Date: 
30 November 2011 - 1:28pm
Venue: 
National Day of Resistance

Making N30 a Festival of Resistance to cuts96Share

The Trade Union Congress (TUC) has called a Day of Action for pensions justice on Wednesday November 30. Up to 3 million public sector workers from 20 unions are expected to take part in the biggest strike since the General Strike in 1926.

The formal dispute is over public sector pensions (well-explained here http://pensionsjustice.org.uk/the_attack_on_pensions ). But it is clear that November 30th also represents a fundamental challenge to the cuts and privatisation programme of the ConDem Government.

The Coalition of Resistance (CoR) has called for the maximum possible co-ordinated strike action. In addition, we want all anti-cuts committees and activists, whether in a union or not, to pull out all the stops to turn November 30th into a Festival of Resistance, with pensioners, students and unemployed people joining together in a massive day of defence for jobs, the NHS, the Welfare State, and free education.

Upcoming events

6 Apr 13 - 7 Apr 13

A warm friendly place with teachers with a burning passion to share their knowledge and the dedication to ensure you develop to the best of your ability. The crowd are some of the warmest friendly groups of people with no cliques so you can mingle freely with your new friends over drinks with Italian food served at the restaurant and DJ's playing Kizomba and Zouk through the night until 2am and taking requests if you ask nicely. What more can you ask for?

Classes start from 8pm EVERY Saturday

PRICE

10 Apr 13

*Entry £3, redeemable against any purchase*
*RSVP essential. See below.*

To celebrate the 150th anniversary of the writer and mystic Arthur Machen Housmans are proud to welcome the Iain Sinclair to discuss this enigmatic figure.

Iain will be considering Machen in the context of London, Poe's stalking of the ‘Man in the Crowd’, the Northwest Passage, De Quincey and the Labyrinth.

We expect a very big turn out for this event so it essential that you contact us ahead of time to reserve a space. Please RSVP by email to nik@housmans.com

13 Apr 13 - 14 Apr 13

A warm friendly place with teachers with a burning passion to share their knowledge and the dedication to ensure you develop to the best of your ability. The crowd are some of the warmest friendly groups of people with no cliques so you can mingle freely with your new friends over drinks with Italian food served at the restaurant and DJ's playing Kizomba and Zouk through the night until 2am and taking requests if you ask nicely. What more can you ask for?

Classes start from 8pm EVERY Saturday

PRICE

15 Apr 13

Since 2001, the civil liberties of British citizens have been progressively eroded. Among other examples, the Extradition Act (2003) allows individuals to be extradited to another country for actions that are not criminal in the UK, and without prima facie evidence of a case against them being presented in a British court. This Act can result in long periods of detention without charge (British citizens have been detained for up to eight years).

17 Apr 13

*Entry £3, redeemable against any purchase*

An event to celebrate the publication of ‘London Fictions’ from Five Leaves Publishing. ‘London Fictions’ is a new collection of essays about the representation of London in fiction, with each contributor concentrating on a particular work.