SOCIALIST PARTY MERSEYSIDE

TRADE UNIONIST & SOCIALIST COALITION MERSEYSIDE
These are our forthcoming meeting discussion topics, and speaker.


Meeting 16th March 7.30pm Casa Club
"Climate change and capitalism" lead off by Roger Bannister

Meeting 23rd March 7.30pm Casa Club
"Defending Public Services" discussion intro Dave Lunn (PCS LR group executive, personal cap.)


Socialist Youth meeting same night and venue as the above but earlier time of 6.30pm phone 07769 611 320 details
progress on building on the "Youth Fight for Jobs" and North West Demo, in Manchester, Saturday 13th March. see attached



Socialist Campaign Stall every Saturday from 12 noon onwards on Church St L,pool city centre [nr Primark]
current topic "Troops home from Afghanistan" we continue to have a very good response from the public on this issue



Dear all

Is anyone going to any of these activities? An opportunity to distribute the 'socialist' newspaper and the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition leaflets explaining why we are standing in the General Election!
Get in touch if you require copies of the national brochures, or other material and information. Thank you


Forthcoming events

^ International Women's Day Liverpool Demo [supported by PCS trade union) assemble 2.00pm Saturday 6th Mar St Georges Plateau

^ PCS trade union [DWP section] 2 day strikes on Mon and Tues 8th and 9th Mar please visit picket lines to show solidarity usual times from 7.00am to 11.00am ish
Strike Rally takes place Monday after 11.ooam at the Premier Inn Vernon St L,pool 2 main speaker Mark Serwotka PCS general secretary leaflets avail soon

^ Launch of "Peoples' Manifesto" by Wirral TUC 11th Mar 7.00pm Gale House, 4 St Anne St. Birkenhead speakers - Len McClusky (leading member of UNITE trade Union), Pete Middleman PCS trade union

^ North West TUC Conference Sat 13th Mar at L,pool Town Hall session starts 9.00am thru to 5.00pm

^ "Youth Fight 4 Jobs" north west regional demo Manchester Saturday Mar 13th Assemble 12 noon All Saints Park Oxford Rd Mancs see attached

^ Conference on Anti-racism Sat 13th Mar L,pool John Moore Uni bldg - School of Social Sciences, 68 Hope St. L,pool 1 start 9.30am

^ Anti - EDL demo Bolton Saturday 20th Mar probable 9.00am start more info to follow

Young members and supporters of the Socialist Party on Merseyside meet every Thursday 6.30-7.30 in the city centre, for informal discussion and campaign planning. Ring Hugh 07769611320 for details.

Writing for the socialist
We are after brief reports on either personal, workplace or trade union branch opinions on Brown’s proposal for under-inflation 3-year pay deals. We want to reflect the anger of workers on this latest attack on pay. Please ask any public sector workers if they would like to write something.

Selling "the socialist" newspaper and organising the Fighting Fund
Well done for the hard work in 2007 and particularly for the last quarter, which raised well over £30,000. Discuss the ighting fund as an item of business at your next branch meeting and plan out your campaigns. In addition to your Saturday newspaper sales, you could try at least one other aper sale a week. Try a Friday sale outside the local train or bus station or a lunchtime stall in the town centre when workers. Set a target for how much money you are going to raise and papers you will sell and try and reach it. There will be a national finance appeal at the National Congress on 8-10 March to raise resources to cover all our campaigning activities.

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