tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80908726702324152802024-03-19T02:16:38.676-07:00RIGHT TO WORK MERSEYSIDE BRANCHRight To Work Merseysidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03485296680576177556noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8090872670232415280.post-45928330933649931582011-04-08T12:50:00.000-07:002011-04-08T12:50:02.718-07:00Bulletin 11<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It is just two weeks since the fantastic demonstration in London on 26th March which has given strength and determination to many to fight the cuts and build resistance wherever they can. In the week before the demo UCU lecturers went out nationally on strike in defence of pay, pensions and education. Locally UCU were also out on strike today at Liverpool Hope University in protest at managment proposals to slash jobs by up to 100 posts this year. The teachers' union NUT also staged a one day strike at Shorefields school in protest at proposals to become an academy. Management at Maghull High school in Sefton are also considering Academy status for the school. If you are interested in finding out more or becoming involved in either of these anti academies campaigns please email me. The fightback has started and with local elections in a month it is not surprising that there is a lot going on in the next few weeks. If you know of a local campaign, event or group that is not listed please let me know so I can send it out on the next bulletin</span>.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Next Merseyside Right to Work Organising Committee Meeting (open to all) - Tuesday 19th April 7.30pm venue tbc</strong><br />
<strong><u>Activists' diary:</u></strong><br />
<strong><u>Thurs 14th April 2011</u></strong>: <strong>BBC Question Time in Liverpool</strong>The BBC's Question Time will be broadcast from Liverpool - no information yet on panellists or venue.<br />
To apply to be in the audience go to: </span><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/question_time/1858613.stm"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/question_time/1858613.stm</span></a><br />
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<strong><u>Fri 22nd - Sat 30th April 2011</u></strong>: <strong>Liverpool Working Class Music Festival</strong>Loads of events and gigs in Liverpool, for more information go to: </span><a href="http://www.workingclassmusic.org.uk/"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">www.workingclassmusic.org.uk</span></a><br />
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<u>Thurs 28th April 2011</u></strong>: <strong>Workers' Memorial Day</strong>Unite the Union has organised a rally in Liverpool to commemorate all those who are killed or injured at work every year - <em>"Between April 09 and March 10, 152 people died at work. There were 26,061 major injuries, such as amputations, burns and broken bones. 1.3 million people were suffering from an illness believed to have been caused or made worse by their current or past work. Yet, this Government has announced plans to remove Health & Safety legislation and cut the HSE budget by 35%. This will mean poorer enforcement and more workplace illnesses, injuries and deaths."</em><strong>Action: Assemble South Piazza of George's Dock Building, Pier Head, Liverpool L3 1DD at 1pm. If you can't be at the demonstration organise a minute's silence in your workplace.<br />
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<u>Sun 1st May 2011</u></strong>: <strong>May Day Rally</strong>Organised by Merseyside Trades Council. Times and start point to be confirmed.<br />
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<strong><u>Future events:</u></strong><br />
<strong><u>17-21st September 2011</u></strong>: <strong>LibDem annual conference, Birmingham</strong>There will be a day of protest called and transport will be organised by Right to Work.<br />
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<strong><u>2nd-5th October 2011</u></strong>: <strong>Conservative annual conference, Manchester</strong>There will be a day of protest called and transport will be organised by Right to Work.<br />
In addition we are considering a march from Liverpool to the conference, in particular of unemployed young people to highlight their plight. More details to follow.<br />
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<strong><em>No ifs, no buts, no public sector cuts.</em></strong></span>Right To Work Merseysidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03485296680576177556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8090872670232415280.post-1392429147115615702011-02-07T11:14:00.000-08:002011-02-07T11:14:30.540-08:00Anti cuts demo and rally 5th Feb 2011, Liverpool<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: black;"><img border="0" h5="true" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwcYcMv2vrLoYAHvBy4ydjJCNHeEmMH5Yzppf0BKcZhJ4yLlXTbi1vDS_9ekBCSHfqm8GN0dpV9LUbgZT5QbDo9b-q3aOh39E6jt3UBlZbTMOaB07hyxlR1ZPgoACAqbUUqs4BcnT0yRw/s320/050211democathedral.jpg" width="239" /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: black;">Despite heavy rain and high winds around 800 people marched through the streets of <place w:st="on">Liverpool</place> on Saturday 5<sup>th</sup> February to oppose the governments proposed cuts. They marched to the Anglican Cathedral for a rally which attracted over 1500 people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: black;">The rally was opened by The Socialist Singers with a mixture of traditional songs of resistance such as ‘Freedom’ and modern topical arrangements such as ‘Fat Cat’ (sung to the theme tune of TV show Top Cat).</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: black;">The speakers included representatives from the trade union movement, an FE student and Tony Benn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All of them deplored the tactics and policies of the ConDem government and Gail Cartmel, Assistant General Secretary of Unite, described how Cameron was completing the unfinished business of the last Tory government, which is to shrink the state and public sector.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: black;">Chris Baugh, Assistant General Secretary of PCS, said that workers are not prepared to pay for the economic crisis which was caused by ‘high octane free market capitalism’ and described the cuts as the ‘biggest attack on the social gains fought for and won by the working class’.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He received a standing ovation as he concluded that this is now an opportunity to talk about what kind of society we want to live in and that another world is possible.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: black;">Student Lizzie O’ Rourke asked if we live in a democracy or an elected dictatorship and declared that this government doesn’t want working class kids to have the same opportunities as their kids.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She spoke of the fundamental human right to education and asked ‘how dare they take that away from us’.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She concluded, to a standing ovation, that the government want the working class back in their place and believing as her grandparents’ generation did that ‘University is not for the likes of us.’</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: black;"><state w:st="on"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">North West</span></state><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"> secretary of the NUT, Avis Gilmore, made reference to the struggle in <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Egypt</place></country-region> as she said that Cameron had told Mubarak to listen to the Egyptian people, but she asked, ‘Will he listen to his own people?’</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Tony Benn concluded with a rallying call that “</span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">All progress has been made throughout our history by people doing exactly what you’re doing today, demonstrating.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He also acknowledged the continuation of <place w:st="on">Liverpool</place>’s history of political and social activism following the council’s decision this week to withdraw from the government’s ‘Big Society’ scheme.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /></span></div>Right To Work Merseysidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03485296680576177556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8090872670232415280.post-70653663714501814952011-02-01T13:13:00.001-08:002011-02-02T09:38:37.404-08:00Events in February<div>Its a busy few weeks ahead especially as local councils will be setting their budgets. For each event listed I have tried to include details of who is organising it and the role Merseyside Right to Work is taking. </div><div></div><div><strong><u>Sat 5th Feb</u> <em>Rally and demo against cuts</em></strong></div><div>Organised by the Public Sector Alliance and supported by RtW. Assemble at 11am behind Liverpool Town Hall, march to Anglican Cathedral for rally with several keynote speakers including Tony Benn</div><div></div><div><strong><u>Weds 9th Feb </u><em>Lobby Knowsley Council Meeting - <span style="color: red;">Cancelled - council have reversed their decision to close the school - this is a real victory for people power and should be an inspiration to us all.</span></em></strong></div><div>Knowsley Council are proposing to close Christ the King High School, just two years after it opened in a new Private Finance Initiative building scheme which will cost the council an estimated £157 million over the next 25 years. The council are debating the school's future at this meeting. Parents are opposed to the closure of the school and Right to Work can offer their support.</div><div>Assemble from 5pm to lobby councillors (Meeting starts at 6pm)</div><div></div><div><strong><u>Thurs 10th Feb</u> <em>Open Meeting against the cuts</em></strong></div><div>Organised by Liverpool Trades Council with several keynote speakers including Ricky Tomlinson, Ken Loach, trade unionist and a student.</div><div>7.30pm at the Green Room, Duke Street, Liverpool.</div><div></div><div><strong><u>Sat 12th Feb</u></strong> <em><strong>People's convention</strong></em></div><div>Organised by Right to Work and Labour Representation Group</div><div>Workshops include how councils can resist cuts, disabled people at the forefront of resistance, students at the forefront of struggle. This convention will be key in uniting anti cuts groups and providing a strategy for the coming months. Please try to attend.</div><div>Friends Meeting House, Euston Road, London, NW1 2BJ</div><div><a href="http://righttowork.org.uk/2010/11/peoples-convention/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://righttowork.org.uk/2010/11/peoples-convention/</a></div><div></div><div><strong><u>Weds 2nd Mar</u><em> Lobby Liverpool Council Budget Meeting</em></strong></div><div>Liverpool Council is setting its budget at this meeting and has already announced that 1500 jobs will go. Lets make this the biggest lobby possible and make lots of noise so the councillors inside can hear us. Bring your whistles, horns and vuvuzelas!</div><div>Assemble from 4pm (Meeting starts at 5pm)</div><div>Liverpool Town Hall, Dale Street, Liverpool.</div><div></div><div><strong><em>When they say cutback, we say fightback.</em></strong></div>Right To Work Merseysidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03485296680576177556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8090872670232415280.post-61277094792580159602011-01-27T07:12:00.000-08:002011-01-27T07:12:12.440-08:00Liverpool TUC Open Meeting<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 20pt;">Fight the Cuts Open Public Meeting</span></u></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 20pt;">10<sup>th</sup> February 7.30 at The Green Room, Duke Street, Liverpool</span></u></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;">The ConDem government plan to make ordinary workers pay for an economic crisis caused by the greed of Bankers, spivs and speculators. And while we suffer cuts in jobs and vital services, as well as attacks on our pay and pensions, we see company directors enjoying pay rises on average of 55%.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;">Multi millionaire government ministers tell us we’re all in this together but their rich friends cost this country over £100 billion in lost revenue as a result of tax avoidance, tax evasion and tax loopholes every year.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">Come to our Public Meeting for a Discussion about the Alternatives to the Chaos of Capitalism</span></u></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">Speakers include: </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">RICKY TOMLINSON Jailed Shrewsbury Picket, Actor and Socialist </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">KEN LOACH Socialist Film Director</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">TONY MULHEARN Surcharged Socialist Councillor</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">LIZZIE O’ROURKE – College Student – Suffering from Government Cuts in Education Maintenance Allowance</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">EMILY KELLY Public & Commercial Services Union National Executive Committee (Invited)</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">UCU Hope University – Speaker on University Job cuts</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;">MARK HOSKISSON – Secretary Liverpool Trades Union Council </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Chair: Daren Ireland President Liverpool Trades Union Council</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Come and listen to the speakers and join the debate. Ask your branch to affiliate to your local Trades Union Council and send a delegate. This is how we can coordinate the activities of all our trade unions and help build a mass movement which can fight for a better future for us all. All trade union representatives and activists are urged to attend.</span></div>Right To Work Merseysidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03485296680576177556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8090872670232415280.post-34156089028274731962011-01-24T06:19:00.001-08:002011-01-24T06:19:37.824-08:00Job losses at Liverpool Hope UniversityAround 100 staff at Liverpool Hope University are to lose their jobs by September 2011.<br />
The university announced that one in 10 staff would be made redundant as it attempts to slash annual costs by £6m in response to government funding cuts.<br />
Redundancies will hit across the board, affecting the university’s 300 academic staff as well as administrative staff at its Childwall and Everton campuses.<br />
A small number of courses will also be cut, while some departments will be merged. <br />
<ul class="moreinfo"><li><strong>Source:</strong> <a href="http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2011/01/13/liverpool-hope-university-to-axe-100-jobs-by-september-100252-27977789/2/" target="_blank">http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2011/01/13/liverpool-hope-university-to-axe-100-jobs-by-september-100252-27977789/2/</a></li>
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</div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: none; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">MARCH & RALLY</span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: none; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">SATURDAY 5th FEBRUARY</span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: none; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">Assemble </span></b><time hour="11" minute="0"><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">11am</span></b></time><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"> at </span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: none; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Exchange Flags </span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt;">(back </span></b><place><placename><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt;">Liverpool</span></b></placename><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt;"> </span></b><placetype><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt;">Town Hall</span></b></placetype></place><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt;">)</span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: none; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">March through city centre to the</span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: none; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">ANGLICAN CATHEDRAL FOR RALLY</span></b></div><br />
Merseyside Public Sector Alliance have called a march and rally through Liverpool City Centre (details above), this will feature a number of speakers for the event:-<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">Next meeting to take place THURSDAY 27<sup>TH</sup> JANUARY 7.00PM In the CASA (cellar bistro) Hope St L,pool 1</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div>Right To Work Merseysidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03485296680576177556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8090872670232415280.post-16899802510024313762011-01-24T05:48:00.000-08:002011-01-24T05:48:00.335-08:00RtW AGM<strong><u>Wed 26th Jan 2011</date></u>: <em><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Merseyside Right to Work </span></em><stockticker><em><span style="font-size: 16pt;">AGM</span></em></strong></stockticker><span style="font-size: 16pt;"></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">The meeting will be mainly to ratify our constitution (to follow in later email) and to establish a steering committee. We need people to nominate themselves (or others if they agree) to sit on the steering committee and help with planning events, coordinating groups and generally helping out. The more people who are involved in the committee the less work there will be! There are also some named positions that need to be filled; treasurer, secretary, convenor, deputy convenor, publicity/media. If you would like to be involved in the steering committee in a general sense or as a specific position can you please email me by next Monday (11th January)? Also if you would like to put something on the agenda for the <stockticker>AGM</stockticker> let me know by Monday 11th Jan.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><stockticker><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt;">AGM</span></strong></stockticker><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt;">: </span></strong><time hour="19" minute="30"><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt;">7.30pm</span></strong></time><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt;">, upstairs in the Crown Pub, </span></strong><address><street><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Lime Street</span></strong></street><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt;">, </span></strong><city><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Liverpool</span></strong></city><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></strong><postalcode><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt;">L1 1JQ</span></strong></postalcode></address><span style="font-size: 14pt;"></span></div>Right To Work Merseysidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03485296680576177556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8090872670232415280.post-80912596352980111692011-01-24T05:46:00.000-08:002011-01-24T05:46:13.378-08:00Keep Our NHS Public, Meeting<div class="MsoPlainText"><b><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject: Keep Our NHS public meeting about the Royal</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoPlainText"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoPlainText"><b><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">on Hall Lane , by the Royal.</span></span></b></div>Right To Work Merseysidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03485296680576177556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8090872670232415280.post-6647312497505217892011-01-24T05:37:00.001-08:002011-01-24T05:37:23.535-08:00Merseyside RtW AGM<div>The Merseyside Right to Work annual general meeting will take place on Wednesday 26th January, 7.30pm upstairs in the Crown Pub, Lime Street, Liverpool. I have attached the proposed constitution which is based on the national Right to Work constitution. Any proposed amendments should be submitted to me by Tuesday 25th January. Once the constitution is agreed we can set up a bank account. The bank account must have at least two signatories, so if you would like to be a signatory or would like to propose someone to be a signatory, again please let me know by Tuesday 25th Jan. Likewise, if you would like to be on the steering committee or would like to nominate someone to be on the steering committee, let me know by 25th Jan.</div><div> </div><div>Agenda for the AGM</div><div> </div><div>1) Constitution</div><div>2) Steering committee election</div><div>3) Bank account signatories </div><div>4) Report back form last 6 months</div><div>5) Future events</div><div>6) AOB</div><div> </div><div>In solidarity,</div><div> </div><div>Debs Gwynn</div><div>Convenor, Merseyside Right to Work</div><div> </div>Right To Work Merseysidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03485296680576177556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8090872670232415280.post-32426465596071787802011-01-24T05:35:00.001-08:002011-01-24T05:35:50.703-08:00Merseyside UAF Newsletter<div><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Merseyside Unite Against Fascism</span></strong></div><div><a href="mailto:liverpool@uaf.org.uk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" ymailto="mailto:liverpool@uaf.org.uk">liverpool@uaf.org.uk</a> / 07908 202 006 / <a href="http://www.uaf.org.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.uaf.org.uk/</a></div><div> </div><div>In this issue :</div><div> </div><ol><li>Stop the Racist EDL in Luton : Saturday 5 February </li>
<li>Kensington Remembers : Holocaust Memorial Day </li>
<li>Love Music Hate Racism DJ night : Mello Mello Friday 21 January </li>
<li>Merseyside Unite Against Fascism Steering Committee : Wednesday 26 January </li>
<li>Calling all Tranmere Supporters </li>
<li>Unite Against Fascism National Conference : Saturday 26 February </li>
<li>Liverpool Anti Fascism Conference : 2 April</li>
</ol><div> </div><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Stop the Racist EDL in Luton : Saturday 5 February</span></strong><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">The EDL plan to march in Luton on Saturday 5th February.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Luton is the birthplace, about 18 months ago, of this anti-Muslim movement. They are asking their 'divisions' - local groups from across the country - to assemble in different parts of Luton. The EDL are openly refusing to cooperate with the police.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">We cannot allow the EDL to rampage through our cities.</span></div><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Unite Against Fascism is working to organise the biggest possible public protest against any such gatherings by the EDL. UAF is also organising an anti-racist rally in the town centre.</span> </span> </span><br />
<div><strong>Merseyside Unite Against Fascism is running a coach to Luton and urges all our supporters and friends to come and stand alongside us and Luton's community and say No to the EDL.</strong></div><div><strong></strong> </div><div><strong>Coach Tickets are £20 waged / £10 unwaged and coach will be leaving at 8am. If you'd like to go then book at place by emailing </strong><a href="mailto:liverpool@uaf.org.uk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" ymailto="mailto:liverpool@uaf.org.uk"><strong>liverpool@uaf.org.uk</strong></a><strong> or phone 07908 202 006. Alternatively get a ticket from News from Nowhere Bookshop, 96 Bold Street.</strong></div><div> </div><div>The protest is now backed by the Southern & Eastern Region TUC.</div><div> </div><div><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">2. Kensington Remembers</span></strong> </div><div> </div><div>Kensigton Remembers is hosting a series of events to mark Holocaust Memorial Day.</div><div> </div><div>On Sunday 24 January an afternoon of Jewish Klezmer Music and Film has been organised at the Academy of St. Francis of Assisi, Gardner's Drive, Liverpool L6 7UR. </div><div> </div><div>Featuring the Klatsh Klezmer Band and showings of 'The Passenger' and 'Deane Road Jewish Cemetery'.</div><div> </div><div>Entrance is by invitation only so people wishing to attend should contact <a href="mailto:laura.pover@liverpool.gov.uk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" ymailto="mailto:laura.pover@liverpool.gov.uk">laura.pover@liverpool.gov.uk</a> or 0151 233 6136.</div><div> </div><div><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">3. Love Music Hate Racism DJ nite @ Mello Mello, Slater St</span></strong></div><div> </div><div>Friday 21 January sees Mello Mello playing host to DJs the Coconut Twins, a mean mash up between Dr Vomit and Tohmmy Ohm and the the return of the big chill with the Sausage DJs. Masters of Ceremony for the night are the fine lads from Toxteth Rebel Alliance. Doors 7pm - entrance is free but a donation would be super!</div><div> </div><div><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">4. Merseyside Unite Against Fascism Steering Committee Meeting Wednesday 26 January</span></strong></div><div> </div><div>Our next meeting is at 7pm on Wednesday 26 January at the new <strong>UNITE the Union building, Islington, Liverpool</strong> (just near the Empire Theatre). The meeting is open to all UAF members and supporters.</div><div> </div><div>Meetings will be monthly from then on the last Wednesday of each month at the UNITE building.</div><div> </div><div>Next meetings are </div><div> </div><div>7pm 26 January</div><div>7pm 23 February</div><div>7pm 30 March</div><div>7pm 27 April</div><div> </div><div> </div><div><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">5. Calling All Tranmere Supporters!</span></strong></div><div> </div><div>Yeah we know some exist! Merseyside Unite Against Fascism will be joining forces with Tranmere Supporters Anti Fascist group to leaflet the home game against Rochdale on Tuesday 1 Feb. Come and lend a hand if you can - contact Alan 07908 202 006 for further info.</div><div> </div><div><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">6. Unite Against Fascism National Conference : Saturday 26 February</span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></strong> </div><div>Registration is now open for UAF’s 2011 annual conference, which takes place on Saturday 26 February in central London. It is organised jointly with our sister organisation, <a href="http://lovemusichateracism.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color: #660033;">Love Music Hate Racism</span></strong></a>, which will host a special session.<br />
It will bring together people from across the country, from all sections of the community and from trade union branches, student groups and community organisations to discuss how we can defeat the fascists of the British National Party and counter the growing threat of the English Defence League – racist thugs with fascists in their midst.</div><div><h4>Conference sessions and workshops</h4>* strategies for stopping the BNP in the forthcoming elections<br />
* where next in the campaign against the EDL?<br />
* resisting the rise of the far-right across Europe<br />
* Islamophobia, immigration and racism<br />
* tackling homophobia and fascism<br />
* how to bring anti-fascism into the workplace and onto campus<br />
<h4><span style="font-size: x-small;">Speakers</span></h4>Speakers will include representatives from trade unions, the student movement, artists, politicians and the international antifascist movement.<br />
<h4><span style="font-size: x-small;">Special offer for students</span></h4>The conference is open to delegations from trade union, student and community groups – and to individuals.<br />
Registration costs £10 per ticket. But we will issue <strong>free tickets to the first 100 students</strong> who call UAF on 020 7801 2782.</div><div>check : <a href="http://uaf.org.uk/2011/01/register-now-for-uaf-conference-saturday-26-february/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://uaf.org.uk/2011/01/register-now-for-uaf-conference-saturday-26-february/</a> for up to date details and how to register.</div><div> </div><div> </div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>7. Liverpool Anti Fascism Conference Saturday 2 April</strong></span></div><div> </div><div>Following on from last years highly successful conference we are pleased to announce that the conference this year will be held on Saturday 2 April in conjunction with UNITE the Union at its new building in Liverpool. The event is is being supported by the Anthony Walker Foundation.</div><div> </div><div>Sessions will include amongst others: </div><ul><li>The Battle of Cable Street </li>
<li>Islamophobia : The new face of racism </li>
<li>Stopping the EDL </li>
<li>Trade Unions in an era of cuts </li>
<li>Rock Against Racism</li>
</ul><div>More details will follow shortly but put the date in your diary now!</div><div> </div><div> </div><div>peace, love and unity</div><div> </div><div>Alan</div><div> </div><div><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Merseyside Unite Against Fascism</span></strong></div><div><a href="mailto:liverpool@uaf.org.uk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" ymailto="mailto:liverpool@uaf.org.uk">liverpool@uaf.org.uk</a> / 07908 202 006 / <a href="http://www.uaf.org.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.uaf.org.uk/</a></div><div> </div>Right To Work Merseysidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03485296680576177556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8090872670232415280.post-48053616110368103372011-01-07T06:00:00.000-08:002011-01-07T06:00:10.303-08:00Statement on Merseytravel Website<dt><strong>Budget cuts hit Merseyside hard</strong></dt><br />
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<dd><strong></strong> </dd><strong>Merseytravel’s block funding grant from the Department for Transport has been slashed by two thirds, with the Chairman of the transport authority Councillor Mark Dowd warning of severe repercussions on future transport projects.<br />
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Councillor Dowd said:”Never in our most pessimistic forecasts did we anticipate such a crippling and savage cut. <br />
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“Having already dealt with a 25% cut of our £17million allocation during this financial year, we had made realistic budget predictions of receiving just over £13million next year. We now know we are going to get only £5.74million and this is going to have a severe impact on our future plans. <br />
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“Currently we are reviewing all projects for next year, but my immediate reaction is that it will be difficult enough to maintain and operate what we have let alone think about improvements.<br />
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“During my 28 years as a councillor I have never experienced such a financial savagery, these cuts are vicious”.<br />
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</strong>Right To Work Merseysidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03485296680576177556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8090872670232415280.post-39067385165412695702011-01-07T05:48:00.001-08:002011-01-07T05:48:25.891-08:00Key Dates<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Hi All</b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">After a lull in activity over the festive period, there is plenty of campaigning, lobbying and demonstrating to be done in the first few weeks of 2011. </b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">As mentioned in the previous bulletin it is important that as a group we are properly constituted and transparent which is why it is important that we have a constitution and bank account. The initial date for the Merseyside RtW </b><stockticker><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">AGM</b></stockticker><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> has had to change from 11th January to 26th January (details below in key dates). A proposed constitution will be sent out next week and any nomination received for positions on the steering committee.</b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><date day="12" month="1" year="2011"><strong><u>Wed 12th Jan 2011</u></strong></date><strong>: </strong><em><b><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Lobby St Helen's Council Meeting</span></b></em></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Councillor Fletcher (Labour) has tabled the following motion for discussion at the council meeting:</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><em>"This Council condemns the Coalition Government’s abolition of the Education Maintenance Allowance provision without providing an adequate substitute and calls upon them urgently to provide a realistic alternative. The removal of this allowance will severely damage the education and employment prospects of many of the most disadvantaged young people in </em><place><em>St Helens</em></place><em> at a time when they are already facing many other challenges. Because of those challenges it is essential that young people be supported in improving their prospects for education and training."</em></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">I think it is vital that we get as many people there from RtW to show that we support him and that a fightback is possible. I have emailed Councillor Fletcher to give him our support and I will also be contacting union reps in high schools and colleges in <place>St Helens</place> to get them to join us and get students there too. Furthermore on the St Helens council website Deputy council leader Councillor Grunewald has launched an attack on the Tory government and the local government spending cuts calling them "shameful" and "devastating". </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><em><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Action: </span></b></em><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Assemble </span></strong><time hour="17" minute="0"><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt;">5pm</span></strong></time><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> at St Helen's Town Hall, </span></strong><address><street><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Victoria Square</span></strong></street><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt;">, </span></strong><city><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt;">St Helens</span></strong></city><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt;">, </span></strong><postalcode><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt;">WA10 1HP</span></strong></postalcode></address><span style="font-size: 14pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Merseyside Right to Work will be leading this but I hope there will be other groups there to support us.</span></strong><span style="font-size: 14pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><date day="26" month="1" year="2011"><strong><u>Wed 26th Jan 2011</u></strong></date><strong>: </strong><em><b><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Merseyside Right to Work </span></b></em><stockticker><em><b><span style="font-size: 16pt;">AGM</span></b></em></stockticker><span style="font-size: 16pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">The meeting will be mainly to ratify our constitution (to follow in later email) and to establish a steering committee. We need people to nominate themselves (or others if they agree) to sit on the steering committee and help with planning events, coordinating groups and generally helping out. The more people who are involved in the committee the less work there will be! There are also some named positions that need to be filled; treasurer, secretary, convenor, deputy convenor, publicity/media. If you would like to be involved in the steering committee in a general sense or as a specific position can you please email me by next Monday (11th January)? Also if you would like to put something on the agenda for the <stockticker>AGM</stockticker> let me know by Monday 11th Jan.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><stockticker><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt;">AGM</span></strong></stockticker><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt;">: </span></strong><time hour="19" minute="30"><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt;">7.30pm</span></strong></time><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt;">, upstairs in the Crown Pub, </span></strong><address><street><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Lime Street</span></strong></street><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt;">, </span></strong><city><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Liverpool</span></strong></city><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></strong><postalcode><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt;">L1 1JQ</span></strong></postalcode></address><span style="font-size: 14pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><date day="12" month="2" year="2011"><strong><u>Saturday 12th Feb 2011</u></strong></date><strong>: </strong><em><b><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Right to Work People's Convention</span></b></em></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Convention called by Right to Work nationally to discuss strategies for campaigning and alternatives to cuts. Please let me know as soon as possible if you would like to go so that we can organise a delegation from Merseyside. For more information see: <a href="http://righttowork.org.uk/2010/11/peoples-convention/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: purple;">http://righttowork.org.uk/2010/11/peoples-convention/</span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><date day="26" month="3" year="2011"><strong><u>Saturday 26th Mar 2011</u></strong></date><strong>: </strong><stockticker><em><b><span style="font-size: 16pt;">TUC</span></b></em></stockticker><em><b><span style="font-size: 16pt;"> national demonstration against the cuts</span></b></em><span style="font-size: 16pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">National demonstration against the government's cuts organised by the Trades Union Congress. If you are in a union your union should be organising transport - please let us know what your union is doing. Merseyside Right to Work will also be organising transport for those not able to take advantage of union organised transport. There is also the possibility of organising an event on the same day in <place>Liverpool</place> for those people who are unable to travel to <city><place>London</place></city>. Please let me know if you would be interested in RtW transport or a <place>Liverpool</place> based event.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><em><b><span style="font-size: 20pt;">When they say cutback, we say fightback</span></b></em><span style="font-size: 20pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><strong>In solidarity,</strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Debs Gwynn</div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Convenor, Merseyside Right to Work</span>Right To Work Merseysidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03485296680576177556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8090872670232415280.post-26778931252750347352010-12-16T08:18:00.000-08:002010-12-16T08:18:11.051-08:00<div><img height="94" src="http://img2.ymlp56.net/9r73_RTWmailhead2.png" style="border-bottom: 0pt; border-left: 0pt; border-right: 0pt; border-top: 0pt;" width="600" /></div><div> </div><div>Right to Work is stepping up its campaigning activity against the ConDems’ cuts, job losses and austerity. The number of anti-cuts protests around the country is increasing all the time – and the recent student protests have hit a new level of militancy and shown the up the weakness of the ConDem government. That’s why we have launched <a href="http://t.ymlp56.net/uhaxamwyaxamsmwaaausb/click.php" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #ff6600;">a new website</span></b></a>, which we hope will boost our campaigning work and help more people get involved. We are also upgrading our office IT systems and communications.<br />
We also have a new email address - <a href="mailto:info@righttowork.org.uk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" ymailto="mailto:info@righttowork.org.uk"><span style="color: #ff6600;"><b>info@righttowork.org.uk</b></span></a> - and an address where you can send us news for our website - <b><span style="color: #ff6600;"><a href="mailto:reports@righttowork.org.uk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" ymailto="mailto:reports@righttowork.org.uk"><span style="color: #ff6600;">reports@righttowork.org.uk</span></a></span></b><br />
<h4>New website features</h4>We hope you like the new site. On the front page, you will find <strong>news</strong> about cuts protests around the country and regular updates about Right to Work activities. There is also an <strong>action diary</strong> listing upcoming events.<br />
You can also find our latest campaigning materials listed under <strong>campaign kit</strong> and our <strong>pick of the web</strong> – a continually updated stream of the latest news for activists – as well as our <strong>Twitter</strong> feed.<br />
You can also find out how to <strong><a href="http://t.ymlp56.net/uwavamwyanamsmwafausb/click.php" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ff6600;">affiliate</span></a></strong> to Right to Work and read RTW national secretary <strong><a href="http://t.ymlp56.net/uqagamwyatamsmwagausb/click.php" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ff6600;">Chris Bambery’s blog</span></a></strong>.<br />
<h4>What do you think?</h4>Have a look round! Leave a <strong>comment</strong> below and tell us what you think, or get in touch through our <strong><a href="http://t.ymlp56.net/uyaiamwyacamsmwavausb/click.php" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ff6600;">contact page</span></a></strong>.<br />
<h4>Help us do more</h4>Developing our website, office systems and communications – and all our other campaigning work – costs money. Please help our work by <a href="http://t.ymlp56.net/esavamwyazamsmwagausb/click.php" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ff6600;"><b>making a donation</b></span></a>.<br />
<b>Thanks for your support.</b></div><div align="center" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 8pt; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-top: 10px;"><hr color="#000000" noshade="noshade" size="1" width="50%" /></div>Right To Work Merseysidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03485296680576177556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8090872670232415280.post-49747523853286196492010-12-16T07:10:00.000-08:002010-12-16T07:10:14.299-08:00Merseyside Unite Against Fascism bulletin<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Merseyside Unite Against Fascism</span></u></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></u></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><a href="mailto:liverpool@uaf.org.uk" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0066cc; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">liverpool@uaf.org.uk</span></a></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> / 07908 202 006</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">1. Mobilise for Luton : Stop the EDL Saturday 5 February 2011</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">2. EDL turns its fire on student anti-fees protesters</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">3. Merseyside Unite Against Fascism Meetings</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">4. Unite Against Fascism National Conference 26 February London</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">5. Future Events</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span><b><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">1. Mobilise for Luton : Stop the EDL Saturday 5 February 2011</span></u></b><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></u></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The English Defence League has backed down over its plans to invite Terry Jones – the anti-Muslim racist US pastor who sparked international outrage with calls to burn the Qur’an – to its demonstration in Luton on Saturday 5 February. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Jones is pastor of a church with just 50 members but his call to burn the Qur’an on the anniversary of 9/11 made him a key figure for anti-Muslim racists around the world. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The EDL, an organisation of racist thugs with links to the British National Party and other fascist groups, had boasted it was “proud to announce” that vicious racist and homophobic bigot Jones would speak at its demonstration in Luton on 5 February.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 4;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Backtrack</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">But the EDL has been forced to backtrack after its announcement sparked widespread revulsion among the public in Britain and abroad. The racist thugs did not have the confidence to carry through their invitation.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">It has been reported that home secretary Teresa May was considering a ban on Jones. But that is not why the EDL backed off – home office bans on EDL marches in Bradford, Leicester and elsewhere have done nothing to stop the EDL from mobilising.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The EDL includes hardcore fascists who periodically try to “harden up” its racist support. From time to time, they test the water to see how far they can push their violent racism. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 4;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Mobilise</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Where they have been pushed back this has been because the vast majority of ordinary people reject the EDL’s racism and violence and because antiracists and antifascists have been prepared to mobilise against them and demonstrate that opposition on the streets.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">That is why it is essential that antiracists and antifascists turn out again to oppose the EDL in Luton on Saturday 5 February, when UAF is organising a major demonstration against them.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The EDL was formed after masked racist thugs <a href="http://uaf.org.uk/2009/05/anti-muslim-mob-runs-rampage-through-luton/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #660033;">went on the rampage through Luton last year</span></b></a>, attacking Asian residents and spreading fear and intimidation.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">That is the reason they are targeting Luton again – their own publicity is designed to remind its supporters of their hate-filled history.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 4;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Home-grown racists</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The invite to US pastor Terry Jones was designed to whip up publicity for the EDL – but he is not the main event. The problem in this country is the home-grown racists of the EDL.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">We need to build the widest possible opposition to the EDL and their anti-Muslim racism and violence. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The campaign to push back the EDL and marginalise their racist hatred must not be scaled back because Terry Jones will no longer be coming. Let’s show the EDL they are not wanted here either.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Merseyside Unite Against Fascism will be running coaches to this protest : Tickets will be on sale in News from Nowhere, Bold Street or email </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><a href="mailto:liverpool@uaf.org.uk" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #0066cc;">liverpool@uaf.org.uk</span></b></a><b> / tel : 07908 202 006. We are urging all our supporters and friends, trade unionists to come with us. We cannot allow the EDL to rampage on the streets of Luton.</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">2. EDL turns its fire on student anti-fees protesters</span></u></b><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></u></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The leader of the English Defence League has turned his fire on students protesting against fees and cuts.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The EDL is an organisation of racist thugs, with links to the British National Party and other fascist groups. It has so far mainly targeted Muslims with its vicious racism and violence.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">But in a speech to EDL supporters in Peterborough on 11 December, EDL leader “Tommy Robinson” – a former BNP member whose real name is Stephen Yaxley Lennon – issued a threat to student demonstrators.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 4;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Threatened</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">His speech alternated attempts to whip up anti-Muslim hatred with attacks on the thousands of school and college students who have protested against fees and education cuts over the past weeks. He threatened:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The next time the students want to protest in our capital, the English Defence League will be there.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">In terms that will come as news to millions of working class school and university students, he claimed:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">You had students living off their dads’ f***ing bank cards who have never lived a normal way in their life. They do not understand what it is to be a working class member of this community.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">And in a single scattergun blast, he lashed out at students, Unite Against Fascism and “communist scum”. His speech followed streams of hate directed at students on the EDL’s forums.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The speech signalled that the EDL is moving to broaden its targets. The racist thugs have largely attempted to build by attacking Muslims – and other black and Asian people. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">In towns including Dudley and Stoke, EDL supporters have run rampage, attacking people, homes and shops. They have also attacked Mosques and a Hindu temple.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 4;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Hardening</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Fascists within the EDL have been trying to “harden up” the organisation’s supporters and push them towards other traditional targets of fascism, including trade unionists and socialists as well as ethnic minorities. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">There have been a series of attempts to disrupt antiracist and left-wing meetings, an attack on Swansea Trades Union Council’s annual May Day march and verbal abuse of the BA strikers. Now they are turning on students. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">UAF national officer Martin Smith said:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Some people in the antifascist movement have argued that if the EDL comes to your town, you should stay at home, ignore them and hope they’ll go away. We think that’s wrong. There are fascist elements with a growing influence in the EDL – and if you give an inch to a fascist, they’ll come back for more.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">First they come for the Muslims, then it is trade unions and the socialists, now it is students. We need to unite and stand together – and oppose the EDL. When they attack one community, it’s an attack on all of us. And we should remember that if we all come together and stand united, there are many, many more of us than them.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">3. Merseyside Unite Against Fascism Meetings</span></u></b><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></u></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Our next meeting is 7pm Wednesday 26 January at the Unite Offices, Islington (just along Lime Street past the Empire Theatre). </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Given the recent BNP stall in Liverpool city centre and other areas will need to strengthen our networks over the coming months. The meetings are open to everyone who wants to get involved.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Meetings after this will take place the last Wednesday in every month at 7pm in the Unite Offices. A big thank you to UNITE the Union for allowing us to use their premises!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">4. Unite Against Fascism National Conference 26 February London</span></u></b><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></u></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The Unite Against Fascism annual conference takes place on Saturday 26 February in London. More details will follow as soon as we get them. Check on the UAF website <a href="http://www.uaf.org.uk/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0066cc;">www.uaf.org.uk</span></a> for up to date details.<u></u></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">5. Future Events</span></u></b><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></u></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> Merseyside Love Music Hate Racism are just putting the finishing touches to plans for a major anti-racist festival to be held with the Anthony Walker Foundation on Saturday 9 July 2011 at Liverpool University. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">It will be an all day event encompassing sports, culture and music with a large Love Music Hate Racism gig in the evening. We will be inviting community groups, trade unions and campaign organisations to get involved and have stalls at the event. We would like to run projects in schools, colleges and youth centres in the run up to the festival so if you have ideas then drop us a line at <a href="mailto:merseyside@lovemusichateracism.com" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0066cc;">merseyside@lovemusichateracism.com</span></a>. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Alan</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Merseyside Unite Against Fascism</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 7.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><a href="mailto:liverpool@uaf.org.uk" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0066cc;">liverpool@uaf.org.uk</span></a> / 07908 202 006</span></div>Right To Work Merseysidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03485296680576177556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8090872670232415280.post-23134195131970009682010-12-14T12:52:00.001-08:002010-12-14T12:52:44.585-08:00Bulletin 5<div>Thank you to everyone who braved the cold to attend the demonstration and rally last Saturday in Liverpool. It was a good turnout and kept alive the spirit of fightback which has been so visible through the recent student protests. </div><div> </div><div>The cuts are starting to take effect on our local services and will continue to do so in the coming months. According to today's Liverpool Echo, the local government cuts will mean that: </div><blockquote dir="ltr" style="margin-right: 0px;"><div style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><strong><em>"Revenue spending power in Liverpool will fall by £72.2m, in Knowsley by £23.4m, in Sefton by £19.5m, in St Helens by £18.1m and in Wirral by almost £30m in 2011/12"</em></strong></div></blockquote><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Cutting jobs is not the answer. The economic crisis was not caused by local government employees, it was caused by bankers and greedy corporate fat cats. Demonstations against Phillip Green (Owner of the Arcadia Group of shops) and Vodaphone have gathered support and momentum across the country. Vodaphone have had a tax bill of over £5billion written off and Phillip Green avoids paying UK tax to the tune of £25billion a year as he claims residency in Monaco where his wife lives. He lives in London in a hotel most of the week! For more information about protests in Liverpool use the following link: <strong><em><a href="http://www.ukuncut.org.uk/actions" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.ukuncut.org.uk/actions</a></em></strong></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><strong><em></em></strong> </div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><strong><u>Key dates in 2011:</u></strong></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><strong><u></u></strong> </div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><strong><em><u>Tuesday 11th January 2011:</u></em></strong> Merseyside Right to Work Annual General Meeting. Venue tbc. As a group it is important that we keep ourselves viable, therefore we need to have a constitution, steering committee and bank account. As soon as I confirm a venue I will send out more details of the AGM agenda and draft constitution which will need to be agreed at the meeting, as well as positions available on the steering committee.</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"> </div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><strong><em><u>Saturday 12th February 2011:</u></em></strong> The national Right to Work campaign is holding a convention in London (see website for details <a href="http://righttowork.org.uk/2010/11/peoples-convention/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://righttowork.org.uk/2010/11/peoples-convention/</a>). It is £5 waged and £2 unwaged. I would urge you to make the effort to attend as it will be a brilliant opportunity to get together with other activists and find out what people are doing across the country to fightback against the cuts. Please let me know if you are interested in attending.</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"> </div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><strong><em><u>Saturday 26th March 2011:</u></em></strong> TUC national demonstration in London against the Coalition's cuts to the public sector and welfare state. The TUC are aiming to make this event as big as the Stop the War demonstration in 2003 which brought one million people onto the streets of London in protest at the invasion of Iraq. Merseyside Right to Work took 75 people to Birmingham to protest at the Tory Party Conference, lets take over 100 to London. Coach tickets will be available in the New Year. The close vote on tuition fees last week shows how weak the coalition is and a mass public movement and demonstration could act as the catalyst for bringing down the Tory party leadership in the same way as the Poll tax protests did twenty years ago.</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"> </div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Finally there are several local council meetings in January and February which I think we should lobby now that the cuts to local government budgets has been announced. The last lobby we had outside Liverpool Council's meeting ended up with an impromptu sit down protest in the road which stopped traffic for half an hour. If anyone has any ideas for stunts we could do at the lobbies please let me know as that always helps with publicity. Dates and times of council meetings below <em><strong>(times are the start of the meeting so lobby should assemble an hour before):</strong></em></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><em><strong></strong></em> </div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><strong><em><u>Weds 12th Jan 2011:</u></em></strong> St Helens Council, 6.15pm</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><strong><em><u>Thurs 13th Jan 2011: </u></em></strong>Sefton Council (Southport Town Hall), 6.30pm </div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><strong><em><u>Weds 19th Jan 2011:</u></em></strong> Liverpool Council, 5pm</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><strong><em><u>Weds 9th Feb 2011: </u></em></strong>Knowsley Council (Municipal Building, Huyton), 6pm</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><strong><em><u>Mon 14th Feb 2011: </u></em></strong>Wirral Council (Wallasey Town Hall), 6.15pm</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"> </div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><em><strong>When they say cutback, we say fightback.</strong></em></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><strong><em></em></strong> </div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">In solidarity,</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"> </div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Debs Gwynn</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Convenor, Merseyside Right to Work</div>Right To Work Merseysidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03485296680576177556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8090872670232415280.post-48770107609999505882010-12-13T14:59:00.000-08:002010-12-13T15:00:26.795-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj21HqLaH9X4ATvIVQy0tQIciuKj38YOd-jOKcQ2z6H1MxRB9PDCVfBVJkLWoAfn95pvTirn0aBFENZ74xGJcal3dgU7Fv6WyH9HD8VK896PYa-p13OdSQobtuuR87wWMc7ck4AZ7x_gcU/s1600/TUC-Demo-Poster3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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This is a vitally important campaign, from all of the devastating educational cuts this is one of the most severe, and an open attack on the poorest families in our society.<br />
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<a href="http://emacampaign.org.uk/">SAVE THE EDUCATIONAL MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCE</a>Right To Work Merseysidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03485296680576177556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8090872670232415280.post-32220760064169443662010-12-11T13:58:00.000-08:002010-12-11T13:58:40.411-08:00Sefton Anti-Cuts Protest<div><strong>There is a protest planned against Sefton Council cuts and the closure of St Wilfrids School at the next full council meeting, Thursday 16th December at Bootle Town Hall (opposite Bootle OP railway station). The council meeting takes place at 6.30pm, so the protest will start shortly before that. When I hear of more details I will update the blog.</strong></div><div><strong></strong> </div><div>Danny Foy</div>Right To Work Merseysidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03485296680576177556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8090872670232415280.post-78930774491218994122010-12-07T14:38:00.001-08:002010-12-07T14:38:53.115-08:00Thursdays Day of Action<div class="MsoPlainText" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Add your name to the statement by emailing </span><a href="mailto:sean.vernell@yahoo.co.uk" title="mailto:sean.vernell@yahoo.co.uk"><span style="font-size: x-small;">sean.vernell@yahoo.co.uk</span></a><span style="font-size: x-small;">…spread this out widely</span></span></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 24pt;">Our students are fighting to defend education for all- join them.</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"></span></div><place><placetype><span style="font-family: Arial;">University</span></placetype><span style="font-family: Arial;"> of </span><placename><span style="font-family: Arial;">London Union</span></placename></place><span style="font-family: Arial;"> and UCU London Region have called a demonstration on Thursday 9th December, the day Parliament debates the raising of the cap on tuition fees, to add support to the mass lobby of Parliament called by UCU and NUS.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">The student movement has inspired all those who wish to defend education for all. If the Coalition government get away with raising tuition fees and cutting EMA it will deny access to Further and Higher Education making it the preserve of the very wealthy. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">By taking to the streets in their tens of thousands, students have broken the idea that cuts are inevitable. They have exposed the government as weak and demonstrated that they can be stopped from wrecking people lives.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">As student placards have stated: “We did not cause this crisis - why should we pay for it?”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">We are calling upon the trades union movement and community organisations across </span><place><city><span style="font-family: Arial;">London</span></city></place><span style="font-family: Arial;"> to come and join the students fighting for all of our futures.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Please email <a href="mailto:sean.vernell@yahoo.co.uk" title="mailto:sean.vernell@yahoo.co.uk">sean.vernell@yahoo.co.uk</a> to add your name</span>Right To Work Merseysidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03485296680576177556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8090872670232415280.post-46835117023428230192010-12-07T14:35:00.001-08:002010-12-07T14:35:57.898-08:00Liverpool Anti-Cuts Demo<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;"><strong>Please support the anti-cuts demo in Liverpool on Saturday 11th December. It's crucial we make this protest the biggest and liveliest demonstration in Liverpool for a long time. As the rest of us face cuts in our jobs, services and communities the rich get away with avoiding to pay billions in tax. We urge all our supporters and the wider public to back this demo. Len McCluskey the newly elected leader of Unite the union will be speaking. There will also be speakers from other trade unions, the student anti-cuts movement and the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. Please do all you can to come and bring your friends, colleagues and family ! This promises to be a very big and important local protest. We need you all there to make it so.</strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;">Sat 11th Dec* at 11am: Merseyside Against the Cuts March and Rally (organised by</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;">Public Sector Alliance and Merseyside Trades Union Council) Assemble at the</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;">RC Metropolitan Cathedral</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;">Liverpool</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px;"> </span>Right To Work Merseysidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03485296680576177556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8090872670232415280.post-63222017597926509742010-12-07T14:32:00.000-08:002010-12-07T14:32:35.225-08:00Upcoming Events<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="background: black; color: #ff6600; font-family: Arial; font-size: 20pt;">1. Join the Students Protests </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="background: black; color: #ff6600; font-family: Arial; font-size: 20pt;">This Thursday!</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #ff6600; font-family: Arial; font-size: 20pt;"></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">Right to Work is urging all its supporters to join the student protests this Thursday. Bring a delegation and banner from your campaign, trade union, workplace or wherever.</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">There are widespread reports of lecturers walking out on the day alongside the students.</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">The London demonstration assembles 12 noon at the University of London Union, Malet Street.</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">To be put in touch with your local Right to Work group to find out local details for student protests – <span style="color: #ff6600;">contact 07986 085 162</span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="background: black; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 18pt;">2. Protest Over Housing Benefit & Rent 'Reforms'</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="background: black; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 22pt;"> <br />
</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="background: black; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 22pt;">15 December</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 22pt;"><span> </span><span> </span></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 22pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">Stop attacks on tenants - Build council homes</span></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Protest at Downing St 12.30 pm, on Wednesday the 15 December. Meet on Whitehall opposite Downing St. Nearest tube Westminster.</b></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #ff6600; font-family: Arial;">• CAP RENTS NOT HOUSING BENEFIT</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #ff6600; font-family: Arial;"></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="background: black; color: white; font-family: Arial;">• HANDS OFF OUR SECURITY – NO MEANS TESTS</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: white; font-family: Arial;"></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #ff6600; font-family: Arial;">• NO EVICTIONS DUE TO CUTS IN HOUSING BENEFIT</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #ff6600; font-family: Arial;"></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="background: black; color: white; font-family: Arial;">• OPPOSE 80% MARKET RENTS</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: white; font-family: Arial;"></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #ff6600; font-family: Arial;">• BUILD NEW AND IMPROVED COUNCIL HOUSING</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #ff6600; font-family: Arial;"></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">Government proposals to cut housing benefit, force rents up to 80% of market levels, and remove security of tenure for new tenants will increase fear and insecurity, rent arrears, evictions and homelessness.</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">They want to drive more into private renting and destroy the principles of public housing. We want secure and stable mixed communities – not poverty traps and transit camps.</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">Housing Emergency is bringing together organisations and individuals to oppose attacks on Housing Benefit, rents and secure tenancies, and for investment in new and improved council and affordable secure rented homes</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">Supported by, House of Commons Council Housing Group; Defend<br />
Council Housing; Unite, GMB, Public and Commercial Services trade<br />
unions; Barking & Dagenham Council; Leeds Tenants Federation; Tower<br />
Hamlets Tenants Federation; London Coalition Against Poverty; Right to<br />
Work Campaign; Labour Representation Committee; Disabled People<br />
Against Cuts.<br />
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Further information: </span><a href="mailto:eileenshort@hotmail.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="blocked::mailto:eileenshort@hotmail.com
mailto:eileenshort@hotmail.com" ymailto="mailto:eileenshort@hotmail.com"><span style="font-size: small;">eileenshort@hotmail.com</span></a></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;">Bring </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;">cardboard boxes and sleeping bags.</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;">After this disabled people will move on to the Trafalgar Square Xmas tree, at about 3, for some nativity themed photo ops. We will be visited by Joseph and Mary and their lovely donkey. We will meet them with placards carrying our borough names and turn them away.</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">Write to Rich </span><a href="http://uk.mc283.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=bigchief@groups.facebook.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="blocked::http://uk.mc283.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=bigchief@groups.facebook.com"><span style="color: #0088cc; text-decoration: none;"><span title="blocked::http://uk.mc283.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=bigchief@groups.facebook.com"><span style="font-size: small;">bigchief@groups.facebook.com</span></span></span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">Or Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC) </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=121196194603310" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="blocked::http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=121196194603310"><span style="font-size: small;">http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=121196194603310</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">More information at their</span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=113959955338415&id=121196194603310#%21/home.php?sk=group_179857192028023" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="blocked::http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=113959955338415&id=121196194603310#!/home.php?sk=group_179857192028023"><span style="color: #0088cc; text-decoration: none;"><span title="blocked::http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=113959955338415&id=121196194603310#!/home.php?sk=group_179857192028023"><span style="font-size: small;"> facebook group site</span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: small;">s</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"></span></div><div align="center" style="line-height: 19.2pt; margin-bottom: 6pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 18pt;">Target Sir Philip Green Tax Dodger – Protest at Top Shop</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">Local Right to Work groups should be targeting Topshop in protest at Cameron and Osborne’s pal Sir Philip Green’s tax avoidance</span></span></div>Right To Work Merseysidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03485296680576177556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8090872670232415280.post-81603823864697062772010-12-01T14:07:00.000-08:002010-12-01T14:07:38.762-08:00Demo outside Liverpool Royal Hospital<div>Hi All</div><div> </div><div><strong>Thurs 2nd Dec - demonstration outside Liverpool Royal Hospital, 12-2pm </strong></div><div><strong>This is a rolling demo like the one on the 22nd Oct i.e. if you have a few minutes at lunchtime to pop down it would be appreciated.</strong></div><div><strong> </strong></div><div><strong>The demo is part of an ongoing campaign against PFI and budget cuts. When Right to Work went down with the banner last time it was very well received by the staff.</strong></div><div><strong> </strong></div><div><strong>In solidarity,</strong></div><div><strong></strong> </div><div><strong>Debs Gwynn</strong></div><div><strong>Convenor, Merseyside Right to Work</strong></div>Right To Work Merseysidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03485296680576177556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8090872670232415280.post-66433829780359125222010-11-28T12:17:00.001-08:002010-11-28T12:20:08.978-08:00Photos from student walkout, day x, weds 24th Nov, Liverpool. Photos by Kev Purdy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3lqaP4NYjKb7Awiuxid3ygiUic-QklTuPefhXIRmnVW3Gua2Evl7l96Tgi7KVlDeqtYEIMjrUR6Xt3lksCkYOcJE14ta2KLfxVoKudjghZFUYaADpJrpvEZMZKcFj1iHMp9fkRSi-VKg/s1600/LowResAntiDemoForwardsdDSC_0177.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3lqaP4NYjKb7Awiuxid3ygiUic-QklTuPefhXIRmnVW3Gua2Evl7l96Tgi7KVlDeqtYEIMjrUR6Xt3lksCkYOcJE14ta2KLfxVoKudjghZFUYaADpJrpvEZMZKcFj1iHMp9fkRSi-VKg/s320/LowResAntiDemoForwardsdDSC_0177.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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