Zoom Meeting with John McDonnel Tonight on Sunak’s Spending Review

I got this email message from Labour Against Austerity on Saturday, so I apologise for being so late putting it up.

ANNOUNCEMENT: Hear John McDonnell
 respond to the Tory Spending Review.

Wednesday 25 November 2020, 7pm.
Register here // Share & Invite on FB here // Retweet here to spread the word.
 

With: John McDonnell MP // RIchard Burgon MP // Pascale Robinson, We Own It // Apsana Begum MP.

The #payfreeze news is more proof the Tories will always put the 1% first. The economic crisis we face is set to be the worst any of us have experienced.

What’s the alternative & how do we build resistance? Join us to discuss how we transform our economy and society to ensure that people’s jobs, livelihoods and health come first.

Join over 15,000 others in supporting the #PeoplesPlan at http://bit.ly/planforthepeople
 

Register here // Share & Invite on FB here // Retweet here to spread the word.

Petition to Stop Rishi Sunak Cutting Universal Credit

Here’s another email I received from Labour Against Austerity promoting a petition. This time it’s to stop the chancellor, Rishi Sunak, cutting Universal Credit by £20.

PETITION: Boris Johnson & Rishi Sunak – Don’t cut Universal Credit Add your name here // Share here on Facebook // Retweet here “The Government must not go ahead with plans for Universal Credit to be cut back down by £20 in April. Poverty – including child poverty – is rising during this pandemic and this callous cut will make this situation even worse. We need a war on poverty not a war on the poorest.” Add your name here // Share here on Facebook // Retweet here

I’ve signed it, because I strongly believe that Universal Credit is at starvation level as it is, and to cut it back down will cause massive hardship. No more families should be forced to use food banks. If you feel the same, please do sign it.

Petition to Restore the Whip to Jeremy Corbyn

The former Labour leader has been readmitted to the party but Starmer has refused him the Labour whip following whining and moaning by the usual rightist troublemakers. I’ve just received this email from Labour Against Austerity asking people to sign a petition calling for the whip to be restored.

ACTION ALERT: Restore the Whip to Jeremy Corbyn

Add your name here // Share here // Retweet here

As reported here (retweet here), there is growing support across the labour movement for the PLP whip to be restored to Jeremy Corbyn following his re-instatement into the Labour Party.
 
We are writing to ask you help us get 50,000 signatures on the petition here to this end. As Richard Burgon MP said, “Jeremy should immediately have the whip restored. At a time of national crisis, division in the Labour party serves nobody but the Tory Government.” Please take 30 seconds to spread the word by sharing here on Facebook and retweeting here.
 
We would also like to take this opportunity to welcome to our email list everyone who opted-in to receive communications after signing our change.org petitions on RLB and JC – welcome! Together we can defeat the Tories’ reactionary agenda and build a better future.
 
Yours in solidarity,
The Labour Assembly Against Austerity Volunteers Team.
 
PS: Please take 30 seconds to spread the word by sharing here on Facebook and retweeting here.

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I’ve had absolutely no hesitation in signing it. If also feel that this is a terrible injustice to the only political leader, who offered a real solution to the country’s problems and the massive impoverishment of its working people, then please do likewise.

Petition to Reinstate Jeremy Corbyn

I’ve received this petition demanding the reinstatement of Jeremy Corbyn from Labour Against Austerity just this afternoon, and have had no hesitation in signing it. Corbyn was never an anti-Semite, and his portrayal as such was due to his principled support for the Palestinian people against their ethnic cleansing by the Israeli state.

He was also a friend of the Jewish people at home, and Mike and others have posted a list of his actions for the Jewish community as long as your arm. For example, he called for the Beeb and other TV companies to screen more programmes of Jewish interest, and took the side of the Haredi community when they were protesting against the redevelopment of one of their historic burial grounds.

Corbyn also enjoyed the trust, friendship and support of many left-wing Jews, such as Jewdas and Jewish Voice for Labour. Unfortunately, the scumbags who smeared him as a Jew-hater did not scruple to smear them also, despite the especial pain and hurt this would cause them and their families.

These spurious and vindictive lies were made by a Zionist Jewish establishment determined to protect Israel from criticism for its ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians, and a Thatcherite political establishment determined to use it to prevent the resurgence of a genuine, socialist Labour party that actually stood up for working people.

This Thatcherite establishment include right-wingers in the Labour party bureaucracy, who deliberately conspired to throw the elections, did everything they could to undermine his leadership, including withholding information on the anti-Semitism scandal. It is these elements, who should be suspended from the party, not Corbyn.

Here’s the message I received calling for his reinstatement.

Add Your Name Here – Reinstate Jeremy Corbyn

Take 30 seconds to spread the word – Retweet here & share on Facebook here

We have been contacted by a lot of supporters regarding the suspension of our long-standing backer Jeremy Corbyn and are circulating this petition so that everyone can show their support.

Best wishes,
Labour Assembly Against Austerity Volunteer Team.

PS: Please add your name here and also take 30 seconds to spread the word by retweeting here & sharing on Facebook here

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If you also want to see Corbyn reinstated, please take the time to sign this petition, as I have.

If you can’t get the link to work, here’s another which might work better.

https://www.change.org/p/labour-party-reinstate-jeremy-corbyn/signatures/confirm?token=c25f3579-5f75-4d93-8acf-7d5e74158b56