Community Empowerment Network meeting
July 26, 2010 by Russell Miller
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HEN representatives Anna O'Brien and I attended a meeting of the Community Empowerment Network (CEN) last Weds (21 July). The CEN pulls together a wide variety of people in Hackney working for charities and the voluntary sector. It is an amazing diversity of committed organisations and individuals working to alleviate many of the worst consequences of our selfish, individualist society. Unfortunately Weds meeting was dominated by the cuts already hitting vital services like the Womens' Network combating domestic violence and Off-Centre working with troubled and disturbed children. The shocking reality of the bankers greed was brought home with caring people having to contemplate how to manage cuts to their already meagre budgets. The incompetent rich walk away with their bonuses whilst the vulnerable and dispossessed pay for their crimes.
I've opened a discussion on the politics of cuts see in the Community Politics Group on this site.
I'll be at the HEN Steering Group meeting on Weds.
Hopefully those at the Hackney Alliance to Defend Public Services meeting will realise a campaign against 'Tory cuts' (as per the SWP) is a diversion and a smoke screen. The real culprits are the banks (and New Labour) and building a mass, popular campiagn is far more likely if the greed of the City is contrasted with the needs of Hackney's most vulnerable.
Frontline services v fat cat bonuses is the real fight,
not New Tory v Old Tory.
Russell Miller 561 days ago
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the newly formed Hackney Alliance to Defend Public Services is meeting on the Wednesday, 28th, at 7.30 at the Trinity Centre in Beechwood Road Dalston.
HATDPS was set up on JUly14th after two meetings of 50 people, all of them active Hackney trade union and community activists, with the aim "To encourage and support opposition/resistance to the running down, closure or privatisation of any public services in Hackney, and encourage and support campaigning for improvements needed."
Russell Higgs 561 days ago