Report on latest Lambeth SOS meeting

After the success of the town hall demonstration and occupation two weeks ago, Lambeth Save Our Services met with new faces and its biggest meeting for some time.

Here is a report

100 years of International Women's Day: public meeting

Born at a time of great social turbulence and crisis, when the imperialist nations were gearing up for world war, International Women's Day comes from a tradition of radicalism and revolutionary spirit.

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Lambeth town hall occupied

Local trade unionists and community campaigners occupy Lambeth town hall 23/02/2011

400 protesters demonstrated in Lambeth town hall tonight. The Labour councillors, supported by the Lib dems and Tories, wanted to vote in their package of cuts. The people of Lambeth demanded that they should be in the public gallaries. Despite filling one public gallery, the protesters were denied by council officers the right to fill the second gallery. The protesters then called for opening of the second gallery to the public. Despite requests from the people of Lambeth the councillors refused to allow the public into the second gallery.

Anti-cuts campaigners address demonstration against the cuts

Protesters outside of the Town Hall

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Mass lobby of Lambeth Council 7 February

Anti-cuts campaigners call for mass lobby of Lambeth Council over £37 Million cuts package

A packed planning meeting of local anti-cuts campaigners tonight called upon the people of Lambeth to rally at the Town Hall on Monday evening, 7 February, as the Council considers a £37 Million package of cuts which will cost 600 jobs, including all School Crossing Patrol staff and all Parks Rangers.

“Local people must demand that this Labour Council does not make these cuts,” said local resident Andy Tullis, “we need to be there on Monday night to make sure our views are heard.”

Representatives of local trade unions, pensioners and tenants were joined at the meeting by students and anti-cuts protesters from UK Uncut. Organisers are predicting a large turnout at the lobby of the Council on Monday night.

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Egypt: eyewitness report

Here is a report from comrades in Egypt at the moment, including being in Tahrir square today when the pro-Mubarak supporters attacked.

Lambeth Save our Services, public meeting

After the lobby of Lambeth Labour (see below), about 80 people gathered at the Lambeth SOS public meeting to discuss fighting the cuts in the borough.

Fighting the cuts
A speaker from South Bank University report in the struggle against education cuts and the hike in tuition fees. He also spoke about how the university management had banned all anti-cuts activity at the university and threatened any societies who supported the protests with having their accounts frozen (for the second time).

A speaker from The Pensioners Action Group spoke about the attacks on pensions and benefit and how the Con-Dems were trying to destroy the idea of universal benefits.

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Lobby of Labour Party meeting 20/11/10

Lambeth Save Our Services and workers from the local libraries turned up to lobby a Lambeth wide meeting of the Labour Party on Saturday morning.

Protesters lobby Labour Party meeting in Lambeth 20/11/10
(credit Keith Spencer)

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