Dear Everyone<br><div class="gmail_quote"><br>I hope you are all ok. <br><br>We urgently need to promote these two coming London meetings (both open to all, and not just Londoners): <br><br>(1) This Sat 2nd April 3pm-6pm @ UCL - Anti-Cuts Assembly<br>
See full info below and / or @ <a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=210282135649223" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=210282135649223</a><br>There are also now calls to occupy Trafalgar Square, which need support. <br>
<br>(2) Next Sat 9th April 1pm - 5pm @ Birkbeck - People's Assemblies Network Meeting<br>See attached flier/ register support via <a href="mailto:info@peoplesassemblies.org" target="_blank">info@peoplesassemblies.org</a> and / or <br>
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=201209476570251" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=201209476570251</a><br><br>Mark<br><br>PS has anyone else noticed that TUC spelled backwards is "CUT" ?<br>
<br><b>Sat 2nd April @ UCL <br>Anti-Cuts Assembly </b><br><br>The March 26th national demonstration will see a up to a million people on the streets of London. We are entering a new stage of resistance to cuts and austerity.<br>
<br>Following it, it is vital that all forces who are serious about fighting cuts and austerity come together to reflect on events and organise the next stage of the movement. March 26th is the beginning, not the end.<br>
...<br>This is an open mass meeting: although called originally by NCAFC, it should be viewed as the property of all anti-cuts networks, organisations and individuals. Email <a href="mailto:againstfeesandcuts@gmail.com" target="_blank">againstfeesandcuts@gmail.com</a> and <a href="mailto:ec.officer@ucl.ac.uk" target="_blank">ec.officer@ucl.ac.uk</a> to add your support to the meeting.<br>
<br>Agenda items will be posted on the FB page as issues arise following the demonstration. Email <a href="mailto:ec.officer@ucl.ac.uk" target="_blank">ec.officer@ucl.ac.uk</a> to add items.<br><br>Meeting sponsors: National Campaign Against Fees and Cuts, Right to Work, Education Activist Network, Coalition of Resistance. But open to all! Add your campaign's name to this list by contacting <a href="mailto:ec.officer@ucl.ac.uk" target="_blank">ec.officer@ucl.ac.uk</a><br>
<br>INVITATION TO LONDON ANTI-CUTS GROUPS<br><br>Where next after 26 March? An invitation to all London anti-cuts groups for an afternoon of discussion and planning<br><br>Dear friends,<br><br>The TUC demonstration this Saturday is set to be an electric day of mass protest. It will be the culmination of an enormous amount of work grassroots activists, in workplaces, trade unions and the local communities, have put in to building mass resistance to the cuts.<br>
<br>As the National Campaign Against Fees and Cuts we are proud of the role we played in building the huge student protests. But we were always very aware that we could not win alone and a broader more encompassing movement was needed to beat the Con-Dems.<br>
<br>In the months since, students have worked closely with you in building protests against the local government cuts - occupying a number of Town Halls, drawing thousands into demonstrations and marches and forging deeper roots into our local communities.<br>
<br>Now we need to look forward to the next steps. 26 March was a huge demonstration. But the danger is that it may be treated as the end point and not the beginning of the mass campaign by the official TUC leadership. We therefore think that it's important for grassroots activists - from community groups, national campaigns like the Coalition of Resistance, Right to Work and the National Campaign Against Fees and Cuts, and, crucially, the local anti-cuts movement - to all come together after the demo.<br>
<br>We have booked a space at UCL for a mass open meeting on the 2 April between 3 - 6pm to faciliate this process. Although called by the National Campaign Against Fees and Cuts we would like it to be the property of the entire anti-cuts movement.<br>
<br>We propose two simple agenda items:<br><br>i. An assessments of the 26 March<br>ii. Future plans and actions<br><br>We need a serious political discussion about 'where next'. Yet, we also don't want to organise a rally and have no plans for any top table speakers, etc, but rather want to use the space to develop a concrete plan of action. We hope your anti-cuts groups will be able to attend and bring ideas and proposals on further actions we might take. If you would like to add any other items to the agenda, or have any questions, please do get in touch. That way we can open a dialogue on how we organise the day.<br>
<br>Best wishes<br><br>Luke Cooper, National Campaign Against Fees and Cuts<br>Michael Chessum, Education Officer, UCL, NCAFC<br>Sean Rillo Raczka, Vice President elect, ULU, NCAFC <br>
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