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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=london@weareplanc.org
href="mailto:london@weareplanc.org">london@weareplanc.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Friday, October 12, 2012 1:44 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> [FHN campaign] a creche and kids play space during the TUC
demo on Oct 20</DIV></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="tahoma, sans-serif">[please forward to parents / carers and
relevant networks] </FONT></DIV><FONT
face="tahoma, sans-serif"><BR></FONT>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT size=4 face="tahoma, sans-serif"><B><SPAN
style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(204,51,204)" lang=EN-US>"if no one organises
childcare, we wont be at the revolution"</SPAN></B></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="tahoma, sans-serif"><SPAN
style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,153,0)" lang=EN-US><FONT size=4>a <SPAN
class=il>creche</SPAN> and kids play space during the TUC demo on Oct
20</FONT><B><U></U><U></U></B></SPAN></FONT></P>
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lang=EN-US><FONT face="tahoma, sans-serif"><BR></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(102,255,153)"
lang=EN-US><FONT face="tahoma, sans-serif"><B>:: a parent and volunteer run
creative and fun space for kids of all ages - with painting, games, toys for
younger kids and films and printing press workshops for older children. light
and healthy snacks will be served throughout the day. please bring a packed
lunch for your child ::</B></FONT></SPAN></P>
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lang=EN-US><FONT face="tahoma, sans-serif"><BR></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,51)"
lang=EN-US><FONT face="tahoma, sans-serif"><B>organised by plan c
london <BR>email: <A href="mailto:london@weareplanc.org"
target=_blank><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: none">london@weareplanc.org</SPAN></A> for venue
details, to volunteer to help out with childcare or to book a spot for your
child </B></FONT></SPAN></P></DIV>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: tahoma,sans-serif"><BR></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(153,255,255)"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: tahoma,sans-serif">Plan C is about making plans – real,
concrete and achievable plans - to improve the conditions of our lives and to
make the strategy of austerity more difficult, costly and ultimately impossible
to implement. These plans must include taking seriously the work of organising
childcare. We don't think organising childcare is just a job for Plan C. But in
organising childcare for the TUC demo we are challenging the current status quo
in the Left that fails to collectively support those with kids and having
children in political spaces and events. More than this, we also think that
the invisibility of the labour involved in childcare – the labour that enables
many people to take part in ‘politics’ in the first place – needs to be
challenged and made visible. While some of us are more than happy to take our
kids to demos, others of us would prefer to organise childcare options that mean
our kids are looked after away from the action. To overcome the divisions
in our movement, we can’t simply demand that people ‘unite and fight’. Instead
we have to do the work of addressing these rifts by organising and acting in
ways that imagine and create a new and different social and political culture,
ones that ultimately take us beyond forms</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: tahoma,sans-serif"> of activism and politics that can
only take place away from our families, dependents and
obligations.</SPAN></B></P></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>