Dear SSOS anti-cuts campaigners,
I hope you will be able to come to the SSOS Organising meeting this Wednesday. (7pm - 8.30pm in Room L252 at South Bank Uni London Road building SE1.)
We have four invited speakers from local groups to give an outline of the campaigns launched to stop cuts to:
• Disability Living Allowance –cuts to benefits entitlement
• Southwark Fire station – now definitely named for closure
• Nurseries – redundancies of qualified staff; increasing changes to parents etc.
• Pensions –the latest attack on pensions is being unveiled this week
Please make every effort to attend.
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Latest events notified to SSOS (additional to the listing sent to you on 4 January)
Wednesday 16th January at 12 noon
12noon. Judicial Review of the Work Capability Assessment. A vigil will be held outside the Royal Courts of Justice near to the Upper Tribunal Courts by the Mental Health Resistance Network, supported by DPAC and other mental health and disability campaigning organisations.
Saturday 19th January
12-2pm. Initial organising meeting for a national campaign against Benefit Cuts, at Unite HQ offices, Theobalds Rd Holborn.
Called by Defend Council Housing and Disabled People Against Cuts, with support from PCS and Unite unions and other organisations.
Saturday 19th January
9.30am onwards. Battle Bus touring SE London to publicise the forthcoming demonstration to save health services in south London. News coverage of latest impact here . More details of the Battle Bus tour at http://www.savelewishamhospital.com/ On the day, contact Rita on 07890 637 282 to check times of arrival at different leafleting points.
Tuesday 22nd January
3pm. Southwark Disabled People Against Cuts meeting at Southwark Independent Living Centre, 10 Bradenham Close, SE17 2QB. Agenda is obtainable from southwarkdpac@mail.com
Sunday, 13 January 2013
Friday, 4 January 2013
Alert: A new year of massive cuts to come in Southwark
4 January 2013
This year, there will be further swingeing cuts to Southwark Council’s services, plus increases to rents and other charges. This comes on top of cuts in real terms of £90 million in the past two years. Also, in April the government’s welfare reform agenda will really kick in. With these, and the ongoing threat to South London health services, there is plenty to protest about – and lots of campaign events that you can join. Check out our Diary listing.
Don’t forget you can follow us
on Twitter: @southwarkSOS
on Facebook: Southwark SSOS
EVENTS LIST
Tuesday 8 January
7pm London Keep Our NHS Public meeting at Camden Town Hall, Judd St, just off Euston Rd and nearly opposite St Pancras Station. More information from londonkeepournhspublic@gmail.com
Thursday 10 January
5.30pm onwards. Save Lewisham Hospital Protest @ BBC TV Question Time. Tell the Tories and Liberals what you think! Meeting Point: Richard Hoggart Building, Goldsmith’s University, Lewisham Way, SE14 6NW. Called by the Save Lewisham Hospital campaign Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/savelewishamhospitalnhs
Tuesday 15 January
7pm. Lambeth Keep Our NHS Public meeting, Duke of Cambridge pub, 74 Lansdowne Way, Stockwell, SW8 2DR. More details from lambethkonp@gmail.com
Wednesday 16 January
7pm. Southwark Save Our Services Campaign planning meeting to support campaigns over nurseries, fire stations, health services, Council Tax and rent increases - and more. All welcome. South Bank University, London Road Building, SE1. For room and agenda contact: southwarksos@gmail.com
Wednesday 16 January
6.30pm. Showing of Michael Moore's film "Sicko" by Friends of Tate South Lambeth Library at Tate Free Library, 180 South Lambeth Road, SW8 1QP. Free admission.
Friday 18 January
6pm. Setting up a singing flash mob - a new way to leaflet about what is happening to our NHS! At Royal Festival Hall, South Bank, 5th Floor. More details from lambethkonp@gmail.com
Monday 21 January
2pm. Lobby of the next London Fire Authority meeting which will formally table proposals to shut several London fire stations. Called by the London region of the Fire Brigades Union. Assemble outside the London Fire Brigade headquarters at 169 Union Street, London SE1 0LL. Information about local stations affected at http://www.saveourstations.org.uk/
Wednesday 23 January
7pm. “Affordable and social housing in Southwark” - a themed debate called by Southwark Council, Informal discussion from 6 pm. Assembly/main business meeting starts at 7pm. Venue: The Charter School, Red Post Hill, London SE24 9JH. Come along and make sure the anti-cuts voice is heard! Get more information from Defend Council Housing by emailing to fairymill@gmail.com
Saturday 26 January
12 noon. Demonstration through Lewisham and Catford in advance of Jeremy Hunt announcing his decision about the future of Lewisham Hospital and the South London Health Trust. Assemble at Lewisham Roundabout (by the station). Called by Save Lewisham Hospital Campaign, supported by Lewisham KONP and other organisations. For more information and to volunteer to help distribute leaflets, visit http://www.savelewishamhospital.com/
Tuesday 29 January
4pm. Southwark Council Cabinet meeting when the new budget will be received, and deputations will be heard. Please note this is yet to be confirmed. Agenda (or possibly a deferment of meeting) will be announced on or about 22 January. Please contact southwarksos@gmail.com if your campaign group will attend.
Wednesday 30 January
4pm - 7.30pm. Joint Guys and St Thomas' Trust Board and Governors meeting, discussing private patient income for the hospitals - a crucial aspect of the Health Act. Venue: Governors Hall, St Thomas' Hospital. Contact lambethkonp@gmail.com
Southwark Disabled People Against Cuts meet regularly at Southwark Independent Living Centre, 10 Bradenham Close, SE17 2QB. Dates of the meeting and agenda are obtainable from southwarkdpac@mail.com
Advance notice
Monday 4 February
10am. Banner/placard making for “Warm-up” Protest (See 6 February, below) at Southwark Pensioners Centre, 307 Camberwell Road, SE5 0HQ. Details of SPAG events here . More details about Warm-up protests from fuelpovertyaction@gmail.com
Wednesday 6 February
1pm. ‘Warm-up’ Protest at South Bank, SE1. Called by Southwark Pensioners Action Group (SPAG). See their website at http://www.spag.btck.co.uk/
Saturday 16 February
Proposed date of London wide day of action for the NHS. Details yet to be finalised.
Wednesday 27 February
7pm. Southwark Council Assembly Council Tax Meeting. Details of deputations, lobby etc to be arranged. Please contact southwarksos@gmail.com if your campaign group will attend.
Thursday 28 February
11am - 3pm Better Public Transport Conference to assess the current state of public transport and discuss what pensioners can do to ensure concessionary travel remains a key issue in the minds of politicians. Organised by the National Pensioners Convention. Venue: St Pancras Hall, Lancing Street (near Euston Station) NW1 1NA. More information from info@npcuk.org
This year, there will be further swingeing cuts to Southwark Council’s services, plus increases to rents and other charges. This comes on top of cuts in real terms of £90 million in the past two years. Also, in April the government’s welfare reform agenda will really kick in. With these, and the ongoing threat to South London health services, there is plenty to protest about – and lots of campaign events that you can join. Check out our Diary listing.
Don’t forget you can follow us
on Twitter: @southwarkSOS
on Facebook: Southwark SSOS
EVENTS LIST
Tuesday 8 January
7pm London Keep Our NHS Public meeting at Camden Town Hall, Judd St, just off Euston Rd and nearly opposite St Pancras Station. More information from londonkeepournhspublic@gmail.com
Thursday 10 January
5.30pm onwards. Save Lewisham Hospital Protest @ BBC TV Question Time. Tell the Tories and Liberals what you think! Meeting Point: Richard Hoggart Building, Goldsmith’s University, Lewisham Way, SE14 6NW. Called by the Save Lewisham Hospital campaign Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/savelewishamhospitalnhs
Tuesday 15 January
7pm. Lambeth Keep Our NHS Public meeting, Duke of Cambridge pub, 74 Lansdowne Way, Stockwell, SW8 2DR. More details from lambethkonp@gmail.com
Wednesday 16 January
7pm. Southwark Save Our Services Campaign planning meeting to support campaigns over nurseries, fire stations, health services, Council Tax and rent increases - and more. All welcome. South Bank University, London Road Building, SE1. For room and agenda contact: southwarksos@gmail.com
Wednesday 16 January
6.30pm. Showing of Michael Moore's film "Sicko" by Friends of Tate South Lambeth Library at Tate Free Library, 180 South Lambeth Road, SW8 1QP. Free admission.
Friday 18 January
6pm. Setting up a singing flash mob - a new way to leaflet about what is happening to our NHS! At Royal Festival Hall, South Bank, 5th Floor. More details from lambethkonp@gmail.com
Monday 21 January
2pm. Lobby of the next London Fire Authority meeting which will formally table proposals to shut several London fire stations. Called by the London region of the Fire Brigades Union. Assemble outside the London Fire Brigade headquarters at 169 Union Street, London SE1 0LL. Information about local stations affected at http://www.saveourstations.org.uk/
Wednesday 23 January
7pm. “Affordable and social housing in Southwark” - a themed debate called by Southwark Council, Informal discussion from 6 pm. Assembly/main business meeting starts at 7pm. Venue: The Charter School, Red Post Hill, London SE24 9JH. Come along and make sure the anti-cuts voice is heard! Get more information from Defend Council Housing by emailing to fairymill@gmail.com
Saturday 26 January
12 noon. Demonstration through Lewisham and Catford in advance of Jeremy Hunt announcing his decision about the future of Lewisham Hospital and the South London Health Trust. Assemble at Lewisham Roundabout (by the station). Called by Save Lewisham Hospital Campaign, supported by Lewisham KONP and other organisations. For more information and to volunteer to help distribute leaflets, visit http://www.savelewishamhospital.com/
Tuesday 29 January
4pm. Southwark Council Cabinet meeting when the new budget will be received, and deputations will be heard. Please note this is yet to be confirmed. Agenda (or possibly a deferment of meeting) will be announced on or about 22 January. Please contact southwarksos@gmail.com if your campaign group will attend.
Wednesday 30 January
4pm - 7.30pm. Joint Guys and St Thomas' Trust Board and Governors meeting, discussing private patient income for the hospitals - a crucial aspect of the Health Act. Venue: Governors Hall, St Thomas' Hospital. Contact lambethkonp@gmail.com
Southwark Disabled People Against Cuts meet regularly at Southwark Independent Living Centre, 10 Bradenham Close, SE17 2QB. Dates of the meeting and agenda are obtainable from southwarkdpac@mail.com
Advance notice
Monday 4 February
10am. Banner/placard making for “Warm-up” Protest (See 6 February, below) at Southwark Pensioners Centre, 307 Camberwell Road, SE5 0HQ. Details of SPAG events here . More details about Warm-up protests from fuelpovertyaction@gmail.com
Wednesday 6 February
1pm. ‘Warm-up’ Protest at South Bank, SE1. Called by Southwark Pensioners Action Group (SPAG). See their website at http://www.spag.btck.co.uk/
Saturday 16 February
Proposed date of London wide day of action for the NHS. Details yet to be finalised.
Wednesday 27 February
7pm. Southwark Council Assembly Council Tax Meeting. Details of deputations, lobby etc to be arranged. Please contact southwarksos@gmail.com if your campaign group will attend.
Thursday 28 February
11am - 3pm Better Public Transport Conference to assess the current state of public transport and discuss what pensioners can do to ensure concessionary travel remains a key issue in the minds of politicians. Organised by the National Pensioners Convention. Venue: St Pancras Hall, Lancing Street (near Euston Station) NW1 1NA. More information from info@npcuk.org
Sunday, 9 December 2012
Southwark Action Alert
7 December 2012
The
huge demonstration in Lewisham recently against the threatened closure of the
A+E Ward shows the depth of support for vital local services. Meanwhile, George
Osborne’s Autumn Statement this week shows that we face at least six more years
of austerity, and included an extra 2% cut to Southwark Council’s budget next
year. Local campaigns are organising against new cuts to nurseries, to fire
stations and to health services. There are plenty of planning meetings and
protest events – come along and get involved!
EVENTS LIST
Saturday 8 December
11.30am
for 12 noon. Transform the tax dodger
Starbucks into a One O'Clock Club. A UK Uncut Action at the Brixton branch
of Starbucks, supported by Lambeth NUT, Lambeth Green Party and Lambeth and
Southwark SOS In order to highlight cuts
to children's services, threatened privatisation of Lambeth’s One O'Clock Clubs
and cuts to Southwark’s nurseries. Bring face paints, toys, books, felt tips,
jigsaw puzzles, colouring-in books, cake – and don't forget to bring your kids!
Facebook event page here.
Saturday 8 December
12 noon. Protest against Workfare. The budget
shop Poundland has announced that it is re-entering the controversial unpaid
work scheme after the defeat of a court case against it. Assemble outside
Poundland, 284-286 Walworth Road, London SE17. Called by South London
Solidarity Federation. Facebook event here.
Sunday 9 December
2pm-5pm. Alternatives, Rights and Democracy:
discussion meeting about how Southwark residents, communities and workers can
create a better future, without cuts. Organised by Peoples Republic of
Southwark. For details of the event including venue, contact info@peoplesrepublicofsouthwark.co.uk
Tuesday 11 December
8.30am. Lobby of the TUC General Council meeting
to call for the naming of a date for a
24-hour general strike. Assemble at
Congress House, Great Russell Street, WC1B 3LS. Called by Unite the Resistance and National Shop
Stewards Network. On-line petition and further details here
and here.
Tuesday 11 December
8am-10am. Cut Rail Fares, Not Rail Staff: Leafleting
organised by Action For Rail Campaign. Four central London venues, others to be
announced. Details of these and other events here.
Tuesday 11 December
7pm. Lambeth ‘Keep Our NHS Public’ meeting at Duke of Cambridge, 74 Lansdowne Way, Stockwell,
SW8 2DR. Agenda includes reports from Lewisham meetings and House of Commons
coordinating campaign., followed by Christmas drinks. Special advance notice: Showing
of Michael Moore's film ‘Sicko’ about private health care in the USA and
discussion of the situation here too – Wed 16th Jan, 6.30pm.
Tuesday 11 December
7pm. London
Boycott Workfare meeting at the Italian Trade Union Centre, 124 Canonbury
Road, London N1 2UT (just a few minutes’ walk from Highbury & Islington
station).
Thursday 13 December
4 to 7pm. Candlelit vigil as part
of the 'Lewisham Day of Action' outside Lewisham Hospital. There are also
protests outside workplaces and elsewhere. Set up your own Southwark Solidarity protest! Wear something white, take a picture
of yourselves and send it in to the South London Press here and copy-in Southwark SOS and Lewisham KONP .
Monday 17 December
10.30am. Southwark Pensioners’ Action Group Planning
meeting for ‘Warm-up’ protest. (Note that
the event scheduled for 19th Dec has been deferred to January).
Meeting Venue: Southwark Pensioners Centre, 307 Camberwell Road, SE5 0HQ.
Details of SPAG events here . More
details about Warm-up protests from fuelpovertyaction@gmail.com
.
Thursday 20 December
7pm
– 8pm. David Bratby who painted the murals in four of the seven subways beneath
the Elephant and Castle Roundabout gives a guided tour and explains why the E&C roundabouts need to be protected.
Meet in the centre of the roundabout next to the Faraday Memorial. Join the
Facebook event here. More information about the campaign
to save the subways can be found at http://www.saveoursubways.org/
Advance notice
Wednesday 16 January
7pm. Southwark
Save Our Services Campaign planning meeting to support campaigns over
nurseries, fire stations, health services, Council Tax and more. All welcome.
South Bank University, London Road Building, SE1. For room and agenda contact southwarksos@gmail.com
Southwark Disabled People
Against Cuts meetings at Southwark Independent Living Centre, 10 Bradenham Close, SE17 2QB
will continue in January. Dates of the meeting and agenda are obtainable from
southwarkdpac@mail.com
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Twitter @southwarkSOS
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Are you part of a community group or campaign? We’d
like to hear from you. Tell us what you’re doing and we can advertise your
anti-cuts campaign activities. Email us at southwarksos@gmail.com.
All our organising meetings are open. Please come along (details above).
Monday, 3 December 2012
Southwark Save Our Services meeting This WEDNESDAY 5DEC
Southwark Save Our Services meeting
This Wednesday
7.30pm*
in Room A2 of London Road Building, LSBU.
(*later start-time so you can attend protests in central London first – details below)
Agenda to include:
- Council Tax imposition on claimants – plans for local campaign
- Council Nurseries cuts – closures, redundancies - report
- Fire stations -cuts/closure - London consultation & campaign launch
- Fuel Poverty – arrangements for local protest Dec/Jan
- Disability assessment – report of recent protests
- Starbucks – plans for Saturday’s protest
- Lewisham A+E – spreading the campaign to Southwark
Tuesday: ‘Converge on Kershaw’ demonstration at 6pm at the Calabash Centre, George Lane, SE6 3HH, where the government’s appointed administrator who announced the attacks on Lewisham Hospital is due to speak.
Wednesday: ‘No To Austerity’ demonstration. Assemble at King’s College on the Strand from 5.30pm and rally at Downing Street from 6 pm onwards. Speakers include Christine Blower (NUT), John McDonnell MP, Kate Hudson (CND), Owen Jones, Andy Greene (DPAC), UK Uncut plus speakers from fights across the capital: Connaught School strike, Lewisham Health Campaign, Amnesty International strike, London Met etc Followed by Southwark SOS meeting at 7.30, Room A2 London Rd Bldg, LSBU
Saturday: UK Uncut action against Starbucks Brixton. (Still going ahead despite today’s statement by the company.) Starts at midday but get in there early (Organisers will be in there from 11.15am).
This Wednesday
7.30pm*
in Room A2 of London Road Building, LSBU.
(*later start-time so you can attend protests in central London first – details below)
Agenda to include:
- Council Tax imposition on claimants – plans for local campaign
- Council Nurseries cuts – closures, redundancies - report
- Fire stations -cuts/closure - London consultation & campaign launch
- Fuel Poverty – arrangements for local protest Dec/Jan
- Disability assessment – report of recent protests
- Starbucks – plans for Saturday’s protest
- Lewisham A+E – spreading the campaign to Southwark
Tuesday: ‘Converge on Kershaw’ demonstration at 6pm at the Calabash Centre, George Lane, SE6 3HH, where the government’s appointed administrator who announced the attacks on Lewisham Hospital is due to speak.
Wednesday: ‘No To Austerity’ demonstration. Assemble at King’s College on the Strand from 5.30pm and rally at Downing Street from 6 pm onwards. Speakers include Christine Blower (NUT), John McDonnell MP, Kate Hudson (CND), Owen Jones, Andy Greene (DPAC), UK Uncut plus speakers from fights across the capital: Connaught School strike, Lewisham Health Campaign, Amnesty International strike, London Met etc Followed by Southwark SOS meeting at 7.30, Room A2 London Rd Bldg, LSBU
Saturday: UK Uncut action against Starbucks Brixton. (Still going ahead despite today’s statement by the company.) Starts at midday but get in there early (Organisers will be in there from 11.15am).
Wednesday, 21 November 2012
Southwark Action Alert 20 November 2012
Protests around the country last week (including one at the Elephant & Castle) showed that there are many people in the UK keen to support and to copy the strike action that swept across much of Europe last Wednesday. Cuts to education, hospitals, benefits, working conditions and housing are being opposed by demonstrations and other local protests. Come along and show your opposition to these cuts!
EVENTS LIST
Wednesday 21 November
11am. National Student demonstration: “Funding Our Future #Demo2012: Educate, Employ, Empower”. Assembling at Temple Place on the Embankment. Called by the NUS. See Facebook event here. Resources and advice on building the demo from the Education Activist Network here . If you are a student in Southwark and want help with leafleting or other publicity, contact southwarksos@gmail.com
Wednesday 21 November
10.30am. “Fuel poverty – how and why we oppose it”. Meeting organised by Southwark Pensioners Action Group. Venue: Southwark Pensioners Centre, 305-307 Camberwell Road, SE5 0HQ . Contact: spagroup2011@gmail.com or visit website at http://spag.btck.co.uk/ (Also see event on 29 November, below.)
Wednesday 21 November
12 noon to 1pm. Protest in Southwark against welfare cuts and benefits sanctions. Demonstration & leafleting outside A4E, one of the private companies making profits off the backs of the sick and vulnerable. Assemble outside their offices at 21 St George's Road, SE1 6ES. Local information from southwarkdpac@mail.com and national info at http://www.sdpac.org.uk/
Thursday 22 November
10.45am. Protest against Pickles and his cuts. Eric Pickles, Communities & Local Government Minister, meets Wandsworth Conservative councillors who are closing down Meals on Wheels, School Crossings and Adventure Playgrounds, and cutting home helps, disabled transport and youth clubs. Meet outside Park Court, Battersea Park Road (second block of flats from Queenstown Road end), SW11 4LD. Called by Wandsworth Against Cuts and Battersea & Wandsworth Trades Council. Contact www.wandsworthagainstcuts.co.uk or phone 07818066394
Saturday 24 November
2pm. Demonstration to save Lewisham Hospital. Assemble corner of Lewisham High Street / Rennell Street (diagonally opposite Lewisham Police Station, SE13 5JZ) to march to Lewisham Hospital. More details and leaflets etc from http://www.lewishamkonp.org/resources and on-line petition at http://www.savelewishamhospital.com/.
Saturday 24 November
3pm-5pm. Public meeting: “The Housing Commission: A bleak future?” Come and discuss how to retain our housing and build a Council house or flat for everyone who needs one. Speakers: Eileen Short National Chair DCH, Julian Jackson Southwark DCH, Sally Causer Southwark Legal Advice Network. Venue: St Paul's Church Hall, Lorrimore Square, off Carter Street, Walworth Road, SE17. For more details contact: fairymill@gmail.com
Tuesday 27 November
1pm-2.30pm. Southwark Disabled People Against Cuts meeting at Southwark Independent Living Centre, 10 Bradenham Close, SE17 2QB. Please RSVP to Southwarkdpac@mail.com Please invite others you think would be interested.
Thursday 29 November
11am in central London.* Fight the Cold Homes Killers: An action to fight government and Big Six complicity in fuel poverty deaths. Organised by Fuel Poverty Action, the Greater London Pensioners’ Association and Disabled People Against Cuts. *Location to be decided by you in a poll of the worst fuel poverty killers. Vote for the “Cold Homes Killer” you want to target here, or email fuelpovertyaction@gmail.com .
Friday 30 November
Various times.* Protests against plans to rip up working conditions in the civil service and related organisations. Tens of thousands of PCS members are being urged to take Cabinet Office Minister Francis Maude at his word by staging 15-minute protests. Department for Transport (DfT) workers will strike. *Details are here.
Saturday 1 December
10am-3pm. Organising against Gove's Curriculum and fighting for school places: London Primary Schools Conference. Venue: Reay School, Hackford Road, SW9 0EN (near Oval Tube). Organised by Lambeth National Union of Teachers. Details of speakers, workshops and on-line booking here.
ADVANCE NOTICE
Wednesday 5 December
5.30pm. Demonstration when George Osborne unveils the Government’s Autumn Budget Statement. Called by UCU London Region: Assemble Kings College on the Strand. 6.30pm onwards. Rally at Downing Street organised by Unite the Resistance.
Wednesday 5 December
7 pm. Southwark Save Our Services Campaign open meeting. South Bank University, London Road Building, SE1. For room and agenda contact southwarksos@gmail.com
Saturday 8 December
11.30am for 12 noon. Transform the tax dodger Starbucks into services women depend on, such as refuges and crèches. Starbucks store at 2-3 Conduit Street, W1S 2BX, just off Regent Street (nearest tubes Oxford Circus and Piccadilly Circus). If you’ve got any questions email ukuncut@gmail.com Called by UKUncut or find more information at http://www.ukuncut.org.uk/actions/948
Tuesday 11 December
8.30am. Lobby of the TUC General Council meeting to call for the naming of a date for a 24-hour general strike. Assemble at Congress House, Great Russell Street, WC1B 3LS. Called by Unite the Resistance and The National Shop Stewards Network.
EVENTS LIST
Wednesday 21 November
11am. National Student demonstration: “Funding Our Future #Demo2012: Educate, Employ, Empower”. Assembling at Temple Place on the Embankment. Called by the NUS. See Facebook event here. Resources and advice on building the demo from the Education Activist Network here . If you are a student in Southwark and want help with leafleting or other publicity, contact southwarksos@gmail.com
Wednesday 21 November
10.30am. “Fuel poverty – how and why we oppose it”. Meeting organised by Southwark Pensioners Action Group. Venue: Southwark Pensioners Centre, 305-307 Camberwell Road, SE5 0HQ . Contact: spagroup2011@gmail.com or visit website at http://spag.btck.co.uk/ (Also see event on 29 November, below.)
Wednesday 21 November
12 noon to 1pm. Protest in Southwark against welfare cuts and benefits sanctions. Demonstration & leafleting outside A4E, one of the private companies making profits off the backs of the sick and vulnerable. Assemble outside their offices at 21 St George's Road, SE1 6ES. Local information from southwarkdpac@mail.com and national info at http://www.sdpac.org.uk/
Thursday 22 November
10.45am. Protest against Pickles and his cuts. Eric Pickles, Communities & Local Government Minister, meets Wandsworth Conservative councillors who are closing down Meals on Wheels, School Crossings and Adventure Playgrounds, and cutting home helps, disabled transport and youth clubs. Meet outside Park Court, Battersea Park Road (second block of flats from Queenstown Road end), SW11 4LD. Called by Wandsworth Against Cuts and Battersea & Wandsworth Trades Council. Contact www.wandsworthagainstcuts.co.uk or phone 07818066394
Saturday 24 November
2pm. Demonstration to save Lewisham Hospital. Assemble corner of Lewisham High Street / Rennell Street (diagonally opposite Lewisham Police Station, SE13 5JZ) to march to Lewisham Hospital. More details and leaflets etc from http://www.lewishamkonp.org/resources and on-line petition at http://www.savelewishamhospital.com/.
Saturday 24 November
3pm-5pm. Public meeting: “The Housing Commission: A bleak future?” Come and discuss how to retain our housing and build a Council house or flat for everyone who needs one. Speakers: Eileen Short National Chair DCH, Julian Jackson Southwark DCH, Sally Causer Southwark Legal Advice Network. Venue: St Paul's Church Hall, Lorrimore Square, off Carter Street, Walworth Road, SE17. For more details contact: fairymill@gmail.com
Tuesday 27 November
1pm-2.30pm. Southwark Disabled People Against Cuts meeting at Southwark Independent Living Centre, 10 Bradenham Close, SE17 2QB. Please RSVP to Southwarkdpac@mail.com Please invite others you think would be interested.
Thursday 29 November
11am in central London.* Fight the Cold Homes Killers: An action to fight government and Big Six complicity in fuel poverty deaths. Organised by Fuel Poverty Action, the Greater London Pensioners’ Association and Disabled People Against Cuts. *Location to be decided by you in a poll of the worst fuel poverty killers. Vote for the “Cold Homes Killer” you want to target here, or email fuelpovertyaction@gmail.com .
Friday 30 November
Various times.* Protests against plans to rip up working conditions in the civil service and related organisations. Tens of thousands of PCS members are being urged to take Cabinet Office Minister Francis Maude at his word by staging 15-minute protests. Department for Transport (DfT) workers will strike. *Details are here.
Saturday 1 December
10am-3pm. Organising against Gove's Curriculum and fighting for school places: London Primary Schools Conference. Venue: Reay School, Hackford Road, SW9 0EN (near Oval Tube). Organised by Lambeth National Union of Teachers. Details of speakers, workshops and on-line booking here.
ADVANCE NOTICE
Wednesday 5 December
5.30pm. Demonstration when George Osborne unveils the Government’s Autumn Budget Statement. Called by UCU London Region: Assemble Kings College on the Strand. 6.30pm onwards. Rally at Downing Street organised by Unite the Resistance.
Wednesday 5 December
7 pm. Southwark Save Our Services Campaign open meeting. South Bank University, London Road Building, SE1. For room and agenda contact southwarksos@gmail.com
Saturday 8 December
11.30am for 12 noon. Transform the tax dodger Starbucks into services women depend on, such as refuges and crèches. Starbucks store at 2-3 Conduit Street, W1S 2BX, just off Regent Street (nearest tubes Oxford Circus and Piccadilly Circus). If you’ve got any questions email ukuncut@gmail.com Called by UKUncut or find more information at http://www.ukuncut.org.uk/actions/948
Tuesday 11 December
8.30am. Lobby of the TUC General Council meeting to call for the naming of a date for a 24-hour general strike. Assemble at Congress House, Great Russell Street, WC1B 3LS. Called by Unite the Resistance and The National Shop Stewards Network.
Tuesday, 13 November 2012
Europe Against Austerity
Support the European day of action
Wednesday 14 November
On 14 November the European Trades Union Confederation has called a day of action against austerity across Europe. There will be general strikes in Spain, Portugal, Greece, Italy, Cyprus, and Malta and solidarity action in Belgium, France, Germany and Britain.
Daytime PHOTO-SOLIDARITY EVENT
Southern Europe strikes…
…South London shouts:
“¡Αλληλεγγύη! ¡Solidarity!
¡Solidaridad! ¡Solidariedade!
¡Solidarjetà! ¡Solidarietà!”
Send a photo and message, showing your support for the general strikes across southern Europe on Wednesday plus further strikes in Italy, Belgium and France, and protests in Slovenia, Austria, Switzerland, the Czech Republic and Britain!
Join students, university workers, firefighters, disabled anti-cuts campaigners, southern European activists and others for Photo-Solidarity.
*11am -1.30pm * Come for 5…or 50 minutes*
• Keyworth Street SE1 6NG
(behind South Bank Uni London Rd Building, Elephant & Castle)
• Bring banners, flags, placards, whistles, cameras – or just yourself
• The “debt crisis” debt is not ours. We owe nothing - we should pay nothing
• Together in our millions, we will not be beaten by austerity
Called by: South London: All out for the Oct20th TUC Demo (http://tinyurl.com/14nov2012) & Southwark Save Our Services campaign (http://southwarksaveourservices.blogspot.com/)
Evening protest
Assemble: 5pm-5:30pm, European Commission, 32 Smith Square, City of Westminster, SW1P 3EU MAP. Tubes: St. James's Park / Westminster. Speakers at the protest include: Mark Serwotka (PCS), Katy Clark MP, then short march past parliament to rally.
Rally:
Starts: 6:30pm, Upper Hall, Emmanuel Centre, 9-23 Marsham Street Greater London SW1P 3DW MAP. Speakers include: Tony Benn, Andrew Murray (Unite the Union), Zita Holbourne (PCS and BARAC), John McDonnell MP. Plus activists and trade unionists live-streamed from Europe and footage from the strikes and protests. Please share and invite your friends on facebook.
Supported by Unite the Union, the TUC, PCS, NUJ, P.I.I.G.S United in London, Syriza London, Greece Solidarity Campaign. Called by Coalition of Resistance.
Wednesday 14 November
On 14 November the European Trades Union Confederation has called a day of action against austerity across Europe. There will be general strikes in Spain, Portugal, Greece, Italy, Cyprus, and Malta and solidarity action in Belgium, France, Germany and Britain.
Daytime PHOTO-SOLIDARITY EVENT
Southern Europe strikes…
…South London shouts:
“¡Αλληλεγγύη! ¡Solidarity!
¡Solidaridad! ¡Solidariedade!
¡Solidarjetà! ¡Solidarietà!”
Send a photo and message, showing your support for the general strikes across southern Europe on Wednesday plus further strikes in Italy, Belgium and France, and protests in Slovenia, Austria, Switzerland, the Czech Republic and Britain!
Join students, university workers, firefighters, disabled anti-cuts campaigners, southern European activists and others for Photo-Solidarity.
*11am -1.30pm * Come for 5…or 50 minutes*
• Keyworth Street SE1 6NG
(behind South Bank Uni London Rd Building, Elephant & Castle)
• Bring banners, flags, placards, whistles, cameras – or just yourself
• The “debt crisis” debt is not ours. We owe nothing - we should pay nothing
• Together in our millions, we will not be beaten by austerity
Called by: South London: All out for the Oct20th TUC Demo (http://tinyurl.com/14nov2012) & Southwark Save Our Services campaign (http://southwarksaveourservices.blogspot.com/)
Evening protest
Assemble: 5pm-5:30pm, European Commission, 32 Smith Square, City of Westminster, SW1P 3EU MAP. Tubes: St. James's Park / Westminster. Speakers at the protest include: Mark Serwotka (PCS), Katy Clark MP, then short march past parliament to rally.
Rally:
Starts: 6:30pm, Upper Hall, Emmanuel Centre, 9-23 Marsham Street Greater London SW1P 3DW MAP. Speakers include: Tony Benn, Andrew Murray (Unite the Union), Zita Holbourne (PCS and BARAC), John McDonnell MP. Plus activists and trade unionists live-streamed from Europe and footage from the strikes and protests. Please share and invite your friends on facebook.
Supported by Unite the Union, the TUC, PCS, NUJ, P.I.I.G.S United in London, Syriza London, Greece Solidarity Campaign. Called by Coalition of Resistance.
Thursday, 1 November 2012
Local action against health, fire and welfare benefits cuts
Southwark Action Alert 30 October 2012
More than 150,000 people marched against cuts and austerity on October 20th and 2,000 of those had joined via the assembly and feeder march in South London. It was a huge show of strength but local protests over cuts to health welfare benefits and the fire service are still going on and we ask you to support these as well. (See the listing below.)
EVENTS LIST
Monday 5 November
6pm-7pm, prior to Southwark Borough’s firework display. Petitioning in opposition to threatened closure of Southwark and Peckham fire stations. Venue: Southwark Park entrances. Volunteers needed to help: write urgently to southwarksos@gmail.com
Tuesday 6 November
1pm-2.30pm. Southwark Disabled People Against Cuts meeting at Southwark Independent Living Centre, 10 Bradenham Close, SE17 2QB. Please RSVP to Southwarkdpac@mail.com Please invite others you think would be interested.
Wednesday 7 November
11am Fire-fighters mass meeting and lobby of Parliament against 25% cuts over next four years. Assemble Westminster Hall SE1, opposite the Houses of Parliament. Details here.
Wednesday 7 November
12 noon- 1pm. Protest in Peckham against welfare cuts and benefits sanctions. Demonstration & leafleting outside Maximus, one of the private companies making profits off the backs of the sick and vulnerable. Assemble outside their offices at 218 Rye Lane SE15 4NL.
Wednesday 7 November
7 pm. Uniting the Resistance: The way forward after the Oct20 TUC demonstration. Open meeting. Vida Walsh Centre, Saltoun Road SW2 (off Windrush Square). Details from southlondonutr@gmail.com
Thursday 8 November
10-1pm. Tackling Youth Unemployment in Southwark – Stop Blaming Young People. Round-table discussion about the impact of welfare cuts and how young people should be supported. Beormund Community Centre, 177 Abbey Street SE1 2AN. Organised by Southwark Legal Advice Network. For more information, contact http://www.southwarkadvice.org.uk/
Thursday 8 November
6 pm -8pm. Public meeting: Save Lewisham Hospital's A&E, maternity and surgical units threatened with closure. Venue: Lessoff Auditorium, Lewisham Hospital, Lewisham High Street, SE13 6LH. Speakers: Heidi Alexander MP, Dr Louise Irvine (Lewisham GP, BMA, and Keep our NHS Public), Eileen Smith (Save Our Local Hospitals, Greenwich), Mike Davey (Lewisham Unison), Steve Bullock (Mayor, unconfirmed). More details from http://www.savelewishamhospital.com/
Friday 9 November
Time tba. Lobby of health unions meeting to consider deal that could see important terms and conditions abandoned affecting NHS staff and privatised staff on matching conditions. Assemble outside the Ambassador Hotel, 12 Upper Woburn Place, Bloomsbury WC1H 0HX (near Euston Station). Called by Healthworkers Network . Email healthworkersnetwork@gmail.com
Tuesday 13 November
1pm-2.30pm. Southwark Disabled People Against Cuts meeting at Southwark Independent Living Centre, 10 Bradenham Close, SE17 2QB. Please RSVP to Southwarkdpac@mail.com Please invite others you think would be interested.
Wednesday 14 November
12 noon- 1pm. Protest in Southwark against welfare cuts and benefits sanctions. Demonstration & leafleting outside SEETEC, one of the private companies making profits off the backs of the sick and vulnerable. Assemble outside their offices at: The foundry 156 Blackfriars Rd SE1 8EN.
Wednesday 14 November
5pm. Twilight protest to coincide with general strikes in Spain, Portugal, Italy, Greece, Cyprus and Malta, called by European TUC. Venue: Outside the European Commission Offices, 32 Smith Square, City of Westminster, SW1P 3EU. Tubes: St. James's Park / Westminster. Called by the Coalition of Resistance, supported by UNITE and Greece Solidarity Campaign.
Thursday 15 November
7.30pm. ‘Save Our Fire Stations’ public meeting. Peckham and Southwark both earmarked for closure. Speakers from London Fire Brigade Union and Dave Lewis, Secretary of local tenants association where a fire in 2009 killed 6 people. Venue: Welton Hall, Bushey Hill Road, Camberwell, SE5 8QF. Called by Southwark Socialists. Supported by Southwark Save Our Services campaign. For more information phone 07812 063 409. Petition to take round your neighbours available from southwarksoso@gmail.com
Thursday 15 November
7 – 9pm. Lambeth Keep Our NHS Public Campaign monthly meeting. At Duke of Cambridge, 74, Lansdowne Way, Stockwell, SW8 2DR. Details from: lambethkonp@gmail.com
Saturday 17 November
11am - 5pm. ‘Unite the Resistance’ National conference, including workshops on The international struggle against austerity, Solidarity and the law, The campaign for equality, In defence of the public sector, Our vision in education, Organising unemployed people, Migrant workers and young people. Full list of speakers and tickets here. Venue: The Emmanuel Centre, 9 – 23 Marsham Street, London SW1P 3DW (nearest tubes Victoria, Westminster, St James’s Park, Pimlico). Registration: from 10am.
Wednesday 21 November
11am. National Student demonstration: “Funding Our Future #Demo2012: Educate, Employ, Empower”. Assembling at Temple Place on the Embankment. Called by the NUS. See Facebook event here. Resources and advice on building the demo from the Education Activist Network here . If you are a student in Southwark and want help with leafleting or other publicity, contact southwarksos@gmail.com
Wednesday 21 November
12 noon to 1pm. Protest in Southwark against welfare cuts and benefits sanctions. Demonstration & leafleting outside A4E, one of the private companies making profits off the backs of the sick and vulnerable. Assemble outside their offices at: 21 St George's Road, SE1 6ES.
Saturday 24 November
2pm. Demonstration to save Lewisham Hospital. Assemble corner of Lewisham High Street / Rennell Street (diagonally opposite Lewisham Police Station) to march to Lewisham Hospital. More details and leaflets etc from http://www.lewishamkonp.org/resources
Saturday 24 November
3pm-5pm. Public meeting: ‘The Housing Commission: A bleak future?’ Come and discuss action to get what we want. Speakers: Eileen Short National Chair DCH, Julian Jackson Southwark DCH, Sally Causer Southwark Legal Advice Network. More details and contact: fairymill@gmail.com
Advance notice
Wednesday 5 December
12noon & 6pm. Protest in central London against Cuts announced by George Osborne in the Government’s Autumn Budget Statement. More details to be announced.
Wednesday 5 December
7 pm. Southwark Save Our Services Campaign open meeting. South Bank University SE1. For room and agenda contact southwarksos@gmail.com
More than 150,000 people marched against cuts and austerity on October 20th and 2,000 of those had joined via the assembly and feeder march in South London. It was a huge show of strength but local protests over cuts to health welfare benefits and the fire service are still going on and we ask you to support these as well. (See the listing below.)
EVENTS LIST
Monday 5 November
6pm-7pm, prior to Southwark Borough’s firework display. Petitioning in opposition to threatened closure of Southwark and Peckham fire stations. Venue: Southwark Park entrances. Volunteers needed to help: write urgently to southwarksos@gmail.com
Tuesday 6 November
1pm-2.30pm. Southwark Disabled People Against Cuts meeting at Southwark Independent Living Centre, 10 Bradenham Close, SE17 2QB. Please RSVP to Southwarkdpac@mail.com Please invite others you think would be interested.
Wednesday 7 November
11am Fire-fighters mass meeting and lobby of Parliament against 25% cuts over next four years. Assemble Westminster Hall SE1, opposite the Houses of Parliament. Details here.
Wednesday 7 November
12 noon- 1pm. Protest in Peckham against welfare cuts and benefits sanctions. Demonstration & leafleting outside Maximus, one of the private companies making profits off the backs of the sick and vulnerable. Assemble outside their offices at 218 Rye Lane SE15 4NL.
Wednesday 7 November
7 pm. Uniting the Resistance: The way forward after the Oct20 TUC demonstration. Open meeting. Vida Walsh Centre, Saltoun Road SW2 (off Windrush Square). Details from southlondonutr@gmail.com
Thursday 8 November
10-1pm. Tackling Youth Unemployment in Southwark – Stop Blaming Young People. Round-table discussion about the impact of welfare cuts and how young people should be supported. Beormund Community Centre, 177 Abbey Street SE1 2AN. Organised by Southwark Legal Advice Network. For more information, contact http://www.southwarkadvice.org.uk/
Thursday 8 November
6 pm -8pm. Public meeting: Save Lewisham Hospital's A&E, maternity and surgical units threatened with closure. Venue: Lessoff Auditorium, Lewisham Hospital, Lewisham High Street, SE13 6LH. Speakers: Heidi Alexander MP, Dr Louise Irvine (Lewisham GP, BMA, and Keep our NHS Public), Eileen Smith (Save Our Local Hospitals, Greenwich), Mike Davey (Lewisham Unison), Steve Bullock (Mayor, unconfirmed). More details from http://www.savelewishamhospital.com/
Friday 9 November
Time tba. Lobby of health unions meeting to consider deal that could see important terms and conditions abandoned affecting NHS staff and privatised staff on matching conditions. Assemble outside the Ambassador Hotel, 12 Upper Woburn Place, Bloomsbury WC1H 0HX (near Euston Station). Called by Healthworkers Network . Email healthworkersnetwork@gmail.com
Tuesday 13 November
1pm-2.30pm. Southwark Disabled People Against Cuts meeting at Southwark Independent Living Centre, 10 Bradenham Close, SE17 2QB. Please RSVP to Southwarkdpac@mail.com Please invite others you think would be interested.
Wednesday 14 November
12 noon- 1pm. Protest in Southwark against welfare cuts and benefits sanctions. Demonstration & leafleting outside SEETEC, one of the private companies making profits off the backs of the sick and vulnerable. Assemble outside their offices at: The foundry 156 Blackfriars Rd SE1 8EN.
Wednesday 14 November
5pm. Twilight protest to coincide with general strikes in Spain, Portugal, Italy, Greece, Cyprus and Malta, called by European TUC. Venue: Outside the European Commission Offices, 32 Smith Square, City of Westminster, SW1P 3EU. Tubes: St. James's Park / Westminster. Called by the Coalition of Resistance, supported by UNITE and Greece Solidarity Campaign.
Thursday 15 November
7.30pm. ‘Save Our Fire Stations’ public meeting. Peckham and Southwark both earmarked for closure. Speakers from London Fire Brigade Union and Dave Lewis, Secretary of local tenants association where a fire in 2009 killed 6 people. Venue: Welton Hall, Bushey Hill Road, Camberwell, SE5 8QF. Called by Southwark Socialists. Supported by Southwark Save Our Services campaign. For more information phone 07812 063 409. Petition to take round your neighbours available from southwarksoso@gmail.com
Thursday 15 November
7 – 9pm. Lambeth Keep Our NHS Public Campaign monthly meeting. At Duke of Cambridge, 74, Lansdowne Way, Stockwell, SW8 2DR. Details from: lambethkonp@gmail.com
Saturday 17 November
11am - 5pm. ‘Unite the Resistance’ National conference, including workshops on The international struggle against austerity, Solidarity and the law, The campaign for equality, In defence of the public sector, Our vision in education, Organising unemployed people, Migrant workers and young people. Full list of speakers and tickets here. Venue: The Emmanuel Centre, 9 – 23 Marsham Street, London SW1P 3DW (nearest tubes Victoria, Westminster, St James’s Park, Pimlico). Registration: from 10am.
Wednesday 21 November
11am. National Student demonstration: “Funding Our Future #Demo2012: Educate, Employ, Empower”. Assembling at Temple Place on the Embankment. Called by the NUS. See Facebook event here. Resources and advice on building the demo from the Education Activist Network here . If you are a student in Southwark and want help with leafleting or other publicity, contact southwarksos@gmail.com
Wednesday 21 November
12 noon to 1pm. Protest in Southwark against welfare cuts and benefits sanctions. Demonstration & leafleting outside A4E, one of the private companies making profits off the backs of the sick and vulnerable. Assemble outside their offices at: 21 St George's Road, SE1 6ES.
Saturday 24 November
2pm. Demonstration to save Lewisham Hospital. Assemble corner of Lewisham High Street / Rennell Street (diagonally opposite Lewisham Police Station) to march to Lewisham Hospital. More details and leaflets etc from http://www.lewishamkonp.org/resources
Saturday 24 November
3pm-5pm. Public meeting: ‘The Housing Commission: A bleak future?’ Come and discuss action to get what we want. Speakers: Eileen Short National Chair DCH, Julian Jackson Southwark DCH, Sally Causer Southwark Legal Advice Network. More details and contact: fairymill@gmail.com
Advance notice
Wednesday 5 December
12noon & 6pm. Protest in central London against Cuts announced by George Osborne in the Government’s Autumn Budget Statement. More details to be announced.
Wednesday 5 December
7 pm. Southwark Save Our Services Campaign open meeting. South Bank University SE1. For room and agenda contact southwarksos@gmail.com
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