Leeds SWP Public Meeting – Crisis And Turmoil Across Europe: How Can The 99% Win? Including Costas Lapavitsas speaking

STOP PRESS: Costas Lapavitsas is confirmed a speaker @ this event.

Marxism 2012 – Ideas To Change The World: 5-9 July, Central London

Link to Full Timetable: Click Marxism 2012 Header Below.

We are proud to announce that one of the world’s most influential anti-capitalist philosophers will be joining Marxism 2012. Antonio Negri, author of Empire and Multitude, is probably the key theorist of autonomism and has been active on the radical left since the 1960s. He will be discussing anti-capitalism in the age of austerity alongside Alex Callinicos, author of An Anti-Capitalist Manifesto. You can read the introduction to Negri’s latest work, Declaration, on the global occupy movement, here. This latest addition to our stellar line-up helps cement Marxism 2012’s position as a key event on the global left, a festival that brings together all the key strands of our movement and can help forge a strategy for the turbulent times ahead. We will be updating the timetable shortly but in the meantime we can confirm Negri will be speaking on Saturday 7th July.

Strike to Defend Our Pensions – March & Rally – Thurs 10th May 2012

May Day March & Rally 2012, Saturday May 5th, Assemble 11.30am at Victoria Gardens outside Leeds Art Gallery

The Climate Jobs Caravan is coming… Tuesday May 15th 6.30pm, Leeds Met Uni.

@ Room AG2, Broadcasting Place,

Leeds Met. University,

Woodhouse Lane LS2 9EN

All Welcome

MAY 10 – Strikes against pension attack

Strikes against pension attack

http://socialistworker.co.uk/art.php?id=28364 

Health workers in the Unite union struck on 30 November last year(Pic: Guy Smallman)

by Julie Sherry

Hundreds of thousands of workers will strike across Britain to defend their pensions on Thursday of next week.

Activists are going all out to make the strike as powerful as possible.

Lynne is a Unite union member at Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital in central London.

She told Socialist Worker, “We’re leafleting every day and going round in lunch breaks speaking to people about the strike.

“Many campaigns and organisations are joining us—there’s a real buzz building around our picket line.”

On the day London strikers and supporters will march from the hospital and past parliament to a rally in Westminster Central Hall.

Activists report a strong mood for the strike.

Niaz is a PCS union member in Defra Southern branch. He said “We’re ready to strike now. The bigger issue is how we escalate—we’ll have to do that to win.”

PCS members are passing motions calling on the union to name further national strike dates. They also want to link the fight over pensions to the struggle against other attacks.

The leadership of the UCU lecturers’ union voted overwhelmingly to join the 10 May strike last week.

Dave Gibson, a UCU member at Barnsley College, says lecturers there are meeting with other unions to prepare for the strike.

“We’ve made contact with Unite members at Barnsley Hospital which is a real breakthrough,” he said.

“We’re twinning workplaces to support weaker areas and collecting money for strikers.”

Workers are organising a march and rally in Barnsley on the day.

Around 1,300 RMT union members will also join the strike.

But other unions are moving away from action.

This week the Unison union announced that it would not call further strikes in the health service.

This is despite health workers in the union voting by more than 50 percent to reject the government’s pensions attacks.

The strikes on 10 May can reignite the dispute over pensions.

They can also keep the pressure on other public sector unions to rejoin the action—and beat the Tories.

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The following should be read alongside this article:

Unity can beat the Tories

Teachers organise to back 10 May strike

Five things you can do to back the strikes

© Socialist Worker (unless otherwise stated). You may republish if you include an active link to the original.

Leeds Hospitals Alert – Public Meeting – About Health & Social Care Bill – 7.30pm, Tuesday 27 March 2012. All Welcome.

Leeds SWP Public Meeting – The 1972 Miners’ Strike, Saltley Gate and the Defeat of the Tories. 7.00pm, Thursday 15th March. Leeds Met Uni.

Harehills & Chapeltown Branch Meeting – Women’s Liberation in the 21st Century – Wednesday 7th March, 7.30pm

Leeds Coalition Against War – Public Meeting – Why Is The West Targeting Iran? Monday 12th March,7.30pm. Leeds Met Uni. All Welcome.

Leeds Against the Cuts – Lobby of the Council over proposed Budget Cuts – Wednesday February 22, 12noon, 2011.

Leeds against the cuts has called a Lobby of Leeds City Council on Wednesday 22nd Feb. at 12.00.

The Labour controlled Council is set to agree a budget cut of £55 million.

This will result in 400 job cuts, council rents to rise by 6.8%, massive cuts among Care Assistants and meals on wheets rising by 12.5%.

None of these cuts are necessary if the rich were taxed and tax that is evaded was collected.

These cuts affect the poorest in society. Bring banners and others to Leeds Civic Hall.  Stop Labour doing Cameron’s dirty work.  See details below.

STOP PRESS! – Leeds Against the Cuts – PICKLES PROTEST! THE TORIES ARE COMING TO LEEDS, FEBRUARY 24-25TH, 2012!

The Conservative Local Government Conference is being held in Queens Hotel on Feb 24th-25th.

We are organising a protest and Counter-Conference, for more details contact:

Leeds Trades Union Council,

Leeds TUC Centre,

88 North Street,

Leeds LS2 7PN

Tel – (0113) 234 9920 / 07900324479

Leeds SWP Public Meeting – Thursday 16th February, 7pm. 2012

One year on after the fall of Mubarak…

HOW CAN THE REVOLUTION WIN?

With Socialist Worker editor and recently arrived back from Tahrir Square Cairo, Egypt, Judith Orr.

after covering the anniversary of the overthrow of Mubarak.

@Broadcasting Place,

Leeds Met University,

Leeds, LS2 9EN.

Leeds SWP City Centre Branch – Thursday February 2nd, 2012 7.30pm.

‘What is wrong with Post Modernism?’

Venue: The Swarthmore Centre,

2-7 Woodhouse Square, LS3 1AD

Harehills & Chapeltown SWP Meeting – Wednesday February 1st, 7.30pm

‘Global Warming – Why We Need To Change The World!

Venue: Trinity United Church,

Banstead Terrace,

off Roundhay Road. LS7

Leeds SWP City Centre Branch – Thursday February 9, 7.30pm.

(Pictured Above – The Peterloo Massacre as depicted at the time by George Cruickshank)

‘From Revolution to Reform Act, Class Struggle in Britain 1789-1932′

Venue: The Swarthmore Centre, 2-7 , Woodhouse Square, LS3 1AD

 

 

Harehills & Chapeltown SWP Meeting, 7.30pm Weds 8th Feb, 2012.

Rosa Luxemburg and the Mass Strike. How can we build a rank and file movement today?

Venue: Trinity United Church, Banstead Terrace, Roundhay Road. LS7

Bookmarks books website: For The Mass Strike, below.

http://www.bookmarksbookshop.co.uk/cgi/store/bookmark.cgi?search=9780906224298&category=isbn&cart_id=9930216.22894&search_request_button=Go

Education For Socialists – ‘Imperialism & National Liberation’ Sunday 29 Jan, 2012.

 

• Imperialism, colonialism and Empire
• Imperialism and the global conflict
• Post-colonial capitalism
• National Liberation struggles
• Imperialism today: US/UK, EU, China…

Sunday 29th Jan, 11am.

At the Swarthmore Education Centre,

Woodhouse Square, Leeds LS3 1AD

Stephen Lawrence: Why did it take 19 years to get Justice? Weds 18 Jan 2012, 7:30pm – Thurs 19 Jan 2012 (See Leaflet below)

Emergency action on pensions: lobby of TUC and national UtR meeting

Unite the Resistance is backing a lobby of the TUC on Thursday 12 January 2012, when it meets to discuss the government’s new pensions offer.

We are also calling an emergency national meeting on Saturday 14 January, with speakers including PCS leader Mark Serwotka, to discuss where next for the pensions fight after the TUC meeting.

The ‘deal’, which the TUC and some union leaders have signalled that they may accept, falls far short on all the major points. It still means that public sector workers will pay more for their pensions, work longer and receive less money when they retire.

The lobby will urge the TUC to reject the new offer and call more strikes like the magnificent action on 30 November to win a decent deal on pensions.

Lobby the TUC: 2pm, Thursday 12 January, Congress House, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3LS

The emergency national meeting will give trade unionists from different unions the chance to get together after the TUC meets, to discuss what we do next to take the pensions fight forwards.

Unite the Resistance emergency national meeting, 12 noon to 4pm, Saturday 14 January, central London – venue to be confirmed.

We will have more details of the event soon – please make a note in your diary now and watch this space for further information.

http://uniteresist.org/2011/12/emergency-action-on-pensions-lobby-of-tuc-and-national-utr-meeting/