Posted by Justin on 02 Dec 2011 /
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Monday 5th December, 7.30pm
@ Doddington Community Centre,
Charlotte Despard Avenue,
Battersea Park Rd, SW11 5HD
@ Doddington Community Centre,
Charlotte Despard Avenue,
Battersea Park Rd, SW11 5HD
Speakers:
- Austin Mitchell MP
- John McDonnell MP
- Eileen Short – National chair, Defend Council Housing campaign
- Emma Norton – Solicitor for Liberty, the national council for civil liberties
- Chaz Singh – Education Activist Network
Social housing is under attack. The Tories want to do away with secure tenancies, raise rents close to the market rate, and cap housing benefits in a way that will expel the poor from large parts of London.
To help ram these things through, they’re demonising tenants. So they’re using the recent riots politically, to evict whole families, even when only one child has committed a minor offence. They are starting with a family on the Doddington estate.
The Tories talk about the ‘Big Society’, but it seems to mean big cuts for us and big bonuses for them. Our council, which is so keen to evict the poor (and which has £105 million in reserves) is refusing to keep adventure playgrounds open, children’s breakfast clubs running, local libraries fully staffed, or Doddington’s Children’s Activity Centre open.
They’re also cutting 16 youth worker posts next year, and 7 more in 2013. Join the opposition to the cuts, and to the persecution of tenants.
- No political evictions, no collective punishment
- Defend secure tenancies for council tenants
- For council run playgrounds and libraries
Meeting supported by Battersea & Wandsworth Trades Council and Defend Council Housing
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Public meeting against post-riot evictions tonight. Doddington Centre, Battersea, 7:30pm. http://t.co/gpdJfOzK #readingtheriots