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Teesside People's Assembly meeting, Tuesday 7th February

You are invited to our next action planning meeting on Tuesday 7th February at 7.15pm in St Mary's Centre, 82-90 Corporation Road, Middlesbrough TS1 2RW.

Nominations are invited for the post of Secretary, which is now vacant since Steve Cooke stepped down from the position (he is now Social Media Officer).

The agenda includes anti-racist/anti-fascist actions, including recent and forthcoming anti Trump actions, and recent and forthcoming actions to defend the NHS, including this Saturday 4th February's March and Rally for the NHS in Newcastle. Details of this event can be found here: www.facebook.com/events/619260908279509.

The full agenda for Tuesday's meeting can be downloaded at https://goo.gl/jfTKwn  

If you have any items you would like to add to the agenda, please let us know by Sunday at the latest.

You are invited to our next action planning meeting, which will be held on Tuesday 17 January at 7.15pm in St Mary's Centre, 82-90 Corporation Road, Middlesbrough TS1 2RW.

The agenda includes actions to raise awareness of the imminent cuts and privatisation in the NHS as a result of so-called 'Sustainability and Transformation Plans'. Protests are being planned locally, regionally and nationally.

There's also a national day of action against benefit sanctions (20 January) and a number of anti-racist protests are coming up soon.

The full agenda can be downloaded at https://goo.gl/OPYhnt

Stop the Nazis in Darlington, Saturday 5 November

Minutes of our meeting on Tuesday 1 November are now available at https://goo.gl/v77tYv

At that meeting we made plans for supporting the 'Stop The Nazis In Darlington'​ anti-fascist action this weekend.

The action is due to take place on Saturday 5 November with participants assembling in Darlington Market Place from 12.00 noon.

Further details are available on the Facebook event page at www.facebook.com/events/345682942449959.

If you plan to support this anti-fascist action, we urge you to be mindful of personal safety when travelling to and from the location.

We discussed our recent interventions in the Fighting 4 Hartlepool Hospital rally (15 October) and Footprints March for the NHS​ (22-29 October) and the likely implications of NHS England's Sustainability & Transformation Plans.

During the last month we also supported promoted free preview showings of Ken Loach's new film I, Daniel Blake and contributed to a post-screening discussion of the issues it raised.

We are exploring the potential for establishing a 'socialist film night', which we'll come back to in more detail next time we meet.

Teesside People's Assembly has two events coming up in the next week that we hope you'll be able to attend:

Footprints March for the NHS rally: Thursday 27 October at 7.00pm in St Mary's Centre, 82-90 Corporation Road, Middlesbrough TS1 2RW (Facebook event: www.facebook.com/events/672343002944027)

Action planning meeting: Tuesday 1 November at 7.15pm in St Mary's Centre, Middlesbrough (www.facebook.com/events/1123818657687211) - Download agenda here

Footprints March for the NHS rally, Thursday 27 October

On Thursday evening we're hosting a rally for the Footprints March for the NHS on the day it reaches James Cook University Hospital.

The eight-day march between local hospitals has been organised to raise public awareness of the privatisation and cuts to services in prospect as a result of NHS England's 'Sustainability and Transformation Plans'.

Our rally at 7pm in St Mary's Centre will feature speakers on NHS issues and will be followed by a social event with live entertainment in Doctor Browns pub (immediately opposite St Mary's Centre), starting at 9pm.

If you can't make the Thursday event, there's also a public meeting on Friday 28 October at 6pm in the Jim Cooke Suite at Stockton Library (www.facebook.com/events/1842192649348957).

For further information on the Footprints March for the NHS, including details of the route, timings and other events, please visit www.999nhsnortheast.org.

Action planning meeting, Tuesday 1 November

We're holding our monthly action planning in St Mary's Centre on Tuesday 1 November at 7.15pm.

As well as reflecting on our actions in the last month, we'll be discussing opportunities to develop our political education activities, the ‘People’s Brexit’, anti-fascist actions and campaigns against benefit sanctions.

The full agenda for this meeting can be downloaded at https://goo.gl/HFtpsw.

Minutes of our last meeting, held on 4 October, are available at https://goo.gl/kYc0r5