Scottish Socialists for Independence Event

Scottish Socialists for Independence Event

 

 

An evening of music, culture and politics in Partick Bowling Club, 30 Fortrose

Street, Glasgow G11 5NS, on Thursday, 12th September

at 7pm.

 

Speakers

Cailean Gallagher, member of the Labour Party and Researcher for Yes Scotland

Feargal Dalton, SNP Councillor for Partick West

Sandra Webster, Women for Independence

Danny McCafferty, Coordinator, West Dunbartonshire Yes Scotland

 

Entertainment

David Bettridge and friends reading poems of Independence 

Arthur Johnstone, folk singer  

Citizen Smart

 

Please join us in an evening event to launch the new Scottish Socialists for Independence banner at the Scottish Independence Rally on 21st September 2013.

 

Tickets £5/£3 unwaged

 

Contact: Maggie Chetty

 maggiechetty@hotmail.com

 

All welcome

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ABERDEEN COUNCIL TO EVICT BEDROOM TAX VICTIMS

ABERDEEN COUNCIL TO EVICT BEDROOM TAX VICTIMS

Mon, 25/03/2013 - 17:11

Today the SNP group in Aberdeen City Council submitted an emergency motion calling for the council to not evict anyone subject to the bedroom tax who takes all reasonable steps to repay arrears.

The administration rejected hearing a motion to stop bedroom-tax evictions, whilst at the same time raised senior administration members pay £41,599 higher than the previous administration. The current Aberdeen City Council Administration is now the most expensive in history.

All SNP-run councils have committed to implementing a no eviction policy, following the lead of Dundee City Council, showing it can be delivered. The SNP group in Aberdeen City Council is calling on the administration to give Aberdeen tenants the same protection from this devastating policy.

SNP Group Leader Cllr Callum McCaig said:

“The bedroom-tax is a devastating policy being pursued by the UK Government. Local councils cannot do everything to protect people but the council can do this: they can remove the threat of eviction. When a council tenant runs into arrears through no fault of their own because of the bedroom-tax then the council should not be evicting them.

“The Labour-led administration has chosen today to put themselves and their salaries before the needs of the citizens of Aberdeen. They are failing to take action they could on the bedroom-tax whilst putting up their own salaries up.”

Aberdeen Central MSP Kevin Stewart – a member of the Scottish Parliament’s Welfare Reform Committee – said:

“This is probably the most ill thought-out policy since the Poll Tax, and Labour’s complete inability to stand up for the people of Aberdeen - while lining their own pockets - is as baffling as it is shameful.

“Almost 2000 people in Aberdeen are to be affected by this iniquitous tax – a tax which 90% of Scottish MPs have voted against, yet is still to be imposed on Scotland.

"As long as decisions about welfare are made in Westminster, Scotland will continue to have unfair and damaging policies forced on it by governments that we didn’t vote for. That is why Scotland needs to have the powers of independence, so that we can make decisions in and for Scotland."

http://www.snp.org/media-centre/news/2013/mar/aberdeen-council-evict-bedroom-tax-victims

Best Album of 2012 "This is PIL"

The Best Album of 2012 had to be the May release of This is PIL by Public Image Ltd. A post-punk sound that grows on you as you listen to it and captivates your attention.

PIL along with frontman John Lydon have survived the line up changes in the band yet every new album that is released over the years brings new fresh material which musically is challenging and very, very modern.

Yet another catalog of songs we can add among our favourites to the PIL Archive of music over the years not every song equally as strong as the other but some great gems can be found on the album.

Larry

This is PIL BBC Review

http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/8gvh