[Campaignforrealdemocracy] TMRW London Meeting 1pm + Wisconsin People's Assembly

[Mark Barrett]

Hi Everyone

Please forward this message to everyone

Here is some news from Wisconsin, plus a reminder with more info about
tomorrow's meeting of the Peoples Assembly Network (convened from 1pm-5pm at
Birkbeck College, Room MAL 509 5th Floor - hope to see you there).

*(1) The Wisconsin Wave *popular movement is now convening a series of
People's Assemblies, with the 1st gathering taking place over the course of
this weekend. Activists fromm there have contacted us giving us messages of
support and asking us to write a message for their Assembly this weekend.
See http://wisconsinwave.org/events/wisconsin-peoples-assembly for more info
about what they're up to!

*(2) Tomorrow 9th April* there will be a People's Assembly Network meeting
from 1pm-5pm in Room MAL 509 5th Floor at Birkbeck
http://www.peoplesassemblies.org/2011/03/help-build-the-people%E2%80%99s-assemblies-network/(and
see attached flier)

*(3) Draft Agenda* (all subject to change/amendment by participants on the
day) for the meeting so far includes:

- What's going on / how to start a People's Assembly in your area
- Encouraging more international links (especially in global south!)
- Messages of support to / from Wisconsin
- Developing the website to make collaborative and dynamic
- Developing more network info eg a primer on Assemblies, getting more press
coverage and a communique regarding eg Assemblies and the fight against
cuts, jobs and services, developing new models of democracy, globalisation
and the common alternative (?)

Please email info at peoplesassemblies.org to add any further ideas.

And for more info about about Assemblies check the following links:
2006 Canadian paper on the strategic need to set up permanent Working
People's Assemblies: http://www.socialistproject.ca/relay/relay30_gindin.pdf
Greater Toronto Workers Assembly web-site: http://www.workersassembly.ca/
The University of Toronto General Assembly web-site:
http://utgeneralassembly.wordpress.com/
Interview with PPS UK about Alternatives, from different strands from
movement including Peoples Assemblies
http://www.zcommunications.org/march-for-the-alternative-peoples-assemblies-by-mark-barrett
New Statesman article on People's Assemblies, Real Democracy and Common
Welfare:
http://www.newstatesman.com/uk-politics/2011/03/assemblies-across-assembly

Cheers

Mark
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