25/9/2015: Please keep an eye on http://supportkurds.org/ and http://qarn.org.uk, and I have joined the Labour Party because Jeremy Corbyn brings me hope.
Helping people in Calais – advice
Updated 8 September 2015: Alan Kurdi was Kurdish from Syria. Heyva Sor is the Kurdish Red Crescent and you can donate here:
JRF: How to improve support and services for destitute migrants
Executive summary:
Action is urgently needed to help destitute migrants
Many migrants in Britain who find themselves with no support or ability to return home face destitution; they are not allowed to work, have no access to benefits and in only a few cases get emergency help. Many of them have a case to stay in the UK but cannot quickly prove it. All are vulnerable to exploitation or otherwise at risk.
All reports from frontline agencies indicate that the problem is growing much faster than their ability to respond. While many of the issues discussed here apply to migrants from within the European Union, the needs of migrants from outside the EU (more precisely the EEA – European Economic Area) are particularly acute because they usually have more complex immigration issues and cannot readily return home. Providing accommodation and support for them is a huge challenge because of rules about ‘no recourse to public funds’ (NRPF). The report focuses on this group. Continue reading “JRF: How to improve support and services for destitute migrants”
Zero + One= No Limit @ Musician, Leicester on 30 July 2015
Really looking forward to our Zero + One = No Limit evening on Thursday at the Musician. The draft programme is here:is:
8.30pm Ian Mckie – 51
8.50 – Aunty Rachel Granger Benn – 21
9.10 – Andy Griffiths – 41
9.30 – Judy Hardman – 61
9.50 – Malc Randall‘s break, selling cds, maybe eating cake etc
10.10 – Mike Riley – 31
10.30 – Sheila Mosley – 61
10.50 – Pete Morton – 51 (it’s actually his birthday on Thursday 30 July smile emoticon )
Everyone is welcome, and it’s free to come in. Some people will be selling cds, and others may have a tin to collect donations for their favourite cause, and The Musician would appreciate selling some of their wares too. .
Talking Tablecloths – Change
Talking Tablecloths: ‘Change’
What change do you want to see in the world? Be part of it …
We’re bringing Talking Tablecloths to the Everybody’s Reading festival, Leicester 26 September – 4 October 2015 Continue reading “Talking Tablecloths – Change”
People’s Arts Collective – Leicester
Bringing together culture and the arts to create political change – let’s provoke, delight, excite, inform, challenge, and re-frame, re-form … https://www.facebook.com/groups/64327539905161
Why do Western Governments not prioritise speaking with Syrian Kurds – PYD
Personal comments: I met with the FCO Syria and Turkey desk recently. The mythology seems to be that PYD does not accept the Syrian National Coalition’s position (which is important to them because UK has all its eggs in that basket). I argued that PYD is past of the National Coordination Body for Democratic Change and is unlikely to come under SNC because of SNC’s reluctance to take Kurdish issues seriously – because of its own roots. If NCB and SNC were to work together then PYD would clearly be part of that. UK was effectively party to splitting the Kurdish block to disempower them and promote SNC, which is immoral! Continue reading “Why do Western Governments not prioritise speaking with Syrian Kurds – PYD”
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Creeping Militarisiation of Schools
The Unseen March describes a deliberate yet undebated strategy to increase military involvement in schools. Learn about how and why this is happening below.
Published on Jun 22, 2015: https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLt5yLy8nhB7KNXctzRN74lGUL5wXFCYxJ&v=OgJ83yYIR1g Continue reading “Creeping Militarisiation of Schools”
Ban neonicotinoid pesticides -protect the bees
Soil Association: Keeping Britain Buzzing
Our bees, pollinators and other wildlife are under threat with their numbers declining. There is strong evidence that neonicotinoid pesticides are involved in the deaths and that they are impacting on other species such as birds, earthworms and aquatic insects too. Another major factor is intensive agriculture contributing to a loss of habitat and food. Organic farming on the other hand encourages higher levels of wildlife – including bees. The Soil Association campaigns to tackle these problems and to work with all farmers to help save our precious wildlife. See more: http://www.soilassociation.org/keepbritainbuzzing/gclid/cjwkeajw8losbrddub-swpw8riisjaanms017iss813qxikjciwfrz-zvuixlspcgmm3dgr-tqyqbbocqgpw_wcb