A picture paints a thousand words

The Wealden Progressive Movement and Stop the War (Tunbridge Wells) are putting on a creative stall in TW tomorrow. This is from them:

A picture paints a thousand words - say yes to all colours and no to the BNP.

Hello Everyone

The hope not hate campaign has seen thousands of pictures submitted in a stand against racism and division. The petition has now been signed by over 60,000 people.

This Saturday we will be holding a creative stall to show that Tunbridge Wells too says 'NO' to racism. We will be encouraging supporters and passers-by to make their own messages to Nick Griffin and Andrew Brons and have their photograph taken holding their work.

We will also collect petition signatures and upload all photos and signatures to the hope not hate campaign site. The BBC are also being invited to cover the event. We are aiming for a group picture with a few dozen people too.

If you'd like to come and help out, or show off your creative flare then we will be at the Millennium Clock from 10:15 on Saturday.

Many Thanks

Stopwar/wealdenprogress

WPM Bulletin

The latest edition of the Wealden Progressive Movement's bulletin is available here. Interesting interview Mark Steel in it.

Wealden Progressive Movement

The Wealden Progressive Movement's latest bulletin/newsletter is out. I have only recently discovered this group and have been very impressed by the work that they are doing. Their latest newsletter has articles on the Gaza demonstrations in Tunbridge Wells and Maidstone, articles on the recent strikes, economics and monetary reform, and plenty more, including this Make Cake Not War picture!

This is a snippet from "Fighting the Wrong Enemy":

"The reports of unofficial strike action across the north of England in response to the award of a contract to build a new power plant to an Italian company, which is not going to use British workers is possibly the first step towards concerted calls for protectionism in Britain.

"The workers, who are rightly scared for their livelihoods are blindly repeating the mistakes of previous generations during economic hardship. The new found militancy and the support shown by other workers should be applauded, but sadly they are focusing on the wrong target.

"The situation which allows multinational companies to move labour and finance around the world at a whim is the real problem here, not Italian workers, who like their British counterparts are simply trying to make a living.

"British workers must realise that they share a common enemy with their foreign equivalents, and that they should be asking why Italian workers are being used by the companies involved. The simple answer is that they are cheaper to employ, thus the company makes a larger profit on the contract.