[ssf] Fwd: ACT

[Chris Malins]

Well, tha name sounds naff. Seems to be largely people who are from 
Friend's of the Earth, which is probably a good sign, as FoE vehicle 
groups are not traditionally a major source of hassle! On of their board 
is from Countryside Alliance, but that need not prove anything. Suggest 
that people turn out to their launch and assess them, its possible that 
they might even have some success.

Chris

Alan Dawson wrote:
> Any body got clue on this
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> PRESS NOTICE
> LAUNCH OF NEW POLITICAL MOVEMENT IN SHEFFIELD
> Monday 31st January
>  
> “Politicians think there are no votes in the environment, no votes in democracy
> and no votes in a new constitution.  ACT aims to change that.”
> 
> 
> 
> On Monday 31st January, at 7pm in the Friends Meeting House, 10 St James Street,
> Sheffield, a new non-party political movement - ACT – Active Citizens Transform
> – will be launched. ACT’s aim is to kick-start a democratic revolution in
> Britain – The Reasonable Revolution. 
> 
>  
> 
> ACT’s 400 founding members want to see a fundamental transformation in the way
> Britain is governed, and in the priorities on which the running of society is
> based. The British way of life and our economy are simply not sustainable.
> Fundamental economic and social inequalities, and degrading environments,
> divide our world – splitting countries, communities and citizens apart, and
> ruining the places in which we live. As government ignores the problems, and
> gathers ever more powers for itself at the expense of our elected
> representatives in parliament, so people feel increasingly isolated and
> marginalised. There is widespread public concern about these failures of
> government, cynicism about politicians and distrust of party politics. 
> 
> We need politics to work and be seen to work, and deliver justice in the present
> and for future generations. This is what sustainability and democracy mean for
> us. ACT believes that only citizens and communities can drive these changes.
> This is what we call The Reasonable Revolution.
> 
> 
> In short, ACT is about building up political clout from the grassroots.  We have
> the backing of Charter88, and are initially building support in 18 public
> launch meetings and campaigns.   ACT’s agenda is to:
> 
> 
> 1. secure new planning and development powers for communities and local
> authorities, including over public services, housing, energy, transport, waste
> and High St. development schemes
> 
>  
> 
> 2. win new powers for Parliament to hold the Prime Minister and Cabinet to
> account for delivering manifesto commitments and Department policy
> 
> 
> 3. build up public and cross-party political support for a range of new laws,
> tax codes and public spending priorities to tackle problems like climate change
> emissions, polluting and resource wasting industries and the plight of poor
> families and neighbourhoods who suffer the worst effects of environmental
> degradation and pollution
> 
> 
> 4. secure new political rights for individual citizens and communities,
> including: to participate meaningfully in setting national as well as local
> public policy priorities; to choose their own local electoral voting system; to
> be able to hold government and companies to account for causing avoidable harm
> to public health and the environment; and, to determine local economic and
> market trading conditions to favour local businesses. ACT is also campaigning
> for a written constitution that will empower individual citizens and
> Parliament. 
> 
> 5. motivate and mobilize a nation-wide network of voters, tax-payers and
> constituents, and unite a wide range of national organizations and community
> groups, into an effective political movement driving this democracy and
> sustainability agenda. We will publicly support those politicians who back this
> agenda, and expose those who do not.
> 
> 
> ACT’s four launch campaigns are: 1) The Representation of the People (Local
> Electoral Systems) Bill; 2) Statutory Carbon Reduction Targets, and Supportive
> Tax Codes; 3) a Bill of Sustainability Rights, supported by a written
> constitution; 4) The Sustainable Communities Bill. (See Launch Pack for
> details).
> 
> 
> Charles Secrett, Co-Director, stated: “Britain’s economy and way of life are not
> sustainable. We consume too much, pollute too much, and government tolerates
> too many environmental, social and economic injustices. Politicians think there
> are no votes in the environment, no votes in democracy and no votes in a new
> constitution. ACT aims to change that.”
> 
> 
> Ron Bailey, Co-Founder and Co-Director of C88, stated: “ACT is flagging up two
> of the fundamental flaws in our democracy: the increasing inability of
> parliament to hold the executive to account ,and the complete lack of any
> facility by which electors cans hold their own MPs to account.  By trying to
> build a non-party citizens movement around those two issues, and by linking the
> issue of democracy to sustainability, ACT is filling an important political
> vacuum.  It must succeed!”
> 
> For further information, please contact:
> 
> 
> Charles Secrett, Co-Director ACT: (w) 020-7833-9898; (m) 079770-16119
> 
> 
> Ron Bailey, Co-Director ACT: (w) 020-7833-9898; (m) 07951-761229
> 
> 
> Stephen Shaw, ACT Network Coordinator: (w) 020-7833-9898; mobile 07788-646933 
> 
> ACT website: www.actnetwork.org.uk
> 
> E-mail contact: info at actnetwork.org.uk
> 
> 
> NOTES TO EDITORS:
> 
> 1) ACT has been founded and set up by Charles Secrett , Ron Bailey, and Martyn
> Williams.
> 
> Charles Secrett, Co-Founder ACT: Director, Friends of the Earth 1993-2003.
> Started peaceful direct action campaigns with communities to protect threatened
> nature reserves in Britain (1981); began the first Rainforest campaign (1985),
> including widespread consumer boycotts and constituent political lobbying; and,
> at FOE, prioritized the development of citizen action, consumer/shareholder
> pressure and constituent campaigns, including on environmental justice issues,
> GM foods, fuel-poverty, habitat protection, and traffic reduction (1993-1999).
> 
> Ron Bailey, Co-Founder ACT: From his initiation of the squatters’ movement in
> 1968 to the present day, Ron Bailey has always been a keen advocate of citizen
> mobilisation.  He set up the Parliamentary Units at FOE and ACE, and has been
> responsible for over 20 successful campaigns to change legislation on
> environment and democracy issues.
> 
> 2) ACT’s Board members are: John Jackson (Chair of Countryside Alliance and
> Board of openDemocracy); Judy Ling Wong (Director, Black Environment Network);
> Stuart Weir (former Editor New Statesman, and founder of Charter88); Helen
> Furtado (London First); Richard Sandbrook, (former Director of International
> Institute for Environment and Development); Martyn Williams (co-founder ACT,
> and Parliamentary Coordinator for Friends of the Earth) and Andrew Warren,
> (Director, of the Association for the Conservation of Energy).
> 
> 3) ACT has agreed campaign partnerships with Charter88 and the New Politics
> Network, and is jointly running campaigns with them for a written constitution,
> the Bill of Sustainability Rights and for Local Electoral choice.
> 
> 4) ACT Launch Meetings: 10 January, London; 12 January, Cardiff; 13 January,
> Norwich; 17 January, Birmingham; 18 January, Tunbridge Wells; 19 January,
> Leeds; 20 January, Truro; 21 January, Bristol; 24 January, Plymouth; 25
> January, Oxford; 26 January, Brighton; 27 January, Southampton; 31 January,
> Sheffield; 1 February, Newcastle; 2 February, Manchester; 3 February,
> Cambridge. Launch meetings in Edinburgh and Belfast will take place later this
> Spring.
>  
> 
> 
> 
> PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF ADDRESS 
> Sheffield Community Recycling Action Programme  - SCRAP promotes recycling
> schemes to benefit local communities in Sheffield. 
> 40 Earsham Street,Pitsmoor, Sheffield, S4 7LS. 
> tel: 0114 2755055 / 0114 2755599, fax: 0114 2755055. 
> Company limited by guarantee no. 2236177, charity no.1002780
> Registered office 127 Spital Hill, Pitsmoor, Sheffield S4 7LD.
> 
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> 
> *PRESS NOTICE*
> *LAUNCH OF NEW POLITICAL MOVEMENT IN SHEFFIELD*
> *Monday 31st January*
>  
> *“Politicians think there are no votes in the environment, no votes in 
> democracy and no votes in a new constitution.  /ACT/ aims to change that.”*
> 
> On Monday 31st January, at 7pm in the Friends Meeting House, 10 St James 
> Street, Sheffield, a new non-party political movement - */ACT – Active 
> Citizens Transform/*/ –/ will be launched. */ACT/*’s aim is to 
> kick-start a democratic revolution in Britain – *The Reasonable 
> Revolution*. 
> 
>  
> 
> */ACT/*’s 400 founding members want to see a fundamental transformation 
> in the way Britain is governed, and in the priorities on which the 
> running of society is based. The British way of life and our economy are 
> simply not sustainable. Fundamental economic and social inequalities, 
> and degrading environments, divide our world – splitting countries, 
> communities and citizens apart, and ruining the places in which we 
> live. As government ignores the problems, and gathers ever more powers 
> for itself at the expense of our elected representatives in parliament, 
> so people feel increasingly isolated and marginalised. There is 
> widespread public concern about these failures of government, cynicism 
> about politicians and distrust of party politics. 
> 
> We need politics to work and be seen to work, and deliver justice in the 
> present and for future generations. This is what sustainability and 
> democracy mean for us. */ACT/ *believes that only citizens and 
> communities can drive these changes. This is what we call The Reasonable 
> Revolution.
> 
> 
> In short, */ACT/ *is about building up political clout from the 
> grassroots.  We have the backing of Charter88, and are initially 
> building support in 18 public launch meetings and campaigns.   */ACT/*’s 
> agenda is to:
> 
> 
> *1.* *secure new planning and development powers for communities and 
> local authorities, *including over public services, housing, energy, 
> transport, waste and High St. development schemes
> 
>  
> 
> *2. win new powers for Parliament to hold the Prime Minister and Cabinet 
> to account *for delivering manifesto commitments and Department policy
> 
> 
> *3. build up public and cross-party political support for a range of new 
> laws, tax codes and public spending priorities *to tackle problems like 
> climate change emissions, polluting and resource wasting industries and 
> the plight of poor families and neighbourhoods who suffer the worst 
> effects of environmental degradation and pollution
> 
> 
> *4. secure new political rights for individual citizens and communities, 
> including: *to participate meaningfully in setting national as well as 
> local public policy priorities; to choose their own local electoral 
> voting system; to be able to hold government and companies to account 
> for causing avoidable harm to public health and the environment; and, to 
> determine local economic and market trading conditions to favour local 
> businesses. */ACT/* is also campaigning for a written constitution that 
> will empower individual citizens and Parliament.
> 
> *5.* *motivate and mobilize a nation-wide network of voters, tax-payers 
> and constituents*, and unite a wide range of national organizations and 
> community groups, into an effective political movement driving this 
> democracy and sustainability agenda. We will publicly support those 
> politicians who back this agenda, and expose those who do not.
> 
> 
> */ACT/’*s four launch campaigns are: 1) The Representation of the People 
> (Local Electoral Systems) Bill; 2) Statutory Carbon Reduction Targets, 
> and Supportive Tax Codes; 3) a Bill of Sustainability Rights, supported 
> by a written constitution; 4) The Sustainable Communities Bill. (See 
> Launch Pack for details).
> 
> 
> Charles Secrett, Co-Director, stated: “Britain’s economy and way of life 
> are not sustainable. We consume too much, pollute too much, and 
> government tolerates too many environmental, social and economic 
> injustices. Politicians think there are no votes in the environment, no 
> votes in democracy and no votes in a new constitution. */ACT/ *aims to 
> change that.”
> 
> 
> Ron Bailey, Co-Founder and Co-Director of C88, stated: “*/ACT/* is 
> flagging up two of the fundamental flaws in our democracy: the 
> increasing inability of parliament to hold the executive to account ,and 
> the complete lack of any facility by which electors cans hold their own 
> MPs to account.  By trying to build a non-party citizens movement around 
> those two issues, and by linking the issue of democracy to 
> sustainability, */ACT/* is filling an important political vacuum.  It 
> must succeed!”
> 
> *For further information, please contact:*
> 
> 
> Charles Secrett, Co-Director */ACT/*: (w) 020-7833-9898; (m) 079770-16119
> 
> 
> Ron Bailey, Co-Director */ACT/*: (w) 020-7833-9898; (m) 07951-761229
> 
> 
> Stephen Shaw, */ACT/* Network Coordinator: (w) 020-7833-9898; mobile 
> 07788-646933
> 
> */ACT /*website: _www.actnetwork.org.uk <http://www.actnetwork.org.uk/>_
> 
> E-mail contact: _info at actnetwork.org.uk <mailto:info at actnetwork.org.uk>_
> 
> 
> *NOTES TO EDITORS:*
> 
> 1) */ACT/ *has been founded and set up by Charles Secrett , Ron Bailey, 
> and Martyn Williams.
> 
> Charles Secrett, Co-Founder/ *ACT*/: Director, Friends of the Earth 
> 1993-2003. Started peaceful direct action campaigns with communities to 
> protect threatened nature reserves in Britain (1981); began the first 
> Rainforest campaign (1985), including widespread consumer boycotts and 
> constituent political lobbying; and, at FOE, prioritized the development 
> of citizen action, consumer/shareholder pressure and constituent 
> campaigns, including on environmental justice issues, GM foods, 
> fuel-poverty, habitat protection, and traffic reduction (1993-1999).
> 
> Ron Bailey, Co-Founder */ACT/*: From his initiation of the squatters’ 
> movement in 1968 to the present day, Ron Bailey has always been a keen 
> advocate of citizen mobilisation.  He set up the Parliamentary Units at 
> FOE and ACE, and has been responsible for over 20 successful 
> campaigns to change legislation on environment and democracy issues.
> 
> 2) */ACT/’*s Board members are: John Jackson (Chair of Countryside 
> Alliance and Board of openDemocracy); Judy Ling Wong (Director, Black 
> Environment Network); Stuart Weir (former Editor New Statesman, and 
> founder of Charter88); Helen Furtado (London First); Richard Sandbrook, 
> (former Director of International Institute for Environment and 
> Development); Martyn Williams (co-founder /ACT/, and Parliamentary 
> Coordinator for Friends of the Earth) and Andrew Warren, (Director, of 
> the Association for the Conservation of Energy).
> 
> 3) */ACT/* has agreed campaign partnerships with Charter88 and the New 
> Politics Network, and is jointly running campaigns with them for a 
> written constitution, the Bill of Sustainability Rights and for Local 
> Electoral choice.
> 
> 4) */ACT/* Launch Meetings: 10 January, /London/; 12 January, /Cardiff/; 
> 13 January, /Norwich/; 17 January, /Birmingham/; 18 January, /Tunbridge 
> Wells/; 19 January,/ Leeds/; 20 January, /Truro/; 21 January, /Bristol/; 
> 24 January, /Plymouth/; 25 January, /Oxford/; 26 January, /Brighton/; 27 
> January, /Southampton/; 31 January, /Sheffield/; 1 February, 
> /Newcastle/; 2 February, /Manchester/; 3 February, /Cambridge/. Launch 
> meetings in Edinburgh and Belfast will take place later this Spring.
>  
> 
> 
> 
> PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF ADDRESS
> Sheffield Community Recycling Action Programme  - SCRAP promotes 
> recycling schemes to benefit local communities in Sheffield.
> 40 Earsham Street,Pitsmoor, Sheffield, S4 7LS.
> tel: 0114 2755055 / 0114 2755599, fax: 0114 2755055.
> Company limited by guarantee no. 2236177, charity no.1002780
> Registered office 127 Spital Hill, Pitsmoor, Sheffield S4 7LD.
> 
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