EVENT: Fighting the Cuts - the Way Forward

7pm, Monday 11 April, Central Hall, Oldham St, Manchester
Manchester Coalition against Cuts invites you to an evening we hope will inspire you and you will enjoy.

Billy Hayes - General Secretary, Communications Workers Union
Lee Jasper - Campaigner for social justice and race equality, BARAC
Alan Gibbons - author of children's literature, Save Our Libraries Campaign

Local speakers from trades unions and community campaigns.

Doors Open at 6pm for stalls, music, video, refreshments

Billy Hayes leads the Postal Workers Union. He said of the 26th March demonstration, "The 500,000-strong group out on the streets on Saturday are evidence that these cuts will not work, that there is an alternative and that the government need to wake up and listen to the people. We need to continue the fight until this happens."

Lee Jasper - was born in Manchester and is one of the UK's most prominent race and human rights activists. He is co Chair of Black Activists Rising Against the Cuts ( BARAC) a UK wide organisation that campaigns to defend jobs and services, and highlights the disproportionate and adverse impact of the huge reduction of public spending on deprived communities - in particular black communities.

Alan Gibbons - described by the Manchester Evening News as 'a rising star of children's literature.' He recently launched a Save Our Libraries Day which was a stunning success, with over ninety meetings, demonstrations, Read ins and vigils are taking place the length and breadth of the UK.

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