Ken Loach in conversation: The Save the Children Film at Peckham Plex

Ken Loach, in association with the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition’s Southwark branch, will be appearing at Peckham Plex on 19 April to introduce and later discuss his films and political outlook. The Save the Children Film was commissioned by the charity in 1969, but was suppressed for 40 years due to its controversial content. Our event will be only its third ever public screening. Ken will be in discussion with Nick Wrack, a TUSC candidate in the London elections on 3 May. We will also be showing Ken Loach’s short film ‘The Other 9/11′, dealing with Pinochet’s 1973 Chilean coup d’état. Don’t miss this chance to see a long-lost film from one of Britain’s best living directors and then join him in a discussion about our political future.

Tags: Culture, cuts, Elections, Events, Films, Ken Loach, Socialism, TUSC

Southwark anti-cuts demo, 29 February

Click here to download the flyer for next Wednesday’s demonstration.

London elections 3 May – new TUSC postcard

To order cards for your area contact info@tusc.org.uk

Southwark TUSC public meeting – 24 November

Click  here to download details of our public meeting

London Occupation Statement

The occupation of the City of London has now gone into its second week and the US counterpart is now fully into its second month. It is clear that the belief in changing the current economic and political system is no longer a minority position. Although we do not claim at all to represent those outside the cathedral, we at Southwark TUSC are the only political voice in the borough that shares this view. The Labour Party is giving nothing but lip service to its opposition to the government cuts and is happily implementing them at a local level. Millions of people in Britain and abroad are disillusioned with our political system as the mainstream political parties are still working towards vested interests and failing to acknowledge the majority of people. We are the only political group that will fight for the 99%, the people of Southwark.

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News from Southwark

Currently all Town Hall unions are undertaking industrial action ballots with their members over the governments attacks on their pensions.
Which amount to:
1. Pay more – major contributions increases of 50%
2. Get less pension – Ending of the final salary scheme
3. Work longer – Increase in the retirement age

Southwark TUSC supports these workers in this struggle, we reject the governments attempts to divide people over pensions. All people regardless of either private or local government schemes are entitled to a decent pension and to retire before being worked to death.

The £60m cut to council services is processing, with cuts and redundancies in refuge services, some of which are going fortnightly.

Children’s services
Southwark council will remove the £75,000 subsidy to community nurseries.
A £50,000 cut to 5 play centres and reduction of staff to go with it.
A £800,000 cut in children’s social care will lead to a further loss of 13 posts.
The loss of £500,000 funding from youth offending teams.
A reduction in arts team posts of £150,000.

These are just a taster of the cuts and we will report in a later edition on the real impact of these cuts on the people of Southwark.

We stood Brian Kelly as the TUSC candidate in three by-elections earlier this year as the No Cuts Candidate. We did this because we believe that the council should be opposing all these cuts and not meekly carrying out ideological attacks on local services. These are set by the Con-Dem government, who are seeking to clear the debts of the spivs in the city by destroying local communities.

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Brian Kelly: Campaign leaflet for Peckham by-election

Here, for download, are election leaflets for Brian’s campaign in Peckham.

Download in A4 size, or A5.