National Day of Protest Against Welfare & Housing Benefit Cuts - December 15th

Take action now to defend the Welfare State. We will not pay for their crisis.

The National Day of Protest Against Welfare & Housing Benefit Cuts on 15th December 2010 aims to be the first of many and this time will concentrate on the Housing Benefit cuts. With this in mind, why not organise a sit in, protest or demonstration in your local Civic Centre, Housing Benefit Office or Town Hall.

Alternatively hold a public meeting, organise an info stall or even just leaflet your local Council offices. If you are organising an event please contact us asap to be added to the facebook page and website which can be found at:  http://benefitclaimantsfightback.wordpress.com/

Local groups, individuals, ideas and support needed, please get in touch.

This is just the beginning, further actions and events are planned for the New Year.

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Everywhere - National Troll A Tory Day!

 http://benefitclaimantsfightback.wordpress.com/2010/12/09/national-troll-a-tory-day/

 http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=180914318588406


Brighton Confirmed

15th December - Clock Tower Brighton - Bring a large cardboard box! - 4.30pm

 http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=128786790513854


Edinburgh Confirmed

15th December - Edinburgh Council City Chambers, High Street, Edinburgh - 09:00 - 12:00

 http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=183210568362237


Lancaster Confirmed

15th December - Outside the benefits office in Lancaster - Mitre House - Near Castle

 http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=151054254941752


London confirmed

15th December

8.45am - Haringey - Meet at Apex House, Seven Sisters Road (by the junction with Tottenham High Road) to leaflet and talk to housing benefit claimants and council workers. Bring placards and banners.

Later on, meet 11.30am, Seven Sisters tube (by West Green Rd) to travel together to the protest in central London:  http://www.haringey.org.uk/

12.30 Downing Street, Housing Emergency Coalition protest, take cardboard boxes and sleeping bags

3pm Trafalgar Square, Disabled People Against Cuts - No Room at The Inn nativity under the tree:  http://disabledpeopleprotest.wordpress.com/2010/11/30/housing-emergency-coalition-a-call-to-action-15th-december/


Newcastle Confirmed

15th December - Newcastle Monument, 12 noon

Called by Tyneside Claimants Union. Come and join us for an afternoon of activity against welfare and housing benefit cuts and reforms.

 http://benefitclaimantsfightback.wordpress.com/2010/12/11/newcastle-confirmed/


Norwich confirmed

15th December - Defend Council Housing And Fight The Welfare Cuts Public Meeting - Belvedere Centre, Belvoir Street, Norwich, 15th Dec 7.30pm – 9.30pm:  http://norfolknonaligned.wordpress.com/2010/12/02/defend-council-housing-and-fight-the-welfare-cuts-public-meeting/


Oxford Confirmed

15th December - Uninvisible People - Bonn Square, Oxford - 12:30pm - 2:00pm

A speaker's corner for disabled people and their families, job-seekers, anyone who relies upon social care, housing benefit, or any other form of welfare that is being cut, as well as those who (currently) use none of these services but who stand in solidarity with them:  http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=177479322282134

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Stoke Call Out

 http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=174678982550703

Nuneaton Call Out

 http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_123769117686237

News expected anytime from Edinburgh, Newcastle, Nottingham and Oxford

Actions called for enquired about in Bristol, Southampton, Manchester, Liverpool, Cambridge, Hackney, Chester, Glasgow, Leeds, Lincolnshire, Exeter & Ipswich

Called by autonomous benefit claimants around the UK.

Supported by:

o Accept the challenge Iain Duncan-Smith!
(FB Group from Dundee Unemployed Workers)
o Black Triangle Anti-Defamation Campaign (fb page)
o Brighton Benefits Campaign
o Carer Watch
o Carer Watch fb page
o Crippen – Disabled Cartoonist
o Disabled People Against Cuts
o Edinburgh Coalition Against Poverty
o Free London Listings
o Goldsmiths in Occupation
o Ipswich Unemployed Action
o Kilburn Unemployed Workers Group
o Lancaster and Morecambe Against the Cuts!
o Norfolk Community Action Group
o Nottingham Claimants' Union
o Oxford Save Our Services
o Nuneaton Against Benefit Cuts (fb page)
o Squattastic
o Tyneside Claimants Union
o Welfare Rights 4 u (UK) fb page
o Work Programme & Flexible New Deal Scandal
o World Homeless Day

and more tba