Black Country news and blogs Saturday 1 June 2013
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Library of Birmingham – round one to us
communitiesagainstthecuts 28 May 13
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The Spirit of ’45
communitiesagainstthecuts 27 May 13
Reminder! We are showing Ken Loach’s new film at the University on Wednesday 29th May (ignore the typo on the poster).
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Library of Birmingham: Name the Bidders! CATC Press Release
communitiesagainstthecuts 24 May 13
Birmingham City Council has refused to answer a Freedom of Information request to name the companies that have submitted bids to run the new Library of Birmingham.
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Birmingham Democratic Federation Policy Survey
communitiesagainstthecuts 23 May 13
A new community democratic anti-cuts alliance is being built.
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Birmingham Women’s Campaign Launched
communitiesagainstthecuts 22 May 13
Our next meeting is on Saturday 1st June , location TBC.
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Library and Asda
communitiesagainstthecuts 20 May 13
Just for the record, on Saturday we held a good leaflet and petitioning session outside the old Central Library, informing people about Birmingham Labour’s plans to privatise the running of this £188 million public asset.
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Congratulations to Students and Workers at the University of Birmingham
communitiesagainstthecuts 17 May 13
A unionisation drive by University of Birmingham Unison the threat of mass mobilisation for a national demonstration by students from the University of Birmingham Defend Education has recently forced the University of Birmingham bosses to back down …
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Broad Paper of the Left? Slaney Street meeting report
communitiesagainstthecuts 17 May 13
Several members of CATC attended this Wednesday a meeting called “Slaney Street winning the battle of ideas”.
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A Public Appeal to stop the privatisation of the Library of Birmingham
communitiesagainstthecuts 15 May 13
This appeal was issued alongside the press release we made on Sunday, the 28th April.
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Birmingham’s New Federation Project
communitiesagainstthecuts 12 May 13
About 40 people turned up to today’s first meeting of the Birmingham New Democratic Federation; delegates and observers from many local groups, including from CATC.
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Teachers unite to challenge Gove
communitiesagainstthecuts 11 May 13
Three halls in the ICC were required to accommodate the joint NUT/NASUWT regional rally today.
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Rebutting the Rebuttal: update on the Library of Birmingham privatisation
communitiesagainstthecuts 8 May 13
The Newsroom of Birmingham City Council issued a public rebuttal on 29th April, in response to media reports about the ‘outsourcing’ of the new Library of Birmingham.
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Birmingham anti-cuts Federation on Sunday
communitiesagainstthecuts 8 May 13
On Saturday March 16th, the all-Birmingham ant-cuts conference took place.
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Bangla Desh Massacre and May Day
communitiesagainstthecuts 5 May 13
Congratulations to the Coalition of Civic Organisations UK , who organised a protest outside Primark on New Street yesterday.
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Bourville Ward Committee
communitiesagainstthecuts 5 May 13
There were around 20 people at the meeting on May 1st, including five CATC members.
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Bangla Desh Massacre and May Day
communitiesagainstthecuts 5 May 13
Congratulations to the Coalition of Civic Organisations UK , who organised a protest outside Primark on New Street yesterday.
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The Birmingham Women’s Network
communitiesagainstthecuts 2 May 13
At the all-Birmingham anti-cuts conference on March 16th, a resolution was overwhelmingly passed calling for the setting up of a cross-city women’s network – the Birmingham Women’s Network.
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Communities against the Cuts to show “Spirit of ’45″
communitiesagainstthecuts 1 May 13
The Broad Left and Communities Against the Cuts are putting on a joint showing of the “Spirit of ’45″ on Wednesday May 29th, 7pm, in the Arts Main Lecture Theatre at the University of Birmingham.
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Library Monster Poster
communitiesagainstthecuts 29 Apr 13
As well as signing the petition online (in the post below), you can download and start collecting signatures on a hard copy.
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Seven reasons to oppose the privatisation of the Library of Birmingham
communitiesagainstthecuts 26 Apr 13
In September the new Library of Birmingham will open to the public of Birmingham.
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Hamstead Hall School Strikes against Academy Status
communitiesagainstthecuts 25 Apr 13
Over half of the teaching staff were on strike today, as the school NUT members walked out for one day in opposition to the Head and Governing Body’s push for academy status.
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The Bedroom Tax in Kings Norton
communitiesagainstthecuts 19 Apr 13
According to very recent Council figures, there are 452 households affected by the bedroom tax in the Kings Norton Ward.
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Appeal your Bedroom Tax
communitiesagainstthecuts 17 Apr 13
If you are affected by the Bedroom Tax (Social Size Criteria), you must appeal before the end of April.
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Another Good Day Out
communitiesagainstthecuts 17 Apr 13
This weekend I and other CATC Birmingham activists joined DPAC (Disabled People Against Cuts) and UK Uncut in handing in an eviction notice to Ian Duncan Smith at his £2 million Tudor mansion in Buckinghamshire, in protest against the bedroom tax, …
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Report of UK Uncut Action Yesterday
communitiesagainstthecuts 14 Apr 13
Communities against the Cuts activists called and organised yesterday’s successful Birmingham UK Uncut action which has made the front page of local papers, and onto ITV central news.
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Left Unity
communitiesagainstthecuts 12 Apr 13
Since Ken Loach appealed on Question Time for a new party of the left, there has been a massive favourable response.
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Separating Benefit Facts from the Fiction
communitiesagainstthecuts 10 Apr 13
If anyone missed this useful survey and report from The Observer , 7 th April 2013, compiled with the help of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation , Full Fact and Jonathan Portes, the director of the National Institute of Economic and Social Research, …
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Kings Norton Ward Committee
communitiesagainstthecuts 5 Apr 13
The police report noted that crime was still dropping in the area, particularly “Anti-Social Behaviour”, and this seemed a bit of a theme for the meeting, as the Fire Service report also mentioned a scheme that it was involved in, to deflect …
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Fight Council Tax Charge!
communitiesagainstthecuts 4 Apr 13
This article, written by a local member of the UNITE union, speaks for itself.
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Pool Farm affected by the Bedroom Tax
communitiesagainstthecuts 30 Mar 13
There was a strong response to our petition from passers-by at the Fold on the Pool Farm estate this morning.
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Birmingham Labour – do not evict!
communitiesagainstthecuts 28 Mar 13
No Bedroom tax worries here! This letter has been sent from us to all Birmingham Labour Councillors; “Dear Labour Councillor, We are writing to you asking you to take action to defend your residents and tenants from the Bedroom Tax.
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Housing Monster Pamphlet
communitiesagainstthecuts 28 Mar 13
The updated version for our estate work can be viewed here.
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Public Services for all!
communitiesagainstthecuts 25 Mar 13
Following the Eastleigh by-election and the big jump in support for the xenophobic UKIP, Cameron pledged he would not move to the right.
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Poundland Protest
communitiesagainstthecuts 23 Mar 13
Well done to Sol Fed who organised the lobby of customers going to the Poundland shop in New Street this afternoon.
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More Good Days Ahead
communitiesagainstthecuts 21 Mar 13
At its AGM last night, CATC discussed the decisions made at the anti-cuts conference last Saturday and how to implement them.
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A Good Day Out
communitiesagainstthecuts 17 Mar 13
It was a successful and uplifting anti-cuts conference in Birmingham yesterday.
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A HOUSING MONSTER
communitiesagainstthecuts 15 Mar 13
The first resolutions at the conference tomorrow (BMI Margaret St.
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Anti-Cuts conference on March 16th
communitiesagainstthecuts 8 Mar 13
Here is the flyer.
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Myths About Poverty
communitiesagainstthecuts 3 Mar 13
“The Lies We Tell Ourselves - Ending Uncomfortable Myths About Poverty”, is an important demolition of all the pro-austerity propaganda against the poor.
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Council House Protest
communitiesagainstthecuts 27 Feb 13
Well, it was not enough to stop the cuts being voted through, but the protest movement has got off to a good start.
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Who’s Mandate?
communitiesagainstthecuts 24 Feb 13
In the local elections of last year, Labour won 51% of the poll on a miserable 28% turnout.
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Press Release
communitiesagainstthecuts 22 Feb 13
CITY COUNCIL SHUTS DOWN DEBATE – CONDEMNED BY ACTIVISTS AND BTUC FOR PLAYING POLITICAL GAMES WHILE CUTS HIT Residents from across Birmingham 1 have written a joint letter condemning the city council for playing political games whilst the cuts hit.
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Council Cancels Lobby and Protest Meeting
communitiesagainstthecuts 19 Feb 13
Shut out because of “Unforeseen circumstances”! The Council house has cancelled a booking for the discussion meeting against the huge cuts being made to Birmingham Council services.
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Correspondence with Birmingham Labour Councillors
communitiesagainstthecuts 18 Feb 13
We have twice written to Birmingham Labour Councillors, challenging them on their intention to implement a massive cuts budget and inviting them to join a huge campaign against the ConDem onslaught on Birmingham.
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Friday night and Saturday morning
communitiesagainstthecuts 16 Feb 13
Good music, company, food and politics at the social in the Tower of Song.