The Vow - ISSUE 1

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THE VOW - ISSUE 1

Original articles at:-

Deafening cheers as Westminster celebrates using English votes to block Scottish Home Rule
SNP demand Cameron thinks again on EVEL plans

Lords amendments to Bill 'add insult to injury'
Tories vote to keep veto over Holyrood’s welfare powers
Outrage as one of Scotland's top female academics called new SNP MP Mhairi Black 'a slut'
Margaret Burgess Housing and Welfare Minister: We need to work together to create a fairer benefit system for Scotland
Chris Cairns' artwork: EVEL Knieval graphic.

Reports from the January Offensive, Pat

Pat: "I manage 3 visits at different times of day.

People I did speak with were so peed off with Jobcentre Plus and what it stands for.  Positive about SNP.  That could be a knee jerk reaction but I don't think so cos a few claimants seem to know a fair bit.

There just aren't any jobs in this area unless you want to be a carer in a home, or cement mixer operator. I have lots to say to people on my travels." 

[Lanark Jobcentre]

Reports from the January Offensive, Sheila

Sheila: "We were doing Wester Hailes job centre on Wednesday the 28th from 11am. 

We did not too bad. Despite the weather being awful we got most of around 500 fliers out to claimants."
[Wester Hailes Jobcentre]

Our aims for 2015

Now that the January Offensive is underway in earnest we thought that we would publish some of our goals for the year, with the intent of fundraising to allow us to make it happen, and to let you know of our ambition for contributing to this great movement of ours.

1. Produce 120,000 professionally designed fliers for use in nationally co-ordinated public action.

2. Host four national outreach offensives covering weeks at a time between now and the general election.

3. Provide a day's professional organising support to the movement every week.

4. Host four organising and movement development training sessions.

5. Send 200,000 campaigning emails to supporters and contacts across the movement to publicise important initiatives, build turnout for key events and provide key information to our comrades on matters of concern to the movement.

6. Establish a volunteer callcentre the democracy movement, that can be engaged at short notice, and used strategically to provide organising capacity at key campaign moments.

7. Talent scout to identify 24 new leaders among our contacts, and push them to fulfill their potential for the movement.

Reports from the January Offensive, Nelson

First wee leafleting of the year today, hoping to put in more time at a stretch next time but it was pretty wet :-)
You get good chats, learn new things and people are pretty open to hear about anything we can do to fight the cuts. Cheered me up and I think I cheered up some folk.

[Maryhill Jobcentre]

Reports from the January Offensive, Pete

 

Pete: "At Maryhill jobcentre today! The Home Rule leaflets going well! Jan"

[Maryhill Jobcentre]

Join the January Home Rule Offensive

Can you help the Home Rule campaign?

From this Thursday, the 15th, until the end of the month Yes In The Community is co-ordinating outreach at jobcentres across the country for the General Election.

[ More info @: https://www.facebook.com/events/752825564787525/?fref=ts ]

We need to boost turnout to ensure electoral success, and to let claimants know that the Unionists' Smith Commission proposals do not propose devolution of welfare we have to get out there and speak to as many as possible.  We also hope to recruit people facing Westminster's dystopian welfare cuts to the Home Rule fight.  In order to do anything to halt benefit sanctions and work capability assessments (which are the main cause of foodbank visits) we first need Home Rule.  This is why we are urging people to vote SNP to win these powers, so that we can STOP the penalising and scapegoating of the disabled and the unemployed, and gain a stronger voice for social justice.

Will you be joining us? There is a jobcentre in *your* part of the country.  Leaflets and materials will be provided, and outreach at different locations as well as teams you can partner with is being co-ordinated on facebook.  Local events will depend on volunteer interest, but every contribution, however small, builds the Home Rule momentum.  Can you help Scotland win?  Further information here:-

https://www.facebook.com/events/752825564787525/?fref=ts