It has been a long time since you have heard from Peoples Assembly Birmingham! But we are back with a new convener, Kate Taylor, and a renewed drive to bring the community together with a common message – We wont pay for this crisis! This government has no popular mandate for its policies that punish workers and their families. But unless we mobilise a determined opposition to government policies, viscous attacks on working class people will continue.
We have some really important information and updates for you so please read on.
Firstly, as you may know, the Tories are coming to Birmingham on Sunday the 2nd of October for their annual conference. We are bringing together a number of organisations and holding a huge demo from 1-4 at Victoria Square. We will have music from Captain SKA and a drumming band. We will have speeches from Mick Lynch, Laura Pidcock and Kevin Courtney and we will have a march from Victoria square to the ICC where the conference is being held. The aim – to make as much noise as we possibly can! So bring your pots and pans, whistles and sirens and together we can silence the Tories!
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Secondly, to help make this essential protest a real success we need help with building and organising it. If you are interested in getting involved and finding out more about what we are doing in Birmingham then please come along to our public meeting on Wednesday 21st September, 7pm at the Priory Rooms, 40 Bull St. Laura Pidcock, our National Secretary, will be speaking along with Lee Barron of the TUC and Siyanda Mngaza from the BLM Midlands campaign. You will be able to collect leaflets and posters to distribute and find out how you can help us.
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Lastly, the Peoples Assembly is now a membership organisation and we hope you will join us and become a member. If you do, you can be part of our local People’s Assembly group, meeting like minded people and being part of making change in your own community. There are a range of payment levels, including a £0 membership. This is about you having a voice with us on how we build the movement.
There are more details about the demo and membership on our website – https://thepeoplesassembly.org.uk/
We really hope to see you at the public meeting on the 21st September and the demo on the 2nd October,
Kate Taylor – Peoples Assembly Birmingham
Birmingham Against The Cuts 