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**Important Meeting Update**
Due to unforeseen circumstances the Meeting below (Saturday 14th Jan) has been cancelled.
Our next meeting will be on Wednesday 25th January @ 7.30 pm
Moordown Community Centre, Moordown, Bournemouth
We look forward to seeing you there.
Members Meetings January 2012
Saturday 14th January in Parkstone. 10.00 - 12.00
Wednesday 25th January - Moordown Community Centre 7.30 - 9.30
Further details and information (including arrangements for lift shares) from any local party contact.
Christmas Drinks!
Join us for a festive drink or two at The Goat & Tricycle, Bournemouth from 7.30 pm onwards.
Members Meeting - 10th December 2011
Our next Members Meeting is this coming Saturday, 10th December in Parkstone.
Non-members please contact us for further details.
SED Green Party Support for Public Sector Workers
Today (30th November, 2011) South East Dorset Green Party recorded its full support for the action taken by Public Sector workers in defence of their pensions. We do not believe the crisis should be paid for by those who had no part in its creation and call for an alternative programme to tackle the debt through a range of policies including effective taxation of the very wealthy and large corporations, reduction in arms expenditure (e.g. cancelling Trident) and investing heavily in renewable energy creating thousands of needed jobs to bring about a transformation of our energy supply and in doing so boosting the economy.
South Dorset Green Party
November Meeting.
Wednesday 30th November, Moordown Community Centre. 19.00
Press Release in Support of Occupy Bournemouth
South East Dorset Green Party issued the following Press Statement today, Wednesday 9th November...
Green Party in Bournemouth and Poole calls for Bournemouth Council to withdraw its legal action to remove protesters at Occupy Bournemouth.
“Not only do we defend their right to protest we also applaud their actions in highlighting the issue of the increasingly dysfunctional banking system that appears to have learnt nothing from the chaos it has created and continues to demand ‘we’, the public, pay for their crisis whilst millions continue to be paid in bonuses to the Banking elite. These protesters are not alone and whilst small in number locally are part of a movement that now covers many hundreds of cities across scores of countries worldwide. Like many of us they feel our mainstream politicians no longer listen to the people and are more interested in serving the ‘markets’ and big corporations. We wish them luck and call on Bournemouth council to do what the majority of local authorities have across the world, work with the protesters to enable them to have their voices heard.”
Further information on The Green Party’s response to the Occupy Movement, Occupy London and Caroline Lucas’ visit to the protest available on request.
Open Meeting
The first of our Open Meetings – sessions designed for all Green Party Members, Supporters and Sympathisers to get together to discuss the issues that matter - will be held on
Saturday 12th November
10.00 – 12.00
Moordown Community Centre
21 Coronation Avenue
Moordown, Bournemouth
BH9 1TW
“Where next for Green Politics?”
We’re at a crucial moment. The climate crisis is growing but the issue remains largely out of the media and ‘deniers’ command a disproportionate amount of coverage.
The Coalition is failing us – the ‘Greenest Government Ever’ is dismantling key legislation whilst playing up the importance of ‘commitments’ that have no real means of achieving what is required.
Labour, already offering little in way of opposition to the brutal public sector cuts, is almost invisible when it comes to having a coherent policy on climate change, favouring nuclear and unsustainable growth.
More positively small, local groups and ‘bottom up’ initiatives continue to be built. But can they succeed without National, or even International, political will?
What can be done? Where should we focus our efforts?
What can we learn from the ‘new’ activist movements?
Come and join the debate - we look forward to seeing you there!
The Green Party is a grass roots movement – our beliefs are enshrined in our ‘philosophical basis’ but everyone can contribute to the development of our policies. Locally we’re building our new local manifesto and you can play a part via these meetings.
Save Our NHS
31 AUGUST 2011
In just one week, your MP has to vote on massive changes to our NHS. But 38 Degrees members now have something our MPs don’t – thorough, independent legal advice about what these changes really mean.
Their expert legal advice is sobering. Despite the “listening exercise”, the government’s changes to the NHS plans could still pave the way for a shift towards a US-style health system, where private companies profit at the expense of patient care.
South East Dorset Green Party encourages all members and supporters to read the full article and take action today.
Next Members Meeting
22 AUGUST 2011
The next members meeting will be held on Saturday 10th October in Parkstone. Further details and information from any local party contact.
British society is not "sick"
19 AUGUST 2011
Earlier this month, a spate of terrifying violence and disorder erupted onto our streets. Communities were terrorised, individuals attacked and city centres trashed. Horrendous images on our TV screens of burning buildings and mindless looting created a climate of fear in which people were scared to leave their homes - and in which public trust in the capacity of our police force to respond effectively was shaken.