Today, the international white poppy project asks us to remember all the victims of war; the innocent civilans, of all ages, as well as the servicemen.

Andy Chyba has a small supply of the PPU white poppies available, or you can order some here, to share with like minded people: http://www.ppu.org.uk/ppushop/

Verse and Vine (November 2nd at The Green Room [above SUSSED])

Wed, October 24, 2012 at 1:54 PM

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There are plans to make this a fairly regular production (quarterly perhaps), if we can keep funding it, but this first edition could well become a collectors item.

You can see an online version here: http://www.thegreenleft.org/publications.html

It may surprise you to hear that I had very little to with the anti-fracking piece on this occasion, but I have a half page piece offering some financial advice on pg. 9 (which may amuse some of you).

I have a very limited supply of the printed version which I will make available on a first come, first served basis to those that come to the meeting on Thursday (see notice below), so long as you promise to encourage as many people as possible to read it!

Andy.

ALL WELCOME (Especially new members!)

AGENDA:

1. Welcome and Introductions
2. Apologies for Absence
3. Minutes and matters arising
4. Officers’ reports
5. Councillor feedback
6. Campaigns update – Fracking / 20’s Plenty
7. Wales Green Party AGM
8. Developments in Swansea GP
9. AOB
10. DoNM

NOTE – Venue is 1 minute’s walk from both the Bus and Train stations in Bridgend.

REMINDER – If anyone needs a lift to any of our meetings, let Andy know and we will organise it for you.

The government intends to abolish Disability Living Allowance and replace it with Personal Independence Payments. We feel the government is doing this because it is clear by awarding the contract to assess Personal Independence Payments to ATOS, it is a means to make savage cuts welfare to the most vulnerable in society. We believe peoples lives will be lost as a result of the scrapping of DLA for Personal Independence Payments assessed by ATOS.

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Closing:
05/09/2013 14:42

Huffington Post coverage:

Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein was arrested outside of Hofstra University on Tuesday after she attempted to enter the debate grounds.
According to Stein’s campaign press statement, Stein and running mate Cheri Honkala joined supporters outside the Hofstra campus at 2 p.m., where Stein declared: “We are here to bring the courage of those excluded from our politics to this mock debate, this mockery of democracy.” When they started to walk onto the debate grounds, they were stopped by police officers, and then the two women sat down on the ground.

Student-run news organization Long Island Report posted a video of Stein and Honkala sitting, with an officer arguing, “You’re blocking traffic.” After Honkala stated, “We want to practice our first amendment rights,” the police can been seen removing the women from the ground and leading them away.

According to the campaign, Stein and Honkala were then arrested. Press contact Glenn Turner confirmed to HuffPost that Stein was arrested and as of early Tuesday evening was still in jail, charged with disorderly conduct.

Earlier in the day, Stein told Philadelphia Weekly that despite some butterflies in the stomach, “We are prepared to be arrested in the service of democracy and a future that serves us all.

Stein advocates have been upset over her exclusion from the main debates. According to Politico, “The bipartisan Commission on Presidential Debates stipulates that a candidate must garner at least 15 percent in national polls in order to participate.”

Stein’s supporters have expressed disillusionment with mainstream candidates, while many environmentalists have grown frustrated over the “climate silence” permeating much of the campaign season.

As HuffPost blogger Carl Gibson wrote:

Jill Stein is a candidate that the other 90 million of us can get excited about. Picture the populist candidate Barack Obama once was in 2008, minus the financial support from Wall Street banks and oil companies, and the fawning coverage from mainstream media outlets. In her Green New Deal, she’s vowing to end drone strikes, tightly regulate Wall Street, halt all government-funded construction of fossil fuel-dependent projects, and end all foreign wars and occupations.

According to the campaign, Stein is expected to be listed on 85% of the ballots, and is planning to participate in an upcoming debate with Libertarian Party presidential candidate Gary Johnson.

Hi Andy,

Please could you inform local Green Party members of this cross party campaign.

I have invited all the local AMs to speak.

Would be nice to see you there.

Cheers,
Tim

I am happy to circulate this and to encourage support for this campaign. Details below. (Andy)

Dear Member,

The campaign against the downgrading of hospital services has begun in earnest. I am pleased to inform you that the first cross party campaign meeting will be held in the Evergreen Hall, Bridgend on Thursdy 8th November from 7.30 pm to 9.30. It would be great if you could attend.

The intention is to hold these meetings in other areas across the Bridgend, Aberafan, Neath and Ogmore Constituencies, but it would be great if we could have a large turn out.

Diolch yn fawr
Tim

I want you to award the country a CBE: a Clean British Energy revolution. It’s time to switch from dirty imported fossil fuels and develop clean British power from our wind, sun and water.

Your Electricity Market Reform plans must:

• Listen to what people want and tap into Britain’s wind and tidal resources – the best in Europe – and solar
• Ensure the UK isn’t locked into another generation of expensive, imported gas
• Close the door on expensive nuclear power, which is subsidised by the taxpayer and leaves a legacy of dangerous waste
• Reverse the domination of the power market by just a handful of big companies – so new, clean companies get a look-in
• Help millions of people around the country plug into affordable clean power and end the scandal of dangerously cold homes

Follow this link to send your copy of this and build the pressure on Davey:

http://foe.co.uk/what_we_do/clean_british_energy_switch_full_35921.html