England. 38 Degrees engaged Harrison Grant solicitors and the specialist barristers Stephen Cragg and Rebecca Haynes to give their legal opinions on two aspects of the Health and <a href="http://www.surfcanyon.com/search?f=sl&q=Social&partner=wtigca" style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: initial; color: #0099cc; text-decoration: none;" target="scSearchLink">Social</a> Care Bill: The removal of Secretary of State for Health’s Duty to provide or secure provision of NHS services and the impact of competition and procurement law on the NHS.</div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: arial, helvetica, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: arial, helvetica, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;">This document summarises some key findings. The full legal opinions and executive summaries are available to download in the right-hand column.</div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: arial, helvetica, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><br />
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</span></div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial, helvetica, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: italic;"><div style="text-align: left;">What our lawyers have identified within the Health and Social Care Bill: </div></span><br />
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</div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: arial, helvetica, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;">The bill will remove the duty of the Secretary of State to provide or secure the provision of health services which has been a common and critical feature of all previous NHS legislation since 1946. This is the means by which Parliament ensures the NHS delivers what the public want and expect. Furthermore, a “hands-off clause” will severely curtail the Secretary of State's ability to influence the delivery of NHS care to ensure everyone receives the best healthcare possible.</div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: arial, helvetica, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: arial, helvetica, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-style: italic;">What this could all mean: </span></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: arial, helvetica, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: arial, helvetica, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">No longer a National Health Service </span></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: arial, helvetica, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;">The duty, that Parliament has given the Health Secretary, for ensuring that the NHS provides the service that people need will be lost and the NHS will from here on in simply be little more than a series of quasi-independent commissioning entities and providers, basically free to get on with the job</div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: arial, helvetica, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: arial, helvetica, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Loss of Accountability – The Government washes its hands of the NHS </span></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: arial, helvetica, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;">Removing the Secretary of State’s legal duty to provide or secure provision of health services, and introducing a "hands-off clause", significantly reduces democratic accountability for the NHS. The responsibility for securing the provision of healthcare services will lie with unelected commissioners who will only be accountable to an unelected national quango. The bill will make it impossible for the Secretary of State to direct that certain services are available and difficult for the Secretary of State to step in if these groups deliver poor healthcare to the local community. These changes would shift the main responsibility to unelected officials, representatives of private companies and GPs.</div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: arial, helvetica, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: arial, helvetica, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Loss of Accountability – Local representatives and health watchdogs lose their right to appeal </span></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: arial, helvetica, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;">Because the Government is removing the Secretary of State’s duty to ensure the NHS delivers an appropriate service, appeals from locally elected council bodies and health watchdogs will no longer be decided by the Secretary of State but – if any rights of appeal survive – by a national quango.</div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: arial, helvetica, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: arial, helvetica, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Postcode lottery </span></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: arial, helvetica, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;">Because of changes in the bill there is a real risk of an increase in the “postcode lottery” nature of the delivery of some NHS services. The power to choose what health services are closed or improved in a local area will be passed on to local unelected bodies with little scope for the government to intervene. This will mean patients can no longer expect the government to ensure a consistent level of healthcare regardless of where they live.</div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: arial, helvetica, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><br />
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</span></div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial, helvetica, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: italic;"><div style="text-align: left;">What our lawyers have identified within the Health and Social Care Bill: </div></span><br />
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</div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: arial, helvetica, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;">The Bill contains a number of measures which will increase competition within the NHS at the expense of collaboration and integration and/or make it almost inevitable that UK and EU competition law will apply as if it were a utility like gas or telecoms. This includes:</div><ul style="color: #666666; font-family: arial, helvetica, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://www.38degrees.org.uk/page/-/images/spritesV-0-1.png); background-origin: initial; background-position: -944px -321px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.25em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">giving Monitor the duty to eliminate so-called “anti-competitive” behaviour</li>
<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://www.38degrees.org.uk/page/-/images/spritesV-0-1.png); background-origin: initial; background-position: -944px -321px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.25em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">removing the limit on the amount of income NHS hospitals can earn from private health services</li>
<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://www.38degrees.org.uk/page/-/images/spritesV-0-1.png); background-origin: initial; background-position: -944px -321px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.25em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">handing significant new procurement responsibilities to the new Clinical Commissioning Groups</li>
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</div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: arial, helvetica, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-style: italic;">What this could all mean:</span></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: arial, helvetica, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: arial, helvetica, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Exposing the NHS to UK and EU Competition Law</span></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: arial, helvetica, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;">Taken together, these changes increase the likelihood of NHS <a href="http://www.surfcanyon.com/search?f=sl&q=fa%20services&partner=wtigca" style="border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: initial; color: #0099cc; text-decoration: none;" target="scSearchLink">services</a> being found by the courts to fall within the scope of UK and EU competition law. The likelihood of this is further increased by other government NHS policies, for example the extension, announced in July 2011, of the right of Any Qualified Provider to be given a contract to deliver health services.</div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: arial, helvetica, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: arial, helvetica, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Costly and complex procurement procedures</span></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: arial, helvetica, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;">The new commissioning groups will be subject to EU procurement rules whenthey commission local health services. This is likely to be costly, given the likely larger numbers of commissioning groups as compared to PCTs now and our Counsel warns that it appears the government have not planned for this significant increase in cost. Furthermore, it is not clear that the commissioning groups have the necessary procurement expertise to deal with the complex procurement process and to avoid legal action from disgruntled private healthcare providers. This could mean that the NHS ends up spending a lot of time and money fighting legal action instead of investing in patient care. Or worse, it could mean they are reluctant to commission any services for fear of being sued.</div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: arial, helvetica, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: arial, helvetica, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Fertile ground for private health companies (and their lawyers)</span></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: arial, helvetica, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;">Companies that bid unsuccessfully for NHS contracts will be able to challenge commissioning decisions in the courts. Private health providers have far more expertise and legal capacity than either public bodies or charities, and so are likely to be best placed to exploit these laws. Litigation could be time-consuming and costly for commissioning bodies.</div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: arial, helvetica, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: arial, helvetica, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Opening our NHS to private companies - privatisation by stealth</span></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: arial, helvetica, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;">These plans will lead to a system geared heavily in favour of private companies. The legislation does not currently contain measures to stop:</div><ul style="color: #666666; font-family: arial, helvetica, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://www.38degrees.org.uk/page/-/images/spritesV-0-1.png); background-origin: initial; background-position: -944px -321px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.25em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">private companies being contracted to provide commissioning services to consortia and therefore profiting from spending multi-million-pound health budgets</li>
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</div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: #333333; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">The Secretary of State’s legal duty to provide a health service will be scrapped. On top of that, a new “hands-off clause” removes the government's powers to oversee local consortia and guarantee the level of service wherever we live. <strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">We can expect increases in postcode lotteries</span></strong> – and less ways to hold the government to account if the service deteriorates.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="color: #333333; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">The NHS will almost certainly be subject to UK and EU competition law and the reach of procurement rules will extend across all NHS commissioners. <strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Private health companies will be able to take new NHS commissioning groups to court</span></strong> if they don’t win contracts. Scarce public money could be tied up in legal wrangles instead of hospital beds. Meanwhile, the legislation <strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">lifts the cap on NHS hospitals filling beds with private patients.</span></strong><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It will leave at 10.30am on Sunday 11th September, Fairfax St. (Get there 10.15) <o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tickets will be very cheap £5 waged, £2 concessions. Tel: <o:p></o:p>07938 948629 to book a place</span></b></div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></b><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This will be a very important gathering for the trade union movement, make sure you are there so the TUC is left in no uncertain terms that the rank and file of the unions are demanding they co-ordinate action. A good rally will also give support to the likes of Crow and Serwotka who will no doubt continue to argue for co-ordinated action within the TUC.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Further leaflets and a petition to be used in your workplace or community can be found here <a href="http://www.shopstewards.net/">http://www.shopstewards.net/</a></span></b><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIvLOm3r67s9MUOb_qcORGsrx5SZ-e2QAoXMBFePgn8MblvLiUHGC84J7eUHcW3XibJI4aywDt5f2q8vGcwRhq7vW_LCwYtU9zj64ttXHAlfYZK6x_upqBv4APsAquJNtIitM6QEpvig/s1600/Lobby+TUC+11SeptNSSN2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIvLOm3r67s9MUOb_qcORGsrx5SZ-e2QAoXMBFePgn8MblvLiUHGC84J7eUHcW3XibJI4aywDt5f2q8vGcwRhq7vW_LCwYtU9zj64ttXHAlfYZK6x_upqBv4APsAquJNtIitM6QEpvig/s640/Lobby+TUC+11SeptNSSN2.jpg" width="456" /></a></div>RUGBY AGAINST THE CUTShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10818881304126422624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9155255304081850827.post-80927947526992659282011-08-07T08:11:00.000-07:002011-08-07T08:11:05.797-07:00RAGE AGAINST CLEGG AND THE LIB DEMS 18TH SEPTEMBER IN BIRMINGHAM<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ8rGBEC0Q11-cSlLA6Y3buMGvorwX23sh-C9yeNAuHEgdKURH8NeDF5_18sppNsRMXbQp0n-O1sebYHx35rXLqcLPq-hyRGAbkNrIDjtc-o4xtOv6Vv_57SiQmYoLSbEz_XAW6ZMjHA/s1600/rage-against-lib-dems-poster-1-as-image.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ8rGBEC0Q11-cSlLA6Y3buMGvorwX23sh-C9yeNAuHEgdKURH8NeDF5_18sppNsRMXbQp0n-O1sebYHx35rXLqcLPq-hyRGAbkNrIDjtc-o4xtOv6Vv_57SiQmYoLSbEz_XAW6ZMjHA/s400/rage-against-lib-dems-poster-1-as-image.jpg" width="283" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"></span></div><h2 class="entry-title" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: both; color: black; font-size: 28px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 33px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 10px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px;"><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://birminghamagainstthecuts.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/colour-rage-against-lib-dem-icon-copy.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #1873a1; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-2398" height="114" src="http://birminghamagainstthecuts.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/colour-rage-against-lib-dem-icon-copy.jpg?w=150&h=114" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; float: left; margin-bottom: 2px; margin-right: 7px;" title="colour rage against lib dem icon copy" width="150" /></a>The Liberal Democrats are holding their annual conference at the ICC in Birmingham this year, and there will be a demonstration on Sunday 18th.<br />
The demo has been called by Midlands TUC and Right to Work, and is being supported by all the anti-cuts groups in the West Midlands, including anti-cuts groups in Birmingham, Dudley, Wolverhampton, Walsall, Shropshire, North Staffs, Coventry, Nuneaton, Rugby and Worcester.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">TUC and Right to Work are currently arranging the route of the march, and initially talks have made it clear that the march will go past the ICC and through Birmingham City Centre, but the exact route needs to be finalised.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The assembly point has provisionally been set at Moor Street Train Station, for 12 noon.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">7,000 people came to Birmingham for the Tory conference march on a rainy October saturday. 10,000 people went to Sheffield for the Lib Dem spring conference in March. We can get even more to Birmingham for this demonstration.</div></span></h2>RUGBY AGAINST THE CUTShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10818881304126422624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9155255304081850827.post-55399178845275745832011-07-08T16:07:00.000-07:002011-07-08T16:07:59.760-07:00Captain SKA - Slipping Back In Time<iframe width="480" height="295" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/o3yA7wiFqZ4?fs=1" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe>RUGBY AGAINST THE CUTShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10818881304126422624noreply@blogger.com0