Hackney Solidarity Network

10 APRIL MARCH & RALLY IN DEFENCE OF THE WELFARE STATE AND PUBLIC SERVICES (see poster attached with details)

This very important demonstration has been called by the National Pensioners' Convention - there are now 24 trade unions and another 5 campaigns on board organising the event.
The aim is to lay down a marker to the politicians (of whatever political description) before the General Election that we will not stand for more cuts and privatisation of our public services, including the National Health Service.

Next Hackney Heckler is due out early May so deadline for articles, contact information etc is Tuesday April 13th. Hackney Heckler is Hackney's only independent newspaper with all the articles written by those who are doing the campaigning they are writing about, instead of employed journalists, and distributed,again, by those ordinary local people through street, door to door and cafe outlets. We employ no journalists, take no commerical advertising and receive no funding from outside Hackney. We will have a print run of 5K or 6K for this issue.

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HUNGRY FOR HOUSING!

The Hackney Housing Group will fast on Friday 9th April 11 am – 6 pm outside Hackney Town Hall on Mare st.

The Hackney housing group, who are homeless people and people in bad housing, are fasting for one day outside Hackney Town Hall. Come and give us support!

There will be free children’s activities all day in the town hall square (art, face painting, balloons)

Come at 6 pm to help break our fast with a free meal and demonstration outside Hackney Town Hall in support of our demands.

.HSN/Reel News Film Discussion night on 'Migrant Labour' this Sunday 11th April, with short films and questions/discussion on; the 2009 SOAS occupation against mass arrest of migrant workers; the 2008 Cleaners for Justice campaign; the current Justice for UBS Cleaners campaign; and the Lindsay construction workers dispute. Alberto Durango of the Justice for UBS Cleaners campaign and Ibrahim Avcil of the Hackney based Refugee and Workers Community Association will be there to speak. @ the MOTH Club, Valette St, Hackney, 7 till 10pm

Saturday April 17th, Harringay, 11am-1pm: stall outside Harringay Green Lanes Station. Leafletting, petitioning, banners, etc. Participants welcome! (With the part closure of the North London Line till June, nuclear waste trains are now using the Barking-Gospel Oak line between Stratford and Gospel Oak and may continue to do so until the Olympics and Paralympics are safely over – note that this line passes the edge of the Olympic site, even though it doesn’t actually go through it.]

Monday April 19th, 7pm Next meeting of “Olympics + nuclear trains = terrorist target” group. At CND Office, 162 Holloway Road N7 8DQ (near Holloway Road tube.)

Apologies for short notice -- we have only just heard that about these huge cuts to nursery budgets in Hackney, and we want to mobilise people to help try and save them, so we are organising an emergency public meeting THIS THURSDAY 22ND APRIL 6:30 P.M. -- further details below. It is outrageous that Hackney Council/The Learning Trust should think that they can get away with attacking services to women and working-class people in this way, and just before the election.

This will include:

*A very rare opportunity to have a short tour of the long closed Haggerston Pool
*A chance to find out from Haggerston Pool Community Trust about the plans that are underway for its re-opening
*A chance to meet prospective candidates for the local Ward, Hackney Mayor and Parliament - and let them know what you think about Haggerston Pool and other local issues - in a friendly, informal setting

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