WELFARE NOT WARFARE

WHAT THE “PLEBS” GOING ON?

UK meltdown underway right NOW!

Public assets are being sold off against public interest. New legislation  opens way for privatization of our National Health Service. The NHS, is due to celebrate its 65 year anniversary this year. In post war Britain they managed ,with great determination, to bring into existence the world renown National Health Service. This was made possible because the political will was there to support the notion of a health service for all. Our health service was respected throughout the world. Today, we are a country at war in present time and we now find ourselves in the position of our own government making it possible to sell- off our national treasure.

THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE SHOULD NOT BE SOLD OFF, IT BELONGS TO THE PEOPLE!

Billions of pounds has been spent in recent years refurbishing hospitals, making them a viable proposition for privatization.

Mismanagement has left the NHS vulnerable and much criticized. Lack of beds and poor clinical care opens the door to the alternative of an attractive ‘take over’ by companies that have money to inject into the failing service. However, what we must remember is that private companies will wish to make profits…BIG PROFITS!

WAR IN AFGHANISTAN IS COSTING 12 MILLION A DAY!

We can save our health service if we end the war now and bring the troops home. Medical personnel could be deployed in our hospitals for a given period of time, just like the help they gave us during the Olympics. This is do-able and make sense. Saving life is far better than being involved in endless futile conflict.

PETITION NOW FOR NHS

http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/news/content/view/full/130138

NHS SELL- OFF

http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2012/dec/31/stop-nhs-selloff

http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/news/content/view/full/129981

http://www.guardian.co.uk/healthcare-network/2013/mar/05/nhs-reforms-government-privatise

WELFARE NOT WARFARE

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/9275712/Afghan-war-will-cost-British-taxpayers-20-billion-by-time-mission-is-complete.html

War in Afghanistan costing £12 million per day….

ww.strathclydetelegraph.com/2011/11/the-war-in-afghanistan-ten-years-on/

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1288062/Cost-Afghan-Iraq-wars-rises-20billion.html

http://www.cnduk.org/component/k2/item/1340-churches-uk-would-be-better-off-without-trident

STOP THE CUTS!
WELFARE NOT WARFARE!

Put the picture together. They are running down our services to make way for privatization.

All the people’s hard earned assets are being sold off under the guise of having to make cuts as there is no money available. However, there are companies circling over head, such as Virgin Care, waiting to step in and invest in order to make huge profits. The same applies to the Police Service, Fire Service Schools etc…….

NHS cuts and threat of privatization.

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2013/02/506532.html

http://scriptonitedaily.wordpress.com/2013/02/14/if-you-love-the-nhs-wake-up-and-act/

Police Service cuts.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/sep/10/frontline-police-jobs-cut-election

http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/interactive/2013/jan/09/police-station-closing-london-map

Fire Service cuts.

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/boris-takes-legal-action-against-fire-authority-over-defiance-on-station-cuts-8491817.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-20989428

Schools under threat of privatization.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/exclusive-cash-for-academies-michael-gove-bribes-schools-to-change-their-status-8492386.html

http://www.nasuwt.org.uk/InformationandAdvice/NASUWTPolicyStatements/PolicyStatement1/index.htm

Billions to be spent on new roads that developers want, despite evidence to the contrary.

http://combehavendefenders.wordpress.com/2013/01/11/1056/

http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/1795202/the_battle_for_combe_haven.html

http://combehavendefenders.wordpress.com/2013/01/27/green-and-conservation-groups-ceos-visit-camp-condemn-link-road-plans/

Peace Strike’s on-going petition to end this futile corporate war and bring our soldiers home.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1y2SIIeqy34

Where have all the flowers gone
Long time passin’
Where have all the flowers gone
A long, long time ago
Where have all the flowers gone
Young girls picked them every one
When will they ever learn
When will they ever learn

Where have all the young girls gone
Long time passing
Where have all the young girls gone
A long time ago
Where have all the young girls gone
Taken husbands every one
When will they ever learn
When will they ever learn

Where have all the young men gone
Long time passin’
Where have all the young men gone
A long, long time ago
Where have all the young men gone
Gone to soldiers every one
When will they ever learn
When will they ever learn

Where have all the soldiers gone
Long time passin’
Where have all the soldiers gone
Long time ago
Where have all the soldiers gone
Gone to grave yards every one
When will they ever learn
When will they ever learn

Where have all the grave yards gone
Long time passing
Where have all the grave yards gone
A long time ago
Where have all the grave yards gone
Gone to flowers every one
When will they ever learn
When will they ever learn

Where have all the flowers gone
Long time passing
Where have all the flowers gone
A long, long time ago
Where have all the flowers gone
Young girls picked them every one
When will they ever learn
When will they ever learn
Oh, when will they ever learn

Where have all those flowers gone
Ooo, I know those young girls picked them every one

Umm, Where have those soldiers gone
Gone to grave yards every one
Oh, won’t they ever learn

Composer Lee Hayes – Pete Seeger.

Sang by Pete Seeger.

Historic facts and videos related to WW1

http://www.westernfrontassociation.com/

Verterans for Peace UK

http://veteransforpeace.org.uk/

Payday mens network supporting service personnel and veterans.

http://www.refusingtokill.net/

# 3 Day INTERNATIONAL STRIKE for PEACE #

30^th NOVEMBER 2011…

“TO END WAR – THE PEOPLE MUST GO ON STRIKE”

From Midnight Thursday 29^th November – 12 Noon Saturday 3^rd December 2011

Across the UK people will be striking to highlight the severe financial cuts our Government has imposed on the people of our country, as a direct result of our on-going illegal wars of aggression against the people of Afghanistan.

Education, Health Care, Civil Liberties, Pensions, Employment, Legal Aid, Libraries, Housing,

the list goes on…….

Meanwhile, we are expected to find money to pay the EU bankers for the financial crisis created by their own greed and incompetence.

WE PAY THEIR BILLS !

WILL THEY PAY OURS?……..NO!……THEY SEND THE BAILIFFS!

The on-going war in Afghanistan has cost BILLIONS. Soldiers, civilians, women and children have been killed and seriously wounded. WHAT FOR?

…..Because endless global wars are HUGLY PROFITABLE.

Why then, do we all go along with it? We know it’s wrong, yet we submit like sheep everyday !

Sorry, but by complying, we allow our Government to wage illegal, immoral wars of aggression.
If we really want to address the situation and deliver justice to the people of Afghanistan, if we really want to regain our self respect as a nation and as a people, then we must unite and stand together to DEMAND that our Government stops hostilities and orders the troops home. Some will have to stay for humanitarian reasons.

We don’t need a world full of armies opposing each other. We need to feed the hungry, tend to the sick, and clothe and shelter the poor. That is the duty of humankind, whether we like it or not.

It’s not rocket science!

Reality check– Let’s all unite and go on strike together for all the reasons mentioned, with the aim of actually achieving our objective.

10 years of protesting, marching, campaigning and lobbying has simply not been enough!

We have NOT STOPPED ANY WAR……….THEREFORE….

“TO END WAR – THE PEOPLE MUST GO ON STRIKE”

We now need to SHUT DOWN for 3 Days in order for our strike to be effective.

By collectively being on “Peace Strike” together, we – the ordinary people – become the most powerful that we can be. We will send a clear message to our government that we will not support any acts of aggression towards innocent citizens of any country… we will not be deceived into waging wars for ‘Global Corporate’ greed and power.

“INTERNATIONAL STRIKE FOR PEACE”

Including pensioners, housewives, students, claimants, the disabled, families, etc., joining together in solidarity for peace.

*Note This does not include emergency workers and carers, whose work and travel we support. Police, Fire Service, Nurses, Doctors, Ambulance Crews, Carers, and Emergency Utility Workers.

*WITHDRAW LABOUR* No Work

*NO SHOPPING* Boycott all shops & supermarkets

*SHUTDOWN* Nurseries, Schools, Colleges, Universities

*DON’T BUY PETROL* Boycott all petrol stations

*NO TRANSPORT* Except emergency & essential workers

*NO TV* Boycott the TV networks – they sensationalise war

Forward Plan:

Prepare for the strike days in advance so that we are organised and have enough food, drink and medical supplies to carry us over a week to facilitate any disruption our action may cause us.

Make sure we have enough provisions for children and the elderly, our families,not forgetting any pets.

Let people in your area know, including older and vulnerable people, so they have time to prepare.

Enjoy your time off to relax and reflect; spend precious time with family and friends. Treat it like you would an extended Christmas break.

* If necessary, we will continue to call follow-up strikes, in order to make our Government comply with the wishes 0f the people -who elected them- and whom they serve.

Under international law it is a criminal offence to assist in a crime against humanity, a crime against peace and a crime of genocide. Therefore to go ‘ON STRIKE FOR PEACE’ to save life can only be a moral duty and not an offence in law.

(Source: Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, Article 25)

(c) For the purpose of facilitating the commission of such a crime, aid, abet or otherwise assist in its commission or its attempted commission, including providing the means for its commission

We ask all people to be united in peaceful non-violent inaction.

Pass the message on, nationally and internationally.

Peace Strike operates a 24-hour on-going ‘Peace Picket’ at Parliament Square, London, UK.

mail@peacestrike.org.uk

Contact 07907 233 861