Southend Public Meeting Thursday 9th February

7:30pm, Thursday 9th February
at Southend Central Library, Victoria Avenue, Southend SS2 6EX
Speakers on: local government cuts, the attck on the NHS and much more.
This meeting is also our Annual General Meeting.

Publicity to download for November 30th Rally!

New Southend Against The Cuts leaflet and poster for the November 30th Southend Strike Day Rally available here: 

 the  leaflet  and the Poster 

Please download, print, give to your friends and colleagues or put on your noticeboard! Help us make the Southend Strike Day rally an event to remember – for us and for Cameron!

November 30th Pensions Day of Action Rally

TUC Day Of Action on Pensions

Rally ‘ UNITE THE RESISTANCE’ 11am, Victoria Circus, Southend (outside Odeon)

Join your local picket line, then join this rally to hear speakers from the striking unions and many others. Help make this a real day of solidarity and resistance to the Tories’ politics of austerity!

Essex Against Cuts demo 12th November Chelmsford

Saturday 12th November – March and Rally in Chelmsford called by ‘Essex Against The Cuts’

‘Defend Our Public Services- Fair Pensions for All’

Assemble 1pm, Tindal Square, Chelmsford
Move off 1:30pm for town centre demonstration and rally with speakers from across the county.
Download Southend Against The Cuts Flyer here

Defend our Fire Service – Canvey 15th Oct

 

‘Defend Our Fire Service’

Protest called by Castle Point Against The Cuts – 11am Saturday 15th October meet outside Canvey Island Fire Station in Long Road, Canvey Island.

 Saturday will be the last time the Fire station will be manned by full-time firefighters and we feel it essential that we go along and support the firefighters losing their posts in favour of ‘Retained’ Firefighters because of the CUTS.

Defend Public Services – Fair Pensions For All!

Public Meeting 7pm, Thursday 6th October

‘Defend Our Public Services – Fair Pensions for All’

Southend Central Library, Victoria Avenue, Southend
Speakers include: Chris Baugh (Assistant General Secretary PCS), Martin Gould (President, Southern and Eastern Region TUC), Dave Carr (Health Workers Network)

 

Download the flyer here

 

Protest Vigil to save Our NHS – 5th September

Meet from 6pm on Monday 5th September outside Southend Hospital, Prittlewell Chase, Westcliff-on-Sea

This protest is part of a national campaign to stop the government’s Health and Social Care Bill from breaking up and privatising our National Health Service. This Bill goes back to Parliament on 7th Septmebr  join our protest to help make sure politicians know we will defend our NHS!

This event has been called jointly by Southend Against The Cuts and Keep Our NHS Public.

for more facts and information, go to the Keep Our NHS Public website.

Southend Against The Cuts Summer Bank Holiday Extravaganza!

2pm-11pm Sunday 28th August at the Ship Pub, New Road, Leigh-on-Sea

SOUTHEND AGAINST THE CUTS campaign will be holding a bank holiday all-dayer at The Ship Pub in Leigh on Sea…..kicking off the music will be The Yankee Blues Brothers playing from 2pm outside (or if raining in the downstairs bar)..followed by some awesome local bands playing upstairs……STRATUS, WALK IN COMA, CRASH MANSION, THE DIRTY FAIRIES, BIG DOGG, SILVERTRUTH, ARTGRUPPE, THE ORIGIN, NO CLOSURE, CALICO, SAM RECK…

For latest news of the lineup see http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=208010492575894

July 17th- Summer Music Special!

4pm to 10pm at the Railway Hotel, Clifftown Road, Southend

£3 on the door

UNITE THE RESISTANCE – Join the Rally 30th June

Lunchtime Rally – 12:30pm, Thursday 30th June
Victoria Circus (outside Odeon), Southend
‘UNITE THE RESISTANCE’
Speakers from striking unions including PCS and UCU

Up to 850,000 workers across the public sector will strike in defence of jobs, pensions and services on June 30th.
Whether you are on strike, work in the public sector or a user of public services, join us at this rally to show your support for the fightback against Cameron and Clegg’s vicious politics of cuts and job losses.