Resisting Austerity
Posted on | May 5, 2012 | No Comments
Friends’ Meeting House Upper Goat Lane7pm 31st May
Greece is at the cutting edge of austerity measures being introduced across Europe. While these
measures protect the interests of the rich, they just make matters worse for the majority of the
population. In Britain, the Coalition government is pursuing similar measures which
will see workers earning less and working longer for a smaller pension; plus the marketisation of
education and the dismantling of the NHS and other public services. In Norfolk, deep cuts in services,
benefits and jobs are hurting thousands of people. The Greek people have shown mass
resistance to such outrages – and we can learn from their response.
The report from Greece
PAUL MACKNEY
Former General Secretary of NATFHE/UCU union. Member of recent Greece Solidarity Campaign fact-finding
delegation to Athens by UK trades unions and campaigners, which visited many Greek anti-austerity organisations, parties,
unions and movements. Paul will report, with film evidence, on the appalling impact of the austerity programme in Greece, and
the variety of forms of organised resistance.
MARINA PRENTOULIS
Lecturer in politics at UEA, recently returned from Athens.
Organised with support from Norfolk Coalition Against the Cuts: http://norfolkcoalitionagainstcuts.org/
Greece Solidarity Campaign http://www.greecesolidarity.org/ Coalition of Resistance http://www.coalitionofresistance.org.uk/
Updated leaflets and info from: trevor@tpcampaigns.fsnet.co.uk
The report from Norfolk
A report on the worsening impact of government and council cuts in welfare and services on local people:
pensioners, the poor, the unemployed, the young, the disabled – and how to build resistance.
Speakers include representatives from local pensioners, youth and disabled people’s
organisations.
More groups welcome!
Contact: trevor@tpcampaigns.fsnet.co.uk 07794 690322
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