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To the anarchists ...

17-09-2010 23:40

This was originally posted on Bristol Indymedia at this address  http://bristol.indymedia.org/article/693475

I wrote this as part of the bristol anarchist/squatter movement. We seem to have a lot of energy and mobilisation going on at the moment over various issues/campaigns. So as austerity has arrived I've become confused about why on earth we've been so distant from the workers' movements. I wrote this as an appeal to people to get stuck in to local anti-cuts campaigns. It's opened up some very interesting debates online and in person, and has seen some interesting (and for me at least, positive) developments at meetings and in campaigning. I didn't write this to tear us apart - just to suggest ways we could improve our 'service'. I know very little of campaigns outside of the southwest so this may be of absolutely no relevance to you. I'm sure it will be relevant to some though, and I'd like to share my thoughts with people nationwide. I've edited it to bring in some stuff I wrote after publishing.

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Brussels: Stop Precarity, Fuck Austerity !

17-09-2010 13:41

On September 29-30, Brussels, the EU capital, will be in the eye of
the storm.

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Audio from Oxford Save Our Services Meeting 2010-09-13

17-09-2010 06:50

Audio Stuart Speaking
Cuts to our public services will affect us all. Badly. Oxford Save Our Services intend not to let that happen. This is the audio of Stuart White's speech at the Oxford SOS meeting on 2010-09-13.

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Photos from Oxford Save Our Services Meeting 2010-09-13

16-09-2010 19:09

Speechifying
Cuts to our public services will affect us all. Badly. Oxford Save Our Services intend not to let that happen.

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Save our Youth Centres! Anti-cuts demo - Bath - Monday 20th

16-09-2010 10:28

Callout for Baths first anti-cuts demo

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Precarious-United vs Zombieland

16-09-2010 06:48

Brussel, september 30th

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Great solidarity shown at Oxford Cuts meeting

14-09-2010 15:01

Oxford Save Our Services meeting, which took place last night was the first step in building a great local movement of solidarity, support and resistance in light of the heinous public sector cuts proposed by the current UK government.

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Are Local Employment Partnerships scrapped?

14-09-2010 14:55

As per information on Business Link's web site, I went to my local JobCentre Plus to enquire about the Local Employment Partnerships scheme only to be told that it no longer existed, possibly due to 'cuts'. I decided to investigate ....

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The Condem Spending Bonanza

13-09-2010 08:04

The Condem Coalition want to cut public spending but seem to be going around it by increasing public spending.

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Sit-in protest at Carfax Lloyds Bank over cuts.

10-09-2010 17:19

A sit-in protest was staged on 8th September at the Carfax branch of Lloyds TSB Bank.

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Unauthorised March - Tory Party Conference - 3rd October 2010 Birmingham.

10-09-2010 12:55

Join us on the march to the ICC, past various targets.

No permission, no stewards, no meetings with the filth, just us, working class action!

Meeting place and route to be announced the night of Saturday Oct 2nd.

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Mapping Oxfordshire's Cuts meeting 13th 6.30pm

10-09-2010 08:24

Save Our Services is a group of Oxford residents who have formed out of concern that the proposed public sector cuts will severely damage our community, and particularly the poorest people in it (a recent study found that the poorest 10% of people are set to lose the equivalent of 21% of their income).

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Comprehensive Spending Review Scam

08-09-2010 06:14

The Comprehensive Spending Review (AKA as the Bonfire of the Benefits) will report in October. The timing of the report is a cynical attempt to recreate the political conditions of the 1980's.

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Youth bear brunt of budget cuts

07-09-2010 07:26

Young people’s services are being closed down across Britain as spending cuts dictated by the Conservative Party/Liberal Democrat coalition and their Labour predecessors take effect.

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Sheffield Protests Against Nick Clegg

04-09-2010 08:11

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Sheffield Trades Council organised a protest against Nick Clegg, Deputy Prime Minister and Lib Dem MP for Sheffield Hallam, who was speaking in the Town Hall, on 3rd September 2010. The attached audio is a raw recording (apologies for the poor quality) of the second half of the speeches, starting with a speaker from the Sheffield Pensioners Action Group.

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Reinstate our right to march past the Tory Conference

03-09-2010 11:20

On Tuesday 24th August a delegation from the Right To Work campaign met with West
Midlands police and a representative of Birmingham City Council to discuss the route
of the protest march outside the Tory party conference on Sunday 3rd October.
West Midlands police stated that they were happy for RtW to march past the
conference centre and confirmed that centenary square, the square directly in front
of the conference centre, would not be a “sterile zone”. A route was suggested by
Birmingham City Council and West Midlands police and the delegation accepted the
offer to walk the route being proposed.

The Police have now reneged on the proposed route citing security reasons. They are
denying us the right to march past the conference centre.

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Never Trust a Politician: Whether Red, Yellow or Blue!

02-09-2010 12:42

Protest Clegg's visit to Sheffield. Friday 3rd Sep 2010, from 5pm outside Town Hall.

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Bath coach to Anti-Tory/cuts demo - Oct 3rd

01-09-2010 16:58

On Sunday the 3rd of October, the Tories will be kicking off their annual conference - thousands of angry people will be there to meet them -

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SEP public meeting against cuts

28-08-2010 15:13

The Socialist Equality Party is calling for a public meeting about the potential mass unemployment leading from government cuts to be held 3pm on 4th September at East Oxford Community Association, 44b Princes Street, Oxford OX4 1DD.